US History due dates change!

Hey everyone-

MAKE SURE you complete your Mid Term Review sheet for Thurday's (1/14) class. If you lost it, here it is with its directions:

11th Grade US History and Government
Mid Term Review Sheet
Test on: Tuesday 1/20 & Thursday 1/22

DUE: Thursday, 1/15

Directions: Sum up the person/place/concept in 1-2 sentences to show you have a basic understanding of each idea.

**This is a DOUBLE assignment and homework passes CANNOT be used!

While studying: Don’t cram this into one night! Take your time! Plan out your studying. Do this over the course of the week or weekend. It will be a LOT easier that way.
To study, use: 1) Notes, 2) Handouts, 3) tests & quizzes, 4) old homework

What Ya Gotta Know:

 Ideas behind the Declaration of Independence
 Purpose for creation of the Constitution & controversy
 Failures of the Articles of Confederation
 Different parts of Constitution: 3 branches, separation of powers, checks and balances, Bill of Rights, amendments, “Unwritten Constitution”, Electoral College, loose vs. strict interpretation
 Founding Fathers: Hamilton, Washington, Jefferson
 War of 1812 causes/effects
 Important Acts: Monroe Doctrine, Emancipation Proclamation, Alien & Sedition Acts
 Supreme Court Cases: Marbury v. Madison, McCullough v. Maryland, Plessy v. Ferguson
 Causes of the Civil War & results of Reconstruction
 People, ideas, and concepts: Andrew Jackson, segregation/ black codes/ Jim Crow laws, westward expansion, immigration & nativism, importance of RRs, Democratic Party, Republican Party, Federalists vs. Democratic Republicans, American Federation of Labor, Populism, laissez faire, Social Darwinism
 Westward Movement: Louisiana Purchase, Lewis & Clark expedition, Manifest Destiny, Indian Wars, Homestead Act, sodbusters, adaptations to westward movement, causes of westward movement, etc.