United States History Midterm Study Guide 2014-2015 For all notes, assignments, and miscellaneous documents related to this course be sure to visit the Schoolwires page on the school’s website. Once you access a unit via the links to the left of the page, you will find a list of all documents related to the unit. Should you need access to additional documents click the “more >>” button on the bottom right of the page. Topics Covered in Semester 1 I. Unit 1 - U.S. Government A. Declaration of Independence 1. Influences 2. Causes B. Amendments to the U.S. Constitution 1. Bill of Rights 2. Misc. Amendments II. Unit 2 - American Expansion A. Early Exploration and Expansion 1. European Explorers 2. French and Indian War 3. Colonial Expansion 4. The Creation of the United States 5. Louisiana Purchase 6. Louis and Clark Expedition B. Manifest Destiny and the West 1. Expansion before Manifest Destiny (1845) a. Florida b. Texas 2. Manifest Destiny a. Key themes present within manifest destiny 3. U.S. relations with Native Americans a. Indian Removal Act and the Trail of Tears 4. Mexican American War a. Acquiring the American Southwest 5. Miscellaneous Territory Acquisitions a. Oregon Treaty b. Gadsden Purchase C. The Western Frontier 1. Gold Rushes 2. Homestead Acts 3. Transcontinental Railroad 4. Conflict with Native Americans in the West D. Alaska 1. Klondike Gold Rush E. American Imperialism 1. Origins of Imperialism 2. Hawaii 3. Spanish American War 4. Filipino War 5. Panama Canal Key Terms and Important People, Places and Events Government • Transcontinental Railroad • Declaration of Independence • Indian Nonintercourse Acts • John Locke • Assimilation • Natural Rights • Dawes Act • US Constitution • Battle of Wounded Knee • Bill of Rights • Sand Creek Massacre William H. Seward Early American Expansion • • Klondike Gold Rush • French and American War • Treaty of 1763 American Imperialism • Royal Proclamation of 1763 • Imperialism • Treaty of Paris (1783) • Industrial Revolution • Louisiana Purchase • Social Darwinism • Lewis and Clark • White Man’s Burden • William McKinley Westward Expansion • Bayonet Constitution • First Seminole Wars • Queen Liliuokalani • Adams-Onis Treaty • Sanford B. Dole • Texas Revolution • Newlands Resolution • Treaty of Velasco • Spanish American War • Manifest Destiny • Yellow Journalism • Oregon Trail • USS Maine • Indian Removal Act • Rough Riders • Andrew Jackson • Armistice • Worcester v. Georgia • Treaty of Paris (1898) • Trail of Tears • Foraker Act • Mexican American War • Teller Amendment • Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo • Platt Amendment • Oregon Treaty • Emilio Aguinaldo • Gadsden Purchase • Benevolent Assimilation Proclamation The Western Frontier • Theodore Roosevelt • California Gold Rush • Panama Canal • Boomtowns • Canal Treaty • Act for the Government and Protection of • Monroe Doctrine Indians • Roosevelt Corollary • Homestead Acts • Dollar Diplomacy • Pacific Railroad Surveys • Pacific Railroad Acts The DBQ for the Midterm will focus on the topic of American imperialism. This DBQ will have 4-5 documents in which you must answer short answer questions in addition to an essay prompt. Be prepared to have sufficient background information on the topic to better answer the prompt. .