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7th Grade Social Studies Final Exam Review Sheet
REMINDER: The multiple choice will be given on MONDAY JUNE 14, 2010
Unit 5: Experiments in New Government: The Framing of the Constitution
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Early United States Government (Pages 204-217)
Articles of Confederation- __________________________________________________________________
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__________________________ (1787)-delegates from both states with large populations and small populations
met to create a fair constitution.
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Great Compromise_______________________- each state has two senators
___________________________________________-Elected based on state population (more people = more reps)
___________________________- 3/5 of slaves would count toward taxation and representation.
Branches of the Government (Separation of Powers) Pages 256-263
List the main responsibility of each branch on the line below
- Executive Branch (President/cabinet) ____________________________
- Legislative Branch (Congress) ___________________________________
- Judicial Branch (Supreme Court) _________________________________
-What principle prevents any one branch from having too much power?
Explain how this principle works!
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Define the terms below in your own words…
Vocabulary Word
Constitution
Democracy
Impeach
Veto
Unconstitutional
Amendment
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Definition
Federalism—Pages 268-269
Federalism (Division of powers between the National and State governments)
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_________________________ Powers
(declare war, create military, post office, federal courts)
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__________________________ Powers
(schools, marriage laws, drivers licenses)
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_______________________ Powers- (Raise taxes, Build Roads)
Bill of Rights- __________________________________________________ (Pages 264-267)
1st Amendment- Freedom of speech, press, religion, petition, assembly
2nd Amendment- Right to bear arms (weapons)
3rd Amendment- Quartering Act-do not have to house soldiers
4th Amendment- No unauthorized search and seizure
5th Amendment- The right to remain silent, due process, double jeopardy
6th Amendment- The right to a speedy trial by jury and a lawyer
7th Amendment- The right to a jury trial in civil cases
8th Amendment- No excessive bail or cruel and unusual punishment
9th Amendment- Powers not in constitution are given to the people.
10th Amendment- Powers not given to Federal govt are left to the states.
Unit 6: Life in the New Nation: The First Seven Presidents
First President: George Washington (1789-1797)—Pages 282-297
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Washington’s Cabinet
Position:
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Whiskey Rebellion: _______________________________________________________________
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Washington’s Foreign Policy: _______________________________________________________________
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________________ (First Treasurer)- created the First National Bank in order to help repay all Revolutionary
War debts and loans. He also proposed a high tariff and made a promise to repay all of the war debts.
The Second President: John Adams (1798-1801)—Pages 298-301
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Explain the XYZ Affair: _____________________________________________________________
Third President: Thomas Jefferson (1801-1809)—Pages 310-324
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____________________ wanted to sell their territory in the west
Jefferson bought the land for $________ Million.
____________________ and ____________________ were sent to explore
and map the region.
_____________________ the size of the United States and provides many
natural resources.
The Fourth President: James Madison (1809-1817)—Pages 322-331
War of 1812 (1812-1815)
Three Causes of the War of 1812
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Three Effects of the War of 1812
_________________________ (taking/kidnapping) of
sailors and forcing them into the British Navy
Increased sense of ____________________________
Increased attacks from ________________________
in the West
Less _______________________________________
in the West
______________________________- wrote the National Anthem at the Battle of Baltimore at Ft. McHenry.
Washington and the White House were ________________ down.
Battle of ____________________________- Fought after war before news of peace arrived. Huge victory for
U.S. and ____________________________ becomes a war hero.
The Fifth President James Monroe (1817-1825)—PP. 340-348
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His Presidency was nicknamed the _________________________________
because the country was enjoying a time of peace after the War of 1812
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___________________________ (1823) - Stated that European countries were
not welcomed or allowed to colonize in the Western Hemisphere and that the
U.S. would not interfere with existing European colonies.
The Sixth President John Quincy Adams (1825-1829)—Pages 349-352
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Only served one term, was elected in the controversial Election of 1824
John Quincy Adams did not receive enough _______________________ votes to become President. His
election was decided by the House of Representatives
The Seventh President: Andrew Jackson (1829-1836)-Pages 353-367
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Created the __________________________- gave supporters jobs in the government.
Got rid of voting requirements
Changed the way presidents campaigning and were elected.
Nullification crisis: ______________________________________________________
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___________________________- A law that ordered the removal Native Americans
out of Florida, Alabama, and Mississippi. Thousands of Cherokees died along the
______________________, a forced march to Oklahoma.
Unit 6: Life in the New Nation (Part 2) Changes in Society
Industrial Revolution (Early 1800’s)-PP. 382-405
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____________________________- stole factory plans and brought them to the
United States creating the first spinning mills
First factories are built in _________________________ because of the fast moving
rivers.
____________________________- spun multiple threads at the same time.
__________________- connected the Mid-West and New York City via rivers and Lake Erie
instead of using the Mississippi River and traveling around Florida.
Turnpikes and ______________________ are created connecting the east and Mid-West
________________________- created by Eli Whitney to remove seeds from cotton. This
invention led to an increase in slavery/plantations in the South.
Reform Movements: Women’s Rights and Abolition Movements—PP. 414-435
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__________________ wanted more rights and opportunity in society.
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Women such as Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Lucretia Motts, and Susan B. Anthony fought for
____________________, or women’s right to vote.
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_______________________________________- conference in Seneca Falls, NY to discuss
women’s role in society.
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_______________________ helped reform prisons and mental hospitals.
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Abolitionist: _________________________________________________________
Activists such as ________________________, who freed 3,000 slaves using the
Underground Railroad, Fredrick Douglass, William Lloyd Garrison were abolitionists
Westward Expansion (1821-1867)—Pages 444-467
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In 1821, the United States acquired ____________ from Spain for $5 million dollars in
the Adams-Onis Treaty
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________________ declared independence from Mexico in 1836. A group of soldiers
defended The _____________ against General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna
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After winning the ______________________ (1846), the United States gained
California, Nevada, Utah, Arizona, Colorado, & New Mexico in the Mexican cession.
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______________________ (1867)- bought from Russia for $7 Million
In the table below, please list WHO went to these new territories in the West and why
they went there:
Oregon
Utah
California
Unit 7: The Civil War
Nationalism vs. Sectionalism
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Nationalism (page 327)_____________________________________________________________________
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Sectionalism- _____________________________________________________________________________
-__________________: center of manufacturing, shipping, fishing and little to no slavery
-__________________: economy based on slave labor and large plantations that grew cotton & tobacco.
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Missouri Compromise of 1820 (page 404)___________________________________
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Wilmot Proviso: _______________________________________________________
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Compromise of 1850: ___________________________________________________
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Causes of the Civil War--Pages 482-503
Event
Publishing of Uncle Tom’s Cabin
Description
Dred Scott Decision
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Lincoln-Douglas Debates
John Brown’s Raid
Election of 1860
Separate Leadership and the Beginning of the Civil War:
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_________________________ wins the election of 1860.
• 1860- South ________________ (separates) from the United States. Seven other states
follow its lead and by March, they form the:
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_________________ becomes the President of the Confederacy.
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April 1861, the Confederate Army attacks ________________, in South Carolina and
took Charleston Harbor.
Key Events, Concepts & People of the Civil War--Pages 512-537
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Military Leaders:
North- ______________________________________________________________
South- ______________________________________________________________
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Battle of Bull Run (July 1861)-_________________________________________________
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Battle of ________________________ (September 17, 1962)-12,000 Union and 14,000
Confederate soldiers were killed or wounded. Known as the bloodiest day of the Civil War.
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Battle of Fredericksburg (Dec 1862)- Huge Confederate win
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_______________________ (January 1, 1863)-A document that freed all slaves in the
Confederate States
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Seizing of Vicksburg (1863) - cut off western Confederate States.
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________________________________ (July 2-3, 1863) - 40,000 wounded or dead and were
buried there. Location of Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address on the future of American democracy.
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_______________________ (September 1864) General Sherman and his Army destroyed
everything in a 60 mile path as they marched through Georgia to the Atlantic Ocean.
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(April 1865)-General Robert E. Lee (Confederacy) surrenders to the General Ulysses S.
Grant (Union) at ________________________ in _________________________.
Reconstruction (1867-1877)--Pages 542-563
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South was completely ____________________ during the Civil War
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Southerners had to swear __________________ to the Union.
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________________________________ wanted to punish the South.
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Freedmen’s Bureau- _______________________________________________
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Newly freed slaves became ___________________________-former plantation
owners provided livestock, tools, and land in exchange for a share of their crops.
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Lincoln is __________________________ in April, 1865.
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______________________________ is passed banning the institution of slavery.
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South passes ___________________ to oppress freed slaves. _________________ is created for same reason.
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________________________ is passed granting citizenship to all persons born in the United States.
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___________________________ separates south into militarized states to maintain control.
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_________________________ is passed giving African Americans the right to vote.
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_____________________ (Northerners move south to make profits) and ________________________
(Southerners who never supported the Confederacy) try to make profit off of war torn south