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STAAR Review Foldable

2. Page 1 – Vocabulary
Find the full-page of vocabulary (starts with checks and balances)
Cut apart the long sections, giving you a blank glue-tab column and a vocab column in each.
Cut horizontally along each definition, but DO NOT cut through the glue tab. (Will look like “fringe.”
Glue onto envelope along glue-tab
Write vocabulary term under the definition

3. Vocabulary – p. 1 Checks and Balances Federalists Separation of Powers
Amend
Unalienable Rights
Tyranny
Democracy
Ratify
Judicial Review
Civil Disobedience
Federalists
Antifederalists
Nullification
Primary Source
Individual Rights
Abolitionist
Sectionalism
Manifest Destiny
Temperance

4. Vocabulary – p. 1 Republic – representative democracy Federalism
Republicanism
Popular Sovereignty
Legislative; Judicial; Executive
House of Burgesses
Capitalism; Free Enterprise
Federalism
Limited Government

5. Page 2 – Vocab, Presidents, Map
Upper Right – Presidents
George Washington
John Adams
Thomas Jefferson
James Madison
James Monroe
John Quincy Adams
Andrew Jackson
Martin van Buren
William Henry Harrison
John Tyler
James K. Polk
Zachary Taylor
Millard Fillmore
Franklin Pierce
James Buchanan
Abraham Lincoln
Andrew Johnson
Ulysses S Grant
Upper Left - continue Vocabulary
Lower half of page – glue in US map, trimmed to fit.

6. Page 2 – Vocab, Presidents, Map
Upper Left - continue Vocabulary
Secondary source
Industrial Revolution
Interchangeable parts
49ers
Political parties
Representative government/republic
Pilgrims (Separatists), Puritans, Quakers, Catholics and others

7. Page 3 – Documents and Policies
Glue in the 3 notecards, lined side up.
Copy the information from the next 3 slides onto the notecards.

8. Notecard 1
Mayflower Compact-Pilgrims signed this document agreeing to obey laws that were for the general good of the colony
Treaty of Paris ended the French and Indian War
Proclamation of forbid colonists to settle west of the Appalachian Mountains
Common Sense- written by Thomas Paine. Encouraged patriots to declare independence.
Treaty of Paris ended the American Revolution. U.S. extended to the Mississippi River.

9. Notecard 2
Northwest Ordinance-organized the Northwest Territory. Decided how territories would become states..no slavery!
Great Compromise- dealt with the issue of representation in Congress during the Constitutional Convention. Big and Small States
Washington’s Farewell Address- Washington warned the nation to avoid permanent alliances (stay neutral) and to avoid political parties because they would divide the nation.
Kentucky/ Virginia Resolutions- suggested that states might nullify federal laws considered unconstitutional. Affirmed the principle of states’ rights
Monroe Doctrine-issued by Pres. Monroe to tell European nations that the Western hemisphere was closed to colonization. KEEP OUT!

10. Notecard 3
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo- Treaty that ended the Mexican War. Mexico ceded the Mexican Cession to the U.S.
Lincoln’s 1st Inaugural Address- Lincoln’s speech. Reassured South but stated he would act to preserve the Union, by force if needed.
Emancipation Proclamation- Lincoln’s speech. Freed all slaves living in rebelling states.
Gettysburg Address-speech by A. Lincoln dedicating the cemetery for the people who died at Gettysburg. “Four score and 7 years ago…”
Lincoln’s 2nd Inaugural Address- Lincoln’s speech. Focus was on the end of slavery and trying to bind the wounds that were caused by the Civil War.

11. Page 4 – Important People
Cut apart the long sections, and separate the descriptions, just as you did with the vocabulary.
Glue onto envelope along glue tab
Write name under the description

12. Page 4 – Important People
Samuel Adams
King George III Thomas Paine
Phyllis Wheatley
Patrick Henry
James Armistead
Haym Solomon
Wentworth Cheswell
George Washington
Ben Franklin
James Madison
Thomas Jefferson
Alexander Hamilton
James Monroe
Andrew Jackson
John C Calhoun
Henry Clay
Daniel Webster
Frederick Douglass
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Jefferson Davis
Abraham Lincoln
Clara Barton
Ulysses S Grant
Robert E Lee

13. Page 5 – Major Documents Magna Carta- England 1215
Watch the demonstration of the set up of the foldable.
On each tab, you will copy the following information.
1st tab – MAJOR U. S. DOCUMENTS
Magna Carta- England 1215
1st Document to limit the power of the King; King is not above the law

14. Page 5 – Major Documents 2 English Bill of Rights- 1689
Power to make laws belonged to the people ( Parliament)
Right to Petition and Free Speech; trial by jury

15. Major Documents - 3
Declaration of Independence- July 4, 1776 in Philadelphia ( Thomas Jefferson)
Reasons why colonist sought Independence
Protection of Unalienable Rights – Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness
List of grievances to King George III
Inspired by Locke and that government was a social contract and protected individual rights
Natural rights unalienable rights

16. Major Documents - 4
Articles of Confederation- written in Second Continental Congress
1st government of the United States
Weak central government; strong state government
No executive or judicial branch
Not able to tax
Ordinance of set up Northwest Territory ( Ohio River Valley)
Northwest Ordinance- set up procedures oh how states will enter union.

17. Major Documents 5 US Constitution- Philadelphia 1787
Preamble- “We the People….” lists goals
Article 1- sets up Legislative Branch, Article 2 – Executive branch, Article 3- Judicial Branch, Article 4- Obligations of states to each other, Article 5- Amendment process, Article 6- Supreme Law of the Land.
Baron de Montesquieu believed that power should be separated, checks and balances
Great Compromise- Roger Sherman-2 House Legislature – House of Representatives based on Population (VA Plan); Senate- Based on Equal Representation ( NJ Plan)
3/5 Compromise- James Wilson- For every 5 slaves, 3 will be counted in terms or taxation and representation. Gives the north and south a little bit of what they want.

18. Major Documents 6 Federalist Papers
Written by John Jay, James Madison and Alexander Hamilton
written so that the people understood the principles of government
Needed a strong central government
Baron de Montesquieu believed that liberty was safe with small legislatures
Federalist papers were written so that states would ratify the Constitution

19. Major Documents 7 Bill of Rights- 1791 Guarantees Individual rights
1st 10 Amendments
Anti-Federalist (Patrick Henry and George Mason) wanted Bill of Rights added to Constitution

20. Page 6 – Wars and Timeline
Label these events –
1607 – Jamestown
1620 – Plymouth; Mayflower Compact
1630 – 1640 – Puritan Great Migration
1776 – Declaration of Independence
1787 – Constitution; Northwest Ordinance
1803 – Louisiana Purchase
– Civil War

21. Page 6 – Wars and Timeline
Centuries –
Draw a long, vertical line at approximately 1700 and at 1800.
Label the 1600s as 17th century
Label the 1700s as 18th century
Label the 1800s as 19th century

22. Page 7 – Court Cases, Inventions and Events
Fold each post-it in half, like a book, with the glue strip on the back.
Place the 6 post-its at the top of the page.
Glue the Chart at the bottom of the page.

23. Bessemer Steel Process
Page 7
Label the outside of each post-it as shown. (2 items per post-it.)
Steamboat
Telegraph
Mechanical Reaper
Bessemer Steel Process
Cotton Gin
Erie Canal
Marbury v Madison
McCulloch v Maryland
Gibbons v Ogden
Worcester v Georgia
Dredd Scott v Sanford

24. Page 7 – Court Cases, Inventions and Events
Post it #1 – Outside – Cotton Gin, Erie Canal
Inside – Eli Whitney, pulled seeds from cotton fiber, increased need for slaves; connect Northeast and West – transported goods and people
Post it #2 – Outside – Steamboat, telegraph
Inside – Robert Fulton, made manufactured goods more accessible; Samuel Morse – rapid communication over distances
Post it #3 – Outside Mechanical Reaper , Bessemer Steel Process
Inside – Cyrus McCormick, harvesting wheat, became more efficient, less labor; made cheap, high quality steel - railroads

25. Page 7
Post it #4 - Outside – Marbury v. Madison, Inside – established judicial review, the right of the Supreme Court to declare a law unconstitutional
Post it #5 – Outside – Dred Scott v. Sandford, Worcestor v. Georgia, Inside - Supreme Court states slaves are property – not citizens
Inside Cherokee sued for land and won but were moved anyway
Pot it #6 – Outside – Top – McCullough v. Maryland, bottom – Gibbons v Ogden,
Inside – top - Bank (elastic clause, necessary & proper), bottom – commerce (trade)

26. Page 7 Stamp Act, etc: Causes of the American Revolutionary War
Lexington and Concord – Mass., first shots fired, “The Shot Heard round the World”
Battle of Saratoga – turning point of the Revolution
Valley Forge – Patriots suffered a harsh winter but received word of alliances, foreign training
Battle of Yorktown – Final major battle of the Revolution
Nullification Crisis – Pres Jackson passed the Tariff, making S. Carolina threaten secession

27. Page 7
Fort Sumter: South Carolina harbor island fort – April 1861 – 1st shots of Civil War – Confederate Victory
Battle of Vicksburg – Mississippi, 1863 – Union captured the last Confederate stronghold on the Mississippi River; Union controls Mississippi River – a turning point battle
Gettysburg – turning point of the war , North slowing gets the advantage as Southern casualties grow; Gettysburg Address follows it; Lee invaded the North for the last time, attempting to find supplies (boots)
Appomattox Court House, VA- Robert E Lee s surrenders to U.S. Grant ending the war; South loses

28. Page 8
Take the squares of paper and fold the corners into the center.

29. Page 8
Amendments
MUST BE PASSED BY 2/3 OF BOTH HOUSES OF CONGRESS AND ¾ OF STATES 1 3 2
Freedom of speech, religion, press, assembly, petition
forbids gov’t to order citizens to house soldiers
right to bear arms

30. speedy trial, face accuser, right to an attorney
Page 8 4 7 5
requires search warrant 6
don’t have to
testify against self;
no double jeopardy; due process of law
jury trial
in civil suits
speedy trial, face accuser, right to an attorney

31. first 10 Amendments to the Constitution
Page 8 9 8 10
people have rights not
mentioned in Constitution
Bill
of Rights
powers not given to federal government belong to the states
no cruel and unusual punishment; no excessive bail
first 10 Amendments to the Constitution

32. Page 8 14 13 15 Civil War Amendments Citizens –
granted citizenship to African American and former Confederates 13 15
Civil War
Amendments
Vote –
granted voting rights to African American mailes
Free –
abolished slavery
passed during Reconstruction after the Civil War