Am Studies: 1st Sem Final Short Review

Which of the following began military actions in the Civil War

The purpose of the "gag rule" adopted by the US Senate was to 

A negative affect of the development of the West was the

_ President Jefferson purchases the Louisiana territory from this nation. 

 The Underground Railroad was a system for transporting 

Scalawags were

A protective tariff

Which of the following best describes the attitude of most English settlers toward the Native Americans?

With the Proclamation of 1763, the British ended 

Jim Crow laws were

The law that made it illegal in 1798 to speak maliciously about the national government was the 

The case of John Peter Zenger is seen as important in our American right of 

One action that led the US closer to war with Britain in 1812 was Britain's seizure of 

To impeach a president means to

Harriett Tubman is famous for

The land ordinance of 1785 provided for

Under Popular Sovereignty the decision on allowing slaver in a state is decided by

At Ford's theatre on April 14th, 1865

The Mayflower Compact says government derives its power from

The Anaconda Plan is the

A government official is guilty of this when they appoint non-qualified people to jobs, usually friends or family

Jefferson Davis

The Pilgrims landed at Plymouth in

Form of government that combines church and government powers

At the outset, President Lincoln held that the Civil War was being fought to 

The early belief that the US should expand as far as possible across North America

Andrew Jackson's policy for Native Americans was to

 In 1807, under President Jefferson the Embargo Act 

The Freedman’s Bureau was created to

The last of the Plains Indian battles was in 1890 at

The first permanent settlement in North America in 1607

Indentured servants were important because they

The fact that national laws take precedent over state laws

The Great Compromise resulted in

The hero of the battle of New Orleans in 1815 who later becomes president was