United States History

Study Guide

Terms:

Please define and explain the following names and terms:

  1. Abraham Lincoln
  2. Alexander Hamilton
  3. Andrew Jackson
  4. Andrew Johnson
  5. Dred Scott
  6. Eli Whitney
  7. George McClellan
  8. Harriet Beecher Stowe
  9. Henry Clay
  10. Jefferson Davis
  11. John Brown
  12. John C. Calhoun
  13. Robert E. Lee
  14. Robert Sherman
  15. Sojourner Truth
  16. Stephen A Douglas
  17. Thomas Jefferson
  18. Capitalism
  19. Compromise of 1850
  20. Confederate States of America
  21. Free Market
  22. Fugitive Slave Law
  23. Gettysburg
  24. Interstate Commerce Act
  25. Invisible Hand
  26. Jacksonian Democracy
  27. Jim Crow
  28. Kansas-Nebraska Act
  29. laissez-faire
  30. Missouri Compromise
  31. Nativism
  32. Plessy v Ferguson
  33. Popular Sovereignty
  34. Populist Party
  35. Uncle Tom’s Cabin
  36. Wilmot Proviso
  37. Manifest Destiny
  38. 3/5ths Compromise
  39. Columbian Exchange
  40. Cotton Gin
  41. Abolitionists
  42. Declaration of Independence
  43. Articles of Confederation
  44. Constitution of the United States
  45. Bill of Rights
  46. George Washington
  47. John Marshall
  48. Samuel Adams
  49. Frederick Douglas
  50. Salutary Neglect
  51. Minutemen
  52. Loyalists
  53. Unicameral Legislature
  54. Bicameral Legislature
  55. Checks and Balances
  56. House of Representatives
  57. Senate
  58. Electoral College
  59. Mayflower Compact
  60. Middle Passage
  61. Mercantilism
  62. Great Awakening
  63. State Nullification

Questions:

Please answer the following questions in a minimum of one paragraph (5-6 complete sentences).

  1. What was the Transcontinental Railroad? What effects did it have on the United States?
  2. How did the Homestead Act help settle the Western Frontier?
  3. How did western settlers affect the Natives?
  4. Name the Founding Fathers and their contributions to the Nation.
  5. Explain the Great Compromise and the affect it had on the United States.
  6. Explain what the Trail of Tears was and the affect it had on the Native American populations.
  7. Why did the United States go to war with Mexico in 1848?
  8. What affect did the California Gold Rush have on the United States?
  9. What were the causes and effects of the French and Indian War?
  10. Who was running in the Presidential election of 1800? Why is it considered the worst election in American history?
  11. What is the Monroe Doctrine? What affect did it have on the United States?
  12. Why would the southern states secede from the Union? Why did they have the right to do this?

Geography:

Please label the 13 colonies, Louisiana Purchase and states involved, the oceans, Great Lakes, rivers, and regions of the United States on the map provided below.

  • Atlantic Ocean Lake Superior
  • New HampshireLake Huron
  • New YorkLake Michigan
  • MassachusettsLake Ontario
  • Rhode IslandLake Erie
  • ConnecticutThe Midwest
  • New JerseyLouisiana Purchase
  • Pennsylvania36-30 Line
  • DelawareSlave States
  • MarylandSouthwest
  • VirginiaGulf of Mexico
  • North Carolina
  • South Carolina
  • Georgia
  • New England
  • The South