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Read the following pages in the course textbook to locate the

key vocabulary and answer the questions below.

Chapter 1: Creating a Nation Lesson 1-A: Origins of the American Nation (pp. 4-9)

C1,L1-A KEY READING VOCABULARY:

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Reading Assignment #1

a. conquistador:

b. joint-stock company:

c. indentured servant:

d. committee of correspondence:

C1,L1-A KEY READING QUESTIONS:

1. How did geography influence the ways Native American cultures

developed?

2. What ideas and inventions encouraged Europeans to begin

overseas exploration?

3. For what reasons were the 13 colonies founded?

4. How was the idea of “no taxation without representation” an

important factor leading to the American Revolution?



Chapter 1: Creating a Nation Lesson 1-B: The Declaration of Independence (pp. 10-14)

C1,L1-B KEY READING VOCABULARY:

a. Preamble:

b. Natural Rights:

c. List of Grievances:

d. Resolution of Independence by the United States:

C1,L1-B KEY READING QUESTIONS:

1. What ideas did Thomas Jefferson take from Enlightenment

thinker John Locke?

2. Provide 3 of the major grievances against King George III

listed out by the Declaration.

3. According to legend, why did John Hancock sign his name so

big on the Declaration?


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Chapter 1: Creating a Nation Lesson 2-A: The Young Republic (pp. 15-20)

C1,L2-A KEY READING VOCABULARY:

a. separation of powers:

b. enumerated powers:

c. implied powers:

C1,L2-A KEY READING QUESTIONS:

1. What are the key compromises and provisions incorporated in

the U.S. Constitution?

2. Why did the Anti-Federalists oppose the ratification of the

Constitution?

3. Why did political parties emerge in the new republic, and

what were the consequences?

4. How did impressment contribute to the outbreak of the War of

1812?


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Chapter 1: Creating a Nation Lesson 2-B: The Constitution Handbook (pp. 21-30)

C1,L2-B KEY READING VOCABULARY:

a. popular sovereignty:

b. federalism:

c. reserved powers:

d. concurrent powers:

e. impeach:

f. bill:

g. cabinet:

h. judicial review:

i. due process:

C1,L2-B KEY READING QUESTIONS:

1. How does the Constitution lay the framework for individual

rights and a balanced representative government?

2. What are the rights and responsibilities of an American

citizen?

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Chapter 1: Creating a Nation Lesson 2-C: The Constitution (pp. 31-50)

C1,L2-C KEY READING VOCABULARY:

a. Preamble of the Constitution:

b. impeachment:

c. “Lame Duck”:

C1,L2-C KEY READING QUESTIONS:

1. Why were the first three words of the Constitution written in

such a large size?

2. Provide an example of how the system of checks and balances

work.

3. How does the judicial branch evaluate laws and interpret the

Constitution?

4. What are the protections and freedoms that the Constitution

and the Bill of Rights provide Americans?


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Chapter 1: Creating a Nation Lesson 3: Antebellum America (pp. 51-56)

C1,L3 KEY READING VOCABULARY:

a. revenue tariff:

b. protective tariff:

c. spoils system:

d. temperance:

e. emancipate:

C1,L3 KEY READING QUESTIONS:

1. How did the United States develop politically and

economically in the early 1800s?

2. How did the emergence of “King Cotton” affect the South?

3. Name 3 of the major reform movements and discuss what they

stood for and what they accomplished.


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Chapter 1: Creating a Nation Lesson 4: The Sectional Crisis (pp. 57-62)


a. empresario:

b. Manifest Destiny:

c. Missouri Compromise:

d. Kansas-Nebraska Act:

e. Election of 1860:


1. Why did Americans want to expand westward?

2. What did the U.S. gain from the Mexican-American War?

3. How did the political system attempt to resolve the issues of

sectionalism and slavery?

4. Using the information at the bottom of page #61, why was the

decision in Dred Scott v. Sandford so significant?


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Chapter 1: Creating a Nation Lesson 5: The Civil War and Reconstruction (pp. 63-69)


a. siege:

b. pillage:

c. carpetbaggers:

d. scalawags:

e. Compromise of 1877:


1. What caused the Civil War to change from a conflict over

preserving the Union to ending slavery?

2. Why were the Battles of Vicksburg and Gettysburg turning

points in the war?

3. Why were the Radical Republicans opposed to President

Lincoln’s plan for Reconstruction following the Civil War?

4. What steps were taken during Reconstruction to rebuild the

South and preserve the rights of newly freed slaves?


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Answer these questions about history:

A. What is it?

B. Why we should study history?

C. What role do archeologists and anthropologists play in

recording and interpreting the past?

D. Who was Herodotus? For what purpose did he see needing to

study history?

Essential Questions (EQs)

Using the Guided Notes, class lectures/discussions, and reading

assignments, answer the following 20 Essential Questions. The

unit test will assess your mastery of each of these EQs.

EQ 1.01

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Answer these questions about government:

A. What is a republic?

B. What is a democracy?

C. Is the U.S. a republic or a democracy? Explain your answer.

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EQ 1.02

Answer these questions about the U.S. Government:

A. List and explain the 6 key ideals (principles) that make up

the U.S. Government.

B. List and explain the 4 elements that make up the U.S.

Government.

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EQ 1.03

Explain the significance of these documents:

A. The Declaration of Independence – When was it written? Who

wrote it? What did this document do?

B. The Northwest Ordinance – When was it written? What did this

document do?


EQ 1.04

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A. The Articles of Confederation – When was it written? What did

this document do? What weaknesses did it have? What rebellion

ended it?

B. The Federalist Papers – Who compiled these papers? What did

they do? What were the Anti-Federalist Papers?


EQ 1.05

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A. The Constitution of the United States – When was it written?

Who wrote it? What did this document do?

B. The Bill of Rights – When was it written? Who wrote it? What

did this document do?


EQ 1.06

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Show connections between Enlightenment thinkers and the leaders

of pre-Revolutionary America by explaining what the American

Founding Fathers took from the following:

A. English Common Law.

B. Magna Carta.

C. Mayflower Compact.


EQ 1.07

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A. Petition of Right.

B. Fundamental Orders of Connecticut.

C. Body of Liberties.


EQ 1.08

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A. Hobbes’ Leviathan.

B. English Bill of Rights.

C. Locke’s Two Treatises of Civil Government.


EQ 1.09

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A. Montesquieu’s Spirit of Laws.

B. Rousseau’s Social Contract.


EQ 1.10

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Provide a 1 sentence description for these Amendments to the

U.S. Constitution.

A. Amendment #1:

B. Amendment #2:

C. Amendment #3:

D. Amendment #4:

E. Amendment #5:

F. Amendment #6:

G. Amendment #7:


EQ 1.11

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U.S. Constitution.

A. Amendment #8:

B. Amendment #9:

C. Amendment #10:

D. Amendment #11:

E. Amendment #12:

F. Amendment #13:

G. Amendment #14:

H. Amendment #15:


EQ 1.12

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U.S. Constitution.

A. Amendment #16:

B. Amendment #17:

C. Amendment #18:

D. Amendment #19:

E. Amendment #20:

F. Amendment #21:

G. Amendment #22:


EQ 1.13

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U.S. Constitution.

A. Amendment #23:

B. Amendment #24:

C. Amendment #25:

D. Amendment #26:

E. Amendment #27:


EQ 1.14

22

Trace the history of states’ rights and secession from America’s

early days to the eve of the Battle of Fort Sumter by explaining

how these items/events/people “caused” the U.S. Civil War:

A. Political parties.

B. John Adams.

C. Louisiana Purchase.


EQ 1.15

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A. War of 1812.

B. Tariffs.

C. Manifest Destiny.


EQ 1.16

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A. Compromises.

B. Legal System.

C. Abolitionists.

D. Abraham Lincoln.


EQ 1.17

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Without a doubt, the history of the U.S. is intertwined with the

history of slavery. Answer these questions about slavery:

A. When and where did slavery begin in the U.S.?

B. What role did slavery play in the economies of colonial and

Antebellum America?

C. If many of the Founding Fathers owned slaves, should this di-

minish their accomplishments? Why or why not?

D. President Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation (issued on Sep-

tember 22, 1862 and effective January 1, 1863) changed the legal

status of the 3.5 million slaves in the Confederate states from

“slave” to “free”. How did it shift the focus of the Civil War?

Why did this keep Britain from joining the Confederacy?


EQ 1.18

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Without a doubt, the history of the U.S. is intertwined with the

history of slavery. Answer these questions about slavery:

A. Despite the surrender of Robert E. Lee on April 9, 1865, the

Trans-Mississippi Confederate Army did not stop fighting until

June 2nd. On the morning of June 19, 1865, Union General Gordon

Granger arrived in Galveston, Texas to take control of the 2,000

Federal troops sent there to enforce the emancipation of the re-

maining 250,000 slaves in Texas. What celebration commemorates

this date today? How has it been recognized since 1865?

B. While slavery had been abolished in the Confederacy by the

Emancipation Proclamation, it still existed in two border states

(Delaware and Kentucky) until December 18, 1865, when ratifica-

tion of the 13th Amendment (which had occurred on December 6th)

was announced in both states. Why did it take so long for slav-

ery to be abolished in the U.S.?

C. Slavery is often referred to as America’s “original sin”.

What impact does it have on the country today?


EQ 1.19

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Answer these questions about Reconstruction:

A. Provide and explain 2 reasons why Reconstruction following

the U.S. Civil War was a success.

B. Provide and explain 2 reasons why Reconstruction following

the U.S. Civil War was a failure.


EQ 1.20

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