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Study Guide #1 – (Put page # w/your answers)
1.
What is the name of the large state plan?
2.
How many branches of government did the large state plan call for?
3.
Why did smaller states object to the Virginia Plan?
4.
What was the name of the small state plan?
5.
What was the name of Roger Sherman’s plan that would satisfy both large and small states?
6.
What did the Great Compromise say that satisfied the smaller states?
7.
What did the Great Compromise say that satisfied the larger states?
8.
What did Alexander Hamilton want to do with his economic plan?
9.
How did Hamilton plan on paying off old debts?
10.
Why did James Madison and others oppose Hamilton’s economic plan?
11.
Dealing with bonds, what was one reason Madison and others opposed Hamilton’s economic
plan?
12.
What was Hamilton’s compromise with southerners to get them to agree with his economic
plan?
13.
Why were some people against a Central National Bank?
14.
Prior to the French and Indian War, why did the French build a system of forts?
15.
What was the Albany Plan of Union?
16
What were three advantages of the French in the French and Indian War? (3)
17.
What were three advantages of the British during the French and Indian War? (3)
18.
How did the Treaty of Paris, signed after the French and Indian War, affect North America?
Famous Quotes: Name the person that spoke the famous quote.
19.
“If this be treason, make the most of it.”
20.
“The redcoats are coming! The redcoats are coming!”
Use the graphic organizer on page 153 to answer the next three questions.
21.
How did the colonists protest British taxes?
22.
How did the British respond to the Boston Tea Party?
23.
Where did fighting break out?
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Study Guide #2 – (Put page # w/your answers)
1.
How did Americans pursue war and peace in 1775?
2.
How did Common Sense influence the colonies?
3.
Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?
4.
Who did the Americans declare their independence from in 1776?
5.
Who was the President of the Continental Congress?
6.
What was the inspiring document that Washington had read aloud to his troops?
7.
When the British failed to conquer New York and New England, what became the main
battleground for the war?
8.
Why was Saratoga the turning point of the war? (3)
9.
True or False: Women and African Americans did not play a role in the war efforts.
10.
What were the terms of the Treaty of Paris that ended the American Revolution? (3)
Famous Quotes: Name the person that spoke the famous quote. (11-13)
11.
“I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country.”
12.
“Don’t shoot until you see the whites of their eyes.”
13.
“I offer nothing more than simple facts, plain arguments, and common sense.”
14.
What term is described as an alliance of independent states?
15.
What could the government do under the Articles of Confederation?
16.
How did Britain NOT live up to its agreement from the Treaty of Paris?
17.
What areas were included in the Northwest Territory?
18.
What did the Ordinance of 1785 create?
19.
Why was the Constitution written?
20.
What was the Virginia Plan?
21.
What was the New Jersey Plan?
22.
What was the Great Compromise?
23.
What is the 3/5 Compromise?
24.
What is the compromise over slavery?
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Study Guide #3 – (Put page # w/your answers)
1.
What ideas (documents) shaped the Constitution? (3)
2.
How many states had to approve the new Constitution before it became a law?
The White House
3.
Who is in charge of the executive branch of government?
4.
What can the President do with laws created by Congress?
5.
What can the President do with federal judges and federal offenders?
Congress
6.
Which branch has two houses?
7.
What is the upper house called? How many members per state are in the upper house?
8.
What is the lower house called? How do we determine how many members per state are in
the lower house?
9.
What is the main goal of the legislative branch?
Supreme Court
10.
Which branch includes the Supreme Court and other federal courts?
11.
What is the main job of the answer to #10?
12.
How many Supreme Court justices do we currently have?
Using the graphic organizer on page 256 to answer the next six questions.
13.
Did Hamilton want to place a protective tariff on foreign goods?
14.
What country did the Federalists favor?
15.
Who did Republicans believe should run the nation?
16.
Which of the following would the Federalists probably agree with?
a. A Supreme Court ruling limiting the power of state governments.
b. An end to all tariffs on imported goods.
c. Treaties with Native Americans should be negotiated by each state.
d. There should be a law abolishing the national bank.
17.
Did Thomas Jefferson want a national bank?
18.
Would Hamilton and Jefferson be able to work together easily? Why or why not?
19.
What does the French term laissez-faire mean?
20.
What principle did Marbury v. Madison establish?
21.
What two things were settles in the Pinckney Treaty? (2)
22.
From what country did Jefferson purchase Louisiana?
23.
Was Sacajewa was a Sioux princess?
24.
Who signed a treaty with France to buy the Louisiana Territory?
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Study Guide #4 – (Put page # w/your answers)
1.
Who believed that the Federalists favored the small farmers and craftworkers too much?
2.
Who led a revolt against France?
3.
Who sold the Louisiana Territory to America?
4.
How much was France paid for the Louisiana Territory?
5.
How much did the Louisiana Purchase increase the size of America?
6.
Who was called the “Midnight Judge”?
7.
Who attempted to create a French empire in Europe?
8.
What Federalist Chief Justice of the Supreme Court was appointed by Adams?
9.
Who was the American naval captain who won the Battle of Lake Erie?
10.
What inspired the Star Spangled Banner?
11.
What was the bloodiest battle fought in the war of 1812?
12.
What were the effects of the Industrial Revolution? (3)
13.
How did steamboats and canals affect transportation?
14.
What were the goals of Henry Clay’s American System?
15.
How did the Supreme Court strengthen national unity?
16.
How did Latin American nations win independence?
17.
What was the purpose of the Monroe Doctrine?
18.
Who was responsible for creating the system of interchangeable parts and the cotton
gin?
19.
How did the United States gain Florida?