HISTORY 104 SOPHIA US HISTORY MILESTONE
3 EXAM SCRIPT 2026 QUESTIONS WITH FULL
ANSWERS GRADED A+
◉ Shay's Rebellion. Answer: Am. gov't too weak, farmers revolt
◉ Great Compromise. Answer: representation in Congress based on
population in the H.O.R. and equal in the Senate
◉ Federalist. Answer: strong central govt.; favored Constitution
◉ Anti-federalist. Answer: weak central govt-promised Bill of Rights
◉ Whiskey Rebellion. Answer: taxes on Whiskey, Washington shows
constitutional authority; ends rebellion
◉ Northwest Ordinance. Answer: law for admitting new states (no
slaves and yes to public education.)
◉ Louisiana Purchase. Answer: France, doubles size of US
◉ Lewis & Clark. Answer: Jefferson, sent to survey land Atl. to Pac.
,◉ War of 1812 (causes). Answer: trade, impressment (taking control
of American sailors), British support Native Am
◉ War of 1812 (results). Answer: ended all US military hostility with
Great Britain
◉ Erie Canal. Answer: connects Great Lakes with Atlantic Ocean
◉ Monroe Doctrine. Answer: warn Euro nations not interfere in N/S
Am or Western Hemisphere
◉ Eli Whitney. Answer: cotton gin, interchangeable parts
◉ Manifest Destiny. Answer: obvious fate to expand US from sea to
sea
◉ Elizabeth Cady Stanton. Answer: she fought for women's rights
◉ Seneca Fall Convenvention. Answer: 1st women's rights
convention, in New York
◉ Abolition. Answer: working to end slavery
, ◉ Temperance. Answer: movement to stop alcohol consumption
◉ Missouri Compromise of 1820. Answer: Maine-free, Missouri-
slave, balance-Congress
◉ Nat Turner. Answer: preacher, killed 60 whites & executed
◉ Mexican-Am War. Answer: 1845 U.S gained Texas, Cali, New
Mexico
◉ Compromise of 1850. Answer: 5 laws that extended the peace
between the North and South; called for California to be a free state
◉ Popular Sovereignty. Answer: rule by the people
◉ Dred Scott decision. Answer: sued owner for freedom-denied
◉ John Brown. Answer: abolitionist, federal arsenal, martyr
◉ Lincoln. Answer: President, preserve union
3 EXAM SCRIPT 2026 QUESTIONS WITH FULL
ANSWERS GRADED A+
◉ Shay's Rebellion. Answer: Am. gov't too weak, farmers revolt
◉ Great Compromise. Answer: representation in Congress based on
population in the H.O.R. and equal in the Senate
◉ Federalist. Answer: strong central govt.; favored Constitution
◉ Anti-federalist. Answer: weak central govt-promised Bill of Rights
◉ Whiskey Rebellion. Answer: taxes on Whiskey, Washington shows
constitutional authority; ends rebellion
◉ Northwest Ordinance. Answer: law for admitting new states (no
slaves and yes to public education.)
◉ Louisiana Purchase. Answer: France, doubles size of US
◉ Lewis & Clark. Answer: Jefferson, sent to survey land Atl. to Pac.
,◉ War of 1812 (causes). Answer: trade, impressment (taking control
of American sailors), British support Native Am
◉ War of 1812 (results). Answer: ended all US military hostility with
Great Britain
◉ Erie Canal. Answer: connects Great Lakes with Atlantic Ocean
◉ Monroe Doctrine. Answer: warn Euro nations not interfere in N/S
Am or Western Hemisphere
◉ Eli Whitney. Answer: cotton gin, interchangeable parts
◉ Manifest Destiny. Answer: obvious fate to expand US from sea to
sea
◉ Elizabeth Cady Stanton. Answer: she fought for women's rights
◉ Seneca Fall Convenvention. Answer: 1st women's rights
convention, in New York
◉ Abolition. Answer: working to end slavery
, ◉ Temperance. Answer: movement to stop alcohol consumption
◉ Missouri Compromise of 1820. Answer: Maine-free, Missouri-
slave, balance-Congress
◉ Nat Turner. Answer: preacher, killed 60 whites & executed
◉ Mexican-Am War. Answer: 1845 U.S gained Texas, Cali, New
Mexico
◉ Compromise of 1850. Answer: 5 laws that extended the peace
between the North and South; called for California to be a free state
◉ Popular Sovereignty. Answer: rule by the people
◉ Dred Scott decision. Answer: sued owner for freedom-denied
◉ John Brown. Answer: abolitionist, federal arsenal, martyr
◉ Lincoln. Answer: President, preserve union
