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American Studies midterm
review of all topics on am. studs midterm
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History
10th Grade
01/18/2013

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Term
motivations for exploration
Definition

Gold,God,Glory

Merchantalism(raw materials)

Crusades(religion)

Rennaissance

search for route to Asia

Term
Columbus
Definition

was made out to be the founder of the americas

was cruel to Natives

received exagerated recognition

Term
Spanish english and french efforts to colonize
Definition

=south and central america

=latecomer to exploration settled New England

=Canada

 

Term
Colonial wars(king Phillips war)
Definition

was a relashionship of reciprocity

but colonists wanted more land 

=end of Native american in colonial life

Term

French and indian war and its implications

 

Definition

Fight betwenn british and french over North America.

Albany congress(colonies united)

Debt

french out of NA

coloniss get a "dose of reality"

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Roots of representative government

 

Definition
The house of Burgesses
Term
Roots of political,religious and social intstitutions
Definition

=seperate local governments

=puritanism some more extreme than others

=lives dominated by religion

Term
Puritanism and the role of religion i nthe early colonies(great awakening)
Definition

puritan seperatists

goal of religious freedom

Mass Bay, Plymouth, Rodger Williams

=puritanism revisited,emotion,anger,charismatic preacher(sinners in the Hands of an Angry God)

 

Term
Jamestown colony
Definition

house of burgesses

African american endentured servitude

integration of women into society

goal;$(gold)

starving time

coexisting w/ natives

Term
Mercantilism
Definition

colonies provide raw materials for mother country who will then produce products for the colonists to sell

navigation acts-no smuggling, (buy mother countries products)

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development of slave culture
Definition

as a result of laws seperating the two races

most southerners DID NOT have slaves(only the rich ones did)

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Salutary Neglect
Definition

British to colonies

GB allowed colonies to funstion on their own "day to day" affairs 

Parliment would handle the "bigger decisions"

End=British make colonies pay for the French and Indian war

Term
political,ideological and economic origins of the Aerican revolution
Definition
proclamation act,sugar act,quartering act,stamp act,sons of liberty,commitees of correspondence,nonimportation,declaratory act,townshend acts,Boston Massacre,intolerable acts,Gaspee incident,first continental congress,
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Arguments over independence
Definition

the British did not take the colonists seriously

was not willing to let it go easily

Term
Declaration of independence and it's priciples and implications
Definition

List of greivances

stating that America was independent

debt

no one ot trade with

other countries ready to take over if they slip

would they stay unified

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Role of propaganda in the revolution
Definition

exagerated the offenses of the British

the declaration was a big piece

 

Term
Reasons for american victory
Definition

british struggle; far from home not passionate about their cause

Morale

French join at Saratoga

no support from other European powers in NA

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Treaty of Paris
Definition

war officially ends

independent!

got all land east of the Miss. river

GB=generous

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Articles of confederation(successes)
Definition

"brokered peace at Paris and ended rev. war"

set method for westward expansion(NW land ordinance)

centralized gvt

could;declare war, rasie armies, sign treaties

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Articles of confederation(failures)
Definition
weak central governent(no executive branch, no judicial branch)
couldn't raise an army
No $(no taxes )
proved bad by Shays rebellion
Term
The Philadelphia convention
Definition
1787
battle for ratification federalists v. anti-federalists
Term
Principles of the constitution
Definition
checks and balances for the 3 parties, separation of powers,federalism,republicanism,limited government,individual rights, popular sovereignty
Term
Bill of rights and its continuing signifigance
Definition
if it were not on the constitution the anti-federalists would not have ratified the constitution, gave personal and states rights
apply in many situations today
Term
George Washington and precedence
Definition
Cabinet, Hamiltons' financial plan,mr. president, two terms, veto,foreign policy, inaugural address.
warnings;Parties, sectionalism,foreign alliances
Term
Federalists
Definition
Support constitution and strong central government.Hamilton, Washington, Adams, john jay, Madison
federalist papers
Term
anti-federalists
Definition
Patrick Henry."leery of constitution"states rights,Bill of rights
Term
Growth of supreme court
Definition
John Marshall
Term
John Adams
Definition
XYZ,Alien and sedition acts,Quasi war
Term
XYZ affair
Definition
American delegations were sent to france where they were approched by three unknown french official(X,Y Z)asked for a bribe to see french leader. America said no !
Term
Alien and Sedition acts
Definition
laws on immigration
laws putting limits on newspaper(and such)criticing the government
Term
Quasi war
Definition
France seized american good and ships and Americans. Adams protested which resulted in the XYZ affair
Term
Jefferson administration
Definition
Louisiana purchase,Trade embargo(Barbary pirates),Slavery, Marbury v. Madison
Term
Louisiana purchase
Definition
Secure trade on the Miss. river
French sold it to us so they were out of NA for good
The constitution does not specify whether or not the president can purchase land...Jackson did it anyway
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Trade embargo (Barbary pirates)
Definition
Raids on American shipping leads to NO trading with British and french until they stop. British and French ignore it and it just causes more problems
Term
Slavery
Definition
growing "concern"
invention of the Cotton Gin made plantation life more profitable
Would it spread west into LA territory???
Term
War of 1812(causes)
Definition
Tensions with Native Americans in the west
impressment
Country was not devoted"Mr. Madison's war" only the war hawks wanted it?
Term
War of 1812(battles)
Definition
Canada Campaign
Hartford convention-we want the war to end!
White House burned
Treaty of Ghent(end of war)
New Orleans(Jackson)
Term
War of 1812(outcomes)
Definition
Era of Good feelings
extreme Patriotism
proves america is a "formidable foe"
Term
"Era of Good Feelings"
Definition
Nationalism
only one political party
(still expansion slavery, the rights of Native Americans,and sectionalism existed)
Term
Monroe Doctrine
Definition
Western Hemisphere Closed to European colonization
"gutsy"
Term
Jackson and Native American policy
Definition
when Americans wanted to moved west Jackson ordered____________ to be "removed"to lands west of the Miss. river. lead to the trail of tears.
Term
Manifest Destiny
Definition
Annexation of Texas,Oregon Territory,Gadsden Purchase
Term
Annexation of Texas
Definition
annexed after American settlers establish the Lone Star republic.Kinda leads to the Mexican American war
Term
Mexican American War
Definition
stated purpose:to defend Americans living in disputed territories
Actual purpose:to secure territory presumably for westward expansion of cotton plantations;anti-Mexican racism
Term
Transportation and Market revolutions
Definition
canals,trains,turnpikes,highways to facilitate trade
CT RI and MA become hubs of textile manufacturing
Term
Antebellum immigration
Definition
workers from Europe come ot work in cities in the East
many workers
low wages
Term
Rapid growth of Slavery
Definition
as America expand so does slavery
"gag rule" no abolishion inlfluence in the Deep South b/c it will supposedly contribute to sectional tension
Texas doesn't want to become part of the "southern culture" wants to remain Mexican(ish)
Term
Jacksonian Democracy
Definition
How democratic was Andrew Jackson?
he was one the the "masses" and man of the people
Spoils system- rewarding political supporters with government positions
Term
Development of sectionalism
Definition
tariff,national bank,liberal land policy,slavery,
Term
Reform movements
Definition
Prison reform,Education,Women's Rights-Seneca falls,Religion-second great awakening,Temperance(alchohol),Abolition
Term
Seneca Falls Declaration and 19th-century Feminism
Definition
property rights
@ the Seneca falls convention the right to vote was proposed
Term
ideology of north(economic, cultural, social
Definition
factories,textile mills etc.
immigrants
divided due to different races and class
little to no slavery
Term
ideology of the south(economic, cultural,social)
Definition
lives centered around planations
slaves were their economy
white religious plantation owners
Term
Missouri compromise
Definition
Missouri enters a slave state; maine enters as a free state;balance maintained
slavery is prohibited in the west north of the Missouri boundry
Term
Compromise of 1850
Definition
California=free state
popular sovereignty in Utah, NM
Fugitive lave act
slave trade abolished in D.C. but slavery still exists
Term
Kansas Nebraska Act
Definition
How will they enter the union?popular sovereignty
led to bleeding Kansas b/c the two parties fought for the higher population
Term
Dred Scott
Definition
Slae who was taken to live in the North then was taken back to become a slave . would not give him a trial and proved that slaves were not citizens and could not sue in court
Term
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Definition
wrote Uncle toms cabin
sympathetic to slavery
spread all over the country
Term
John Brown raid on Harper's Ferry
Definition
Goal;seize guns and start a revolt
armed slaves
Pt down by Lee
John Brown exectuted
Term
Election of 1860
Definition
regonalized election- Lincoln not on the ballot in the south
Lincoln vs. Douglas
Licoln wins and SC secedes
Term
Secession of southern States
Definition
SC is first after Licoln is elected
MISS,FLO,ALA,G,LOU,TX secede after inaguration
Term
Union entering the war(strengths)
Definition
strengths-population,established w/ army navy,trading partners,and financial system,industry,infrastructure(telegraph,railroad)
Term
Union entering the war(weaknesses)
Definition
poor generals,dived motivation,
Term
Confederacy entering the war(strengths)
Definition
Defensive war, unified mission,strong military tradition, better knowledge fo the land
Term
Confederacy entering the war(weaknesses)
Definition
not established, anaconda plan weakens them, no $, no navy,no infrastructure
Term
Innovations during the war
Definition
railroads,telegraph,mine ball,better firearms
Term
Fort Sumter
Definition
1st shots of the war
not casualties
Term
Bull Run
Definition
The union thought they could knock out the Confederacy with one shot but no...
Term
Anaconda plan/naval blockade
Definition
wants to cut off the Souths trade along the coasts
Term
Anteitam
Definition
Bloodiest single day
Led to Emancipation proclamation
Term
Emancipation Proclamtion
Definition
Freed slaves in all rebellious states...confederacy
Term
Gettyburg
Definition
Bloodiest 3 day battle
turning point b/c last time confederacy goes on the offensive
Term
Gettysburg Address
Definition
We must continue to fight for what the men who died in the battle were fighting for
Term
Sherman's march to the Sea
Definition
burns everything
totally demoralizes south and shows citizens that their gvt cannot protect them
Term
Election of 1864
Definition
Lincoln takes it as approval of what hes done for slavery leads to 13th ammendment
Term
Appomattox courthouse
Definition
end of war
Lee surrenders
Lincoln wants reconciliation.
Term
Reasons for union victory
Definition
Had more troops and outlasted south
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