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US HISTORY UNIT 1 TEST NOTES
October 2, 2014
IF CALIFORNIA ENTERED THE UNION AS A FREE STATE, THE SALVEHOLDING STATES WOULD BECOME A MINORITY IN THE SENATE
Answer: True
LAND THE UNITED STATES BOUGHT FROM FRANCE THAT DOUBLED THE SIZE OF THE NATION WAS CALLED THE NEW ORLEANS PURCHASE
Answer: False
TREATY THAT END THE WAR OF 1812, WAS CALLED THE TREATY OF PARIS
Answer: False
TERM THAT REFERS TO A STATE LEAVING THE UNION IS CALLED SECESSION
Answer: True
ANTISLAVERY NOVEL THAT CHANGED THE NORTHERN PERCEPTIONS OF SLAVERY WAS CALLED UNCLE TOM’S CABIN
Answer: True
FIRST CIVILIZATION IN NORTH AMERICA
Answer: Olmec
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SPANISH EXPLORERS IN THE NEW WORLD
Answer: Conquistador
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ENGLISH PHILOSOPHER THAT ARGUED “GOVERNMENT EXIST TO PROTECT THE PEOPLE AND IF GOVERNMENT FAILS TO DO THIS THEY HAVE THE RIGHT TO REVOLT”
Answer: John Locke
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WAR BETWEEN FRANCE AND ENGLAND IN 1754 IN NORTH AMERICA
Answer: French and Indian War
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QUEBEC ACT AND COERCIVE ACT
Answer: Intolerable Acts
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THE SYSTEM CREATED TO PREVENT ANY ONE OF THE THREE BRANCHES OF GOVERNMENT FROM BECOMING TOO POWERFUL IS CALLED
Answer: Checks and balances
THE GREAT COMPROMISE PROPOSED THAT IN ONE HOUSE OF CONGRESS THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES THAT STATES WOULD BE REPRESENTED ACCORDING TO THE SIZE OF THEIR
Answer: Population
THE NATION’S FIRST TWO POLITICAL PARTIES WERE THE FEDERALIST AND THE
Answer: Democratic-Republicans
THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION OF 1800 RESULTED IN A TIE BETWEEN WHICH TWO CANDIDATES
Answer: Jefferson and Burr
THE UNITED STATES DECLARED WAR ON______IN 1812
Answer: Britian
IT WAS CLEAR THAT A LARGE, WELL-TRAINED ARMY WOULD BE NEEDED TO DEFEAT THE SOUTH AFTER THE UNION DEFEAT AT
Answer: The First Battle of Bull Run
WHAT UNION VICTORY CUT THE CONFEDERACY IN TWO
Answer: Vicksburg
IN ADDITION TO ENDING THE ENSLAVEMENT ON MILLIONS OF AFRICAN AMERICANS, THE NORTH’S VICTORY IN THE CIVIL WAR ALSO SAVED THE UNION AND STRENGTHENED THE POWER OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OVER THE
Answer: States
WHAT MADE RIVER TRAVEL MORE RELIABLE AND UPSTREAM TRAVEL EASIER
Answer: Steamboats
WHILE THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES HAD A MAJORITY OF NORTHERNERS IN 1819, ADMITTING ANY NEW STATE, EITHER SLAVE OR FREE, WOULD UPSET THE BALANCE IN
Answer: The Senate
A COTTON GIN
Answer: Removes cotton seeds
THE SOLUTION THAT EMERGED IN THE MISSOURI COMPROMISE WAS ADMIT MISSOURI
Answer: As a slave state and Maine as a free state
ON FEBRUARY 2, 1848, MEXICO’S LEADERS SIGNED THE
Answer: Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
THE ISSUE OF SLAVERY’S EXPANSION DIVIDED THE COUNTRY NOT ALONG PARTY LINES, BUT ALONG
Answer: Sectional lines
A FREE AFRICAN AMERICAN COULD BE FALSELY TAKEN INTO CUSTODY UNDER THE TERMS OF THE
Answer: Fugitive Slave Act
