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Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 - Answer The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 required that federal judges hear cases of fugitive slaves and it offered federal judges more money to return slaves, even in northern states. This was significant because it also required northerners to assist in the rendition process. This was also significant because it justified slave owners by the federal government and it ensured that slaves would not be safe when trying to gain freedom. Because federal judges now how...

The people who arrived in North America during Prehistory: A. We’re not really quite human, as we would understand it. If we met them today, we would not consider them to be like ourselves. B. Were capable of traveling long distances, organizing trade, and creating sophisticated art. C. Were probably farmers, who lived primarily by growing crops such as corn and pumpkins and probably hunted only rarely. D. Probably arrived by only one means: by crossing the land bridge ("Beringia") ...

1st Continental Congress - Answer Meeting of delegates from colonies at the start of the American Revolution, in response to the Intolerable Acts. They listed their rights and grievances and petitioned King George III Lexington Concord - Answer First wars of the American Revolution known as "The shot heard around the world", the British retreated and Americans fought using Gorilla Warfare Captain John Parker - Answer American colonial who lead the militia in the Bat...

Pueblo Revolt - Answer French traded weapons to Great Plains Indians for pelts and slaves Indians began raiding Pueblo of new Mexico w/ French weapons Spanish rulers resented Indian raids done with French guns Plains Indians sought revenge for Spanish attacks and slavery Spanish could no longer easily dominate 1680 pueblo revolt disrupted Spanish rule Enclosure Movement - Answer A legal process that divided large farm fields in England that were previously collectively owned ...

Columbian Exchange - Answer The Columbian exchange was named after Christopher Columbus, it was the exchange of goods, people and diseases between the Americas, West Africa and England in the 15th and 16th centuries. Christopher Columbus - Answer Was the first English man to reach the Americas in 1942, reaching the Bahamas first. His journeys started the exploration of the American continents Conquistador - Answer They were Spanish soldiers that fought to conquer the Amer...

Mayflower Compact - Answer First governing document signed of the Plymouth Colony. Signed by 41 English colonists on the ship Mayflower on November 11, 1620, was the first written framework of government established in what is now the United States. Was significant because it established first government outside of the other British controlled colonies. Treaty of Tordesillas - Answer (1494) Resolved competing land claims between spain and Portugal in the Americas Columbian Exch...

What is the author’s background? - Answer the author is currently a professor at a college in new England but was raised in the south (Florida) his family members were participants in the civil war and fought on the side of the confederacy he was raised believing that the cause of the civil war was that the north was denying the south STATES RIGHTS How did he come to write this book? - Answer he wrote this book after he read a letter from Stephen f. hale to the governor of Kentu...

4 historical principles - Answer -What happens in the old-world matters in the new world -Sugar is evil -Your third-grade teachers were wrong -What you see depends on where you are standing Capture of Fort Detroit - Answer During War of 1812: American general William Hill surrenders his army to the British without a fight. Didn't think they could fight them off. Treaty of Ghent - Answer Peace treaty: -Ended War of 1812 between the US and UK + Ireland -signed Dec....

Manifest Destiny - Answer The belief that the United States was destined to expand across the continent. Homestead Act of 1862 - Answer Encouraged 600,000 families to settle the West giving them land (usually 160 acres) almost free. They had to live on and improve the land for five years. Before the Civil War, Southern leaders opposed the Homestead Acts because they feared it would lead to more free states and free territories. After the mass resignation of Southern senators and r...

The Columbian Exchange Significance - Answer provided both worlds with new items What was the Columbian Exchange? - Answer the exchange of plants, animals, and crops between the new and old world When did the Columbian Exchange occur? - Answer during the exploration and empire period () What is Mercantilism? - Answer economic theory where whichever country has the most resources has the most power What was the significance of Mercantilism? - Answer it wa...