APUSH 1st Semester Final Exam Nuggets

  1. Native tribes of pre-Columbian North America- Great Plains, Southwest, Northwest,         Eastern Seaboard, Mississippi region.

  2. Las Casas v. Sepulveda debates

  3. Examples of Spanish settlement/native interactions

  4. Impact of horses on Native culture

  5. Columbian Exchange

  6. Encomienda system

  7. European perceptions of natives

  8. Motives for English colonization

  9. Early trends in American servitude / slavery-Indentured Servitude, etc.

  10. Characteristics of northern / middle / southern colonies (social, political, economic)

  11. Separatists vs. Puritans

  12. Bacon’s Rebellion / Headright system- causes/connections

  13. Results of the Great Awakening

  14. Reason for rapid population growth of 1700’s.

  15. French and Indian War / causes / results

  16.  Reason for the 1st Continental Congress

  17. Common Sense v. Declaration of Independence

  18. Mercantilism / navigation laws

  19. Treaty of Paris-Terms, etc.

  20. “Republican Motherhood” -connection to Revolution, etc.

  21. Federalists / anti-Federalists

  22. Hamilton / Jefferson- political differences 

  23. Strengths and weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation / Shays Rebellion

  24. Northwest Ordinance/expansion

  25. Constitutional Compromises

  26. Federalist Papers-  Purpose and arguments

  27.  Hamilton’s Financial Plan- supporters of… Opponents?   Why?

  28. Role of women in the early Republic

  29. Alien and Sedition Acts / nullification

  30. The Marshall Court decisions- Marbury v. Madison

  31.  Jefferson’s foreign policies

  32. War of 1812- “War Hawks”, Hartford Convention

  33.  “Era of Good Feelings” characteristics- American System

  34. Sectionalism / Missouri Compromise

  35.  Monroe Doctrine / Isolationism- Foreign policy

  36. Jacksonian Democracy-characteristics of.

  37. Tariff controversy- Why did south fear this?

  38. Market Revolution characteristics / results

  39. Gender differences in the nineteenth century

  40. Jackson’s Native American policies

  41. Origins of the Whig Party- supporters?

  42. 1840s & 1850s immigration trends

  43. 2nd Great Awakening / causes / impact

  44. Transcendentalism- authors? Ideas?

  45. Abolitionist leaders of the 1830’s-50’s

  46. Impacts of the Cotton Gin / southern slave society

  47. Seneca Falls Convention- goals and results?

  48. Manifest Destiny examples- Mexico, treaty?

  49. “American Progress” painting

  50. Political parties of the 1840’s-50’s. 

  51. Civil War causes- 1850’s key events

  52. Situation of freedmen post-Civil War

  53. Andrew Johnson’s Reconstruction Plan (compared to Lincoln’s)

  54. Black Codes- What?  Significance, etc.

  55. Evaluation of Reconstruction