U.S. Studies Ch. 1 Review Sheet
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If you can answer all of these questions you will do well on the test!
Define the following terms
1. Middle Passage
2. Conquistador
3. Columbian Exchange
15. The Renaissance in Europe lead to advances in what 4 areas?
16. What 2 factors allowed the Portuguese to take the lead in
exploration?
17. West Africa was civilized and very populated. What 4 factors are
evidence of their advanced civilization?
18. What 3 things were the Portuguese interested in getting from West
Africa?
4. House of Burgesses
19. What was the middle passage?
5. Great Awakening
20. When Columbus first set sail where did he plan to end up? Where
did he actually land?
6. Checks and Balances
21. List 4 conquistadores and the areas they explored/conquered.
7. Alien Act
8. Sedition Act
22. What three advantages/ weapons did the Europeans have to
9. Judicial Review
10. Monroe Doctrine
Answer the following questions
11. What 2 factors contributed to the American Indians
developing great cultural diversity?
successfully defeat the Native Americans?
23. What was the Columbian Exchange?
24. What 3 European countries had settlements in North
America?
25. Where was the first English (British) settlement in North
America?
12. Explain what a clan was.
13. What were the 3 main crops grown by the Native Americans?
14. Some native populations did not rely on agriculture. What three
activities sustained their way of life?
26. How did the New England, Middle, and Southern colonies
make money? What did they export or grow?
27. List at least 3 democratic ideals that were cherished by the
colonists.
42. What are the three branches of government?
43. Explain the Elastic Clause of the Constitution.
28. Because they were not represented in the British Parliament,
the colonists did not think it was fair for the British to demand
what from them?
29. Describe medical practices during the Revolutionary War.
44. Who was the first President?
45. Of Jefferson and Hamilton, who was a strict constructionist?
Who was a broad constructionist?
46. Explain Jay’s Treaty.
30. Did medical practices improve after the War?
31. Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?
47. Explain Pinckney’s Treaty.
32. What were 3 weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation?
48. Who was the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court when
Jefferson was President?
33. Explain Shay’s Rebellion
49. Which Supreme Court Case established the principle of
Judicial Review?
34. What was the Virginia Plan?
35. What was the New Jersey Plan?
36. What was the Great Compromise?
50. How much was the Louisiana Purchase? Who was sent to
explore it?
51. What is impressment? Who used this practice against the
U.S.?
37. What was the 3/5 Compromise?
38. Who were the Federalists?
39. Who were the Anti-federalists?
52. Who did the U.S. fight in the War of 1812? What were the
results of that War?
53. What key differences started to develop between the
Northern and Southern U.S.?
40. What were the Federalist Papers?
54. Who established the Monroe Doctrine?
41. What rights are protected by the Bill of Rights?
55. Explain the Monroe Doctrine.