Semester 2

Question 1

George Washington

Answer 1

1st pres. Never lived in the White House

Question 2

Pierre L’enfant

Answer 2

Designed Washington, D.C. And was buried overlooking it in Arlington

Question 3

Benjamin Banneker

Answer 3

African American assistant to Pierre, memorized the design and constructed dc.

Question 4

John Adams

Answer 4

2nd pres, XYZ affair,alien sedition acts

Question 5

Marbury vs. Madison

Answer 5

First time the Judicial review was used to determine the constitutionality of a government action

Question 6

Louisiana purchase

Answer 6

USA purchased Louisiana from Spain for $15million…the country doubled in size

Question 7

Lewis and Clark

Answer 7

Explored the northern part of territory to find an all water route to the Pacific Ocean, they leave up the Missouri River on May 14, 1804

Question 8

Sacajawea

Answer 8

Became a guide to Lewis and Clark at age 16, John Baptiste was her son

Question 9

Thomas Jefferson

Answer 9

3rd pres, lassiez faire

Question 10

Lassiez-faire

Answer 10

Let the people do as they choose

Question 11

James Madison

Answer 11

4th pres, Father of the constitution

Question 12

Francis Scott Key

Answer 12

Wrote the Star-Spangled Banner

Question 13

Missouri Comprimise

Answer 13

Maine is free state, Missouri is a slave state

Question 14

James Monroe

Answer 14

5th pres, “era of good feelings”

Question 15

John Quincey Adams

Answer 15

6th pres, the corrupt bargain

Question 16

Andrew Jackson

Answer 16

7th pres, “president of the people”

Question 17

Tariff

Answer 17

A fee paid by merchants who imported goods

Question 18

Trail of Tears

Answer 18

Trail from southeast to Oklahoma, Cherokee are forced to move, 4,000 die

Question 19

Martin Van Buren

Answer 19

8th pres, panic of 1837 ruins his presidency

Question 20

William Henry Harrison

Answer 20

9th pres, died of pneumonia, gave a 1 1/2 hour speech at inauguration

Question 21

John Tyler

Answer 21

10th pres, 1st vice pres to take over, signs the Annexation of Texas

Question 22

Abolitionist

Answer 22

Do away with slavery

Question 23

Fredrick Douglass

Answer 23

Born a slave, educated, escaped, wrote the North Star

Question 24

Slave codes

Answer 24

Written to prevent slave rebellion

Question 25

Immigration 1820-60

Answer 25

Largest group was Irish because of potato famine...2nd largest was Germany

Question 26

Temperance movement

Answer 26

Reformers who blamed alcohol for family problems, called for little of no alcohol

Question 27

Utopias

Answer 27

Communities based on a vision of a perfect society

Question 28

Seneca falls convention

Answer 28

A convention for women's rights and equality, most controversial issue was sufferage (right to vote)

Question 29

Susan B. Anthony

Answer 29

Built the women's rights movement to a national level

Question 30

Jedediah smith

Answer 30

1st American to visit California, his best friends were a bible and rifle

Question 31

Oregon trail

Answer 31

Began in Missouri, 2000 miles long

Question 32

Prairie schooners

Answer 32

Wagons that crossed the plains

Question 33

Alamo

Answer 33

Fort is defeated by the Mexican army

Question 34

Davy Crockett

Answer 34

King of the wild frontier, fought at the Alamo

Question 35

Manifest Destiny

Answer 35

A belief that the US should extend from the Atlantic to the pacific

Question 36

James Polk

Answer 36

11th pres, fulfilled manifest destiny

Question 37

Treaty of Guatalupe Hidalgo

Answer 37

"Mexican Cession" the US pays $15 million for southwest

Question 38

Zachary Taylor

Answer 38

12th pres, cherries and milk

Question 39

Millard Filmore

Answer 39

13th pres, most forgettable pres

Question 40

Franklin Pierce

Answer 40

14th pres, son died in a train accident, effects his presidency

Question 41

Harriet Tubman

Answer 41

Frees 300 slaves, the Conductor of the Underground Railroad

Question 42

James Buchanan

Answer 42

15th pres, 7 states leave while he's in office

Question 43

Abraham Lincoln

Answer 43

16th pres, #1 goal was to "save the union"

Question 44

Jefferson Davis

Answer 44

1st and only pres for the Confederate States of America

Question 45

Robert E. Lee

Answer 45

One of the greatest generals that ever fought for the south

Question 46

Battle of Gettysburg

Answer 46

Lawrence chamberlain,little round top defeated confederates, pickets charge, turning point of the war

Question 47

Surrender at Appomattox

Answer 47

Lee surrenders to Grant, this virtually ended the Civil War

Question 48

13th amendment

Answer 48

Outlawed slavery

Question 49

15th amendment

Answer 49

Prohibited the states from denying any person the right to vote because of race or color

Question 50

Lincoln's assassination

Answer 50

John Wilkes booth killed Lincoln at a play, he said "sic semper tyrannis"

Question 51

Andrew Johnson

Answer 51

17th pres, first to be impeached

Question 52

Ulysses S. Grant

Answer 52

18th pres, union commanding general

Question 53

Gilded Age

Answer 53

Suggests great wealth but actually has poverty, "age of industry"

Question 54

Statue of Liberty

Answer 54

Symbolizes freedom and oppurtunity, torch=freedom, tablet=dec of Ind.

Question 55

Rutherford B. Hayes

Answer 55

19th pres, comprimise of 1877

Question 56

James Garfield

Answer 56

20th pres, assassinated after 10 weeks by Charles J. Guiteau

Question 57

Chester A. Arthur

Answer 57

21st pres, had to break the spoils service

Question 58

Benjamin Harrison

Answer 58

23rd pres, dependent and disability pensions

Question 59

Grover Cleveland

Answer 59

22&24 pres, panic of 1893 ruins presidency

Question 60

The populist party

Answer 60

Believed in single terms for presidency, national tax, shorter work hours, and women's right to vote

Question 61

Plessey vs. Ferguson

Answer 61

Plessey sues for being denied a seat on a railroad car, court says segregation is legal

Question 62

Homestead act

Answer 62

Opened Great Plains for settlement gave 160 acres for free if they live on it for five years

Question 63

Dawes Act

Answer 63

Offered land and citizenship to native Americans families to farm on

Question 64

Battle of Little Bighorn

Answer 64

Custer, wanting glory, divided his army and attacked the native Americans, "Custers last stand"

Question 65

Wounded knee

Answer 65

USA tries to capture big foot, marked the end of armed conflicts btwn whites and native Americans

Question 66

William McKinley

Answer 66

25th pres, Spanish American war