US History Midterm Review

Midterm Review-US History

1. Be able to explain what the Missouri Crisis and the Missouri Compromise are.  Also your opinion on if you think this was a good solution
2. Explain the triangle trade.  You need to be able to explain how each area is connected to each other.
3. Explain the Industrial revolution and the Market revolution.  How did they change America socially and economically
4. Give a detailed description of the three types of colonies.
5. What was Bacon’s rebellion and its impact
6. What was the philosophy of the self-made man and why middle class people liked it so much.
7. Explain the economies of the North and South and how this affected each region.
8. Describe the living conditions of slaves in the tobacco and sugar colonies.  Why were they so different
9. Advantages and disadvantages of the English and Americans during the revolutionary war.   Who benefitted from this war?  Who didn’t benefit? 
10. Explain how slave owners said slavery was good.  Explain what enlightenment thinkers said about slavery.
11. Explain the Columbian exchange and how this affected both America and Europe.
12. The results of the 7 years war and should England have made the colonies pay taxes following the war.  Provide evidence
13. Four economic actions of Alexander Hamilton.
14. Explain the Panic of 1837 and its effects.  What was the result of the Panic on the presidency
15. What is mercantilism?  How did England use this with the Navigation and Molasses Acts?  How did the United States use mercantilism.
16. Explain the living conditions of slaves in the United States.  How were they controlled? 
17. Explain the New Jersey Plan and Virginia plan.  What was the solution? 
18. Explain the ideas of Thomas Paine and John Locke.  How did they influence the American Revolution? 
19. 3 social classes of cities.  What was the benevolent empire and what did it accomplish? 
20. Advantages of America and England during the Industrial Revolution.