U.S History Final Exam Study Guide
Declaration of Independence - ANS-Signed in 1776 by US revolutionaries; it declared
the United States as a free state.
Revolutionary War - ANS-A war between the British and the colonists. The colonists
wanted to be free of British rule.
Articles of the Confederation vs. the US Constitution - ANS-articles of the confederation
was the original constitution of the US, ratified in 1781, which was replaced by the US
Constitution in 1789.
Bill of Rights - ANS-The first ten amendments to the Constitution
Monroe Doctrine - ANS-1823 - Declared that Europe should not interfere in the affairs of
the Western Hemisphere and that any attempt at interference by a European power
would be seen as a threat to the U.S.
Missouri Compromise - ANS-an agreement in 1820 between pro-slavery and
anti-slavery factions in the United States concerning the extension of slavery into new
territories
declaration of Rights and sentiments - ANS-a document signed in 1848 by 68 women
and 32 men—100 out of some 300 attendees at the first women's rights convention to
be organized by women.
Compromise of 1850 - ANS-Includes California admitted as a free state, the Fugitive
Slave Act, Made popular sovereignty in most other states from Mexican- American War
Bleeding Kansas - ANS-A sequence of violent events involving abolitionists and
pro-Slavery elements that took place in Kansas-Nebraska Territory. The dispute further
strained the relations of the North and South, making civil war imminent.
Dred Scott Decision - ANS-A Missouri slave sued for his freedom, claiming that his four
year stay in the northern portion of the Louisiana Territory made free land by the
Missouri Compromise had made him a free man. The U.S, Supreme Court decided he
couldn't sue in federal court because he was property, not a citizen.
, Presidental Election of 1860 - ANS-Republican Abraham Lincoln defeated Southern
Democrat John C. Breckinridge
Emancipation Proclamation - ANS-Issued by abraham lincoln on september 22, 1862 it
declared that all slaves in the confederate states would be free
Plans for Reconstruction - ANS-•3 plans to rebuild the
south
1-Lincoln (healing)
2-Johnson (lenient)
3-Radical Republicans
(punish the south)
Radical Republicans - ANS-After the Civil War, a group that believed the South should
be harshly punished and thought that Lincoln was sometimes too compassionate
towards the South.
Freedmen's Bureau - ANS-1865 - Agency set up to aid former slaves in adjusting
themselves to freedom. It furnished food and clothing to needy blacks and helped them
get jobs
13th Amendment (1865) - ANS-Abolition of slavery w/o compensation for slave-owners
14th Amendment - ANS-1) Citizenship for African Americans, 2) Repeal of 3/5
Compromise, 3) Denial of former confederate officials from holding national or state
office, 4) Repudiate (reject) confederate debts
15th Amendment (1870) - ANS-U.S. cannot prevent a person from voting because of
race, color, or creed
Jim Crow Laws - ANS-Laws designed to enforce segregation of blacks from whites
Causes of Industrialization - ANS-technological innovation, abundance of natural
resources, large workforce, business consolidation
Effects of Industrialization - ANS-Increase in pollution, overcrowded cities, but new
products! :)
Urbanization - ANS-Movement of people from rural areas to cities
Declaration of Independence - ANS-Signed in 1776 by US revolutionaries; it declared
the United States as a free state.
Revolutionary War - ANS-A war between the British and the colonists. The colonists
wanted to be free of British rule.
Articles of the Confederation vs. the US Constitution - ANS-articles of the confederation
was the original constitution of the US, ratified in 1781, which was replaced by the US
Constitution in 1789.
Bill of Rights - ANS-The first ten amendments to the Constitution
Monroe Doctrine - ANS-1823 - Declared that Europe should not interfere in the affairs of
the Western Hemisphere and that any attempt at interference by a European power
would be seen as a threat to the U.S.
Missouri Compromise - ANS-an agreement in 1820 between pro-slavery and
anti-slavery factions in the United States concerning the extension of slavery into new
territories
declaration of Rights and sentiments - ANS-a document signed in 1848 by 68 women
and 32 men—100 out of some 300 attendees at the first women's rights convention to
be organized by women.
Compromise of 1850 - ANS-Includes California admitted as a free state, the Fugitive
Slave Act, Made popular sovereignty in most other states from Mexican- American War
Bleeding Kansas - ANS-A sequence of violent events involving abolitionists and
pro-Slavery elements that took place in Kansas-Nebraska Territory. The dispute further
strained the relations of the North and South, making civil war imminent.
Dred Scott Decision - ANS-A Missouri slave sued for his freedom, claiming that his four
year stay in the northern portion of the Louisiana Territory made free land by the
Missouri Compromise had made him a free man. The U.S, Supreme Court decided he
couldn't sue in federal court because he was property, not a citizen.
, Presidental Election of 1860 - ANS-Republican Abraham Lincoln defeated Southern
Democrat John C. Breckinridge
Emancipation Proclamation - ANS-Issued by abraham lincoln on september 22, 1862 it
declared that all slaves in the confederate states would be free
Plans for Reconstruction - ANS-•3 plans to rebuild the
south
1-Lincoln (healing)
2-Johnson (lenient)
3-Radical Republicans
(punish the south)
Radical Republicans - ANS-After the Civil War, a group that believed the South should
be harshly punished and thought that Lincoln was sometimes too compassionate
towards the South.
Freedmen's Bureau - ANS-1865 - Agency set up to aid former slaves in adjusting
themselves to freedom. It furnished food and clothing to needy blacks and helped them
get jobs
13th Amendment (1865) - ANS-Abolition of slavery w/o compensation for slave-owners
14th Amendment - ANS-1) Citizenship for African Americans, 2) Repeal of 3/5
Compromise, 3) Denial of former confederate officials from holding national or state
office, 4) Repudiate (reject) confederate debts
15th Amendment (1870) - ANS-U.S. cannot prevent a person from voting because of
race, color, or creed
Jim Crow Laws - ANS-Laws designed to enforce segregation of blacks from whites
Causes of Industrialization - ANS-technological innovation, abundance of natural
resources, large workforce, business consolidation
Effects of Industrialization - ANS-Increase in pollution, overcrowded cities, but new
products! :)
Urbanization - ANS-Movement of people from rural areas to cities
