American Studies I-CP

American Studies I-CP

Midterm Exam Study Guide

The following activities are designed to help you review for your upcoming American Studies I-CP midterm examination. Please consider completing each task as a starting point for your test preparation.

Chapter 5, Section 4

1. Define: Bill of Rights

2. What does it mean when historians say that George Washington set many precedents? List some of his precedents.

3. The cabinet is a group of presidential ______.

4. Fill in Washington’s cabinet:

Washington: President
______: Vice President
______: Sec. of the Treasury
______: Sec of State
Henry Knox: ______

5. Matching- Jay’s Treaty

______John Jay a. The act of kidnapping / forced military service

______England b. Nation who felt we betrayed their prior treaty

______Impressment c. He was sent to England to negotiate a peace treaty

______France d. In the 1790s this nation was seizing American ships,

______Jay’s Treaty pressing American sailors, trading weapons with the Indians, and arming old pre-war American military posts

e. Unpopular treaty that did not solve any American/British problems

6. Fill in the following T-Chart

Alexander Hamilton Thomas Jefferson

7. Please describe Alexander Hamilton’s financial plan for America:

Chapter 6

1. Fill in the following T-Chart

Federalists/Hamiltonians Republicans/Jeffersonians

2. What did each of the following have to do with Hamilton’s financial plan?

Creation of the first National Bank:

Whiskey Tax/ Whiskey Rebellion:

3. Define each term associated with John Adams’ presidency:

XYZ Affair:

Alien and Sedition Acts:

Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions:

- Nullification:

- States’ Rights:

4. Link the following terms/topics/events:

Midnight Judges

John Marshall

Marbury v Madison Judicial Review

5. Matching- Louisiana Purchase

____ Thomas Jefferson A. Shoshone Indian guide and interpreter

____ Lewis and Clark B. Purchased from France for $15 million

____ Louisiana C. French leader who offered up the sale of Louisiana

____ Sacajawea D. President who doubled the size of our nation

____ Goals of the expedition E. Discover waterway access to the Pacific, document

____ Napoleon plant and animal species, chart and map lands west of the Mississippi

F. Explores hired by Jefferson

6. Causes of the War of 1812- Mr. Madison’s War (Explain/Define each)

Cause #1: British Impressment:

Cause #2: Poor Economy

Embargo against Britain:

Embargo Act

Cause #3: Chesapeake Incident:

Cause #4: Problems with the Native Americans

a. Who was Tecumseh?

b. What is assimilation?

c. Define: Battle of Tippecanoe

8. Matching: War of 1812

____ James Madison A. Written during the bombing of Ft. McHenry

____ Washington DC B. President during the War of 1812

____ Start Spangled Banner C. Treaty which ended the war (in a virtual tie)

____ Treaty of Ghent D. Was burned to the ground by the British

9. In 1820, President James Monroe signed into the law the Missouri Compromise. Please explain what this compromise did, why the compromise was needed, and how this compromise tried to prevent future slavery related problems.

Chapter 7

1. Fill-in-the-blanks- “Heading West”

The 2nd ______was a religious movement popularized in the western territories of America during the early to mid-1800s.
The United States seized possession of ______after the Adams-Onis Treaty was signed with Spain.
______was America’s God-given right to seize all continental lands between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.
In the early 1800s westward setters primarily consisted of fur trappers, mountain men and Protestant ______.
After the death of Joseph Smith, ______led his Mormon followers west toward the Utah territory.
Both the Santa Fe Trail and Oregon Trail started in the town of ______, Missouri.

Word Bank: Independence, Florida, Great Awakening, Brigham Young, missionaries, Manifest Destiny

2. Texas Annexation- Briefly discuss/define each

American immigration into Texas:

Santa Anna

Battle of the Alamo

Annexation of Texas

3. Oregon Trail- Discuss the preparation, goals and problems faced by settlers using the Oregon Trail.

4. California Gold Rush- Discuss the preparation, goals and problems faced by gold miners in California during the mid- 1800s.

Chapter 8

1. Matching- Inventions of the early 1800s

____ Cotton Gin A. Allowed for easier soil preparation prior to planting

____ Canals B. Northern industrial factories

____ Steamboats C. Took the seeds out of cotton, led to an increase of

____ Mechanical Reaper southern slaves.

____ Samuel Morse D. Man made rivers created for distribution of goods

____ Textile Mills E. Machine used at harvest time

____ Steel Plow F. Man credited with the improvement of the telegraph

G. Provided easier river transportation

2. Describe the life of an average southern slave in the cotton belt.

3. What did Nat Turner try to do?

4. Define each term associated with James Monroe’s presidency-

Era of Good Feelings:

Monroe Doctrine:

5. Matching- Election of 1824

____ Corrupt Bargain A. Powerful Speaker of the House, negotiated Adams’

____ John Quincy Adams eventual presidential election

____ Andrew Jackson B. Nickname given to the election of 1824

____ Henry Clay C. In 1824, he won the most popular votes, but did not secure a majority of electoral votes.

D. The House of Reps eventually elected him president,

he chose Clay as his Sec. of State!

6. Andrew Jackson- Fill in the blanks

The time period for which Jackson reigned has been labeled the ______.
Each political party used the national nominating ______as a means of selecting presidential candidates.
Securing political jobs and positions for your friends and supporters became known as the ______.
Using negative political comments during election campaigns is known as ______.
The ______Party was created in opposition to Jackson and the Democratic Party of the 1830s.

Word Bank: Whig, Convention, Age of Jackson, Spoils System, Mudslinging

7. Define each major issue associated with Jackson’s presidency.

Indian Removal Act:

Trail of Tears:

Bank Crisis/ Bank War:

Nullification/Tariff Crisis (w/ South Carolina):

8. Matching- Post Jackson presidents

____ Martin Van Buren A. Shortest termed president- he died 30 days into office

____ William Henry Harrison B. His presidency was ruined thanks to a series of

____ John Tyler financial recessions

C. He was the first vice president to assume the presidency. Although he did annex Texas he was so unpopular with his fellow Whigs that he was expelled from the party.

Chapter 9

Across

5. Freed from slavery in 1827, _____ Truth spent much of her adult life traveling the country preaching the truth about God and the evils of slavery.

6. Elizabeth Cady _____ was the leading women's rights activist of the 1800s.

8. The idea of _____ communities (small societies dedicated to perfection in social and political conditions) became popular in the mid 1800s.

9. The term _____ was used to describe the anti-immigration sentiment in America during the mid-1800s.

10. Frederick _____ was one of America's most popular speakers and a key leader of the American Anti-Slavery Society.

12. Harriet _____ is credited with helping over 300 African Americans escape slavery on the Underground Railroad.

Down

1. William Lloyd ____ was a white Bostonian abolitionist who published the anti-slavery newspaper known was The Liberator.

2. Henry David _____ was an American author and leading transcendentalist in the mid 1800s.

3. People known as _____ fought against the evils of slavery.

4. Horace _____ can be labeled as the father of American education.

6. The _____ Falls Convention was the first women's rights convention in US history.

7. The _____ movement was an organized campaign to eliminate alcohol consumption.

11. The network of escape routes used by slaves fleeing north became known as the underground _____.

Word Bank

Thoreau Temperance Utopian Mann Abolitionists

Railroad Tubman Douglass Garrison Sojourner

Stanton Seneca Nativism

Chapter 10

1. The Mexican American War

List James K Polk’s THREE main promises to America:

List the THREE main causes of the Mexican American War:

List the FOUR parts of the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo:

People of the war- matching

___ James K Polk A. By stationing his troops along the Rio Grande

___ Santa Anna this future president was able to entice the

___ Winfield Scott Mexican army to attack his men

___ Zachary Taylor B. Mexican dictator and general

C. US president during the Mex/Amer War

D. US general credited with the capture of Mexico City

2. The Compromise of 1850

List the five major sections in the Compromise of 1850.

Who created this compromise?

Which politician, from South Carolina, argued against the compromise?

Which president signed the bill into law?

3. Causes of the Civil War- Please discuss how each topic lead to or foreshadowed the Civil War.

Uncle Tom’s Cabin:

Kansas-Nebraska Act/popular sovereignty:

Free-Soilers/abolitionists vs. proslavery-ites during Bleeding Kansas:

Sumner vs. Brooks:

Dred Scott’s Case (Scott v Sandford):

John Brown’s raid on Harpers Ferry:

Election of 1860:

Chapter 10, Section 5 and 11, Section 1

1. Fill in the following Civil War T-Charts

Northern Advantages Southern Advantages

North’s Anaconda Plan South’s War of Attrition Plan

2. Matching- Early Civil War

____ Jefferson Davis A. Battle ships with protective iron plating

____Border States B. This union victory became the bloodiest

____ Ft. Sumter day of the war

____ 1st Battle of Bull Run C. A northerner who sympathized with the South

____ Copperhead D. The first major battle of the war

____ Battle of Antietam E. The bombing of this union held fort, located in

____ Iron Clads South Carolina, marked the beginning of the Civil

War

F. Slave states which remained loyal to the Union

G. President of the Confederate States of America