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American History Final
1st Semester Final (33 questions)
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11th Grade
12/18/2012

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Name the first english colony in north america. was is successful?
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Roanoke. No.
Term
How was slavery introduced to North America?
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Dutch trader sold to American settler in Jamestown
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Why were the Americans so opposed to English Taxation?
Definition
They wanted their own government and the taxes were too high
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The Coecive, Quebec Acts, and all the violations became known as __________
Definition
The Intolerable Acts
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Supported Crown
Definition
Loyalists
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Supported America
Definition
Patriots
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"The British are coming!"-__________.
Definition
Paul Revere and William Dawes
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First shot of American Revolution at _________.
Definition
Lexington
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Last ditch effort Americans made at peace was known as the _____________.
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Olive Branch Petition
Term
What was issued on July 4th, 1776 by Thomas Jefferson and Continental Congress?
Definition
Declaration of Independence
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__________ was trapped at Yorktown.
Definition
General Cornwallis
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What was the document, before the Constitution, that held the colonies together?
Definition
Articles of Confederation
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What was wrong with the Articles of Confederation?
Definition
No separate executive and judicial branches.
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People against ratifying the constitution?
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Anti-Federalists
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Face of Federalists?
Definition
Alexander Hamilton
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Face of Republicans?
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Thomas Jefferson
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When did Thomas Jefferson became President?
Definition
1800
Term
What land acquisition did Thomas Jefferson make? How much? From who?
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Louisiana Purchase, $15 Million, Napolean
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Thomas Jefferson sent ______ & _______ to survey the land.
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Lewis & Clark
Term
What treaty ended the war of 1812?
Definition
Treaty of Ghent
Term
Who led the American's at the battle of New Orleans even though the war was over?
Definition
Andrew Jackson
Term
What invention caused Cotton to become King? Who invented it?
Definition
Cotton Gin. Eli Whitney.
Term
First Battle Grant fought Lee?
Definition
Battle of the Wilderness
Term
Who was the first general and creator of the Army of the Potomac?
Definition
McLellan
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Who was the general of the Union Army at Fredericksburg?
Definition
Burnside
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What did Chamberlain experience at Fredericksburg?
Definition
Hid under dead bodied to stay alive.
Term
Last day at Gettysburg and the end of Vicksburg?
Definition
July 4th, 1863
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Grants best friend? (FULL NAME)
Definition
William Tecumseh Sherman
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Lee lured Grant to what massacre?
Definition
Cold Harbor
Term
What do we call the event that blew up the Confederate wall between Petersburg and Richmond?
Definition
Burnside's Folly
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Grant let Lee's men keep what three things?
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Horses, pistols, and food.
Term
Lewis returned to _______.
Definition
Run family business.
Term
Lewis was considered ______ & ______ by his friends.
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Honest & Trustworthy
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Lewis travels across the known country acting as the army's __________.
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Paymaster
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Of the 5.5 Million people that were in the US while Thomas Jefferson was President. How many were slaves?
Definition
1 Million
Term
______ _______ appointed Lewis as his person secretary.
Definition
Thomas Jefferson
Term
_____(Mishocs) was supposed to go and explore the west until Thomas Jefferson found out he was a French spy.
Definition
Andre
Term
Thomas Jefferson wanted to find __________ that went from coast to coast.
Definition
A water route.
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Jefferson gave ______ a list of info. that he should gather
Definition
Lewis
Term
Jefferson gave Lewis a ________.
Definition
Letter of Credit
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Lewis met up with Clark at _______, _______.
Definition
Louisville, Kentucky
Term
____ was Clark's longtime friend and slave
Definition
York
Term
They wanted the __________ to go to DC to meet their new "father".
Definition
Indian Chiefs
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Lewis wanted his men to think of Clark as ________.
Definition
His equal
Term
_________ was lost because he thought he was chasing the keelboat.
Definition
Shannon
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The _______ _______ were abandoned because of smallpox.
Definition
Mandan Villages
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________ Island was covered in vegetables.
Definition
Aracaras
Term
Lewis brought _________ to give to the Indian Chiefs
Definition
Bales of Gifts
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Spring at ________ was where/when Lewis felt the journey was just beginning.
Definition
Fort Mandan
Term
Everyone assumes that the ________ have lots of horses.
Definition
Snake Indians
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The most prized animal was the _______.
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Beaver
Term
Lewis thought that ______ fur would make fine wool.
Definition
Buffalo
Term
Lewis realized that they were facing __ miles of _______.
Definition
16. Portage.
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Lewis' men made _____ for the pirogis to better navigate the boats through the cottonwood tree.
Definition
Wheels
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Lewis and Clark secretly planned to send __ men back to DC with artifacts from the journey.
Definition
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