HIST 201 Final Exam
David Barnes
Joshua Wright
History 201
13 May 2015
HIST 201 – Final Exam Part I: Identifications
(1) Industrial Revolution – The Industrial Revolution was the transition to new manufacturing processes.
(2) Judicial Review – A power implied in the Constitution that gives federal courts the right to review and determine the constitutionality of acts passed by Congress and state legislatures.
(3) Three-fifths Compromise – A compromise reached between delegates from southern states and those from northern states during the 1787 United States Constitutional Convention.
(4) Manifest Destiny – Doctrine, first expressed in 1845, that the expansion of white Americans across the continent was inevitable and ordained by God.
(5) War of 1812 – War fought between the United States and Britain from June 1812 to January 1815 largely over British restrictions on Americans shipping.
(6) Indentured Servitude – Was the primary labor system in the Chesapeake colonies for most of the seventeenth century.
(7) Electoral College – The institution that elects the President and Vice President of the United States every four years.
(8) Whigs – The name used by advocates of colonial resistance to British measures during the 1760s and 1770s.
(9) Checks and Balances – The system used to keep the government from becoming too powerful in one branch.
(10) Imperialism – The policy and practice of exploiting nations and peoples for the benefit of an imperial power either directly through military occupation and colonial rule or indirectly through economic domination of resources and markets. Part II: Short Response Essay
(1) Why did lawmakers replace the Articles of Confederation with the U.S. Constitution? The Constitution placed both internal and external restraints on the powers granted to the central government which the Articles of Confederation did not. The Articles of Confederation left the republic helpless to deal with the threat of foreign encroachments and the problems of
Joshua Wright
History 201
13 May 2015
HIST 201 – Final Exam Part I: Identifications
(1) Industrial Revolution – The Industrial Revolution was the transition to new manufacturing processes.
(2) Judicial Review – A power implied in the Constitution that gives federal courts the right to review and determine the constitutionality of acts passed by Congress and state legislatures.
(3) Three-fifths Compromise – A compromise reached between delegates from southern states and those from northern states during the 1787 United States Constitutional Convention.
(4) Manifest Destiny – Doctrine, first expressed in 1845, that the expansion of white Americans across the continent was inevitable and ordained by God.
(5) War of 1812 – War fought between the United States and Britain from June 1812 to January 1815 largely over British restrictions on Americans shipping.
(6) Indentured Servitude – Was the primary labor system in the Chesapeake colonies for most of the seventeenth century.
(7) Electoral College – The institution that elects the President and Vice President of the United States every four years.
(8) Whigs – The name used by advocates of colonial resistance to British measures during the 1760s and 1770s.
(9) Checks and Balances – The system used to keep the government from becoming too powerful in one branch.
(10) Imperialism – The policy and practice of exploiting nations and peoples for the benefit of an imperial power either directly through military occupation and colonial rule or indirectly through economic domination of resources and markets. Part II: Short Response Essay
(1) Why did lawmakers replace the Articles of Confederation with the U.S. Constitution? The Constitution placed both internal and external restraints on the powers granted to the central government which the Articles of Confederation did not. The Articles of Confederation left the republic helpless to deal with the threat of foreign encroachments and the problems of