1. US History Midterm Review
Questions 1-21

2. 1. What is the difference between absolute and relative locations
Absolute is specific latitude & longitude
Relative is in relation to a known location (next to Maryvale High School)
2. Identify 3 major geographic features of the US?
Appalachian Mountains
Rocky Mountains
Mississippi River
Central Plains
3. Why did Western New York’s geographic location help it to become and industrial center?
Between Great Lakes (West) and NYC (East)
Erie Canal

3. 6. What was the result of the French and Indian War?
4. Why was there a clash of cultures between Native Americans and European colonists?
A differing view on land usage
Expansion of European Settlement West
5. What kind of freedom were European colonists seeking in New England? What kind of freedom were European colonists seeking in the South?
Religious Freedom in New England
Economic Freedom in the South
6. What was the result of the French and Indian War?
British Win
Britain takes control of most of N. American Colonies
Taxes Imposed on American Colonists
Natives pushed fathers west
Proclamation of 1763

4. 8. Identify 2 major causes of the American Revolution?
7. How did the Declaration of Independence reflects ideas of the Enlightenment?
Equality
Freedom of Speech
Freedom of Religion
Right to Remove Bad Government
8. Identify 2 major causes of the American Revolution?
Lack of Representation within the Parliament (Equal British Subjects)
Increase in American Taxes and British Oversight
9. Identify one positive and one negative of the Articles of Confederation?
Positive
Established Systems for the Addition of States
Negatives
No Strong Executive, Inability to Raise Taxes, No National Army/Navy

5. 10. What was the result of the Great Comprise?
Connecticut Compromise
Creates Bicameral Legislature in Congress
House of Representatives based on Population
Senate = #’s of Representation (each state has 2)
11. What was the difference between the Federalist & Ant-Federalist view of the Constitution?
Federalist Support New Stronger National Government (Fear Direct Democracy “Mob Rule”)
Anti-Federalist Support Power in the States (Fear Monarchy)
12. What is an Amendment? What was the goal of the Bill of Rights
An Amendment is a Change or Addition to the Constitution. Very Hard to Do.
Bill of Rights was compromise for ratification between Federalists and Anti- Federalists to identify basic rights of citizens.

6. 13. Identify two aspects of George Washington's Presidency
Established The Cabinet
Two Term Tradition
Farwell Address (Warning: Political Parties & Foreign Entanglements)
14. Describe the Results of the Louisiana Purchase
Doubled the size of the US
Control of the Mississippi River
Jefferson changed political views
15. What was the result of the Marbury v. Madison court decision?
Established Judicial Review
Power of Courts to Determine Constitutionality of Law or Executive Actions

7. 16. Identify One Economic Difference Between the North & South
North is industrialized, factory systems, small farms
South is agriculture, large plantation systems (slavery), ca$h crops
17. Identify 2 cause of the Civil War
Slavery; Abolitionists v. Americans who Wanted Slavery to continue to Expand West
Bleeding Kansas
Dredd Scott Supreme Court Case
John Brown Attempted Slave Revolt Harpers Ferry
Election of Lincoln 1860
18. What happened to the power of the Federal Government after the end of the Civil War
Power of the Federal Government Increased
No longer a debate between States Rights Over Decisions of the Federal Government
Federal Control over Southern States during Reconstruction

8. 19. What was the purpose of the Reconstruction Amendments
End Slavery (13th), Establish Definition of Citizen (14th), Provide Suffrage for men (15th)
20. How did Southern States Respond to the 13th, 14th, 15th (Reconstruction) Amendments
Jim Crow Laws
Racial Segregation, Poll Taxes, Literacy Test, KKK
21. What was meant by the phrase the “New South”
More diverse economy of agriculture & industry with the development of railroads
Solid South – States Vote for Democrats