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Traditional Theory of American Settlement - Answer 12-15k years ago nomads crossed the Bering Straight land bridge (From Asia to North America) (The Ice Age) Clovis People - Answer The name of early residents of North America whose spear points were found near what is now Clovis, New Mexico, in 1929. **All NA civilizations can be traced back to them When/ who discovered the Clovis people - Answer 1929, Ridgely Whiteman Effects of global warming on NA civilizations - An...

Northwest Ordinance 1787 - Answer -creates 3-5 territories -model of how to admit new states -guarantees residents right to trial by jury, freedom of religion, due process -outlaws slavery in the region Problems with articles of confederation - Answer * A capital on the run * Failures in Indian affairs * Diplomatic humiliation (by failure to compensate for American debts owed to GB, GB troops remained in US) * Economic crisis (Federal govt. cannot raise taxes, and therefore ...

Legal status made slaves unable to.. - Answer marry, file legal suits, testify 1808 made this thing illegal - Answer Slave importation and trade , Pop. of blacks went from... - Answer 1 million to 4 million What contributed to the slave population growth in the early 1800's? - Answer Antebellum masters treated their slaves better because they couldn't go buy more. Sensitive to their needs Because marriage was illegal, slaves... - Answer married out...

Clovis People - Answer The name of early residents of North America whose spear points were found near what is now Clovis, New Mexico, in 1929. **All NA civilizations can be traced back to them When/ who discovered the Clovis people - Answer 1929, Ridgely Whiteman Black Death Stats - Answer Arrived in Europe in October 1347 Killed 20m people (1/3 of the population) in 5 years %__ of the Natives in the New World died from _____ - Answer 95% from Smallpox Where...

Paine - Answer published a pamphlet to help rally Washington's troops "the American crisis". The first essay spoke of a glorious triumph and the threat of the British taking your home. Saratoga - Answer One of the first setbacks for Great Britain during the Revolution. British goal was to choke off Philadelphia. General William Howe did not wait for Burgoyne and pushed south from Canada into Philadelphia. The Americans under Hiratio defeated the Burgoyne and this brought ...

Pueblo - Answer built massive buildings on cliffs North West Indians - Answer artistic Indians; masked ceremonies and totem poles Ohio Valley Indians - Answer mound builders North East Woodland Indians - Answer traditional Indians - teepees South East Indians - Answer confederacies (multiple tribes) basket weaving and ceramics Jamestown - Answer First permanent settlement, poor planning, their savior was tobacco Roger Williams - Answer ...

Post 1812 economic change - Answer -Demand for larger army and navy, federal banks and tariffs -1816: second bank of US and 20-year charter -Henry Clay and John C. Calhoun pushed for Tariff of 1816 (20-25% tax on imports) second bank of US - Answer -20-year charter -Private corporation -Had public duties to American people -Handled money -Needs stable currency -Helped economy -25 branches stretched across nation ___% increase in state banks - Answer 30 Industri...

Who caused the Mexican revolution - Answer Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla what year did Mexico win independence - Answer 1821 What granted Mexico independence from Spain - Answer treaty of cordova From 1821 to 1841 there were _______ rebellions over Mexico taking over California - Answer 10 rancheros - Answer trusted people given a lot of land in 1830, what was the Anglo population and what was the Mexican population? - Answer Anglo- 20k Mexican- 3k...

Redeemers - Answer A loose coalition of prewar Democrats, Confederate veterans, and Whigs who took over southern state governments in the 1870s, supposedly "redeeming" them from the corruption of Reconstruction. They shared a commitment to white supremacy and laissez-faire economics Vesey Conspiracy - Answer An unsuccessful 1822 plot to burn Charleston, South Carolina, and initiate a general slave revolt, led by a free African American, Denmark Vesey Underground Railroad ...

Andrew Jackson - Answer Tennessee plantation owner was made famous thru the Indian wars and war of 1812, became a politician who distrusted the federal gvt Jackson Democracy - Answer was a populist (he is going to appeal to the populist and try and get as many votes as possible) by enlarging in franchisee for white men, made the convention system a thing (nominate one candidate per party) Whig Party - Answer want a strong, active, expanded federal government and are led b...