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AMERICAN HISTORY FINAL DAY 1 STUDY GUIDE
1.
Why did colonists resent the Tea Act?
2.
At what gathering was George Washington chosen as commander of the continental army?
3.
In 1765 Parliament passed the Stamp Act. What did the Stamp Act require colonists to do?
4.
Which side fired the first shot of the American Revolution?
5.
What were citizen soldiers who could be ready to fight at a minute's notice?
6.
Who was chosen to command the Continental army?
7.
Who was leader of the Ottawa nation?
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What were colonists who favored independence called?
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Where did Washington's army spend the hard winter of 1777-1778?
10.
The British government banned colonial settlement west which mountain range?
11.
The Quartering Act required colonists to do what for British troops.
12.
What was the main purpose of the Declaration of Independence?
13.
During the American Revolution, most Native American groups supported which side?
14.
What marked the official end of the American Revolution?
15.
When did Congress approve the Declaration of Independence?
16.
Where did the Continental Army stay in the winter of 1777-1778?
17.
Who won the Revolutionary War?
18.
A tax on imported goods.
19.
A ceremony in which the president takes the oath of office.
20.
21.
Who was the Revolutionary War hero chosen by President Washington to lead the forces against Native Americans?
Who explored the southern part of the Louisiana Territory from 1806 to 1807, and has a famous peak in the Rocky
Mountains named after him?
22.
The army captain chosen by President Jefferson to lead an expedition across the Louisiana Territory.
23.
Third President of the United States of America; responsible for the Louisiana Purchase.
24.
Who was the army officer chosen by Meriwether Lewis to co-lead the expedition of the Louisiana Territory?
25.
The right to vote.
26.
In a message to Congress in December of 1823, this President stated what is known as the Monroe Doctrine, which stated
the United states would not allow European nations to create American colonies or interfere with the free nations of Latin
America.
27.
Who was the explorer in California who led a rebellion against Mexico?
28.
The idea of Manifest Destiny was a caused which events?
29.
Why did California develop a diverse population?
30.
What is the significance of the siege at the Alamo?
31.
To give up something, such as land, is called what?
32.
To add on something, such as a state, is called what?
33.
What is a person who journeyed to California seeking gold called?
34.
During the gold rush, what happened to the Native American population in California?
35.
By the 1850s, what linked many towns with cities and factories and opened new markets for the northern
economy?
36.
The Industrial Revolution began in which industry?
37.
Name the parts of the Missouri Compromise.
38.
How did the South react to Abraham Lincoln's election as President in 1860?
39.
What document admitted California to the Union as a free state?
40.
What did the Emancipation Proclamation end?
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Abolitionists who led a raid on U.S. Army weapons stored at Harpers Ferry.
42. Process that allows people in a territory or state to vote directly on issues rather than have their elected representatives decide
43. To give someone freedom
44. Which of the following said that states could not pass laws that take away a citizen’s rights?
45. When Reconstruction began, Abraham Lincoln’s main goal was to
46. How did the grandfather clause restrict the voting rights of African Americans but not the voting rights of whites who could
not read or write?
47. Why the process of rebuilding the South was called Radical Reconstruction?
48. Which of the following played a major role in not giving African Americans their full civil rights?
49. The Ku Klux Klan was created because
50. Which of the following did NOT take place during Reconstruction?