Midterm Review, Honors American History

Part I - Objective Section (100 points)

Unit 1: Early Exploration and Colonization

Christopher Columbus ConquistadoresTreaty of TordesillasReasons for colonization Protestant ReformationThe “Lost Colony” / Sir Walter RaleighJamestown / John Smith / Pocahontas Pilgrims / Puritans/ Puritan BeliefsGeneral CourtNew England Way Mayflower CompactGreat Migration 1630Massachusetts Bay ColonyJohn WinthropSalem Witch TrialsAnne HutchinsonAntinomianismRoger WilliamsFundamental Orders

Maryland Act of TolerationIndentured ServitudeBacon’s RebellionTriangular TradeMiddle PassageSlaveryColonizing the CarolinasNorth CarolinaGeorgiaNew England vs. Southern coloniesQuakers / William PennMiddle Colonies— “most American”New England ConfederationMercantilism / Navigation Acts Dominion of New EnglandUnique “American” Culture Congregational Church and Anglican ChurchGreat Awakening

Unit 2: Conflict and Rebellion

French and Indian War (1754-1763) (Causes/Events/Results)

Ohio River Valley Advantages/Disadvantages George Washington Fort Duquesne Fort Necessity Albany Plan of Union Edward Braddock William Pitt Pontiac’s Rebellion

American Revolution (1776-1783) (Causes/Events/Results)

Proclamation of 1763 Sugar Act Stamp Act Sam Adams / Sons of Liberty Townshend Acts Declaratory Act Boston Massacre John Adams Tea Act of 1773 Boston Tea Party Intolerable Acts Loyalists --OVER--

Lexington and Concord 2nd Continental Congress George Washington Battle of Bunker Hill Olive Branch Petition Battle of Trenton Benedict Arnold “Civic virtue”

Declaration of Independence Patrick Henry Thomas Jefferson Thomas Paine Battle of Saratoga Battle of Yorktown Treaty of Paris

Unit 3: Forming a New Nation

Similar state constitutions circa 1776Virginia Statute for Religious FreedomRepublicanismRepublican MotherhoodArticles of ConfederationShays’ RebellionNorthwest OrdinanceFederalists / Anti-FederalistsVirginia Plan / New Jersey PlanJames MadisonGreat Compromise3/5 CompromiseLimited governmentFederalismSupremacy clauseDelegated/reserved/concurrent powersSeparation of PowersChecks and balances

“Mob” democracyMinority conservative triumph?Bill of RightsAlexander HamiltonWhiskey RebellionNeutrality Proclamation of 1793Jay’s Treaty of 1794President John AdamsXYZ AffairAlien and Sedition ActsVirginia and Kentucky ResolutionsHamiltonian FederalistsJeffersonian RepublicansMarbury v. Madison / judicial reviewHamilton vs. Burr duelLouisiana Purchase/ Lewis and ClarkWar of 1812 (causes/events/results)Hartford Convention

Unit 4: Sectionalism (1790-1850)

“Era of Good Feelings”American System/Henry ClayPanic of 1817Marshall Court (court cases)Missouri CompromiseAcquiring FloridaMonroe DoctrineJacksonian DemocracyElection of 1824 (“Corrupt Bargain”)2 Party System returns

John Quincy AdamsJohn C. CalhounElection of 1828Andrew JacksonIndian Removal ActWorcester v. GeorgiaTrail of TearsTariff of Abominations (1828)Doctrine of NullificationTexas Rev. (causes-course-consequences)

Mountain menJim Beckwourth Donner PartyNarcissa and Marcus WhitmanCalifornia Gold Rush/John Sutter/49ersIrish and German immigrationNativismIndustrial Revolution Eli Whitney / Cotton Gin2nd Great Awakening (causes, course)Charles Grandison FinneyCircuit RidersUtopias (Mormon, Oneida)Reform MovementsAntebellum South Social Structure“King Cotton” (benefits/drawbacks)Manifest DestinyMexican-American War (Causes, Course, Consequences)James K. Polk Zachary TaylorJohn Slidell

Treaty of Guadalupe HidalgoGadsden PurchaseWilmot ProvisoSectionalismabolitionismUnderground RailroadHarriet TubmanWilliam Lloyd GarrisonCompromise of 1850Fugitive Slave ActUncle Tom’s CabinKansas-Nebraska ActStephen DouglasBleeding KansasJohn Brown’s Pottawatomie MassacreRepublican PartyBrooks attacks SumnerDred Scott CaseLincoln-Douglas DebatesJohn Brown’s Harper’s Ferry RaidStates’ Rights (10th Amendment)Election of 1860

Unit 5: The Civil War (1861-1865)

Jefferson DavisCrittenden CompromiseFort SumterBorder StatesAdvantages/DisadvantagesUnion Military Strategy (Anaconda)Confederate Military StrategyFirst Battle of Bull Run ShilohUlysses S. GrantRobert E. LeeBattle of Antietam

Emancipation ProclamationConscriptionNew York City Draft RiotsBattle of Gettysburg / Battle of VicksburgSherman’s March to the SeaTotal WarCopperheadsUnion Party ticket (Lincoln and Johnson)Election of 1864Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse, VAAftermath/Consequences of the War

Unit 6: Reconstruction (1865-1877)

Reconstruction Amnesty

“40 acres and a mule”

Lincoln’s Ten Percent PlanLincoln’s assassinationPresident Johnson

Johnson’s Reconstruction PlanBlack Codes 13th AmendmentRadical RepublicansModerate RepublicansThaddeus StevensCharles SumnerFreedmen’s BureauCivil Rights Act of 186614th AmendmentRace RiotsReconstruction Acts 1867 (Congress’

Plan)Impeachment processJohnson’s Impeachment trial

President Grant15th AmendmentCarpetbaggers

ScalawagsKu Klux KlanEnforcement ActsPanic of 1873Civil Rights Act of 1875RedeemersCompromise of 1877SharecroppingCrop-lien systemPoll taxesLiteracy testsSegregation (Jim Crow Laws)Plessy v. FergusonBooker T. WashingtonIda B. Wells Lynching

Part II - S HORT ANSWER (5 points each = 25 Points)

Eight of the following sixteen terms will appear on the exam. You will need to complete the following steps for FIVE (5) of the terms:

1) Identify the term (definition, 5Ws, examples, etc.) 2 points each 2) Evaluate the significance of this term (How did this person or event impact the U.S.? Is

America different today because of this term?) 3 points each

The Butterfly Effect

Puritans

French and Indian War

George Washington

Declaration of Independence

Federalists v. Anti-Federalists

Missouri Compromise

Jacksonian Democracy

Industrial Revolution

2nd Great Awakening

Mexican-American War

Abraham Lincoln

Fort Sumter

Battle of Gettysburg

Andrew Johnson

Plessy v. Ferguson

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Part III - ESSAY (25 Points)

You must answer one of the following prompts in a well-structured essay that:

Has a relevant thesis that addresses the prompt and provides organization (5 points) Uses specific evidence from the textbook and class discussions/activities to support your

argument (20 points)

1. Although Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson were two great leaders in United States history, they both had very different views of government and of the economy. Who do you believe had the more enduring vision for the United States: Thomas Jefferson or Alexander Hamilton?  Why?

2. Why were women prominent in the reform crusades of the early 19th century? What contributions did they make to social reform?

3. What was the most significant reason why the United States experienced a 2nd Great Awakening? Did the 2nd Great Awakening more positively or negatively impact the United States?

4. To what extent do you agree or disagree with the following statement: “The Civil War was truly the last battle of the American Revolution.” In other words, the Civil War was the final step to bringing the nation together.

5. Critically evaluate whether Reconstruction was a success or a failure. Be sure to include a thesis stating three reasons for your position. Your body paragraphs should highlight specific examples to support your claim of success or failure.