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History 201AB/AC

MWF 9:10-10 am,

10:10- 11 am

Updated: May 15, 2013-

The final is a cumulative exam to test recall of what we talked about during the semester. The exam will have multiple-choice questions, true/false questions, and ten Jeopardy questions. and Please bring a scantron and #2 pencil. For History 201AB - exam is scheduled for May 22. It begins at 8:10-10:40 am in our classroom. History 201AC's exam is scheduled for Monday, May 20th beginning at 8:10 am. While the exam is cumulative, I will focus on the last 2/3 of the class.

1. Know the American Indian tribes (use the chart you made for this review).

2. The Age of Exploration - what aided exploration? What were the motives, process, i.e. joint-stock company, where did each European colonizing power settle and why. What were the economic cash crop, social culture, religious culture of each settlement?
3. Do a compare and contrast analysis of the Puritans and the settlers in the Chesapeake.
4. Know the demographics of the Quaker and Carolina colonies.

5. The chapter on slavery is important. Please know the reasons for the slave trade, and its impact on Africa and the African-American community.

6. Reasons for the Great War for Empire. How did the GWFE affect the colonies and Britain? What did the war do to France?

7. When you identify something, it's not just knowing what it was, you also need to know the significance of it. Identify: Proclamation of 1763, Sugar, Stamp, Tea, Declaratory and the Coercive (Intolerable) Acts. Identify: Boston Massacre and Boston Tea Party.

8. Significance of the First and Second Continental Congress. Identify: Patriots and Loyalists, Articles of Confederation.

9. Aftermath of the war: Why was the country drifting between 1781-1787? What were some of its challenges? Who was Daniel Shay and why did he rebel? What was the outcome of that rebellion?

10. The Constitutional Convention: What were some of the issues that needed to be compromised on? Describe the Great Compromise. Describe the 3/5 Compromise. Know the Bill of Rights, the Judiciary Act.

11. What were some of the internal and external threat of the 1790s? How did political parties develop? What was the Jeffersonian philosophy? The Federalists philosophy? What were the threats from Britain and France during this time?

12. Why is the election of 1800 such a turning point for the new nation?

13. What was the XYZ Affair - the significance of it?

14. What were the Alien and Sedition Acts and what was its purpose.

15. Describe the country in 1800-1812. Identify: Robert Fulton, Lewis and Clark, Jefferson's first and second presidential terms

Any questions? Please ask.