1301 Final Study Guide
Summer One 2015
Dr. Brunet
Part I: Key Term Identifications (60 points total)
Choose TWENTY terms from the list below and write a complete sentence defining the term.
Please number your sentences and use your tool bar to bold your term. Your sentences MUST be
grammatically correct. Each term is worth three points.
Adams-Onis Treaty
Battle of San Jacinto
Kansas-Nebraska Act
LeCompton Constitution
Missouri Compromise
Popular sovereignty
Erie Canal
Emancipation Proclamation
Midnight Appointments
John Marshall
War Hawks
Aaron Burr
Marbury v. Madison
Battle of New Orleans
Panic of 1819
Louisiana Purchase
Judicial review
Thomas Pickering
Monroe Doctrine
13th Amendment
Republican Party
John Brown
Oregon Trail
Bleeding Kansas
Dolly Madison
Part II: Essay (40pts. Total)
Choose ONE of the questions below, and write a complete paper, demonstrating your knowledge
of the material and your critical thinking ability. Do NOT ignore any part of the essay question.
Your essay must include an introduction, your points of discussion and a conclusion.
Did the Era of Good Feelings (1816-1824) fully live up to its name? Explain.
Analyze the transformation of the United States and its citizens from revolutionaries to
nationalists, and from nationalists to sectionalists.
How were the rationalizations of Manifest Destiny rooted in the early (Colonial) years of our
country? In your opinion was Manifest Destiny accomplished peacefully or not? Were the results
of Manifest Destiny worth the collateral damage suffered by non-Americans?
Although the sectionalism debate was over the spread of slavery into the western territories,
what were the real issues that caused the split between the North and the South? In your
opinion, was a military conflict between the two sections of the country inevitable?