US HISTORY I MIDTERM REVIEW SHEET 2010
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12 Timeline questions
11 Map questions
4 Enumerated, Reserved, or Concurrent?
questions
73 Multiple Choice questions
II. Terms:
Pre-Columbian America [up to
1492]
 Beringia
 Ice Age
 Maya/Aztec/Inca
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Colonization [1492-1750]
Christopher Columbus
“Indian”
Amerigo Vespucci
Cortez/Montezuma
Jamestown (1607)
John Smith
Pocahontas
African slavery (1619)
the Middle Passage
Pilgrims
Plymouth Colony
William Penn/Pennsylvania
Quakers
triangular trade
Salem Witch Trials
“salutary neglect”
the Road to Revolution [1750-1775]
 French and Indian War
 Fort William Henry Massacre
 Last of the Mohicans
 James Fenimore Cooper
 Albany Congress
 Ben Franklin
 Stamp Act
 Stamp Act Congress
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4 Short Answer
questions
1 Document-Based
question [Think
Boston in 1770…]
boycott
Boston Massacre
Crispus Attucks
Paul Revere
Thomas Paine
“Common Sense”
the Revolutionary War
[1775-1783]
Declaration of
Independence
William Howe
John Burgoyne
Charles Cornwallis
George Washington
Continental Army
2nd Continental Congress
Battle of Trenton
Battle of Saratoga
Benedict Arnold
Battle of Yorktown
Treaty of Paris (1783)
the Critical Period [17831789]
 Articles of
Confederation
 federalism
 Northwest Ordinance of
1787
 Constitutional
Convention
 Independence Hall
 3 branches of
government
 President [4 years/35]
 “natural born” citizen
 Electoral College
 President Barack Obama [D]
 Vice President Joseph
Biden [D]
 Supreme Court
[indefinite]
 Chief Justice John Jay
 Chief Justice John
Roberts
 Governor Jon Corzine [D]
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checks and balances
the Virginia Plan [population]
the New Jersey Plan [equal]
Great Compromise
bicameral legislature
Senate [100/6 years/30]
House of Representatives [435/2
years/25]
3/5ths Compromise
James Madison/”father of the
Constitution”
Bill of Rights
1st Amendment
Federalists vs. Anti-Federalists
the Federalist Era [1789-1800]
Cabinet
Alexander Hamilton
Secretary of the Treasury
Federalist Party
Bank of the United States
Thomas Jefferson
“Those people who labor the
earth are the chosen people of
God.”
Monticello
Secretary of State
Hillary Clinton
Democratic-Republican Party
Attorney General
Washington’s Farewell Address
“entangling alliances”
“loose” vs. “strict” interpretation
John Adams
Alien and Sedition Acts
Virginia and Kentucky
Resolutions
the Jefferson/Madison Era [18001816]
 Burr vs. Hamilton duel
 Presidential Election of 1800
[“the Revolution of 1800”]
 Louisiana Purchase
 Napoleon Bonaparte
 Lewis and Clark Expedition
4 OF THESE SHORT ANSWERS WILL BE ON THE MIDTERM EXAM!
1. What was Bacon’s Rebellion, what effect did it have on the economy of the Southern colonies
in general, and what effect did it have on the labor force in the Southern colonies in
particular?
2. For what economic reasons did slavery develop in the colonial South and not the colonial
North?
3. List three instances between 1754 and 1774 where the colonies attempted to work together to
achieve a common goal. What goals did they attempt to achieve, and how successful were
the colonies in each attempt?
4. Thoroughly explain Thomas Jefferson’s theory of government in the Declaration of
Independence?
 How does a government gets its power?
 What principles it is founded on?
 What should the ‘governed‘ do if a government fails in its purpose?
5. List and explain three ways the Revolutionary War for England is similar to the current war
in Iraq for the United States.
6. Explain the dilemma that led to the 3/5ths Compromise. [In your explanation, make sure you
explain what the South wanted, and why, and what the North wanted, and why.] Then
explain the solution the 3/5ths Compromise provided, and evaluate this solution.
7. List the complete names and explain the functions of the three branches of the federal
government created by the Constitution.
8. The American Constitution has been an effective, workable legal document for many years.
Some have said that its endurance is due to its ability to provide compromise and be
flexible. Using both the basic Constitution and its Amendments, explain at least four
situations or areas that reflect this document's flexibility and compromise.
9. Compare and contrast the ideas of Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton on 3 of the
following 4 issues:
 politics [i.e., who should govern];
 power of the federal government [i.e., interpretation of the Constitution];
 economics [i.e., how the US should make money]; and
 foreign policy [especially in regards to England and France].
Did they agree on anything? If so, what was it?
10. What is "judicial review," what Supreme Court Chief Justice conceived of it and in what
case; and how did it change the power of the Supreme Court?