2.  Membership in the ___ is based on population, while membership in the ___ has equal representation.

3.  House of Representatives; Senate

4.  The First Amendment to the Bill of Rights was influenced by this document written by Thomas Jefferson of Virginia.

5. Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom

6.  The Monroe Doctrine established an imaginary boundary line around the Americas. The purpose of the line was to

7.  ban further European colonization inside the line

8.  How did the Kansas-Nebraska Act resolve the issue of slavery in the territories?

9.  Popular sovereignty would be permitted in the territories.

10.  The Compromise of 1877 accomplished THIS?

11.  Agreement reached to allow Rep. Rutherford B. Hayes to become president

12.  The forced journey of slaves from Africa to the New World was called

14.  What was affirmed in the Supreme Court case of Marbury v. Madison?

15.  The right of the Supreme Court to declare an act of Congress unconstitutional

16.  The Missouri Compromise is described by:

17.  Maine admitted as a free state, Missouri as a slave state, line of 36 30’ drawn through the Louisiana Territory

18.  After the surrender at Appomattox Court House, what did Robert E. Lee encourage Southerners to do?

19.  Admit defeat and rejoin the Union

20.  The growth of the “cotton kingdom” resulted from

21.  Eli Whitney’s invention of the cotton gin

22.  a result of Nat Turner’s rebellion

23.  whites used their fear of rebellion to justify stricter enforcement of the Slave Codes

24.  The founder of the influential anti- slavery newspaper, The Liberator, was

25.  William Lloyd Garrison

26.  Supporters of popular sovereignty believed that

27.  residents of a territory should decide the issue of slavery

28.  “Bloody Kansas” was the result of the the repeal of the conditions established by the Missouri Compromise

29.  In the controversial Dred Scott decision, the Supreme Court declared that

30.  because slaves were not citizens of the United States, they had no rights

31.  The term “nativism” means

32.  disliking immigrants

33.  What anti-immigrant law was passed in the 1800s?

34.  the Chinese Exclusion Act

35.  The following contributed to the growth of cities:

36.  improvements in transportation, construction of skyscrapers, large amounts of immigrants

37.  How were immigrant children affected by the creation of a public school system?.

38.  They were given help to assimilate into American society

39.  The term “suffrage” refers to

40.  the right to vote

41.  Where were immigrants in the late Nineteenth century most likely to settle?

42.  In large cities in the Northeast or Midwest

43.  What balance were the Missouri Compromise and the Compromise of 1850 designed to maintain?

44.  representation of slave and free states in Congress

45.  During the late 1800s and early 1900s, immigration laws discriminated the most against

46.  the Chinese

47.  One of the reasons for the American victory in the American Revolutionary War was

48.  Benjamin Franklin negotiated an alliance with France

49.  Which Supreme Court decision rejected efforts to limit the spread of slavery?

50.  The publication of what book inflamed anti-slavery feelings in the North?

51.  Uncle Tom’s Cabin

52.  The Great Awakening is best described as

53.  a series of religious revivals

54.  The Revolutionary War began with the

55.  Battles of Lexington and Concord

56.  What event formally ended slavery in the United States?

57.  the passage of the 13th Amendment to the Constitution

58.  Andrew Jackson’s presidency was known as the Age of

59.  Democracy

60.  The Emancipation Proclamation, issued after the battle at Antietam

61.  freed the slaves of all states in rebellion

62.  The Fourteenth Amendment guaranteed

63.  all citizens equality before the law

64.  The purchase of the Louisiana Territory

65.  doubled the sized of the United States.

66.  The Fifteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution gave male citizens the right to vote regardless of race, color, or former status as a slave. Later methods of depriving citizens of their 15 th Amendment rights included

67.  poll taxes and literacy tests

68.  Which state was the site of Robert E. Lee’s surrender?

69.  Virginia

70.  The Articles of Confederation proved to be ineffective because they

71.  created a weak national government

72.  President Lincoln’s view of secession is best expressed by

73.  states did not have the constitutional right to leave the Union 

74.  What was the most important result of the Mexican War?

75.  The US gained control of a vast amount of territory in the Southwest.

76.  The Preamble illustrates the constitutional principle that people

77.  are the true source of political power

78.  The first political parties in the United States were

80.  Federalists and Democratic- Republicans

81.  Who is associated with the abolitionist movement as an escaped slave?

82.  Frederick Douglass

83.  Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address remarks were meant to serve as a guide for what event?

84.  Reconstruction

85.  “It is our God-given right to spread our democracy and culture across the continent.” 

86.  Manifest Destiny

87.  The territories of Oregon and Florida were acquired by America after the

88.  War of 1812

89.  Why did seven states seceded from the Union in 1860 and 1861?

90.  to protest the election of Abraham Lincoln as President

91.  What was the event that actually started the Civil War?

92.  the bombing of Ft. Sumter

93.  Abolitionists believed that

94.  the institution of slavery should immediately cease

95.  The women’s suffrage movement began with the

96.  Seneca Falls Declaration

97.  Which region’s states seceded from the union as a result of the Election of 1860?

98.  South

99.  The chief guide for Lewis and Clark’s exploration of the Louisiana Territory was

100.  Sacajawea

101.  Fifty-five delegates from twelve states convened in Philadelphia in 1787 for the Constitutional Convention, choosing ___ to preside over the convention: 

102.  George Washington

103.  He was a Northern Army general in the Civil War:

104.  Ulysses S. Grant

105.  Who directly influenced Abraham Lincoln to allow freed slaves to fight in the Civil War? 

106.  Frederick Douglass

107.  What were the greatest advantages for the North during the Civil War?

108.  the large population and diversified industrial base

109.  The Emancipation Proclamation changed the goal of the Civil War for the North to

110.  ending the institution of slavery

111.  What result did the Civil War have on the South?

112.  The economy was ruined, and a large class of poor tenant farmers developed.

113.  “Jacksonian Democracy” illustrates:

114.  That Jackson’s presidency was a reaction against aristocracy; that power should not only be in the hands of the wealthy.

115.  Which statement best described the relationship between Eli Whitney’s invention of the cotton gin and slavery?

116.  Increased cotton production necessitated an increase in the number of slaves.

117.  Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson disagreed over the issue of

118.  a strong vs. weak national government and the type of economy

119.  Abraham Lincoln’s assassination impacted the South in what way?

120.  It led the way to Radical Reconstruction, which was harsher than Lincoln’s moderate plans for Reconstruction.

121.  Most settlement houses in the late 1800s offered poor city dwellers

122.  social services

123.  In the 1890s, immigration patterns shifted dramatically with most immigrants coming from

124.  southern and eastern Europe 

125.  What was the federal policy regarding Native (First) Americans in the 1830s?

126.  Relocation.

127.  The First Continental Congress was the first example of

128.  the colonies coming together for a common cause

129.  Practice called whereby successful politicians reward their supporters by appointing them to office?

130.  The spoils system

131.  After the Civil War who became the leading spokesman for African Americans?

132.  Frederick Douglass

133.  American immigration patterns between 1890 and 1914 showed that most immigrants came from

134.  southern and eastern Europe

135.  The main purpose of the Jim Crow laws was to

136.  discriminate against blacks in the South

137.  Those who supported ratifying the Constitution promised to add a Bill of Rights in order to

138.  persuade the Anti-Federalists to sign the Constitution

139.  What document written by George Mason established the premise of basic human rights which cannot be violated by governments?

140.  Virginia Declaration of Rights

141.  Which statement best describes British-American relations after the French and Indian War? 

142.  The colonists began to question British authority.

143.  GOOD LUCK ON YOUR MIDTERM