Social Studies Final Exam is on Monday, June 13
Modules 1 and 2: Our Colonial Heritage through the American Revolution (1500-1774) (Chapters 1-4 in the textbook)
Everything you need to know for the Final Exam is contained in your Social Studies notebook. You can use your text if you are missing notes or you are confused about anything.
Concepts to Know:
1. Geographic factors that affected the settlement patterns and living conditions of the earliest Americans.
2. How the early people came to North America, and why they migrated South.
3. How Native Americans viewed land ownership, and the role religion played in their lives.
4. What the Iroquois League was and why was it important.
5. The exploration by Europeans in the New World and how it affected trade and economics.
6. The Columbian Exchange and the Slave Trade and how they affected the economics of Europe, Africa, and the Americas.
7. How the experiences of the colonists shaped Americas political and social scene.
8. How it was possible for the American Patriots to gain their independence from the powerful British Empire.
Vocabulary, Events, and Important People: All definitions can be found in the Social Studies Class Notebook. Study all notes in the class notebook and use your textbook for further explanation.
migration, environment, culture, Beringia, Olmec, Mayan, Aztec, Inca, caravel, Prince Henry the Navigator, Vasco Da Gama, Christopher Columbus, Ferdinand Magellan, The Columbian Exchange, Hernando Cortes, Francisco Pizarro, Ponce De Leon, The Encomienda System, Spanish Armada, John Cabot, Louis Joliet and Jacques Marquette, Triangular Trade, Middle Passage, Lost Colony, Puritans, Pilgrims, Jamestown, Toleration Act, Maryland, Fundamental Orders of Connecticut, boycott, Boston Massacre, Boston Tea Party, Stamp Act
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Modules 3 and 4: The American Revolution through the Age of Jackson (1744-1840) (Chapters 4-11 in the textbook)
Everything you need to know for the Final Exam is contained in your Social Studies notebook. You can use your text if you are missing notes or you are confused about anything.
Concepts to Know:
1. The Articles of Confederation provided a framework for a national government.
2. A new constitution was needed and it provided a framework for a stronger national government than the Articles of Confederation did.
3. The election of Thomas Jefferson began a new era in American government and the Louisiana Territory was added to the United States during his leadership.
4. In 1812 the United States declared war on Great Britain.
5. The Monroe Doctrine strengthened the relationship between the US and Great Britain.
6. The Missouri Compromise satisfied both the North and the South.
Vocabulary, Events, and Important People: All definitions can be found in the Social Studies Class Notebook. Study all notes in the class notebook and use your textbook for further explanation.
Patriots, Loyalists, Thomas Paine, Declaration of Independence, Battle of Saratoga, Battle of Yorktown, Valley Forge, Treaty of Paris 1783, Constitution, Articles of Confederation, Northwest Ordinance 1787, Constitutional Convention, Great Compromise, Three-Fifth Compromise, Checks and Balances, Bill of Rights, Thurgood Marshall, Judiciary Act 1789, Louisiana Purchase, Lewis and Clark, Francis Scott Key, Treaty of Ghent, Monroe Doctrine, nationalism, sectionalism, Missouri Compromise, Spoils System, Indian Removal Act, Trail of Tears, Sister Elizabeth Ann Seton, Saint Peter’s Church, Saint Peter’s School, Alien and Sedition Acts, impeach
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Information to study for the essay questions:
1a. Constitution- Who was for it and who was against it? What was it for? What would it be replacing?
b. Bill of Rights
c. Great Compromise
d. Three-fifths Compromise
e. Federalist, Antifederalist
f. Checks and Balances
2a. Louisiana Purchase- Who was it bought from? Cost? Why was the land sold? Who sold it? Who was President at the time? What was the importance to the US?
b. Lewis and Clark- what was their mission? Who helped them?
3a. Revolutionary War- Causes and results
b. Important people
c. Important battles
d. How did the war end?
e. Why was it important to the United States?
