READING ANALYSIS US HISTORY CH 1
Students will analyze their assigned reading and answer questions pertaining to the assigned reading.
1. Define Conquistador and then explain the impact of Conquistadors on American Indian societies.
2. What was the Enlightenment and give three examples of how it influenced American political thought?
3. How does the system of checks and balances work to keep the seperation of powers?
4. How did the Cotton Gin effect the American economy in two different ways? What was a cotton gin?
5. What factors led to the founding of the United States and the choice to make it a Democratic Republic?
a. What were the causes/effects of the arrival of Europeans on the Americas?
b. What ideas/events led to the American Revolution?
c. What ideas/debates led to the Constitution and the Bill of Rights?
d. What changed in the US Government in the late 1700's and early 1800's?
6. How was the government of the United States different under the Constitution different from the Articles of
Confederation? Cite examples.
7. Why did Antifederalists demand a Bill of Rights be added to the Constitution?
8. What achievements can be contributed to the Presidency of Thomas Jefferson?
9. What was the Monroe Doctrine and how did it increase our presence on a global scale?
10. What are the 10 amendments (rights) included in the Bill of Rights?