US History Unit 1 Exam Study Guide Ch. 1-4
Chapter 1& 2
Triangular Trade & “Middle Passage”
Enlightenment Philosophy
- John Locke’s “natural rights” theory
The Great Awakening
French & Indian War
Proclamation of 1763
Stamp Act
Boston Massacre
Boston Tea Party
Intolerable (Coercive) Acts
Sons of Liberty
Thomas Paine’s Common Sense
Declaration of Independence
Loyalists & Patriots
Battle of Saratoga – French Alliance
Battle of Yorktown
Treaty of Paris of 1783
Articles of Confederation
Shays’ Rebellion
Constitutional Convention
The Great Compromise
3/5 Compromise
The Branches of Government
Separation of Powers
Checks & Balances
Federalism
Federalists vs. Antifederalists
Bill of Rights
George Washington
Alexander Hamilton
Thomas Jefferson
Democratic-Republicans
XYZ Affair
Alien & Sedition Acts
Virginia & Kentucky Resolutions
Chapter 3
Thomas Jefferson
Marbury v. Madison - Judicial Review Louisiana Purchase
James Madison
War of 1812
Monroe Doctrine
Henry Clay’s American System
Missouri Compromise
Eli Whitney’s Cotton Gin
Andrew Jackson - Jacksonian Democracy
Cherokee Removal - Trail of Tears
Manifest Destiny
Texas Revolution
Mexican-American War
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
California Gold Rush
2nd Great Awakening
Transcendentalists
Abolitionism: William Lloyd Garrison & Frederick Douglass
Temperance Movement
Seneca Falls Convention
Nat Turner’s Rebellion
Chapter 4
Compromise of 1850: Popular Sovereignty
Underground Railroad – Harriet Tubman
Kansas-Nebraska Act “Bleeding Kansas”
Republican Party
Dred Scott Case
John Brown’s raid on Harper’s Ferry
1860 Election
Civil War Advantages & Disadvantages
Fort Sumter
Ulysses S. Grant & Robert E. Lee
Battle of Antietam
Emancipation Proclamation
Clara Barton & Red Cross
Battles of Gettysburg & Gettysburg Address
Battle of Vicksburg
Appomattox Courthouse
Freedman’s Bureau
Radical Republicans
13th, 14th & 15th Amendments
Sharecropping
Hiram Revels
Ku Klux Klan (KKK)
Reconstruction Plans
1876 Election
US History Unit 1 Exam Study Guide Ch. 1-4
US History Unit 1 Exam Study Guide Ch. 1-4
SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS/TOPICS:
1. Explain how the philosophy of the Enlightenment and the actions of Britain caused America to declare and fight for its independence in 1776.
2. Explain the causes and effects of the rise of slavery in the colonies and early America up to 1860.
3. Causes of American Revolution
4. Explain how the American colonists, despite being serious underdogs, were able to win the War for Independence against the powerful British Empire.
5. Causes and Effects of War of 1812
6. Mexican-American War causes & results
7. Causes of the Civil War
8. Advantages & Disadvantages of North & South – What caused a Union Victory?
9. Results and impact of Civil War
10. Successes & Failures of Reconstruction Era
11. Who is the best president of the era Washington, Jefferson, Jackson or Lincoln?
US History Unit 1 Exam Study Guide Ch. 1-4