US History HW Sheet for 1/6

SANGER US 11R HW sheet for 1/6 – 1/23

**Please put the assignment number on EVERY assignment you hand in!

Thursday, 1/8 UNIT TEST: Civil War & Reconstruction
- EXTRA CREDIT ASSIGNMENT: Explain and Describe AT LEAST 20 people/ terms from your Test Review Sheet


Wednesday, 1/14 Assignment #8:
-Read p. 434 - 455
-Answer the following:
1) Describe the importance of newly utilizwed natural resources in 1860s.
2) Explain the importance of the inventions of Thomas Edison and Alexander Graham Bell.
3) How were railrooads a benefit to average citizens? How did they hurt average citizens?
4) Define Social Darwinism.
5) What problems existed for industrial workers in the workplace?
6) Name & describe TWO of the earliest unions in the US during this time.


Friday, 1/16 Assignment #9 & 10
**NO HW PASSES CAN BE USED FOR THIS ASSIGNMENT!**
-Complete Mid Term Review Sheet.


MID TERM: Tuesday, 1/20 & Thursday 1/22
-50 Multiple Choice Questions
- 1 DBQ Essay

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

DUE: Friday, 1/16

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.