FINAL EXAM STUDY GUIDE: 6/9, 5-7:30, YOU NEED A BLUE BOOK

I. Identifications(4 OF 6) 5% each=40%
You will answer 4 identifications out of the 6 that I give you:

Remember, each term requires a complete paragraph
defining the term with sufficient detail and explaining why the term is significant.

Worcester v. Georgia
Battle of Manassas (Bull Run)
John Brown
Battle of New Orleans
Lewis and Clark
Lowell Factory System
Caning of Sumner
St. Patrick's Battalion
Manifest Destiny
John C. Calhoun
Embargo Act
John Marshall
Marbury v. Madison
Louisiana Purchase
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Bleeding Kansas
Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo
Compromise of 1850
“Beecher’s Bibles”
Dred Scott Case
Election of 1860
Jefferson Davis
Gettysburg Address
Erie Canal

II. Essay Questions: (60%)
Two of the following questions will be on the test.
You will answer one.

1.The sectionalism that developed between the North and South, ultimately causing the Civil War, was the product of numerous factors. What were the most important political, economic, and social issues that drove the two sections of the nation apart? What role did slavery play in causing the war?

2.Compare and contrast the War of 1812, the War with Mexico, and the Civil War.

3.What was the role of slavery in shaping the 19th century United States?

4. The Cherokee were removed. Millions of Africans were enslaved. Children worked in horrific factory conditions. Women, without legal recourse, languished in oppressives relationships with abusive men. Given all of this, should the United States be considered the "land of the free?" If so, why? If not, why not? Why is the U.S. so often portrayed as a bastion of freedom?