U.S. History Semester 1 Review (Anything from Previous Tests Could Also Be on the Exam

U.S. History – Semester 1 Review (Anything from previous tests could also be on the exam!!

Unit 1:

Spanish:

Hernan Cortes –

Colonies –

English:

Privateer –

Francis Drake –

English reasons for permanent settlements –

Settlements hardships –

Joint-stock company –

French Trade –

Puritans -

A City Upon a Hill –

Salem Witch Trials -

Anne Hutchinson –

William Penn –

Mercantilism –

Balance of Trade –

Triangular Trade –

Benjamin Franklin –

Colonial Women –

Middle Passage –

Great Awakening -

Native American and French response –

Determinants of Wealth –

Mayflower Compact -

Unit 2:

Dates of French and Indian War and American Revolution -

French and Indian War –

Militia –

George Washington –

Effects on the relationship between colonists and British during the French and Indian War –

Sugar Act –

Quartering Act –

Stamp Act –

Sons of Liberty/Boycott –

Boston Massacre –

Continental Congress –

Battle at Lexington –

Battle at Concord –

Declaratory Act –

Townshend Act –

Tea Act –

Common Sense –

Enlightenment –

John Locke –

Declaration of Independence – (Know Assignment)

Parts of the Declaration of Independence –

Abigail Adams –

Natural Rights –

Loyalists –

Mercenaries –

American and British Strengths and Weaknesses –

Battle of Yorktown –

Treaty of Paris –

Impact of the Revolution –

Unit 3:

3 Branches –

Articles of Confederation –

Democracy –

Republic –

Northwest Ordinance of 1787 –

Shay’s Rebellion –

Constitutional Convention –

The 3/5 Compromise –

The President –

Divided Power –

Checks and Balances –

Powers of Congress –

Elastic Clause –

Supreme Court –

Federalists – (Why did they win?)

Anti-Federalists –

Bill of Rights – (Know what they each say)

George Washington –

Thomas Jefferson –

Alexander Hamilton –

Precedent –

Concurrent Powers –

Electoral College –

Unit 4:

House of Representatives (Terms, requirements, amount, abilities etc.) –

Senate (Terms, requirements, amount, abilities etc.) –

How Bills Become Law –

3 Options of the President –

Powers of Congress –

Elastic Clause –

Ex Post Facto Law –

President’s Terms (Requirements) –

Impeachment of a President –

Supreme Court – (Length of Term, number of judges) –

How to amend the constitution –

National Supremacy (Supremacy Clause) –

Amendments 11 - 27

Unit 5:

Presidents 1-7 -

Jeffersonian-Republicans –

Tariff –

Bank of the United States –

Interest –

Strict Constructionist –

Loose Constructionist –

Washington’s Farewell –

XYZ Affair –

Election of 1800 (why is it important and how was it decided?)–

Jefferson and the Bureaucracy –

John Marshall –

Marbury v. Madison –

Judicial Review –

Louisiana Purchase –

THE DUEL (Hamilton v. Burr) –

Causes of the war of 1812 –

General events about the War of 1812 –

Battle of New Orleans –

Missouri Compromise –