Wednesday, January 20, 2010

Review Terms Part 2

Thomas Jefferson
impressment
Marbury v. Madison
Industrial Revolution
Lowell Mills
sectionalism
Missouri Compromise
Monroe Doctrine
Jacksonian Democracy
spoils system
Trail of Tears
Manifest Destiny
Underground Railroad
abolition
John Brown
Bleeding Kansas
Seneca Falls Convention
Fugitive Slave Law/Act
Dred Scott Decision
Emanicpation Proclamation
13-15th Amendment
Reconstruction
Black Codes
sharecropping
Ku Klux Klan

Tuesday, January 19, 2010

Final Exam Terms 1st half

The m/c part of the final will be held on Thursday January 22nd. Here are the 1st twenty review terms:

  1. MERCANTILISM
  2. INDENTURED SERVANT
  3. QUAKER
  4. NAVIGATION ACTS
  5. SALUTARY NEGLECT
  6. TRIANGLE TRADE-MIDDLE PASSAGE
  7. GREAT AWAKENING
  8. PROCLAMATION OF 1763
  9. FRENCH & INDIAN WAR
  10. COMMON SENSE
  11. CAUSES OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
  12. FEDERALIST/ANTI-FEDERALISTS
  13. RATIFICATION
  14. CHECKS AND BALANCES
  15. BILL OF RIGHTS
  16. GREAT COMPROMISE
  17. 3 BRANCHES OF GOVERNMENT
  18. ALIEN & SEDATION ACTS
  19. NEUTRALITY
  20. LOUISIANA PURCHASE

Tuesday, January 12, 2010

Reconstruction Web Qwest

Name __________________________________

Port Richmond High School Timothy Gannon, Principal

United States History Ms. Goffredo

Reconstruction

http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/reconstruction/index.html Once you have logged on, go directly to the above link.

1. Read the section labeled “Introduction”. Why is reconstruction relevant to us today?

2. A New Birth of Freedom Explain Lincoln’s 105 plan.

3. The Meaning of Freedom Describe the reactions of Northerners, Southerners and African Americans to Emancipation.

4. “From Slave Labor to Free Labor”

a. Explain sharecropping, what are the positive and negative aspects of this system?

b. How did the life of the white farmer change?

5. “Rights and Power” Describe the reconstruction plans of:

a. Lincoln

b. Johnson

c. Radical Republicans

Descibe the Black Codes. Why were they written?

6. “The Ending of Reconstruction” Why did reconstruction end?

7. Choose a political cartoon that moves you. Write the title, date and author. Describe what you see and the message you think it conveys.

8. Why is reconstruction important? What impact do you think it will have on the rest of American history?





Now that you are done..... email it to me! cgoffre@schools.nyc.gov

Tuesday, January 5, 2010

Test 1/11

There will be a test on the Civil War on Monday the 11th of January. Please review the following terms:
  • Ulysees S. Grant
  • Robert E. Lee
  • Emancipation Proclamation
  • Conscription
  • Income Tax
  • Andersonville
  • Gettysburg Address
  • Appomattox Court House
  • Thirteenth Amendment
  • John Wilkes Booth
  • Union
  • Confederacy
  • Fighting 54th
  • Ft. Sumter
  • Vicksburg
  • General William T. Sherman
  • Sherman's March to the Sea
  • Red Cross