Final Exam Flashcards

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Marco polo wrote

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the travels of Marco Polo

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Christopher Columbus was from

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Italy

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What is named after Christopher Columbus

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Columbia

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Where was Christopher Columbus trying to go

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India/ the silk road

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Who does Christopher Columbus sail for

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Spain

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What is Christopher Columbus trying to find

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a shorter and safer route to India

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What are the names of Christopher Columbus’s ships?

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Carrivelles

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Conquers came for…..

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God, gold, and glory

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The conquers were called

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Conquistadors

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Two well-known conquistadors are

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Cortez and Francisco Pizzaro

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Cortez conquered

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Aztecs in Mexico

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Pizzaro conquered

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Incas in Mexico

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What disease killed off the Native Americans

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Small Pox

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Encomienda system

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Native Americans worked as slaves. In return, they were Christianized and had safety

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Cortez burned the ships. True or false?

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True

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What was Christopher’s gold

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He would exploit the land that he found

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What was Christopher’s God?

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He would Christianize the people that he found

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What was Christopher’s glory?

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He would bring glory to Spain by adding land

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19
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Mexican Tribes

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Aztecs, Incas, and Myans

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Bartelomain de las Casas

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he was a priest that felt bad for the Native Americans

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Who introduced African slavery

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De las Casas

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Why was Spain the most powerful country at the time?

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The Spanish Armada (their Navy)

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The Spanish armada was used as

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a turnpike

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Where was Christopher Columbus trying to go

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India

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Who were the enemies of the Spanish
The English
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Spanish Armada made North America
English
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Spanish Armada made the protestant faith
Dominant
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Spanish Armada made England the
Primary superpower
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What were the two major settlements of the colonies
Jamestown and Plimoth
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New England is religion based, True or False?
True
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The south is _____________ to ______________
Maryland to Georgia
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The south is __________________
Not religion based
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The freest colonies were the ___________
middle colonies
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The middle colonies were based on
business and religion
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Maine to Connecticut was
New England
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New York to Delaware was
Middle Colonies
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What did the North colonies want
Independence
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The french and Indian war caused France to
go into massive debt
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Proclamation of 1763
People who fought can't go west
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The French and Indian war caused France to
go into massive debt
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People who fought can't go west
Proclamation of 1763
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Taxes
Tea tax, Sugar Acts, Stamp Act (Paper)
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Colonists were angry because
Pontiac's rebellion (Can't go west) and they had to pay for the war through taxes
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The colonist's responses to paying taxes
Tar and feathering, sons of liberty (Boston tea party and masecre)
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First time we saw violence in the American revolution was
the battle of lexon and concorde
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The most important battle fo the American revolution
The battle of saratoga
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Articles of confederation gave too much personal liberty. What did they give?
The government could declare war, not raise an army, could raise axes, but not enforce them, and states could declare war
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Under the articles of confederation, each state got
one vote
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________ had to approve in order to pass a law
9/13
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A rebellion that showed how ineffective the articles of confederation was
Shays rebellion
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Virginia plan
all big states want power based on representation
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new jersey plan
equal representation for all states
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Each state got _________ and ___________________
one senator and different representatives based on the population size
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3/5 Act
five slaves equal three people
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first 10 amendments
the bill of rights
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The capital was moved from ________ to _________
Philadelphia to Washington (Because Jefferson wanted it)
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who wrote the constitution
James Madison
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TJ buys the Luissianna purchase even though
It is not in the constitution
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Strict construction
You couldn't do it if it wasn't in the constitution
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Loose construction
You can decide if not in the constitution
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What made the democratic party
Andrew Jackson
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Andrew Jackson lost because of the
Corrupt Bargian
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Corrupt Bargain
Henry Clay made John Quincy Adams give his votes to be senator
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Andrew Jackson started the ___________ illegally
trial of tears
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Indians sued Andrew Jackson. This was called
Worchester vs. U.S.
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Andrew Jackson abused
veto power
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Andrew Jackson threatened to bring the military to
North Carolina
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Andrew Jackson was the only one to
pay of the national debt
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Maryland was
the most religious for Christians
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House of burgesses
House of Representatives
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________ built cities because the _______ were nomads
Central South Americans, North
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Alien Sedation Ast
Made it hard to become a citizen
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Thomas Jefferson owned _________
slaves
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James Madison ended
The war of 1812
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James Monroe was president during the
Era of Good Feelings
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Missouri wanted ________ Maine wanted ________
a slave state, a free state
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Missouri wanted ________ Maine wanted ________
a slave state, a free state
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Missouri wanted ________ Maine wanted ________
a slave state, a free state
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California came on as a free state. What compromise was this?
Compromise of 1850
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In popular sovereignty, the popular vote chooses if the state is free or not
Compromise 1850
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John Brown was _________
an American abolitionist leader
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Dred Scott
Slave who sued for freedom
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LECOMPTON CONSTITUTION
–Pro-slavery –Free Soilers boycott the election * Supported by President Buchanan – Rejected by Congress
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Harriet Beacher Stow
Wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin