We will have a test on Thursday on selected questions. I will tell you which questions on Tuesday and Wednesday. Selected vocabulary will be on the test also.

Chapter 16 and 17 Study Questions
Pages 424 - 475
Directions: Read each question carefully. Answer each question on a separate piece of paper. Place the questions and answers in your binders.

1. What was the Missouri Compromise?
2. What was the Wilmont provision?
3. Define Abolitionists
4. What was the free soil party?
5. Who were the candidates for president in 1848? What party did each belong to?
6. Who won the Presidential election in 1848?
7. Describe the views of slavery for each of the following: slaveholders, Moderates, and Abolitionists
8. What was the Compromise of 1850?
9. What was the Fugitive Slave Law of 1850?
10. What was the Kansa Nebraska Act?
11. Who was John Brown?
12. Why was the territory called Bleeding Kansas?
13. Explain the Dred Scott case?
14. How did the Dred Scott decision overturn the Missouri Compromise?
15. Why was Harriet Tubman called the “Black Moses”?
16. Who was elected President in 1860?
17. What state was the first to secede from the Union? What date?
18. What were the first seven states to secede?
19. What did they call the new nation?
20. What event started the Civil War?
21. What happened at Harpers Ferry?
22. Why did some political leaders join the Free Soil Party?
23. Why did Lincoln not use force against the Confederacy in the beginning when the states began to secede?
24. Why did Lincoln have trouble finding good generals for the Union army?
25. Name the battles won by each: Confederacy, Union
26. What was the Emancipation Proclamation?
27. How did the Civil War help the northern economy?
28. Why did the issue of state’s rights play in the war?
29. Why did the tide of the war slowly turn in favor of the Union?
30. What battle was the turning point of the war?
31. What were the strengths and weaknesses of the North and the South?
32. What were the Monitor and the Merrimack?
33. Describe the Monitor and the Merrimack’s battle
34. Describe the Battle of Bull Run
35. What decisive victories did Lee win?
36. What was the Gettysburg address?
37. Who won the war? Who surrendered to whom? Where?
38. Who was President of the Confederacy?
39. Who was President of the Union?
40. Who was the greatest general of the Civil War?
41. How did Stonewall Jackson get his name?
42. How did African Americans help to weaken the Confederacy?
43. Why were no slaves actually freed when the Proclamation was issued?
44. Who was Loreta Janeta Velazquez, Rose Greenhow, Clara Barton, Dorothea Dix, Sojourner Truth, Sally Tompkins?
45. Why did the victories at Vicksburg and Gettysburg mark a turning point in the war?
46. Who was Ulysses S. Grant?
47. How did the war affect the northern and southern economies differently?
48. What ideals did Lincoln express in his Gettysburg Address and Second Inaugural address?
49. How did Sheridan and Sherman use total war to destroy the South’s ability to fight?
50. Why were Confederate armies in the East often victorious in the early years of the war?
Define all vocabulary ( define and identify) on pages 424, 430, 435, 439, 448, 453, 459, 463, and 468

Don't forget your vocabulary test tomorrow.
Remeber to bring all of your budget sheets to class tomorrow

These are Vocabulary terms that will be used in our Economics unit. You need to be very familiar with each one. We will have a Vocbulary test on these on Thursday. Make sure to bring your economic packets each day to class

Economics Unit
Vocabulary terms
ƒU Budget !V a plan to organize and match income and expenses
ƒU Salary !V a regular income paid for work over a set time period
ƒU Savings !V the part of income held back from consumption
ƒU Debt !V money that is owed to another person or company for products or services

ƒU Commercial bank- a bank owned by private citizens
ƒU Consumer- someone who buys goods and services
ƒU Consumer good !V a product that is useful to consumers
ƒU Consumption !V the use of goods and services by consumers
ƒU Contract !V a legal agreement between two or more people or firms

ƒU Credit !V an arrangement to pay in the future for goods, services, or money received
ƒU Creditor !V someone who is owed money
ƒU Currency !V money made of paper
ƒU Economics !V a science that explains how societies allocate scarce resources
ƒU Economy !V the system used in a nation for making decisions on what, how, and for whom to produce

ƒU Employee !V a person who works for someone else
ƒU Financing !V obtaining or providing the money to operate a business or buy something
ƒU Household !V a small group of people who make their earning and spending decisions together
ƒU Income !V the total value of earnings that a household receives from the sales of its resources


ƒU Installment loan !V Money that is to be repaid in regular payments over a period of time
ƒU Landlord !V someone who owns rental property
ƒU Lease !V a contract that specifies the rights and obligations of renters and landlords
ƒU Money !V anything that people are willing to accept as payment for things they sell or work they do


ƒU Mortgage !V a legal contract or deed that pledges the property as security against the loan
ƒU Need !V a good or service that people must have to continue living
ƒU Rent !V money received for the use of land or a building
ƒU Supply-the quantity of a good or service that firms will provide at a given price

ƒU Tenant- someone who rents a house or an apartment
ƒU Wage !V compensation that depends on the amount of time worked
ƒU Want-a good or service that people desire but could live without

Be sure that all of Chapter 11 packet is completed.
Bring Chapter 11 packet to class tomorrow.

Rocking chairs and swings with an old person in them are history lessons.

All classes:

Finish bar graphs to place in your journal. Don't forget to bring your Chapter 8 packets to class tomorrow.

Test Friday: Chapter 7 Lesson 1 and 2, and the amendments to the Constitution 1 - 27

Chapter 7 Lesson 2 Questions and answers

Chapter 7 Lesson 2
What was the Three-Fifths Compromise?

? The delegates compromised and agreed that three fifths of the slaves in any state would be counted

Define compromise
? A settlement in which each side gives up some of its demands in order to reach an agreement

What date was the Constitution signed?
? September 17, 1787

Who was the author of the Great Compromise?
? Roger Sherman

What was the mission of the Constitutional Convention?
? To revise the Articles of Confederation

What was the New Jersey Plan?
? Three branches of government
? Provided for a legislature that had only one house
? Each state, regardless of its population, would have one vote in the legislature

Who was elected president of the convention?
? George Washington

How did they ensure secrecy at the Convention?
? Guards stood at the door
? Windows were left closed to keep passersby form overhearing the debates

What was the Virginia Plan?
? Called for a strong national government with three branches
? ( legislative branch, executive branch, and judicial branch)
? Legislative would have two houses ( seats in both houses would be awarded on the basis of population)

How were the Virginia Plan and Articles of Confederation different?
? Virginia Plan ? seats were awarded on population of state
? Articles of Confederation ? gave every state, regardless of population, one vote in Congress

Why did the delegates want to keep the Convention a secret?
? Wanted to be able to speak their minds freely
? They wished to explore issues and solutions without pressures from outside

What happened on May 25, 1787?
? The Constitutional Convention opened in Philadelphia

What was the Great Compromise?
? Sherman?s plan called for a two house legislature
? Lower house would be elected by popular vote
? Members of the upper house (Senate) would be chosen by state legislatures
? Each state would have two senators regardless of size

During the Convention what was a major issue between the North and South?
? Slavery

Why did Southerners want to count slaves in the total population?
? If slaves were counted, southern states would have more representatives in the House of Representatives

What points about slavery did the North and South
agree upon?
? Congress could not outlaw the slave trade for at least 20 years
? After the 20 years were up Congress could regulate the slave trade if it wished
? No state could stop fugitive slave from being returned to an owner who claimed that slave

Why did the delegates from Virginia and Massachusetts refuse to sign the Constitution?
? They felt that the new Constitution gave too much power to the national government

How many delegates signed the Constitution?
? 39 delegates out of the 42

Study Questions for Chapter 7 Lesson 3

Chapter 7 Lesson 3

1. Define and identify the following:
a. republic
b. separation of powers
c. federalism
d. electoral college
e. checks and balances
f. bill
g. veto
h. override
i. impeach
j. Magna Carta
k. English Bill of Rights
l. House of Burgesses
m. Mayflower Compact
n. Enlightenment
o. John Locke
p. Montesquieu
2. What protected the people from excessive power in government?
3. What were the two main points of the Magna Carta?
4. When King John signed the Magna Carta what did he agree to?
5. What did the Great Council become?
6. What did Parliament consist of?
7. What is habeas corpus?
8. What was the first document of self-government?
9. What two important ideas did John Locke state in Treaties on Government?
10. What powers were given to the National Government?
11. What powers were given to the State Government?
12. What powers were shared by the State and National Government?
13. What was Montesquieu's suggestion pertaining to Government?
14. Why do you think the power to create and maintain armed forces was delegated to the federal government?
15. Who heads up the executive branch?
16. What are the three branches of government? Explain in detail each branch.
17. What are checks and balances?

Advanced Class project Who's Who in American Revolution due date has changed to Monday, Feburary 28 No Late turn ins accepted Turn in your finished project on Monday

Advanced Social Studies Project Periods 1 and 5 only
Due Date Friday, February 25

Making a Who's Who Book project

Students will compile a Who's Who in the American Revolution booklet. First list people-- European, American, African American, Native American, men and women-- to include in your booklet. Each student will prepare a biographical entry and their contributions during the American Revolution for each person. Each person you choose must have a biographical entry (one page typed in 12 font, Times Roman and double spaced or one and half pages handwritten single spaced). Each booklet must also contain at least five pictures or illustrations. Each booklet must contain at least five people with their biographical entry and contributions during the American Revolution. Each booklet must have a cover page with the title (Who's Who in the American Revolution), students name, grade, what period and date on the page. Each booklet must have a table of contents. Each booklet must have a bibliography. Project due date Friday, February 25.


Chapter 7 Lesson 1 Study Questions and answers

Who was the leader of Shay's Rebellion?
* Daniel Shays

Explain what a township included
* 36 sections
* Each section was 1 square mile and contained 640 acres

How much did Congress sell each section for?
* $ 640 each

What were the requirements to vote?
* A citizen
* White
* Male over age of 21
* Had to own a certain amount of property
* Pay a certain amount of taxes

Define constitution
* A document that sets out the laws and principles of a government

Explain the legislative branch
* Was elected by voters to pass laws
* Had an upper house and a lower house

How many new states were formed under the new nation?
* 13

Give some examples of citizens who were not allowed to vote
* Women
* Free black men or enslaved African Americans

What problems might arise due to the fact that each state issued its own money?
* Trade between states would be more difficult if each state had its own system of money

How did each state form a new state government?
* By writing a constitution

What was the Northwest Ordinance?
* Set up a government for the Northwest Territory
* Guananted basic rights to settlers
* Outlawed slavery
* Vast region was to be divided into separate territories

How did the states divide political power?
* Between the executive and legislative

What were the Articles of Confederation?
* The first American constitution
* It created a confederation, or alliance of independent states

How did other nations take advantage of the confederations weakness?
* Britain refused to withdraw troops from the Ohio River Valley
* Spain closed the port of New Orleans and the farmers could not get their crops out to market

What powers did Congress have under the Articles?
* Each state had one vote in Congress
* Could declare war
* Appoint military officers
* Coin money
* Could pass laws but at least 9 out of 13 states had to approve a law

What was the Land Ordinance of 1785?
* Set up a system for surveying and settling the Northwest Territory
* The law called for the territory to be surveyed and then divided into townships

What was Shay's Rebellion? What caused the Rebellion?
* 2,000 farmers took part in the uprising protesting the treatment of farmers
* Attacked the courthouses and prevented the state from seizing farms
* During the Revolution demand for farm goods were high, after it declined and farmers could not repay their loans
* Raised taxes and seized the farms that could not pay

Define economic depression
* A period when business activity slows, prices and wages fall and unemployment rises

Why did the new states create a written constitution?
* a written constitution would spell out the rights of all citizens
* It would set limits on the power of government

Define bill of rights
* A bill of rights list the freedoms that the government promises to protect

Which state was the first to include a bill of rights?
* Virginia

What were some conflicts between the states?
* Land claims
* Money (most states refused to accept the other states money)

What powers did Congress not have under the Articles?
* Had little economic power
* Could not regulate trade between states or foreign countries
* Could not pass tax laws

Why did Maryland refuse to ratify the Articles?
* They wanted all states to give up claims west of the Appalachian Mountains

Give details of the new confederation government
* Government was weak
* No president to carry out laws
* States had to enforce the laws no system of courts to settle disputes between states
* Articles created a loose alliance of 13 states


How did Congress generate funds for the new nation?
* Asked the states for money



Chapter 7 Lesson 2

1. What was the Three-Fifths Compromise?
2. Define compromise
3. What date was the Constitution signed?
4. Who was the author of the Great Compromise?
5. What was the mission of the Constitutional Convention?
6. What was the New Jersey Plan?
7. Who was elected president of the convention?
8. How did they ensure secrecy at the Convention?
9. What was the Virginia Plan?
10. How were the Virginia Plan and Articles of Confederation different?
11. Why did the delegates want to keep the Convention a secret?
12. What happened on May 25, 1787?
13. What was the Great Compromise?
14. During the Convention what was a major issue between the North and South?
15. Why did Southerners want to count slaves in the total population?
16. What points about slavery did the North and South agree upon?
17. Why did the delegates from Virginia and Massachusetts refuse to sign the Constitution?
18. How many delegates signed the Constitution?