us history

Question 1

How did mercantilism and trans-atlantic trade lead to the development of the colonies?

Answer 1

It inspired parliment

Question 2

Why were the southern colonies established?

Answer 2

the settlers wanted to create more wealth for the English economy

Question 3

What was the relationship like between the southern colonies and the natives?

Answer 3

Relations with American Indians in the Southern Colonies began somewhat as a peaceful coexistence. As more English colonists began to arrive and encroach further into native lands, the relationship became more violent.

Question 4

What was the source of economic development for the southern colonies?

Answer 4

agricultural economy. Most colonists lived on small family farms, but some owned large plantations that produced cash crops such as tobacco and rice. Many slaves worked on plantations.

Question 5

What was the middle passage?

Answer 5

the period of the Atlantic slave trade when the triangular slave trade involved the transportation of millions of enslaved Africans to the Americas.

Question 6

How did the African population contribute to architecture, agriculture and new types of food?

Answer 6

Slave labor often built the homes and buildings of their American masters. Higher output will directly reduce hunger and bring down the cost of food imports. Black Americans have shaped modern food culture in the United States

Question 7

How did the Great Awakening contribute to the colonies beginning to challenge authority?

Answer 7

The Great Awakening notably altered the religious climate in the American colonies.

Question 8

9. How did the French and Indian War lay the groundwork for the American Revolution?

Answer 8

Great Britain raised taxes on the colonies, which led to widespread protests and boycotts of British goods.

Question 9

10. What was the colonial response to the Proclamation of 1763?

Answer 9

They were very unhappy with it and some colonists continued to settle over the line.

Question 10

11. How did the colonists respond to the Stamp Act?

Answer 10

They refused to pay the tax

Question 11

12. What was the colonial response to the Intolerable Acts?

Answer 11

boycotting it and going on strike.

Question 12

13. What was the purpose of the Sons and Daughters of Liberty?

Answer 12

protest the passing of the Stamp Act of 1765.

Question 13

14. What were committees of correspondence?

Answer 13

system of communication between patriot leaders in New England and throughout the colonies. They provided the organization necessary to unite the colonies in opposition to Parliament

Question 14

15. What intellectual movement helped inspire the Declaration of Independence?

Answer 14

the Enlightenment.

Question 15

16. What ideas of John Locke were included in the Declaration of Independence?

Answer 15

all persons are endowed with natural rights to life, liberty, and property

Question 16

What role did Thomas Jefferson and the Committee of Five play in the Declaration of Independence?

Answer 16

As the main author

Question 17

18. What did the Land Ordinance of 1785 accomplish?

Answer 17

laid out the process by which lands west of the Appalachian Mountains were to be surveyed and sold

Question 18

19. What did the Northwest Ordinance of 1878 accomplish?

Answer 18

outlawed slavery and spelled out the steps a territory needed to go through to become a state

Question 19

20. What were the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation?

Answer 19

Congress commanded little respect and no support from state governments anxious to maintain their power

Question 20

21. How did Shay’s rebellion expose the need for a stronger federal government?

Answer 20

under the Articles of Confederation

Question 21

22. What was the Great Compromise?

Answer 21

an agreement made among the delegates to the Constitutional Convention that the American government would have two houses in Congress

Question 22

23. How did the Constitution provide for limited government?

Answer 22

checks and balances; using two main forms of separating power

Question 23

24. What was the three-fifths compromise?

Answer 23

slaves could be counted as 3/5 of a person for both representation and taxation.

Question 24

25. What were the components of Hamilton’s financial plan?

Answer 24

Government assumption of war debts.
Funding for running the government.
Focus on commerce and industry

Question 25

26. How did Jefferson expand presidential power by purchasing the Louisiana territory?

Answer 25

He was forced to assume the role of party leader due to the dominance of the opposing party.
He established the principle of inherent power with the Louisiana Purchase.

Question 26

27. How did the expansion of suffrage lead to Andrew Jackson’s presidential victory?

Answer 26

more people were able to vote now, of multiple different groups, helping Andrew Jackson by giving him more votes.

Question 27

28. What was the nullification crisis?

Answer 27

President Andrew Jackson issued a Proclamation to the People of South Carolina (also known as the “Nullification Proclamation”) that disputed a states’ right to nullify a federal law.

Question 28

29. What was the result of the Indian Removal Act?

Answer 28

The law granted unsettled lands west of the Mississippi to Native Americans in exchange for their land with pre-existing borders.

Question 29

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Answer 29

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Question 30

31. How did the Missouri Compromise affect the admission of states from the Louisiana territory?

Answer 30

John Brown’s raid at Harpers Ferry
Dred Scott v. Sanford
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Failure of Popular Sovereignty
Election of 1860

Question 31

32. What was the order in which the above events took place?
    John Brown’s raid at Harpers Ferry
    Dred Scott v. Sanford
    Kansas-Nebraska Act
    Failure of Popular Sovereignty
    Election of 1860

Answer 31

Kansas nebraska, dres scott v sandford, johns brown, and election of 1860

Question 32

33. How does Harpers ferry, dred scott vs sanford, kansas nebraska act, and the election of 1860 contribute to sectionalism in the United States?

Answer 32

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Question 33

34. What was the purpose of Abraham Lincoln’s use of emergency powers to suspend habeas corpus?

Answer 33

to give military authorities the necessary power to silence dissenters and rebels

Question 34

35. What was the purpose of Lincoln issuing the Emancipation Proclamation?

Answer 34

to free enslaved people to join the Union, to beat and punish the South.

Question 35

36. What was Lincoln’s general message in the Gettysburg Address?

Answer 35

the living can honor the wartime dead not with a speech, but rather by continuing to fight for the ideas they gave their lives for.

Question 36

37. What was Lincoln’s general message in his Second Inaugural Address?

Answer 36

acknowledges slavery as the real cause of the ongoing war, and laments the suffering caused by the war

Question 37

the importance of fort sumter
geographic impact

Answer 37

marked the official beginning of the American Civil War

The Union forces were surrounded by water and they were at the top of the island, so they could see the army coming towards them so as to not be taken by surprise. The Confederates could surround the island and attack from all points as well as return to shore for supplies if needed.

Question 38

importance of Anietam
geographic impact

Answer 38

one of the key turning points of the American Civil War.

Geographic contours forced the bulk of Union troops down a narrow slot heading towards the foot of the bridge

Question 39

importance of vicsburg
geographic impact

Answer 39

Vicksburg’s strategic location on the Mississippi River made it a critical win for both the Union and the Confederacy

The Confederate surrender there ensured Union control of the Mississippi River and cleaved the South in two.

Question 40

importance of gettysburg
geographic impact

Answer 40

turning point of the Civil War.

Union troops positioned themselves along the park’s ridges and hills, which provided excellent vantage points

Question 41

importance of the battle of ATL
geographic impact

Answer 41

helped ensure the reelection of President Abraham Lincoln in November, and precipitated the downfall of the Confederacy.

railroad hub

Question 42

39. How did the Freedman’s Bureau support poor whites and former slaves?

Answer 42

it helped freedpeople establish schools, purchase land, locate family members, and legalize marriages

Question 43

40. How did the Ku Klux Klan and black codes contribute to the resistance against racial equality during Reconstruction?

Answer 43

Creating violence against the Africans and Republicans in South.

Question 44

41. How did railroads impact the steel and oil industries?

Answer 44

by developing vertical integration.

Question 45

42. How did Rockefeller and Carnegie create monopolies in their respective industries?

Answer 45

developing companies for distributing and marketing its products around the globe.

Question 46

43. Describe the changes in immigration in the late 1800’s.

Answer 46

Immigration brought Culture and different foods

Question 47

44. What inventions influenced the U.S. infrastructure the most during the late 1800’s?

Answer 47

telegraph, telephone & eletric bulb

Question 48

45. What led to the creation of labor unions like the American Federation of Labor (AFL)?

Answer 48

the need to protect the common interest of workers.

Question 49

46. What were the intentions of the Populist Party?

Answer 49

replace the Democrats as the country’s second party