History 1031 Exam #2 Review Sheet

Vocabulary practice flashcards based on the format, sections, essay prompts, and terms from the History 1031 Exam #2 Review Sheet.

Articles of Confederation

Who: United States Congress, John Dickinson

When: 1781-1789

Where: York, Pennsylvania

What: First constitution of the United States

Why: Created the start to a more unified governement and helped during the Revolutionary War

Shay’s Rebellion

Who: Daniel Shays, Farmers

Where: Massachusetts

When: August 1786-Feburary 1787

What: Series of violent, armed attacks on courthouses and debt collectors by debt-burdened farmers

Why: Showed weaknesses in Articles of Confederation, contributed to the Contitutional Convention

Three- Fifths Compromise

Who: Delegates at the Constitutional Convention, James Wilson, Charles Pinckney

Where: Philedelphia, Pennsylvania

When: 1787

What: A compromise in which every enslaved person counted at 3/5 of an individual that were counted towards electoral votes and federal taxes

Why: Granted Southern slaveholding states political representation in Congress and the Electoral College, entrenching the institution of slavery within the federal government for decades while resolving a major sectional impasse that allowed the U.S. Constitution to be ratified

Paragraph Identification

An exam response format in Section Two that must be a minimum of five sentences and cover who, what, when, where, and why.

Historical Significance ("Why")

The most challenging part of a paragraph ID, which explains not why an event occurred, but why it is historically significant and why it is still studied today.

Section Three: Primary Source Analysis

A 20-point section requiring students to evaluate an excerpt from an assigned historical primary source to demonstrate comprehension and interpretation of the past.

Section Four: Essay

A 30-point section featuring two potential prompts, of which students answer one in four or five developed paragraphs supported with historical evidence.

Assigned Identification Terms

The fifteen designated terms for Exam #2: Articles of Confederation, Shays’ Rebellion, Three-Fifths Compromise, Bill of Rights, Whiskey Rebellion, XYZ Affair, Marbury v. Madison, Louisiana Purchase, Embargo Act of 1807, Tecumseh, Hartford Convention, Missouri Compromise, Indian Removal Act, Erie Canal, and Frederick Douglass.

U.S. Transformation (1789 through 1804)

A period examined in Essay Question 1 during which the new United States experienced significant change influenced by politics and the development of financial and judicial policy.

U.S. Foreign Policy (1793 to 1812)

A period examined in Essay Question 2 demonstrating that despite independence from Britain, the U.S. remained involved in European affairs as presidential administrations responded to ongoing war between the British and French.

War of 1812

The military conflict that U.S. foreign policy measures and presidential administration actions between 1793 and 1812 ultimately failed to avoid.

Market Revolution

An economic transformation between 1815 and 1840 analyzed in Essay Question 3 alongside the Jackson Administration and reform movements for expanding the nation and altering American life.

Jackson Administration

A presidential administration from 1815 to 1840 that produced political, economic, and social changes contributing to the expansion of the United States and the alteration of American society.