APUSH Midterm

What was the relationship between church and state in the 17th century Massachusetts Bay Colony?

Church membership was required for voting and public office.

Why was there discontent in the Continental Army?

Inadequate food and clothing, paid and depreciated paper money, inadequate arms and ammunition, soldiers worried about their families back home.

What led to Bacon's rebellion?

Dissatisfaction of Virginia farmers with the colonial governor who failed to protect them against Native American raids.

Which group of people were least likely to support the Great Awakening, 1730s and 1740s?

Established merchants in cities like Boston and Philadelphia.

What was one result of the Franco-American Alliance formed in 1778?

It influenced the British to offer generous peace terms in the Treaty of Paris in 1783.

What did the Great Awakening of 1740 lead to?

Splits among existing religious denominations and the rise of new churches.

What did the activists at Seneca Falls Convention advocate for?

They advocated for the expansion of women's rights.

What was one way the Articles of Confederation showed success?

They provided procedures for statehood for westward territories.

What factor most directly led to the passage of the Declaratory Act?

Debates over how Britain's colonies should bear the cost of the French and Indian War.

Who supported Cherokee claims to land in Georgia in the first half of the 19th century?

The Supreme Court.

What were some results of the growth of a national market economy between 1815 and 1860?

The beginnings of organized labor movements, a greater disparity between the wealth of the rich and the poor, the use of machinery to mass produce goods, increasing economic specialization.

In the U.S., what was an effect of the Haitian rebellion of the 1790s?

An increased fear of slave revolts in the south.

What was the primary goal of Hamilton's economic plan?

To establish financial stability and credit for the new government.

Whom did Hamilton's financial plan favor?

Wealthy eastern merchants.

What were the goals of Henry Clay's American System?

A tariff for the protection of industry, increased trade among sections of the nation, internal improvements at the national government's expense, greater reliance on domestic financial resources.

What factor most directly led to the market revolution?

The emergence of new forms of transportation.

What did members of the Hudson School paint?

Landscape.

Who mainly worked in the textile mills in Massachusetts in the 1830s?

Young, single women from rural New England.

What was the main theme of Jacksonian democracy?

Political participation of the common man should be increased.

Why did Jackson veto the recharter of the Bank of the United States?

It concentrated too much power in the hands of too few people.

What was the result of Jackson creating a monetary system based on state-chartered banks?

The Panic of 1837.

How did Jefferson try to reestablish republican ideals while president?

By reducing the scope of the federal government.

Where did most of the Irish immigrants settle in the U.S. following the potato famine?

Urban areas of the north.

Why did President Jackson mainly resist the idea of Texas's admission to the Union in 1836?

He feared that the debate over the admission of Texas would ignite controversy over slavery.

How did Jefferson envision the United States?

An agricultural republic.

What were Jefferson's least popular and least successful policies?

He adhered to neutrality in dealing with England and France.

What method of mass production was used during the 19th century?

The use of power driven machinery.

Who were most of the English migrants to the Chesapeake Bay?

Indentured servants.

Why was the Missouri Compromise considered a victory for anti-slavery proponents?

It closed most of the Louisiana Purchase to slavery.

What did the Northwest Ordinance accomplish?

Established procedures by which territories could become states

What issue caused the nullification crisis of 1832?

Protective tariffs

What did the purchase of the Louisiana Territory show?

It violated Jefferson’s own view of strict construction(of constitution), opened up the Mississippi River to western farmers, showed Jefferson’s flexibility in dealing with foreign policy, the sale was made possible by Napoleon's failure to suppress a slave revolt in Haiti

What was the primary motivation for enforcing the Sedition Act during the Adams administration?

To intimidate critics of Adam’s foreign policy towards France and England

What was the focus of the Spanish colonial economy?

Focused on extracting commodities from the Americas.

Why did the British colonists mainly oppose the Stamp Act?

Taxation without representation

What was the main reason for the British enactment of the Stamp Act?

They needed revenue to pay British troops in the colonies

Why was the opening of the Erie Canal in 1825 important?

It strengthened the ties between the Eastern manufacturing and the Western agricultural regions

Why was the Bill of Rights passed?

To protect rights not specifically mentioned in the constitution

What was the ⅗ compromise?

The rate at which slaves were counted toward representation and taxation

What cause did women activists pursue in the first half of the 19th century?

The temperance (no alcohol) movement 

What issue did the Virginia and New Jersey Plans address?

It illustrated the struggle among states for representation and power in the creation of the new government. 

What was the primary purpose of the proclamation of 1763?

To avoid conflict with Native Americans