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10 grade us history final

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One of the first crops native Americans used to make bread was
Corn
Name 3 items taken from Europe to America and 3 items taken from America to Europe in the Columbia exchange
E to A : cattle bananas coffe A to E : peppers corn tabaco
What was England's first permanent settlement in North America called
James town
What saved the James town colony
Taboco
Who stood at the top of society in the southern colonies
Planters
What was the first cash crop of the colonies
Tabaco
What were the 2 main crops in South Carolina
Indigo rice
What was a slave terrible journey across Atlantic called
Middle passage
What act stated that all items imported or exported from the colonies must be carried on English ships
Staple act
Act that stated all items imported to the colonies must pass through England first and have taxes paid
Navigation act
This person argued that a rulers right to rule cake from the people and everyone is born with natural rights
John locke
Who was the French and Indian war between
France and native vs British
What was the French and Indian war over
Ohio river valley
What act required a stamp to be placed on any item
Stamp act
This forced colonies to pay for more defense also stated that colonist must House English soldiers
Quartering act
Document sent to king George describing the colonist loyalty and asking king to end hostility
Olive branch petition
Thomas Paine document that described how monarchs gain power by stealing it from the people
Common sense
2 advantages colonist had in revolutionary war
Knew land good decisions on generals
2 disadvantages colonist had
Untrained soldiers not enough money
2 advantages Brit's had in war
Well trained well supplied
2 dis advan brits had
Unfamiliar territory half hearted support at home
Plan that set up a loose union of the states under the authority of the congress and set up a weak central govt
Articles of confederation
What were people called who were for the constitution
Federalist
People against the constitution
Anti federalists
Plan that called for scrapping the articles and called for representation based on population
Virgina plan
Plan that did not abandon the articles called for each state to be represented equally
New Jersey plan
Branch that makes the laws
Legislative
Interprets the laws
Executive
Implements and enforces
Judicial
Abandoned Spanish mission where a small force of Texans held off the Mexican army
Alamo
Who was the first president of the republic of Texas
Sam Houston
What is the idea that god had given the North American continent to the Americans and he wanted to settle from sea to sea
Manifest destiny
What is doing the right thing even it is against the law
Civil disobedience
What was this event called a slave owner took a slave across a free territory the slaves sues the owner saying he should be free the case makes it to the Supreme Court where they tell him he cannot sue Because he is not a citizen
Dred Scott
What the southern reaction when Lincoln was elected
Fear and anger
What does the federal govt try to do with the south when they secede
Compromise
Where did the secession states meet for the first time
Montgomery
Who was the first president of the confederacy
Jefferson Davis
What is the term a government takes over of territory using military
Martial law
Being made to be in the army
Conscription
A small fast ship that can get through blockades to get supplies to and from a place
Blockade runners
Who was the general of the confederate army
Robert lee
How many of the military colleges during the civil war were in the south
7
Did the north or south have more miles of railroad during the civil war
North
What were women's main role in the civil war
Nursing
What did the balled of Vicksburg do the south in the war
Divide it in half
What battle was the turning point in the civil war
Battle of Getty's burg
Was Lincoln always against slavery
No
What were some other issues the civil war was fought over
States rights and industry vs agriculture
What was the unions plan to divide the south called
Anaconda plan
What kind of strategy did the south have in the war
Fight defensively
Who was the general for the union
Grant
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