Midterm Review

After the House impeached Andrew Johnson, his trial in the Senate ended in

What colony was founded after Charles II (restored to the throne) gave 8 noblemen land mainly for trade purposes

This party demanded an end to immigration into the United States

The Coercive (Intolerable) Acts were passed in reaction to

Parliament claimed the right to tax whenever it desired without direct American representation 

In 1800, Thomas Jefferson was chosen president by the 

This was the first attempt at colonial unity 

The financial means for England’s first permanent colonization in America were provided by

This provided for the American-British mutual disarmament of the Great Lakes

In Dred Scott v Sanford (1857), the Supreme Court held that

This was when the United States paid $15 million for the cession of northern Mexico

The “First Great Awakening” of the 18th century was 

Jackson said that paper money should not be accepted for the purchase of public lands in

This is the only part of the government that is directly elected by the people at the time 

This battle was a Confederate victory

Which of the following measures was not employed by the Lincoln administration in support of the Union war effort?

Lame Duck president felt the Constitution didn't authorize him to force the South to stay(1860)

A majority of white southerners before the Civil War were

This gave 50 acres of land to anyone who could transport himself to the colonies

I am a former slave who founded Tuskegee in AL. I preach the virtues of hard work, moderation and economic self-help

The element of the Constitution most representative of the anti-federalist perspective is the

How did Thomas Jefferson deal with British and French violation of neutrality?

The Marbury v Madison Supreme Court decision established

Famous Senate debate over the South Carolina Exposition was between

Allowed for California to enter as a free state, a tougher fugitive slave law & ends slave trade in DC

1896 Supreme Court case that ruled that separate but equal was permissable under the 14th Amendment

Who did African Americans fight for in the Revolutionary War?

His Freeport Doctrine stated that any territory could pass laws declining to protect slavery

European contact with Americans Indians led to

The group in the North most dangerous to the Union cause was the 

The federal government passed a law that permitted settlers to buy land for little $ or free if they settled on the land

In the Ostend Manifesto, American diplomats called for America to 

Why was Monroe's presidency known as the "Era of good Feelings"?

In the case of Gibbons v. Ogden in 1824, the Supreme Court

The Freedmen’s Bureau provided all of the following EXCEPT

The first slaves in America were introduced by the Dutch in

When Jackson heard Marshall’s decision in Worcester v. Georgia, he

The summoning of Virginia’s House of Burgesses marked an important precedent because it

Which of these was an advantage of the colonial Patriots in the Revolutionary War?

He demanded an immediate end to slavery without compensation to slave owners

This treaty ended the War of 1812 (pretty much did nothing but return to pre war conditions- status quo antebellum)

How was Hamilton's proposed bank deemed legal?

In the 1819 case of McCulloch v. Maryland, the Supreme Court decided that the

The Mayflower Compact could best be described as 

This was a response to the Alien and Sedition Acts

Who was elected president in 1796, the 1st election that political parties were present? Hint: Washington's successor

His raid, capture & execution in Harper's Ferry VA made him a martyr for the abolition movement

Dorthea Dix was known for her work with 

Turning point battle of the Revolutionary War

According to this New Englander, the truly saved need not bother to obey the laws of man or God