1. MIDTERM REVIEW VA./U.S HISTORY
LAKELAND HIGH SCHOOL

2. The Civil War began with the bombardment of the Federal Fort at _______

3. Ft Sumter, SC

4. What document began the idea of separation of church and state?

5. The VA Statute of Religious Freedom written by Thomas Jefferson

6. Jim Crow laws were designed to…..

7. separate blacks
and whites in the
South - segregation

8. The US Constitution was written to replace the ___________

9. Articles of Confederation

10. The War of 1812 was unpopular with the New England Federalists threatening to ….

11. secede

12. The Louisiana Purchase, Gadsden Purchase, Mexican Cession and the ceding of the Oregon Territory all were examples of ___________

13. Manifest Destiny

14. After the Civil War, federal policy was marked by what amendments to assist newly freed slaves (“Civil War Amendments”)

15. 13th / 14th / 15th

16. Frederick Douglass was the most famous escaped slave to become an …

17. abolitionist

18. Who influenced Lincoln to allowed freed slaves to fight in the Civil War for the north?

19. Frederick Douglass

20. What amendments gave the government more power to protect the rights of minorities, esp. African-Americans?

21. The 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments

22. Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote….

23. Uncle Tom’s Cabin

24. What two documents invoke ideas of equality, liberty and pursuit of happiness?

25. The Constitution and the Declaration of Independence

26. It is our God given right to spread our democracy and culture across the continent

27. Manifest Destiny

28. Abolitionists believed that slavery should be abolished……….

29. immediately

30. After the French and Indian War, the British succeeded in driving the _____from most of North America

32. French

33. Virginia at first had a House of Burgesses for its government and it is now called the……

34. General Assembly

36. The principles of “all men are created equal” and are ruled by a government “of, by, and for the people” are in what documents?

37. Declaration of Independence
Gettysburg Address
DEMOCRACY should rule

38. What guarantees all citizens equality before the law?

39. The 14th Amendment

40. What organization called for full political equality for African-Americans?

41. The NAACP

42. Europeans settled in Jamestown, the Mid-Atlantic, and New England regions for what 2 reasons?

43. economic opportunity and religious freedom

44. The religious movement that led to the growth of evangelical religions and laid the foundation for the American Revolution was the______________

45. Great Awakening

46. Who was a firm believer of all people have certain rights (life, liberty, and property) that cannot be taken away

47. John Locke

48. Patrick Henry’s famous speech in favor of the Revolution ended with the immortal words…….

49. “Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death”

50. North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia and Georgia were all colonies who grew….

51. cash crops

52. Victory in the American Revolution was helped in part by B
Victory in the American Revolution was helped in part by B. Franklin’s treat of alliance with France and the French support at …..

53. Yorktown

55. Sectional disagreements, the extension of slavery into the territories and states’ rights all were factors in the start of the ……..

56. Civil War

58. Who wrote the VA Declaration of Rights indicating that basic human rights cannot be violated by government?

59. George Mason
Virginia Declaration of Rights

60. Who urged a transition to peace and unity with the South while he was President (after Reconstruction)?

61. Ulysses S. Grant

62. The practice where successful politicians reward their supporters by appointing them to office is called the…..

63. spoils system

64. Immigration laws in the 1800s and 1900s discriminated most against the ……..

65. Chinese

66. Did the Reconstruction governments fail or succeed in changing white attitudes towards newly freed slaves or change the social structure in the South?

67. Fail

68. The policy where the government should not be imposing regulations on business is called….

69. Laissez-faire economic policy

70. What two people disagreed over the strength of the government and the type of economy that it would have leading to the first two political parties?

71. Hamilton and Jefferson

72. What signaled an end to Reconstruction?

73. Compromise of 1877