Honors American History Review for Final 1 st Semester SY1516

The goal of this review is NOT to give you the answers to the final. Instead, the goal is to send you in the right direction so that you know where to put your focus when considering all the content we have covered as you study for the HAH final. Some questions on the final will require recollection of very specific details while others questions require you to reason and think your way to a correct answer. Note:

As with any test, complete your final in this class using common test taking strategies: Do the easiest question first then come back to those that seemed difficult (this builds your confidence) Gauge your time, use simple division: number of minutes for the test divided by the number of questions gives you the number of minutes to allow yourself per question. Test Taking in General

Look for ridiculous answers and eliminate them from further consideration Look for answers that contain absolutes like “always,” “never” and, “every time.” These answers are frequently wrong (life includes few absolutes). Your first intuition on an answer is frequently right – be careful about changing answers. Test Taking in General, part 2

This portion of the exam asks you to understand what each portion of the homework was intended to accomplish as you applied it to individual articles. Access a copy of the standard homework form and outline the focus of each question. For instance, question # 3 wants you to: “practice writing a good summary.” Homework

What type of article did we look at this semester, what makes them similar, did anything make them different? What type of text was important this semester? Homework_2

What is an artifact Where does an artifact “fit” in the study of history Is an artifact the same or different than a source. How might it be the same, how might it be different? What’s the value of an artifact? Artifacts

Be sure to review the Bernard Bailyn readings where we got to study the life of native Americans before the colonists arrived. What was life like, what were the challenges as settlers began to move into tribal territories? Native Americans

Not everyone was invited to be an American at the inception of the new country. Who was not among the very fortunate people able to call themselves Americans, who was excluded from the American Identity The American Identity

There were quite a few but really not that many, really. The Colonies

The title of this conflict is itself sort of confusing. Know who fought who and especially understand the outcome. There were “gains” and their were losses. There were laws passed and lessons learned, for everyone. The French Indian War

Who, what, when, why and the significance of this conflict which took place as colonists were only just barely getting settled in the New England area. The Pequot War

What was it and why did we study it? (Know as much about how we learned the story of the Boston Massacre as what part it played in the nation’s history. The Boston Massacre

Oh that wacky U.S. Constitution. It so complex and we barely scratched the surface. There are however key concepts we studied, including examples. What are “checks and balances”? You should probably have several examples. Which branch could effect which other branch and in what way? The U.S. Constitution

So how did the whites rob the native Americans of their land? What were the strategies and what was it about the individual strategies that made them so effective? The Indian Removal Strategies

What were they, why were they, what would be analogous to them in today’s world. What would be their opposite in today’s world? Indian Boarding Schools

Know the story of the Amistad including details as represented in your resources including, hopefully your own interactive notebook. As with many example from history, there is the story and then there is the larger concept the story illustrates. Understand some of the larger concepts defined by the Amistad case. Intro to Slavery

“Inductive reasoning, or induction, is reasoning from a specific case or cases and deriving a general rule. It draws inferences from observations in order to make generalizations. In doing so, it recognizes that conclusions may not be certain.” Please refresh your brain about how to arrive at a conclusion through inductive reasoning. Inductive Reasoning

Students who practic plagiarism are often very apparent, even before I type their words in to Why is that and why is your answer a reason to paraphrase in the first place? Plagiarism

You done tons of evaluating in this class. How exactly does evaluation take place, what do you need, what don’t you need to completely evaluate a paper, a project, a play, a production? Evaluation

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