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Calhoun Harriet Tubman John Quincy Adams U.S. History 1st Semester Final Exam Review Tariff of Abomination Dred Scott Case of 1857 Sectionalism Fugitive Slave Law Abolitionist Missouri Compromise Compromise of 1850 Bleeding Kansas Manifest Destiny Popular sovereignty Election of 1860 Battle of Bull Run Siege of Vicksburg Battle of Gettysburg Conscription Appomattox Emancipation Proclamation Radical Republicans Impeachment Writ of Habeas Corpus 10% plan goals KKK 13th Amendment Plessey v Ferguson People- Who are they and what did they do? Andrew Jackson John O’Sullivan Eli Whitney Stephan Douglas Abe Lincoln Robert E. Lee U.S. Grant W.T. Sherman John Wilkes Booth The French and Indian War led to what in the colonies Constitutional Convention goals/reasons What nation was our major ally during the American Revolution? Where did the Industrial Revolution begin? What is a watershed moment? What was the Frontier after the Revolution? And what year was the Frontier closed? What was the cause of the Mexican War? What was the early power source of the Industrial Revolution? Which was the first state to secede? Advantages and disadvantages for North and South during Civil War Role of Navy during the Civil War Why did the U.S. not sign the Treaty of Versailles? Political Difference between Jefferson and Hamilton Why was 1824 election the “Corrupt Bargain” What is a Republic? What is a Confederation? Period:_______ 14th Amendment 15th Amendment 16th Amendment 17th Amendment 18th Amendment 19th Amendment Compromise of 1877 USS Maine Rough Riders Civil Rights Cases Populist Party Niagara Movement Wisconsin Idea Hull House Sherman Anti-trust Act Schlieffen Plan Fourteen Points Self-Determination Zimmerman Note The Big Four Reparations Doughboys 14 points Jefferson Davis Clara Barton Teddy Roosevelt Upton Sinclair John Pershing Robert La Follette Jane Adams Woodrow Wilson Arch-Duke Ferdinan Name:_____________________________ 1. U.S. History 1st Semester Final Exam Review Period:_______ What was the name of the first constitution and first government in the United States? ____________________ What were 2 weaknesses of this constitution? a.___________________________b._______________________ What powers were granted under this constitution?_________________________________________________ 2. What are the first 10 amendments called in the U.S. Constitution? _______________________________ 3. What document stated the reasons for the colonies to separate from Great Britain?________________________ Who was the 1st signer of the Declaration of Independence, & his signature was the largest?________________ Who is known as the main author of the Declaration of Independence?_________________________________ What was the date when the Declaration of Independence was approved?_______________________________ How did the Declaration of Independence embody Enlightenment ideals?_______________________________ 4. What country was the Americans number one ally during the Revolutionary War? ____________________ 5. Who gave a fiery speech in the Virginia House of Burgesses (1st popularly elected legislature in the American Colonies) and ended his speech with these words, “Give me Liberty or Give me Death!”___________________ 6. What was the name of the event that occurred in Boston on March 5, 1770 in which the British troops killed 5 American colonists?_____________________________________ What was the name of the African American dock worker that was killed in the Boston Massacre?_________________________ What “Founding Father” defended the British Troops in court following this Massacre?_________________________________ 7. What was the name of the event that occurred in Boston on December 16, 1773 in which the Boston Sons of Liberty boarded ships that carried tea and threw about 342 chests of tea into the Boston Harbor?_____________ 8. Who helped warn Samuel Adams and John Hancock that the British were on the move and he alerted the people of Boston by shouting, “The Redcoats are Coming!”________________________________________________ 9. Where did the “Shot heard ‘round the World” get fired at?___________________________________________ 10. In January 1776, a pamphlet was published that captured the American colonists’ attention and called for complete independence away from Great Britain, what was the name of this pamphlet?____________________ Who wrote this pamphlet?____________________________________________________________________ 11. Who was known as coming up with the Great Compromise?_____________________________What issue did the Great Compromise resolve?________________________________________________________________ 12. What was the series of clashes called that had the American Colonists fighting both the French and the Native Americans?_____________________________________________ What would the rest of the world call this war?______________________________________________ Who were the Native American allies in this war?_________________What would this war lead to in the American Colonies?________________________ 13. What is a good definition for mercantilism?_______________________________________________ 14. What is a good definition for imperialism?________________________________________________This was a cause of the American Revolution because little concern was shown for the rights of colonists by G. Britain. 15. Who was the United States first ambassador to France and really helped get the French to help the Americans during the Revolutionary War? ________________________________________________________________ 16. What did the Anti-Federalists argue about to be against the Constitution?_______________________________ Name:_____________________________ U.S. History 1st Semester Final Exam Review Period:_______ 17. What was a movement that spread the idea that knowledge, reason, and science could improve society and it introduced the concept of equality because all men had natural rights?__________________________________ Who exemplified this time period in America?____________________________________________________ 18. What was the Compromise that came up with a way to count enslaved people in the U.S. Constitution? _______ 19. The differences between Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson cause what?_________________________ 20. Who feared that political parties could divide the American people and destroy the government and the country?___________________________________________________________________________________ 21. What were 3 early challenges that President Washington had to face during his presidency?1._______________ 2.____________________________________________3.___________________________________________ Who did the Whiskey Tax anger?_______________________________________________________________ 22. What was the famous Supreme Court Case that happened right after John Adams left the Presidency and Thomas Jefferson came into the Presidency? __________________________________________ Who was the Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court during this case?____________________________________ What important concept came from this case which allows the Supreme Court to review and rule on acts of other branches of the government? __________________________________________________________________ 23. What elects the President and Vice-President?________________________________________________ What determines the number of electoral votes that a state gets?___________________________________________ 25. The Treaty of __________________________ ended the Revolutionary War? 26. What happened during Thomas Jefferson Presidency that helped double the size of our country? ____________ How much did the U.S. pay for this land?________________________What country did the U.S. buy this land from?_______________________ Who was this country’s leader?____________________________________ 27. Who shot and killed Alexander Hamilton in that famous duel?________________________________________ 28. What was the name of the group that really pushed President Madison to go to Congress to have them declare war on Britain?______________________________________________ Who were the 2 leaders of this group? 1.____________________________________________2._________________________________________ 29. What happened to Washington D.C. during the War of 1812?________________________________________ 30. Who wrote the “Star-Spangle Banner? _____________________________________________ 31. What was the name of the very last battle of the War of 1812 that made Andrew Jackson a hero?____________ 33. What peace agreement officially ended the War of 1812?____________________________________________ 34. Where did the Industrial Revolution begin in the mid 1700’s?________________________________________ 35. Who invented the Cotton Gin?____________________________________________ What was one important effect of the this invention?_______________________________________________What other idea did this inventor introduce to the U.S that saw machines began to be used in great numbers, repairs could be made easier, good could be made faster, and factories could run with greater efficiency?________________________ 36. During the early years of the Industrial Revolution what was the new source of power?____________________ Who built a steamboat with a newly designed powerful engine?_______________________________________ Name:_____________________________ U.S. History 1st Semester Final Exam Review Period:_______ 37. What decided the election of 1824?_______________________________________________Who influenced the vote as the Speaker of the House in the election of 1824?________________________________________ What two men struck a deal in which one would use his influence in the House of Representatives and then the other would give him the Secretary of State position once he became President? _________________________ Who would win the election of 1824 to become the 6 th President?_____________________________________ What did Andrew Jackson’s followers call the deal that these 2 men made during the 1824 election?_________ What type of people tended to support & vote for Andrew Jackson?___________________________________ 38. Who would win the Elections of 1828 & 1832 to be the 7th President of the U.S.?_________________________ What bill did this President veto that made many people angry?______________________________________ Since Andrew Jackson vetoed many bills, killed the Bank of the U.S., implemented the spoils system, and enforced the Indian Removal Act, many of his critics called him this?__________________________________ 39. Who would win the election of 1840 to become the first Whig President? ______________________________ How long was William Henry Harrison in office as President?______________________ 40. Who were two women that were born slaves and later they escaped slavery to work as abolitionists and fight for women’s rights?_____________________________________ Harriet Tubman led over 300 slaves to freedom using the Underground Railroad. 41. Who wrote a very influential novel which explored the injustice and terrors of slavery?______________________What was the name of her novel?__________________________ 42. What term stated that the United States was blessed by God and intended to overspread the North American continent to expand its boundaries to the Pacific Ocean?_____________________________________________ 43. What Supreme Court decision outraged antislavery advocates in the North, but pleased Southerns, dividing the country more that ever?________________________________________________________Who was the U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice during this case?_____________________________________________________ 44. What was the subject of the Seneca Falls Convention of 1848?_______________________________________ 45. Name four things that were true during the 1800’s about women’s rights.1.______________________________ 2._____________________________3._______________________________4._________________________ 46. What is a form of democracy in which the people elect their representatives?____________________________ 47. What are taxes imposed on imported goods called?____________________Remember this as well about tariffs, tariffs are designed to protect domestic industries, are bad for consumers, and Northern states favored them. 49. What term was used for the land west of the Mississippi River?_______________________________________ 50. What is a loyalty to a region that differences arose over slavery, tariffs, national bank, and internal improvements______________________________________________________________________________ 51. What was the name of a protective tax on imports named by southern opponents and South Carolina threatened to succeed rather than to have this law forced on it?_______________________________________________ 52. What is the term used for a dividing point in history that marks a great change?__________________________ 53. What term refers to the right to vote?____________________________________________________________ 54. What required all citizens to help capture and return slaves who had run away? __________________________ Name:_____________________________ U.S. History 1st Semester Final Exam Review Period:_______ 55. What river did Texas and the U.S. want as the boundary between Mexico and this border dispute was a cause of the Mexican War?___________________________________________________________________________ 56. What was the Abolitionist Movement against?____________________________________________________ 57. What senator wanted to break the Missouri Compromise because both Kansas and Nebraska lay North of the latitude line & it was expected that these two territories would enter the Union as free states?_______________________________________ What was it called that let settlers in a territory vote and decide for themselves on whether to allow slavery? ________________________________________________ 58. Who won the presidential election of 1860?_______________________________Why did the Election of 1860 cause a lot of controversy?____________________________________________________________________ 59. What state was the first to secede or leave the Union?_______________________________________________ 60. What was name given to the states that left the Union and formed a new government called in 1861?_________________________________________ Who was their first president?___________________ 61. What did President Lincoln suspend that protects the a person from being jailed with being charged a specific crime and could be imprisoned without the benefit of a trial?_________________________________________ 62. What is another name for a military draft that helped replenish the ranks of depleted armies and the Confederate Government was the first to pass this law to force people to serve in the military?________________________ 63. Where did the first shots to the Civil War take place?_______________________________________________ 65. Name the 4 border states that were slave states that did not declare their secession from the U.S. 1._____________________2._______________________3._______________________4._________________ 66. Name 2 advantages that the South had over the North during the Civil War. 1.___________________________________________2.____________________________________________ 67. What was the name of the first major battle that took place during the Civil War?_________________________ Who won that battle?________________________________________________________________________ 68. What battle took place in which it was the single bloodiest day during the Civil War and this battle marked the 1st major fighting on Union soil and it was the battle after Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation? _____________________________ Who claimed victory in this battle?________________________________ 69. What are 3 circumstances that make the Civil War a watershed event? 1._______________________________ 2.___________________________________________3.____________________________________________ 70. Name 5 advantages that the North had over the South during the Civil War. 1.____________________________2.____________________________3._____________________________ 4._________________________________________5.______________________________________________ 71. What was the main role of the Union Navy in the Civil War?_________________________________________ Why were the Monitor and Merrimack significant during the Civil War?________________________________ 73. What did President Lincoln issue on January 1, 1863 that stated that it freed the slaves in the Confederacy? _______________________________________________________ What will actually free the slaves that was ratified by Congress in 1865?__________________________________________________________________ 74. Who established the Red Cross Organization during the Civil War?____________________________________ Name:_____________________________ U.S. History 1st Semester Final Exam Review Period:_______ 75. What was an impact of the Battle of Vicksburg?___________________________________________________ 76. What strategy was used by Union troops that includes striking civilian as well as military targets and the goal was to not only weaken the enemy’s armies but also the economy that supports them?_____________________ This is also known as the Scorched Earth Policy. What general employed this policy and Confederate soldiers surrendered to him in N.Carolina?______________________________________________________________ 77. Where did General Lee surrender to General Grant at?______________________________________________ 78. What caused the Civil War to be so very bloody?__________________________________________________ 79. Who assassinated President Lincoln?__________________________________Where did the assassination take place?______________________________Who became the 17 th President?_____________________________ 80. What Act made the President get Senate approval to remove certain officials from office and when President Andrew Johnson violated this law, he was impeached by the House of Representatives? Hint: Think of the TV show, The Office.___________________________________________________________________________ 81. What term is used to bring formal charges against or an accusation of wrong doings to an elected official while in office?_________________________________________________________________________ 82. What House in Congress will accuse an elected official of wrong doings and will bring the formal charges against them?_________________________________________What House of Congress acts as the court and will conduct the impeachment trial?_____________________________________________________ 83. How many votes was President Andrew Johnson found innocent of any wrongdoings in his impeachment trial in the U.S. Senate?___________ 84. What were laws that sought to limit the rights of African Americans and keep them as landless workers in the South?____________________________________________________________________________________ 85. What grouped dressed up in white robes and hoods that formed to try to terrorize African Americans? They roamed the countryside burning homes, schools, churches, sometimes beating and killing African Americans and their white allies._____________________________________________________________What was the main goal of this group to prevent African Americans from exercising what new right?____________________ 86. Who was the first Grand Wizard of this group?____________________________________________________ 87. What were the members of President Lincoln’s political party called that opposed his 10 Percent Plan & his approach to Reconstruction as to make it as painless as possible for the South to rejoin the Union?__________________________________ What did these individuals insist that needed to be done to the South after the Civil War?__________________________________________________________Why did this group feel that the Civil War had been fought?____________________________________________________ 88. What was President Abraham Lincoln’s approach to Reconstruction?__________________________________ 89. What did the 13th Amendment do in the United States?______________________________________________ 90. What did the 14th Amendment do in the United States?______________________________________________ 91. What 2 things did Southern states pass to try to get around the 15 th Amendment to restrict African Americans from voting? 1._______________________________________2._____________________________________ 92. What did the Compromise of 1877 help the Democrats regain?_______________________________________ Name:_____________________________ U.S. History 1st Semester Final Exam Review Period:_______ 93. In what year was the frontier declared closed by the U.S. government which help spur the acquisition of an overseas empire?___________ 94. What was the time period called that describe the post-Reconstruction era which was characterized by façade of prosperity?__________________________________Who coined this term?____________________________ 95. Who founded the Hull House in Chicago?________________________________________________________ 97. The sinking of the USS Maine helped ignite the Spanish-American War. Where was the USS Maine located when it exploded?___________________________________________________________________________ 98. Who was a hero of San Juan Hill and a member of the Rough Riders?__________________________________ 99. What Supreme Court case ruled that “separate but equal” facilities were Constitutional?___________________ 100. What political party pulled its strength from the American Farmer, called for “free silver,” 8-hour work day, and a progressive income tax?_____________________________________________________________________ 101. What was made illegal by the Sherman Anti-Trust Act of 1890?______________________________________ Who was the 1st President to enforce the Sherman Anti-Trust Act?____________________________________ 102. What group was a tough, hard-hitting set of journalists that wrote about government corruption, unsafe working conditions, and unsanitary conditions in food processing plants?______________________________________ 103. Who was a muckraker that took photographs of crowded, unsafe, and dirty conditions of tenements in large cities?____________________________________________________________________________________ 104. Who wrote The Jungle which was about unsanitary conditions in the meat packing industry?_______________ 105. What Amendment to the U.S. Constitution granted suffrage to women?________________________________ 106. What 4 countries were the allies that were known as the “Big Four” during WWI?1.______________________ 2.___________________________3.______________________________4.____________________________ 107. Who was the archduke of Austria-Hungary that was assassinated on June 28, 1914 that led to a chain of events that helped start World War I?_________________________________________________________________ 108. What was Germany’s plan that wanted a quick strike against France, then a full scale invasion of Russia and its objective was to avoid a 2-front war but it was unsuccessful?_________________________________________ 109. What was the name of the telegram that proposed a Germany alliance with Mexico?______________________ 110. Who was the U.S. General in command of all U.S. Forces in Europe during WWI?_______________________ What was the name given to U.S. troops in WWI?_________________________________________________ 111. What was the name of the treaty that officially ended WWI and it severely punished Germany?___________________________________________What term is used for compensation of payment required from defeated nations for damage or injury during a war?____________________________________ 112. What did President Wilson present that he believed the German Government should submit to and he thought that the total aim of the peace treaty should be to prevent war from ever again happening?__________________ What organization was formed to help nations settle their differences peacefully?_________________________ 123. Who was the U.S. President during World War I that urged neutrality?_________________________________