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POP A SHOT USA MR. GONZALEZ 2014 – 2015
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POP-A-SHOT USA o Which historical document influenced the creation of the Sixth Amendment, which guarantees the right to trial by jury? o The Magna Carta o Which American document prohibited the quartering of soldiers during peacetime? o The Bill of Rights
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POP-A-SHOT USA o What doubled the size of the United States? o The Louisiana Purchase o What term describes the unlawful kidnapping of sailors? o Impressment
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POP-A-SHOT USA o Why is Eli Whitney significant? o He invented the cotton gin o Why is Samuel Slater significant? o He built one of the first factories in America
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POP-A-SHOT USA o How did Eli Whitney and Samuel Slater affect the Industrial Revolution in America? o They developed new inventions for production o Whose economic plan was designed to help build a national economy? o Alexander Hamilton
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POP-A-SHOT USA o Who cautioned Americans against forming alliances with foreign nations? o George Washington o Why did George Washington not want us to form alliances with foreign nations? o He was afraid we would be dragged into a foreign war
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POP-A-SHOT USA o How did the United States gain the territory between the Mississippi River and the Rocky Mountains? o They purchased the Louisiana Territory from Napoleon in 1803 o What court decision addressed the right of states to tax a federal property? o Gibbons v. Ogden
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POP-A-SHOT USA o What did presidents George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and James Monroe have in common? o All sought to avoid involvement in European political struggles (isolationists) o What caused the colonists to establish their own colonial assemblies? o The Rights of Englishmen and distance from Great Britain
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POP-A-SHOT USA o What did the Mayflower Compact and the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut help establish? o Self-government o What were early explorers of the New World searching for? o A shorter route to Asia
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POP-A-SHOT USA o Who believed in religious toleration in the colonies? o Roger Williams o The need for agricultural workers in the South led to a rise in what kind of labor? o Slave
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POP-A-SHOT USA o Why were Jamestown and New Amsterdam similar? o Both were settled near the Atlantic Coast o What promoted trade between New England and the West Indies? o Transatlantic trade routes
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POP-A-SHOT USA o Who was allowed to vote in British America? o Men who owned property o Why did colonial farmers settle near oceans or coastal waterways? o More access to trade routes and markets
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POP-A-SHOT USA o Geography influenced economic development of New York, Boston, and Charleston because natural harbors provided access to what? o Markets for trade o Where did most early colonists live? o Along the Atlantic Coast
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