Be prepared – any of the following can show up on the Final Exam.
Review people, places and dates that relate to these topics.
Remember that although the
final is “open note”, the test is 100 points and must be completed in one
class period. You will want to be as prepared as you can!
Do not DEPEND on your notes.
3. Jamestown
v John Smith
4. Mayflower
v Pilgrims
5. 13 Colonies
v Anne Hutchinson
v Salem Witch Trials
6. Causes of the Revolutionary War
v French and Indian War
v Quartering Act
v Stamp Act
v Townshend Acts
v Boston Massacre
7. Whigs & Tories
8. Paul Revere
9. Battles of Revolutionary War
v Battle at Lexington and Concord
v Battle at Bunker Hill
v Battle at Valley Forge
v Battle at Yorktown
v Treaty of Paris
10. Declaration of Independence
v Thomas Jefferson
v George Washington
11. Constitution
v Preamble
v Branches of Government - Balance of Power
v Bill of Rights
v Other Important Amendments
12. Louisiana Purchase
v President Jefferson
v Manifest Destiny
13. Lewis & Clark Expedition
14. Trails to the West
15. Reasons people moved West
v Gold Rush
v Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
16. Trail of Tears
v Cultural Accommodation
17. Life in the North VS. Life in the South
v Industrial Revolution
v Cotton Gin
18. Social Reforms
v Horace Mann
19. Underground Railroad & Abolitionists
v William Lloyd Garrison
v Frederick Douglas
v Harriet Beecher Stowe
v Harriet Tubman
20. Causes of the Civil War
v John Brown
v Compromises
v Dred Scott
v secession
21. Battles of the Civil War
v Fort Sumter
v Chancellorsville
v Vicksburg
v Gettysburg - Pickett’s Charge
22. Key Figures of the war
v Jefferson Davis
v Robert E. Lee
v Ulysses S. Grant
23. Abraham Lincoln
v Emancipation Proclamation
v Gettysburg Address
v Assassination – John Wilkes Booth
24. Miscellaneous
v Pledge of Allegiance
v State capitals
v Land Acquisition
v From 13 Colonies to the Mexican Cession