GACE 001 Social Studies

American Revolution - answer-French & Indian War (7yrs). French, English and Americans. Everyone wanted a piece of the new world. Ended w/ the Treaty of Paris. British Imperial Policy - answer-AMR: led to the 1765 Stamp Act, helped pay for men stationed in N.A. & No taxation w/out representation. Sons of Liberty - answer-responsible for the Boston Tea Party which protested the British's Tea Act. Declaration of Independence - answer-Written by Thomas Jefferson w/ help from John Adams, Ben Franklin, Robert R. Livingston and Roger Sherman. To separate from Great Britain. Benjamin Franklin - answer-inventor, author and statesman; flew a kite in a storm to prove the conduction of electricity. Lewis andClarke - answer-explored the Louisiana Purchase (St. Louis to the Pacific:doubled the size of America). Took 2yrs 4m with help of Sacagawea. Harriet Tubman - answer-Underground Railroad; helped free over 300 slaves. Theodore Roosevelt - answer-26th president. The first president to consider National Parks and the environment. George Washington Carver - answer-African scientist, botanist and inventor. Helped reconstruct the South. Introduced peanuts to this area. Paul Revere - answer-The British are coming (Midnight Ride) Fredrick Douglas - answer-former slave (escaped) who believed in equality, learned to read, wrote about slavery and became an abolitionist. Susan B. Anthony - answer-civil rights leader and prominent American who played a role in the 19th century Women's Rights Movement. Mary McLeod Bethune - answer-Black woman, educator and civil rights leader. Started a school for black students. Franklin D. Roosevelt - answer-known for New Deal and involvement in WWII. New Deal - answer-package of economic programs to promote relief, reform and recovery. Eleanor Roosevelt - answer-1st lady to Franklin D. Worked for human rights. Thurgood Marshall - answer-1st African American on the U.S. Supreme Court. Present for Brown vs. Board of Education. Lyndon B. Johnson - answer-known for the The Great Society: social , voting rights and the elimination of poverty. Completed Kennedy's term. King George III - answer-King of Great Britain during the American Revolution. George Washington - answer-First president and commander of the Continental Army in the Amer. Rev. Benedict Arnold - answer-General during the American Revolution who switched sides from the American to the British. Patrick Henry - answer-Give me liberty, or give me death. John Adams - answer-2nd president of the U.S. and the 1st vice president. Battles of the American Revolution - answer-1. Lexington and Concord: 1st military battle of the war, 2. Saratoga: 2 battles, 3. Yorktown: battle that led to the Treaty of Paris. Constitutional Convention - answer-Meeting among all states held in 1787 to consider changes to the Articles of Confederation; resulted in the drafting of the Constitution. The Great Compromise - answer-provided 2 houses of government with equal representation in the senate or upper house. State representation was determined by state population. Three Branches of Government - answer-1. Executive: President, 2. Legislative: Congress, 3. Judicial: Supreme Court. The Bill of Rights - answer-the 1st 10 amendments of the constitution introduced by Madison. Freedom of religion, assembly, speech, press, the right to keep/bear arms and protection from those accused of crimes. War of 1812: Causes - answer-Great Britain interfered w/ American trading w/ France & other nations, dispute over northern territories etc. War of 1812 - answer-ended the Federalist Party, grew American industries, confirmed the U.S. as a free nation, the capital & white house were burnt down. Acquisition of Texas - answer-Alamo: Texas was won from Mexico. Texas joined the Union and the people from Texas became citizens. Oregon Trail - answer-Path from the East (Missouri) to the Wild West (Oregon). People walked or rode in buggies (mid 1800s) California Gold Rush - answer-in 1848 thousands moved to Cali to dig for gold. AKA forty-niners