Leading up to the Revolution - Page 6
Questions
- Who made the first locomotive in the U.S.?
- What was the significance of the battles of Lexington and Concord?
- Why do you think the United States was a stronger nation after the War of 1812?
- How did Lyndon Johnson become president?
- Who was the leader of the Protestant Reformation in Germany?
- What did the Coinage Act call for?
- The Second Great Awakening was similar to Jacksonian democracy in its emphasis on what?
- Who was the leading evangelist of the Second Great Awakening?
- What was the "Era of Good Feelings"?
- Who was involved in the Whiskey Rebellion and why were they protesting? What action did the government take and why was this important?
- Who was president in 1803?
- Who was the Puritan leader of the Massachusetts Bay Colony?
- What would the Confederacy gain by receiving British recognition?
- Which President first established the date of Thanksgiving as a national celebration?
- What was pump priming?
- What was the yearly salary of the first president of the United States?
- Why did the War Hawks want Congress to declare war on Britain?
- What were the Camp David Accords?
- Why did the United States traditionally oppose imperialism?
- What was the main cause of the whiskey Rebellion?