Question 1

Spain’s first attempt at exploration- ___________’s voyage to the New World.

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Columbus

Question 2

The ___________ ____________ -English laws intended to prevent the transfer of resources to England’s rivals.

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Navigation Acts

Question 3

Most tribes’ social structure was based on the _________ system.

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Clan

Question 4

- Spanish noblemen who led armies to conquer the Americas

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Conquistadors

Question 5

- social custom whereby married men moved into the clan of their wives-

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Matrilineal System

Question 6

- A biological crossover of agricultural products, animals, and microbial diseases from Europe to the New World and vice versa.-

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Columbian Exchange

Question 7

- ensured the success of Jamestown

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Tobacco

Question 8

- laborers who worked the land under the feudal system

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Serfs

Question 9

The_______________ was an intellectual and artistic reconnection to the Greco- Roman age.

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Renaissance

Question 10

- wished to reform the Church of England

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Puritans

Question 11

- wanted to break completely with the Church of England

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Separatists

Question 12

Among the causes of the decline of Feudalism was:

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Black Death (Mercantilism, Crusades, Hundred Years War)

Question 13

- bound each member of the settlers in Plymouth to obey majority rule.-

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Mayflower Compact

Question 14

During the Middle Ages, the ___________ ___________ was the central religious institution in Europe.-

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Catholic Church

Question 15

The _____________ ____________ challenged the Catholic Church to return to its unornamented origins.-

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Protestant Reformation

Question 16

were laws designed to make it impossible for African Americans to live as free people.-

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Slave Codes

Question 17

New England specialized in ____________ farming.-

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Diversified

Question 18

were colonists who supported the British during the American Revolution.-

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Loyalists

Question 19

The theory that government should be based on the consent of the governed is known as _____________.-

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Republicanism

Question 20

A group of colonial women who organized boycotts were known as the ________________________________.

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Daughters of the American Revolution

Question 21

- was an influential pamphlet written by Thomas Paine.

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Common Sense

Question 22

The Declaration of Independence was issued on _______ _____ ________.

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July 4th,1776

Question 23

commanded the Continental Army

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George Washington

Question 24

Millions of Africans were brought to the New World under the system known as the __________ ___________ _________.

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Atlantic Slave Trade

Question 25

The __________  ___________ was the central authority of the colonies during the Revolution

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Continental Congress

Question 26

After the Revolution, many Americans, inspired by the ideals of the Declaration,  began to call for the _________ __ ________ in the North.-

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Abolition of Slavery

Question 27

The enlightenment idea that people will submit to government rule in exchange for that government protecting their property is known as the ______ _______-

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Social Contract

Question 28

For Jefferson, the ideal symbol of American democracy was the _________ __________.-

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Yeoman Farmers

Question 29

The _________ ____ __________ defined the Colonies collective sovereignty during the Revolution. –

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Articles of Confederation

Question 30

Among the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation:

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Inability to raise funds
Need for unanimity to make changes
Lack of authority over trade

Question 31

Jefferson paid $15 million for the acquisition of _____________. –

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Louisiana

Question 32

Members of the Constitutional Convention were from the _________ class.-

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Elite Class

Question 33

The ______ _______ ________ established the inferior status of African Americans in the Constitution.-

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Three Fifth Clause

Question 34

Under the Constitution, the president would be elected by the _________ ______. –

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Electoral College

Question 35

The ___________ _____________ established that the Constitution was supreme over state laws –

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Supremacy Clause

Question 36

The ________ __________ violated the freedom of speech provision of the Constitution. –

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Sedition Act

Question 37

The party that was opposed to the national bank were the ___________-

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Democrats-Republicans

Question 38

The  _________ ________ were a series of essays written by John Jay, Alexander Hamilton, and James Madison to sway voters to vote in favor of ratification for the Constitution –

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Federalist Papers

Question 39

The Constitution grants the president the power to execute _______________________-

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Laws

Question 40

During the Market Revolution, farmers began to shift from crops for consumption to _______ ________. –

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Cash Crops

Question 41

Texas was a colony of ________ until 1821 when it became part of the new Mexican nation-

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Spain

Question 42

American settlers in Texas disregarded the Mexican law that banned _______-

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Slavery

Question 43

_______ ________ was the commander of the Texan Army during the Texas Revolution-

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Sam Houston

Question 44

In the Jacksonian Era politics became _______ ________-

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Mass Entertainment

Question 45

The ________ allowed information to be transmitted throughout the nation in seconds-

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Telegraph

Question 46

The success of the cotton gin caused farmers to be even more dependent on ____________-

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Slavery

Question 47

By the 1860’s the South’s most important crop was _________-

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Cotton

Question 48

Under the ________ _________ of 1820, slavery in the U.S. was banned above 36’ 30

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Missouri Compromise

Question 49

The main problem with Texas joining the U.S. was that it would enter the Union as ________ __________-

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Slave State

Question 50

By the 1830s. Southerners began to argue that slavery was not a necessary evil but rather a ________ ________-

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Benefit

Question 51

Under the ______ ______, slaves were formed into groups to perform work.-

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Gang System

Question 52

The term _______ _________ was first coined by journalist John O’ Sullivan-

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Manifest Destiny

Question 53

The ________ __ _______ referred to the forced removal of the Cherokee nation from Georgia in the 1830s.-

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Trail of Tears

Question 54

was at the center of slave society.-

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Family

Question 55

The _______ _______ ______ was the first large scale gathering of women activists who were advocating for the right to vote-

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Seneca Falls Convention

Question 56

A network of people who helped slaves escape to freedom were known as the _________ __________-

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Underground Railroad

Question 57

Southerners euphemistically referred to slavery as the ___________ institution

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Peculiar

Question 58

In Federalist Paper 10, James Madison warned of the danger of __________-

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