3 basic notes on the union and random study questions

the Union
- had a successful blockade of the south 1863
- gettysburg, PA most crucial battle - south loses over 50000 casualties
- the war ended with general Robert E. Lee surrendering (the confederacy) at appomaltox court house, virginia, april 9, 1865
Review Questions for next week's midterm. There are a total of 50 multiple choice questions. All 50 will be posted by Friday morning. The test will be on material we covered in September (the colonies) through the next chapter in Kaplan after Reconstruction. This is Chp 18: The Closing of the Frontier. If you have the Princeton Review Book it will cover the same topic.

1. What was the first important cash crop in the colonies?

2. What was the main purpose of mercantilist policies?

3. What were the consequences of the trade and navigation acts in the colonies?

4. Define the Age of Salutary Neglect. When did it end and why.

5. Why was John Peter Zenger acquitted at his trial (on what grounds)?

6. Why was the Great Awakening significant?

7. Why did the colonists object to taxation by the British Parliament? Who did they believe had the right to tax them in their colonies?

8. How did the Enlightenment influence the colonies?

9. What powers did the national government lack under The Articles of Confederation? What branch of government ran the nation?

10. During the debate over ratification, what did Antifederalists argue? What didn't the Constitution protect at this point?

11. What part of Alexander Hamiliton's financial plan was most controversial and why.

12. What did George Washington warn against in his Farewell Address?

13. Why did the Federalist Party decline? What made it unpopular?

14. What was the main argument in the Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions?

15. When did President Thomas Jefferson contradict his views of the Constitution?

16. Why was the Louisiana Purchase an important factor in the development of US trade?

17. Prior to the War of 1812, what was the foregin policy of presidents Jefferson and Madison?

18. List four consequences of the War of 1812.

19. What did Henry Clay's idea of an American System include?

20. How can the Era of Good Feelings be characterized?
CIVIL WAR ESSAY - "Lincoln was one of the most democratic and also one of the most autocratic of presidents." Explain what is meant by this statement and then give reasons for either agreeing or disagreeing with it.
- During the Civil War, Lincoln appropriated powers no previous President had wielded: he used his war powers to proclaim a blockade
- Suspended the writ of habeas corpus
- Spent money without congressional authorization
- Imprisoned 18,000 suspected Confederate sympathizers without trial
OR

Explain what the long term political, economic, and social effects of Reconstruction were and the southern reaction on African Americans.
- The Reconstruction era resulted in African-Americans' rights being taking away and living like they were in the times of slavery, except they weren't slaves,just really poor. African Americans and poor whites, were forced into the system of share-cropping, that is, they have to give a portion of their crops they grew to a landowner for money. There were attempts to fight this, but vigilante groups like the KKK and Order of the White Camellia killed anyone who fought for Black rights, as well as the Democrats in general.
The Democratic Party became the dominant party in the South, and became a symbol for white supremacy and segregation for decades, until the 1950s. The Republican party became the top party in the North, and a symbol for industrialization and white city workers, as well as businessman, but the Republicans gave up the fight for the civil rights of Blacks.