USI-Level 1/Honors

Orleck

2011 Midterm Review Guide

Format: Your midterm exam will be a cumulative exam covering all the material
we have done up to this point. This will be a scan-tron exam that will consist of
multiple choice, true/false, matching/identifications, map analysis, as well as a
written response. Please note that your exam will include new material from our
“New Nation/Chapter 6” unit.

Review: Preparation is the absolute key to successfully preparing for cumulative

exams. We will review in class during “Reading Days”, but you absolutely MUST
be disciplined and create a multi-day study plan and schedule. If you would like
help with study skills, please do not hesitate to see me.

Organization: I expect you to create tangible study materials for this exam.
Simply reading over notes is not enough. You should have ALL materials from
the year organized. Expect your study guide to be checked at random intervals
in the time leading up to the exam.

Unit 1: European Exploration

Essential Question:
• What were the social, economic, and political motivation factors that drove
European exploration, colonization, and expansion of the Atlantic World?
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Key Questions:
• Why were the Spanish conquistadors able to dominate in the new world?
• How did the Columbian Exchange positively and negatively change society
for both Europeans and Native Americans?
• What factors contributed to the demise of Native American populations in
the Atlantic World? How did disease contribute to a new economic triangle
between West Africa, the Atlantic World, and Europe?
• What were the economic and religious goals of colonization and
settlement?
• What new technologies aided European expansion and advancements?
• How did the outcome of the conflict between England and Spain affect
colonization in the Americas? How did the Spanish and English colonization
of the new world affect economics of Spain and England?
• How were Native American communities in the Atlantic World organized?
How was land ownership viewed?
• How were European communities in the Atlantic World organized? How
was land ownership viewed?
• How were West African communities in the Atlantic World organized? How
was land ownership viewed?

Sample terms:

Astrolab/compass Ecomienda
Monopoly Conquistador Treaty of Tordesillas
Joint stock company Diaspora Inca
Caravel Viceroy Aztec
Inflation Indentured servant Explorers (Columbus,
Pueblo Revolt Cortes, Pizzaro, etc
Unit II: English Colonies in the Atlantic World

Essential Question: What were the similarities and differences in the

Northern, Middle and Southern Colonies?

Key Questions:
•
• What motivated Pilgrims and Puritans to leave England and settle in
the northeast area of North America?
• How effective was the English government in maintaining political
authority in the colonies?
• How did the organization of labor in the Chesapeake Bay Colony
contribute to rebellion of indentured servants and reliance on African
Slave labor?
• How did the cultural background of the colonists affect the
development of the colonies they settled?
• How did the colonies founded after the Restoration differ from the
New England Colonies?
• How did the Great Awakening effect religious life for the colonists?
• How did the desire for land and goods among the colonists affect the
relationship between England and France?
• What were the effects of the French and Indian War?

Sample Terms:
John Winthrop Colonial mercantilism
Anne Hutchinson Quakers
Salem Witch Trials Iroquois league
Great Awakening Nathanial Bacon
Jonathan Edwards Indentured Servants
Albany Plan of Union William Bradford
Land speculators
William Pitt

Navigation Acts
Unit III: The American Revolution

Essential Question: What were the long and short term causes of the
American Revolution?

Lesson Key Questions:

• How did the various taxation acts lead to colonial unity?
• What happened at the Battle of Lexington?
• How did the events at Lexington, Concord, and along the Battle
Road lead to war between the colonies and Great Britain?
• What impact did Thomas Paine’s “Common Sense” have on the
American Revolution?
• Why did the Founders write the Declaration of Independence?
• What hardships and difficulties did the Continental army face in
the early years of the war, and how were they able to sustain the
war effort in spite of those challenges?
• How were the colonies able to win independence?
• What effect did the participation of European powers have on the
Revolutionary War?
• What did liberty mean to women and slaves? How distinct was it
from the liberty of white males?
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 Sugar Act Battles of George
Stamp Act Lexington & Washington
Boston Concord Guerilla
Massacre Declaration Warfare
Direct of Thomas
Representati Independenc Jefferson
on e Townshend
Virtual Common Acts
Representati Sense Benedict
on Thomas Arnold
Intolerable Paine Age of
Acts Treaty of Limited
Coercive Paris Warfare
Acts Loyalists Ticonderoga
Saratoga
Trenton
Charleston

Yorktown
Franco-Alliance
Hessians

Unit IV/V: Forming a Perfect Union (includes

Consititution/Amendments)

Essential Question: What values and ideals were represented in the

new government of the United States?

• What were the boundaries of membership in the United States at

the time of its founding?
• How does the organization of the federal government reflect
concerns about a powerful national government?
• How did the government’s economic policies lead to Shays’
Rebellion?
• How might the framers of the Constitution have helped to ensure
that more citizens had a voice in government?
• What factors shaped the republican ideals and the Republican
motherhood?
• What might have happened if the framers outlawed slavery in
the Constitution?
• How did colonial experiences influence the way state
constitutions were written?

Goals:
 • Discuss why the founding fathers adopted the Articles of
Confederation
• Argue why the founding fathers felt the need for a centralized
government
• Explain how the Virginia Plan called for a stronger national
government
• Explain how the Northwest Ordinance tried to resolve future
conflicts over western lands.
• Understand the intellectual trends that influenced the drafting of
the U.S. Constitution
• Describe the how the Constitution divides power between the
federal and state governments
• Explain how the separation of powers prevents each branch of
government from becoming too powerful
• Identify provisions in the Constitution that allow for its flexibility

Terms/People/Places

Depression Daniel Shays Delegated powers

John Locke Shays’ Rebellion Reserved powers
Virginia Statute for Constitutional Concurrent powers
Religious Freedom Convention Supremacy clause
Judith Sargent James Madison Separation of
Murray Edmund Randolph powers
Republican Virginia Plan Roger Checks and
Motherhood Sherman Great balances
Article of Compromise Impeachment
Confederation Three-Fifths Veto
Land Ordinance of Compromise Override
1785 Federalists Elastic clause
Northwest Antifederalists
Ordinance The Federalist
Unit VI: New Nation

Unit Essential Question: What were some successes and challenges

for the new American nation?

Key Questions:
• What domestic challenges did George Washington face during his
presidency?
• What was Alexander Hamilton’s plan to fix the national debt?
• What foreign policy difficulties did George Washington face during
his presidency?
• What are the origins of political parties in the United States?
• How can the presidency of John Adams be characterized?
• What was Thomas Jefferson’s philosophy of leadership?
• How did the United States gain territory and double its size in
1803?
• What were the causes of the War of 1812?
• What are the origins of the “Era of Good Feelings?’
• What major changes defined the beginning of the Industrial
Revolution?
• How did the IR divide the country?
• What was Henry Clay’s ‘American System’ and how did it make the
US stronger before and after the panic of 1819?
• In what ways were Americans persuaded to expand westward in
the early 1800s?
• How was the United States involved in foreign affairs from 1815-
1823 and what was Monroe’s role in the involvement?

Terms:

Judiciary Act of 1789 French Revolution Toussaint

Alexander Hamilton Edmond Genet Louverture
Bank of the United John Jay Meriwether Lewis
States Jay’s Treaty William Clark
Whiskey Rebellion Pickney’s Treaty Sacagawea
Little Turtle Thomas Pickney Zebulon Pike
Anthony Wayne XYZ affair Orders in Council
Battle of Fallen Alien and Sedition Embargo Act
Timbers Acts Non-Intercourse Act
Treaty of Greenvillle Kentucky and Tecumseh
Cabinet Virginia Resolutions William Henry
Strict construction Judicial Review Harrison
Loose Construction Aaron Burr Battle of Tippecanoe
Capitalism Twelfth Amendment Battle of Thames
Impressment John Marshall Dolly Madison
Right of deposit Marbury V. Madison Andrew Jackson
Sectionalism Louisiana Purchase
Battle of New Treaty of Ghent
Orleans Hartford Convention