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Final Exam Study Guide
Ch.1-3
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Why did some English leave to America?
What was mercantilism and how did it influence England and other major nations?
Why did many people from England become indentured servants?
What was the first enduring colony in America?
Who brought the first slaves over to the American colonies?
What was the purpose of the first Corporate English colonies?
What characteristic did all of the colonies have in common?
Why was slavery more common in the South than in the North?
Understand the importance of Bacon's Rebellion and what was historically significant
about this event.
10. Understand the Navigations Acts and how they influenced colonial trade (mercantilism)
-Positive and negative effects!!!
11. Understand the importance of the New England Confederation and what was its purpose.
12. How well did the British first follow through on policies in the colonies?
-Salutary Neglect
13. Understand the background to the Salem Witch Trials
14. What was Enlightenment and how did it influence society?
15. What was the Great Awakening, who led it, and how did it change colonial society?
16. What led to the Proclamation of 1763, why were the colonists angry about this policy?
Ch.4
17. What were the different sides in the war? (those that supported the king, supported the
revolution?)
18. Who were the minutemen?
19. Know the Stamp Acts, Declaratory act, Townshend acts, & Intolerable Acts, which of
these were the most influential at starting the Revolution?
20. Boston Massacre significance?
21. Boston Tea Party significance?
22. Lexington & Concord significance?
23. Who was primarily responsible for writing the Declaration of Independence and who
inspired his ideas?
24. What advantages and disadvantages did both the British and Americans have in this war?
25. Understand the outcome of the Battle of Trenton, Philadelphia, Saratoga, and Yorktown
26. Which battle was the major turning point for the war?
27. What treaty ended this war and what was a major outcome of the war?
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Ch.5
28. What is a confederation?
29. What were the strengths and weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation and what was
the significance of this document? Why didn’t the Articles last?
30. Understand the consequence of Shays rebellion and why it revealed weaknesses within
the Articles of Confederation.
31. Who proposed checks and balances and what did these suggest about government?
(executive, legislative, and judicial branches?)
32. What plan did James Madison propose to solve the representation issue for the
Constitution? What did Roger Sherman propose to solve the representation issue and be
able to explain it?
33. What were the different examples of compromise that were used in the creation of the
Constitution?
34. Know the difference between federalists and anti-federalists.
35. What did Anti-Federalists argue the Constitution must have in order for them to approve
it?
36. What financial plan did Hamilton get approved?
37. What did the Whiskey Rebellion illustrate about the federal government?
38. What did Washington state in his Farewell Address?
Ch.6
39. What is the Bill of Rights?
40. What did the Alien and Sedition Acts establish and why were they controversial?
41. What were the Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions?
42. Understand the results of the election of 1800 and why it was so significant.
43. What issues did Jefferson have with the Louisiana Purchase?
44. How was legal precedent established for judicial review?
45. Significance of Marbury v. Madison
46. What was the system of impressments as practiced by the British?
47. What were War Hawks and why did they want to go to war?
48. What battle was the Star-Spangled Banner written at?
49. What was being asked for at the Hartford Convention and what happened to the
Federalist Party after this convention?
50. Who purchased the Louisiana Territory and why was it so significant to the United
States?
Ch.7
51. What was unique about the tariff of 1816?
52. What was Henry Clay’s proposal to make the economy stronger and what were his
proposals?
53. Why was the second national bank of the US created and why did it create the panic of
1819?
54. What was significant about the decisions in the Supreme Court Cases? Who was the
dominating figure in determining Supreme Court cases?
55. What was the purpose behind the Missouri Compromise, who proposed it, and what did it
do?
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56. What did the Monroe Doctrine state and why was it important?
57. What happened during the election of 1824 and why was it called the “corrupt bargain?”
58. What was the tariff of abominations?
59. What aided Jackson in becoming the president? (changes in the voting system, what were
they?) Franchise means…
60. Describe Jackson’s view on minorities such as slaves and Natives (Indian Removal Act)
61. What was the trail of tears?
62. Be able to explain the Nullification Crisis and what debate arose over the crisis. (Tariff of
abomination) Who opposed the tariff of abomination, why?
63. Why did Jackson propose a bank veto?
Ch. 8
64. What was the antebellum period?
65. What was the main message of the Second Great Awakening?
66. What is the main argument of transcendentalists?
67. What is the main argument of the essay “On Civil Disobedience?”
68. What was the temperance movement and who was opposed to the movement?
69. What influenced the writing of “Declaration of Sentiments” and what was the purpose of
the document?
70. What were the differences between the ACS, AAS, Black abolitionists, and Violent
abolitionists?
71. What was the main outcome of Commonwealth v. Hunt
72. Why were Germans and Irish immigrating to the US?
Ch.9
73. What did John Deere and Cyrus McCormick each invent?
74. What was manifest destiny and how did it influence the US in the mid nineteenth
century?
75. How did the War with Mexico start and how did the war unfold?
76. What treaty ended the War with Mexico?
77. How were the North and the South becoming more divided?
78. What are some examples of improvements in technology and transportation
Ch.10
79. What is the Wilmot Proviso?
80. Understand how Free-Soil Movement, Southern Position, and Popular Sovereignty all
relate and exactly what each of them mean.
81. Explain how they handle the Constitution of California in the Compromise of 1850 and
who ends up providing the final solution?
82. Why is the Fugitive Slave Law especially controversial?
83. What was the Underground Railroad?
84. What book did Harriet Beecher Stowe right that was so influential in the North?
85. What does the Kansas-Nebraska Act establish and what party arises out of this Act?
86. What happens in the event “Bleeding Kansas?” Who and what are they fighting about?
Does the Lecompton Constitution get passed?
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87. What does the Supreme Court decide in the Dred Scott v. Sandford case?
88. Who was John Brown and what was Harpers Ferry?
89. Why are the Lincoln-Douglas Debates so famous and what famous speech is Lincoln
known for giving in these debates? What was the Freeport Doctrine?
90. What was the Confederacy and who was their leader?
Ch.11
91. Why do issues at Fort Sumter lead to war and when does the war officially start?
92. What does Lincoln believe is essential to winning the war? How does this influence his
action in regard to emancipation of slaves?
93. Compare and contrast the advantages and disadvantages for the North and the South.
94. How do both the North and the South accumulate an army?
95. What are the numerous examples of how Lincoln uses his war powers as president? How
does he justify using these powers?
96. What changes in technology and fighting style take place in this war?
97. How does Lincoln gradually achieve the Emancipation Proclamation? What does Lincoln
take advantage of to get his Proclamation passed? Why does this Proclamation only apply
to the Confederacy? Why is the Proclamation so important?
98. What did the Confederacy assume when it came to foreign aid during the war?
99. Under what circumstances would other nations join the South in the war effort?
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How did the war influence the lives’ of women in both the north and the south?
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How did the war influence the economies of both the north and the south?
Ch.12
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What was Lincoln’s plan for reconstruction? How did most politicians want to
deal with the South after the Civil War?
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Who murders Lincoln and who replaces Lincoln as president?
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How did the Southerners attempt to lessen the influence of the 13th amendment?
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What did the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendment accomplish?
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Define the terms: "scalawags"; "carpetbaggers". What role did each group play in
the Reconstruction process?
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Define the terms "tenant" and "sharecropping." Was there a general redistribution
of land in the South following the Civil War? Explain!
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Discuss the crop-lien system. What was it? Why was it almost impossible to
escape from the system and why did it further decimate the South?
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Briefly summarize the legacy of Reconstruction. What was gained? What
problems weren't solved? Why was there a need for a "Second Reconstruction"?