For the English semester final

FOR ALL CLASSES: WHEN YOU WRITE THE ESSAY, MAKE SURE THAT
1) YOU UNDERLINE YOUR THESIS STATEMENT (5 POINTS)

2) YOU DO NOT USE THE PHRASES "I THINK, I BELIEVE, IN MY OPINION,

(MINUS ONE POINT EVERY TIME YOU DO)

3) YOU USE AT LEAST FIVE VOCAB WALL WORDS. (MINUS FIVE POINTS IF YOU DON'T)

HISTORY - Study Guide

U.S. HISTORY 1
FINAL EXAM STUDY GUIDE
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Chronology
- Be able to place all topics on this Study Guide in correct Chronological order!

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Early Presidencies
[IMPORTANT DATES ~ Washington: 1789–1797. Adams was President: 1797-1801. Jefferson: 1801-1809 etc… (look up others on your own)]
- Know why Americans were afraid of having a President…
AND why they easily elected Washington in spite of that fear.
- Know how Washington felt about being President.
- Know why Washington chose to have a cabinet…
AND what a President’s cabinet is for.
- Be able to name the following 3 members of Washington’s cabinet:
Vice President, Secretary of Treasury, and Secretary of State
- Be able to compare and contrast Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton
- Know the origins of America’s first 2 political parties (i.e. why they came to exist and what beliefs they represented)
- Know the names of America’s first 2 political parties
- Know what 2 things Washington warned America against in his famous “farewell address”
- Know America’s first 5 Presidents, its 7th, 16th, and 18th
- Be able to identify these Presidents based on facts about them or about their Presidency.
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War of 1812
[IMPORTANT DATE ~ The War of 1812 lasted from 1812-1814]
- Know what England was doing in the early 19th century to upset Americans.
- Know what Americans wanted in the war’s 1st phase
- Know what the “French Revolution” was and why it led England to fight the Napoleonic Wars.
- Know that the British were fighting the Napoleonic Wars in Europe when the War of 1812 began.
- Know what happened in Washington D.C. and Baltimore, MD in the war’s 2nd phase.
- Know which battle was fought after the war officially ended AND why a battle was fought after the end of the war.

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Nationalism
- Know the definition of the term “Nationalism”
- Know the definition of the term “Manifest Destiny”
- Be able to explain the “Monroe Doctrine”
- Be able to explain how both Manifest Destiny and the Monroe Doctrine reflect Nationalism

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Westward Expansion (Material from the Map Activity!)
[IMPORTANT DATES ~ Louisiana Purchase: 1804 Mexican War: 1846-1848 etc.]
- Be able to identify the original 13 states
- Be able to identify the Northwest Territory, Kentucky Territory, and Mississippi Territory.
- Be able to identify the area purchased as the Louisiana Territory
- Know which President made the Louisiana Purchase and who it was purchased from
- Know what we gained in the Adams-Onís Treaty, who we gained it from, AND why they gave it to us
- Know why America fought the Mexican War.
- Be able to identify the land gained in the Mexican Cession
- Be able to identify the 3 states in the Oregon territory.
- Know what the Oregon Trail was, the dangers of the Oregon trail, and why it fell out of use.

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American Indians
- Know who Tecumseh is and why he went to war with American troops in the early 19th century.
- Know how white Americans generally felt about American Indians.
- Know which President passed the “Indian Removal Act” that led to the Trail of Tears
- Know what happened to the Cherokee Nation based upon the documentary on the Trail of Tears.
- Know what happened to the Indians of the Great Plains (Mid-west) as demonstrated by the movie Dances with Wolves.

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Sectionalism & Civil War
[IMPORTANT DATE ~ Lincoln elected in 1860, Civil War: 1861-1865]
- Understand the major differences between life in the North and South leading up to and at the time of the Civil War!
- Know about slave life and culture in the American South.
- Be able to define the terms “abolitionist” and “fire-eater”
- Know the major conflicts in the US government that led to “Secession” (including the Missouri Compromise, Compromise of 1850, Kansas-Nebraska Act, Dread Scott Decision, John Brown’s Raid & The election of 1860)
- Be able to define the terms “Sectionalism”, “Union”, “Confederacy” and “Secession”
- Be able to compare and contrast the advantages and strategies of the North and South during the Civil War!
- Know which side won!
- Be able to define the term “Reconstruction” AND have an idea of what happened to African Americans in the South after the Civil War.

English Homework-week of june 15th

FOR WEDNESDAY: ALL CLASSES-QUIZ "NIGHT" PP. 45-76.

FOR THURSDAY: ALL CLASSES-FINISH READING "NIGHT."

FOR FRIDAY: CLASSES 1, 2, 6; YOU WILL WRITE AN INTRODUCTORY PARAGRAPH FOR EACH OF THE THREE QUESTIONS AND UNDERLINE YOUR THESIS STATEMENT. THIS IS A GRADED ASSIGNMENT.

FOR MONDAY: CLASS 5; YOU WILL WRITE AN INTRODUCTORY PARAGRAPH FOR EACH OF THE THREE QUESTIONS AND UNDERLINE YOUR THESIS STATEMENTS. THIS IS A GRADED ASSIGNMENT.

English homework for Tueday, Day 2, June 16

ALL CLASSES: FINISH READING "NIGHT", PP 45-80 (I KNOW-SOME OF YOU ARE MISSING PAGES 77-80). QUIZ ON WEDNESDAY, DAY 3 ON PAGES 45-80.

ALL CLASSES: BY THURSDAY, FINISH READING "NIGHT" , PAGES 81-109.

English Homework for Monday, June 15, Day 1

ALL CLASSES: READ "NIGHT," PP. 45-80. FOR EACH SECTION/CHAPTER SELECT THE MOST IMPORTANT SENTENCE AND EXPLAIN WHY YOU CHOSE WHAT YOU DID. (THE FIRST SECTION COVERS PAGES 45-62)

CLASSES 5 AND 6: QUIZ ON "NIGHT,' PP. 1-43.

English homework for Friday, june 12, Day 6

CLASSES ONE AND TWO: QUIZ "NIGHT" PAGES 1-43.

CLASSES FIVE AND SIX: QUIZ "NIGHT" PAGES 1-43 ON MONDAY.

REMINDER: ALL JOURNALS DUE FRIDAY JUNE 12.

English homework for Wednesday, Day 4, June 10

for all classes: in "Night," read pages 20-43. Then for each chapter (there are two), underline the MOST important sentence in that chapter. Then, in a short paragraph (5-8 sentences), explain why you chose the sentence that you did. Pass your work into the box in front by the end of the day.

DON'T FORGET; ALL INDIE JOURNALS ARE DUE THIS FRIDAY (JUNE 12) BY THE END OF THE DAY. NO EXCEPTIONS.

English Homework for Tueday, June 9, Day 3

CLASS ONE: READ PAGES 1-20 OF "NIGHT." UNDERLINE THE MOST IMPORTANT EVENT/SENTENCE. LAST CALL FOR PAST DUE WORK.

CLASS TWO: LAST CALL FOR PAST DUE WORK.

CLASS FIVE: SAME AS CLASS ONE.

CLASS SIX: SAME AS CLASS ONE.

REMINDER FOR ALL CLASSES: INDIE READING JOURNALS DUE THIS FRIDAY, JUNE 12 AT THE END OF DAY. NO EXCEPTIONS.

English Homework for Monday, June 8, Day 6

CLASS ONE: NO HOMEWORK. BUT IF YOU OWE THE ACT 5 ESSAY, IT MUST BE TURNED IN PERIOD 1.

CLASS TWO: CREATE AN IDENTITY WEB SIMILAR TO THE WEB THAT I CREATED. IT MUST BE DONE IN PENCIL AND YOU MUST KEEP IT IN YOUR BINDER.

CLASS FIVE: NO HOME WORK UNLESS YOU OWE WORK. PASSED DUE WORK MUST BE TURNED IN BY 7:30 AM.

CLASS SIX: SAME AS CLASS TWO.

REMINDER: ALL INDIE JOURNALS ARE DUE FRIDAY, JUNE 12, AT THE END OF THE DAY-NO EXCEPTIONS.

English Homework for Friday, June 5, Day 1

CLASS ONE: IF YOU STILL OWE THE COMPARE AND CONTRAST ESSAY, EITHER PASS IT IN FRIDAY OR NO LATER THAN 7:30 MONDAY. NO OTHER HOMEWORK.

CLASS TWO: NO HOMEWORK FOR FRIDAY.

CLASS FIVE: SEE CLASS ONE.

CLASS SIX: SEE CLASS TWO.

REMINDER: ALL INDIE READING JOURNALS ARE DUE FRIDAY, JUNE 12 BY THE END OF THE DAY. NO EXCEPTIONS.

English Homework for Thursday, June 4, Day 6

CLASS ONE: TURN IN THE COMPARE AND CONTRAST ACT V ESSAY. BUT PLEASE REMEMBER YOU MUST DECIDE IF ZEFFIRELLI'S EDITING ADDS TO OR DIMINISHES THE SHAKESPEARE/ROMEO AND JULIET EXPERIENCE.

CLASS TWO: NO HOMEWORK. SEE YOU FRIDAY

CLASS FIVE: QUIZ ON ACT V.

CLASS SIX: NO HOMEWORK. SEE YOU FRIDAY.

TO ALL STUDENTS: GOOD LUCK ON YOUR BIO EXAM. AND DON'T FORGET--ALL INDIE READING JOURNALS ARE DUE FRIDAY, JUNE 12 BY THE END OF THE DAY. NO EXCEPTIONS.

English homework for wednesday, Day 5, June 3

CLASS ONE: SEE YESTERDAY'S POSTING FOR CLASS TWO.

CLASS TWO: FINAL DRAFT OF COMPARE/CONTRAST/EVALUATE ACT V. QUIZ ACT V.

CLASS FIVE (DUE THURSDAY): SAME AS CLASS TWO.

CLASS SIX: SAME AS CLASS TWO.

REMINDER TO ALL STUDENTS: INDIE READING JOURNALS DUE FRIDAY, JUNE 12, END OF DAY. NO EXCEPTIONS.

English Homework for Tuesday, June 2, Day 4

CLASS ONE: RETELL ACT 1, USING THE RETELLING RUBRIC.

CLASS 2: COMPARE AND CONTRAST ZEFFIRELLI'S VERSION OF ACT 5 TO SHAKEASPEARE'S ORIGINAL ACT 5. ALTHOUGH ZEFFIRELLI HAS MORE OR LESS REMAINED TRUE TO THE BASIC ELEMENTS (PLOT, LANGUAGE, CHARACTERS), HE HAS HEAVILY EDITED ACT 5. AFTER IDENTIFYING THE MAJOR DIFFERENCES, EVALUATE THOSE DIFFERENCES AND EXPLAIN HOW HIS EDITING ADDS TO OR DIMINISHES OUR UNDERSTANDING OF THE PLAY AND ROMEO AND JULIET THEMSELVES.

CLASS 5: SEE THE POSTING FOR CLASS 2.

CLASS 6: SEE THE POSTING FOR CLASS 2.

FOR ALL CLASSES: INDIE READING JOURNALS ARE DUE FRIDAY, JUNE 12 AT THE END OF THE DAY. NO EXCEPTIONS.