REVIEW ANSWERS

BY CLARE
DID THE ANCIENT GREEK AND ROMAN'S HAVE
ANY EFFECT ON AMERICAN DEMOCRACY?

Yes, the American government was biased off of the Ancient Greek and Roman governments. In
fifth century B.C in Athens(Greece) created direct democracy, which is a form of government in
which an assembly of ordinary citizens makes decisions.
(Page 24)
In 509 B.C Rome the Romans overthrew their king and set up a republic, which is a form of
government in which people choose representatives to govern them.
(Page 25)
HOW DID SLAVERY EFFECT CIVIL WAR?

After the Emancipation Proclamation by Abraham Lincoln in 1862 changed the Civil War from about being
about reuniting the United States to slavery, Brittan wouldnt support the Confederate States of America,
and black people in the north joined the Union and fought for their cause.
(Page 524-527)
HOW DID THE COTTON GIN EFFECT
SLAVERY?

Eli Whitney, a American inventor, invented the cotton gin which increased slavery. Slavery increased
because, even if you had a lot of slaves, getting the seeds out of cotton was difficult work, with the
cotton gin it made the process much faster, and most southerners bought more slaves and cotton gin to
produce even more cotton.
(Page 396-400)
HOW DID THE ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION
EFFECT THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE?

The Articles of Confederation were put into use in 1777 as a plan for the entire nation, it only had one
branch of government called Congress, in which all states were equal and they had limited powers,
giving more power to the states. Congress did have some power, they could deal with foreign nations,
make laws, declare war, borrow money, and run a postal service, although they had no power to
enforce this.
The Articles of Confederation were too weak to support the nation so a group called the Constitutional
Convention was organized to revise the articles. Many argued that revising the Articles would not be
enough. In the Great Compromise the Virginia Plan and the New Jersey plan were combined to create
our Constitution.
(Pages 206-217)
UNDER WHICH PRESIDENT DID THE COUNTRY
GROW TO OVER HALF ITS ORIGINAL SIZE?

Thomas Jefferson wanted to purchase New Orleans as a trading route after Spain had given it to France.
France offered the entire Louisiana Territory, so America bought Louisiana for $15 million, about 4 cents
an acre.
(Page 315-316)
HOW DID RAILROADS EFFECT THE
ECONOMY?

Railroads connected raw materials, manufacturers, and markets. Railroads were faster than ships
because ships had to follow rivers and could freeze in the winter, railroads could be built almost
everywhere and were fast. This rise in goods made the economy grow.
(Page 393)
HOW DID THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION AFFECT
OTHER NATIONS? (FRANCE)

The French Revolution started in 1789, and it was biased off of the American Revolution, but it was
more violent. This effected America because Americans were split over the debate whether or not the
French Revolution was a good or bad thing.
(Page 293/295)
HOW DID THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION AFFECT
OTHER NATIONS? (SOUTH AMERICA)

The American Revolution sparked the idea of a revolution in South America, for example, Mexico from
Spain. This effected the growth of America.
(Page 446 and map project)
HOW WAS LIFE DIFFERENT FOR FREED SLAVES
IN THE NORTH THAN FREE SLAVES IN THE
SOUTH?

Life was much different for freed slaves in the north than in the south because in the north freed slaves
could work, but they could quit their job and get a different one, where in the south they couldnt quit,
and they could be whipped or punished in different ways.
(Page 426)
WHO WAS ONE FREED SLAVE WHO BECAME
FAMOUS?

There are lots of answers for this, I will only put a few.
Frederick Douglass, born into slavery and learned how to read. He escaped to the north and became a
public anti-slavery speaker. He also published an anti-slavery newspaper called North Star.
Harriet Tubman, who transported people to freedom by the Underground Railroad.
Dred Scott, an enslaved person who was owned by a U.S. Army doctor and he lived in free states, he
hired anti-slavery lawyers and sued his owner. (The Dred Scott Decision)
(Pages 424/495)