Even More Questions 9-15

9
The wall was built to keep people from East from fleeing to the West. It cut communications between the two parts of the city. It symbolizes Communist repression.

10
The Soviets had missiles in Cuba, and the US feared that they would be used against us.

11
It was their was of saying it was okay to take any and all measures secessary to repel any armed attack against the forces of the United States.

12
It was a chemical herbicide sprayed in Vietnam to clear out forests and tall grasses. It is bleieved to have contaminated many Americans and Vietnamese, causing serious health problems.

13
It was a series of attacks throughout South Vietnam. These attacks marked a turning point in the Vietnam War. It targeted American military bases and South Vietnam's major cities.

14

In WWII, we had a reason to fight. In Vietnam, Americans thought it was a civil war and that we should've minded our own business.
15
President Johnson's decision was a bad one. During war, a stable government is important, and part of a stable government is not introducing radical new policies. By no running, President Johnson opened up the opportunity for a new president to introduce new policies. Also, he knew the war better than a new president would and so was more qualified to lead the military.

Don't Know Much About The Cold War

How many television sets were sold in 1950? How did television change America? What other factors changed America in the 50s?
More than 4 million sets were sold. It was a new sort of entertainment. People moved into suburbs, the construction of super highways began, and everybody starts buying cars. This brings fast-food drive-ins

What three important novels were published in the 50s? What did they do or promote?
The Naked and the Dead- Norman Mailer. It presented a different and uncomfortable picture of the American GI in combat.

The Catcher in the Rye- J.D. Salinger. The alienation of youth.

The Adventures of Augie March- Saul Bellow- about the angst of a generation

What was the Iron Curtain?
The Soviets and the Europeans become separated.

What was the Truman Doctrine about?
Truman helps Greece and Turkey from becoming communist countries.

What were the “witch hunts” of the 1950s? Why did this happen?
Anti-communist frenzy in the U.S.

Who was Klaus Fuchs? Describe the Rosenberg case?
He gave away atom bomb information to the communists. He was a spy, who worked the Manhattan Project

What was the Korean War about? Why was MacArthur removed from service?
North Korea invaded South Korea. The U.S. supported South Korea while the North was supported by the communist Soviets. MacArthur was removed because he thought if the U.S. was going to contain communism that we needed to kill China. Truman disagreed with him.

What was important about Brown v. Board of Education? How did Eisenhower have to enforce it’s ruling in Little Rock?
It was the time in which black people were not allowed in school with whites.

Discuss the importance of the Montgomery Bus Strike.
A black woman tried to sit in the front of the bus and was told to get off. She was arrested and then Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. stood up and asked his people to boycott Montgomery’s transportation.

Discuss the beginning of the space race.

The Soviets launched Sputnik, man’s first artificial satellite, on October 4, 1957. It meant that the Soviets had taken the lead in development of the intercontinental ballistic missile, thereby fundamentally altering the balance of power between them and the U.S. The response to Sputnik was a total overhaul of American education, mainly in the field of rocketry. Then it was a race to see who could get to the moon first.

Quesions!

Quesions

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9. Winston Churchill believed that the division between East and West was permanent. In 1946 he declared in a speech in Fultron, Missouri, that an iron curtain had descended on Euroupe. He meant that the Soviets had cut off Eastern Europe from the West. Behind the curtain was the Soviets holding control.

11. A cold war is one in which the two enemies did no actually fight eachother, instead they all fight to be the most superior nation.

13. It was a Government Issue. They gave the opportunity for returning GI's to go to college, get a job, specialized training, etc.

15. There was no victor, but there were many deaths. More than 54,000 Americans died in the war and another 103,000 were wounded. Nearly 2,000,000 Koreans and Chinese died. It then became a demilitarized zone. It was also a direct threat to the Soviets. The US sent a message that we were committed to fighting Communist expansion with money, arms, and even lives.

16. The purpose was to invest communism in America

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5. Hawaii and Alaska

9. Fidel Castro

10. Travel by plane was a great technological advancement for the US. It was fast easy and safe. Television became more common. Computers were used for big businesses.

14. All the rich people left the poor people in the dust. The inner cities became islands of poverty.

16. Because if they had nuclear weapons they would have enough control to not need large armies.

17. The need for vehicles became more and more because the money from taxes could not pay for public transportation

Don't Know Much About History: Part II

1) Why did FDR want to pack the supreme court? Did it work? Do you think this was constitutionally correct?
He wanted to pack it so that he could get justices that were on his side. It was filled with republicans who did not support the New Deal. It did not work for him and was not constitutionally correct.

2) What is a theory about Amelia Earhart's death? Why was she important?
She was shot down by the Japanese, or she crashed into the Ocean.

3) What was Lend-Lease?
He was granted unprecedented powers to aid any country whose defense was deemed vital to the defense of the United States.

4) Discuss the BATTLE OF BRITAIN.
First aerial attack on England by the German air force. Nazi's decide to launch an invasion across the Channel.

5) What were some of the reasons isolationists wanted to stay out of the war?
They were still feeling the effects of the depression and memories of WWI, so they didn't thing WWII would be worth it. They didn't want to get into other people's affairs at the possible loss of so many people's lives lost.

6) What was the traditional definition of Fascism? Who were the Fascists of Europe in the 30s?
A military dictatorship built on racist and powerfully nationalistic foundations, generally with the brad support of the business class.

7) Who were the Axis Powers?
Germany, Italy, and Japan

8) In what year and month did Japan invade Perking?
July, 1937

9) What were the aggressive actions of Germany and Italy before the start of WWII?
Germany took Austria-Hungary and Poland, signed a nutrallity pact with Russia, and annexed Checozslavakia. Italy invaded Albania, Greece and Eithiopia

10) What are the two views of Pearl Harbor?
We knew about it and were cocky about what the outcome would be, and the other is that we knew about it and we let it happen.

11) What does Japan cite as reasons to go to war?
Their oil supply was cut-off

12) What is the date of Pearl Harbor?
Dec. 7, 1941

13) What is the date of D-Day?
June 6, 1944

14) What was the cost of World War II?
38,000,000+ deaths.

15) What was the Yalta Conference?
Winston Churchill, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Josef Stalin conducted the war against Germany. The idea was to clean up.

16) What did Stalin demand in return for his agreement to enter the war against Japan?
The soviets got control of Manchuria and Mongolia, and would get half of Sakhalm Island and the Kurile Islands. They would also get occupation in Korea as well as a vote in the United Nations.

17) What is FDR's legacy?
He was the indispensible man in the era of depression and war.

18) Did the U.S. have to drop Atomic weapons on Japan? List the various PROs and CONs to this argument.
The U.S. did not have to drop the bomb. The war in Japan was however extremely deadly, they had a mentality that they should never surrender. The culture was very much about honor so the idea of surrender was horrible to them. They knew they were doomed, but surrender was far worse than death, and fighting people like this was terrible. They would run at you with no regard for their own life and could inflict terrible casualties this way. The bomb helped stop these terrible battles. The bomb was terrible but maybe helped stop thousands of American deaths, at the cost of hundreds of thousands of deaths. It was terrible and not neccesary, but the military in Japan probably happily welcomed it.

19) How did the Cold War start?
The build-up of nuclear weapons by both the Soviets and the Americans.

Don't Know Much About History

1) Name five important books of the 1920s.
The Great Gatsby- F. Scott Fitzgerald
Three Soldiers - John Dos Passos
The Sun Also Rises - Ernest Hemingway
Main Street and Babbitt - Sinclair Lewis

2) What was the first "talkie"? How did it change America?
The first talkie was The Jazz Singer, which starred Al Jolson in blackface. After that, Hollywood spent millions of dollars to produce movies because the public couldn't get enough of them.

3) Discuss the "Red Scare of 1919".
Communism was alive in Russia and the Americans didn't want that to happen to them so it was easy to create hysteria with the Red Scare. It was a fear, or dislike, towards any foreign ideas.

4) What was the 18th amendment? Why was it enacted? How did it go wrong?
It prohibited the manufacture, sale, or transportation of intoxicating liquors within the United States. Prohibition drove drunkenness behind doors and into dark places. It was hard to enforce it.

5) Who were Susan B. Anthony and Alice Paul?
They founded National Woman Suffrage Association, which helped enforce the 14th amendment.

6) What is important about Henry Ford? How did he change America?
He built the first gasoline-driven car in the Edison company in Detroit (1890). He made it possible for everybody to have a car. The model T sold for under $300.

7) What is important about Charles Lindbergh? How did he symbolize the times?
He he was the first person to fly solo across the Atlantic. He added another boost to American feelings of confidence, invincibility, and Hoover's "rugged individualism."

8) What were "pool operators" and how were they crooked?
They were people who manipulated the stock market. They bought cheap stocks, drove up the prices, them dumped them off, leaving them to a sucker holding a bag of overpriced stock.

9) How were stocks inflated? How did this cause the crash?
People bought what they couldn't pay for, and when they all tried to get their money out of the bank, the banks then ran out of money, leaving share holders with debt they couldn't pay off.

10) What was Black Thursday and Black Tuesday?
On Black Thursday 13 million shares of stock were sold. On Black Tuesday more than 16 million shares were sold off.

11) What was Hoover's view of Government relief programs?
He didn't believe in them. He believed that the government shouldn't get involved in people's business. He believed the economy would fix itself and that people were tough and could just wait out the depression because it was just part of an economic cycle that happened all the time. He thought relief programs were socialist or communist.

12) What was the "Bonus Army"?
It was a large group of veterans and their families who had been promised a bonus to be given in 1945. They camped outside the White House and the Capitol to get their money, because they needed it and knew they deserved it. They were attacked by the military and run off with the use of huge force sent by Hoover.

13) What happened during the "Hundred Days"?
FDR and the Congress passed many relief and reform pieces of legislation, sometimes without even reading them. They were aimed at making a dent in the problems that the Depression had caused. FDR's attitude was to try anything, and if it didn't work to get rid of it.

14) What was the WPA and what did it do?
The WPA was the Work Projects Administration. The WPA was responsible for 10% of the new roads in the US. It also built new hospitals, city halls, courthouses, and schools. They also set up artistic projects that employed thousands of musicians, writers, and artists.

15) What were Roosevelt's FIRESIDE CHATS and why did they become important?
Fireside Chats were FDR's way to speak to the American public. They were talks that he gave on the radio. They became important because it was the first time that the people felt the government was speaking directly to them.

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5)
The alliances aimed to keep peace by creating a system that prevented any one counrty from dominating the others.

6)
It said that they were gonna team up with Mexico and that they had a chance to get some of their land back in New Mexico, Texas and Arizona. The U.S. reacted angrily to this.

7)
It was a warning sent out by German Military boats. They had to warn passenger and neutral ships before attacking.

8)
Wilson

9)
Russia's withdrawal from the war allowed the Germans to move hundreds of thousands of troops from the Eastern Front to the Western Front in France.

10)
The Food Administration was made. This kept Americans conserving food, and producing more food. The War Industries Board was also an important group for American workers. It was set to make old factories into factories that made war supplies.

11)
President Wilson, Prime Minister David Lloyd Clemenceau of France, and Prime Minister Vittorio Orlando of Italy

12)
He didn't want other nations to have any say over American Troops or American Ships.

13)
They could see the layout of soldiers. It was faster than marching. They could drop bombs. They also had guns so they could shoot things, like other planes.

14)
With Russia out of the picture they could join the Allies and attack the Central Powers from both sides. It was supported by the people because the outcome was now more positive.

15)
The United States, Great Britain, France and Italy

18)
About 50 Miles

19)
East

20)
France

Chapter 18 questions

7.) It allowed them to transport goods all over the country, and they could bring food and supplies to the workers.

8.) It began in Victoria, Texas.

9.) Fertile land, for farming, and the buffalos.

10.) African American settlers, who migrated from southern states into Kansas in the late 1870’s.

11.) There was a lack of moisture, flash floods would wipe out all their crop, and when they planted it down deep the plants would not produce large crop yields.

12.) They slaughtered them, to feed the crews who were building the railroads, and to get them out of the way of the railroad.

13.) Oklahoma

14.) He was the Apache leader who was stuck on an Arizona reservation, he led raids against settlers in the army in Arizona. He escaped to Mexico.

15.) It prevented them from getting into debt. It offered farmers education, fellowship, and support.

16.) Free silver

17.) It created large cities including Denver, but there were many ghost towns as well, and boom towns. Virginia city became very popular.

18.) They needed railroads to transport their cattle.

19.) They got into debt and lost their lands, the cost of crops went down, while the prices to buy went state high.

20.) Actions:

-Put them on reservations
-They forced them to adopt the white ways, like education
- The united states army attacked them

21.) Montana

22.) North-east part of Montana

23.) In the north east part of Arizona

Don't Know Much About History

1.) When President Buchanan put a price of 250 on his head, brown responded by giving him two dollars and fifty cents.

2.) His plan was to arm the slaves who would flock to his crusade and march south to establish a black republic in the Appalachians to wage war against the slave holding south.

3.) He became a symbol because he was caught and put on trial for the cause. Many people in the north came to the conclusion the he was a martyr in a just cause.

4.)December 1860, South Carolina was the first state to declare its secession from the Union.

5.) The North had a bigger population, they were economically better off, they outproduced the South in agriculture and livestock. They could increase their wartime supplies and ship them by railroad.
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The south produced in greater quantities that the North in cotton, they were better riders, showed a greater martial spirit, they owned their own rifles, they were more at home with their weapons.

6.)
a) Bombardment of fort Sumter, the battle that officially starts the war, South Carolina militia forces bombard Fort Sumter, lacking sufficient supplies the fort's commander surrenders.

b) First Battle of Bull Run: In Virgina the Confederate armies rout Union troops. The Union generalship is largely to blame. Thomas Jackson gets his nickname Stonewall for his leadership of the stand made but his troops that turned the tide of battle. After the battle they realize its not going to be three months its going to be two years. The first income-tax law was passed.

c) The Seven days' war June 26-July 2, Lee attacks McClellan and eventually drives him away from Richmond. The Peninsular campaign which might have captured Richmond and ended the war.

d)Battle of Antietam: Single most bloodiest day of the war, 10,000 dead and wounded for each side, Lee pulls back, his invasion blunted, but McClellan fails to pursue the retreating Confederate army. The battle is a critical turning point. With Lee offensive stalled, the likelihood of European recognition of the south is reduced.

e) Battle of Gettysburg: Final turning point of the war, confederates in search for shoes meet up with the union Calvary, reinforcements start pouring in. The Union army takes a strong defensive position and turn back confederate assaults. Confederates loses 28,000 a third of the army's effective strength, Union losses 23,000. Lee retreats to Virginia unable to press his drive against the North.

7.) I don't agree with it because it goes against the constitution where all men are innocent until proven guilty

8.) If his plans weren't found The confederate would have probably the battle and because it was a big turning point of the war the confederate army probably would have won the Civil war.

9.) After the war the south was in bad shape, Reconstruction is a way to rebuild the south while bringing them into the Union. It would readmit states after they had ratified the thirteenth amendment, abolishing slavery. Some of the plan involved the people of the south having to swear an oath to the union, giving up their beliefs, or adopting some beliefs to the north. The first of the acts divided the south into military regions under the control of the generals, and accepting the fourteenth amendment they allowed blacks to vote.

10.) The Klu Klux Klan were the most notorious, powerful, and long-lived. They were antagonized whites of the South who were looking for a new way to gain power. They used political terrorism to frighten and suppress not only blacks, but liberal white republicans as well.

11.) Johnson was the first president to be impeached. Under Article II section 4 of the constitution the president shall be removed from office on impeachment for and conviction of, treason, bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanors. Johnson tried to dismiss war secretary Edwin M. Stanton there fore the house impeached him.

Questions 1-22

1.) To blockade is to close or stop and offensive means on the attack, both are strategies used in the war.

2.) Blockade runners were Confederate ships that would sail in and out of southern ports and the Ironclad was a rebuilt wooden ship covered in thick iron plates used by the south.

3) The Border states were four states (Missouri, Kentucky, Maryland and Delaware) that allowed slavery that remained in the Union accompanied by 20 free states.

4) Habeas Corpus a law that guarantees accused individuals the right to a hearing before being jailed and a draft was a law that required men between the ages of 18 and 35 to serve in the army for three years.

5) 1861-1865

6) They had better leaders, they were fighting a defensive war, they had greater a will to fight.

7) The Union was lead by Abraham Lincoln and the Confederates were lead by Jefferson Davis

8) She was a nurse who became famous for her work with wounded soldiers and is best remembered for organizing the American Red Cross.

9) To prevent supplies from reaching the south and to prevent the south from earning money off the exportation of cotton.

10) It was the Union’s First big win and it became a turning point for them.

11) Lincoln knew that a blow against slavery would make Britain and France less likely to aid the south in the war. He also believed it was important that the president rather than the antislavery republicans in the congress make the decision on putting an end to slavery. So he decided to emancipate, or free, all enslaved African Americans in the south. He announced this plan at such a time that it would not look like it was an act of desperation. Since it applied only to areas that the confederact controlled, it did not actually free anyone. But Lincoln hoped and believed it would give slaves the incentive to run away from their slave owners.

12) In the South men were off fighting in the war and there wasn’t any men left to maintain the crops and fields, so that is was the slaves duty. However in the North the slaves actually fought in the wars.

13) The war not only put them in debt but it was fought on Southern land, so much of their property and land was destroyed during the war.

14) General Lee and his men would be allowed to go home freely and safely as long as they didn’t attack Grant and his men.

15) A West Virginia was formed because there were some who did not support the succession from the Union so they seceded from Virginia and joined the Union.

16) the south used it to transport supplies and in the North it divided the confederate and restricted them from getting or sending supplies.

17) Because no matter what skin color, having the most amount of people on your side in the was is very vital, and it was a war fought for freedom, freedom that African Americans wanted badly.

18) He was a good leader for his men and in return they respected him which helped them work together to get things done. He was also very strategic in planning his attacks.

19)

· Attack on Fort Sumter was fought in 1861 and was the Confederates first attack, and the start of the Civil War.

· Monitor v. Merrimack was fought in 1862, it started a new chapter in naval warfare because it was the first battle fought between two metal ships

· Emancipation Proclamation was issued in 1863 and it showed that the people were fighting for the rights of slaves and their freedom.

· Lincoln is reelected in 1864 helped the push for the confederates to rejoin the Union

· Appomattox Court House was fought in 1865 and was the end of the war, resulting in Lee surrendering.

20.) Cemetery ridge

21.) Ewell

22.) Lee, Ewell, Pickett, Longstreet and Hill.

Manifest Destiny

Chapter 12

Sections 1-4

1) What was Manifest Destiny?
Manifest Destiny is the idea that the United States was meant to extend its borders from the atlantic ocean to the pacific ocean.

2) The Oregon Territory consisted of what area? Who claimed it?
The huge area that lay between the pacific ocean and the rocky mts. north of california. it included what is now washington oregon idaho and parts of wyoming and montana. The united states, great britain spain and russia claimed it.

3) Who were the Mountain Men?
Fur traders

4) Why was the Oregon Trail important?
It provided a pathway for settlers to go to the west.

5) Discuss the meaning behind the slogan "Fifty-Four Forty or Fight"?
It said get oregon or fight basically.

6) James Polk made what promises to the American public during the election of 1844 (list four - you might need to look up on the internet).
He supported the american's sole ownership of oregon.

7) Discuss how Texas became independent.
They wanted the be independent because they felt they had been deprived of freedom of religion, the right to trial by a jury, the right to bear arms, and the right to petition.

8) Discuss the battles of The Alamo and San Jacinto.
We knew we were going to loose the alamo, but they stood strong and fought as best as they could. Texans fought 900 against 1300 yelling "remember the alamo?!" They won the battle and officially became independent.

9) How long did it take the U.S. to annex Texas? Why?
It took about ten years. Because the United States had to agree to let in a slave state.

10) How did the Mexican-American War start? Why did it start? Was it a "Just War"?
American settlement in the southwest led to conflict with Mexico. The Americans wanted California to be part of the country because they felt there would be a safe border around the country. It was unjust because they pretty much just wanted more land and took it by force.

11) What was the American response to the war?
The North didn't like it and the Democrats in the South did like it.

12) List the major battles of the war.
Buena Vista feb. 1847, Monterrey sept. 1846, Mexico City sept. 1847, Santa Fe aug. 1846, Bear Flag Revolt june 1846

13) What was the cost of the war?
The war cost nearly $100,000,000 to fight. An additional $25,000,000 was paid for land.

14) Why was the California Gold Rush important?
There was great economic growth. Miners were getting new pure gold and it was a great time for murchants to sell anything for whatever they wanted.

15) Answer the following questions on page 380 - #6 - #10, #13-#15.
6. They would co-exist
7. He didn't want the unbalance of slave/non-slave states
8. They wanted a safe border around the country and more trade over sea would be possible.
9. We wanted their land and they didn't agree to our offer to buy it so we took it.
10.They could charge whatever they wanted to the miners.

13. We got California, New Mexico, Nevada, Arizona Texas, Utah and Colorado
14. They didn't like it.
15. In the Oregon Country they co-existed, with the Mexicans, we went to war and killed them...

The Constitution: Study Questions

1) What are the three branches of government and what are the powers of each?
Executive, the Legislative, and the Judicial. The Executive is the President. He directs the government, commands armies, deals with foreign countries, and negates laws. The Legislative branch is Congress. The powers are passing laws and approving treaties. The Judicial branch is the court system. It decides punishment.

2) How can these branches check and balance each other?
They check on the branch below themselves. The Judicial branch makes sure all branches are following laws and not having too much power.

3) What were the compromises to the constitution?
The method of electing a president, slavery (3/5 rule), and representation in the Congress.

4) Who wrote the Federalist papers?
Jay Madison and Hamilton

5) What was the Bill of Rights? Why did some states demand its inclusion before they ratified the constitution?
The Bill of Rights was a document that guaranteed certain rights to the American people, to every American person. They wanted these rights to make it so that there couldn't be a dictator and that no rights could be taken away. Some states demanded its inclusion so they wouldn't become too strong of a central government without the people's say.

6) What were the anti-federalists main fears about the constitution?
They were afraid that a central government would become too powerful and another British style government would become of it.

I really, "Don't Know Much About History: Study Questions"

1) Discuss the significance of Thomas Jefferson's quote: "A little rebellion now and then is a good thing...God forbid that we should ever be twenty year without such a rebellion...The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants."

He said this to make a point that the government should not be able to have too much power, because the people in power are afraid of a rebellion occurring.

2) Why did Shay's Rebellion happen?

The new government was taking aways some rights from the farmers and it seemed the new government was taking after their unsuccessful forecountry

3) The constitution is "a political creation, hammered together in a series of artfully negotiated compromises. Discuss these compromises.

Slaves count as 3/5 a full person's vote, but they could later amend the constitution.

4) What was the Virginia Plan?

It was an unsuccessful proposed by Edmond Randolf that gave two houses proportional representation

5) "No person held in service" was a euphemism for what?

slaves

6) List the basic Powers and Checks of the three branches of the government.

Legislative- Congress. The powers include passing laws, originating spending bills (House), impeaching officials (Senate), and approving treaties (Senate)
Executive- President- directing the government, commanding the armed forces, dealing with foreign powers, and vetoing laws
Judicial- justice system which is headed by the Supreme Court. Its powers are interpreting the Constitution, reviewing laws, and deciding states' rights

7) Who wrote the Federalist Papers and why did they write them?

John Jay Adams and Washington. Radify the constitution, it was a debate, or a persuasive essay.

8) Briefly outline the first ten amendments.

1st freedom of religion, speech, press assembly, and petition.
2nd right to keep, and bear arms
3rd lodging troops in private homes
4th search, seizures, proper warrants
5th criminal proceedings, due process
6th criminal proceedings
7th jury trials in civil cases
8th cruel unusual punishment
9th UN enumerated rights
10th powers reserved to the states

9) Who could vote in the first election (what parts of the population)?

White males with land

10) How did Washington D.C. come be located on the banks of the Potomac?

It was a secret discussion between Jefferson, Hamilton and Madison

11) What did Jay's Treaty do?

Eliminated control of brittish western posts, and increased trade between other countries.

12) What was the "Whiskey Rebellion" and how was it put down?

The farmers rebelled because the whiskey was being taxed, and Washington led a bunch of troops

13) Describe the election of 1800? How was it finally resolved?

There was a tie between Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr. Hamilton eventually convinces the House, who were mainly federalists, to vote for Jefferson.

14) Who was John Marshall?

Placed by John Adams, he was a great supreme court judge

15) Why did France sell its North America possessions (the Louisiana territory) to the U.S.?

Napolean desides it wasn't worth keeping. He needed to worry about things in Europe.

16) What did Lewis and Clark do? Describe their journey?

They ventured into the western territory, as ordered by Jefferson. They mapped the area.

17) How did Hamilton incur the wrath of Aaron Burr? Was he right in what he did? How did the ordeal end?

He argued that Jefferson should win the election. It ended in a duel between Hamilton and Burr, and Hamilton died.

18) What was Jefferson's Embargo Act? Why was it unpopular and what was it suppose to do?

The purpose of the embargo was to send a message to the powers in Europe, seeing to it that until the Orders in Council and Continental System were rescinded they would no longer have a loyal customer in America. The Act passed through congress by a wide margin in December of 1807 (a month later and it would have forever been known as the Embargo act of 1808), and while it effectively lessened the issue of impressment (mainly because shipping overseas had all but stopped), it also succeeded in immediately driving up the prices of even domestic shipping to an unreasonable rate.

19) What did Tecumseh try and do?

He tried to unite all the Natives along the coast to fight along the white people.

20) Describe the Battle of Tippecanoe?

The Natives claimed war on the whites and the white's decided to attack first, and they won, but had many die on their own side.

21) Most historians call the War of 1812 a draw. Why?

Usually a war is ended with a treaty, this war ended the same way it started.

22) Describe the Battle of New Orleans.

The Battle of New Orleans took place on January 8, 1815 and was the final major battle of the War of 1812. American forces, commanded by Major General Andrew Jackson, defeated an invading British Army intent on seizing New Orleans and the vast territory America had acquired with the Louisiana Purchase. The Treaty of Ghant had been signed on December 24, 1814, but news of the peace would not reach the combatants until February. The battle is widely regarded as the greatest American land victory of the war.

23) What did the Monroe Doctrine state?

Further efforts by European countries to colonize land or interfere with states in the Americas would be viewed, by the United States of America, as acts of aggression requiring US intervention. The Monroe Doctrine asserted that the Western Hemisphere was not to be further colonized by European countries and that the United States would neither interfere with existing European colonies nor meddle in the internal concerns of European countries.

24) What was the Missouri Compromise?

The Missouri Compromise was an agreement passed in 1820 between the pro-slavery and anti-slavery factions in the United States Congress, involving primarily the regulation of slavery in the western territories.

25) How was the election of 1824 decided? Why was it called a "corrupt bargain"?

It was decided in the house of representatives. It was the only election since the passing of the 12 amendement that was decided this way because there was no majority in the electoral college.

26) List some of the labels attached to Andrew Jackson.

Murderer, slave owner, adulterer, orphan, frontiersman, horse racing man, Indian-fighter, war hero, land speculator.

27) Was Andrew Jackson an Indian hater? What did the natives call him? What "Indian Wars" did he fight in and what was the outcome? What was his native "policy" as President?

Yes he was an indian hater. They called him long knife. He fought in the Creek War and the white people won that won, removing the Creek from half of their lands. He fought against the Seminoles, which he also won, and Florida's land was sold cheap. He also fought in the war of 1812, which is now considered a draw. His 'policy' as president was to tell the Natives either assimilate, leave, or get killed.

28) How did Jackson come to symbolize the common people?

He worked his way up from being very poor to being extremely rich and in a position of power.

Group Projects: Americans

* List the strengths of each group and why they should win the war at the beginning
• Superior leaders
• More done to win the war
• The public was behind the war
• Defensive war
• Everyone ganged up on Britain
• Huge financial cost
• Britain had to send troops and supplies overseas

* List the complaints of each side that lead to war
Taxation without representation
Unable to expand past the Appalation Mts.

* Outline the important figures of your side (and assign a member of your group to be that character)
Danny- Samuel Adams
Sons of liberty
major propogandist
Kaylie- Benjamin Franklin
Gets French alliance
True American Figure (The American Dream)
John- Thomas Jefferson
Wrote the Declaration of Independence
Devin- Molly Pitcher
Water-Girl in battle
She took over the cannon when her husband was killed

* List battles that your side won
• Ticonderoga and Saratoga
o Lead by Bennadict Arnold; These battles showed that America could actually win the war, which brought the French alliance and got the public to back the war

* Come up with one theory why the war was won or lost
Superior leaders
* Explain the outcome of the war for your side
We won the war, became our own nation and set up the first successful democracy since the Roman Empire

* Recreate as an i-movie what you feel is the most important moment of the war for your side

Study Questions: Revolutionary War

1) What rebel leaders does Paul Revere ride at midnight to warn?
The captain of the Minute Men; Samuel Addams and John Hancock

2) In detail, describe how the battle of Concord looked?
The battle took place on the road back to Boston. Minute Men and militia from all over followed the British and fired at them on all sides. It lasted for miles and many men died. 73 were British.

3) Why was the Revolutionary War the most important event in U.S. History?
Many things we still stand for today came from this war. The patriot ideal, all of our rights, and the way true Americans think about their priorities, wrong and right, and all men are created equal.

4) How many cities over 10,000 where there in America at the time of the Revolution?
four cities

5) Describe the country before the Revolutionary War? Why might not we, in the 21st century, recognize it?
The colonists were the freest people in the world. They had a whole continent that was theirs for the taking. A squirrel could go to all the colonies without touching the ground, just by using the trees

6) Why was James Otis important?
It was his writings which were the inspiration for all the other writings by John Adams and other known colonists

7) What was Samuel Adams known for?
Forming The Sons Of Liberty

8) Describe the Patriotic Leaders.
They were cunning

9) What percent of the population, according to John Adams, wanted liberty?
one third

10) Discuss how the events of the Boston Massacre and the Boston Tea Party lead to the Revolutionary War.
After King George III heard news about both the Boston Massacre and the Boston Tea Party, he believed he was loosing control of the colonists and said, "We must master them or totally leave them alone." He then placed many harsh laws on the colonists. The Boston harbor was closed until the tea was paid for which averted the arrival of foods and other supplies from ships. The colonists, as rebellious as they were, called to arms and declared their independence and war broke out.

Questions for PART III: The French and Indian War

1) How did the French and Indian War turn into a World Conflict? How did this affect North America?

2) How do the British treat Washington when he asks for a Royal Commission? Why do they turn him down?
They tell him that there is no need to change anything because they feel everything is working as good as it could be from where they were at.

3) How doe Pitt's policies change the colonists attitudes toward the war?

4) Describe the Battle of Ticonderoga?
They built a wall with sharpened tree-tops shoved in the sides. The Red Coats were beat.

5) What was the western supply post for the French? How did it fall?

6) Why is the St. Lawrence River important?
It acted as a highway for them

7) What are the reasons the natives leave the French side?
They don't have enough resources to survive without the British.

8) Why do the Virginians (under Washington) and the Pennsylvanians clash over Forge's road? What does this say about the colonies?

9) Pittsburg is named after who?
The prime minister

10) How do you feel about George Washington and his participation in the French and Indian War? Why?
He messed up throughout the whole war and things would've been different if he had not been part of it at this point in time.

Study Questions for Part 2 of The French And Indian War

1) Why do only the Mohawk agree to fight with General Johnson?
Johnson has a close relationship with the Mohawk, and the others want to stay neutral

2) What are the results of the Battle of Lake George?
Johnson wins the battle, but his men are tired and the Natives return home to morn the death of their fellow Mohawk

3) For what purposes did the Native Americans take captive? (List three)
A way to replace warriors in battle.

4) Why is the story of Mary Jemison presented? What purpose does it serve?


5) Do you agree with Washington's disciplinary practices on deserters? Why or why not?


6) Who is Montcalm and why doesn't he like the Natives?
They look like barbarians to him, and he strongly disagrees with their code of honor.

7) What are the Native Americans code of honor? How does this differ from the Europeans' Code
of War?


8) Discuss the culture clash that happens at Fort William Henry.

US History Questions

1) Why is George Washington partially responsible for the start of the French and Indian War?
He fired upon the French in the woods while they were on a diplomatic mission.

2) Who was Half-King?
The Half-King is the Indian leader.

3) Why did Half-King murder/massacre the French?
It was an act of revenge. It could also have been a message,"Back off!"

4) Who was in the right? The French, The English or The Native Americans?
The French..