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HISTORY 11 FINAL EXAM STUDY GUIDE
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presidents who served two complete terms in office, 1796-1868
the purpose of the Indian Removal Act
the primary author of the Declaration of Independence
the Jay Treaty
years of general economic collapse in the U.S. between 1799 and 1857
causes of the U.S.-Mexico War
the XYZ Affair
what prompted the dramatic increase in canal building in the 1820s and 1830s
definition of “carpetbagger”
what the Homestead Act, Ordinance of 1785, and Yazoo cases had in common
consequences for the Whig party when John Tyler became president
leaders of slave uprisings in the South, with 1831 in particular
results of the Lewis and Clark expedition
powerful Supreme Court Chief Justice, 1801-1835
Supreme Court cases dealing with Native Americans, with Marshall as Chief Justice
Leaders of the Radical faction of the Republican party, 1860s-1870s
The significance of Harriet Beecher Stowe’s Uncle Tom’s Cabin
what “impressment” involved
the explorations of Zebulon Pike
where the densest population of Native peoples lived in the Western Hemisphere in 1492
a state that did not attend the Constitutional Convention
the most important factor leading to Lincoln’s 1864 reelection victory
reason why the National (Cumberland) Road was built
transportation of people and goods after 1815
the first European settlement on future U.S. soil
why President Jefferson called for action against the Barbary Pirates
the villain as charged in the Declaration of Independence
significance of the presidential election of 1828
road construction in the 19th century
the country with the greatest number of people emigrating to North America in the 17 th century
beliefs of the Shakers
the Missouri Compromise of 1820
what the religious revival movement of the early 19 th century was called
U.S. presidents who came from Virginia
Initial purpose of founding Harvard in 1636
What prompted the states of the Upper South to join the Confederacy
reason for the massive immigration of Irish to the U.S. in the 1840s
significance of the invention of the mechanical reaper
decisive battle against Ohio River tribes in August 1794
status of wives in colonial New England
provisions of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
definition of Manifest Destiny
contributions of the railroad to economic growth
Indian leader who tried to rally Ohio Valley tribes against the U.S. in the 1780s
The officer who inadvertently started the French and Indian War
The section of the U.S. that most strongly opposed the Embargo Act
The battle in which William Henry Harrison defeat the Shawnee
Who was Sylvester Graham
The nullification crisis of 1832-1833
The term that describes removing officeholders and replacing them with your own party members
How technological changes affected American society, 1840-1860
The 14th Amendment
53. The term “pet banks”
54. The battle at which Texans won their independence from Mexico
55. The person in Washington’s Cabinet who led in establishing domestic priorities
56. Jams Buchanan’s position on slavery
57. The doctrine of “separate spheres”
58. Keelboats and flatboats on the Mississippi and its tributaries
59. significance of the development of the cotton gin
60. definition of the term “antebellum”
61. southern black education during Reconstruction
62. the “American system of manufacturing (Henry Clay)
63. the keelboat age
64. who started the Mormon religion
65. what the Ostend Manifesto was all about
66. the meaning of “secede” and “secession”
67. the Gadsden Purchase
68. the promoter of the Erie Canal
69. why the slave population in the South, 1800-1850, greatly increased
70. 13th Amendment to the Constitution
71. the first southern state to secede from the Union
72. the Kansas-Nebraska Act, and who sponsored it
73. why the Erie Canal was an immediate financial success
74. who favored nominating James K. Polk for president
75. Manifest Destiny and the geography of North America
76. results of John Brown’s raid on Harper’s Ferry
77. the section of the country most likely to oppose high tariffs
78. why steamboats were immediately of economic importance
79. Black soldiers in the Union Army during the Civil War
80. the Sumner-Brooks encounter
81. what was the “corrupt bargain” of 1824
82. comparison of resources of North and South in the Civil War
83. results of the presidential election of 1824
84. reasons for General George McClellan’s weakness as a military commander
85. author of Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania
86. professions open to free blacks in the Antebellum South
87. the assassination of President Lincoln
88. Andrew Jackson’s view of the presidency
89. how effective was the Union blockade of Confederate ports
90. the first major challenge to the authority of the new U.S. federal government in the 1790s
91. provisions of the Emancipation Proclamation
92. Stephen Douglas’s policy regarding possible extension of slavery into new territory
93. term given to describe the forced removal of Cherokee and other tribes west of Mississippi River
94. the 15th Amendment to the Constitution
95. why President Jackson vetoed the Maysville Road Bill
96. the religious group supposed to benefit from the founding of Pennsylvania
97. why General Sherman pursued a policy of mass destruction in the South
98. achievements of John Quincy Adams as secretary of state
99. the Compromise of 1850
100. the Wilmot Proviso