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Unit 4—The Early Republic TEST REVIEW
Test Date:_____________
1. List the characteristics of the Early Republic Era:
2. Define the following terms:
Domestic:
Foreign:
3. Complete the chart with Domestic Issues/Decisions of each President.
5A Major Domestic Problems of the new leaders:
President
Domestic Issue (within the US)
George Washington
John Adams
Thomas Jefferson
James Madison
James Monroe
4.
Complete the chart to demonstrate your understanding of major issues in the first political parties.
5B Summarize arguments regarding protective tariffs, taxation, and the banking system:
Issue
Arguments
For
Arguments
Against
Hamilton’s View
Jefferson’s View
(Circle the correct
choice for each)
(Circle the correct
choice for each)
States’ Rights
For
Against
For
Against
Banking System
For
Against
For
Against
5. Fill in the view points of each of the first political parties.
Issue
Federalists
(Alexander Hamilton)
Democratic-Republicans
(Thomas Jefferson)
Government Power
Economy
Great Britain and
France
6. Complete the chart to demonstrate your understanding of the War of 1812.
5D Explain the Causes, Important Events and Effects of the War of 1812
Causes
Events
7. Explain the positive economic impact of the War of 1812.
Effects (positive/negative)
13A Analyze the War of 1812 as a cause for economic change in the nation:
8. Explain the significance of each of the following people/terms:
Warhawks—
Frances Scott Key—
9. Complete the chart with Foreign Issues/Decisions of each President.
5E Identify the foreign policies of presidents Washington through Monroe
President
Foreign Policy
(with countries outside of the US)
George Washington
John Adams
Thomas Jefferson
James Madison
James Monroe
10. Read each excerpt and fill in the impact each document had on America.
5E Explain the impact of Washington’s Farewell Address and the Monroe Doctrine:
“...I have already intimated to you the danger of parties in the State, with particular reference to the founding of them on geographical discriminations. Let me now take a more comprehensive view, and warn you
in the most solemn manner against the baneful effects of the spirit of party generally…..”
“….It is our true policy to steer clear of permanent alliances with any portion of the foreign world;….”
-George Washington, Farewell Address, 1796
Impact:
“...as a principle in which the rights and interests of the United States are involved, that the American continents, by the free and independent condition which they have assumed and maintain, are henceforth not to
be considered as subjects for future colonization by any European powers....”
“..But with the governments who have declared their independence, and maintained it, and whose independence we have, on great consideration, and on just principles, acknowledged, we could not view any
interposition for the purpose of oppressing them, or controlling, in any other manner, their destiny, by any
European power in any other light than as the manifestation of an unfriendly disposition towards the United States….”
-James Monroe, Monroe Doctrine, 1823
Impact:
11. Provide examples of how Washington was a good leader through his work establishing the U.S.
22A Analyze the leadership qualities of elected and appointed leaders of the US such as George Washington:
12. Place the following events on the timeline below AND explain the significance of each.
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Signing the Mayflower Compact
Signing the Declaration of Independence
Drafting the U.S. Constitution
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The Louisiana Purchase
The Founding of Jamestown
DON’T FORGET TO WRITE THE SIGNIFICANCE!
DATE
DATE
DATE
DATE
DATE
EVENT
EVENT
EVENT
EVENT
EVENT
SIGNIFICANCE
SIGNIFICANCE
SIGNIFICANCE
SIGNIFICANCE
SIGNIFICANCE
13. Explain the significance of John Marshall:
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Who was John Marshall?
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Why is he important in U.S. History?
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Define Judicial Review:
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Why is Judicial Review important?
14. Explain the significance of each of the following court cases (decision and importance)
Marbury v. Madison:
McCulloch v. Maryland:
Gibbons v. Ogden:
15. Complete the map with the following steps:
1.
2.
3.
4.
Shade in the US before 1803 with one color.
Label the Mississippi River.
Shade in the Louisiana Purchase with a second color.
What was the DATE & SIGNIFICANCE of the Louisiana Purchase?
5.
What was the constitutional issue of the Louisiana Purchase?