US History Midterm Review Flashcards

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