Second Semester Final Exam Study Guide
People and Terms
1. States’ Rights (7)
2. Judicial Review (9)
3. Secession (9)
4. Louisiana Purchase (9)
5. James Monroe (10)
6. Indian Territory (10)
7. Whig Party (10)
8. Eli Whitney (11)
9. Mass Production (11)
10. Nativists (11)
11. Abolition (12)
12. Frederick Douglass (12)
13. Seneca Falls Convention (12)
14. Brigham Young (13)
15. The Alamo (13)
16. Sam Houston (13)
17. Popular Sovereignty (14)
18. Dred Scott Decision (14)
19. Battle of Antietam (15)
20. Pickett’s Charge (15)
21. Freedmen’s Bureau (16)
22. Jim Crow Laws (16)
23. Andrew Johnson (16)
24. Reconstruction?(16)
25. segregation?(16)
Chapter 9
26. What major battle occurred two weeks after the U.S. and Great Britain signed a peace
treaty?(9)
27. Who was sent to explore the Missouri River area to establish peaceful relations with
American Indians?(9)
28. Who was the Supreme Court Justice whose ruling established the principle of Judicial
Review?(9)
29. What impact did Marbury v. Madison have on the Supreme Court?(9)
30. Who were the War Hawks?(9)
Chapter 10
31. What is the concept of nullification?(10)
32. Who often represented the concerns of the slave states and was very popular with the
common people?(10)
33. How did Georgia respond to the Supreme Court ruling in Worcester v. Georgia?(10)
34. What did the Monroe Doctrine state?(10)
Chapter 11
35. Describe the impact of the Cotton Gin.(11)
36. What did the Missouri Compromise state?(11)
37. Why did Nat Turner begin a slave revolt?(11)
Chapter 12
38. What was the function of the Underground Railroad?(12)
39. Who was William Lloyd Garrison and what was The Liberator?(12)
Chapter 13
40. After what battle was Santa Anna forced to recognize Texan independence?(13)
41. What did the term manifest destiny mean?(13)
Chapter 14
42. Why was John Brown’s raid at Harper Ferry unsuccessful?(14)
43. What does the term sectionalism mean?
44. Who was elected president of the Confederate States of America?(14)
45. Who wrote Uncle Tom’s Cabin and what was it about?(14)
46. Who was the Union commander that refused to leave Fort Sumter?(14)
Chapter 15
47. What event triggered the Battle of Gettysburg?(15)
48. Why did Union leaders want control over the Mississippi River?(15)
49. Describe the total war strategy used by Sherman?(15)
50. What did the Emancipation Proclamation do?(15)
51. What were “ironclads”? How did each side use them?(15)
52. What was the 54th Massachusetts Infantry?(15)pg.527
Chapter 16
53. Northern Republicans that wanted to move to the south were often called what?(16)
54. What made slavery illegal throughout the United States?(16)
55. Who are the only 2 U.S. Presidents that have been impeached? (16)
Epilogue
56. Why did skilled workers form trade unions?(pg.579)
57. What is the purpose of a strike?(579)