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FIRST SEMESTER EXAM REVIEW
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1. What area was settled by the Puritans?
2. Which did American Indians believe could not be sold?
3. Puritans came to the new world seeking what type of freedom?
4. Define the Columbian Exchange.
5. Explain Triangular Trade.
6. What is direct democracy?
7. Where was direct democracy practiced in colonial America?
8. Draw a very basic map of the colonies. Label the New England, Middle, and Southern colonies.
9. Poor English immigrants that settled in Virginia were most likely to be farmers or __________.
10. What was the purpose of the Jamestown settlement?
11. Which areas did the Spanish explore?
12. What was a major problem with the interaction between American Indians and Europeans?
13. What year was slavery introduced into the new world?
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14. What was the basis New England colonial economy?
15. Puritans believed in thrift and hard __________, which made them successful economically.
16. Which region of Virginia had an economy based on large plantations that grew cash crops?
17. What institution became more popular in the south as crops like tobacco and rice became profitable?
18. Describe the economy of the Appalachian foothills.
19. Which region of the colonies was home to many different religions?
20. Where did many Huguenots and Jews settle? (state)
21. Where did many Presbyterians settle? (state)
22. What religion or church were many in Virginia affiliated with?
23. What was the Great Awakening?
24. Why was forcible labor required in the South?
25. Where did the majority of slaves come from? (continent)
26. Define the Middle Passage.
27. What group dominated colonial society politically and socially?
28. What is Mercantilism?
29. Which region of the colonies had town hall meetings in the local church?
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30. What was the Enlightenment?
31. What were some of John Locke’s basic beliefs?
32. Define Social Contract.
33. Define Sovereignty.
34. What was the name of the pamphlet written by Thomas Paine?
35. What were the three unalienable rights Jefferson spoke of in the Declaration of Independence?
36. Thomas Paine believed it was ludicrous for a large area, like America to be ruled by a small island like ____________.
37. How did The Declaration of Independence influence the country during and after the Civil War? (think: slavery)
38. How were the French able to the America Indians to join them in war against the British in the mid-1700’s?
39. What was the purpose of the Proclamation of 1763?
40. What were the purposes of the Stamp Act?
41. What was Patrick Henry’s famous quote?
42. What were the three types of colonists during the Revolutionary War and what did they believe?
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43. Why was the inability to tax under the Articles of Confederation a weakness for the federal government?
44. Why was the inability of the government to regulate interstate commerce under the Articles of the Confederation a
problem?
45. What issue did the Great Compromise resolve?
46. The Constitution made federal law the law of the __________.
47. What is the purpose of checks and balances?
48. How did the Constitution balance power between large and small states?
49. What were the basic ideas of the Virginia Plan?
50. Most Federalists believed that in order to survive, the United States needed what type of government?
51. Anti-Federalists in today’s government would see the role of government as a way of solving __________ problems.
52. Federalists wanted power at the __________ level of government, Anti-Federalists wanted power at the __________ level
of government.
53. Which court case established judicial review?
54. How did the Supreme Court’s power under Chief Justice John Marshall grow during his tenure?
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55. Which political party was formed because of controversy over Federalists’ support of the Bank of the United States, the
Jay Treaty, and an undeclared war on France?
56. The party that believed in a weak national government and an agricultural economy was the __________ party.
57. Which party was more likely to be supported by business interests in the Northeast?
58. Which party was more likely to be supported by farmers in the South?
59. Describe the Elastic Clause.
60. How did the Louisiana Purchase affect the country?
61. What area did America win a claim to after the War of 1812?
62. Which area was gained as a result of the Mexican War?
63. What were the four basic ideas of the Monroe Doctrine?
64. Did Monroe want other countries to set up colonies in the Western Hemisphere?
65. Monroe felt like our government and those of Europe were essentially __________.
66. Why were canals and railroads important to expansion?
67. How did the Cotton Gin affect slavery?.
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68. Andrew Jackson was known as a __________ man.
69. What was the spoils system?
70. What were the four causes of Sectional Tensions prior to the Civil War?
71. What was the major concern as new states entered the Union before the Civil War?
72. Which compromise would allow California to enter as a free state while the new Southwestern territories could decide on
their own about slavery?
73. Which compromise repealed the Missouri Compromise by allowing certain areas to use popular sovereignty to choose if
they would be a slave or free state?
74. South Carolina argued that they nullify the tariff of 1832 because they were __________.
75. President Jackson believed if he allowed states to nullify laws, what could eventually happen to the country?
76. How did President Jackson deal with the nullification crisis?
77. What did many white slave owners fear their slave may do in the south?
78. What law was strengthened in response to slave revolts?
79. What was William Lloyd Garrison’s feeling about the institution of slavery?
80. What movement about women grew as the abolitionist movement grew?
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81. What were some of the causes of the Civil War?
82. Did the pre-Civil War compromises successfully solve the issue of slavery in new territories?
83. Which battle of the Civil War was considered to be a turning point?
84. Why did Lincoln believe the Union should stay together?
85. How did Ulysses S. Grant’s tenure as a Union military commander differ from those before him?
86. Which group of states left the Union after Lincoln’s election?
87. In which area did the Emancipation Proclamation free slaves?
88. How did Lincoln believe Reconstruction should be handled?
89. When the Radical Republicans gain control of government after Lincoln’s assassination, they placed the South under
__________ occupation.
90. The 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments gave rights to which group of people?
91. How were freedmen treated once reconstruction ended?
92. How did the Civil War leave the south?
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93. Why did immigrants choose to come to the United States?
94. What was life like for immigrants in the U.S.? How did they assimilate?
95. What were reasons for expansion into the West during the late 1800’s?
96. What was the role of Edison, Ford, Bell, Wright Brothers, and Bessemer during the Guilded Age?
97. What was the role of Carnegie, Rockefeller, Morgan, and Vanderbilt during the Guilded Age?