Period A Midterm Review

Who did Mexico win its Independence from?

• Spain

• United States

• Portugal

• France

When and Where did the Salem Witch Trials take place?

• 1792, MA

• 1692, MA

• 1592, MA

• 1492, Spain

What event led to the Mexican- American War?

• Mexicans attacked Texas

• Texans rebelled against Mexico

• Purchase of Louisiana Territory

• French and Indian Conflict

What was the first major land acquisition purchased west of the Mississippi river?

• California

• Louisiana Territory

• Mexico

• Oregon Territory

What were the Middle Colonies?

• GA, SC,NC, VA, MD

• NY, NJ, DE , PA

• CA, TX, NV, AZ

• RI, CT, MA. NY

What was a major advancement for mankind during the Paleolithic Era?

• The Wheel

• Control of Fire

• Gunpowder

• Farming

The policy that allowed colonists relative freedom prior to the French and Indian War?

• Salutary Neglect

• Navigation Act

• Articles of Confederation

• Glorious Revolution

What is spectral evidence?

• visions and dreams

• dna evidence

• fingerprints

• pictures

What was the Fugitive Slave Act?

• Allowed Indians to be displaced

• Forced Northern States to return escaped slaves to the South

• Gave land to those settled west.

Where did people first arrive in the Americas?

• Bering Land Bride

• Tenochtitlan

• Hispaniola

• California Coast