Final Exam Guide and Handouts

The final exam will consist of two parts, each worth 50%.

The first part will be 30-50 multiple choice and matching questions. These will come from the chapter tests. Students should still have their chapter tests. Also below are the chapters/sections covered. The chapter identification sheets that went with each test are available as a pdf below. Students should use their chapter tests and/or identification sheets to prepare for the final.

The second part of the exam will be an essay that will be centered around the question, "What caused the Civil War?" Students have a document base question (DBQ) packet that they will be allowed to have with them when writing the essay.

TERM 2 Chapter Tests:

TEST: Chapter 10
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"Launching the New Ship of State, 1789-1800"
Chapter 10 IDs [pdf]

 

TEST: Chapter 11 and 12
American Pageant
"The Triumphs and Travails of Jeffersonian Democracy, 1800-1812"
Chapter 11 IDs [pdf]

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"The Second War for Independence and the Upsurge of Nationalism, 1812-1824"
Chapter 12 IDs [pdf]

 

TEST: Chapter 13
American Pageant
"The Rise of Mass Democracy: 1824-1840"
Chapter 13 IDs [pdf]

 

QUIZ: Project
Westward Expansion-Reforms and Sectionalism (QUIZ)

 

TEST: Chapter 20 and 21
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"Girding for War: 1861-1865"
Chapter 20 IDs [pdf]

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"The Furnace of Civil War: 1861-1865"
Chapter 21 IDs [pdf]

 

WORKSHEET
Reconstruction (worksheet [pdf])