American History I

Ms. Page
American History I Final Exam Guide
Materials:
● The Americans​ (textbook), primary and secondary documents discussed in class available through Canvas, and class notes
Exam Composition:
1. Multiple-Choice (22 questions - 1 point each / 22 points total)
2. Linking Identifications (4 terms links - 5 pts. each / 20 total)
3. Chronologies (4 questions - 2 points each / 8 total)
4. Longer Short Answers and Document Analyses (4 questions - 10 points each / 40 total)
5. Map or Chart Analysis (5 questions - 2 points each / 10 total)
Study Guide Hints:
1. Review your reading notes, questions, and identifications, looking up any and all material on which you’re “fuzzy.”
2. Organize your reading notes from the semester, and review them in conjunction with your book and your class notes.
3. Read through primary and secondary documents we have discussed in class, and make notes linking them to identifications.

Themes and Questions for Longer Short Answers:

Themes:
1)​Imperialism, Colonialism, and
Expansion
2) ​Religion, Religious Tolerance, and
Religious Intolerance
3) ​Trade and Economic Systems
4)​ Slavery and Labor
5)​ Social Norms and Gender
6) ​Immigration and Migration
7)​ Philosophy and Philosophy of
Government
8) ​Resistance and Dissent
Questions:
1. - ​What were central similarities and differences among European, Native American, and West
African Societies prior to 1492?
2. -What factors motivated European nations to explore new lands? What factors led them to
embrace imperialism and colonialism?
3. What was the effect of European and American expansion on Native cultures?
4. -What were the origins of the Transatlantic slave trade, and what role did slavery play in the
Spanish and British colonies? In the American Revolution? The Constitutional Convention?
5. -What are examples of resistance to or dissent from the established authority -- public
(government) or private (business) the American colonies and U.S., through 1880?
6. - What were the social, economic, and political effects of the Industrial and Market Revolutions on
American society?
7. -What areas of American society did individuals and groups seek to reform between 1800 and
1890, and what were their methods?
8. -What are examples of “nationalism” and “sectionalism” in American politics and culture between
1800 and 1890?
9. -How did the nature of American slavery evolve over the course of the 19th century, and what
impact did slavery have on American politics and culture?
10. -What the significant achievements of Reconstruction? What social and political factors impeded
Reconstruction?
11. -Trace the evolution of westward expansion between 1800 and 1890, with particular attention to
the impact on Native American cultures.
12. -What was the impact of the Second Industrial Revolution on U.S. politics, culture, and society?

Review Assignment #1: Group Game

With your group, develop a short (roughly 7-minute) game to help your classmates review what you view as the most important themes and events in
your assigned areas of focus. Your game should not require technology to play, and should be ready to go on Tuesday, 5/28.
Group Members ______________________________________ Unit coverage _________________________________________

Review Assignment #2: Thinking about Themes

In history, a ‘theme’ is simply a core idea that can be traced over time. In this course, we have examined a range of themes in the history of the
portion of the Americas that would become the United States. Those included in the section above are just a few examples; you may think of others.
Which themes have been most interesting to you? Choose​ two ​themes to reflect on. For each theme, choose ​5 events​ between the 16th and 19th
century that reflect or convey it. Write a short paragraph connecting the events; then, try to draw out the significance of your connections. What can
we learn from each of your two short thematic analyses?

1) Example theme: Rebellion

2) Brainstorm all of the terms, ideas, and events you associate with that theme. Then select the 5 most significant in your view.
3) Events: Bacon’s Rebellion, The Stono Rebellion, Pontiac’s Rebellion, The American Revolution, Nat Turner’s Rebellion
4) Write a paragraph connecting these events and drawing out some significance.
5) Choose another theme that has sparked your interest throughout the year, and do the same.
Classroom Terms:
sourcing
corroboration
contextualization
oral history
primary source
secondary source
historiography
archaeology
“contested history”
paradigm shift
nation, state, nation-state
Textbook and Classroom Terms:
Beringia Land Bridge
kinship
division of labor
Islam
Prince Henry the Navigator
Crusades
Reformation
Renaissance
Bartoleme de Las Casas
Columbian Exchange
conquistadors
Hernán Cortés
New Spain
encomienda
mestizo
Pope’s Rebellion
joint-stock companies
Jamestown
indentured servants
royal colony
Bacon’s Rebellion
Roger Williams
tobacco
Puritans
John Winthrop
Separatists
Plymouth Colony
Massachusetts Bay Colony
“City on a Hill”
Anne Hutchinson
King Philip’s War
mercantilism
Navigation Acts
Glorious Revolution
salutary neglect
cash crop
triangular trade
middle passage
Stono Rebellion
Salem Witch Trials
Great Awakening
Jonathan Edwards
French and Indian War
Iroquois
Treaty of Paris (1763)
Pontiac’s Rebellion
Proclamation of 1763
Sugar Act
Stamp Act
colonialism
religious syncretism
Chattel slavery
Kennewick Man
assimilation
coverture
“terrible transformation”
Regulator Movement
Virtual Representation
Republican Motherhood
Fugitive Slave Clause
Boston Massacre
committees of
correspondence
King George III
Lexington and Concord
Olive Branch Petition
Common Sense
Declaration of
Independence
Revolutionary War Key
Battles
Treaty of Paris (1783)
egalitarianism
republicanism
Articles of Confederation
Northwest Ordinance
debtor vs. creditor
Shays’ Rebellion
Great Compromise
3/5ths Compromise
division and separation of
powers
Federalist Papers
Antifederalist
Bill of Rights
First Cabinet
Federalists vs.
Republicans
Hamilton’s Financial Plan
two-party system
Whiskey Rebellion
neutrality
election of 1796
sectionalism
Alien and Sedition Acts
Virginia and Kentucky
Resolutions
nullification
John Marshall
judicial review
Louisiana Purchase
Lewis and Clark
Sacajawea
impressment
embargo
war hawks
Tecumseh
Andrew Jackson
Treaty of Ghent
Industrial Revolution
Eli Whitney
Samuel Slater
French Revolution Mudsill theory
Marquis de Lafayette “Positive Good” theory
Napoleon Douglass’ 4th of July Speech
Haitian Revolution Anthony Burns
New Orleans Alexis de Toqueville
Barbary Wars “Offensive Defense”
Hartford Convention Confiscation Acts
Gradual emancipation Homestead Act
Kitchen cabinet Bread Riots
“Common school” Contraband
Lost Cause Carlisle Industrial School
Gospel of Wealth
American System Middle Ground Sanitary Commission
Tariff of 1816 Trails Westward Vicksburg
McCullough v. Maryland Texas Independence Gettysburg
John Quincy Adams Republic of Texas Gettysburg Address
Nationalism James K. Polk William T. Sherman
Monroe Doctrine Nueces/Rio Grande Sherman’s March
Missouri Compromise Wilmot Proviso Total War
Election of 1824 Spot Resolution Appomattox
Andrew Jackson Bear Flag Republic Treaty John Wilkes Booth
Jacksonian Democracy Treaty of Guadalupe Thirteenth Amendment
“Five Civilized Tribes” Hidalgo Fourteenth Amendment
Sequoya Gadsden Purchase Fifteenth Amendment
Indian Removal Gold rush/49ers Radical Republicans
Worcester v. Georgia Compromise of 1850 Thaddeus Stevens
Treaty of New Echota Fugitive Slave Act Wade-Davis Bill
Trail of Tears Popular Sovereignty Freedman’s Bureau
John C. Calhoun Stephen A. Douglas Black codes
Tariff of Abominations Personal Liberty Laws Reconstruction Act of 1867
Hayne-Webster Debate Underground Railroad Scalawag
Force Bill Uncle Tom’s Cabin Carpetbagger
Bank of the United States Kansas-Nebraska Act 40 Acres and a Mule
Whig Party Bleeding Kansas Sharecropping
Panic of 1837 John Brown Tenant Farming
Second Great Awakening Charles Sumner Ku Klux Klan
Revivalism Nativism KKK/Enforcement Acts
Charles Grandison Finney Know-Nothing Party Grant Administration
Unitarianism Free-Soil Party Scandals
AME Church Republican Party Panic of 1873
Transcendentalism Dred Scott v. Sanford Redemption
Horace Mann Lincoln-Douglas Debates Rutherford B. Hayes
Dorothea Dix Secession Home rule
David Walker Confederate States of Great Plains
Frederick Douglass America Exodusters
The North Star Fort Sumter Homestead Act
Nat Turner Anaconda Plan Battle of Little Big Horn
Slave codes Robert E. Lee George Armstrong Custer
Gag rule Ulysses S. Grant Sitting Bull
Elizabeth Cady Stanton Bull Run Assimilation
Cult of Domesticity Shiloh Dawes Act
Temperance David G. Farragut Ghost Dance
William Lloyd Garrison New Orleans Wounded Knee
Sojourner Truth Richmond Second Industrial
Putting-out system Antietam Revolution
Master, journeyman, British Neutrality Resource Extraction
apprentice Emancipation Proclamation Andrew Carnegie
Lowell Mill Habeas Corpus Scientific Management
National Trades Union Copperheads Labor Union
Market revolution and Conscription Great Railroad Strike
inventions Draft Riots Nativism
Manifest destiny Income tax Chinese Exclusion Act
Black Hawk War Andersonville Presidential Elections:
Clara Barton 1800, 1824, 1844, 1852,
1856
1860, 1864, 1868, 1876