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AHSGE Social Studies Guide

AHSGE Social Studies Guide. Updated 3-03-09 C. Johnson. What was the result of the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 as to who should decide the issue of slavery?. The voters.

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AHSGE Social Studies Guide

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  1. AHSGE Social Studies Guide Updated 3-03-09 C. Johnson

  2. What was the result of the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 as to who should decide the issue of slavery? • The voters

  3. What political party was formed in the 1850’s that supported the anti-slavery platform ( also, it is known as the party of Lincoln)? • Republican

  4. What government party opposed the expansion of slavery into the new territories? • Republican

  5. What famous court case upheld the right of slave owners as property holders and disallowed slaves to file court cases? • Scott vs. Sanford (the Dred Scott decision)

  6. What European movement starting in 1096 resulted in exposure to Middle Eastern and Asian goods (after a failed attempt to take away the Holy Lands from the Muslims)? • The Crusades

  7. What act passed by the Republican dominated congress ( during the Civil War) gave large land grants to states from the federal government in order to form colleges that would focus on agriculture, mechanics, and military tactics? • The Morrill Land Grant Act of 1859

  8. Which abolitionist (anti-slavery person) led the 1859 massacre at Pottawatomie Creek, KS and led the raid on the federal arsenal at Harper’s Ferry? • John Brown

  9. What was the southern economy based on before the Civil War? • Agriculture ( mainly cotton)

  10. How was the south’s economy different from the north’s economy before the Civil War? • The south’s economy was mainly agricultural (cotton) • The north’s economy was balanced with both industrial and agricultural

  11. The large industrial cities of the 1800’s were located in what area of the country? • The North

  12. Southern states began to secede when _____ was elected president . • Abraham Lincoln

  13. What state was the first to secede from the union in 1860? • South Carolina

  14. Where was the first capitol of the Confederacy? • 1st Montgomery, AL • 2nd was in Richmond, VA • 3rd Danville, VA

  15. What city is known as the cradle of the Confederacy? • Montgomery, AL

  16. What county in Alabama never seceded from the Union? • The Free State of Winston (Winston County, Alabama

  17. What state was actually split over the decision to secede and eventually became two states? • Virginia ( West Virginia)

  18. What European movement occurring between 1350 and 1550 resulted in new art, technology, and a return to classical thought? • The Renaissance

  19. What were the Spanish explorers called who searched for “God, gold, and glory”? • Conquistadors

  20. Who conquered the Incas in the early 1530’s? • Francisco Pizarro ( You don’t want ink (Inca) on your pizza (Pizarro)

  21. Who discovered the Bahamas, Cuba, and Hispaniola in 1492? • Christopher Columbus

  22. Who discovered the New England coastline in 1497? • John Cabot

  23. Which European discovered the Pacific Ocean in 1513? • Balboa

  24. What famous English document (signed in 1215 by King John I) was the beginning point for representative government and protection of individual rights (ex: due process)? • Magna Carta

  25. Who discovered Mexico for Spain in 1519? • Hernan Cortes

  26. What terms are used to describe the exchange of goods between Europe and the America’s after Columbus’s discovery? • Columbian Exchange

  27. What was one of the complaints listed in the Ninety-Five Theses? • The Catholic Church’s selling of indulgences (Ex: If you steal something, you can buy indulgence and not have to pay for the sin after you die. This is not referenced in the Bible)

  28. What European movement (started by Martin Luther’s posting of the Ninety-Five Theses in 1517) resulted in changes in the Catholic Church, the rise development of the Protestant churches, and religious wars? • Reformation

  29. What was the name of the first American settlement in 1565 by Europeans? • St. Augustine

  30. What was the first successful English settlement in the New World (1607)? • Jamestown • Major Crop was Tobacco

  31. What was the 1619 legislature of the Virginia colony called (the first representative government in the New World)? • The House of Burgesses • Burgess is an old term for representative.

  32. What religious movement occurred in the 1730’s and 1740’s in the colonies? • The Great Awakening

  33. What French philosopher came up with the idea of a three-branch government which creates a separation of powers? • Montesquieu ( early to mid 1700’s)

  34. What war started over a dispute concerning the Ohio Valley? • The French and Indian War

  35. What ended the French and Indian War? • The Treaty of Paris of 1763

  36. What war put the British/English into debt and forced them to tax and closely monitor the troops in Boston? • The French and Indian War • The French and Indians were allies against the British/English

  37. Why were the Stamp, Townshend, and Sugar Acts unpopular with the people? • They all created taxes

  38. What acts were enforced by the British/English that were already in place in the 1760’s? • The Navigation Acts

  39. What did the Navigation Acts do? • The caused a lack of free trade in the colonies during the time of British/English rule.

  40. What was the main reason the American colonies protested against British rule? • Taxation without representation

  41. What occurred in 1770 that resulted in 5 colonists being shot and killed by British troops in Boston? • The Boston Massacre

  42. Who was the leader of the Sons of Liberty ( men for U.S. independence)? • Samuel Adams • (He was one of the leaders of the Boston Tea Party

  43. What 1773 act of colonial protestation resulted in the Coercive (Intolerable) Acts being passed by the British parliament? • Boston Tea Party • Colonists dumped tea into the Boston Harbor.

  44. What was the first meeting called when 12 colonies sent delegates to Philadelphia to discuss British tyranny (and take action)? • The First Continental Congress (1774)

  45. Who served as the commander of the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War (late 1775 to 1781)? • George Washington

  46. Who made the famous ride warning the colonists that the Redcoats were coming? • Paul Revere • The Redcoats were the British soldiers

  47. The first skirmishes of the Revolutionary War occurred in what two Massachusetts’s town? • Lexington and Concord in April 1775

  48. What American colonist gave the famous speech stating,“Give me liberty, or give me death?” • Patrick Henry • He was trying to persuade people to fight for U.S. Independence in March 1775

  49. What group sent the Olive Branch Petition and wrote the Declaration of Independence? • Second Continental Congress (started in 1775)

  50. What document was sent to King George III as a final attempt at peace by the colonists in July 1775? • The Olive Branch Petition

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