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Final Examination Summer I, 2009 READ THIS FIRST!.......At the time of the exam you must bring a small GREEN Scantron to class. You will not be allowed to have anything on your desk except the test booklet, the Scantron, pencils and erasers. Anything and everything else must be completely out of sight under your desk - preferably in your backpack. Absolutely no cell phones or iPods are allowed. bury them deep in your backpacks/purses or leave them at home. There is no reason any papers of any kind should be in evidence, so make sure those that you have are secure from anyone's eyes, especially yours and MINE! Any academic dishonesty observed will be dealt with swiftly and severely. If I or my proctors observe such activity, the offender's test will be immediately picked up and the offender will be referred to the Dean of Students for University disciplinary action. There will be no exceptions here! Study Guide Multiple choice section: Study the following terms, relating each to the textbook and my lectures. Each term is designed to direct you to the most appropriate answer to the question to which it relates. The multiple choice portion of the test itself will follow the order of this guide, i.e., SG item no. 1 will relate to question no. 1 on the exam and so on. A thorough reading of the textbook and good note-taking is essential to success. Each correct answer is worth 2 points - total for MC section = 60 points. 1. Be able to describe the new northern middle class of the 18th century. 2. Know who founded Mormonism. 3. Know which religious arguments white southerners used to justify slavery. 4. Know which slave rebellion took place in Southhampton, VA. in 1831. 5. Identify the major anti-slavery society before the 1830s. 6. Know which venue most women used to become advocates of women's rights. 7. Know what the focus of the Magdalen society was. 8. Know who constituted the most overwhelmingly Democratic group in the country. 9. Know the causes of the Panic of 1819. 10. Know the author of the Monroe Doctrine. 11. Know what issue led to the final break between Jackson and Calhoun. 12. Know why southern banks opposed the tariff of 1828. 13. Know the outcomes of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo. 14. Know what the Ostend Manifesto was. 15. Know who facilitated the American settlement of Texas. 16. Know why Taylor carried the southern states in the election of 1848. 17. Know the leading advocate for southern rights in the dispute over Kansas. 18. Know what the Dred Scott decision involved. 19. Know which political party endorsed the idea of "free labor." 20. Know why organization of the Nebraska Territory was necessary. 21. Know what the main plank of the Republican Party's platform in 1860 called for. 22. Know what was the primary financing source for the Union war effort. 23. Know why Jefferson Davis wa chosen for the presidency of the Confederacy. 24. Know what the Anaconda Plan was. 25. Know why black troops were initially recruited in the North. 26. Know why Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation. 27. Know how Northern women contributed to the war effort. 28. Know the contents of the 15th Amendment. 29. Know what the "Mississippi plan" aimed to do. 30. Know why radical Republicans objected to Lincoln's initial Reconstruction Plan.
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Identification Section: Study the following terms. At the time of the exam, you will be required to address two of them in terms of Who, What, Where, When and – most important – Why. The “why” (historical significance of the item) is worth 50% of the total grade for each answer. Why means, "why do historians care?" What contributions/actions did the person, place or thing make that was significant to contemporaries and future generations. Be very thorough here! Value = 10 points each.
Nat Turner Andrew Jackson Whig Party Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo Monroe Doctrine Manifest Destiny
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Essay Section: Study the following questions. At the time for the exam you will be required to address one of them. Value = 20 points.
1. Examine the Mexican War. Why did it start? What was gained in the war by the US? By Mexico? Was it a justifiable war? Why or why not?
2. What brought about the Missouri Compromise? How was it an indicator of future trouble in the U.S.?
3. From the point of view of the text and lectures, examine the effects of activities in 1848. What were the major factors in 1848 that led to the Civil War?
4. Compare and contrast Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson Davis. How did each man deal with the war and their presidencies? What were each man’s strong and weak points?
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