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11th Grade
01/23/2012

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Boston Tea Party
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What act of colonial protestation resulted in the Coercive(Intolerable) Acts being passed by the British parliament.
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Oliver Branch Petition
Definition
What document was sent to King George III as a final attempt at peace by the colonists in 1775?
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Patrick Henry
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What American colonist gave the famous speech stating,"give me liberty or give me death?"
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George Washington
Definition
Who served as the commander of the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War?
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Samuel Adams
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Who was the leader of the Sons of Liberty?
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Paul Revere
Definition
Who made the famous ride warning colonists that the "Redcoats were coming"?
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Saratoga
Definition
What battle was the turning point in the Revolutionary War (resulted in France becoming our ally)?
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Valley Forge
Definition
Where were Washington's troops encmped during the harsh winter 1777-1778?
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Yorktown
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What was the last major batte of Revolutionary War (Cornwallis surrended to Washington)?
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Treaty of Paris 1783
Definition
What was the treaty called which gave the U.S. its independence from Great Britain?
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War of 1812
Definition
The U.S. fought the Britain again in what war?
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Enbargo Act
Definition
What law was passed by Jefferson that disallowed trade with other nations (including Britain) and led to the War of 1812?
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Impressment
Definition
What term was used to describe the Britain navy forcing Americans into service?
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Land Ordinance of 1785
Definition
What ordinance passed in 1785 that divided territory in the old northwest into townships?
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Northwest Ordinance
Definition
What ordinance in 1787 disallowed slavery in the old northwest?
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Louisana Purchase
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What action allowed Jefferson to double the size of the U.S. in 1803?
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Lewis&Clark
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Who did Jefferson hire to explore the west?
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Era of Good Feelings
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The post-war of 1812 years were called what (because of prosperity, one political partty, etc.)?
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1819
Definition
What year did Alabama become a state?
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Missouri Compromise
Definition
What congressional agreement allowed Missouri to become a slave state and Maine to become a free state?
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Monroe Doctrine
Definition
What famous speech outlined American foreign policy in 1823?
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(Jackson's tenture) Indian Removal Act
Definition
What law forced the five ciilized tribes of the southwest to evacuate?
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Trail of Tears
Definition
What event resulted in the Cherokees marching at gunpoint from GA to OK (1838)?
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Sante Fe, Oregon, Mormon, C
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Agriculture:mainly cotton
Definition
What was the basis of the southern economy before the Civil War?
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Balanced: industrial and agricultural
Definition
What was the basis of the northern economy before the Civil War?
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Mexico
Definition
What country did Texas gain its independence from in 1836?
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Manifest Destiny
Definition
What was the U.S. goal (or fate) named which called for the acquisition of territory in the west (extending the country from sea to sea)?
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Land acquistition (California and New Mexico territories)
Definition
Why did the U.S. fight Mexico (Mexican War) in 1846-1848?
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Seneca Falls Convection
Definition
What famous meeting in 1848 called for women to demand greater equality and opportunity in the U.S?
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Lucretia Mott and Elizabeth Cady Stanton
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Who hosted the Seneca Falls Convection?
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William Lloyd Garrison
Definition
What white abolitionist from Massachusetts produced The Liberator?
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Frederick Douglass
Definition
What black abolitionist from Massachusetts produced The North Star?
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To aid the escaped slaves
Definition
What was the purpose of the Underground Railroad?
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Harriet Tubman
Definition
What black women used the Underground Railroad to help liberate hundreds of slaves?
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Alchol consumption
Definition
During the reform period of the 1830s and 1840s much of the public called for abstinence from what?
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Dorothea Dix
Definition
What woman led reform in prisons in the U.S?
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Horace Mann
Definition
Who led reform in education in the 1800s?
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Second Great Awakening
Definition
What religous movement in the early 1800s influenced people to help other (leading to all of these reform movements)?
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Frederick Douglass
Definition
What black abolitionist from Massachusetts produced The North Star?
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To aid the escaped slaves
Definition
What was the purpose of the Underground Railroad?
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Harriet Tubman
Definition
What black women used the Underground Railroad to help liberate hundreds of slaves?
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Alchol consumption
Definition
During the reform period of the 1830s and 1840s much of the public called for abstinence from what?
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Dorothea Dix
Definition
What woman led reform in prisons in the U.S?
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Horace Mann
Definition
Who led reform in education in the 1800s?
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Second Great Awakening
Definition
What religous movement in the early 1800s influenced people to help other (leading to all of these reform movements)?
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Utopian communities
Definition
What were the communities called which tried to make a "perfect society"?
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Joseph Smith
Definition
Who founded the Mormons to Utah?
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Brigham Young
Definition
Who led the Mormons to Utah?
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Ft. Mchenry
Definition
What War of of 1812 battle resulted in the protection of Baltimore and Francis Scott Key's inspiring "Star Spangled Banner"?
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Horseshoe Bend
Definition
What War of 1812 battle did Jackson defeat the Creek Indians in AL?
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New Orleans
Definition
What War of 1812 battle did Jackson defeat the British after a truce was called?
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Gibbons v. Ogden
Definition
Which Supreme Court case (under Marshall) insured that the national government controlled interstate commerce?
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McCulloch v. Maryland
Definition
Which Supreme Court case (under Marshall) ruled that the national bank was in fact constitutional?
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Andrew Jackson
Definition
What president gets credit for establishing the spoils system?
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Nullification Crisis
Definition
What was South Carolina's attempt to void the Tariff of 1832 called?
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Transcendentalism
Definition
Whitman, Emerson, and Thoreau were writers of what movement?
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