Benchmark

Question 1

How did Native Americans migrate to North American

Answer 1

Native Americans migrated to the Americas from Asia by walking across Beringia (Bering Strait)

Question 2

What’s the diversity of Native Americans

Answer 2

Tribes differed because of location, climate, and available resources

Question 3

What’s the Colombian Exchange

Answer 3

The exchange of plants, animals, diseases, and ideas between the Old World (Asia, Europe) and the New World (Americas)

Question 4

What were the affects of the Colombian Exchange

Answer 4

affected every society on earth, new diseases caused death- new crops were grown all over the world

Question 5

What’s the significance of Jamestown

Answer 5

Jamestown the first permanent British settlement in the Americans

Question 6

Why was Jamestown founded

Answer 6

To make money

Question 6

Why did Puritans and Pilgrims come to America

Answer 6

Came to the Americas for religious freedom

Question 7

Who fought in the French and Indian War

Answer 7

French vs British
Native Americans fought on both sides

Question 8

Reason for taxation without representation

Answer 8

Colonists were against taxation because of the principle they had no representation in Parliament so they felt Parliament had no right to tax them

Question 9

What is Thomas Jefferson’s greatest contribution to the American Revolution

Answer 9

Writing the Declaration of Independence

Question 10

Battle of Saratoga

Answer 10

It was the turning point battle of the Revolutionary War

Question 12

Who won the battle of Saratoga and who did they form an alliance with

Answer 12

Colonists won and signed a formal alliance with France

Question 13

What was the Battle of Yorktown

Answer 13

The last major battle of the Revolutionary War

Question 14

Who won the battle of yorktown

Answer 14

The colonists won

Question 15

What is the articles of Confederation

Answer 15

The constitution of the United States

Question 16

When was the Articles of Confederation created

Answer 16

It was created after the declaration of independence was signed

Question 17

What is the biggest weakness of Articles

Answer 17

Central government had no power to tax
America had no money o respect no power

Question 18

Who is the father of the constitution

Answer 18

James Madison

Question 19

What did Madison do

Answer 19

He kept a record of the secret convention in his diary

Question 20

Why did Madison do that

Answer 20

He didn’t want interference from the public

Question 21

What is the biggest feud of the Constitutional Convention

Answer 21

The feud between big States and small states

Question 22

What did Big States want

Answer 22

They wanted representation based on population

Question 23

What did the Small States want

Answer 23

They wanted representation to be equal for every state

Question 24

What is the 3/5 Compromise

Answer 24

Established slaves as 3/5 of a person for population and representation purposes

Question 25

What is Check and Balances

Answer 25

Power that one branch has over another

Question 26

Why was Checks and Balances created

Answer 26

So that one branch of government does not gain too much power

Question 27

Judicial Review

Answer 27

The Supreme Court's ability to declare a law unconstitutional

Question 28

Why a Bill of Rights

Answer 28

The constitution had nothing protecting the rights of individual Americans

Question 29

Precedents of Washington's presidency

Answer 29

Set behavioral examples for future presidents

Question 30

How many terms did Washington serve

Answer 30

2

Question 31

What is the Alien and Sedition Act

Answer 31

Law that restricted freedom of speech and the press

Question 32

What affair did the Alien and Sedition Acts pass

Answer 32

xyz

Question 33

What was the Lewis and Clark Expedition

Answer 33

A journey to explore the newly acquired Louisiana territory

Question 33

What is the Louisiana Purchase

Answer 33

Land purchase from France that doubled the size of the U.S for a very cheap price

Question 34

What did Lewis and Clark collect

Answer 34

Plants and animal specimens

Question 35

what did Lewis and Clark do with their collecting's

Answer 35

Sent them back to President Jefferson

Question 36

Who fought in the War of 1812

Answer 36

U.S vs. Britain

Question 37

What is the Missouri Compromise

Answer 37

Eased tensions between free/ slave states Made Missouri a slave state and established a free/slave line located at the bottom border of Missouri

Question 38

What were the main issues that caused the war of 1812

Answer 38

Impressment of American sailors British inciting Indians on the frontier British forts in American territory

Question 39

What was the political importance of Andrew Jackson

Answer 39

He spread democracy to the common man white man and got more people involved in politics

Question 40

What was the Trail of Tears

Answer 40

THe forced march of

Question 40

What was the Spoils System

Answer 40

The belief that an elected officials should give government jobs to their friends/supporters

Question 41

Trail of Tears

Answer 41

The forced march of Native Americans from the Southeast to reservations in Oklahoma- soldiers brutalized natives and some consider it ethnic cleansing

Question 42

What was the Erie Canal

Answer 42

The most important construction project of the Industrial Revolution

Question 43

What did the Eire Canal do

Answer 43

It boosted the economy of America

Question 44

What was the second great awakening

Answer 44

A religious movement in the mid 1800s that spread evangelical christianity

Question 44

What is the significance of the Cotton Gin

Answer 44

The cotton gin allowed farmers to produce more cotton and making it more valuable It Increased the price of slaves and America's dependence on slavery- transforms the Southern economy

Question 45

What did the second great awakening cause

Answer 45

It caused people to reform society (change it for the better)

Question 46

What was the temperance movement

Answer 46

The movement to encourage people to drink alcohol in moderation or not at all

Question 47

Irish immigration

Answer 47

The largest group to immigrate to America in the 1840's and 50s

Question 48

What happened with the potato famine

Answer 48

Many poor Irish immigrated to the east coast of America

Question 49

Who else came when the Irish Immigrated

Answer 49

Germans in large numbers

Question 50

What was the Potato Famine

Answer 50

A disease infected Irish potato crops in 1845 causing many Irish to starve

Question 51

What was the Seneca falls convention

Answer 51

The first women's rights convention was held in seneca falls ny in 1848

Question 52

What was the seneca falls convention known for

Answer 52

The birthplace of the womens rights movement

Question 53

Abolition movement

Answer 53

The movement to end slavery based on morality (slavery is wrong)

Question 54

Who participated in the Abolition movement

Answer 54

Rich northern whites free blacks and former slaves participated (both men and women)

Question 55

What is the significance of Frederick Douglass

Answer 55

A former slave who told people the evils of slavery Extremely intelligent proved that African Americans were not inferior people

Question 56

What is the Manifest Destiny

Answer 56

The idea that the United States should extend all the way to the Pacific Ocean

Question 57

What is the oregon trail

Answer 57

The longest and most traveled western trail

Question 58

Where did the oregon trail start

Answer 58

Started in independence missouri and ended in the American Northwest

Question 59

What is the significance of the California Gold Rush

Answer 59

Although many people did not get rich the gold rush was responsible for the American settlement of california

Question 60

What is the significance of the Alamo

Answer 60

The Alamo was a battle that inspired the Texas army to continue fighting in their revolution against Mexico

Question 61

What was the rally cry for the Alamo

Answer 61

"Remember the Alamo"

Question 62

Why was the Mexican war fought

Answer 62

The U.S wanted to acquire western lands that belonged to Mexico

Question 63

What was the solution to the Mexican War

Answer 63

Draw them into a war and defeat them

Question 64

What was the result of Mexican War

Answer 64

Treaty of Guadalipe Hidalgo America won a piece of land called the Mexican Cession

Question 65

What the significance of James K Polk

Answer 65

The president who helped America complete its Manifest Destiny The U.S went from the Atlantic to the Pacific