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2nd Semester Review
This is for Renner Middle School eighth graders that are studying for the 2nd semester US History exam.
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8th Grade
05/31/2009

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Term
The two party system came about because of conflict over what main differences?
Definition
State government and Federal Government
Term
What were the ISSUES of the Election of 1800?
Definition

-The Alien and Sedition Acts

-XYZ Affair

Term
What were the Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions?
Definition
Any state can nullify the laws of the Federal government.
Term
The Treaty of Ghent resulted in?
Definition
Nothing. No change in territory.
Term
One of the important outcomes of the Lewis and Clark Expedition was?
Definition

-New species of plants and animals were found

-Manifest destiny

Term

What were Jefferson's concerns towards ownership of New Orleans (Louisiana) by France?

 

Definition
They had the Mississippi River. Main place for trade across the country.
Term
What were the reasons for going to war with Great Britain?
Definition

-impressment

-high taxes

-sugar act/ stamp act/ intolerable acts

Term
What was the XYZ Affair? What was the American Response?
Definition
The Americans sent X, Y, and Z to France to speak to the French government to stop taking their sailors. They had to wait there for three whole months until they got a response.
Term
Who was the first Secretary of treasury?
Definition
Alexander Hamilton
Term
Why did he Federal government want to move the nation's capital to the South?
Definition
So that the South  would ratify then constitution.
Term
List the technological innovations that took place during the Industrial Revolution?
Definition

-cotton gin

-spinning ginny

-steam engine

-interchangable parts

-the mechanical reaper

Term
How did the factory system affect the economy?
Definition
The North became mostly industrial.
Term
Define the Spoils System.
Definition
The would give jobs in the government to loyal supporters.
Term
How did the Jacksonian Era impact democracy?
Definition
Regular citizens were getting much more involved in the government. Many people went into corrupt bargain. It was the Era of the Common Man.
Term
Who won the election of 1824?
Definition
John Quincy Adams.
Term
What was the effect of the Tariff of 1828?
Definition
The Nullification Crisis
Term
What caused the Mexican War?
Definition
Border Dispute (mainly over Texas).
Term
What were the results of Manifest Destiny?
Definition
The United States spread from coast to coast.
Term
Who was Horace Mann and how did he regard education?
Definition
He was the "Father of Education." He thought that going to college and getting a full education was a way to get out of poverty.
Term

What was the purpose of the Seneca Falls convention?

 

Definition
It was the first public gathering for the discussion of Womens Rights.
Term
How did the compromise of 1850 affect slavery?
Definition
It helped to expand slavery.
Term
What was the Missouri Compromise?
Definition
Missouri became a slave state.
Term
What was the first MAJOR battle of the Civil War?
Definition
The Battle of Bull Run
Term
Why was the Battle of Gettysburg an important victory for the North?
Definition
The South never invaded again.
Term
What were the requirements of the South to reenter the union under Radical Reconstruction?
Definition

-each state had to write a new constitution

-They had to ensure equality by law

Term
After what battlle did Tecumseh join forces with the British troops?
Definition
Tippacanoe
Term
The war of 1812 ended by what?
Definition
The Battle of Ghent
Term
Requirements for the presidential elections were set by which amendment?
Definition
The Twelfth Amendment.
Term
The Northern border of the United States was secure by the battle of ___________.
Definition
Gettysburg
Term
Named after a cloth, roads consisting of logs laid side by die we called what?
Definition
coduroy roads
Term
During the mid-1800's what qas the fastest method of communication?
Definition
The telegraph
Term
What law allowed the president to use the United States military to enforve the acts of Congress?
Definition
Force bill
Term
Who was the first vice president to become president because the elected president died in office?
Definition
John Tyler
Term
Disagreement over the new states being free states or slave states was a cause of what?
Definition
The civil war
Term
Why was Lincoln unable to carry out his Reconstruction Plan?
Definition
He was assasinated.
Term
Which Civil War General became president in 1869?
Definition
General Ulysses Simpson Grant
Term
Which state was the first to seced from the union in 1860?
Definition
South Carolina
Term
by the end of the Civil War, African American volunteers made up nearly what percentage of the union army?
Definition
80%
Term
George Washington
Definition
He was the first president of the United states of America.
Term
List the first five presidents.
Definition

1. George Washington

2. John Adams

3. Thomas Jefferson

4. James Madison

5. James Monroe

Term
What did marbury v. Madison establish?
Definition
Judicial Review
Term
Alexander Hamilton v. Thomas Jefferson
Definition
they were the first two candidates to be in to different political parties.
Term
The New repulblic era
Definition
the first five presidents
Term
The Invention of the cotton gin created a hug growth in _______.
Definition
slavery
Term
Who were two very important Women's Rights Activists?
Definition
Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucrietia Mott
Term
In what year did the Civil War end?
Definition
1865
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