Major Topics and Essential Vocabulary you Must know for the final exam:
Set #1 - Covers the beginning of the year - first presidents
Set #2 Covers Westward Expansion - Reconstruction
Check out this Ted ed Lesson to help review some historical figures and how they helped promote positive change.
Answer the Following in your notebook:
1. Summarize the story of the Whiskey Rebellion in your own words. Make sure to include the words: George Washington, tax, federal power
2. Create a Venn Diagram or three column chart and compare the following: Primary Source, Secondary Source Here is a short video to help explain the difference between the two.
3. Elaborate on John Locke and Thomas Paine (Common Sense) helped cause The Revolutionary War .
4. Draw a picture/symbol to represent the word(s) Enlightenment Ideas.
5. Draw a picture/symbol to represent the word(s) Declaration of Independence .
6. What is your opinion of The formation of Political Parties? Be sure to include the following words: Power of the federal government and National Bank
7. Create a method to remember the meaning of the words: Checks and Balances, Federalism, and The Bill of Rights
8. What choice would you have made concerning Supporting the Indian Removal Act Andrew Jackson). Please explain your reasoning.
9. Construct a connection focusing on power of the Federal Government for the words below. Enter the words in the boxes and the connection in the arrows.
John Marshall, Supreme Court, and Marbury v. Madison
KKK, 13th, 14th, 15th Amendments, Sharecropping
10. Construct a connection for the words below. Enter the words in the boxes and the connection in the arrows.
11. Summarize the story of the Westward Expansion in your own words. Make sure to include the words: Manifest Destiny, Louisiana Purchase, Andrew Jackson and The Indian Removal Act
12. Elaborate on Kansas Nebraska Act, The Compromise of 1850, Dred Scott Decision, and the Fugitive Slave Act helped cause The Civil War .
13. Research the Erie Canal
Where was it built? and then Elaborate on the Erie Canal helped expand trade in the country
14. Summarize the story of the Washington's Presidency in your own words. Make sure to include the words: Precedent, Farewell Address, Cabinet, and the strengthening of the federal government .
15. Create a Venn Diagram or three column chart and compare the following: North and South focusing on Sectional issues.
Revolution
Presidents
Start about the 4 min mark to review what you need to know for the exam
The Marshall Court - Focus on Marbury v. Madison and McCollough v Maryland and how these decisions strengthened the Federal Government
Government
Causes of the Civil War (first half of the video reviews the causes of the Civil War before the election of 1860)
Industrialization