U.S History Final Exam Study
Guide with solutions
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)
Guide with solutions
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)
