SEMESTER 1 FINAL EXAM STUDY GUIDE

 Allows freedom to make choices about:  Who we are  How we live  What we believe  Not free to ignore laws. LIBERTY

 You are guaranteed the ability vote, speak freely, choose religion, fair treatment and equal justice from law. RIGHTS

- All American citizens 18 and older can vote -Many choose not to vote -Took women and minorities over a century to get right to vote DEMOCRACY

 People who wanted to stay with England  Didn’t believe we should fight the American Revolution LOYALISTS

 People who wanted to break free from England  Believed the American Revolution was important PATRIOTS

 A war between the Colonists and the British for American Independence AMERICAN REVOLUTION

 Native American military style using hit and run tactics GUERILLA WARFARE

THE GREAT COMPROMISE Legislature would have two houses (parts): House of Representatives and a Senate House of Representatives - based on the population of state Senate - two senators per each state

GREAT COMPROMISE  The Great Compromise  Small and large states  Representation in Congress- # of votes each state gets

MANIFEST DESTINY God wants us to take over the land in North America It’s our duty

LOUISIANA PURCHASE  USA buys 1/3 of the country from France  Doubling our size

ABOLITION  To get rid of slavery forever

SECEDE  When the Confederate (southern) states broke away from the US and created their own country

13 TH AMENDMENT  Frees all slaves

15 TH AMENDMENT  Gives all men the right to vote

EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION  Abraham Lincoln’s speech where he freed all slaves in Confederate states

UNDERGROUND RAILROAD  A route from slave states to free states with a series of stops to help free slaves

INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION  Change from making products by hand to using machines

MONOPOLY  1 company owns all of one product

TRUST  Board to manage multiple companies= avoids breaking the law

 King George III- The English King who raised taxes and fought the patriots  George Washington- The leader of the Colonial Army PEOPLE

ULYSSES S GRANT  Union General  Won the war over Lee

ROBERT E LEE  Confederate General  The best leader in the War

ABRAHAM LINCOLN  Union President  Won the Civil War  Pushed to save the Union  Freed slaves  Assassinated in Ford’s Theater

ABOLITIONISTS  People who want to end slavery because they believe it is wrong and immoral

ANDREW CARNEGIE  Founded the 1 st steel plants in Pittsburgh that used Bessemer Process  Worth about $300 Billion

JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER  Created Standard Oil Trust in Cleveland Ohio in 1863  Pumped oil and refined it  Owned about 100% of oil production  Worth about $650+ Billion

HENRY FORD  Created the assembly line  Made combustable engine= modern cars available to all  Worth just under $200 Billion

EDISON  Invented the light bulb and power grids

THE ALAMO 189 Texans fought off 2,000 Mexican soldiers for 13 days. This started the Mexican-American War

GETTYSBURG  Union victory  Turning point in the Civil War  The Confederates would never again invade the Union

APPOMATTOX COURT HOUSE  Last battle for the Confederates  Where Lee signs the surrender to Grant  THE WAR IS OVER!!!

WHAT WERE THE 3 REASONS COLONISTS CAME TO THE NEW WORLD?  Gold  Glory  God

THE INTOLERABLE ACTS  Four acts were issued in response to the Boston Tea Party of December 1773  They were meant to break the Colonists

BOSTON MASSACRE The Boston Massacare: A fight between British soldiers and colonists  Five American colonists were killed by British troops on March 5, 1770.

WHAT WAS THE PURPOSE OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE?  Freedom from Britain (England)

WHAT WAS 1 EFFECT OF SHAY’S REBELLION?  Gets rid of Articles of Confederation= Constitution  We were missing a military, taxes & missing a President

MISSOURI COMPROMISE  Missouri enters as a slave state  Maine enters as a free state  It sets up a dividing line between free and slave states

TRAIL OF TEARS  TRAIL OF TEARS – FORCED MARCH OF 15,000 NATIVES TO OKLAHOMA.  1 IN 4 DIED ALONG THE WAY.  Mostly the old and young died

GOLD RUSH  California Gold Rush 1849 –100,000 Americans move to California in Why would people go to the west? 1.Land 2.Free Religion 3.Gold

ANDREW JACKSON’S GOOD AND BAD POINTS CauseEffect President Jackson’s passage of the Indian Removal Act The Trail of Tears Napolean Bonaparte needed money for his wars in Europe Sells 1/3 of the United States to us known as the Louisiana Purchase

President Andrew Jackson GoodBad Fought for the common people Trail of Tears War heroKilled the National Bank

2 STRUGGLES SLAVES HAD ON PLANTATIONS 1.Didn’t have any freedoms 2.Weren’t treated as actual people

3 ADVANTAGES EACH SIDE HAD ENTERING THE CIVIL WAR NorthSouth More people= more soldiers Home field advantage More factoriesBetter leaders More railroad tracksMore committed to the fight

LINCOLN’S GOAL  Main goal: Save the Union  Make south part of USA again  2 nd goal: Stop slavery from spreading

INDUSTRY AND REFORM  Because of the rise of factories immigrants moved to cities  Interchangeable parts allowed people to replace a single part rather than the entire product  Immigrants were people from foreign countries that came to the US looking for a better life

INDUSTRY AND REFORM  Ellis Island is the place where immigrants came to the United States in New York  Angel Island is the place where immigrants came to the United States in California