US History 1 CLEP
The Line of Demarcation - ANS The line by the Pope to dived the world in half. Giving one half
to Spain and the other the Portugal. The Spanish convinced to Pope to do this because both
countries wanted to colonize but Portugal was the super power of the sea.
Treaty of Tordesillas - ANS A 1494 agreement between portugal and spain, moving the Line of
Demarcation farther west.
Henry Clay - ANS Engineered the Missouri Compromise
The Missouri Compromise of 1820 - ANS This maintained the balance of slave and free states
by bringing in Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state. It sought to diffuse slavery as
an issue in westward expansion by prohibiting slavery north of latitude 36°30', but it said nothing
about popular sovereignty south of that line.
"We are all Republicans, we are all Federalists."
Was said by? - ANS Thomas Jefferson, following the heated elections of 1800.
The Treaty of Paris 1783 (four main parts) - ANS Britain recognizes independence of the U.S.;
boundaries of the new nation are established; American ships are given unlimited fishing rights;
creditors of either side would be unimpeded in the collection of lawful debts; the U.S. would
compensate loyalists whose property had been confiscated
Freeport Doctrine - ANS In a Douglas vs. Lincoln debate, this was Stephen Douglas's said that
slavery could be prevented from any territory by the refusal of the people living in that territory to
pass laws favorable to slavery. Likewise, if the people of the territory supported slavery,
legislation would provide for its continued existence. He didn't want to go against the Supreme
Court and say it couldn't be continued into the territories but he also didn't want to anger
southerners.
The Triangular Trade - ANS The pattern of trade that connected Europe, Africa, Asia, and the
American continents. They traded rum,slaves, sugar, and tobacco .
Robert E. Lee surrendered to Ulysses Grant at... - ANS The Appomattox Courthouse on April 9,
1865
The Judiciary Act of 1789 - ANS Congress provided for a Supreme Court of six members and a
system of lower district courts and courts of appeal, also giving the Supreme Court the power to
make the final decisions in cases involving the constitution or state laws.
, Alexander Hamilton's Legislative Program - ANS Promoted the Bank of the United States,
assumption of Confederation and state debts, excise taxes, and manufacturing
The Northwest Ordinance of 1787 - ANS Defined the process by which new states could be
admitted into the Union from the Northwest Territory. It forbade slavery in the territory but
allowed citizens to vote on the legality of slavery once statehood had been established.
The Specie Circular of 1836 - ANS An executive order issued by U.S. President Andrew
Jackson in 1836 and carried out by President Martin Van Buren. It required payment for
government land to be in gold and silver.
Anne Bradstreet - ANS The first published american poet
Phillis Wheatley - ANS The first African American poet to be published.
Virginia House of Burgesses - ANS The first lawmaking body in the English colonies
Massachusetts General Court - ANS Passed the first set of laws in the English colonies.
King Philip's War - ANS A conflict between New England colonists and Native American
Groups allied under leadership Wampanoag cheif Metacom, known to the colonists as King
Philip.
Royal Colonies - ANS Colonies that were under the direct control of the English crown
Proprietary Colonies - ANS Colonies owned by persons who had been given a royal charter to
own the land
Charter Colonies - ANS Colonies based on a grant of land by the British Crown to a company
or a group of settlers
Mercantilism - ANS The theory that a country should sell more goods to other countries than it
buys
Salutary Neglect - ANS An English policy of not strictly enforcing laws in its colonies
The Stamp Act - ANS A tax, passed in March 22,1765; on documents and printed items such
as wills, newspapers, and cards.
Declaratory Act - ANS Act passed in 1766 just after the repeal of the Stamp Act. Stated that
Parliament could legislate for the colonies in all cases.
The Intolerable Acts - ANS A series of laws passed 1774 by British Parliament to punish the
people of Boston following the Boston Tea Party
The Line of Demarcation - ANS The line by the Pope to dived the world in half. Giving one half
to Spain and the other the Portugal. The Spanish convinced to Pope to do this because both
countries wanted to colonize but Portugal was the super power of the sea.
Treaty of Tordesillas - ANS A 1494 agreement between portugal and spain, moving the Line of
Demarcation farther west.
Henry Clay - ANS Engineered the Missouri Compromise
The Missouri Compromise of 1820 - ANS This maintained the balance of slave and free states
by bringing in Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state. It sought to diffuse slavery as
an issue in westward expansion by prohibiting slavery north of latitude 36°30', but it said nothing
about popular sovereignty south of that line.
"We are all Republicans, we are all Federalists."
Was said by? - ANS Thomas Jefferson, following the heated elections of 1800.
The Treaty of Paris 1783 (four main parts) - ANS Britain recognizes independence of the U.S.;
boundaries of the new nation are established; American ships are given unlimited fishing rights;
creditors of either side would be unimpeded in the collection of lawful debts; the U.S. would
compensate loyalists whose property had been confiscated
Freeport Doctrine - ANS In a Douglas vs. Lincoln debate, this was Stephen Douglas's said that
slavery could be prevented from any territory by the refusal of the people living in that territory to
pass laws favorable to slavery. Likewise, if the people of the territory supported slavery,
legislation would provide for its continued existence. He didn't want to go against the Supreme
Court and say it couldn't be continued into the territories but he also didn't want to anger
southerners.
The Triangular Trade - ANS The pattern of trade that connected Europe, Africa, Asia, and the
American continents. They traded rum,slaves, sugar, and tobacco .
Robert E. Lee surrendered to Ulysses Grant at... - ANS The Appomattox Courthouse on April 9,
1865
The Judiciary Act of 1789 - ANS Congress provided for a Supreme Court of six members and a
system of lower district courts and courts of appeal, also giving the Supreme Court the power to
make the final decisions in cases involving the constitution or state laws.
, Alexander Hamilton's Legislative Program - ANS Promoted the Bank of the United States,
assumption of Confederation and state debts, excise taxes, and manufacturing
The Northwest Ordinance of 1787 - ANS Defined the process by which new states could be
admitted into the Union from the Northwest Territory. It forbade slavery in the territory but
allowed citizens to vote on the legality of slavery once statehood had been established.
The Specie Circular of 1836 - ANS An executive order issued by U.S. President Andrew
Jackson in 1836 and carried out by President Martin Van Buren. It required payment for
government land to be in gold and silver.
Anne Bradstreet - ANS The first published american poet
Phillis Wheatley - ANS The first African American poet to be published.
Virginia House of Burgesses - ANS The first lawmaking body in the English colonies
Massachusetts General Court - ANS Passed the first set of laws in the English colonies.
King Philip's War - ANS A conflict between New England colonists and Native American
Groups allied under leadership Wampanoag cheif Metacom, known to the colonists as King
Philip.
Royal Colonies - ANS Colonies that were under the direct control of the English crown
Proprietary Colonies - ANS Colonies owned by persons who had been given a royal charter to
own the land
Charter Colonies - ANS Colonies based on a grant of land by the British Crown to a company
or a group of settlers
Mercantilism - ANS The theory that a country should sell more goods to other countries than it
buys
Salutary Neglect - ANS An English policy of not strictly enforcing laws in its colonies
The Stamp Act - ANS A tax, passed in March 22,1765; on documents and printed items such
as wills, newspapers, and cards.
Declaratory Act - ANS Act passed in 1766 just after the repeal of the Stamp Act. Stated that
Parliament could legislate for the colonies in all cases.
The Intolerable Acts - ANS A series of laws passed 1774 by British Parliament to punish the
people of Boston following the Boston Tea Party
