Multiple Choice-Long Answer Review for December 9, 2009

Okay folks, so you have a study guide, and we've also looked at a number of practice questions. So what questions to do have this evening?

Just to reiterate the format tomorrow: 20 multiple choice questions that also feature a "rationale" component in which you have to find the most economical way of explaining how you arrived at your answer.

Unit #1 Review Fall 2009!

(Jedediah Sanger--founder of the "Land of Hope and Dreams")


Welcome first time Bloggers!





Basic Blog rules:





1. Keep your posts mature and appropriate to the material we are reviewing. That means no put-downs or crude language (this includes textspeak).





2. Use a name that we can all identify you by. Nicknames like "SuperBlogger" will not be tolerated.





3. Keep your questions material specific--demonstrate that you know something about a topic, and ask a question that digs for a deeper understanding.





Example: I was wondering about Daniel Boorstin's bias concerning the Quakers--do you think that the Quakers were just a convenient example to advance his ideas concerning Native-colonist relations?





What not to do: What is up with Nathaniel Bacon? or Puritans--what's the story with them?





Such questions make it difficult to have good conversations, as they would ordinarily require a response that takes a page or two in your text.
Finally, and most important, you do need a valid email address to create a blogger posting account. So when you try to post a comment or question, follow the basic sign in procedures.
Okay, lets get started.
Sample question 1:
The heart of Puritan social organization was
A. The Anglican Church
B. The Albany Plan of Union
C. the Congregation
D. The Royal Governorship
E. Royal Colonial Settlement policy
Post your answer, and explain your answer with a thoughtful prose response!
Sample question 2:
One political idea that New England and Chesapeake Bay colonies held in common was:
A. The need to experiment in the concept of "self-rule"
B. Tribal government
C. A lasting peace with all colonial people
D. Proper Quaker pacificism
E. Communal land rights

Let's start reviewing!

Midterm Review

Okay, let's get started on some midterm questions.

Here are three terms that APUSH students should be able to easily identify:

Popular sovereignty

William Jennings Bryan

Erie Canal Construction 1817-1825

Snow Day for January 7

Because of today's snowday, I am willing to blog with you to discuss of this week's topics, which include:

Industrialization

The Gilded Age

The Populist Movement

The Rise of Labor

American Civil War Review Test

LINCOLN

GRANT
LEE

To get review started tonight, let's start with some sample questions. What I would like you to do is A.) Select the correct answer and B.) Provide a written rationale as to why you selected this answer.

Example A:

“ We find it easy to tread on and crush a worm that we see crawling on the earth; so it is easy for us to cut or singe a slender thread that any thing hangs by: thus easy is it for God, when he pleases, to cast his enemies down to hell.”

The above quotation most sounds like the viewpoint of which of the following colonial leaders?
A. John Peter Zenger
B. Samuel Adams
C. Jonathan Edwards
D. Patrick Henry
E. Thomas Jefferson

Answer: C. Rationale: As a major figure of the Great Awakening, Jonathan Edwards's preaching was notable for its provocative Biblical imagery, a tactic that worked to great effect in sermon's such as "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God."

A superior response may recognize that the above quote is actually from Edwards's famouns "Sinners. . ." sermon. The other colonial leaders mentioned above were more notable for their public statements concerning colonial politics.

So, let's try some for our current American Civil War Unit:

Example B:

The most important influence on the expansion of American slavery during the 1800s was the

A.) invention of the cotton gin

B.) Congressional gag rule against discussing slavery in Congress

C.) American Colonization society

D.) Underground Railroad

E.) 3/5 Compromise

Example C

The 1850s were marked by intense North-South debate over the issue of slavery in the territories, yet the census of 1860 listed only nine total slaves in the Kansas-Nebraska territories. What explains the contradiction between the actual number of slaves in the territories and the intensity of the dispute?

A.) Slaveholders expected to move into Kansas and Nebraska when opposition to slavery in that area decreased.

B.) The issue of slavery in the territories had become an important symbol to both sections and an indication of the future direction of the country.

C.) The Lecompton Constitution safeguarding slaveholders had not yet been adopted.

D.) John Brown's Raid at Harper's Ferry led to Pottawatomie massacre, causing slaveholders to retreat to Missouri

E.) Slavery was tied to cotton production, which was impractical in the territories

November 17 Blog--Short Answer Unit Test

Sorry I'm late, folks. Let's get to it.

2008 First Review Blog of the Year!!!

Welcome to your first review blog of the year.

Basic rules:

1.) Keep your comments concise, and try to make them as complete as possible.

2.) Make sure that you have your notebook, review, or textbook handy, since we tend to move swiftly during our review.

3.) Comments should be specifically related to the content that we have covered in class or you have discovered in your text--there is little time for "shout outs" or sarcasm during the blog session.

Okay, first question--why was the political rivalry between the two men whose portraits appear above so important to shaping US government?