APUSH Midterm Review

The money and property a son/daughter was given when they married.

Spanish explorer who found the Grand Canyon and Native villages while looking for Cibola.

He saved Jamestown by introducing the tobacco seed.

The conservative, established preachers who were against the Great Awakening.

Who wrote about the injustices against natives in the U.S.?

Protecting the interest of native born citizens over immigrants.

A religious revival in the colonies.

Which of the following countries made no attempt to convert the natives to Christianity?

Author of Uncle Tom's Cabin.

Which battle was considered the major turning point of the Civil War?

The purpose of all the taxes passed the British on the American colonists.

Utopian attempt that rejected monogamy and practiced free love with complex marriage.

Small land-owners.

Author of "A Vindication of the Rights of Women."

Laws that restrict activity on Sundays.

Who assassinated Abraham Lincoln?

The belief that the U.S. should expand from Atlantic to Pacific.

Which political party supported the coinage of silver?

What was the capital of the CSA?

Why was Saratoga the turning point battle?

Type of bill that originates with the people rather than a law maker.

Which colony was known as the "lost colony"?

Which president, elected in 1912, was a Democrat, but turned out to be pretty progressive.

First common man president.

The majority of Europeans in the 1400s belonged to which social class?

Created during Madison's presidency to stabilize the nation's currency.

Which colony was established as a safe haven for the Quakers?

Who financed the voyages of Christopher Columbus?

Leader of the American Railway Union and the American Socialist Party.

He was the leader of Jamestown and enforced the "no work, no food" policy.

Which ancient civilization had houses built into cliffs or mountainsides?

Promontory Point, Utah is the location

Who was the first Secretary of the Treasury?

This was created when James II merged several colonies to create one large royal province.

Which court decision did Jackson deliberately ignore?

War fought between the U.S. and England to defend US rights as an independent nation.

Jefferson's attempt to force England and France to recognize American neutral shipping rights.

Father of the Constitution

Who was elected president as the result of the Compromise of 1877?

Which colony was established as a safe haven for British Catholics?

Where were most Americans living when the Europeans first arrived in North America?

Which event was a direct result of the Tea Act?

He won the 1840 presidential election but died 30 days after his inauguration.

Which church was dominate and very powerful in Europe in the 1400s and 1500s?

Which act placed a tariff on French molasses?

Which of the following was NOT one of John Locke's Natural Rights?

T or F: civilizations in northern North America grew larger than the ones in the southern part.

P.B.S. Pinchback was the first African American governor in the US and was from

Who was blamed for the financial panic of 1837?

The most efficient way to travel in the 1850s.

Treaty that ended the Mexican-American War.

The Treaty of Tordesillas established the

Which of the following documents was produced by the Second Continental Congress?

The exchange of goods and ideas (and diseases) from one hemisphere to the other.

Which invention did NOT lead to the Age of Exploration?

The name for the time period when England ignored the colonies.

Which region did NOT support the American System?

Advocate of the American System.

"Fifty-four Forty or Fight!" was Polk's slogan in reference to this territory.

Which of the following was NOT a justification for slavery used by the planter elite?

This act made it illegal to publish or speak criticisms of the president or Congress.

What was the insulting term used to refer to a Southern Republican after the Civil War?

Tax on all printed items in the colonies.

Radical abolitionist that led a raid on Harper's Ferry, VA.

The Know-Nothing Party was very

What event resulted in the passage of the Intolerable Acts?

Treaty that ended the American War for Independence.

The Free-soil party was opposed to

Negative nickname for leaders in big business during the Industrial Revolution.

Political & scientific movement; led the colonists to think differently about their government.

The first Americans are believed to have come from which continent?

The XYZ Affair, Quassi War, and Alien & Sedition Acts all occured during _______presidency.

Supreme Court case: ruled slaves were not citizens and popular sovereignty was unconstitutional

The Great Compromise was a compromise about

He was the leader of the Puritans. "City upon a Hill."

Treaty that ended the War of 1812.

What was the name of the land mass purchased in the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo?

Who was elected president in 1824 as a result of the "corrupt bargain"?

Banished from Massachusetts Bay for teaching against theocracy, he established Rhode Island.

Failed attempt to avoid war with Britain during Washington's presidency.

He was the leader of the Separatists.

Treaty that ended the French and Indian War.

He was the leader of the Sons of Liberty.

As a result of Bacon's Rebellion, white planters began to rely more on ________ for free labor.

The "Tariff of Abominations" was the South's nickname for the tariff of

The type of representation the colonists wanted in Britain.

Which rebellion occurred before the American Revolution?

A Spanish conqueror.

An intellectual movement based on nature and the individual.

This was proposed by B. Franklin to unite the colonies in defense against the French.

Which war was the result of a conflict between Spain and England over Georgia?

What hurt the CSA in gaining allies during the Civil War?

Theodore Roosevelt's political party that formed when he ran for president against Taft.

Which group of immigrants were prohibited from entering the US after violence in CA?

The first party system consisted of the Democratic Republicans and the

"Ain't I a Woman" speaker.

Which Union general gave out 40 acre plots of land and the use of army mules to freedmen?

The Line of Demarcation led to _______ becoming the new leader in exploration.

Author of Common Sense.

Turning point battle of the American War for Independence.