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8th Grade US History Semester 1 Final Study Guide
Jamestown
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Dates
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Pocahontas (role in Jamestown)
Plymouth Colony
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William Bradford
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The Mayflower Compact
Roger Williams
Anne Hutchinson
William Penn and Pennsylvania
Province of Maryland
Mercantilism
French and Indian War/Seven Years War
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Combatants (who was fighting who?)
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Effects on relations between Britain and the colonies
British Taxes
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Sugar Act
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Quartering Act
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Stamp Act
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Tea Act
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Intolerable/Coercive Acts
George Washington
John Adams
Samuel Adams
Thomas Jefferson
John Dickenson
The Boston Massacre
The Boston Tea Party
Important Battles
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Lexington and Concord
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Saratoga
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Bunker Hill
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Yorktown
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British and American Generals
Declaration of Independence
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Author
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Nature of the document
Launching the Republic
American form of government
Articles of Confederation
 What they established
 Powers
 Limitations/problems
The Constitution
 Compromises on representation
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Requirements to be a part of each Branch (Congress, President, Supreme Court)
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Bill of Rights (Amendments 1-10)
Checks and Balances
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Understand the powers each branch has over the others
War of 1812
 Causes and outcomes
Era of Good Feeling
 Texas Revolution and the Mexican War
 Terms (tariff, inflation, etc.)
 The Monroe Doctrine
 Industrialization
 Indian Removal Act and the Trail of Tears
The Civil War and Reconstruction
Dates of Conflict
Abraham Lincoln
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Political career
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Senate race- year and detail
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Presidential race- year and opponent
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Position on and politics surrounding slavery
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Assassination
Important People
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Harriet Tubman
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Henry Clay
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Harriet Beecher Stowe
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Dred Scott
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Frederick Douglass
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John Brown
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Jefferson Davis
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Ulysses S. Grant
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Robert E. Lee
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Thaddeus Stevens
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Charles Sumner
Mounting Tensions
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Nullification Crisis and the Force Bill
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Missouri Compromise
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Kansas-Nebraska Act
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Bleeding Kansas
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Compromise of 1850
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Fugitive Slave Act
Important Battles
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Fort Sumter
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Antietam
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Bull Run
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Gettysburg
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Appomattox Courthouse
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Sherman’s March
Reconstruction
 Presidency (actions and impeachment)
Westward Expansion
 Transcontinental Railroad and the Oregon Trail
 Experience of the American Indians(The Long Walk, Indian Boarding Schools, etc.)
 Significant Conflicts (Sandy Creek, Wounded Knee, Little Big Horn, etc)
Essay Questions (you will receive 1 of these 2)- at least 2 paragraphs- 1 explaining foundational
information about the event, 1 explaining the significance
1. Explain the significance of the American Revolution. Use at least 2 specific facts to support your
answer
2. Explain the significance of the Civil War. Use at least 2 specific facts to support your answer