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? George Washington Alexander Hamilton Thomas Jefferson Henry Knox

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?" Andrew Jackson John Quincy Adams George Washington Henry Clay

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

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

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 ____ ______)