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American History Semester Exam Study Guide
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Early America
1.The first permanent settlement was what?
Settled in what year?
What was the motivation for this settlement?
2. The colonists that arrived at Plymouth Rock were known as?
They were what religious
sect?
3. What economic, social and political reasons did the Pilgrims come to America?
4. What was the name of the first government created by the Pilgrims and what type of government
was it?
5. Who was Rodger Williams and what did he do in the advancements of Americans Rights?
Road to Revolution & DOI
6. Name some freedoms American colonists enjoyed granted by King George 3rd. prior to the Stamp
Act.
7. . . . What was the 1765 Stamp Act?
Why was it levied?
8. Explain why the Colonists opposed this tax:
9. What was the 1765 Declaratory Act?
11. What was the 1765 Quartering Act?
12. The 1773 Tea Act caused the Boston tea party what was the Boston Tea Party.
Explain the cultural symbolism for the Sons of Liberty:
Why did the King react so strongly to this and create the Intoralable Acts?
13. Name the 3 parts of the Declaration of independence as drafted by Jefferson.
14. How explain how many edits there were and what edit balanced religion with secularism
The Articles of Confederation and US Constitution
1. Why were the AOC weak?
2. What were several problems with AOC?
3. What was Shay's Rebellion, what did it lead to?
4. At the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia in 1787 explain the differences argued by the New
Jersey and Virginia Plan
5. What was the Great Compromise?
6. What was the 3/5th Compromise?
7. Explain the positions of the
A) Federalists _
B) anti federalists
8. What was needed for ratification of the Constitution?
9. Who wrote the Federalist papers and what was the purpose of them?
10. What was the argument for and against a Bill of Rights?
US Constitution
11. What is the US Constitution?
12 What is the preamble?
13. Explain separation of powers and how they form checks and balances.
14. What was the Enlightenment?
15. Who were some early Enlightenment philosophers?
16. Jefferson based his statement of Natural Law on which Enlightenment Philosopher?
17. What are the major values behind Natural Law?
Reconstruction and Westward Expansion
1. The 13th Amendment
2. The 14th Amendment
3. The 15th Amendment
4. Ratification of the above amendments was needed
5. Andrew Johnson was chosen by Lincoln for what reason
6. What did Andrew Johnson do to turn Moderate Republicans Radical
7. know the Radical Republicans plan for Reconstruction
3. What was the main difference between Lincolns’ and Johnsons Plan?
4. What group of people did Johnson favor during the Reconstruction Era?
5. How did the radical and moderate republicans differ on their view of Reconstruction?
6. What actions did Johnson take to make the moderate Republicans Radical?
7. Describe the Reconstruction Act of 1867
9. The result of Plessey v. Ferguson
10. The transcontinental railroad was completed in 1850 in which state?
8. know the compromise that made RB Hayes President that ended Reconstruction
Dawes Act /Westward Expansion /Gilded Age
1. Know the Dawes Act and why it was created
2. Be able to describe Social Darwinism and how it related to business during the Gilded Age3.
Where did Boss Tweed and other big city bosses find their main source of votes that kept
them in power during the Gilded Age?
3. What was Susan B. Anthony best known for?
4. What did the Homestead Act do?
5. Tammany Hall was
6. What was the goal of Jane Addams and others in the settlement house movement?
7. What is Ellis Island famous for in American history?
8.. If political bosses helped immigrants, what did the bosses require of immigrants?
9. know why Rockefeller 's Standard Oil Company was a trust?
10. Another term for monopoly
11. Big business made large campaign donations to President Harrison. What did they want
12. President Chester Author was assassinated for the reason of
13. Why was Garfield assassinated
14. What group did his assassin belong to
15. know how the Economic Cycle of development created exponential growth in the west.
16.. What was a major American value clash with those of Native Americans during the 1800s?
17. What was "sincere intent" for the creation of the Dawes Severalty Act (1887)?
18. What is meant by “Severalty” in the Dawes Severalty Act?
19 . What was the main reason for the creation of the Dawes Act in the view of President Grant?
20. What was the Ghost Dance?
21. What was the underlying factor leading to the Massacre Wounded Knee?
Be able to define and know significance
Social Darwinism
Robber Barron
Political Boss
Graft
Laissez-faire
Xenophobia:
Natavists Ethnocentric:
Nationalism
Gilded Age
Progressive era
Philanthropy
Muckraker
Trust
Monopoly
Suffrage
SB Anthony
Theodore Roosevelt
NAACP
KOL
AFL
Eugene Debbs
William Taft
Woodrow Wilson
Clayton Antitrust Act
Progressivism:
1. What were four Goals of the Progressive Movement?
2. How did government change during the progressive movement why were these changes important?
3. Where was the progressive era centered? Describe basic life and what you might find during the
progressive era.
4. Give two examples of women’s organizations and what their mission was.
5. What is meant by the term Square Deal?
6. What specific reforms were covered under his "Square Deal?"
7. How did Taft become president?
8. How was Taft different from Roosevelt that upset Roosevelt so much? Give specific examples!
9. Why did the Republican Party split?
10. What was the Bull Moose Party?
11. How did the Clayton Anti Trust Act benefit Labor?
12. Why did Wilson not support Anti Lynching leg elation?
14. Chart the cause and effects of the progressive era
15. How did the progressive reformers recruit other to support their causes?
16. What was a major failure or a reform that needed to take place that did not during the progressive era?
17. What event ended or put a hold on the progressive movement?
18. Why did Susan B Anthony refuse to pay her 100 dollar fine?
19. What historical reasons did she cite at her sentencing?
20. What was she found guilty of doing in the first place?
Extra Credit & Test Day Extended Response
Pick one of the below responses. You will be required to do one other on the exam.
Complete extended response form including an intro and conclusion. You must cite or give specific examples to
support your arguments.
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Demonstrate s knowledge thoroughly
Answer is accurate
At least two to three examples with elaboration
Text based or supported on specific information covered in class
Writing and Vocabulary is at or above grade Level
1. Describe how the progressive era has made your life better. In what way has it made your life more difficult
2. Was the colonist’s reaction to the Stamp Act in 1765 a reasonable or an overreaction based on the values of the
day?
3. Describe your political ideology as based on the values of the Republican, Democrat, Third Party, Independent,
Progressive, Conservative philosophies. Explain using specific issues and examples to support your beliefs.
4. The Dawe's Act was created with "sincere intention." Was the Act in the “best interest” of the Indians in the
parry Region?
5. Are you optimistic or pessimistic about the next 4 years under President Elect Obama and a Democrat House
and Senate majority?
Extended Response: Based on the 10th Amendment has the role of government exceeded its mandate or
has it grown with the size and complexity of America over the years for the good of the people