End Of The Year Test

Question 1

Which country was most successful in its goals during the 1500s

Answer 1

Spain-amassed with great wealth

Question 2

What was the Columbian Exchange

Answer 2

Exchange of languages,goods,and culture between Europe and America

Question 3

What was impact on the Columbian exchange

Answer 3

Native Americans got diases and almost got wipe out

Question 4

What did the first colony in North America face and how did they overcome them

Answer 4

• It’s was jamestown and they faced drought,starvation and trouble with the Indians
• John smith forced everyone to work to earn food. They would not eat and it caused the death rate to drop-once John left everyone turned to cannablism

Question 5

What geographic features affected where theses colonies were established

Answer 5

All colonies were put by water for resources and transportation

Question 6

What system did the countries put into place regarding trade

Answer 6

Mercantilism-declared their colonies only trade with the original country

Question 7

What were the reasons British colonies were established in North America

Answer 7

Plantation, Agriculture, shipping/trade,farms, and founded for religious freedom

Question 8

What impacts did the treaty of Paris have on colonies located in North America

Answer 8

Britain began to impose taxes on the colonists and paged for the French and Indian war

Question 9

What were the colonies reactions to British acts

Answer 9

Colonies boycotted all British goods and started smuggling

-colonies were to have representation in parliament-their wishes

Question 10

What was the chief complaints with British actions

Answer 10

Colonists hated the policies of Britain and rebelled against them

Question 11

Who were the patriots

Answer 11

About freedoms and wanted independence from Britain

Question 12

Who were the loyalists

Answer 12

Supported king of Britain and thought they didn’t need independence

Question 13

John Burgoyne surrendered to Horatio Gates which battle lead to this surrender and what were the long term impacts

Answer 13

• Battle of Saratoga

- convinced layafette and French to help the patriots

Question 14

What officially ended the American Revolution and what were the major requirements

Answer 14

• Treaty Of Paris 1783

- British had the accept complete independence

Question 15

Who were the enlightenment thinkers and what ideas reflected in the US constitution

Answer 15

John Locke

The govt should give people natural rights, life, liberty and property

Question 16

What were the major compromises made at the constitutional convention of 1787

Answer 16

Created a 2 house legislature

Question 17

What was shays rebellion

Answer 17

Showed weaknesses in articles of confederation and govt couldn’t enforce laws

Question 18

What was whiskeys rebellion

Answer 18

Showed strength of the constitution Bc govt had power to enforce laws

Question 19

What were some of the most significant precedents that Washington established while in office

Answer 19

Set the precedent that a president should only serve 2 terms 4yrs or 8yrs

Question 20

What benefits did the purchase of the Louisiana territory have on the US

Answer 20

• doubled the size of our country

- increased tensions w/ native Americans

Question 21

What was the name of the court case when Williams Marbury sued Thomas Jefferson and how did the precedent affected the decision

Answer 21

Marbury Vs Madison

-Supreme Court had the power of judicial review over laws passed

Question 22

Missouri applied for statehood into the US of America and was initially denied what were the long term effects of this decision

Answer 22

Set the boundary for stated above the line slave free and the stated below were slave states

Question 23

What major changes were brought with Andrew jack sons presidency

Answer 23

• Jackson set himself up as the power in govt

- people thought he made the executive branch to powerful

Question 24

What were the goals of Andrew Jacksons legislation

Answer 24

Indian removal act-removed all Indians

Trail of tears removed all Indians East of Miss river over to Oklahoma

Question 25

What is Manifest Destiny

Answer 25

-belief that God destined the us should own all land from Atlantic to Pacific

Question 26

What were the most important inventions

Answer 26

Steamboat, railroads and telegraphs and it helped settle the west

Question 27

What were some of the long term impacts that extension of rail line had on the US

Answer 27

Completion of railroad lines helped settle the west

Question 28

What were some inventions that affected the southern states

Answer 28

Cotton gin and it increased demand for slave labor

Question 29

What were the underlying issues of the start of the civil war

Answer 29

• south didn’t think the north gave them equal rights

- huge need for slave labor

Question 30

What was the opinion of most southerners in regard to slaves

Answer 30

-slaves were considered property

Question 31

Where was cotton production greatest

Answer 31

Alabama,Mississippi,Louisiana

Question 32

Lincoln issued a executive order after the battle of Antietam what was the goal of this order

Answer 32

Emancipation Proclamation-end all slavery in the south

Question 33

Lee launched a major assault onto US soil what long term impact did this have on the civil war

Answer 33

He defeat was so bad that the south would never south would never invade the north again

Question 34

What did Lincoln speak and where did his inspiration come from

Answer 34

“All men are created equal” from the Declaration of Independence

Question 35

What is the time period of American history referred as

Answer 35

Reconstruction-to reunite the USA and help the southern economy and also place African Americans in south society

Question 36

Civil war amendments

Answer 36

13th-banned slavery
14th-civil rights given to Africans
15th-African American Man can vote

Question 37

With he end of the civil war what was the main goal that southern states were trying to achieve

Answer 37

-Jim crow lawd the separated blacks and whites