Exam Review Sheet


US1- Early American History


There are two exams for this course.  The Midterm Exam deals with material from the first half of the course and the Final Exam deals with material from the second half.  Each exam will feature a 20 item Map section, a Chronology section, and 1 essay.

 

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1 - Map Section:  (20%)

You will be given 2 lists of 10 locations from the following list and asked to place them on a blank maps of North America [link] and the Atlantic [link.] 

 

Map items for midterm exam 

Cahokia

St. Augustine

New Amsterdam

New Orleans

New Haven

Jamestown

Tenochtitlan

Chaco Canyon

Lisbon

Paris

London

Canary Islands

Plymouth

Ft. Orange

Savannah River

Delaware River

Hudson River

Bunker Hill

Boston

Haiti

Jamaica

Philadelphia

Boston

Charleston

Newport

Salem

Chesapeake Bay

Williamsburg

Yorktown

Atlantic Ocean

Hartford

Long Island

Sea Islands



Map items for final exam 

Sutter’s Mill

Rio Grande River

Mississippi River

Potomac River

Annapolis

Tennessee River

Gulf of Mexico

Geneva

Istanbul

Philadelphia

Tippecanoe

Lowell

Erie Canal

St. Louis

Savannah

Lake Michigan

Merrimack River

Santa Fe

Knoxville

Rochester

Albany

Vicksburg

Gettysburg

Chicago

Cumberland

Concord

Chattanooga

Columbia River

New Echota

Richmond

Pittsburgh

Newark

Nantucket



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II - Chronology: (10%)

--Drawn from historical events and people covered in lecture.     (Review of Lecture Notes on the syllabus may be helpful.)---
 

-matching = You will be given a list of people, events, etc. to be matched to its associated Culture/Region. (Context)


-timeline  = You will be given a list of events or people to be put  in order of when they happened.   (Causation)

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III – Essay: (70%)

You will be given 1 out of the following list of essays and asked to answer it as an argumentative essay.


-You must incorporate the required number of primary sources chosen from those listed/linked in the course schedule.
-Citations are not required, but documents and quotes must be clearly attributed, and must have notations in the margin.

-Plagiarism policy applies...this must be a product of your own efforts.


Midterm Exam essay questions:

  1. What was the importance of Native Americans to the European settlement of the new world and the colonial formation of the United States?   Use at least 2 primary sources to discuss the topic. 

 

  1. What is the role of diversity in the history of pre-Revolutionary America?  Defend your argument fully using multiple different groups in multiple time periods.    Use at least 2 primary sources to discuss the topic. 

 

  1. There are many causes that led up to the colonial revolt that became the American Revolution.  Which was the most influential cause of dissatisfaction?    Why this one as opposed to others?  Use at least 2 primary sources to discuss the topic. 

 

  1. It has been argued that the motivating factor of North American Colonial settlement was the pursuit of profit.  Do you agree with this? Why or why not?  Address multiple colonies.  Use at least 2 primary sources to discuss the topic. 


Final Exam essay questions:

  1. Slavery was a political issue within America from the founding of the Unites States.  Why was it such a hotly debated issue?   Address the Early Republic, Market Revolution, and Civil War Eras?    Use at least 2 primary sources to discuss the topic. 

 

  1. Which of the following themes do you think is the most useful for understanding the first 90 years of the United States:  Political Conflict, Expansionism, or Economic Sectionalism?  Why?  Use at least 2 primary sources to discuss the topic. 

 

  1. As the  United States entered an age of rapid transportation and production, the northern and southern states increasingly based their economies on different types of production.  Were these divergent directions a hindrance or a benefit to a rapidly growing country? Why?  Use at least 2 primary sources to discuss the topic. 

 

  1. It has been argued that the history of the early development of the United States was the struggle between competing visions of America’s economic future.  What were these competing visions?  Do you agree with this statement? Why or why not?  Use at least 2 primary sources to discuss the topic.