US HISTORY MIDTERM REVIEW- Major Grade
1. Explain the Significance of the following dates by filling in the chart
Date
Name of Event
Significance of that Event
1607
1620
1776
1787
1803
Be able to locate this territory on a map
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2. Identify two reasons for European colonization in North America.
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3. Complete the chart below to compare these three colonial regions (list the individual colonies in the first box)
Colonial Region
Physical geographic factors
Human geographic factors
New England Colonies-
Middle Colonies-
Southern Colonies-
4. Define representative government:
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5. Explain three reasons for the growth of representative government in the 13 colonies.
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6. Describe how religion and virtue contributed to the growth of representative government in the 13 colonies
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7. Complete the flowchart to explain the reasons that led the growth of slavery, the plantation system, and the
transatlantic slave trade.
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Growth of slavery,
plantation system,
and transatlantic
slave trade
8. Fill out the chart below to analyze how the following led to the growth of representative government
Contribution to Growth of
Representative
Government
Description
How did it lead to the growth of representative
government
Mayflower Compact
Fundamental Orders of
Connecticut
Virginia
House of Burgesses
9. Fill out the chart below to explain each cause and analyze HOW it lead to conflict leading to the American Revolution.
Cause
Proclamation of 1763
Stamp Act
Intolerable Acts
Mercantilism
Lack of representation in
Parliament
Description
How did it lead to conflict?
10. Fill out the chart below to explain the importance of the following events in the American Revolution.
Event
Important issues surrounding that event/Significance
Declaring Independence
Writing the Articles of
Confederation
Lexington and Concord
Saratoga
Valley Forge
Yorktown
Treaty of Paris
11. Explain the roles played by significant individuals during the American Revolution:
Abigail Adams-
John Adams-
Wentworth Cheswell –
Samuel Adams-
Mercy Otis Warren-
James Armistead-
Benjamin Franklin-
Bernardo de Gálvez-
Crispus Attucks –
King George III –
Haym Salomon-
Patrick Henry-
Thomas Jefferson-
the Marquis de Lafayette-
Thomas Paine-
John Paul Jones-
John Locke (his influence)-
George Washington-
12. Summarize two strengths of the Articles of Confederation:
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13. Summarize four weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation:
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14. Analyze the events surrounding the “Great Compromise” (what was the issue? Who were the two groups? What
was resolved?)
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15. Analyze the events surrounding the “3/5th Compromise” (what was the issue? Who were the two groups? What was
resolved?)
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16. Fill out the chart below
Principle
Popular
Sovereignty
Republicanism
Separation of
Powers
Checks and
Balances
Individual
Rights
Limited
Government
Federalism
Meaning
Where is it reflected in the Constitution?
17. Fill out the chart below to show you can analyze arguments for and against ratification and can identify federalists
and anti-federalist and their arguments.
Federalist or Antifederalist?
Person
Argument they could have made regarding ratification of Constitution.
Alexander Hamilton
George Mason
Patrick Henry
James Madison
18. Summarize the purpose for amending the Constitution:
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19. Summarize the rights protected in the US Bill of Rights:
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
5th
6th
7th
8th
9th
10th
20. Describe the importance of free speech in a Constitutional Republic such as the United States:
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21. Explain an effect of ratifying the Constitution on the United States:
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22. Fill out the chart below to describe the major problems facing the leaders of the New Republic and how they were
addressed/resolved.
Problem facing New Republic
Description of Problem
How was it addressed/resolved?
Maintaining National Security
Building a military
Creating a stable economic
system
Setting up the court system
Defining the authority of the
central government
23. Create an argument for why each of the following components of Hamilton’s financial plan was necessary to create
a stable economy:
Protective tariffs
Taxation: (such as the whiskey tax levied
on farmers)
Creating a National Bank
24. Explain the impact of Washington’s Farewell Address (what two things did he warn about?):
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25. Fill in the chart below to identify the names of the first two political parties, their founders, and 5 key issues over
which they differed and their viewpoints on that issue.
Name of Party:
Name of Party:
Founder of Party:
Founder of Party:
26. Identify the foreign policies and the defining foreign policy events of the New Republic Presidents
President
Foreign Policy beliefs AND a defining foreign policy event
Washington
Adams
Jefferson
Madison
Monroe
27. Identify the impact of the Monroe Doctrine.
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28. Fill out the chart below explain the causes, significant events, and effects of the War of 1812
Causes of War of 1812
Significant Events of War of 1812
Effects of War of 1812
29. Analyze how the War of 1812 is a cause of economic change in the nation.
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30. Identify 4 characteristics of a free enterprise system:
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31. Fill out the chart below to include a summary of the key issues, decisions, and significance of the Marbury v
Madison, McCulloch v Maryland, and Gibbons v Ogden.
Name of Court Case
What is the case about?
Significance of case
Chief Justice of Supreme
Court when the case is
heard
Marbury v Madison
McCulloch v Maryland
Gibbons v Ogden
32. ERA Chart- Fill out the following chart with defining characteristic or “Big Picture” of the era, important events, and
important people from the four eras we have studied.
ERA and approximate dates
Colonial Era
Revolution Era
Drafting a Constitution
Early Republic
“Big Picture” of the ERA
Important events
Significant people