US History Final - pt. 1

In 1607, England granted a royal charter to the Virginia Company to establish the English colony of....

After the French & Indian War, what did the colonies gain that ended up creating more problems than solutions?

The leaders who attended the Constitutional Convention in 1787 and wrote, or “framed,” the U.S. Constitution.

The last major battle of the Revolutionary War

Who was the President of the United States that was responsible for moving all Native Americans west of the Mississippi?

The Southern states began to secede from the Union after what event?

A form of government in which people elected leaders, called representatives, to stand in for them.

What was the primary and driving factor for slavery of African/African American people?

The time period in the US, immediately after the Civil War?

What set of laws enforced segregation in public places in the south?

The rallying cry of patriots against British attempts to raise funds for the empire.

Which group of people did the British look to in order to pay for the expensive war and debt they were in?

Oversaw the Constitutional Convention and was elected the first president of the United States of America. 

Rights said to have been given by God, are thought of as rights that all people have from the moment they are born.

Leader of the Confederate Army in Virginia and had the largest army in the Confederacy.

the first written plan of government for the United States.

American colonists resisted which law that said they could not settle west of the Appalachian Mountains?

branch of a government is the branch that makes laws

Most of those who emigrated to colonize Jamestown were the farmers, peasants, and the lower and middle class.

Which Amendment guaranteed all African American men suffrage, or the right to vote?

The first British colony settled in North America sponsored by Sir Walter Raleigh in 1585.

Led by Radical Republicans, this policy divided the South into five military districts?

Which Amendment undid all legal rulings that to make slavery stronger since the writing of the Constitution?

Puritans and Separatists sailed for Jamestown on the Mayflower in what year?

The location where General Lee surrendered to General Grant.

A war between the United States and Great Britain that began in 1812 and ended in 1815.

The Declaration of Independence entered congressional record on what date?

What group gave average working men the ability to join forces with business and political leaders to resist taxation?

The king of Great Britain during the French & Indian War and the American Revolutionary War.

Most well known for being a three day battle and one of the two turning points in the War.

What stretch of land were Britain and France in conflict over in America that led to the French & Indian War?

Widely known as the turning point in the Revolutionary War.

A French army officer who joined the American army and served under George Washington during the American Revolution.

Who was Lincoln's Vice President that took over after he was assassinated?

Who was the primary author of the Declaration of Independence?

A leader of the colonists and he was also the first signer of the Declaration of Independence.

Made it to North America in 1021, almost 500 years before the English explorers did.

Given by President Lincoln, it is known as one of the greatest speeches in American History.

President Jefferson bought 827,000 square miles of land in America from France in what became known as..

North and South America are named after this explorer.

The issue of slavery was the cause of the Civil War.

branch of a government that executes, or carries out, the laws.

The army of the patriots during the Revolutionary War, included both local militias and enlisted men.

Mayflower Compact stated a government's authority to rule is based on a contract between that government and people.

What did the pilgrims name their colony when they didn't land in Virginia?

Which of the facts are considered self-evident?

In response to the Tea Act, the Sons of Liberty threw 342 barrels of tea into the Boston Harbor

The Emancipation Proclamation freed all slaves in the United States as soon as it was signed.

In Boston, there was argument between a patriot and redcoat. British soldiers fired at the crowd and killed 5 people.

America's second attempt at government was called....

branch of government that interprets the laws and runs the court system.

Leader of the Patriots. Known for founding the Sons of Liberty and Committees of Correspondence.

American patriots admired a specific ancient civilization and even said that they were the.....

A person who rules a nation and achieves that position through heredity. They usually rule for their entire lives.

Which Amendment formally abolished or ended slavery in the United States?

The most successful and important general for the Union Army during the Civil War.

Author of the cartoon in the Pennsylvania Gazette depicting the 13 Colonies as a snake with the slogan, "Join, or Die."

The man who was responsible for the assassination of President Lincoln.

The first battle of the American Revolution was known as what?

A Union general known for burning Atlanta, his policy of total war, and his March to the Sea.

In the Northern states, slavery was _________.

Sponsored Christopher Columbus and his expedition to get to India by traveling west.

Laws passed to limit the rights of newly freed African Americans and to continue the white dominance?

the British general during the American Revolution who surrendered to George Washington.

The siege and surrender of this location allowed for the Union to finally complete the Anaconda Plan.

In 1492, Columbus sailed the ocean blue.

War in Europe was driven by mercantilism and the belief of having...

In 1896, the Supreme Court did NOT put an end to segregation, quoting what doctrine?

The location of President Lincoln's assassination?

The seceded states ratified a constitution and called themselves the  ______________________.

Which of the following is an example of Americas democratic tradition?

Most well known for his ride to warn the patriots at Lexington and Concord that the British were coming.

What was the name of the group created by ex-confederates to reestablish white supremacy in the south?

This person goes on a journey for a religious purpose.