7068748484 | Southern Colonies | Maryland, Virginia, North and South Carolina, and Georgia. These colonies had few cities, plantations, long growing seasons, and were located in tidewater areas. | 0 | |
7068748485 | Middle Colonies | Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey, and Delaware. These colonies had large farms, navigable rivers, large trading industries, and moderate growing seasons. These colonies were most tolerant of other religions and peoples | 1 | |
7068748486 | New England Colonies | Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, and New Hampshire. These colonies had short growing seasons, trade, shipbuilding industries, fishing, and rocky soil. | 2 | |
7068748487 | England | The following are reasons that which country formed settlements in the New World: A desire to gain wealth through joint-stock company ventures A desire to escape religious persecution A desire to seek a better life with more opportunities | 3 | |
7068748488 | Indentured servant | In exchange for passage to North America, and food and shelter once they arrived, these people agreed to a limited term of servitude. | 4 | |
7068748489 | British taxation | In the year 1765, many colonists were starting to protest because of this | 5 | |
7068748490 | The Constitution | In this document, the framers are stating that sovereignty belongs to the people of the nation | 6 | |
7068748491 | Federalists and Anti-Federalists | These two groups debated the ratification of the new Constitution in 1787 | 7 | |
7068748492 | African Americans | Despite the American Revolution's emphasis on equality, which group of people did not experience a positive social change? | 8 | |
7068748493 | President George Washington | This president feared that permanent alliances could draw the United States into wars. He shared this belief with Presidents Thomas Jefferson and James Monroe | 9 | |
7068748494 | Political Parties | Debates over Alexander Hamilton's Financial Program and the growing war between France and Britain led to the development of what? | 10 | |
7068748495 | Balance of free and slave states | The most pressing issue as Americans moved west and formed new states throughout the early 1800's | 11 | |
7068748496 | The Era of the Common Man | The elimination of property requirements for voting during the antebellum period gave this period what nickname? | 12 | |
7068748497 | Second Great Awakening | Preachers during this event advocated that salvation is available to anyone and individuals are responsible for their salvation | 13 | |
7068748498 | President Andrew Jackson | This president felt that states do not have the legal, or constitutional, right to secede | 14 | |
7068748499 | Manifest Destiny | It was America's God-given right to expand all the way to the West coast | 15 | |
7068748500 | Antebellum | The time in the South before the Civil War | 16 | |
7068748501 | Whigs | This political party disappeared by the Election of 1856 | 17 | |
7068748502 | Debates over the extension of slavery | The Whig party disappeared because of what? | 18 | |
7068748503 | End secession and preserve the Union | The principal war goal for Lincoln in 1861 | 19 | |
7068748504 | The Emancipation Proclamation | Abolished slavery in all states that were still in open rebellion against the Union | 20 | |
7068748505 | President Lincoln | This president justified the emancipation of southern slaves through his military powers as Commander-in-Chief | 21 | |
7068748506 | Total War | The belief that it is essential to fight not only the army of the enemy, but also the civilian population | 22 | |
7068748507 | William Tecumseh Sherman | The Union commander that used the total war strategy to end the Civil War quickly | 23 | |
7068748508 | Reconstruction | The achievements made to enfranchise African-Americans were reversed by the end of this time period | 24 | |
7068748509 | Canals and Telegraphs | These inventions allowed businesses to expand across the nation, instead of being isolate to one place | 25 | |
7068748510 | Canals | These had the most influence on the development of a "market revolution" | 26 | |
7068748511 | Cotton Gin | This contributed to the growth of slavery in the Antebellum Period | 27 | |
7068748512 | Steel Plow | This contributed to the agricultural boom of the Old Northwest | 28 | |
7068748513 | Cotton Gin and Textile Loom | These two inventions led to a dependence between the North and the South for economic production | 29 | |
7068748514 | Northeast/New England | Factories and textile industries were mainly located in this region of the country | 30 | |
7068748515 | The American Revolution | This picture, used as propaganda, is related to what historical event/time period | ![]() | 31 |
7069147292 | Oregon Treaty | Where the US and Britain agreed on the line dividing Britain (modern Canada) and America in the Oregon Territory. Their motto was "54' 40 or fight." | 32 | |
7069158218 | Mexican-American War | War between Mexico and America over the territory of Texas. Ultimately gives modern day New Mexico, Utah, Nevada, Arizona, California, Texas, and western Colorado to the United States. | 33 |
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