Download REVIEW EXERCISE: TERMS AND EVENTS

REVIEW EXERCISE: TERMS AND EVENTS
Directions: Identify the terms and events being described in each of the following groups.
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Group 1: Exploration, Colonization, and the Revolution
boycott
Parliament
Jamestown
Puritans
charter
Pilgrims
mercantilism
Revolutionary War
writs of assistance
Mayflower Compact
Northwest Passage
Line of Demarcation
House of Burgesses
French and Indian War
Sons of Liberty
Intolerable Acts
town meeting
New Netherland
Boston Massacre
Navigation Acts
Toleration Act
Declaration of
Independence
Committees of
Correspondence
Fundamental Orders
of Connecticut
Lexington and Concord
(1 )
the colonists yelled insults and threw snowballs at some British soldiers;
the redcoats fired into a crowd, killing five patriots
(2) Maryland law giving religious freedom to all Christians
(3) warrants permitting the British to search colonial homes for smuggled
goods
(4) members exchanged letters telling of local anti-British activities in the
years before the Revolutionary War
(5) they separated from the Church of England , and came to America for
religious freedom; before landing at Plymouth, Massachusetts, the
people set forth rules for their colony in the Mayflower Compact; the
colonists and Indians celebrated the first Thanksgiving in 1621
(6) Paul Revere and William Dawes warned the minutemen that the
redcoats were marching out of Boston; the colonists met the British and
fought the opening battles of the American Revolution in these towns
(7) when the patriots staged the Boston Tea Party, Parliament passed
these harsh laws to punish the people of Massachusetts
(8) a refusal to buy goods in order to force a change in policy; the colonists
used this tactic to get Parliament to repeal some of its strict trade and
tax policies
(9) it was the first permanent English settlement in America; because of
the strict rules set forth by John Smith - "no work, no food" - the
colonists survived the "starving time"
(10) the British and the Americans together drove the French from North
America after winning the Battle of Quebec
(11 )
lawmaking body in Great Britain which taxed the colonies and limited
trade
(12) left England and settled in the Boston area; started the Massachusetts
Bay Colony in order to enjoy freedom of religion
(13) document granting permission to start a colony in America
(14) the gathering of people in a New England town for the purpose of
making their own local laws
(15) announced that the new "United States of America" was an independent
country free of British rule
(16) agreement among the Pilgrims which set up their own government
(17) first representative government in America; voters in Virginia elected
their own lawmakers
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(18) (19) harassed British tax collectors and other officials; dumped tea into
Boston harbor
Dutch colony seized by the English and renamed New York
(20) a short-cut through North America to Asia, which the explorers hoped to
find
(21 ) the first constitution -
(22) it separated newly discovered lands around the world between Spain
and Portugal; it was drawn by the Pope in order to avoid disputes over
land claims which might lead to war
(23) conflict in which the Americans defeated the British, and became an
independent nation
(24) economic system used by the British government to force the Thirteen
Colonies to trade mostly with the mother country
(25) laws which required the colonies to trade mostly with England
written plan of government -
in America
Group 2: The Nation Grows Stronger
First Amendment
Oregon Country
manifest destiny
executive branch
reserved powers
legislative branch
federal government
delegated powers
Electoral College
Trail of Tears
Inauguration Day
judicial branch
Oregon Trail
spoils system
Spanish Cession
Mexican Cession
political party
Monroe Doctrine
Homestead Act
judicial review
convention
Bill of Rights
Supreme Court
impressment
War of 1812
amendment
veto
constitution
Alamo
Congress
President
Cabinet
Senate
Erie Canal
War Hawks
nationalism
separation of powers
Industrial Revolution
House of Representatives
Articles of Confederation
checks and balances
United States Constitution
Land Ordinance of 1785
concurrent powers
Marbury II. Madison
Gadsden Purchase
Critical Period
(1 )
the lawmaking body consisting of the Senate and House of
Representatives
(2) a written plan of government
(3) gave 160 acres in the West to people who agreed to occupy the land
for at least five years
(4) used by President Andrew Jackson to give government jobs to friends
and loyalsupporteffi
(5) divided western lands into townships of 36 sections; settlers could
purchase land for $1 per acre
(6) it was caused by the impressment of American seamen by the British,
and by the British encouragement of Indian raids against frontier
families; this two-year conflict between the United States and Great
Britain ended with neither side achieving victory
(7) head of the executive branch of the federal government; chooses
Cabinet members and Supreme Court justices; serves a four-year term,
with a two-term limit
(8)
during the early 1800s, it was the main route of trade and travel
between New York City and the Great Lakes region
(9) house of Congress with two members from each state
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(10) route of the Indians who were forced to move from the Southeast to the
Oklahoma Territory
(11 )
it became a U.S. territory after a lengthy period of "joint occupation"
between the United States and Great Britain
(12) branch of government that makes the laws; this branch of the federal
government is called the Congress, consisting of the Senate and House
of Representatives
(13) amendment which guaranteed freedom of religion, speech, press,
assembly, and petition ·
(14) the refusal of the President to sign a bill into law
(15) strong loyalty or support for one's nation
(16) the group of advisers to the President (Secretary of State, Secretary of
the Treasury, etc.)
(17) seizure of American sailors by the British in the early 1800s; this
became a cause of the War of 1812
powers shared by the national (federal) government and state
governments, such as the power to collect taxes
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(18) (19) bought from Mexico and used for a railroad route south of the Rocky
Mountains
(20) followed by wagon trains from Independence, Missouri, to the
Northwest
(21 ) Santa Anna killed American defenders of this mission in San Antonio
(22) a new President takes the oath of office on January 20
(23) it was given by Spain to the United States; in return, the U.S. canceled
Spain's $5 million debt
(24) it has been the plan of government of the United States since 1789;
consists of articles and amendments
(25) powers given to the states by the Constitution
(26) the Senate and this lawmaking body make up the Congress in
Washington, D.C.; population determines the number of members from
each state
(27) people with similar ideas who support certain candidates for office
(28) it was the constitution of the United States from 1781 until 1789;
because it created a weak central government, it was replaced by the
United States Constitution
(29) the making of goods by machines in factories; it began in the 1790s .
(30) division of power between the executive, legislative, and judicial
branches
(31 ) powers given by the Constitution to the federal government
(32) group that casts electoral votes for the presidential candidates, based
on the popular vote results in each state
(33) Congressmen at the time of the War of 1812 who wanted to capture
Canada from the British and Florida from the Spanish
(34) branch of government which interprets (explains) laws; it includes the
Supreme Court, other federal courts, and state and local courts
(35) U.S. policy aimed at keeping European nations out of Latin America
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(36) an addition to or change in the Constitution
(37) slogan of Americans who wanted the United States to expand to the
Pacific coast
(38)
power is shared by the federal government and state governments
(39) case in which the Supreme Court acquired the right of judicial review
(40) branch of government which enforces laws; at the federal level, is
headed by the President
(41 )
highest U.S. court; consists of the Chief Justice and eight associate
justices; can declare laws unconstitutional
(42) the first ten amendments to the Constitution
(43) enables one branch of government to limit the power of another branch,
such as when the President (executive branch) vetoes a bill passed by
Congress (legislative branch)
(44) meeting at which a political party chooses its presidential candidate
(45) land in the Southwest taken from Mexico after the United States won
the Mexican War
(46) difficult years after the Revolutionary War when the plan of government
of the United States was the weak Articles of Confederation
(47) power of the Supreme Court to declare laws unconstitutional
Group 3: The Civil War and Reconstruction
Bull Run
Ku Klux Klan
poll tax
tariff
Fort Sumter
Civil War
abolitionist
secede
impeach
states' rights
Solid South
Vicksburg
Black Codes
Gettysburg
plantation
nullification
segregation
Republican Party
Reconstruction
sectionalism
Fugitive Slave Law
Freedmen's Bureau
Dred Scott decision
Jim Crow laws
Emancipation Proclamation
Thirteenth Amendment
Appomattox Court House
Fourteenth Amendment
Underground Railroad
Missouri Compromise
Fifteenth Amendment
popular sovereignty
(1 )
the withdrawal of a state from the Union, as was done by the
Confederate states
(2) the first battle of the Civil War, fought near Washington, D.C.; it was a
stunning Confederate victory, and showed that the war would not be
over soon
(3) it imposed heavy fines on people who helped slaves escape from the
South
(4) Southerners (mostly blacks) who could not pay it were not allowed to
vote
(5) where Robert E. Lee surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant at the end of the
Civil War
(6) where the Confederates fired the first shots of the Civil War; it was
located at Charleston, South Carolina
(7) the people of a territory decide whether or not to have slavery
(8) large farm in the South where slaves worked in the fields and cotton
was the leading cash crop
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it gave citizenship to blacks, and "equal protection of the laws" to
citizens of the United States
(10)
it abolished slavery in all parts of the United States
(11 )
the Supreme Court ruled that a slaveowner could take a slave into free
territory, and not have to set the slave free; the slave was his "property"
and could be taken anywhere
(12)
belief that a state can ignore a federal law it thinks is unconstitutional
(13)
period after the Civil War when the former Confederate states were
readmitted to the Union
(14)
helped provide the former slaves with food, clothing, shelter, and jobs
(15)
laws made by Southern state governments to keep whites and blacks
apart
(16)
founded to oppose the extension of slavery into the territories
(17)
the Union defeated the Confederacy, and the nation was reunited;
lasted from 1861 until 1865, and is sometimes known as the 'War
Between the States"
(18)
members wore white robes and hoods; they scared many blacks away
from the polls
(19)
a person who wanted to end slavery in the United States
(20)
a belief in the South that a state should have power over the federal
government
(21 )
tax on cheap foreign goods to protect Northern manufacturers
(22)
during the Civil War, President Lincoln freed the slaves in states fighting
against the Union
(23)
General Robert E. Lee's invasion of the North was stopped by Union
troops in Pennsylvania; this battle became the turning point of the Civil
War
(24)
separation of the races in housing, schools, transportation, etc.
(25)
laws passed by Southern states to limit the rights of blacks
(26)
system whereby escaped slaves were moved northward to Canada
(27)
a person cannot be denied the right to vote because of race or color
(28)
captured by General Ulysses S. Grant, giving the Union control of the
Mississippi River
(29)
the North, South, and West often held different views on various issues
(30)
to accuse a government official of misconduct; the House of
Representatives has the power to take this action against the President
(31 )
a compromise between the North and South, whereby Maine became
a free state, Missouri a slave state, and slavery was outlawed in the
northern part of the Louisiana Territory
(32)
after the Reconstruction Period ended in 1876, Southerners voted
overwhelmingly for Democratic candidates for some 75 years
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Group 4: Modern America Takes Shape
labor union
naturalization
mass production
corporation
suffrage
muckrakers
injunction
(1 )
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
(6)
(7)
(8)
(9)
(10)
(11 )
(12)
(13)
(14)
(15)
(16)
(17)
(18)
(19)
(20)
(21 )
(22)
(23)
(24)
(25)
workmen's compensation
Temperance Movement
Pure Food and Drug Act
collective bargaining
Sixteenth Amendment
Seneca Falls Convention
Sherman Anti-Trust Act
strike
civil rights
depression
arbitration
reformer
primary
ethnic group
quota system
referendum
conservation
civil service
system
it replaced the spoils system; government jobs were given to people
with the highest test scores
right to vote
money given to a worker who has been hurt on the job
manufacturing large quantities of goods at low cost using an assembly
line
when labor and management cannot agree on a contract, a third party
recommends a settlement
it set a yearly limit on the number of immigrants who could enter the
United States from various foreign countries
the process by which an immigrant becomes a citizen of the United
States
it established an income tax
voters in a state choose the candidate that they want to represent their
party in an election
an organization of workers which tries to bargain for higher wages,
fringe benefits, and improved working conditions
banned harmful foods and medicines; required labels on containers
basic rights which are guaranteed to all citizens
people are allowed to vote for or against a proposed law
the preserving of forest lands, soil, water, and other natural resources
an economic downturn in which company profits decline, unemployment
increases, and consumers have less money to spend; it is the low point
of the business cycle
wrote about trusts, child labor, impure food, slums, and corruption
it attracted people who were against the manufacture and sale of
alcoholic beverages
a refusal to work; workers set up a picket line
the process by which labor and management negotiate a new contract
people with cultural similarities who differ from other groups
first federal law to restrict monopolies; it was later strengthened by the
Clayton Anti-Trust Act
a court order; often used by the federal government during the late
1800s and early 1900s to end strikes
a person who wants to change conditions for the better
the first women's rights meeting in the United States; the organizers
included Lucretia Mott and Elizabeth Cady Stanton
a business owned by many stockholders, which allows it to raise large
sums of money
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Group 5: Modern America
stock market crash
Nineteenth Amendment
Twenty-Second Amendment
Eighteenth Amendment
Twenty-First Amendment
Spanish-American War
Good Neighbor Policy
Cuban Missile Crisis
Brown If. Board of Education
of Topeka
Third World
World War II
Vietnam War
integration
containment
Warsaw Pact
World War I
Marshall Plan
Lusitania
Truman Doctrine
Great Depression
United Nations
Plessy If. Ferguson
Social Security Act
League of Nations
communism
discrimination
Pearl Harbor
Korean War
Cold War
NATO
Prohibition
Watergate
NAACP
Holocaust
detente
New Deal
(1) amendment which outlawed the making and selling of alcoholic
beverages
(2) peacekeeping organization formed at the end of World War II; all
member nations have a representative in the General Assembly;
15 countries belong to the Security Council, which works to solve
international crises
(3) it began after Germany invaded Poland in 1939, and involved the Allied
Powers and Axis Powers; the U.S. joined the Allies after Japan attacked
Pearl Harbor; after the D-Day invasion of northern France on June 6,
1944, the Nazis were forced to retreat and eventually surrender; Japan
surrendered soon after atomic bombs were dropped on Hiroshima and
Nagasaki in 1945
(4) did not take sides with either the Free World nations or the communist
countries during the Cold War
(5) economic and political system in which the government has strict
control; the government owns factories, farms, and businesses; there is
only one political party, the Communist Party; human rights are limited
(6) provided aid to Greece and Turkey to fight the spread of communism
after World War II
(7) it occurred in October of 1929, and marked the beginning of the Great
Depression
(8) U.S. base in Hawaii attacked by Japan on December 7,1941; Congress
responded by declaring war on the Japanese; the United States entered
the war on the side of the Allied Powers
(9) in 1896, the Supreme Court ruled that "separate but equal" facilities for
blacks and whites was legal
(10) in this 1954 case, the Supreme Court ruled that segregated schools
were illegal
(11) it was the worst depression in American history, lasting from 1929 until
the U.S. entered World War 1/ in 1941
(12) ended when the Twenty-First Amendment repealed the Eighteenth
Amendment; it was a period of speakeasies, bootleggers, and
moonshine
(13) bringing together groups - especially blacks and whites been kept apart in schools, housing, transportation, etc.
(14) period of tension between the United States and Soviet Union; began at
the end of World War II and lasted until the early 1990s
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Franklin D. Roosevelt's program to improve U.S. relations with Latin
America
(16)
Franklin D. Roosevelt's program to fight the Great Depression; the
Civilian Conservation Corps, Works Progress Administration, and
Tennessee Valley Authority created jobs for the unemployed
(17)
the United States fought against the Vietcong and North Vietnam;
anti-war demonstrations in the U.S. became widespread
(18)
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alliance of the Soviet Union and its satellites in Eastern Europe
it lasted from 1914 until 1918, and involved the Allied Powers and
Central Powers; many Americans died when a German U-boat sank the
unarmed British passenger liner Lusitania; American troops were sent
to Europe in 1917, and helped the Allies win the war
(20)
American and United Nations forces fought against the North Korean
and Chinese Communists between 1950 and 1953
(21 )
founded to end discrimination through new laws and court decisions
(22)
this break-in at Democratic headquarters, and subsequent cover-up, led
to the resignation of President Richard Nixon
(23)
a U.S. blockade ordered by President John F. Kennedy forced the
Soviet Union to withdraw offensive weapons from the island of Cuba
(24)
Cuba revolted against Spain, and the United States entered the conflict
on the side of the Cubans; the "yellow press" turned out sensational
news stories which aroused support for the war among the American
people; Theodore Roosevelt and the Rough Riders captured San Juan
Hill; after Spain's defeat, the U.S. took possession of Cuba, Puerto
Rico, Guam, and the Philippines
(25)
denying equality to blacks and other minorities in jobs, housing,
schools, etc.
(26)
gave aid to help Western European nations rebuild and fight
communism after World War II
(27)
it limited Presidents to two terms
(28)
the murder of 6 million Jews by the Nazis during World War II
(29)
law providing payments to retired or jobless workers
(30)
it was sunk by a German U-boat, and convinced many Americans that
the United States should end its neutrality and enter World War I on the
side of the Allies
(31 )
amendment which gave women the right to vote
(32)
U .S. policy for limiting the spread of world communism
(33)
the Senate rejected President Woodrow Wilson's plan to join it; this
organization failed to prevent World War II
(34)
a thawing of Cold War tensions during the 1970s
(35)
repealed the Eighteenth Amendment, and thereby ended Prohibition
(36)
the United States, Canada, and many Western European nations
formed this alliance to oppose the spread of communism
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