Answer the following questions
1. define a pilgrim and understand why the founders of the plymouth were called pilgrims? (pg.49)
2. what religious group founded pennsylvania? (pg.67)
3. understand what, “no taxation without representation” means? (pg.116)
4. benjamin franklin an american leader who’s discoveries and inventions characterized the enlightenment (no answer needed).
5. define the great awakening. (pg.95)
6. understand the location of the 13 colonies (not needed for study guide just information you need to understand).
7. who was commander in chief of the continental army during the american revolution? (pg.113)
8. what was the significance of the declaration of independence? (pg.136)
9. although the articles of confederation where weak. what did the articles establish? (pg.173)
10. who introduce the system of checks and balances that was included in the u.s. constitution? (pg.185)
11. understand the roles of each branch of government. (pg.187)
12. the louisiana purchase doubled the size of the u.s. (no answer needed).
13. understand the difference between the democratic-republican party and the federalist party. (pg.205)
14. list the basic rights provided by the bill of rights (first 10 amendments pg.198-199).
15. who was john marshall? (pg.252)
16. how did andrew jackson appeal to voters during his campaign for president? (pg.285)
17. mexico ceded california as part of the treaty that ended the mexican-american war. be able to locate the territory gained at the end of the mexican-american war (no answer needed to the study guide).
18. define manifest destiny. (pg.369)
19. what political party was formed in the 1850’s out of several northern anti-slavery groups? (pg.402)
20. list the states that seceded from the union before the civil war? (pg.412)
21. list the successes and failures of reconstruction after the civil war? (pg.456-459)
22. what happened to native americans during western expansion? (pg.476-480)
23. why did the government act quickly to end union-led strikes in the late 1800s? (pg.513& 516)
24. who began to develop monopolies in the late 19th century? (pg.489)
25. understand the purpose of the sherman antitrust act. (pg.501)
26. how did immigration in the late 1800s differ from immigration in earlier periods? (pg.526)
27. social stratification in cities in the late 1800s was often based on ethnic and social lines (no answer needed).
28. define muckraker. (pg.572)
29. list the progressive movement achievements.
30. what did woodrow wilson hope to accomplish with his "new freedom" government? (pg.579)
31. how did jim crow laws, poll taxes, and literacy tests affect blacks in the period following the civil war? (pg.586-587)
32. list the goals of marcus garvey. (pg.595)
33. what was the major goal of elizabeth cady stanton and susan b. anthony? (pg.598)
34. why did some people support imperialism? (pg.609)
35. list the reasons the united states went to war with spain in 1898.(pg.611-612)
36. the united states acquired puerto rico, guam, and the philippines as a result of the spanish-american war (no answer needed for the study guide).
37. define the dollar policy.(pg.619)
38. understand what brought the u.s. into world war i? (pg.628-631)
39. what was the purpose of the espionage and sedition acts? (pg.635-636)
40. americans resented the increased government powers during world war i (no answer needed for the study guide).
41. understand why the u.s. senate did not ratify the treaty of versailles? (pg.642-643)
42. describe the new economic, political, and social freedoms women gained in the 1920s.(pg.654-655)
43. define the harlem renaissance.(pg.666-669)
44. understand the stance of the ku klux klan in the 1920s.(pg.662)
45. harding, coolidge, and hoover supported big business and corporate power. these policies contributed to the great depression (no answer needed for the study guide).
46. list the causes of the great depression. (pg.674-677)
47. understand the causes of the october 1929 stock market crash.
48. what caused the dust bowl? and why was it significant? (pg.680-681)
49. marriage and birth rates went down because of the uncertainty of the great depression (no answer needed for the study guide).
50. how did herbert hoover's philosophy of government affect the depression? (pg.677)
