Coach Lill’s

1. Coach Lill’s Alabama High School Graduation Exam Study Guide 03

2. What is the F.D.I.C.? • Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC): in 1933 under the Federal Reserve Act to insure depositors up to $100,000 in case of bank failure. This insurance was intended to prevent people from running to the bank and withdrawing their money if bonks were in danger of foreclosing

3. What was the New Deal? • Franklin Roosevelt’s social program designed to bring the United States economy out of the Great Depression

4. What was the Quartering Act? • Colonist were to made to provide lodging for the British soldiers

5. Who was Paul Revere? • rode from Boston to Concord to warn the Patriots that the British were coming

6. Who was Horace Mann? • Considered the “Father of Education” • Strove to provide men and women with public education.

7. What is a monopoly? • complete control of a certain market

8. What is a boll weevil? • A beetle which feeds on cotton buds and flowers. • When the boll weevil ate the cotton harvests, Alabama farmers decided to grow a variety of crops to avoid a similar devastation in the future.

9. What is a boll weevil? • A beetle which feeds on cotton buds and flowers. • When the boll weevil ate the cotton harvests, Alabama farmers decided to grow a variety of crops to avoid a similar devastation in the future.

10. Who was Sojouner Truth? • African-American leader of abolition and women’s rights

11. Who was Vasco da Gama? • Portuguese explorer, one of the most successful in the European Age of Discovery and the commander of the first ships to sail directly from Europe to India.

12. Who was Frederick Douglas? • former slave who spoke for abolition movement

13. Who was William Penn? • founder and "Absolute Proprietor" of the Province of Pennsylvania, the English North American colony and the future U.S. state of Pennsylvania. He was known as an early champion of democracy and religious freedom

14. What was the Massachusetts Bay Colony? • English settlement that was settled by Puritans

15. What were the reasons for exploration of the New World? • Gold • Glory • God

16. What was the Battle of Fort McHenry? • in the war of 1812, the British attacked here but were defeated • Where Francis Scott Key wrote “Star Spangled Banner”

17. What is the Articles of Confederation? • the first constitution ratified by the 13 colonies in March, 1781 • Strengths: states retained rights; central government established a post office • Weaknesses: loose bonds between independent states; each state had one vote in Congress; no executive or judicial power; unanimous vote for amendments

18. What are the Bill of Rights? • The first ten amendments to the United State constitution

19. What were used to limit the voting rights in the South? • Jim Crow Laws • Literacy tests • Poll taxes

20. What is the Northwest Passage? • The passage the English explorers were looking for that connected the Atlantic and Pacific Ocean by water

21. Who were Robber Barrons? • Andrew Carnegie Gospel of Wealth • John Rockefeller: Standard Oil Company • Vanderbilt: New York and Railroad

22. What is the transcontinental railroad? • Railroad system that linked the East to the West so that people, goods and services could be exported more quickly

23. What happened July 4, 1776? • Signing of the Declaration of Independence

25. U.S. Fought Great Britain in the War of 1812 • Battle of Horseshoe Bend- Andrew Jackson, with the help of the Cherokee, defeated the Creeks, allies of Tecumseh; Creeks were forced to give up much of their land in present day Alabama and Georgia • Battle of New Orleans-Andrew Jackson defeated the British

26. U.S. Fought Great Britain in the War of 1812 • Battle of Horseshoe Bend- Andrew Jackson, with the help of the Cherokee, defeated the Creeks, allies of Tecumseh; Creeks were forced to give up much of their land in present day Alabama and Georgia • Battle of New Orleans-Andrew Jackson defeated the British

27. U.S. Fought Great Britain in the War of 1812 • Battle of Horseshoe Bend- Andrew Jackson, with the help of the Cherokee, defeated the Creeks, allies of Tecumseh; Creeks were forced to give up much of their land in present day Alabama and Georgia • Battle of New Orleans-Andrew Jackson defeated the British

28. Who are Lewis and Clarke? • Explored the Louisiana Purchase: Louisiana and Oregon Territories

29. What is the Preamble of the Constitution? • We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.

30. What are the Bill of Rights? • The first ten amendments of the United States Constitution. They protect people’s rights from the government

31. What is the elastic clause? • gives Congress the power to pass legislation that is “necessary and proper” for doing its job

32. Protestant Reformation • Martin Luther • Started in Germany

33. What are the separation of powers? • Each of the three branches of government has the ability to “check and balance” each other

34. What is Federalism? • The practice of dividing power

35. What is Federalism? • The practice of dividing power

36. Who is Balboa? • Spanish explorer who discovered the Pacific Ocean

37. Who was Booker T Washington? • founder of Tuskegee Institute in Alabama; accepted segregation but pushed for equal economic opportunities for blacks

38. Who was George Washington Carver? • student of Booker T. Washington who gained fame for his research with peanuts, soybeans and cotton

39. What was the Underground Railroad? • a network of people who helped slaves escape to the North

40. Who was the “Father of Education”? • Horace Mann

41. What happened Dec 5, 1941? • Japanese forces attacked the United States at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii

42. Who made the famous ride to warn the Patriots that “the British are coming”? • Paul Revere

43. What took away rights from African-Americans • Black Codes and Jim Crow laws

44. What is the significance of the Battle of Saratoga? • It was the turning point of the American Revolution. After the American victory at Saratoga, the French joined the colonist

45. “No taxation without presentation” • Heard during the American Revolution, the colonist were tired of not being represented in the British Parliament

46. What was the TVA? • Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) (1933): The TVA built hydroelectric dams to bring electricity to new parts of the South, including northern Alabama, and to provide employment and cheap electricity.

47. What was the CCC? • Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC): in 1933. The CCC provided employment for unmarried men between ages of 17 and 23. These young men worked in the national parks installing electric lines, building fire towers, and planting new trees in deforested areas

48. What was the Fair Labor Standards Act? • Fair Labor Standards Act (1938): raised the minimum wage to 40 cents per hour, set maximum work hours at 44 hours per week, and ended child labor under the age of 16

49. What was the Social Security Act? • Social Security Act (SSA): passed in 1935, provided retirement income for all workers once they reached the age of 65