EAH Final Guide Flashcards by Maica H

The triangle trade was a three way trade route between..

Africa, England, and the Americas

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What was the main purpose of the navigation acts passed by Parliament in 1651?

To control colonial trade

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The result of the staple act was…

Higher price of goods for the colonies imported from Europe

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According to the theory of mercantilism, a nation thinks that increase its wealth and power by

Exporting more than importing

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What was the significance of the Great Awakening?

It made people question traditional forms of authority

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What was not a provision of the Navigation Acts?

Three quarters of the crew had to take an oath of loyalty

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One direct result of the Intolerable Acts was…

The convening of the first Continental Congress

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The Continental Army scored it’s first and much needed victory at

Trenton, New Jersey

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Which group first lead the boycott British goods?

The Sons of liberty

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The main purpose of the declaratory act was to

Restate that Parliament had the power to make laws for the colonies

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How did parliament respond to the Boston tea party?

The intolerable acts

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“The shot heard ‘round the world”- where did it happen?

Lexington

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All of the following issues were accomplished at the Second Continental Congress, except:

Writing the constitution

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What was the significance of the battle of Saratoga?

It encourage the French to support the Americans

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The phrase, “Don’t fire until you see the whites of their eyes!” came from the battle of Bunker Hill.

True

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Because it was a surprise attack, Trenton was an easy victory for the British

False

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As of 1776, slaves, Native Americans, and woman were considered equal and endowed with natural rights

False

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The Olive Branch Petition urges a return to the former harmony between the British and the colonies

True

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The articles of Confederation gave the Confederation Congress all of the following powers except the power to-

Impose taxes

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The system to make sure one branch will not become more powerful than another is-

Checks and balances

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The office of the president of the United States was first established in the-

Constitution

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Shay’s rebellion contributed to the belief among political leaders that –

The nation needed a stronger central government

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The decision in the Marbury V. Madison case established-

The court’s right of judicial review

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During John Adams’ presidency, why were democrat republican outraged by the Alien and Sedition Acts?

They believed the laws violated freedom of speech

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The outcome of the Whiskey Rebellion helped to establish the power of federal government to-

Impose taxes and enforce federal laws within states

The United States gained the Louisiana Territory by-

Buying it from France

In the war between Britain and France, George Washington issued a proclamation declaring that the US was siding with France.

False

The Louisiana purchase more than doubled the size of the US.

True

Like George Washington, John Adams serve as a president for two terms

False

The Virginia and Kentucky resolutions said that states had the right to consider acts void if they deemed it unconstitutional

True

In 1850 Tennessee Gen. --- leads American soldiers to victory against superior forces at New Orleans

Andrew Jackson

--- was president during the war of 1812

James Madison

But 1807, Americans are deeply angered by ---, the British policy of seizing Americans at sea and drafting them into the British navy.

Impressment

By 1806, Britain attempts to ---, or seal off, Napoleon's Europe.

Blockade

In 1814, --- is signed, ending the war.

Treaty of Ghent

In 1810, young nationalists from the south and west enter Congress. Led by John C. Calhoun and Henry Clay, they became known as ---.

Warhawks

In 1811, the native American confederacy suffers a setback when it loses the battle of Tippecanoe to ---.

William Henry Harrison

Supreme Court rulings in three important cases between 1816 and 1824 shaped the future of American government by -.

Establishing dominance of the federal government over the state government

The solution that emerged in the Missouri compromise was to admit Missouri ---.

As a slave state and Maine as a free state

The American system help bring the nation together by

Creating a better transportation network to facilitate the exchange of goods

Andrew Jackson use the power of the presidency to-

Fire many federal officials and appoint loyal followers in their place

Some Native American peoples in the southeast were called "the five civilized tribes" because

They had adopted aspects of European culture

The 1828 "Tariff of Abominations" was given that name by those who thought the tariff would hurt the South while helping

Northern manufacturers

What term refers to the 19th century belief that married women's activity should be limited to Houseworth and family?

The Cult of Domesticity

This championed states' rights and question the legality of applying some federal laws in the states

Nullification Theory

National interests should be placed ahead of regional concern/interest of other countries

Nationalism

Loyalty in one's own region, rather than the whole country

Sectionalism

Escaped slave that remained in the south because he felt that he was called by God to organize his fellow slaves for freedom

Nat Turner

Published the North Star

Frederick Douglass

Reformer focused on the mentally ill

Dorthea Dix

The liberator publisher; first white American to demand slaves' freedom

William Lloyd Garrison

Along with Lucretta Mott, organized first women's rights convention at Seneca Falls, New York

Elizabeth Cady Stanton

Former slave, changed name, spoke for abolition and women's rights

Sojourner truth

Policy by which newly elected president replaces people is known as assimilation

False

The Trail of Tears was the forced relocation of Cherokees.

True

South Carolina threatened to secede because they did not agree with a series of tariffs.

True

Martin Van Buren probably disagreed with Andrew Jackson on the subject of...

False

What was one effect of John Brown's actions at Harper's Ferry?

And increase in tensions between the north and the south

What was Henry Clay's primary purpose in offering the compromise of 1850?

To avoid the Civil War on the issue of slavery

Lincoln became a Republican after leaving which party?

The Whig party

The Republican Party is formed by people who, despite their differences, were united in their

Opposition to slavery

Uncle Tom's Cabin was written by

Harriet Beecher Stowe

The formal withdrawal of a state from the union is known as

Secession

The topic of the Lincoln-Douglas debates was

Slavery in the territories

Americans believed that it was their God Given right to spread from sea to shining sea was called

Manifest Destiny

This was the phrase used by Americans during the Mexican American war

"Remember the Alamo!"

And escaped slave who helped hundreds of others escape

Harriet Tubman

Who are the empresarios of Texas?

Land agents

Of the following, the man most in favor of seizing land from Mexico was

James K Polk

"Fifty-four forty or fight" referred to the boundary dispute between United States and

Britain

This is when farmers raise only one or two crops for sale

Specialization

in the early 19 century when this changed the way people acquired the goods they needed

Market revolution

This is an economic system in which private corporations and individuals control the means of production and use them to earn profits

Capitalism

Those who risk their own money on industry are called

Entrepreneurs

This person improved on an earlier invention called the telegraph

Samuel F. B. Morse

This person invented the steamboat

Fulton

This person was the commander of all Union armies, attacked confederate groups many times, losing nearly 60,000 men in one six-week period.

Ulysses S Grant

This person live the march to the sea; and believed in total war

William T. Sherman

Pres. of the union

Lincoln

Lincoln's vice president

Andrew Johnson

This is a document, issued by a sovereignty, outlining conditions for colonies' rights and privileges

Charter

What was the main job of the colonies?

To export all materials to Britain, buy goods back and trade only with Britain

What was the main effect of salutary neglect?

it helped promote self government in the colonies

During which event of the first fighting between redcoats and Minutemen occur?

At the battle of Lexington

Which European country supported the American colonies during the Revolutionary war?

France

Which of the following then helped to found the sons of liberty?

Samuel Adams

What did the Townshend acts bring about?

Indirect taxes on imported goods

Which document was crucial and changing public opinions to support independence?

Common sense by Thomas Paine

Whose concept did Jefferson draw upon as he drafted of the Declaration of Independence?

John Locke's

During the Revolutionary war, what did the Continental Army lack?

food and supplies

The Boston massacre was a response to

The stationing of British soldiers in Boston