US History Milestone

US History G.A Milestone

By Essence Jones

Study Guide

A settler is a person who has migrated to an area and established a permanent residence there, often to colonize the area. 

A​merica was a vast land settled by Spanish, Dutch, French and English immigrants who established colonies such as St. Augustine, Florida; Jamestown, Virginia; and Roanoke in present-day North Carolina.

What are Settlers trying to establish?

Lets Talk about settlers!!​

Multiple Choice

What are Settlers trying to establish?

• A friendship among other migrators.

• Permanent Residence

The colonial economy depended on trade. Which is the business of buying and selling items.

​American ships carried products such as lumber, tobacco, rice, and dried fish to Britain. In turn, the mother country sent textiles, and manufactured goods back to America.

Trade

Multiple Select

What are some of the items traded amongst the settlers?

• Grains

  (rice and Wheat)

• Water

• Oil

• Slaves

• Cooks

Settlers wanted to make a profit from trade. The climate and soil in the Southern colonies made trade in agricultural products particularly attractive to settlers

The colonies produced raw materials that were shipped to England. These raw materials were important because they were not available or reproducible in England.

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Colonization through the Constitution

Multiple Choice

Which statement BEST describes why the Southern colonies were established?

• Settlers were seeking religious freedom

• Settlers wanted to make a profit from trade

• Settlers wanted to convert American Indians to their religion

• Settlers wanted to create more wealth for the English economy

Multiple Choice

Why were the American colonies so valuable to the British Empire?

• The colonies had industrial factories that the British lacked.

• The colonies provided manufactured goods that could not be produced in England.

• The colonies produced raw materials that were shipped to England.

• The colonies were the only source of new sailors and ships for Britain’s navy.

Ellis Island. In the early days of the United States, Ellis Island was a symbol of freedom for immigrants, and it served as a major entry point to the country. On Ellis Island, immigrants were checked for diseases, and some were detained and deported if the processing center deemed them unfit

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Industrialization, Reform, and Imperialism

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Multiple Choice

Use the information to answer the following question:

Which location would BEST fit inside of the box?

• Cuba

• Ellis Island

• Fort Sumter

• Atlanta

George Herbert Walker Bush was an American politician, diplomat, and businessman who served as the 41st president of the United States from 1989 to 1993.Bush worked with the Russian leader to reduce threats and reform the economy of Russia. Bush worked with Gorbachev and Yeltsin to encourage reforms and to sign new weapons agreements to minimize threats, particularly nuclear.

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George H.W Bush

Multiple Choice

Use the diagram to answer the question.

Which statement BEST describes President George H.W. Bush’s reaction to the events in the diagram?

• He advocated forming alliances with former Soviet Republics to de-stabilize Russia.

• He worked with the Russian leader to reduce threats and reform the economy of Russia.

• He attempted to undermine the old Russian leadership so democratic leaders could emerge

• He supported United Nations peacekeeping missions to the area to end unrest and ethnic purges

​Jacksonian Democrats believed in restricting the role of the federal government. Since Jacksonian Democrats believed that states, not the federal government, should control banks, roads, and bridges, one can conclude that the Jacksonian Democrats believed in restricting the federal government.

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​A movement for more democracy in American government in the 1830s. Led by President Andrew Jackson, this movement championed greater rights for the common man and was opposed to any signs of aristocracy in the nation.

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Multiple Choice

Use the information to answer the question that follows.

According to the chart, what inferences can be made regarding the economic policies of the two political parties?

• Jacksonian Democrats believed the federal government should organize a national bank.

• Jacksonian Democrats believed in restricting the role of the federal government.

• National Republicans opposed expanding the powers of the federal government.

• National Republicans opposed the financing of road improvements by the federal government.

Fertile soil, shipbuilding, farming, many religions. The Mid-Atlantic colonies had the benefits of a more moderate climate than the New England and the Southern colonies, and had a larger diversity of beliefs and occupations than in other colonies.

​The Mid-Atlantic

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Multiple Choice

Which list describes the Mid-Atlantic Colonies?

​Shays’ Rebellion was a series of violent attacks on courthouses and other government properties in Massachusetts that began in 1786 and led to a full-blown military confrontation in 1787. The rebels were mostly ex-Revolutionary War soldiers-turned farmers who opposed state economic policies causing poverty and property foreclosures. The rebellion was named after Daniel Shays, a farmer and former soldier who fought at Bunker Hill and was one of several leaders of the insurrection. The central

government could not support an army to act quickly

and stop the rebellion

Daniel Shays, for whom the rebellion was eventually named, was a farmer in Pelham and an ex-soldier who fought at Bunker Hill and other significant Revolution battles. In September, Shays led a group of 600 men to shut down the court in Springfield. Determined to use peaceful means, he negotiated with General William Shepard for the court to open while allowing protesters to parade. The court eventually closed down when it couldn’t find any jurors to serve.

Shay's Rebellion

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Multiple Choice

How did Shays’ Rebellion highlight the weaknesses in the Articles of Confederation?

• Inconsistent leadership led to laws that were constantly changing.

• Tariffs between states made it difficult for farmers to conduct trade.

• The central government could not support an army to act quickly and stop the rebellion.

• The debt left over from the Revolutionary war caused people to lose confidence in their leaders.

The Monroe Doctrine is the best known U.S. policy toward the Western Hemisphere. Buried in a routine annual message delivered to Congress by President James Monroe in December 1823, the doctrine warns European nations that the United States would not tolerate further colonization or puppet monarchs, to restrict European interference in the Western Hemisphere. The Monroe

Doctrine claimed the Western Hemisphere for U.S. interests. It warned Europe to stay out of Western

affairs and to stop trying to colonize the Western Hemisphere.

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Monroe Doctrine

Multiple Choice

Which of these was a goal of the Monroe Doctrine of 1823?

• to prevent southern states from seceding from the Union

• to restrict European interference in the Western Hemisphere

• to relocate American Indian peoples west of the Mississippi River

• to resolve anti-Federalist concerns over the power of the federal government

The Red Scare. Following World War I, hysteria broke out over the potential threat that the Soviet Union posed to the United States. The diagram shows several events that were associated with the Soviet Union and that caused the Red Scare to spread. The Bolshevik Revolution in 1917 put a radical party in power in the Soviet Union, and violent strikes and mail bombings in the United States were blamed on Communists.

​The Red Scare

Multiple Choice

Use this diagram to answer the question.

Which phrase correctly completes the diagram?

• The Red Scare

• The Great Depression

• U.S. Entry into World War I

• The Election of Franklin Roosevelt

What's the census?

A census is the procedure of systematically calculating, acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population

The United States census of 1790 was the first census of the whole United States. It recorded the population of the United States as of Census Day, August 2, 1790, as mandated by Article I, Section 2 of the United States Constitution and applicable laws

Enslaved persons in each state were counted as three-fifths of a person. This meant that the Southern slave-holding states got representation based on part of their enslaved population, even though that population had no actual voice in the government, while the Northern states did not (or received very little, as their enslaved populations were much smaller)

Southern states gained more influence in the House of Representatives. By allowing three-fifths of the enslaved population to be counted for representation purposes, Southern populations were inflated compared to Northern ones, giving the Southern states more influence.

Multiple Choice

Use the following information to answer the question.

How did the Three-Fifths Compromise affect the 1790 census results?

• Citizens in each state were counted as three-fifths of a person.

• Enslaved persons in each state were counted as three-fifths of a person.

• Only three-fifths of the citizens in each state were eligible to vote in elections.

• Only three-fifths of enslaved peoples in each state were eligible to vote in elections.

Multiple Choice

Use the following information to answer the question.

Which statement describes an immediate impact of the 1790 census information shown in the table?

• Southern states gained more influence in the House of Representatives.

• Slavery was declared unconstitutional and outlawed in the United States.

• Enslaved persons in the South earned the right to participate in the electoral process.

• Northern and Southern states went to the Supreme Court to contest the census data.

The Louisiana Purchase of 1803 brought into the United States about 828,000 square miles of territory from France, thereby doubling the size of the young republic and opening the western lands to American settlement. Ultimately allowing the United States to establish part or all of 15 different states in the West

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Louisiana Purchase

Multiple Choice

What was one major accomplishment of the Louisiana Purchase?

• It increased governmental expenditures for internal improvements.

• It opened the western lands to American settlement.

• It gave the United States access to the Pacific Ocean.

• It reduced the nation’s dependency on northern industrial development.

The North had more railway lines than the South, and The South had more highly trained military leaders than the North. Northern railway lines were developed earlier and were more widespread than Southern railways during this period, and the South had more leaders with better military training than the North did.

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Life in the North & South in Pre-Civil War America

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Multiple Select

Which TWO statements accurately describe the North and the South prior to the Civil War?

• The North had more railway lines than the South.

• The North was more eager for a war than the South.

• The North had more cash-crop agriculture than the South.

• The South was more focused on shipbuilding than the North.

• The South had more highly trained military leaders than the North.

Many of the workers for the Central Pacific Railroad Company (two-thirds, by some accounts) on the transcontinental railroad were Chinese immigrant laborers who faced discrimination, hard labor, and chaotic management styles in the railroad industry. The Union Pacific Railroad employed Irish immigrants for the construction of the transcontinental railroad. After having some labor issues with workers on the railroad, industry leaders were convinced to hire Chinese immigrants in the hopes that some competition would improve the work of the current laborers, and that a new group of workers might be more effective.​ Growth of the railroad system led to increased conflicts with American Indians.

1869 Transcontinental Railroad

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Multiple Choice

Use the excerpt to answer the questions.

Which group of people is the MOST LIKELY subject of discussion in the excerpt?

• Cowboys

• Immigrants

• American Indians

• African Americans/Blacks

Multiple Choice

Use the excerpt to answer the questions.

What task was this group of people working on?

• moving cattle to market

• setting up telegraph lines

• the building of a new highway system

• the construction of the transcontinental railroad

Multiple Choice

Which statement BEST explains the data in the table?

• American Indian railroad laborers died from diseases and unsafe working conditions.

• Big business purchased lands from American Indian peoples for railroad expansion.

• American Indians migrated eastward on the railroads and assimilated into U.S. society.

• Growth of the railroad system led to increased conflicts with American Indians.

John D. Rockefeller formed the Standard Oil Company on January 10, 1870 with his business partners and brother. The success of this business empire made Rockefeller one of the world’s first billionaires and a celebrated philanthropist. He garnered both admirers and critics during his lifetime and after his death. Wall Street idolized his money-making abilities, muckrake journalists exposed his unethical business practices, and his charitable causes created a legacy of generosity.Smaller companies were purchased and combined to create a monopoly. At its peak, Rockefeller’s overall company controlled about 90 percent of all refineries and pipelines in the United States.

Standard Oil Comany

Multiple Choice

Which statement correctly describes a business practice of John D. Rockefeller’s Standard Oil Company during the late 1800s?

• Only native-born U.S. citizens were hired to work as laborers.

• Cooperation with unions was encouraged to protect working conditions.

• American Indian peoples were relocated to make room for industrial growth.

• Smaller companies were purchased and combined to create a monopoly.

The Eighteenth Amendment prohibited the manufacture, sale, or transportation of intoxicating liquors. The prohibition of alcohol created a business opportunity for the amount of organized crime, leading to an increase in the wealth and power of criminal organizations. Criminals took control of the alcoholic beverage industry after the passage of the Eighteenth Amendment.

After one year from the ratification of this article the manufacture, sale, or transportation of intoxicating liquors within, the importation thereof into, or the exportation thereof from the United States and all territory subject to the jurisdiction thereof for beverage purposes is hereby prohibited.

The Eighteenth Amendment

Multiple Choice

In the early 1900s, many peeople in the United States were concerned that drinking alcoholic beverages was causing many problems in society. This concern led to the passage of the _________ Amendment. An unintended effect of the enactment of this amendment was an increase in _________.

• Eighteenth

• Seventeenth

• Nineteenth

Multiple Choice

In the early 1900s, many peeople in the United States were concerned that drinking alcoholic beverages was causing many problems in society. This concern led to the passage of the Eighteenth Amendment. An unintended effect of the enactment of this amendment was an increase in _________.

• The rate of immigration

• The amount of organized crime

• The number of eligible voters

​Some believe that the media played a large role in the U.S. defeat. They argue that the media's tendency toward negative reporting helped to undermine support for the war in the United States while its uncensored coverage provided valuable information to the enemy in Vietnam. But in the contrary the media helped by strengthening the anti-war movement. The graphic images and news reports that were delivered from the war convinced many at home that it was a war that could not be won and that the cost was too high for the possible gain.

Media in the

Vietnam War

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Multiple Choice

How did television news reports about the Vietnam War MOST affect American public opinion?

• by encouraging patriotism

• by restoring faith in the government

• by strengthening the anti-war movement

• by causing widespread fear of the war at home