Term
|
Definition
| Treating someone based on the group or class that they are in |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| believing your culture is superior to another |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| a simplified and standardized concept of a person or a group |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| harass or oppress someone because of religion, race, or belief |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| someone who has to take the blame for someone else |
|
|
Term
| Which three religious groups cam to America between 1600-1900, only to be mistreated? |
|
Definition
| Baptist, Quakers, and Irish Catholics |
|
|
Term
| Why did the Irish come to America in the 1840's |
|
Definition
| To escape the Irish Potato Famine |
|
|
Term
| What happened to Japanese Americans when Pearl Harbor was bombed in 1941? |
|
Definition
| The were forced from their homes and business and placed in internment camps. |
|
|
Term
| What happened to Felix Longoria? |
|
Definition
| The military refused to give him a burial because he was Mexican. |
|
|
Term
| Where and when did the Constitutional Convention begin? |
|
Definition
| May 14 to September 17, 1787, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| A framework of government; the rules for the government to make rules. |
|
|
Term
| How many branches are in the US government? |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
| What are the 1st ten amendments to the Constitution called? |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
| What is the main job of the Legislative Branch? |
|
Definition
| Make laws, taxes, trade, declare war |
|
|
Term
| Which groups/individuals are in the Legislative Branch? |
|
Definition
| Senate and House of Representatives (Senate and House Committees) |
|
|
Term
| What is the main job of the Executive Branch? |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
| Which groups/individuals are in the Executive branch? |
|
Definition
| President and Cabinet Department |
|
|
Term
| What is the main job of the Judicial Branch? |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
| Which groups/individuals are in the Judicial Branch? |
|
Definition
| Supreme court and lower federal courts |
|
|
Term
| List one way that the Executive branch has power over the Judicial Branch. |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
| List one way that the Judicial Branch has power over the Legislative Branch. |
|
Definition
| Rules laws from legislative branch unconstitutional. |
|
|
Term
| List one way that the Legislative Branch has power over the Executive Branch. |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
| What are the 5 freedoms included in the First Amendment? |
|
Definition
| Speech, religion, assembly, press, petition |
|
|
Term
| Where and when was George Washington inaugurated? |
|
Definition
| April 30, 1789, in New York City |
|
|
Term
| Which 4 people were in Washington's first Cabinet? |
|
Definition
| (Sec.State) Thomas Jefferson; (Sec.Treasury) Alexander Hamilton;(Sec. War) Henry Knox; and (Attorney General) Edmund Randolph |
|
|
Term
| Who does Alexander Hamilton (Federalists) feel should have the most power? state or central government? |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
| How does Alexander Hamilton think America will succeed agriculture or industry? |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
| Who does Thomas Jefferson (Democratic-Republicans) feel should have the most power? state or central government |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
| How does Thomas Jefferson think America will succeed? agriculture or industry |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
| Who did the US get the Louisiana purchase from? |
|
Definition
| Napoleon Bonaparte (France) |
|
|
Term
| When did the US purchase the Louisiana Territory? |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
| Why did Thomas Jefferson want to buy the Louisiana Territory? |
|
Definition
| To protect US interests for shipping in New Orleans |
|
|
Term
| What did Thomas Jefferson instruct Lewis and Clark to do on their expedition? |
|
Definition
| Establish trade and US sovereignty, find the Northwest Passage, claim to Northwest territory, document plants and animals |
|
|
Term
| Where and when did Lewis and Clark begin their journey? |
|
Definition
| May 14, 1804 from St. Louis, MO |
|
|
Term
| What role did Sacagawea play on the Lewis and Clark Expedition? |
|
Definition
| Guided them nearly 4000 miles and helped translate. |
|
|
Term
| Why did the War of 1812 begin? |
|
Definition
| desire for expansion into the Northwest Territory, trade restrictions because of Britain's ongoing war with France, impressment of American merchant sailors into the Royal Navy, British support of American Indian tribes against American expansion |
|
|
Term
| Who was fighting in the War of 1812? |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| There was no clear winner- it was a tie |
|
|
Term
| Which president was in office from 1789-1797? List one event from this era. |
|
Definition
| George Washington, Whiskey Rebellion |
|
|
Term
| Which president was in office from 1797-1801? List one event from this era. |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
| Which president was in office from 1801-1809? List one event from this era. |
|
Definition
| Thomas Jefferson, Louisiana Purchase |
|
|
Term
| Which president was in office from 1809-1817? List one event from this era. |
|
Definition
| James Madison, War of 1812 |
|
|
Term
| Which president was in office from 1829-1837? List one event from this era. |
|
Definition
| Andrew Jackson, Indian Removal Act of 1830 |
|
|
Term
| Why did Americans move to Texas in the 1920's? |
|
Definition
| Offered very low prices for land |
|
|
Term
| Who led the Americans to Texas? |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
| What laws did the Texicans agree to follow from the Mexican Government? |
|
Definition
| learn Spanish, become Mexican citizens, convert to Catholicism, follow Mexican laws. |
|
|
Term
| Where did a large Mexican Army defeat about 180 Texicans? |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
| Where did the Texicans gain their independence with Santa Anna surrendering? |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
| Who was the US president during the Mexican-American War (1846-1848)? |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
| What did both the US and Mexico want control of, that caused the war to begin? |
|
Definition
| New Mexico and California; the Texas border |
|
|
Term
| Who won the Mexican-American War? |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
| What did the winners get in the peace treaty (Guadalupe-Hildago)? |
|
Definition
| Mexico gave Texas to the US with the border at the Rio Grande River, the US got New Mexico and California for $15 million. |
|
|
Term
| What was the Missouri Compromise? |
|
Definition
| Missouri entered the Union as a slave state and Maine entered as a free state and no slavery in the Louisiana purchase above 36'30 latitude. |
|
|
Term
| What 3 main things did the Compromise of 1850 decide? |
|
Definition
| California entered as a free state and new territories had no restriction of slavery, the slave trade but not slavery was banned in Washington DC, stronger fugitive slave laws were enacted. |
|
|
Term
| What was the Kansas-Nebraska Act? |
|
Definition
| It allowed the territories of Kansas and Nebraska the right to decide for themselves whether to be slave or free states (it overrode the Missouri Compromise by allowing slavery north of the line) |
|
|
Term
| What was "Uncle Tom's Cabin?" |
|
Definition
| A novel by Harriet Beecher Stowe dramatizing the cruelties of slavery--very influential among abolitionists. |
|
|
Term
| What role did John Brown play in causing the Civil War? |
|
Definition
| He believed his mission was to end slavery and he killed 5 pro-slavery people in Kansas leading to a civil war in Kansas known as Bleeding Kansas. He was hanged. |
|
|
Term
| What effect did the election of Abraham Lincoln as the president have on the Civil War? |
|
Definition
| It led to the South seceding from the Union. |
|
|
Term
| How many states and people were in the Confederate States of America? |
|
Definition
| 11 states and 9 million people (3.5 million slaves) |
|
|
Term
| How many states and people were in the United States during the Civil War? |
|
Definition
| 22 million people and 23 states |
|
|
Term
| What are three advantages that the Confederacy had during the Civil War? |
|
Definition
| Noble cause, defending homeland, superior military leadership |
|
|
Term
| What are three disadvantages that the Confederacy had during the Civil War? |
|
Definition
| Little industrial development, fewer railroads, large slave population and fewer resources. |
|
|
Term
| What are three advantages that the United States had during the Civil War? |
|
Definition
| Larger population, larger industry, larger resources |
|
|
Term
| What are three disadvantages that the United States had during the Civil War? |
|
Definition
| Poor military leadership, fighting in unfamiliar territory, less clear sense of purpose (especially with immigrants). |
|
|
Term
| List three improved technologies that made the Civil War America's first "modern" war? |
|
Definition
| repeating rifles, ironclad ships, trench warfare. |
|
|
Term
| Who was the main army general of the Confederate States of America? |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
| Who was the main army general of the United States of America by the end of the Civil War? |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
| Who was the President of the Confederate States of America? |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
| What made up a typical soldier's diet in the Civil War? |
|
Definition
| salted pork or beef, corn meal, coffee, hardtack |
|
|
Term
| Which side in the Civil War had more industry? |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
| What was the capital of the Confederate States of America? |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
| Where was the capital of the United States of America in the Civil War? |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
| Who were Matthew Brady and Timothy O'Sullivan? |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
| Who was Rose O'Neal Greenhow? |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| A nurse during the war (helped the mentally ill) |
|
|
Term
| Who wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin? |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
| What was at Andersonville? |
|
Definition
| The worst Civil War prison camp. |
|
|
Term
| Which side was fighting to defend its homeland in the Civil War? |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
| Which side was fighting to preserve the Union? |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
| Who sued for his for his freedom, but the Supreme Court said he was just property? |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
| What happened at Fort Sumter? |
|
Definition
| 4:30 am on April 12, 1861 the Federal Arsenal at Fort Sumter was fired on by Southern Artillery. The north surrendered it and the Civil War began. |
|
|
Term
| Who assassinated President Lincoln |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
| What date did President Lincoln died? |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
Battle of Bull Run (Manassas Junction)
When? City and State? Main US general? Main Confederate Generals (2)? one other fact? who won? |
|
Definition
| July 21, 1861; Manassas Junction, Virginia, North Gen-Irvin McDowell, South Gens-PJT Beauregard/Joseph E Johnston, General Thomas Jackson held firm and was nicknamed Stonewall Jackson, Confederates won |
|
|
Term
| Battle of Antietam (Sharpsburg)When? City and State? Main US general, main Confederate generals (2), one other fact, who won? |
|
Definition
| Sept. 17, 1862, Sharpsburg, Maryland, US Gen-George McClellan, South gen-Robert E. Lee and A.P. Hill, is actually 3 battles, confederate lines held |
|
|
Term
| Battle of Gettysburg? When? City and State? Main US General, Main Confederate General? one other fact? Who won? |
|
Definition
| July 1-2, 1863, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, North Gen- George G. Meade, Southern Gen- Robert E. Lee, More than 51,000 casualties, North won. |
|
|
Term
| Sherman's March to the Sea? When? City and state began and ended, Main US general, 3 goals, basic story of what troops did? |
|
Definition
| Nov. 15-Dec. 10 1864, Atlanta to Savannah Georgia, US gen-William T. Sherman, Purpose-to split the south, destroy vital supply lines, bring death and fear to the civilians; forcefully took supplies from the people, burned supplies, wrecked 200 miles of railroad, burned houses, looted homes/businesses, $100 million in damage. |
|
|
Term
| Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse? When? City and State? Main US General, Main Confederate General, Why did Lee Surrender? What were the conditions of Surrender that Grant offered Lee? |
|
Definition
| April 9, 1965, Appomattox Court House, Virginia, North- Grant, South- Lee, No supplies and surrounded, south relinquish weapons, give word won't fight again, go home. Can keep horses and personal arms and given 25000 rations. |
|
|
Term
| What were the working conditions for the Chinese while building the railroad? |
|
Definition
| The railroads were dangerous because they used explosives. 15%-18% of the laborers either died or were wounded. |
|
|
Term
| What happened to the Lakota Sioux? |
|
Definition
| The US army was moving the Lakota Sioux to a reservation but while they were being moved, the army shot and kill 400 of the Native Americans. |
|
|
Term
| What had the Japanese become successful with in America in the early 1900's. |
|
Definition
| They were successful in the farming and agricultural business. |
|
|
Term
| Why did the Chinese leave their country in the 1850's? |
|
Definition
| To escape a famine in China and to get rich in the California Gold Rush. |
|
|
Term
| What were the 2 main jobs that the Chinese found when arriving in America? |
|
Definition
| Gold mines and railroads. |
|
|
Term
Who was Chief Joseph? What
happened to him? |
|
Definition
Chief of Nez Perce natives. His tribe was
stopped by U.S. army when trying to escape
into Canada. They were put into reservations.
“I will fight no more forever.” |
|
|
