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AHSGE. Standard III Revolution, Expansion, & Reform. Revolution. What act of colonial protestation resulted in the Coercive (Intolerable) Act being passed by the British parliament? Boston Tea Party. Revolution.
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AHSGE Standard III Revolution, Expansion, & Reform
Revolution • What act of colonial protestation resulted in the Coercive (Intolerable) Act being passed by the British parliament? • Boston Tea Party
Revolution • What document was sent to King George III as a final attempt at peace by the colonists in 1775? • Olive Branch Petition
Revolution • What American colonist gave the famous speech stating, “give me liberty or give me death?” • Patrick Henry
Revolution • Who served as the commander of the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War? • George Washington
Revolution • Who was the leader of the Sons of Liberty? • Samuel Adams • He led the Boston Tea Party • He signed the Declaration of Independence
Revolution • Who made the famous ride warning colonists that the “Redcoats are coming!”? • Paul Revere • Portrayed by William Wadsworth Longfellow in the Poem “Listen my children and you shall hear of the midnight ride of Paul Revere, On the 18th of April, Seventeen hundred and seventy five hardly a man is now alive that remembers that famous day and year.”
Revolution • What battle was the turning point in the Revolutionary War (resulting in France becoming our ally)? • Saratoga • October 1777
Revolution • Where were Washington’s troops encamped during the harsh winter of 1777-1778? • Valley Forge, Pennsylvania
Revolution • What was the last major battle of the Revolutionary War (General Cornwallis surrendered to General Washington)? Yorktown in October 1781 If buttercups buzz'd after the bee,If boats were on land, churches on sea,If ponies rode men and if grass ate the cows,And cats should be chased into holes by the mouse,If the mamas sold their babiesTo the gypsies for half a crown;If summer were spring and the other way round,Then all the world would be upside down.
Revolution • What was the treaty called which gave the U.S. its independence from Great Britain? • Treaty of Paris, 1783
Early Republic • What law was passed by Jefferson that disallowed trade with other nations (including Britain) and led to the War of 1812? • Embargo Act, 1807
Early Republic • The U.S. fought the British again in what war? • War of 1812
Early Republic • What ordinance was passed in 1785 that divided territory in the old northwest into townships? • Land Ordinance
Early Republic • What ordinance passed in 1787 disallowed slavery in the old northwest? • Northwest Ordinance
Early Republic • What action allowed Jefferson to double the size of the U.S. in 1803? • Louisiana Purchase
Early Republic • Who did Jefferson hire to explore the west? • Lewis & Clark
War of 1812 • What term was used to describe the British navy forcing Americans into service? • Impressment
War of 1812 • What War of 1812 battle resulted in the protection of Baltimore & Francis Scott Key’s inspiring “Star Spangled Banner”? • Ft. McHenry The Diamond Fourca.1898
War of 1812 • In what War of 1812 battle, did Jackson defeat the Creek Indians in AL? • Horseshoe Bend
War of 1812 • In what War of 1812 battle, did Jackson defeat the British after a truce was called? • New Orleans
War of 1812 • The post-War of 1812 years were called what (because of prosperity, one political party, etc.)? • Era of Good Feelings
Nationalism • What year did Alabama become a state? • December 14, 1819
Nationalism • Which Supreme Court case (while John Marshall was the Chief Justice) insured the national government controlled interstate commerce? • Gibbons v. Ogden1824
Nationalism • Which Supreme Court case (under Marshall) ruled the national bank was, in fact, constitutional? • McCullough v. Maryland
Nationalism • What congressional agreement allowed Missouri to become a slave state and Maine to become a free state? This same agreement forbade slavery north of the 36 degree 30’ North latitude. • Missouri Compromise
Nationalism • What action stated that the U.S. would not allow further European colonization of the Americas? • Monroe Doctrine
Era of the Common Man • Which president gets credit for establishing the spoils system (which allowed a governmental official to appoint friends and supporters to office)? • Andrew Jackson
Jacksonian Democracy • What law by Andrew Jackson forced the five civilized tribes of the southeast to evacuate? • Removal Act of 1830
Jacksonian Democracy • What event resulted in the Cherokees marching at gunpoint from Georgia to Oklahoma? • Trail of Tears
Jacksonian Democracy • South Carolina’s attempt to void the Tariff of 1832 was called the… • Nullification Crisis
Expansion • What country did Texas gain its independence from in 1836?
Expansion • What was the U.S. belief that God intended America to gain control of all lands between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans? • ManifestDestiny
Expansion • Why did the U.S. fight Mexico (the Mexican-American War) in 1846-1848? • Border Dispute • Nueces orRio Grande
Westward Expansion • List four major trails used by settlers in the western part of the U.S…. • Oregon • Mormon • California • Santa Fe
Women’s Suffrage • What famous meeting in 1848 called for women to demand greater equality and opportunity in the U.S.? • Seneca Falls Convention
Women’s Suffrage • Who hosted this convention?
Abolition • What white abolitionist from Massachusetts produced The Liberator? • William LloydGarrison
Abolition • What black abolitionist from Maryland produced The North Star? • FrederickDouglass
Abolition • What was the purpose of the Underground Railroad? • To free slaves
Abolition • What black woman used the Underground Railroad to help liberate hundreds of slaves? • Harriet Tubman
Reform Era • During the reform period of the 1830s and 1840s temperance was a popular movement. What was the temperance movement against? • Alcohol
Reform Era • What woman led reform in prisons in the U.S.? • Dorothea Dix
Reform Era • Who led reform in education in the 1800s? • Horace Mann
Reform Era • What religious movement in the early 1800s influenced people to help others (leading to all of these reform movements)? • SecondGreat Awakening
Reform Era New Harmony • What were the communities called which tried to make a “perfect society”? • Utopian Societies Brook Farm Oneida Community
Reform Era • Who founded the Mormon faith? • Joseph Smith
Reform Era • Whitman, Emerson, and Thoreau were writers of what movement that stressed humans should look to themselves for the answers as to how best to live? • Transcendental