U.S. History Chapters 9 & 10 Test Review Guide

United States History

Chapters 9 & 10 Test Review Guide

Test Date:

5th Period:  Wednesday, January 16

6th Period:  Thursday, January 17

Material Covered: 

• Chapter 9, pages 280-289
• Chapter 10, pages 301-318

What you need to know:

Chapter 9:

• Social changes in the United States due to Industrial and Market Revolutions; the response of the workers and the Labor Theory of Value
• The major components of the Market Revolution, including
• New infranstructure, what it connected, who built it, how it was funded, and what it was used for
• The National Road and the Erie Canal, additional roads and canals
• Railroads
• New technologies such as the steamboat and steam locomotive

Chapter 10:

• The major aspects of the Democratic Revolution including
• the expansion of the voting franchise to white males
• the decline of "Notable" power
• the Second Party system--the emergence of the political "machine"
• Van Buren and his innovations
• newspapers
• patronage
• spoils system
• party caucus
• The election of 1824 and its significance
• John Quincy Adams, Henry Clay, John C. Calhoun, Andtrew Jackson
• Adams' presidency and Clays American System
• The Election of 1828 and "The Democracy"--how Jackson won the Presidency
• Major aspects of Jackson's Presidency and their impact:
• Financial and trade policies
• Native Americans
• Spread of Liberalism

Test Format:

• 15 multiple choice questions, 3 points each (45 points total)
• 1 essay (choice of 2 questions), 55 points