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Question 1

Three-Sister Farming

Answer 1

Maize, beans, squash grown together → sustainable agriculture.

Question 2

Maize

Answer 2

Staple crop that supported large Native populations.

Question 3

Spanish Labor Systems

Answer 3

Forced labor of Natives.

Question 4

Encomienda System

Answer 4

Spanish landowners controlled Native labor in exchange for “protection” and conversion.

Question 5

Livestock

Answer 5

Europeans introduced horses, cattle, pigs → changed Native life and land use.

Question 6

European Impact on Natives

Answer 6

Disease, population decline, cultural disruption.

Question 7

Bartolomé de las Casas

Answer 7

Criticized Spanish cruelty toward Native Americans.

Question 8

James Oglethorpe

Answer 8

Founded Georgia as a debtor colony and military buffer.

Question 9

French & Dutch Relations

Answer 9

More cooperative trade relationships with Natives than English.

Question 10

John Winthrop

Answer 10

Puritan leader; preached “city upon a hill.”

Question 11

Massachusetts Bay Colony

Answer 11

Puritan religious settlement.

Question 12

“Bread Colonies”

Answer 12

Middle Colonies (NY, PA) → grain production.

Question 13

Colonial Economies

Answer 13

New England: Trade, fishing; Middle: Farming, trade; Chesapeake: Tobacco; Southern: Cash crops, slavery.

Question 14

Virginia vs. Maryland

Answer 14

VA = Anglican, MD = Catholic refuge.

Question 15

Reasons for Settlement

Answer 15

Religion, profit, land.

Question 16

Anne Hutchinson

Answer 16

Challenged Puritan authority; banished.

Question 17

Proclamation of 1763

Answer 17

Limited westward settlement.

Question 18

French & Indian War

Answer 18

Britain gains land, debt → new taxes.

Question 19

Mercantilism

Answer 19

Colonies exist to benefit the mother country.

Question 20

Boston Massacre

Answer 20

Used as propaganda.

Question 21

Tea Act & Boston Tea Party

Answer 21

Protest of taxation.

Question 22

Common Sense

Answer 22

Paine argued for independence.

Question 23

Enlightenment Influence

Answer 23

Natural rights, consent of the governed.

Question 24

Battle of Saratoga

Answer 24

Turning point; French support.

Question 25

Republican Motherhood

Answer 25

Women raise virtuous citizens.

Question 26

Northwest Ordinance (1787)

Answer 26

Organized western territories; banned slavery.

Question 27

Bill of Rights

Answer 27

Protects individual liberties.

Question 28

Hamilton’s Financial Plan

Answer 28

National bank, assumption of debt.

Question 29

Necessary & Proper Clause

Answer 29

Implied powers of Congress.

Question 30

Bank Debate

Answer 30

Support: Stability, credit; Oppose: States’ rights.

Question 31

Political Parties

Answer 31

Federalists vs. Democratic-Republicans.

Question 32

Whiskey Rebellion

Answer 32

Federal authority upheld.

Question 33

Washington’s Farewell Address

Answer 33

Warned against parties & alliances.

Question 34

Embargo Act

Answer 34

Jefferson tried to avoid war; hurt economy.

Question 35

American System

Answer 35

Tariffs, bank, internal improvements.

Question 36

Era of Good Feelings

Answer 36

One-party period.

Question 37

Corrupt Bargain

Answer 37

Election of 1824. Andrew jackson supporters accused henry clay and jhon quincy of making deal

Question 38

Spoils System

Answer 38

Jobs for supporters.

Question 39

Jackson & Natives

Answer 39

Supported removal.

Question 40

Worcester v. Georgia

Answer 40

States can’t regulate Native lands.

Question 41

Bank War

Answer 41

Jackson opposed national bank.

Question 42

Whig Party

Answer 42

Anti-Jackson; strong in North.

Question 43

Erie Canal

Answer 43

Boosted trade, westward expansion.

Question 44

Lowell System

Answer 44

Factory system using female labor.

Question 45

Cotton Economy

Answer 45

South tied to global trade.

Question 46

Cotton Gin

Answer 46

Increased slavery.

Question 47

Nat Turner

Answer 47

Slave rebellion.

Question 48

Manifest Destiny

Answer 48

Belief in westward expansion.

Question 49

Mexican-American War

Answer 49

U.S. gains Southwest.

Question 50

Popular Sovereignty

Answer 50

Voters decide on slavery.

Question 51

Underground Railroad

Answer 51

Escaped slaves aided by abolitionists.

Question 52

Fugitive Slave Law

Answer 52

Forced return of escaped slaves.

Question 53

Compromise of 1850

Answer 53

Temporary balance between slave and free states

Question 54

Kansas-Nebraska Act

Answer 54

repealed the Missori Compromise Led to violence (“Bleeding Kansas”).

Question 55

Uncle Tom’s Cabin

Answer 55

Increased anti-slavery sentiment.

Question 56

Dred Scott

Answer 56

Slavery protected; Blacks not citizens.

Question 57

Election of 1860

Answer 57

Lincoln elected; South secedes.

Question 58

Lincoln’s Goal

Answer 58

Preserve the Union.

Question 59

Emancipation Proclamation

Answer 59

Freed slaves in Confederacy.

Question 60

10% Plan

Answer 60

Lincons plans for Lenient Reconstruction.

Question 61

Black Codes

Answer 61

strict rules that Limited Black freedoms.

Question 62

13th–15th Amendments

Answer 62

End slavery, citizenship, voting rights.

Question 63

Opposition to 15th

Answer 63

Southern resistance.

Question 64

Carpetbaggers

Answer 64

Northerners in the South.

Question 65

Seward’s Folly

Answer 65

Purchase of Alaska.

Question 66

Gilded Age

Answer 66

Industrial growth + corruption.

Question 67

“Waving the Bloody Shirt”

Answer 67

Civil War used politically.

Question 68

Grant-Era Corruption

Answer 68

Credit Mobilier scandal.

Question 69

Plessy v. Ferguson

Answer 69

“Separate but equal.”

Question 70

Compromise of 1877

Answer 70

Ended Reconstruction.

Question 71

Pendleton Act

Answer 71

Civil service reform.

Question 72

Vertical & Horizontal Integration

Answer 72

Business expansion strategies.

Question 73

Robber Barons / Captains of Industry

Answer 73

Rockefeller, Carnegie, Vanderbilt.

Question 74

Gospel of Wealth

Answer 74

Rich should be pholanthrapist

Question 75

Social Gospel

Answer 75

Help the poor.

Question 76

Social Darwinism

Answer 76

Survival of the fittest.

Question 77

Ghost Dance

Answer 77

Native resistance movement.

Question 78

Boss Tweed

Answer 78

Political corruption.

Question 79

Sherman Antitrust Act

Answer 79

Limited monopolies.

Question 80

Immigration

Answer 80

Massive growth during industrialization.