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A complete summary of everything you need to know ace the STAAR for this 222-23 School Year! Update: I got a 93 after using this but make sure to take LOTS of practice test and not solely rely on this!
Unit 1
coming to america, establishing the colonies, and bringing our traditions with us. Reasons for exploration Gold glory god. New England: Cold Rocky soil, Middle: Grain Farming South: Cash Crops and Slavery. Self Gov, Fundamental orders of Connecticut, Mayflower Compact, Virginia House of Burgesses
Unit 2
Now we’ve grown apart feeling taken advantage of through taxes and acts; becoming our own country. Declaration of Independence: unalienable rights and consent of the governed. Lexington and Concord, Saratoga, Yorktown, Treaty of Paris
Unit 3
First Government was weak, we made a new one with a constitution what can be changed. Northwest Ordinance, Federalists (non-political): Constitution Anti-feds: Bill of Rights Executive, Judicial, and Legislative Branches First Amendment RAPPS (Religion, Assembly, Press, Petition, Speech)
Unit 4
First presidents, first political parties, first struggles as a new nation. Federalists (Political party): Alexander Hamilton and Banks Democratic-Republicans: Thomas Jefferson and Farmers Marbury vs Madison-Judicial Review Impressment of sailors Monroe Doctrine
Unit 5
New technology to change business and new reformers to change society. Free-Enterprise Industrialization Urbanization Inventors and Inventions below Reform movements and Reformers below
Unit 6
Jackson changed government for the common man, and Manifest Destiny got us all the land. Reasons for Manifest Destiny Nullification Crisis Mexican-American War Worcester VS Georgia Immigration groups: Irish, Chinese, and Germans
Unit 7
Sectionalism, state's rights, slavery, and secession. Compromise of 1850/Fugitive Slave Law North V South: North industry, South cotton Fort Sumter Gettysburg and Vicksburg Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse
Unit 8
Change our constitution to end slavery, make African-Americans citizens, and expand the right to vote. 13th- Free 14th- Citizens 15th- Vote Sharecropping Freedmen's Bureau
What was the first successful colony?
Jamestown
What were the reasons for colonization?
Gold, glory, god
What was the House of Burgesses?
The first successful representative government in the colonies
Africa traded ______ to North America who traded ______ to Britain who traded _______ to Africa
Slaves, raw materials, manufactured goods
What was the Mayflower Contract?
An agreement to form a government
What is the middle colonies nicknamed?
The bread basket
Physical characteristics of middle colonies
Grain Farming
Spain came for:
silver and soldiers
France came for:
fur
England came for:
enterprise
New England colonies is known for their
religious groups
Southern colonies is known for their
cash crops
Middle colonies is known for being
very diverse
Puritans
Come from Mass. and are slightly crazy
New England colonies:
Maine, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Connecticut
Middle Colonies:
Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, and Delaware
Southern Colonies:
Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia
What was an accomplishment of the Northwest Ordinance?
It prohibited slavery
What led to Shay’s Rebellion?
Weak central gov, no money or power to tax, no national court/judicial system, no military, amd border and tariff disputes
What does the ring finger represent?
No money or power to tax
What does the middle finger represent?
No national court
What does the pointer finger represent?
Border and tariff disputes
What does the thumb represent?
No military
Who was against the ratification of the constitution?
Anti-Feds
Who wanted a strong national government?
Feds
Who wanted more power to states and individuals?
Anti-feds
Who wanted a Bill of rights?
Anti-feds
Who were some of the anti-feds?
Sam Adams, George Mason, and Patrick Henry
What did the new constitution (the one after the AOC) do about slavery?
3/5ths compromise and ended slave trade
What did the new constitution do economically?
It let them collect taxes and regulate trade
What is the goal of mercantilism?
System of power and money; maximize exports, minimize imports
What was New York mainly used for in the late 1600s?
It was a trading hub for commerce
What were the navigation acts?
An act that restricted colonial trade placed by England.
What was the Albany Plan of Union?
The first attempt of colonists trying to work together to form a government to fight the French.
What was the French and Indian war?
Over weather France or England gets the new colonial land/Ohio river.
Who won the French and Indian war and what was the aftermath?
The British won and debt doubled and England has 2x the empire
What did the Proclamation Line of 1763 do?
Limited westward expansion in the colonies
What were the sugar acts?
The first of many acts that placed a tax on goods to pay off debt form the French and Indian war.
What was the Quartering Act?
British made colonists pay for the housing (quarters) of soldiers.
What was the Town shed acts?
A tax on certain imported goods placed by Britain.
What was the Tea Act?
Parliament repealed the Town shed acts but kept the tax on tea to make British tea cheaper than American tea.
What happened during the first Continental congress?
The writing of the Declaration of American Rights (nothing changed though)
What was the Battle of Lexington?
The Battle that started the American Revolution
Why was the loss at bunker Hill still important?
It boosted confidence showing the British weren’t invincible.
What was the Olive Branch petition?
A peace treaty to Britain but they didn’t care
What did Thomas Paine’s Common Sense do?
Convinced others to join the Patriots.
What did the 1st section to the Declaration of Independence state?
It said all men were equal and have the right for life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
What did the 2nd section to the Declaration of Independence state?
It stated how King George abused his power.
What did the 3rd section to the Declaration of Independence state?
It declared the US as an Independent nation.
What was the turning point of the revolution?
The Battle of Trenton- showed improvement
What happened at the Battle of Saratoga?
The French joined our side and gave navy troops and supplies.
What battle did the British surrender?
The Battle of Yorktown
What happened as a result of the Treaty of Paris?
English finally saw us as the United States and gave up claims to the Ohio River
Why was the south put into districts
So they could be monitored by union army
What was the Freedman’s Beareau
A organization that gave freedman basic needs such as food, clothing, shelter, legal advice, schooling
Why was Andrew Johnson president?
Lincoln got assassination and he was the only southern senator who stayed loyal to the union
What did the south have to do to join the US?
Pledge loyalty, ratify the 13th amendment, pay their own debt, and say sorry for seceding.
Why was Johnson impeached?
Republicans though he was too lenient to the ex-confeds
What did Johnson do to the slaves?
Vetoed all laws that gave freedman more protection
What did the 13th amendment do?
Outlawed slavery
What did the 14th amendment do?
Citizenship to those born or immigrated, equal protection under the law
What did the 15th amendment do?
All adult men have the right to vote
Who was Hiram Revels?
First African-American to serve in US senate
What did the 13th and 14th amendment actually do?
Freedmen got taken advantage of making them get stuck in debt (sharecropping), freedman can’t have certain jobs and have rules
What did the 15th amendment actually do?
KKK stopped them from voting by scaring them and they were given poll taxes, literacy tests, and grandfather clause which denied the write to vote
Why did lincoln not punish the south?
He thought it would only slow down the healing process
Who were the radical republicans?
A group of Republican representative who wanted to harshly punish the south
What was the main purpose of the Freedmen's Bureau?
To help African Americans adjust to life after slavery
What is the last point LEADING to the war?
Battle of Ft. Sumpter
What were some of the key differences between the north and south?
The north was more industrial, urban, trading, more cities, and was anti-slavery
What was the underground railroad?
A network of safe stops escaped slaves could follow to the north
What did Uncle Tom’s Cabin do?
Opened up northerners eyes to the truth about slavery
What did the Kansas-Nebraska act do?
It created territories of Kansas and Nebraska where slavery would be decided by popular sovereignty
What was bleeding Kansas?
Mini civil war over weather or not there should be slavery in Kansas; lots of causalities
What was the beating of Senator Summer?
Congressman Brooks almost beating Senator Summer to death after Summer gave a passionate speech about South’s shameful defense of slavery
What was the Dred Scott case?
Dred Scott says he should be free because he lived in a free state
What was the supreme courts desition in the Dred Scott case?
Once a slave always a slave; African Americans are not citizens and counted as property
By 1860, what is the main problem in the country?
Slavery
What makes the republican party?
Anti-whigs and free soilers
What is the pro-slavery party?
Democrats
Who wins the election of 1860
Lincoln
Who is the first to seceed?
South Carolina
What was Lincolns first inaugural speech basically saying?
He wanted the country to stay together no matter what
What states follow into secession as well?
Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Texas
Why did Texas secced?
They left the union to “secure their rights“
What advantages does the North have over the South in the war?
More free citizens, industry, seas, natural reasorces
What advantages does the South have over the North in the war?
Food production, trained officers, high morale
What disadvantages does the South have over the North in the Civil war?
Less people, low manufacturing, less ships
What disavantages does the North have over the South in the war?
Bad with offense, lacked military trained officers
What was the first battle after the war started?
Battle of bull run
What unit was 1865
Unit 7 - think of the Surrender
What was the second battle of the Civil war?
The seven days battles
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