AH1 Midterm Exam Review (20 Seconds)

Which future president fought at the battle of Tippecanoe

Where did the Mexican Army defeat the Texan rebels killing 187 Texans?

Who led an unsuccessful slave revolt in 1831?

In the Colonial Era the New England town meetings and the VA House of Burgesses represented

Supported reform in mental health and prisons

President during Manifest Destiny

Father of American system also called great compromiser

Invented mechanical reaper

To avoid impressments, ___ gets the Embargo Act passed

Declaration of Independence, people have the right to abolish a government if that government 

As a result of the Missouri Compromise, what state entered the Union as a Free State

Theory that the US should expand across the continent

The Virginia House of Burgesses was important to democracy in the 13 colonies because it

Inventor, phonograph, light bulb, motion picture

President responsible for the Louisiana Purchase

Italian navigator who discovered the New World in the service of Spain

1814 treaty that ended the war of 1812

British practice of taking American sailors and forcing them into military service

Movement to ban alcohol in the 1830’s

The Mayflower Compact is important to the concept of a democratic society because it represents

When Jackson found out he had not been selected as president in 1824, he called the situation a

Main abolitionist. Supported immediate emancipation of slaves. Editor of the Liberator

Who was responsible for the Indian Removal Act

Slogan associated with Polk’s insistence that Great Britain cede the Oregon territory to the US

2000 mile path Americans journeyed to the Willamette Valley in the 1840's.

Treaty with Spain giving the USA Florida

Explored the Louisiana Territory

Who led the Mormons to Utah?

A Shawnee chief who tried to unite Native American tribes

The British system of mercantilism was opposed by many American colonists because it

At the ___ convention the New England states declared they did not want to fight in War of 1812

1st permanent English settlement in North America

As a result of the Missouri Compromise, what state entered the Union as a Slave State?

Invented steam engine

Education Reformist

Who explored the Louisiana Territory?

What explains: Committees of Correspondence,Boston Tea Party,First Continental Congress 

Why the Mayflower Compact and House of Burgesses important for development democracy in America

What group moved to Utah to escape religious persecution? 

Who was the leader of the Jamestown Colony?

Which explorer sailed around the southern tip of Africa in 1488?

Adams – Onis treaty in 1819 arranged the purchase of

During the Revolutionary War period, Thomas Paine’s Common Sense was important because it

Treaty asking Great Britain to leave western forts

Eli Whitney’s invention the , the cotton gin,increased the South’s dependency on _________

A Spanish Conquistador who defeated and conquered the Aztec Empire

Southern sisters who supported abolitionist cause

1795 treaty with Spain allowing U.S.commercial use of the Mississippi River

Who organized the English colonization of Roanoke Island?

Landscape artists school

What country sold the Louisiana Territory to the United States?

What document addressed the issue of slavery in the Louisiana Territory

The Mayflower Compact & House of Burgesses are examples of efforts of colonial Americans to 

The ________  _______is defined as awarded supporters with government jobs

Invented interchangeable parts and cotton gin

Which fundamental political idea is expressed in the Declaration of Independence?

Who was an important advocate of Portuguese expansion from 1415 to 1460?

Who led the army of Texas volunteers who were trying to start the Republic of Texas

War Hawks wanted the US to capture the property of ___ in the War of 1812

Impressments and Great Britain arming Indians  were the main cause for what war

Who was the founder of the federalist party and advised Washington on financial matters

Common Sense, by Thomas Paine, aided the American cause in the Revolutionary War because it

Treaty that ended the Mexican American War

A law passed by the first Congress to establish the federal court system.