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8 Semester 1 Review

Napoleonic Wars

Question: ended rule of Kings in France
Answer: French Revolution

Question: a period of time in France in which all royalists were killed.

Answer: Reign of Terror

Question: King of France when revolution began
Answer: King Louis XVI

Question: known as the “Little Corporal”
Answer: Napoleon Bonaparte

Question: British soldier, fought against Napoleon in Africa

Answer: Horatio Nelson

Misc

Question: a French monument for fallen soldiers
Answer: The Arc de Triomphe?

Question: A plan by Napoleon to block exports to Britain.
Answer: The Continental System

Question: Convened to reshape Europe after the abdication of Napoleon
Answer: Congress of Vienna

Question: A union of 39 independent states led by Austria and Prussia
Answer: German Confederation

Question: United the monarchs with the goal of advancing Christian principles
Answer: Holy Alliance

United States

Question: After the British forces captured Washington DC in the War of 1812, what did they do next?
Answer: burned the Capitol and the White House

Question: After what battle was “The Star-Spangled Banner” written?
Answer: The battle at Fort McHenry

Question: Officially ended the War of 1812
Answer: Treaty of Ghent

Question: What event created the need for the Missouri Compromise?
Answer: Missouri applied for statehood

Question: Which parallel did Polk want for the border of the Oregon Territory?
Answer: 54th

Conflicts

Question: Who was sent to patrol the disputed area in Texas?
Answer: General Zachary Taylor

Question: Which of the following was acquired as a result of the Mexican-American War?
Montana, Oregon, Iowa, California
Answer: California

Question: When signed, what officially ended the Mexican-American War?
Answer: Treaty of Guadalupe Hildalgo

Question: What was the Gadsden Purchase?
Answer: Added southern New Mexico and Arizona territory

Question: What was the first phrase to be sent on the telegraph?
Answer: What hath God wrought?

What was this?

Question: What was the name of the act that sent the Indians to land west of the Mississippi?
Answer: Indian Removal Act

Question: What is Manifest Destiny?
Answer: The belief that God wanted Americans to rule the continent and we had the responsibility to fulfill that plan.

Question: Where did James Marshall discover gold?
Answer: Sutter’s Mill

Question: What started the Crimean War?
Answer: Russia wanted access to the Mediterranean

Question: What event occurred for the first time during the Crimean War?
Answer: War photographs were taken.