US History Review

Flashcards covering Early America to the 1970s.

What is the name of the trade route connecting North American Colonies, Europe, Africa, and the Caribbean?

Triangular Trade Route

Which colonial division would you have found plantations?

Southern

Which colonial division would you find more schools?

New England

What area produced the most cash crops (tobacco, indigo, rice)?

Southern

Where was religion predominant in the colonies?

New England

What type of government did New England have, featuring town meetings and voting by men?

Direct Democracy

What type of government did the Southern and Middle colonies have, with representatives sent to vote on behalf of the district?

Representative Democracy

What treaty ended the Seven Years War (French and Indian War)?

Treaty of Paris

How did Britain’s treatment of colonists change as a result of the Seven Years War?

Taxation to repay debts from war, restriction of territory expansion (Proclamation of 1763)

What was the purpose/intent of the Declaration of Independence?

Formally declare independence from GB

What were the faults of the Articles of Confederation?

No Central Authority, No ability to collect taxes, no central court system, no army, no central currency, amendments had to be unanimous, could not regulate trade between states

What were some of the positives of the Articles of Confederation?

Land Ordinance to expand the number of states, not just land

What is the purpose of the Bill of Rights?

Hold Gov’t accountable by giving rights to citizens and states

What were the parameters of the Louisiana Purchase?

Doubled US; Mississippi river to Rocky mountains, inclusive of Great Plains

What was the result of Marbury v Madison?

Judicial Review

In what court case did the Cherokee Indians sue and win?

Worcester v GA

What individual was famous for leading a slave rebellion that led to harsher slave laws?

Nat Turner

What compromise tried to reconcile the issue of slavery in new territories, but was eventually deemed unconstitutional?

Missouri Compromise

What was Jackson's issue with the National Bank?

Expanded presidential veto power to kill bank and put money into state (pet) banks, causing land speculation combined with Specie Circular act, led to national economic decline

What was Manifest Destiny?

Idea that the US was destined to own the entire continent because it was their right.

What treaty ended the Mexican American War?

Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

What was Lincoln’s one main goal from the beginning of the Civil War?

preserve the Union

What occupations led to an increase in settlement to the West?

Mining, farming, ranching

Overproduction was a problem for what group?

Farmers

What was the purpose of a Labor Union?

To gain better wages, hours, and benefits for its workers

What were some of the causes of WWI?

imperialism and nationalism among European powers; Austro-Hungarian Archduke Franz Ferdinand assassinated by Serbian nationalist Gavrilo Princep

What was the impact of the USA entering WWI?

Americans arrive just in time to help England and France repel the German advances

What treaty ended WWI between Germany and Allied Powers?

Treaty of Versailles

After WWI, Warren Harding rose to the Presidency as Republican calling for a __.

Return to Normalcy

What was the New Deal?

Roosevelt's plan to address the Great Depression.

What does NATO stand for?

North Atlantic Treaty Organization

The launch of Sputnik in 1957 initiated the __.

Space Race

In what year was Brown vs. Board of Education- separate but equal against the constitution?

1954

The Civil Rights Bill of 1964 focused on __?

desegregation of public spaces, businesses

The Voting Rights Bill of 1965 aimed to protect __?

voting rights

What was Nixon's policy that involved handing over fighting to S.?

Vietnamization

What scandal led Nixon to resign in disgrace?

Watergate

Which president resigned in disgrace due to the Watergate scandal?

Richard Nixon

Who was the first black president of the United States?

Barack Obama