US History Final Exam Review- Part 1

What was the goal of the opening section of the Declaration of Independence?

• State how unfair taxation has been

• express anger towards King George

• Provide reasoning as to why the colonies wanted their independence

• advocate obedience to Great Britain

"Governing power should be divided between different levels of government" Is a similarity between

• Declaration of Independence and U.S. Constitution

• The U.S. Constitution and Albany Plan of Union

• Articles of Confederation and Declaration of Independence

• The U.S. Constitution and the Articles of Confederation

What two major compromises were reached at the Constitutional Convention of 1787

• 3/5 Compromise and the Great Compromise which dealt with representation in government

• Kansas-Nebraska Act and 3/5 Compromise which determined what was a slave state and what is free

• Kansas-Nebraska Act and Great Compromise which created a compromise on state voting rules

Why was the Bill of Rights added to the Constitution?

Why did many presidents want to follow George Washington's policy of neutrality?

• To keep the U.S. safe from foreign conflicts

• They felt the U.S. was too powerful and would want to conquer Europe if given the chance

• The U.S. would favor an alliance with Russia

Define Judicial Review

Give an example of "checks and balances"

This document stated that European imperialism was NOT welcome in our hemisphere

• Emancipation Proclamation

• Monroe Doctrine

• Jay's Treaty

• Treaty of Paris

What were leading causes of the Civil War? Check all that apply.

• Dred Scott decision

• Three-fifths Compromise

• Kansas-Nebraska Act

• Publication of the Liberator

… In your hands, my dissatisfied fellow

countrymen, and not in mine, is the momentous

issue of civil war. The government will not assail

you. You can have no conflict without being

yourselves the aggressors. You have no oath

registered in Heaven to destroy the government,

while I shall have the most solemn one to

“preserve, protect, and defend it.” …

— President Abraham Lincoln, First Inaugural Address,

March 4, 1861

• The Emancipation Proclamation had been issued.

• Union troops had invaded several Southern states.

• General Robert E. Lee had led an attack on Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.

• Several Southern states had seceded from the Union.