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In what region would you find fishing, shipbuilding, and naval supplies industries?

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New England

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What term refers to the horrible, forced voyage of Africans across the Atlantic Ocean?

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Middle Passage

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The Triangle Trade involved an exchange of goods and enslaved humans between what three regions?

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Europe, Africa, and The Americas

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In which colony did the Salem Witch Trials occur?

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Massachusetts

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What was the first European Settlement in North America?

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Jamestown

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What was the foundation of the economy in the Southern colonies?

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Farming

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What did the Southern colonists come to rely on for labor?

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Slave labor

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What were the three regions of the 13 colonies?

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New England, Middle, and Southern

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What was created at Plymouth in order to establish order and a way to make future rules and laws?

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The Mayflower Contract

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What colonial region is characterized by plantations, mansions, and few schools or cities?

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Southern

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What was person who had their passage paid for, and worked to pay off that debt

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Indentured servant

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What was the name of the trade route that existed - exchanging goods, ideas, and disease - between the Americas, and Europe, Asia, and Africa?

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Columbian Exchange

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What contributed to a massive number of deaths among the Native American population?

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Disease

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Where did Europeans wish to find a water route to?

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Asia

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What religion did Europeans wish to spread through exploration?

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Christianity

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What were 3 major motivations for exploration?

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Gold, Glory, and God

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What helped to unify the Haudenosaunee?

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The Great Law of Peace

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Which Native American Confederacy did Dekanawidah and Hiawatha help to form an alliance?

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Haudenosaunee

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Homes and clothing made by Native American tribes differed greatly. What did this show?

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They were able to adapt to their environment.

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What is Beringia?

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Land bridge that connected Asia and North America after the last ice age

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Why did people migrate into The Americas?

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Prey traveled here, which drew early man over the land bridge.

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How did the first peoples arrive in the Americas?

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They walked over the land bridge (Beringia)

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How did Native Americans adapt to their environments?

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They made clothes and houses to fit their environment

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How did the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) form a confederacy?

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The 5 tribes agreed to follow a great law of peace

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What kind of government did the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy have?
Representative Democracy
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At first, what were all early European explorers likely looking for?
A route to Asia
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What was the main religion that Europeans spread through colonization of the New World?
Christianity
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What is the Columbian Exchange?
Trade between the old and new world
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What effects did the Columbian Exchange have?
Disease killed many, but new goods helped others
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What was the Mayflower Compact and why was it important?
Agreement between pilgrims on how to govern themselves. It was the first self government among colonists.
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What was the historical context of the Salem Witch Trials?
Young girls accused people of being witches, adults took them seriously and people were killed.
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Which region of the 13 colonies was the most tolerant and why?
Middle because they were most diverse.
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What was the Middle Passage?
Water route where Africans were forced into slavery
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Which act passed by the British parliament, made money on the sale of various paper items?
The Stamp Act
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What did protesting colonist mean, and saying no taxation without representation?
You cannot tax us without giving us a say
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Why was the declaration of independence written?
The colonies were announcing they were separating from England
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Which battle was considered the turning point of the revolutionary war
Battle of Saratoga
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What event officially ended the American revolutionary war?
Treaty of Paris
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What kind of government did the articles of confederation create?
A weak government that left most power to the states
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What was the great compromise
Created a two house legislature to solve the problem of big versus small states
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What is the basic purpose of checks and balances in American government?
Keep one branch from becoming too powerful
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What are the three branches of government and how can they check each other?
Executive - can veto a law Legislative - override a veto, impeach a judge or president Judicial - declare a law unconstitutional
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Who did our founding fathers believe that ultimate power in the US government should come from?
The people
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What was the Boston tea party?
A protest by the colonist against the British government to avoid being taxed on tea
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What is the Bill of Rights?
The first 10 amendments to the constitution
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How does the bill of rights demonstrate the idea of the constitution being a living document?
It can be changed
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What is the electoral college?
The system used to elect the president
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How many electoral votes does a presidential candidate require to win?
270 or more
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Who were the first five presidents of the United States of America
Washington Adams Jefferson Madison Monroe
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What kind of economy did the federalist support?
One with a central bank, that supported trading and shipping
51
 what was the Monroe doctrine?
President Monroe told European nations to stay out of north and south America
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Which of the first five presidents participated in slavery
Washington, Jefferson, Madison, Monroe
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Which of the first five presidents did not participate in slavery
John Adams
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What led to the creation of canals in the early 1800s
As the nation ruled it needed to transport things faster over longer distances
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How did the Erie canal help America grow?
It linked the Great Lakes to the Atlantic ocean
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How did the industrial revolution change the way people worked?
People used machines to get things done faster
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Why were so many manufacturing mills located in the New England area?
There were many usable rivers to turn mills
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What was the Indian removal act and how did it affect the natives?
It forced natives off their land, making them walk to new reservations, and many died
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What is a major difference between the reasons white settlers and Native Americans migrated west during the 1800s
Natives were forced to migrate and white settlers chose to
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Where was a small American army defeated during the Texas war for independence?
The Alamo
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What slogan resulted from the Alamo?
Remember, the Alamo
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During the late 1840s, what attracted thousands of people to California and where did they come from?
They came from the east for Gold
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What were the main roles of women in mid 1800s American society
Mothers and wives, and take care of the home
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What was the most important issue discussed at the Seneca falls convention?
Women’s rights
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What was the underground railroad?
A secret Nettwerk used to bring slaves to freedom
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What were people who wanted to bring an end to slavery called
Abolitionist
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Name two famous abolitionist
Frederick Douglass Harriet Tubman
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What was the fugitive slave act?
It required escape slaves to be returned, even in the north
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How did the fugitive slave act make escape through the underground railroad, more difficult and dangerous?
It punish people hiding sleeves and rewarded those who turned them in
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What was the Dred Scott decision?
Dred Scott was a slave who went to court to get his freedom. The court said he was not a person, and still a slave.
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What were the main causes of the American Civil War?
Slavery and the expansion of the nation
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What advantages did each region have over the other at the beginning of the Civil War?
The south had better generals, and only needed to fight defensively The north had better industry, food, more people, trains, and telegraph
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What battle was considered the main turning point of the American Civil War?
Gettysburg
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Why was Gettysburg a turning point of the American Civil War?
It was a big defeat for the south, and they never came as far north again
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What was the 13th amendment to the constitution?
Freed the slaves
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What was the purpose of the Jim Crow laws of the South?
Restrict African-Americans rights

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