1. US HISTORY UNIT 1 TEST NOTES October 2, 2014

2. I F C ALIFORNIA ENTERED THE U NION AS A F REE S TATE, THE S ALVEHOLDING STATES WOULD BECOME A MINORITY IN THE S ENATE Answer: True

3. L AND THE U NITED S TATES BOUGHT FROM FRANCE THAT DOUBLED THE SIZE OF THE NATION WAS CALLED THE N EW O RLEANS PURCHASE Answer: False

4. T REATY THAT END THE W AR OF 1812, WAS CALLED THE T REATY OF P ARIS Answer: False

5. T ERM THAT REFERS TO A STATE LEAVING THE U NION IS CALLED S ECESSION Answer: True

6. A NTISLAVERY NOVEL THAT CHANGED THE N ORTHERN PERCEPTIONS OF S LAVERY WAS CALLED U NCLE T OM ’ S CABIN Answer: True

7. F IRST CIVILIZATION IN N ORTH A MERICA Answer: Olmec Matching

8. S PANISH EXPLORERS IN THE N EW W ORLD Answer: Conquistador Matching

9. E NGLISH PHILOSOPHER THAT ARGUED “ GOVERNMENT EXIST TO PROTECT THE PEOPLE AND IF GOVERNMENT FAILS TO DO THIS THEY HAVE THE RIGHT TO REVOLT ” Answer: John Locke Matching

10. W AR BETWEEN F RANCE AND E NGLAND IN 1754 IN N ORTH A MERICA Answer: French and Indian War Matching

11. Q UEBEC A CT AND C OERCIVE A CT Answer: Intolerable Acts Matching

12. T HE SYSTEM CREATED TO PREVENT ANY ONE OF THE THREE BRANCHES OF GOVERNMENT FROM BECOMING TOO POWERFUL IS CALLED Answer: Checks and balances

13. T HE G REAT C OMPROMISE PROPOSED THAT IN ONE HOUSE OF C ONGRESS THE H OUSE OF R EPRESENTATIVES THAT STATES WOULD BE REPRESENTED ACCORDING TO THE SIZE OF THEIR Answer: Population

14. T HE N ATION ’ S FIRST TWO POLITICAL PARTIES WERE THE F EDERALIST AND THE Answer: Democratic- Republicans

15. T HE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION OF 1800 RESULTED IN A TIE BETWEEN WHICH TWO CANDIDATES Answer: Jefferson and Burr

16. T HE U NITED S TATES DECLARED WAR ON ______ IN 1812 Answer: Britian

17. I T WAS CLEAR THAT A LARGE, WELL - TRAINED ARMY WOULD BE NEEDED TO DEFEAT THE S OUTH AFTER THE U NION DEFEAT AT Answer: The First Battle of Bull Run

18. W HAT U NION VICTORY CUT THE C ONFEDERACY IN TWO Answer: Vicksburg

19. I N ADDITION TO ENDING THE ENSLAVEMENT ON MILLIONS OF A FRICAN A MERICANS, THE N ORTH ’ S VICTORY IN THE C IVIL W AR ALSO SAVED THE U NION AND STRENGTHENED THE POWER OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OVER THE Answer: States

20. W HAT MADE RIVER TRAVEL MORE RELIABLE AND UPSTREAM TRAVEL EASIER Answer: Steamboats

21. W HILE THE H OUSE OF R EPRESENTATIVES HAD A MAJORITY OF NORTHERNERS IN 1819, ADMITTING ANY NEW STATE, EITHER SLAVE OR FREE, WOULD UPSET THE BALANCE IN Answer: The Senate

22. A COTTON GIN Answer: Removes cotton seeds

23. T HE SOLUTION THAT EMERGED IN THE M ISSOURI C OMPROMISE WAS ADMIT M ISSOURI Answer: As a slave state and Maine as a free state

24. O N F EBRUARY 2, 1848, M EXICO ’ S LEADERS SIGNED THE Answer: Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

25. T HE ISSUE OF SLAVERY ’ S EXPANSION DIVIDED THE COUNTRY NOT ALONG PARTY LINES, BUT ALONG Answer: Sectional lines

26. A FREE A FRICAN A MERICAN COULD BE FALSELY TAKEN INTO CUSTODY UNDER THE TERMS OF THE Answer: Fugitive Slave Act