FINAL HISTORY STUDY GUIDE

1. What did Washington's quick response to the whiskey rebellion prove to Americans p 178
   Showed that the government could put down a rebellion and would act strongly in times of crisis

2. Washington’s views on political parties
   Did not like them, divided the country

3. Differences between Federalists and democratic republicans p 184

4. When France and England went to war again Washington issued the neutrality proclamation what did it state  p 181

US not going to interfere in the war at all, but still gonna trade

5. Why did the democratic republicans protest the sedition act? Be specific p 193
   Because it violated the 1st amendment/constitution (they wanted liberties to be protected by law not taken away)

6. In the XYZ affair, french foreign minister Charles Maurice de Tallyrand did not deal directly with Americans what did he do instead? be thorough p 191
   He sent 3 agents to deal with them (an offer) and he wanted 250,000 for himself and 10 mil as a loan to France

7. Complete this statement: President Thomas Jefferson purchased the Louisiana territory because he feared… p 205
   France would limit American access to New Orleans and the Mississippi River

8. When Jefferson sent Lewis and Clark to explore the Louisiana territory what three things did he ask them to do p 205

   1. Map route to pacific ocean

   2. Study Geography of the territory, especially rivers

   3. Learn about American Indians who lived in the Louisiana Purchase

9. Jefferson's embargo act was meant to punish France and Britain however who did the ban on trade hurt most of all p 211

American Merchants

10. What were the three major causes of the War of 1812 p217-218

    1. Ecnouraging Indians to attack US settlements and supplying them with guns/ammo

    2. US sailor impressment

    3. The British did not accept or even respond to the offer of neutrality (for seizing American ships/impressment of sailors).

    4. British seizure of American goods and ships

11. Which fort was being attacked when the star-spangled banner was written and who protects the poem p 222

Fort McHenry and Francis Scott Key

12. I__n the Monroe Doctrine president monroe warned what p 236__

He warned European nations not to attempt to regain control of the newly independent nations of Latin America

13. What change in voting requirements caused laborers, artisans, craft workers, and shopkeepers to gain the right to vote in by 1830 p249

They dropped the requirement for voters to own land

14. Look at the timeline on p 261, what issue is being debated in the nullification crisis

States rights

15. __What stood in the war of white settlers and American Indians living side by side? P 27__2

Land

16. Look at the roots of manifest destiny graphic on p 303 people had different reasons for supporting manifest destiny how might people’s values lead them to support manifest destiny?

17. What did the fall of the Alamo spark in Texas and American citizensP 298

Sparked cries for revenge which was what happened in the Battle of San Jacinto (battle after)

18. In the border dispute between the us and Mexico, what land was claimed by both countries p 304
    Land between the Rio Grande and Nueces River

19. Look at the map on page 306 to which lands previously owned by Mexico did the US gain in 1845 and 1848
    Texas in 1845 then Mexican Cession in 1848

20. Look at the map on page 306 what lands did the US gain from Great Britain in 1846
    Oregon Country

21. More than 80000 people made the journey to California in search of gold why did they get the nickname “forty-niners” p 308
    Year they arrived (1849)

22. What groups were part of the California mining community p 310
    People from many different countries+African Americans+White Americans+American Indians

23. How did Brigham Young lead Mormons to a new home in Utah p 307__
    __Seek Religious freedom

24. Even before the mexican american war what were Americans in northern California doing p 305
    Fought with Mexicans for being under their rule and made their own independent nation (Bear Flag Revolt)

25. Eli Whitney is known as the “father of mass production” his innovation made all machine parts identical what was this innovation called? P322
    Interchangeable parts

26. Eli Whitney-father of mass production
    Thomas Edison-wizard of Menlo Park
    Samuel Slater opened mills and helped bring this era to New England-Industrial Rev
    Division of labor-each worker performs a single operation
    Interchangeable parts-All machine made parts are identical

27. A job in the Lowell mills was usually filled by whom p325
    Lowell girls

28. Young women valued economic freedom but what were some difficulties in a mill job? P 325
    Factory work was tedious, hard, and dangerous. Summer was too hot and winter was too cold which led to people getting sick. Machines had no safety and there were many accidents.

29. How did North and South industries contrast p 344
    Industrial VS Agricultural

30. What did poor working conditions lead workers to form p 336

Trade Unions-part of a labor reform movement which called for short workday, higher wages, better working conditions, etc and there were many strikes

31. By the late 1840s which group of people were the main factory workers p 337
    Immigrants

32. Southern states reacted to nat turner's rebellion by doing what p 352
    Limiting African Merican rights further (more restrictions)

33. List 5 social reforms that occurred during the era of reform, p362-368

    1. Prison reform

    2. Temperance Movement-against alcohol use

    3. Expanding education for African Americans

    4. Care of the disabled (jail)

    5. Women’s rights

34. What were 2 push factors for German and Irish immigrants p337-338
    Famine+democratic reform

35. How did nativists view immigrants p 338

    1. People who stole jobs

    2. They didnt belong

    3. Untrustworthy

    4. criminals

36. How did the audience react to Frederick Douglass's speech at the anti-slavery meeting p 356
    They were moved to tears

37. In the first issue of the liberator, how did william lloyd garrison express his commitment to abolition p 356
    Basically, he will say the absolute truth and not fair towards anyone and will not hold back on any part. He opposed it

38. What were 2 ways women like lucretia mott and elizabeth cady stanton contributed to the women’s movement p 369
    Seneca Falls Convention+Declaration of Sentiments

39. The declaration of sentiments was modeled after which document p 370
    Declaration of Independence

40. How did the Missouri Compromise deal with slavery in the lands gained in the Louisiana Purchase p 390
    Everything above 36 degrees and 30’N would not be allowed and everything below yes in Louisiana Purchase (exception for Missouri)

41. H__ow did stephen douglas propose that Kansas and Nebraska should decide the issue of slavery p 399__

Popular Sovereignty

42. List 3 major points of the Dred Scott decision p 403

    1. Scott still property

    2. Slaves cannot find freedom anywhere

    3. Missouri Compromise Unconstitutional

43. When southern states began seceding what did Lincoln emphasize about the Constitution p 414
    No part of it allowed seceding which meant that the Union should be preserved

44. Put events in Chronological order

    1. The Compromise of 1850

    2. Kansas Nebraska act

    3. Dred Scott decision

    4. Drive by at fort sumter

    5. Lee surrenders at Appomattox Courthouse

45. What bombardment mark the start of the civil war
    Fort Sumter Attack

46. Which side had the advantage for each p 418

    1. Population: Union

    2. Railroads: Union

    3. Manufactured Goods: Union

    4. Factories: Union

47. How did the emancipation proclamation change the purpose of the war p 432
    Changed it from preserving the Union to ending slavery

48. How does your textbook define reconstruction under abraham lincoln p 463

Wanted to make it easier for the south to rejoin the union

49. How did the 13th Amendment change the Constitution p 466
    Abolished slavery

50. What was the purpose of black codes p 468
    To preserve African Americans as an underclass and a source of cheap labor

51. How does the 14th Amendment change the Constitution p 470
    Made African Americans born in US citizens

52. I__n order to rejoin the union what three things did former Confederate states have to do p 471__

    1. Write new constitutions

    2. Ratify 14th amendment

    3. Allow African Americans to vote

53. Which political party supported the rights of freedmen during Reconstruction p 471
    Republicans

54. How did the 15th Amendment change the Constitution p 473
    Allowed African Americans the right to vote

55. During Reconstruction African Americans not only voted but what else did they to do to gain political power p 476

    1. Voted in large numbers

    2. Became sheriffs mayors and legislators

    3. Became congress members

    4. Became senators

56. What did the ku klux klan work to do p 478
    Keep  African Americans and white Republicans out of office

57. What happened to African Americans' political rights in the South after Reconstruction ended p 486
    Lost them

58. What was a poll tax p 486
    A Southern requirement for voters to pay a fee each time they voted which freedmen could rarely afford

59. What were literacy tests p 486
    A southern requirement that required voters to read and explain a section of the Consitution (many African Americans never learned to read)

What areas of society were segregated by jim crow laws p 487
Blacks and whites were kept separate from each other in schools, restaurants, theaters, trains, streetcars, playgrounds, hospitals, and even cemeteries