Topic: Background on the Emancipation Proclamation
Document A: Emancipation Proclamation
1. The Civil War ended in 1865. Why did Lincoln decide to free the slaves before the war even ended?
2. In the Emancipation Proclamation, Lincoln does not mention Delaware, Kentucky, Maryland, and Missouri. These states had slaves but were not part of the Confederacy (they were not fighting against the Union). What happens to the slaves in these states?
Why do you think he calls the act a "military necessity" in the last section?
Document B: Frederick Douglass
1. According to Douglass, what was happening in the North in 1863?
2. What was Lincoln worried about?
3. What is Douglass's conclusion about Lincoln and the Emancipation Proclamation?
4. Douglass wrote about his meeting with Lincoln almost 20 years later. How might the passage of time affect Douglass's memory of Lincoln and his evaluation of the
Emancipation Proclamation?
Foreign Affairs Trouble the Nation
Washington Heads the New Government
Section 1
A. Fill out the chart below, taking notes about Washington's two terms as president.
Government Organization
1. What did the Judiciary Act of 1789 establish?
2. What departments did Washington create and whom did he appoint to head them?
Government
3. How did Jefferson feel about political power and the common people?
4. How did Hamilton feel about political power and the common people?
5. Why did Jefferson and Madison oppose the national bank?
6. Why did Hamilton support the national bank?
Party Politics
7. To which party did Jefferson belong?
8. To which party did Hamilton belong?
9. Why did Washington distrust the two-party system?
B. On the back of this paper, briefly define each of the following: cabinet protective tariff excise tax Republicans
A. As you read about the U.S. government's first experiences with foreign affairs, take notes to answer questions about events appearing on the time line.
Section 2
Chapter 4: Ideas Help Start a Revolution
A. As you read this section, answer the questions in the time line.
1. What does the Continental Congress do to bring about peace?
2. What does the Continental Congress do to prepare for war?
3. What are the main ideas of Common Sense?
4. What is the purpose of a formal declaration of independence?
5. What are the main ideas of the Declaration of Independence?
B. On the back of this paper, identify each of the following: Thomas Jefferson Patriots Loyalists
Chapter 5 : Ratifying the Constitution
Section 3
A. As you read this section, fill out the chart below with information about the people and ideas involved in the debate over the ratification of the Constitution.
1 . Who were the most important Federalists? Identify individuals and groups.
2. Who were the most important Antifederalists? Identify individuals and groups.
3. What were Federalist reasons for supporting ratification?
4. What were Antifederalist reasons for opposing ratification?
B. Which rights do each of the following constitutional amendments in the Bill of Rights protect?
1. First Amendment
2. Fourth Amendment
C. On the back of this paper, explain the relationship between the Federalist Papers and the ratification of the U.S. Constitution.
Chapter 2:Drafting the Constitution
section 2
A. As you read how our Constitution was developed, take notes summarizing issues in the chart below.
1. The Virginia Plan proposed a Congress composed of:
2. The New Jersey Plan called for a Congress consisting of:
3. The Virginia Plan proposed that representation in Congress be based on:
Other large states agreed.
4. The New Jersey Plan proposed that congressional representation be based on:
Other small states agreed.
5. How did the Great Compromise resolve this conflict?
6. Northern states felt that representation in Congress should be based on the number of:
7. Southern states felt that representation should be based on the number of:
8. How did the Three-Fifths Compromise resolve this conflict?
B. On the hack of this paper, identify or explain each of the following:
Shays's Rebellion James Madison Roger Sherman checks and balances legislative branch executive branch judicial branch electoral college
Chapter 5: Experimenting with Confederation
Section 1
A. As you read, take notes that summarize how delegates to the Continental Congress answered three main questions about the new federal government.
1. Representation: By population or by state?
2. Supreme power: Can it be divided?
3. Western lands: Who gets them?
B. As you read this section, make notes that answer the questions below.
1. What was the new nation's major financial problem?
2. Why was the national government unable to solve its financial problems?
3. Why didn't Congress amend the Articles so it could impose a tariff?
4. Why do you suppose the central government under the Articles of Confederation was given such limited powers?
C. On the back of this paper, define republic, republicanism, and confederation. hen briefly explain each of the following:
Land Ordinance of 1785 Northwest Ordinance of 1787
Section 3
A. As you read this section, fill out the chart below by writing notes that summarize the causes and results of the conflicts.
The Commercial North
Section 3
A. As you read this section, fill out the chart below with some different characteristics of the Northern and Southern colonies.
Northern Colonies Southern Colonies
B. Fill out this chart by comparing the Enlightenment and the Great Awakening.
1. What kind of movement was it
(intellectual, social, political, religious)?
2. Who were its key figures in the colonies?
3. What ideas did it stress?
4. What did it encourage people to do?
GUIDED READING Settlement of the Middle
Colonies
Section 4
As you read about New Netherland and Pennsylvania, fill out the chart below by writing notes that describe aspects of each colony.
NEW NETHERLAND
1. Population
2. Economy
3. Relations with I
4. Relations with
Native Americans England
PENNSYLVANIA
5. Proprietor
6. Population
7. Religion
8. Relations with
Native Americans