The Early Americas

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1. What did the Treaty of Tordesillas (1494) do to the 'line' (of longitude) separating Spanish and Portuguese spheres of interest? Moved the line westwards in Portugal's favor Moved the 'line' 800 miles eastwards in Brazil Extended the existing 'line' round the world so as to include the Far East Made all previous colonial charters illegal

2. Who conquered the Aztecs? Francisco Pizarro Montezuma Hernando Cortes Amerigo Vespucci

3. Columbus found the New World by accident. True False

4. Who was the first U.S. Secretary of State? Alexander Hamilton George Washington Henry Knox Thomas Jefferson

5. What did the the Monroe Doctrine, as stated in 1823, say the U.S. would regard as a hostile act? The reconqest of established colonial territories The establishment of new colonial territory in the Americas Any attempt to foment subversion in Latin America Spanish attempts to re-establish its empire in Latin America

6. Who is known as "The Great Compromiser?" Henry Clay George Washington Andrew Jackson John Quincy Adams

7. Who murdered Abraham Lincoln? Lee Harvey Oswald John Wilkes Booth Jefferson Davis Robert E. Lee

8. What battle was the turning point of the Civil War? Battle of Saratoga Battle at Fort Wagner Battle at Fort Sumter Battle of Gettysburg

9. Robert E. Lee was a general for the Confederacy during the Civil War. True False

10. The first battle of the Civil War was ______________. Answer: (Four Words- Battle of ____ ______)