The General Assembly of Virginia was once known as the ______, established in 1640 as the first elected assembly in the New World - Virginia House of Burgesses , What did John Locke call "natural rights?" - life, liberty, property (wealth), Who said: "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal..." and reflected the ideas of Locke and Paine? - Jefferson in the Declaration of Independence, Who was general of the Continental Army and President of the Consitutional Convention before becoming the first president? - George Washington, The French army and navy helped the Americans win at the last battle of the Revoltuion, the Battle of --- - Yorktown, The "Father of the Constitution" - James Madison, Two houses in Congress - The Great Compromise, Anti-Federalists wanted this list of individual rights and protections added to the Constitution. - the Bill of Rights (1st 10 amendments), Support for territorial expanision was driven by the American belief American superiority and rights. - Manifest Destiny, Lewis and Clark were commissioned to explore the area purchased by President Thomas Jefferson in 1803. This area was known as... - Louisiana Purchase, Which of these announced that America was no longer open to European colonization and that the US would stay out of European affairs? - Monroe Doctrine, No slavery above 36º 30', Missouri= slave state, Maine=free state - The Missouri Compromise, When was the Emancipation Proclamation? - After the Union victory at Antietam, To Lincoln, the goal of the Civil War was... - to preserve the Union, end slavery, and be a "Second American Revolution", Lincoln gave this speech at a battlefield to defend the war's goal of preserving the Union. - Gettysburg Address, The completion of the _______ intensified westward expansion after the war. - Transcontinental Railroad, What was the purpose of the American's "Open-Door Policy?" - to open China to free trade, Why did the US become involved in WWI? - German u-boats, ties to Britain, defend democracy, The US rejected the League of Nations after WWI because Republican Senators ... - feared giving up control to the League, Roosevelt's "New Deal" focused on "the 3 Rs." Which was NOT a focus? - an end to Racial segregation, Which of these was an effect fo the Great Depression on the relationship between the US economy and government? - The stock market crash and bank failures led to more money in circulation., When Franklin D. Roosevelt made the statement "a date which will live in infamy," what was he referring to? - The December 7, 1941 Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, The Allied strategy used in WWII to win in the Pacific was - island hopping, The Tuskegee airmen were an all ______ fighting unit in WWII - African American, World War II helped to further equality for women in American when women... - worked in factories and other male-dominated fields., Strong anti-Japanese prejudice on the West Coast and a false belief that Japanese Americans were aiding the enemy brought about... - the relocation of Japanese Americans to internment camps, At the end of World War II, the Soviet Union occupied most of... - eastern and central Europe, The ______ was a plan to finance the rebuilding of European nations to stand against communism. - Marshall Plan, "Containment" was President Truman's policy of: - preventing the spread of Communism, The discovery of Soviet missles in ______ led to one of the most serious crises of the Cold War - Cuba, Glasnost (openess to the West) and perestroika (economic restructuring) were enacted by Gorbachev in order to  - save the Soviet Union from economic collapse, The Supreme Court decided in Brown v Board of Education to _____ in public schools. - prohibit "separate but equal" facilities, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s March on Washington in 1963 is known for: - the "I Have a Dream" speech, In which event did Neil Armstrong say: "That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind?" - A US astronaut was the first to walk on the moon, President George W. Bush sent troops to Afghanistan in response to which event? - the 9-11 terriorists attacks,

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