CLEP US History 1 Extra info

British novelist whose romantic vision of a feudal society made him highly popular in the South, romanticized war through the middle ages

Sir Walter Scott

What was Puritan belief about social order?

Social order depended on a system of ranks

When did slave labor replace indentured servitude in Virginia?

Late seventeenth century

Who defended liberty of conscience on the grounds that the state should not interfere in church matters (called for a separation from the Church of England)?

Roger Williams

Introduced a series of resolutions in Congress calling for independence from Britain

Richard Henry Lee

What did American colonists after the American Revolution believe a republic would establish?

A small, limited government responsible to the people

What impact did bacons rebellion have?

It helped shift from indentured servitude to slave labor

Why was Letters from a Farmer in PA written?

to argue against the power of British parliament to tax colonists without representation

What power did the national government hold under the Articles of Confederation

It could conduct foreign affairs

How is the world run under the beliefs of Deism?

The world is run by natural law, which was designed by the now absent creator to govern the operation of the universe

Who wrote "Legend of the sleepy hollow" and "Rip Van Winkle"?

Washington Irving

When was construction of the White House started and when was it completed?

Started 1792, Completed 1800

Which colony didn't have plantations for tobacco and cotton?

Delaware

The emancipation proclamation declared slaves free, but didn't do what til the end of the civil war?

Outlaw slavery

What city was not the destination of German immigrants in the 19th century?

Philly

The White house was burned during the War of 1812 under which President?

James Madison

Who was the president during the War of 1812 and the fourth president of the U.S.?

James Madison

Individuals contracting to work as manual labor in return for food, clothing, and training in a skilled trade

Indentured Servants

When was the first transcontinental railroad completed?

1869

What slave uprising took place in Virginia in 1831, and had the highest number of fatalities caused by a slave uprising in the south?

Nat Turner's Rebellion

Who founded the Federalist Party?

Alexander Hamilton

Where did the Quaker religion start in the 1640's?

England (were prosecuted for believing one could know Christ without the church intermediary)

Why did the prohibition fail?

Law enforcement costs

Who created the first generation of Congress approved mental asylums?

Dorothea Lynde Dix

26th U.S. Infantry Regiment

Regiment in the War of 1812 that was comprised of mostly black soldiers

First governing document signed for the U.S.?

Articles of Confederation

What year were the Articles of Confederation ratified?

1781

In what year was the Declaration of Independence signed?

1776

Abolitionist newspaper published by William Lloyd Garrison promoting the immediate emancipation of all slaves

The Liberator

Renowned poet and writer who was a strong opponent of slavery in the south

Henry David Thoreau

What election noted the passing from the first party system to the second party system?

1828 (Jeffersonian -> Jacksonian)

Document that declared that the U.S. would actively oppose any European influence in North/South America

Monroe Doctrine

What was an outcome of the Battle of Bull Run in the south?

Enlistment in the Confederate Army dropped because southerners thought the war would be over quickly

What was the largest city in the colonies in the 18th century?

Philly

Where did Russia establish a (somewhat) colony in the Americas?

Alaska

Revolutions broke out all across Europe for that year, triggered by the French Revolution.

Revolution of 1848

A large wave of German immigrates entered the U.S. due to what?

The revolution of 1848

What did Ben Franklin invent?

bifocals

What presidency did the U.S. have no debt?

Andrew Jackson, he paid off the U.S. debt in 1835

- Dispute between British and US over border in San Juan Islands on the Canadian Border

- "bloodless conflict

Pig War (1859)-

What was the overall biggest cause of the decline of Native population?

Disease

What colonies made up the New England Alliance?

New Haven, Massachusetts, Plymouth, and Connecticut

What country never had a claim on the Oregon Territory?

France

Ended the Mexican-American war in 1847, defined the Rio Grande as the border between Texas and Mexico

Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo

Boundary between Pennsylvania and Maryland that divided the Middle Colonies from the Southern Colonies, used as a dividing line for the Missouri Compromise of 1820

Mason-Dixon Line

When was the Bill of Rights signed and Ratified?

1791

The idea of civic virtues among mothers in the colonies that oversaw ethical instruction of the youth

Republican Motherhood

Treaty in 1868 that granted the Black Hills of Dakota to the Sioux Indians

Sioux Treaty of 1868

What land did the Sioux Treaty of 1868 grant to the Sioux people?

The Black Hulls of Dakota

When and where did Shay's Rebellion take place?

1786; Massachusetts

When did the Revolutionary War take place?

1775-1783

What election is considered the first modern election and why?

Election of 1840, A two party system was developed and it was the first time candidates campaigned

Who is the only president to serve more than two terms in office?

Franklin Roosevelt

When was the Antebellum Period?

Period between the formation of the U.S. and the civil war (1776-1860)

What companies helped build the first transcontinental railroad?

Central Pacific Railroad Company and Union Pacific Railroad Company

When did the great famine occur?

1830-1860

What was the great famine?

period of time in Ireland where there was a massive food shortage which lead to disease

Who defeated General Custer's army and where?

Crazy horse and the Sioux indians at Little Bighorn (1876)

What was the first state to ban alcohol?

Maine

Abolitionist and Feminist writer, wrote children's books, "Little Women", and "Jo's Boys"

Louisa May Alcott

Who funded the transcontinental railroad?

U.S. Congress/Federal Government

What year was the Louisiana Purchase?

1803

President of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union, which promoted lobbying, publication, and education about women's rights

Frances Willard

What was the first college to accept both males and females?

Oberlin College

Who signed the Indian Removal Act?

Andrew Jackson in 1830

What year was the Treaty of Guadelupe-Hidalgo signed?

1848

When was the Mexican-American War?

1846-1848

What U.S. President died 32 days after being sworn into office, and who replaced him?

William Henry Harrison, John Tyler (This was the election of 1840)

What was the purpose of the Philadelphia Convention of 1787?

Replace the Articles of Confederation with a new governing document, formed the U.S. Constitution

When was the Constitution written?

1787

When did the U.S. purchase Alaska, for how much, and from who?

1867, $7.2 million, and from Russia

Trent Affair

1861, Union forces stopped a British ship and seized 2 confederate diplomats. Caused an outcry and made the Union think Britain would join the confederacy in the civil war. Outcry quelled by Lincoln's negotiations

What is true of indentured servants?

They were given good and clothing and would be freed after their service, but were not paid and could not marry/support a family

Led a rebellion against the British governor of NY in 1688 and seized the city until 1691

Jacob Leisler

Led an expedition of 600 men to southeastern America between 1539-1541, discovered the Mississippi river

Hernando de Soto

Made an expedition to southwestern america between 1540-1542, first settler group to see the grand canyon

Francisco Vasquez de Coronado

Conquered the Aztecs in 1519

Hernando Cortes

Explored Florida looking for the fountain of youth in 1513, claimed florida for spain

Juan Ponce de Leon

Led an failed expedition of the gulf coast in 1528

Panfilio de Narveez

Who founded the Whig Party?

Henry Clay and John Quincy Adams

The concept that the ultimate sovereignty of the federal government rests with the people is most explicitly stated in

the preamble to the U.S. constitution

1815 Economic program advanced by Henry Clay that included support for a national bank, high tariffs, and internal improvements; emphasized strong role for federal government in the economy and integration of the North, West, and South

American System

What idea did Brook Farms and Oneida Community reflect?

Perfectionism

A group of socio-religious perfectionists who lived in New York. Practiced polygamy, communal property, and communal raising of children.

Oneida Community

A literary explosion during the 1840s inspired in part by Emerson's ideas on the liberation of the individual. Examples are Moby Dick, Scarlet letter, and Leaves of Grass

American Renaissance

A term used to describe literature that pandered to the polite, refined, and delicate elements of society.

Genteel Tradition

What was William Lloyd Garrison's proposed solution to slavery?

Immediate emancipation of slaves without compensation for slaveholders

Which group was most likely to adopt free soil ideology?

Western frontier settlers

What was the purpose of the Seneca Falls Convention in NY in 1848?

Protest against laws that gave women a status inferior to men

Who wrote "Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl" that highlighted the sexual exploitation of slave women?

Harriet Jacobs

When was Harvard founded?

1636

a social reform effort that began in the mid-1800s and promoted the idea of having all children educated in a common place regardless of social class or background

Common School Movement

Meeting of Federalists near the end of the War of 1812 in which the party listed it's complaints against the ruling Republican Party. These actions were largley viewed as traitorous to the country and lost the Federalist much influence

Hartford Convention

Supreme Court ruling (1819) confirming the supremacy of national over state government

McCulloch v. Maryland

1770's by "Mother" Ann Lee; Utopian group that splintered from the Quakers; believed that they & all other churches had grown too interested in this world & neglectful of their afterlives; prohibited marriage and sexual relationships; practiced celibacy

Shakers

T/F - The supreme court enforced monopolies on steamboat travel and bridge construction during the transportation revolution

F

Treaty in 1794 in which Britain agreed to evacuate its posts on the US western frontier. Created a more stable relationship between the U.S. and GB

Jay treaty (1794)

What was a consequence of the Mexican-American war?

80,000-100,000 Mexicans became U.S. citizens

Scottish philosopher whose skeptical philosophy restricted human knowledge to that which can be perceived by the senses (1711-1776)

David Hume

T/F - The second great awakening was tied to social reform movements

T