US History Midterm Review

Where was the first permanent English settlement in North America established at______________________________?

• Battle of Gettysburg

• Jamestown

• Atlanta

• Angel Island

The economic theory of ______________________________ encouraged colonies to trade only with their mother country to benefit the economy of the parent nation.

What was the name of the brutal voyage across the Atlantic that transported enslaved Africans to the Americas?

• Bacon's Rebellion

• The Shay's Rebellion

• The Louisiana Purchase

• The Middle Passage

______________________________ was when indentured servants led a rebellion in the colonial government because they were being attacked by Native Americans; led to increased slavery

The ______________________________ was a group of five men chosen to draft the formal declaration that would declare the American colonies’ independence from Great Britain.

• Black Codes

• Committee of Five

• Emancipation Proclamation

• Treaty of Paris of 1783

The ______________________________ was a document adopted in 1776 that announced the colonies' decision to separate from Britain and listed their reasons for doing so.

In his pamphlet ______________________________, Thomas Paine argued that the American colonies should break away from British rule and establish their own government.

What was the final battle of the American Revolution, in which British forces surrendered, and the war ended?

• World War I

• World War II

• Wounded Knee Massacre

• Battle of Yorktown

The ______________________________ was the first constitution of the United States, but it created a weak central government that led to many problems such as the inability to tax.

The ______________________________ stated that European nations should not interfere with the affairs of the Western Hemisphere, essentially asserting U.S. dominance in the Americas.

• Monroe Doctrine

• Compromise of 1877

• Andrew Carnegie Doctrine

• Manifest Destiny