I WANT YOU….
TO REVIEW FOR THE
U.S. HISTORY & GOVERNMENT MIDTERM
YOUR NAME: ___________________________
DATE OF MIDTERM
TIME OF MIDTERM
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ESSENTIAL SUPREME COURT CASES TO KNOW
SAMPLE
Marbury v. Madison (1803)
Issue: President Adams had appointed William Marbury a Justice of the Peace, but when the new Jefferson
administration arrived in office, they refused to give Marbury his commission. Marbury sued.
Decision: John Marshall ruled against Marbury and declared the law that made him a justice of the peace
unconstitutional
Why is this case important? Marbury v. Madison established the principle of Judicial
Review. Judicial
Review gave the court the power to declare a law passed by Congress unconstitutional (checks & balances)
McCulloch v. Maryland (Year: ______________)
Issue:
Decision:
Why is this case important?
Worcester v. Georgia (Year: ______________)
Issue:
Decision:
Why is this case important?
Scott v. Sanford (Dred Scott case) (Year: ______________)
Issue:
Decision:
Why is this case important?
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US v. E.C. Knight (Year: ______________)
Issue:
Decision:
Why is this case important?
Plessy v. Ferguson (Year: ______________)
Issue:
Decision:
Why is this case important?
Northern Securities Co. v. US (Year: ______________)
Issue:
Decision:
Why is this case important?
Muller v. Oregon (Year: ______________)
Issue:
Decision:
Why is this case important?
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IMPORTANT PRESIDENCIES
SAMPLE
George Washington (Term: 1789-1797)
Successes
!
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Failures
!
Set precedents as president (i.e. two terms &
the cabinet)
Strengthened the economy with Hamilton’s
financial plan
Kept peace with Europe with the
Proclamation of Neutrality & Farewell
Address
Unable to prevent the divisions between
Hamilton and Jefferson that led to the first
political parties emerge. Washington
thought that political parties (“factions”)
were bad for the country
Thomas Jefferson (Term: ____________________________)
Successes
Failures
Andrew Jackson (Term: ____________________________)
Successes
Failures
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Abraham Lincoln (Term: ____________________________)
Successes
Failures
Theodore Roosevelt (Term: ____________________________)
Successes
Failures
Woodrow Wilson (Term: ____________________________)
Successes
Failures
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EARLY DIPLOMACY & CONFLICT
SAMPLE
Washington’s Farewell Address (Year(s) 1796)
How did this impact the US?
This policy prevented us from being dragged into the French Revolutionary Wars. However
it damaged our relationship with the French, who had been our Revolutionary War ally.
Louisiana Purchase (Year(s)____________________)
How did this impact the US?
War of 1812 (Year(s)____________________)
How did this impact the US?
Mexican American War (Year(s)____________________)
How did this impact the US?
Monroe Doctrine (Year(s)____________________)
How did this impact the US?
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TURNING POINTS IN US HISTORY
Year
How did the US change in this year?
1776
The Declaration of Independence, written by Thomas Jefferson, gave the political
justification for why the US should become independent from the British Empire.
Jefferson stated that Britain had deprived Americans of their natural rights and
therefore we had the right to revolution.
1783
1789
1800
1848
1860
1877
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PRINCIPLES OF THE US CONSTITUTION
Popular Sovereignty
Definition:
How does this concept promote democracy?
Federalism
Definition:
How does this concept promote democracy?
Separation of Powers
Definition:
How does this concept promote democracy?
Checks and Balances
Definition:
How does this concept promote democracy?
Limited Government
Definition:
How does this concept promote democracy?
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IMPORTANT PEOPLE IN US HISTORY
Name
Why is this person significant in US History?
Jane Addams
Addams (influenced by the social gospel) establish Hull House.
Susan B. Anthony
John Brown
William Jennings Bryan
John C. Calhoun
Andrew Carnegie
Dorothea Dix
Stephen Douglas
Frederick Douglass
W.E.B. Du Bois
Henry Ford
Samuel Gompers
Alexander Hamilton
Robert La Follette
Lewis & Clark
John Locke
Horace Mann
John Marshall
Baron de Montesquieu
Thomas Paine
Gifford Pinchot
Jacob Riis
John D. Rockefeller
Upton Sinclair
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Lincoln Steffens
Harriett Beecher Stowe
Ida Tarbell
Mark Twain
William M. Tweed
Booker T. Washington
John Peter Zenger
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COMPROMISES IN US HISTORY
Why was compromised needed?
Slave Trade
Compromise
At the constitutional convention, southern representatives wanted to continue
the international slave trade (Middle Passage) with Africa, while northern
representatives wanted to end it.
What did the compromise do?
The compromise stated that the international slave trade would continue for
twenty years (until 1808). After this year, importing slaves from Africa would be
illegal.
Why was compromised needed?
Great
Compromise What did the compromise do?
Why was compromised needed?
Three-Fifths
Compromise What did the compromise do?
Why was compromised needed?
Missouri
Compromise What did the compromise do?
Why was compromised needed?
Compromise
of 1850
What did the compromise do?
Why was compromised needed?
Compromise
of 1877
What did the compromise do?
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LAWS!
Law
What is the historical significance of this law?
Stamp Act (1765)
The Stamp Act (passed by Parliament) was a tax on printed material that led to
the protest ‘no taxation without representation’ - a major cause of the revolution.
Northwest Ordinance
(1787)
Alien and Sedition
Acts (1798)
Embargo Act (1807)
Tariff of
Abominations (1828)
Indian Removal Act
(1830)
Fugitive Slave Act
(1850)
Kansas Nebraska Act
(1854)
Homestead Act (1862)
Jim Crow Laws
(1880s)
Chinese Exclusion Act
(1882)
Dawes Act (1887)
Interstate Commerce
Act (1887)
Sherman Anti-Trust
Act (1890)
Grandfather Clauses
(1890s)
Pure Food & Drug Act
(1906)
Meat Inspection Act
(1906)
Gentlemen’s
Agreement (1907)
Federal Reserve Act
(1913)
Clayton Antitrust Act
(1914)
Keating Owen Child
Labor Act (1916)
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POWERS!
How is federalism different from separation of powers?
Definition
Example(s)
Delegated
Implied
Reserved
Concurrent
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CHECKS AND BALANCES
What is the purpose of the:
Executive Branch
Judicial Branch
Legislative Branch
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GEOGRAPHIC CHANGE
Indicate by number the geographical area connected to each of the following terms on the map below:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
Treaty of Paris of 1783
Louisiana Purchase (1803)
Adams-Onis Treaty (1819)
Texas (1845)
“Fifty-four forty or fight”
Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo (1848)
Gadsden Purchase (1853)
“Seward’s Folly” (1867) is not on the map. What piece of land does it refer to? ________________________
How was the Proclamation of 1763 connected to the geography of the colonial US?
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MOVEMENTS AND IDEAS
Identify an idea or a movement that is connected to each of the terms below:
Collective Bargaining
Fordism
Free Silver
Gospel of Wealth
Grangers
Jacksonian Democracy
Know Nothings
Lowell System
Melting Pot Theory
Muckraker
NAACP
Nativism
Populism
Seneca Falls Convention
Settlement House Movement
Social Darwinism
Social Gospel
Square Deal
Underground Railroad
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KEY AMENDMENTS
Amendment
Key Provision(s)
First
The first amendment provides for freedom of speech, assembly
religion, the press and the right to petition the government
Fourth
Fifth
Eighth
Tenth
Thirteenth
Fourteenth
Fifteenth
Sixteenth
Seventeenth
Eighteenth
Nineteenth
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