Review Guide for US History Test over Standards 6 & 7
1. Explain the impact of the cotton gin during the Industrial Revolution.
2. What was the main idea of the Monroe Doctrine? Which region did it address?
3. Why might Jefferson’s “purchase” of the Louisiana be considered unconstitutional?
4. How did the LA Purchase affect the geography of the US?
5. What was significant about the Battle of New Orleans?
6. What is Jacksonian Democracy?
7. What were the main objectives of each of the following:
The temperance movementThe women’s suffrage movementThe abolitionist movement8. What were three significant results of the War of 1812?
9. What was the political philosophy of Andrew Jackson?
10. What happened at the Seneca Falls Convention of 1848? Who was Elizabeth Cady Stanton?
11. What was the significance of the Erie Canal?
12. What is Manifest Destiny?
13. Who was the first “common man” president?
14. How did Lewis and Clark contribute to western expansion?
15. Define sectionalism.
16. Define infrastructure.
17. What were the reasons for declaring war on Great Britain in 1812?
18. Why did Horace Mann advocate (support) public education?
19. What did Sojourner Truth and the Grimke sisters have in common?
20. Describe the basic belief of the cult of domesticity.
21. How did the US Supreme Court rule on the Cherokee Nation’s appeal under the Indian Removal Act? How did
President Jackson respond?
22. Who won the election of 1824? Who lost despite winning the popular vote?
Short Answer: You may choose one from the two below to address:
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Describe the reasons for and the importance of the Monroe Doctrine.
Describe Henry Clay’s American System and how it promoted national unity.