US History
Semester Exam-Study Guide
Chapter 1
1. What did the Native Americans believe would happen if they failed to perform their rituals?
2. What was the transatlantic trade between Europe and the Americas in which the two continents traded crops and livestock with one another during the 1400s and 1500s called?
3. What were the names of Christopher Columbus’ three ships?
4. Cash Crops-
5. Plantation-
6. Migration-
7. Kinship-
8. Barter-
Chapter 2
9. Colony-
10. Conquistador-
11. Mestizo-
12. Charter-
13. Legislature-
14. Indentured Servant-
15. Religious tolerance-
16. Haven-
17. Diversity-
18. What were the first laws the Pilgrims established when they landed in New England in 1620?
19. What colony’s settlers mysteriously disappeared in 1590?
20. In 1692, what were dozens of men and women accused of being and later executed for denial?
Chapter 3
21. What economic theory said that a country should try to get and keep as much gold and silver as possible?
22. What was trade between the Americas, Europe, and Africa called?
23. What were people who settled in a new country called?
24. Balance of trade-
25. Staple crop-
26. Apprentice-
27. Self-sufficient-
28. Middle Passage-
29. Dissent-
30. Migration-
31. Great Awakening-
32. What was the first college in the colonies?
Chapter 4
33. Militia-
34. Boycott-
35. What founding father was the author of Common Sense?
36. What founding father wrote the Declaration of Independence and had an affair with one of his slaves, Sally Heming?
37. What founding father was orphaned in the West Indies, and later founded the Federalist Party and the US Coast Guard?
38. What two ancient European civilizations did the founding fathers study in order to figure out which government would work best for the American colonies?
39. What founding father is known as the “Father of the Constitution” and co-authored the Federalist Papers?
40. What event occurred on December 16, 1773, when Americans dumped over three hundred crates of tea in the Boston Harbor?
41. Where did the First Continental Congress meet?
42. Who was commander of the American forces during the Revolutionary War?
43. What American revolutionary hero became a traitor midway through the Revolutionary War?
44. What was the final major battle in the Revolutionary War in which General Cornwallis was forced to surrender?
Chapter 5
45. How many senators are there per state?
46. What is a two-house legislature called?
47. What body of government makes up the legislative branch?
48. What body of government makes up the judicial branch?
49. What body of government makes up the executive branch?
50. What are the first ten amendments of the US Constitution known as?
51. What rights did Thomas Jefferson want to be guaranteed in the US Constitution because they were included in the Declaration of Independence?
52. In 1789, who was elected President of the United States by the new Electoral College in a unanimous vote?
53. Democracy-
54. Republic-
55. Checks & balances-
56. Ratify-
57. Constitution-
58. Inauguration-
59. Precedent-
60. Second Amendment-
Chapter 6
61. What was the controversy in 1798 in which French agents demanded bribes from American negotiators?
62. What were the three judges that John Adams signed on the last day in office known as?
63. Who was Thomas Jefferson’s Vice President that shot and killed Alexander Hamilton in a duel?
64. In 1804, what two men did Thomas Jefferson send to map and explore this newly purchased land?
65. Assimilation-
66. Judicial Review-
Chapter 9/10
67. What American organization pushed for the release of slaves and helped create a free slave state in Liberia?
68. What Mexican leader warned the United States that the annexation of Texas would be a declaration of war?
69. What country won the Mexican-American War?
70. What was the reform effort to eliminate alcohol from American society known as?
71. What period of mass starvation killed 1 million Irish and forced another million to emigrate?
72. What American abolitionist escaped from slavery and published the North Star?
73. What Missouri slave sued his owner for his freedom because he was once a free man in territories where slavery was illegal?
74. What Senator from Mississippi was elected president of the Confederate States of America?
75. What Senator defeated Abraham Lincoln in the election of 1858 in order to remain Senator of Illinois?
76. Who won the Presidential election of 1860?
77. What former slave joined the abolitionist movement in 1843 and reminded white women that African American women also had a place in the women’s rights movement?
78. What fort in South Carolina were federal troops forced to surrender after a 34 hour bombardment by Confederate soldiers?
79. Suffrage-
80. Gag rule-
81. Segregated-
82. Abstinence-
83. Transcendentalism-
84. Secessionists-
85. Manifest destiny-
86. Wilmot Proviso-
87. Gadsden Purchase-
88. Annex-
Civil War
89. What general became Commander of the Confederate Army after turning
down Lincoln’s offer to become Commander of the Union Army?
90. Who won the United States Civil War?
91. What did the Confederates do when they captured free blacks in Pennsylvania?
92. How many days did the Battle of Gettysburg last?
93. In 1861, what was the population of the north compared to the south?
94. What was General Thomas Jackson’s nickname?
95. Habeas Corpus-
96. Copperheads-
97. What side were the British on during the American Civil War?
98. What caused both the Union and Confederacy to issue a draft?
99. What country’s merchant ship, Trent, was captured by Union Captain Charles Wilkes?
100.Why did mobs rampage through New York City in 1863?
SHORT ANSWER
In your opinion, what was the primary cause of the American Civil War? (Paragraph-5 sentences)