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Midterm Exam Review

Midterm Exam Review. US History I. Part I: Articles of Confederacy and Constitution. Who were the Anti-federalists ?. People who were against approving the new Constitution. What was the document outlining the first form of government of the U.S .?. Articles of Confederation.

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Midterm Exam Review

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  1. Midterm Exam Review US History I

  2. Part I: Articles of Confederacy and Constitution

  3. Who were the Anti-federalists?

  4. People who were against approving the new Constitution

  5. What was the document outlining the first form of government of the U.S.?

  6. Articles of Confederation

  7. What is the name of the set of amendments (changes) in the Constitution that were passed to protect individual rights?

  8. Bill of Rights

  9. What is the term for the powers given to separate branches of government to keep any one branch from gaining too much power?

  10. Checks and Balances

  11. What were the people called who supported the new Constitution?

  12. Federalists

  13. This term means the official approval of the Constitution?

  14. Ratification

  15. Part II: The Divisive Politics of Slavery

  16. Which man’s election into the presidency led to the secession of Southern states from the Union?

  17. Abraham Lincoln

  18. What required Northerners to return escaped slaves to their masters?

  19. Fugitive Slave Act

  20. Who was the escaped slave who was a famous “conductor” of the Underground Railroad?

  21. Harriet Tubman

  22. Who was the author of Uncle Tom’s Cabin?

  23. Harriet Beecher Stowe

  24. Who was elected as the president of the Confederacy?

  25. Jefferson Davis

  26. What major political party was born out of the slavery issue?

  27. Republican Party

  28. What part of the country depended on slavery because of their plantation economy?

  29. South

  30. What part of the country opposed slavery because they did not need it in their industry?

  31. North

  32. Part III: The Civil War Begins

  33. What were some advantages of the South during the Civil War? (List three)

  34. Demand for its cotton, better generals, soldiers eager to defend their way of life

  35. What were some advantages of the North during the Civil War? (List three)

  36. More people, more factories, more food production, better railroads

  37. What was the name of the first battle that was won by the Confederates and was inspired to win by General Stonewall Jackson?

  38. Bull Run

  39. What freed all slaves behind Confederate lines?

  40. Emancipation Proclamation

  41. Who is the general who successfully defended the Confederate capital?

  42. Robert E. Lee

  43. Who was the General who led the Union Army?

  44. Ulysses S. Grant

  45. Part IV: The North Takes Charge

  46. What battle turned the tide of the Civil War?

  47. Gettysburg

  48. What was the purpose of the Gettysburg Address and who delivered this address?

  49. The purpose was to honor the dead and ask Americans to rededicate themselves to preserving the Union. Abraham Lincoln delivered this address.

  50. Howdid the Civil War end (hint – who surrendered?)?

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