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Exam Review Sheet: Topics and Format
United States History First Semester Assessment - Topics

The first semester assessment will cover the main topics and ideas addressed this year. You should know the key terms and people associated with these topics as well as the main ideas presented in each unit. The test will be divided into two parts, the first part will cover the period of Reconstruction as studied in the last few weeks, and the second part will focus on the topics covered earlier in the year. You will take the test in your history classes during exam week.

Part I The Period of Reconstruction - [|Chapter 17 Quizzes from Text Website HRW]
Rebuilding the South Fight over reconstruction Reconstruction in the South

Part II The Foundations of United States Government
The framework for our federal system - three branches How a Bill becomes a law checks and balances

Western Expansion - applying for statehood and the compromises associated with moving west
13 colonies - Missouri Compromise War with Mexico Compromise of 1850 Kansas Nebraska Act  [|Compromises1820.doc] - Matching Compromises - Handout http://www.animatedatlas.com/movie2.html

The Civil War: Chapter 16 - [|Quizzes from Text Website HRW]
Causes of War in the East War in the West Daily life War comes to an end

Be able to interpret and draw political cartoons... Be able to write well organized and thoughtful paragraphs... Be able to recognize historic documents...

Multiple Choice:
Reconstruction 25 Foundations of Gov 14 Expansion & Causes Civil War 12 Civil War 14

Reconstruction:
True or False 10 Matching 10 Fill In the Blank 10

Terms or ideas to be familiar with…
Federal federalism Wilmot Proviso popular sovereignty Compromise of 1850 Kansas-Nebraska Act Dred Scott v. Sandford Northwest Ordinance Great Compromise Three-Fifths Compromise checks and balances suffrage Plessy v. Ferguson Legislative Executive Judicial How a Bill becomes a Law

Be familiar with the ideas expressed in these documents...

 * < Constitution || Declaration of Independence || 5th Amendment ||
 * < Dred Scott v. Sanford decision || 14th amendment || 15th amendment ||
 * < Gettysburg Address || Compromise 1850 || Missouri Compromise ||
 * < Emancipation Proclamation ||  ||   ||