Friday

 

1. Buchanan was from what state? 

2. What political party did Buchanan help form? 

3. TRUE OR FALSE: James Buchanan is the only U.S. President to never get married. 

4. What was Buchanan's response when states began to threaten to secede or break away from the Union? 

5. Why do you think Buchanan is ranked as one of the worst U.S. Presidents?

STUDY GUIDE

 

Revolutionary War:

 

Outline the following acts and events. Discuss what each was and why it might have been important.

 

1763 - The Proclamation Act of 1763
1764- Sugar Act
1765 - Stamp Act

1766 – Declaratory Act
1767 - Townshend Act
1770 - Boston Massacre
1773 - Tea Act
1773- Boston Tea Party
1774 - Intolerable Acts (include the various acts listed under this one act in at least description (Boston Harbor Act, Quartering Act, Massachusetts Government Act, Act of Impartial Admin of Justice)– include the Quebec Act)

1st and 2nd Continental Congress

April 1775 - Lexington and Concord

May 1775 – the capture of Fort Ticonderoga

 

Other battles to know – what happened and why they were important:

 

Battle of Bunker Hill

Battle of Long Island (Brooklyn Heights)

Battle of Saratoga

Battle of Cowpens

Siege of Yorktown

 

People: Sam Adams, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, Thomas Paine, Patrick Henry, John Hancock, Ben Franklin. George Washington, Nathaniel Greene, Daniel Morgan, Benedict Arnold, Alexander Hamilton, Henry Knox, Johnny Burgoyne, General Howe, General Cornwallis,

 

Election of 1800/Louisiana Purchase/Manifest Destiny

 

Discuss the election of 1800

Marbury v Madison

 

 

 

The Louisiana Purchase (particularly how much it was brought for, why France sold it, what it did for the U.S.):

 

 

 

The Embargo Act (what was it, why was it enacted)

 

 

 

What was the Battle of Tippecanoe?

 

 

 

What were the causes of the War of 1812?

 

 

 

Election of 1824

The Indian Removal Act and Trail of Tears

The Spoils System

The Nullification Crisis and how it was resolved

Andrew Jackson's war on the Bank of America 

Henry Clay, John C. Calhoun, the Whig Party

 

Who was John Marshall?
Why did France sell its North America possessions (the Louisiana territory) to the U.S.?
What did Lewis and Clark do? Describe their journey?
How did Hamilton incur the wrath of Aaron Burr? Was he right in what he did? How did the ordeal end?
What was Jefferson's Embargo Act? Why was it unpopular and what was it supposed to do?
What did Tecumseh try and do?

Most historians call the War of 1812 a draw. Why?
Describe the Battle of New Orleans.

What did the Monroe Doctrine state?
What was the Missouri Compromise?
How was the election of 1824 decided? Why was it called a "corrupt bargain"?
List some of the labels attached to Andrew Jackson.
Was Andrew Jackson an Indian hater? What did the natives call him? What "Indian Wars" did he fight in and what was the outcome? What was his native "policy" as President?
How did Jackson come to symbolize the common people?


War of 1812

1) Importance of Fort McHenry.
2) Burning of D.C. by the British.
3) Battle of New Orleans

 

Also know the following:

 

What problems did the “little magician” (Martin Van Buren) face while in office?

 

 

What was William Henry Harrison’s campaign like?

 

What was the Alamo?

 

Discuss the Texas War of Independence. Why did Jackson not want to annex Texas?

 

Who was Nat Turner?

 

What was Manifest Destiny?

 

Mexican American War-election of Lincoln

 

The Compromise of 1850

Kansas-Nebraska Act

Bleeding Kansas 

Dred Scott Case

Lincoln-Douglas Debates

John Brown and Harper's Ferry

Presidents 1-16

 

 

Thursday

1. Abraham Lincoln was the nominee for what party and what was his stance or beliefs about how the nation should deal with slavery? 

2. Stephen Douglas was nominated by what party and what was his stance on slavery?

 3. John Breckinridge was nominated by what party and what was his stance on slavery?

 4. John Bell was nominated by what party and what was his stance on slavery?

 5. Summarize why Southern states seceded or left the Union after the election of 1860?
 

We are going to continue with the review guide

STUDY GUIDE

 

Revolutionary War:

 

Outline the following acts and events. Discuss what each was and why it might have been important.

 

1763 - The Proclamation Act of 1763
1764- Sugar Act
1765 - Stamp Act

1766 – Declaratory Act
1767 - Townshend Act
1770 - Boston Massacre
1773 - Tea Act
1773- Boston Tea Party
1774 - Intolerable Acts (include the various acts listed under this one act in at least description (Boston Harbor Act, Quartering Act, Massachusetts Government Act, Act of Impartial Admin of Justice)– include the Quebec Act)

1st and 2nd Continental Congress

April 1775 - Lexington and Concord

May 1775 – the capture of Fort Ticonderoga

 

Other battles to know – what happened and why they were important:

 

Battle of Bunker Hill

Battle of Long Island (Brooklyn Heights)

Battle of Saratoga

Battle of Cowpens

Siege of Yorktown

 

People: Sam Adams, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, Thomas Paine, Patrick Henry, John Hancock, Ben Franklin. George Washington, Nathaniel Greene, Daniel Morgan, Benedict Arnold, Alexander Hamilton, Henry Knox, Johnny Burgoyne, General Howe, General Cornwallis,

 

Election of 1800/Louisiana Purchase/Manifest Destiny

 

Discuss the election of 1800

Marbury v Madison

 

 

 

The Louisiana Purchase (particularly how much it was brought for, why France sold it, what it did for the U.S.):

 

 

 

The Embargo Act (what was it, why was it enacted)

 

 

 

What was the Battle of Tippecanoe?

 

 

 

What were the causes of the War of 1812?

 

 

 

Election of 1824

The Indian Removal Act and Trail of Tears

The Spoils System

The Nullification Crisis and how it was resolved

Andrew Jackson's war on the Bank of America 

Henry Clay, John C. Calhoun, the Whig Party

 

Who was John Marshall?
Why did France sell its North America possessions (the Louisiana territory) to the U.S.?
What did Lewis and Clark do? Describe their journey?
How did Hamilton incur the wrath of Aaron Burr? Was he right in what he did? How did the ordeal end?
What was Jefferson's Embargo Act? Why was it unpopular and what was it supposed to do?
What did Tecumseh try and do?

Most historians call the War of 1812 a draw. Why?
Describe the Battle of New Orleans.

What did the Monroe Doctrine state?
What was the Missouri Compromise?
How was the election of 1824 decided? Why was it called a "corrupt bargain"?
List some of the labels attached to Andrew Jackson.
Was Andrew Jackson an Indian hater? What did the natives call him? What "Indian Wars" did he fight in and what was the outcome? What was his native "policy" as President?
How did Jackson come to symbolize the common people?


War of 1812

1) Importance of Fort McHenry.
2) Burning of D.C. by the British.
3) Battle of New Orleans

 

Also know the following:

 

What problems did the “little magician” (Martin Van Buren) face while in office?

 

 

What was William Henry Harrison’s campaign like?

 

What was the Alamo?

 

Discuss the Texas War of Independence. Why did Jackson not want to annex Texas?

 

Who was Nat Turner?

 

What was Manifest Destiny?

 

Mexican American War-election of Lincoln

 

The Compromise of 1850

Kansas-Nebraska Act

Bleeding Kansas 

Dred Scott Case

Lincoln-Douglas Debates

John Brown and Harper's Ferry

Presidents 1-16

 

Wednesday

 Today we are going to look at Lincoln/Douglas debates and begin reviewing for the FINAL.

STUDY GUIDE

 

Revolutionary War:

 

Outline the following acts and events. Discuss what each was and why it might have been important.

 

1763 - The Proclamation Act of 1763
1764- Sugar Act
1765 - Stamp Act

1766 – Declaratory Act
1767 - Townshend Act
1770 - Boston Massacre
1773 - Tea Act
1773- Boston Tea Party
1774 - Intolerable Acts (include the various acts listed under this one act – include the Quebec Act)

1st and 2nd Continental Congress

April 1775 - Lexington and Concord

May 1775 – the capture of Fort Ticonderoga

 

Other battles to know – what happened and why they were important:

 

Battle of Bunker Hill

Battle of Long Island (Brooklyn Heights)

Battle of Saratoga

Battle of Cowpens

Siege of Yorktown

 

People: Sam Adams, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, Thomas Paine, Patrick Henry, John Hancock, Ben Franklin. George Washington, Nathaniel Greene, Daniel Morgan, Benedict Arnold, Alexander Hamilton, Henry Knox, Johnny Burgoyne, General Howe, General Cornwallis,

 

Election of 1800/Louisiana Purchase/Manifest Destiny

 

Discuss the election of 1800

Marbury v Madison

 

 

 

The Louisiana Purchase (particularly how much it was brought for, why France sold it, what it did for the U.S.):

 

 

 

The Embargo Act (what was it, why was it enacted)

 

 

 

What was the Battle of Tippecanoe?

 

 

 

What were the causes of the War of 1812?

 

 

 

Election of 1824

The Indian Removal Act and Trail of Tears

The Spoils System

The Nullification Crisis and how it was resolved

Andrew Jackson's war on the Bank of America 

Henry Clay, John C. Calhoun, the Whig Party

 

Who was John Marshall?
Why did France sell its North America possessions (the Louisiana territory) to the U.S.?
What did Lewis and Clark do? Describe their journey?
How did Hamilton incur the wrath of Aaron Burr? Was he right in what he did? How did the ordeal end?
What was Jefferson's Embargo Act? Why was it unpopular and what was it supposed to do?
What did Tecumseh try and do?

Most historians call the War of 1812 a draw. Why?
Describe the Battle of New Orleans.

What did the Monroe Doctrine state?
What was the Missouri Compromise?
How was the election of 1824 decided? Why was it called a "corrupt bargain"?
List some of the labels attached to Andrew Jackson.
Was Andrew Jackson an Indian hater? What did the natives call him? What "Indian Wars" did he fight in and what was the outcome? What was his native "policy" as President?
How did Jackson come to symbolize the common people?


War of 1812

1) Importance of Fort McHenry.
2) Burning of D.C. by the British.
3) Battle of New Orleans

 

Also know the following:

 

What problems did the “little magician” (Martin Van Buren) face while in office?

 

 

What was William Henry Harrison’s campaign like?

 

What was the Alamo?

 

Discuss the Texas War of Independence. Why did Jackson not want to annex Texas?

 

Who was Nat Turner?

 

What was Manifest Destiny?

 

Mexican American War-election of Lincoln

 

The Compromise of 1850

Kansas-Nebraska Act

Bleeding Kansas 

Dred Scott Case

Lincoln-Douglas Debates

John Brown and Harper's Ferry

Presidents 1-16

 

 1. The debates were part of the campaign for what political office? 

2. TRUE OR FALSE: Lincoln was very well known and famous before the debates.

 3. What did Lincoln argue concerning slavery? 

4. How did Douglas propose the issue of slavery be handled in new territories? 

5. Why do you believe Douglas was able to win the election and not Lincoln?

 

 

 

 

Tuesday

 1. What was Brown's plan for eliminating slavery?

 2. Why did Brown choose Harpers Ferry as his target? 

3. TRUE OR FALSE: Slaves rose up to fight alongside John Brown at Harpers Ferry.

 4. Who were some of the people in the crowd at John Brown's execution that would go on become famous during the Civil War? 

5. What do you think? Was John Brown a hero or a villain? Why?

 https://www.battlefields.org/learn/primary-sources/lincolns-first-inaugural-address

 

STUDY GUIDE

 

Revolutionary War:

 

Outline the following acts and events. Discuss what each was and why it might have been important.

 

1763 - The Proclamation Act of 1763
1764- Sugar Act
1765 - Stamp Act

1766 – Declaratory Act
1767 - Townshend Act
1770 - Boston Massacre
1773 - Tea Act
1773- Boston Tea Party
1774 - Intolerable Acts (include the various acts listed under this one act – include the Quebec Act)

1st and 2nd Continental Congress

April 1775 - Lexington and Concord

May 1775 – the capture of Fort Ticonderoga

 

Other battles to know – what happened and why they were important:

 

Battle of Bunker Hill

Battle of Long Island (Brooklyn Heights)

Battle of Saratoga

Battle of Cowpens

Siege of Yorktown

 

People: Sam Adams, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, Thomas Paine, Patrick Henry, John Hancock, Ben Franklin. George Washington, Nathaniel Greene, Daniel Morgan, Benedict Arnold, Alexander Hamilton, Henry Knox, Johnny Burgoyne, General Howe, General Cornwallis,

 

Election of 1800/Louisiana Purchase/Manifest Destiny

 

Discuss the election of 1800

Marbury v Madison

 

 

 

The Louisiana Purchase (particularly how much it was brought for, why France sold it, what it did for the U.S.):

 

 

 

The Embargo Act (what was it, why was it enacted)

 

 

 

What was the Battle of Tippecanoe?

 

 

 

What were the causes of the War of 1812?

 

 

 

Election of 1824

The Indian Removal Act and Trail of Tears

The Spoils System

The Nullification Crisis and how it was resolved

Andrew Jackson's war on the Bank of America 

Henry Clay, John C. Calhoun, the Whig Party

 

Who was John Marshall?
Why did France sell its North America possessions (the Louisiana territory) to the U.S.?
What did Lewis and Clark do? Describe their journey?
How did Hamilton incur the wrath of Aaron Burr? Was he right in what he did? How did the ordeal end?
What was Jefferson's Embargo Act? Why was it unpopular and what was it supposed to do?
What did Tecumseh try and do?

Most historians call the War of 1812 a draw. Why?
Describe the Battle of New Orleans.

What did the Monroe Doctrine state?
What was the Missouri Compromise?
How was the election of 1824 decided? Why was it called a "corrupt bargain"?
List some of the labels attached to Andrew Jackson.
Was Andrew Jackson an Indian hater? What did the natives call him? What "Indian Wars" did he fight in and what was the outcome? What was his native "policy" as President?
How did Jackson come to symbolize the common people?


War of 1812

1) Importance of Fort McHenry.
2) Burning of D.C. by the British.
3) Battle of New Orleans

 

Also know the following:

 

What problems did the “little magician” (Martin Van Buren) face while in office?

 

 

What was William Henry Harrison’s campaign like?

 

What was the Alamo?

 

Discuss the Texas War of Independence. Why did Jackson not want to annex Texas?

 

Who was Nat Turner?

 

What was Manifest Destiny?

 

Mexican American War-election of Lincoln

 

The Compromise of 1850

Kansas-Nebraska Act

Bleeding Kansas 

Dred Scott Case

Lincoln-Douglas Debates

John Brown and Harper's Ferry

Presidents 1-16

 

 

 

 

 

 

Monday

 

  We are going to look at a handout from Don't Know Much About History (Zachary Taylor to Lincoln).

Things you will need to know:

The Compromise of 1850

Kansas-Nebraska Act

Bleeding Kansas 

Dred Scott Case

Lincoln-Douglas Debates

John Brown and Harper's Ferry

Presidents 12-16

  1. Bleeding Kansas was the result of what law passed by Congress? 

2. What did they call the pro-slavery voters that crossed over from Missouri to vote in the Kansas election? 

3. Who was the Senator that was attacked on the floor of the Senate after speaking out against the pro-slavery group in Kansas?

 4. Who was the abolitionist that took revenge on the pro-slavery group? 

5. How do you think that actions in Kansas affected western expansion?

 

Friday

  We are going to look at a handout from Don't Know Much About History (Zachary Taylor to Lincoln).

Things you will need to know:

The Compromise of 1850

Kansas-Nebraska Act

Bleeding Kansas 

Dred Scott Case

Lincoln-Douglas Debates

John Brown and Harper's Ferry

Presidents 12-16

1. Why was Stephen Douglas determined to get the Kansas and Nebraska territories organized? 

2. Why were Southerners opposed to the bill? 

3. What is Stephen Douglas's answer to the issue of slavery in these territories? 

4. Who is the lawyer that comes out of political retirement to fight against Douglas and this act?

 5. Why do you think Northern Congressmen voted in favor of the Kansas-Nebraska Act even though it would allow slavery to spread?

Thursday

 We are going to look at a handout from Don't Know Much About History (Zachary Taylor to Lincoln).

1. Why was the Missouri Compromise important in dealing with California becoming a state? 

2. Who is the architect or leader in the compromise? 

3. What did the Fugitive Slave Act do?

 4. TRUE OR FALSE: The compromise clearly laid out who would vote and who would run elections in new territories for them to decide the issue of slavery there. 

 5. Civil War breaks out in the US by 1861. Why do you believe The Compromise of 1850 was not enough to avoid Civil War?

Wednesday

 

 We are going to continue with chapter 17 today, but first let us look at the Mexican-American War and discuss the study questions that we covered in the book from yesterday.

Chapter 17

 

The Accession of "Tyler Too"

Know:    William Henry Harrison, John Tyler

1.        "Yet Tyler...should never have consented to run on the ticket."  Explain this quote from your text.

John Tyler:   A President Without a Party

Know:    "His Accidency,"  Henry Clay

2.        What proof can you give of Tyler's unpopularity?  What did Tyler do that made Whigs so angry with him?

A War of Words with England

Know:    Caroline, Creole

3.             Explain at least four causes of tension between the US and Great Britain in the 1830's and 1840's.

Manipulating the Maine Maps

Know:    Aroostook War, Lord Ashburton, Daniel Webster

4.        What was the result of the Ashburton-Webster Treaty?

The Lone Star of Texas Shines Alone

Know:    Lone Star Republic

5.        How did Mexico view Texas from 1836 to 1845?

The Belated Texas Nuptials

Know:    Conscience Whigs

6.        Why did some hesitate to annex Texas?  Why was it finally admitted to the Union?

Oregon Fever Populates Oregon

Know:    54 40', Willamette Valley, Oregon Trail

7.        What change with Oregon from 1819 to 1844 caused the British to become more willing to negotiate a final boundary?

A Mandate (?) for Manifest Destiny

Know:    James K. Polk, Dark Horse

8.        What part did Manifest Destiny play in the 1844 election?

Polk the Purposeful

9.        What were Polk's four goals?  Assess his degree of success.

Misunderstandings with Mexico

Know:    John Slidell, Nueces River

10.        What were the sources of the strained relationship between the U.S. and Mexico?

American Blood on American (?) Soil

Know:    Zachary Taylor, Spot Resolutions

11.        Explain some of the reasons Congress declared war on Mexico.

The Mastering of Mexico

Know:    Stephen Kearney, John C. Fremont, Bear Flag Republic, Winfield Scott

12.        What battles were fought to defeat Mexico?

Fighting Mexico for Peace

Know:    Nicholas P. Trist, Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

13.        Why did some people oppose the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo?

Profit and Loss in Mexico

Know:    Wilmot Proviso

14.        What positive and negative outcomes resulted for the United States from the Mexican-American War?

Makers of America: The Californios

Know:    Californios, Father Junipero Serra, Franciscans, Secularization, Anglos
15.        How did the Californios gain and then lose power?

 

 

US History I: Crash Course: US History Episode #17 – War and Expansion

TRUE OR FALSE:

1. “Manifest Destiny” was the idea that America had a God-given right to expand from the Atlantic to the Pacific. (0:53)

2. By 1860, more than a million Americans had made the trek west to reach the Oregon Territory. (1:32)

3. At this time, Nevada, Texas, and California all belonged to Spain. (1:44)

6. After the Battle of San Jacinto, Texas became an independent country. (3:06)

8. Congress in the 19th century took care to keep the Senate balanced between slave states and free states. (4:04)

9. President Polk waged a war against Mexico in order to acquire California.  (4:50)

10. Transcendentalist Ralph Waldo Emerson wrote “On Civil Disobedience” while in jail for refusing to pay his taxes. (5:03)

13. Nativism was the insistence that Native Americans needed to be accorded rights equal to anyone else in the U.S. (7:00)

14. Before the Gold Rush, California didn’t have enough Americans living there to quality for statehood. (7:41)

15. Most of the 25,000 Chinese who arrived in California worked in the mining and railroad fields. (8:00)

16. Under the 1850 California Constitution, African Americans and Asian Americans could vote and testify in court. (9:40)

19. Causes of the Civil War include both manifest destiny and slavery, depending on who you ask. (12:00)

4. When Mexico gained independence, it wanted to attract Americans to settle in Texas, though it later took their land away and banned any more from coming. (2:24)

5. The Alamo was a battle between Americans in Texas and Mexican forces; it ended in a rousing victory for the Americans. (2:57)

7. Texas applied for admission to the U.S. as a slave state, but had to wait several years until Congress granted their request. (3:52)

11. Andrew Jackson and Abraham Lincoln, like James K. Polk, are looked back on as presidents who greatly expanded executive power. (5:30)

12. The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo said that Mexico would get $15 million, and the United States would get land that became several states. (6:10)

17. California was admitted to the U.S. as a free state even though the law there permitted Native Americans to be held as slaves. (9:43 & 10:30)

18. The Compromise of 1850 specified that areas formerly belonging to Mexico could decide for themselves whether to enter the U.S. as slave or free states. (11:12)