Colonial Rebellion and U.S. Expansion

US History Mid-term!

Question 1 - 10 • Colonial rebellion by yeoman farmers against the royal governor of Virginia and the planter elites

Answer 1 – 10 • Bacon’s Rebellion

Question 1 - 20 • Early slave uprising in South Carolina

Answer 1 – 20 • Stono Rebellion

Question 1 - 30 • Caused a push to throw out the Articles of Confederation because this rebellion demonstrated the weakness of the early federal government

Answer 1 – 30 • Shay’s Rebellion

Question 1 - 40 • Washington put down this farmers rebellion, demonstrating the new federal government’s willingness to enforce federal law

Answer 1 – 40 • Whiskey Rebellion

Question 1 - 50 • Slave rebellion in Virginia that led to the passage of stricter slave codes

Answer 1 – 50 • Nat Turner’s Rebellion

Question 2 - 10 • Territory purchased from France by Thomas Jefferson

Answer 2 – 10 • Louisiana

Question 2 - 20 • Territory purchased from Spain by James Monroe

Answer 2 – 20 • Florida

Question 2 - 30 • Territory purchased from Russia under Andrew Johnson

Answer 2 – 30 • Alaska

Question 2 - 40 • The idea that God meant for Americans to control everything between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans

Answer 2 – 40 • Manifest Destiny

Question 2 - 50 • Acquired as part of the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo

Answer 2 – 50 • The Mexican Cession

Question 3 - 10 • Laws passed to limit black enfranchisement

Answer 3 – 10 • Jim Crow Laws

Question 3 - 20 • They wanted war with Britain in 1812

Answer 3 – 20 • War Hawks

Question 3 - 30 • They were Northern Democrats opposed to the Civil War

Answer 3 – 30 • Copperheads

Question 3 - 40 • This was the North’s plan for winning the Civil War

Answer 3 – 40 • Anaconda Plan

Question 3 - 50 • These African-Americans did much of the fighting during the Indian Wars

Answer 3 – 50 • Buffalo Soldiers

Question 4 - 10 • 1861 - 1865

Answer 4 – 10 • Civil War

Question 4 - 20 • 1812 - 1815

Answer 4 – 20 • War of 1812

Question 4 - 30 • 1775 - 1783

Answer 4 – 30 • American Revolution

Question 4 - 40 • 1756 - 1763

Answer 4 – 40 • French & Indian War (or Seven Years War)

Question 4 - 50 • 1846 - 1848

Answer 4 – 50 • Mexican War

Question 5 - 10 • Connects the Hudson River to the Great Lakes

Answer 5 – 10 • Erie Canal

Question 5 - 20 • Connects Missouri to Oregon (and is a really cheesy video game)

Answer 5 – 20 • Oregon Trail

Question 5 - 30 • Explored the Louisiana Purchase

Answer 5 – 30 • Lewis & Clark

Question 5 - 40 • Completed at Promontory, Utah in 1869

Answer 5 – 40 • Transcontinental Railroad

Colonial Rebellion and U.S. Expansion