Topic: Study guide

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Name ______________ Date _________
American History Unit 3 Unit 6 Chapter 7 -
16 Revolution to Civil War
Topic Study guide

• Chapter 7 A More Perfect Union
• Article of Confederations
• Becoming a state Ordinance of 1785 and Northwest
  Territory
• Shay rebellion
• Philadelphia (Constitutional) Convention of 1787
  Virginia Plan, New Jersey Plan, Great Compromise,
  3/5th Compromise, slave trading, approving the
  constitution (story of the states entering the
  union)
• Building a government Britain (magna carte),
  natural rights, federal system, federalist vs.
  ant-federalist
• Civics in Action
• Goals of the constitution
• Principles of the constitution popular
  sovereignty, Federalism, separation of powers,
  checks and balances
• Federal government system enumerated powers,
  concurrent powers, reserved powers
• Legislative branch requirements, two (houses) or
  Congress, terms, powers of each house, standing
  committees, select committees, joint committees
• Executive branch requirements, organization,
  purpose and terms
• Judiciary Branch purpose, organization and
  selection
• Explain how a bill becomes a law
• Understand Due Process
• Understand our duties and responsibilities as
  citizens
• Understand the bill of rights and articles I
  III
• Extra credit understand the Flag Etiquette
• Chapter 8 A New Nation

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Name ______________ Date _________
American History Unit 3 Unit 6 Chapter 7 -
16 Revolution to Civil War
Topic Study guide

• Chapter 9 The Jefferson Era
• The creation of the 12th amendment
• Jeffersons policies laissez-faire,
• Midnight judges
• Louisiana purchase Spain to France then US
• Seceding federalist, Burr and Hamilton
• United States benefits from France and Britain
  war
• War of 1812 why Britain, major engagements, and
  treaty
• Hartford Convention
• Chapter 10 Growth and Expansion
• Industrial revolution (location/geography why
  why not, factory system, interchangeable parts)
• Technology impacts the agricultural South
• The Second National Banks in the North
• Cities growth in the North
• Evolution of movement roads-turnpikes, canals,
  steamboats Internal improvements
• Sectionalism vs. nationalism
• Henry Clay (American System and Missouri
  Compromise), Daniel Webster, John C. Calhoun
  (State sovereignty)
• Foreign affairs Monroe Doctrine, Adams-Onis
  Treaty, Convention of 1818, Rush-Bagot Treaty
• Chapter 11 The Jackson Era

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Name ______________ Date _________
American History Unit 3 Unit 6 Chapter 7 -
16 Revolution to Civil War
Topic Study guide

• Chapter 12 Manifest Destiny
• Settlements Oregon (why, mountains men, joint
  occupation, fifty four forty), Texas (Land
  grants, old three hundred)
• Mexico and Texas relations Mexican Law, Santa
  Anna declares a dictatorship
• Mexican American War Polks Attack, Treaty of
  Guadalupe Hidalgo, Gadsden Purchase
• Gold rush year, boomtowns,California
• Chapter 13 North and South
• Factors of production
• Evolution of transportation Clipper ships,
  locomotive, telegraph
• North factories (working conditions, blacks,
  women, strikes and trade unions)
• Agricultural technology reaper, the plow and
  thrasher
• Immigration Irish, Germans and the Know-nothing
  party
• The South's (Upper and Deep), lack of industry,
  farmer (yeomen, tenant, plantations, rural),
  wives duties, slaves duties, and life in the
  South (education)
• Slave life slave codes, underground railroad and
  rebellions (active and passive)
• Chapter 15
• The Missouri Compromise and The Compromise of
  1850
• Politics Free-soil party, new republicans,
  election of 1856 and 1860
• Fugitive Slave Act and norths reaction
• Dred Scott decision
• The birth of the confederacy

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Name ______________ Date _________
American History Unit 3 Unit 6 Chapter 7 -
16 Revolution to Civil War
Topic Study guide

• Key people Discuss the accomplishments of the
  below famous people. (name the colony they
  discovered, and the route(s) they sailed.
• George Washington________________________________
  _____________________________________
• Alexander Hamilton ______________________________
  _______________________________________
• John Adams ______________________________________
  _____________________________________
• Daniel Shay _____________________________________
  ______________________________________
• James Madison ____________________________________
  ____________________________________
• Edmund Randolph _________________________________
  _____________________________________
• Roger Sherman ___________________________________
  _____________________________________
• Thomas Jefferson ________________________________
  ______________________________________
• James Monroe ____________________________________
  ____________________________________
• Andrew Jackson __________________________________
  ______________________________________
• William Henry Harrison __________________________
  ________________________________________
• Henry Clay ______________________________________
  ______________________________________
• Francis Scott Key _______________________________
  ________________________________________
• John Quincy Adams _______________________________
  ______________________________________
• Stephen Austin __________________________________
  _______________________________________
• Santa Anna ______________________________________
  _____________________________________
• Sam Houston _____________________________________
  _____________________________________
• Levis Strauss ___________________________________
  _______________________________________

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Name ______________ Date _________
American History Unit 3 Unit 6 Chapter 7 -
16 Revolution to Civil War
Topic Study guide

• Key people Discuss the accomplishments of the
  below famous people. (name the colony they
  discovered, and the route(s) they sailed.
• General Lee______________________________________
  _____________________________________
• Nat Turner ______________________________________
  ______________________________________
• John General Pickett ____________________________
  ________________________________________

• Map Skills plot the following locations or
  events. Additionally discuss the contributions,
  analyze the battles.
• Louisiana territory, Lewis and Clark expedition,
  Pikes expedition, Missouri Compromise, Convention
  of 1818, Adam-Onis Treaty, Rush-Bagot Treaty,
  Monroe Doctrine, South Pass, Oregon Trail, Trail
  of Tears, Polks Attack on Mexico, California
  Trail, Oregon Territory, New Mexico Territory,
• Columbia River, Rocky Mountains, Sierra Nevada,
  Upper South, Deep South, Rio Grande, Ohio River,
• Key battles
• Battle of New Orleans____________________________
  _______________________________
• Battle of Baltimore _____________________________
  ________________________________
• Alamo ___________________________________________
  ____________________________
• San Jacinto _____________________________________
  ______________________________
• Vicksburg _______________________________________
  ______________________________
• Bull Run ________________________________________
  ______________________________
• Fort Sumter _____________________________________
  ______________________________
• Gettysburg ______________________________________
  ______________________________

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Name ______________ Date _________
Am. History Midterm
Topic Study guide

• Vocabulary define the terms.
• Constitution_____________________________________
  _______________________________________
• Bicameral________________________________________
  _____________________________________
• Republic_________________________________________
  _____________________________________
• Petition_________________________________________
  ______________________________________
• Depreciate_______________________________________
  ______________________________________
• Depression_______________________________________
  _____________________________________
• Proportional_____________________________________
  _______________________________________
• Compromise ______________________________________
  ____________________________________
• Federalism ______________________________________
  ______________________________________
• Electoral College _______________________________
  ________________________________________
• Ratify __________________________________________
  ______________________________________
• Federalist_______________________________________
  ______________________________________
• Antifederalist___________________________________
  ________________________________________
• Amendment________________________________________
  ____________________________________
• Precedent _______________________________________
  ______________________________________
• Cabinet _________________________________________
  _____________________________________
• Speculator ______________________________________
  ______________________________________
• Unconstitutional ________________________________
  ________________________________________

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Name ______________ Date _________
Am. History Midterm
Topic Study guide

• Vocabulary Define the terms.
• Industrial Revolution____________________________
  _________________________________________
• Capitalism ______________________________________
  ______________________________________
• Cotton gin ______________________________________
  ______________________________________
• Patent __________________________________________
  ______________________________________
• Sectionalism_____________________________________
  ______________________________________
• Disarmament _____________________________________
  _____________________________________
• Demilitarize ____________________________________
  _______________________________________
• Court martial ___________________________________
  _______________________________________
• Plurality________________________________________
  ______________________________________
• Suffrage ________________________________________
  ______________________________________
• Bureaucracy______________________________________
  _____________________________________
• Veto ____________________________________________
  _____________________________________
• Depression ______________________________________
  ______________________________________
• Joint Occupation_________________________________
  _______________________________________
• Rendezvous ______________________________________
  _____________________________________
• Ratified ________________________________________
  _______________________________________
• Manifest Destiny ________________________________
  _______________________________________
• Emigrant ________________________________________
  _____________________________________

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Name ______________ Date _________
Am. History Midterm
Topic Study guide

• Vocabulary Define the terms.
• Border Ruffians__________________________________
  _______________________________________
• Rebel __________________________________________
  ______________________________________
• Yankee __________________________________________
  _____________________________________
• Casualty _______________________________________
  ____________________________________
• Sectionalism_____________________________________
  _____________________________________
• Disarmament _____________________________________
  _____________________________________
• Demilitarize ____________________________________
  _______________________________________
• Casualty ________________________________________
  _____________________________________
• Emancipate_______________________________________
  ___________________________________
• Draft __________________________________________
  ______________________________________