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U.S History: Unit 1 Study Guide
Chapter 2 Section 1: Colonial Resistance and Rebellion
Terms and Names to Know
King George III / Sugar Act / Stamp Act / Samuel Adams / Boston MassacreBoston Tea Party / John Locke / Common Sense / Thomas Jefferson / Declaration of Independence
Concepts to Understand
- How did the colonists respond to new taxes?
- How did Britain try to punish Boston for its protests?
- What actions did the colonies take to prepare for war?
- What ideas of John Locke did Thomas Jefferson put in the Declaration of Independence?
Chapter 2 Section 3: Confederation and the Constitution
Terms and Names to Know
republic / Articles of Confederation / Northwest Ordinance of 1787 / Shay’s Rebellion / James Madisonchecks and balances / ratification / Federalists / Antifederalists / Bill of Rights
Concepts to Understand
- What problems did the Confederation face?
- How was power divided in the new Constitution?
- How did the Federalists and Antifederalists feel about the Constitution?
- Why has the Constitution been able to meet the changing needs of the country for so long?
The Living Constitution
Terms to Know
bills / federal / framers / impeachment / vetoSenate / Supreme Court / Congress / House of Representatives / elastic clause
Bill of Rights / chief executive
Concepts to Understand
- Why are there more House members than Senate members?
- How can the president lose his or her job before election time?
- How are Supreme Court justices appointed?
Chapter 4 Section 1: The Divisive Politics of Slavery
Terms and Names to Know
secession / popular sovereignty / Underground Railroad / Harriet Tubman / Harriet Beecher StoweFranklin Pierce / Dred Scott / Abraham Lincoln / Confederacy / Jefferson Davis
Concepts to Understand
- What were two features of the Compromise of 1850?
- What were two ways in which people took actions against slavery?
- What major political party was born out of the slavery issue?
- What major event led to the secession of Southern states from the Union?
Chapter 4 Section 2: The Civil War Begins
Terms and Names to Know
FortSumter / Bull Run / Stonewall Jackson / Ulysses S. Grant / Robert E. LeeAntietam / Emancipation Proclamation / Conscription / Clara Barton / Income tax
Concepts to Understand
- What four advantages did the North have over the South?
- What were two effects of the Emancipation Proclamation?
- How did the war affect the economies of both North and South?
Chapter 4 Section 3: The North Takes Charge
Terms and Names to Know
Gettysburg / Gettysburg Address / Vicksburg / William Tecumseh Sherman / Appomattox Court House13th Amendment / John Wilkes Booth
Concepts to Understand
- How did Gettysburg change the war?
- Why did Lincoln fear he might not be re-elected?
- What were two ways in which the Civil War changed the nation?
- How was slavery finally abolished in the United States?
Chapter 4 Section 4: Reconstruction and Its Effects
Terms and Names to Know
Freedmen’s Bureau / Reconstruction / Radicals / Andrew Johnson / Fourteenth AmendmentFifteenth Amendment / Scalawag / Carpetbagger / Hiram Revels / sharecropping
Ku Klux Klan
Concepts to Understand
- How did the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments improve the lives of African Americans?
- Who had control of land and labor in the South?
- How was Reconstruction undone?