STUDY GUIDE FOR
U.S. HISTORY &
GOVERNMENT
FINAL EXAMINATION / FALL 2014
11 TH GRADE / FEBRUARY 2015
THE FOLLOWING TOPICS
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Nature of the British Colonies
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British Treatment of the colonies.
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Reasons for the declaration of Independence and the nature of
the Document.
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Nature and problems of the Articles of Confederation.
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Foundations and Sources of the United States Constitution
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Supreme Court Cases:
Dred Scott v. Sandford, Plessy v. Ferguson, Marbury v. Madison,
McCulloch v. Maryland, Gibbons v. Ogden
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Judicial Review
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Causes for the economic differences in the South and the North
THE FOLLOWING TOPICS
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Issues discussed in the constitutional convention and
compromises achieved.
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Federalist and anti-federalist arguments for & against the
constitution.
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Bill of Rights.
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Differences between Hamiltonian and Jeffersonian Policies.
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• Loose v. Strict Interpretation of the Constitution.
Foreign Policy actions by Washington, Jefferson, and James
Monroe.
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The purpose of the Elastic Clause of the Constitution.
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The purpose of the canal building and national road.
THE FOLLOWING TOPICS
• US expansion and Manifest Destiny
• Controversy over slavery and abolition movement.
• Sectionalism and Southern Secession
• Civil War: Causes and Effect
• Reconstruction: Different plans and policies.
• The process of granting rights to former slaves.
• The problems of Big Business and Labor.
• Social Darwinism and Monopolies
• Antitrust laws
• Labor Unions and their strategies
THE FOLLOWING TOPICS
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Populist Movements
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Granger and Farmers’
movement
• Free-soilers
• Know-nothing
• Nativists
• Populism
• Immigration and Limitation
on It.
Urbanization and Its Problems
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Progressive Reforms
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Social Gospel Movements
Spoils System / Patronage
and Civil Service Reform
Muckraking
Political reforms of direct
primary, recall, initiative,
referendum etc.