[Great American Fact Finder]
Missouri Compromise 
(March 3, 1820), legislation dealing with the extension of slavery to new areas of the country. When Missouri applied for admission to the Union, the balance of slave and free states was eleven each, which meant that slave and free states had equal representation in the Senate. Admitting Missouri as a […]

 [The Great American History Fact-Finder]
 
Garrison, William Lloyd
(1805-79) Garrison founded the antislavery newspaper the Liberator in 1831 and published it until 1865, when slavery was abolished. He helped organize the American Anti-Slavery Society in 1833, serving as its president from 1843 to 1865. Once almost lynched by an angry Boston mob because of his extreme […]

What is going on with the Louisiana Purchase? [The Great American History Fact-Finder]
(1803), the acquisition from France of the area between the Mississippi River and the Rocky Mountains on the east and west and between Canada and the Gulf of Mexico on the north and south. A major achievement of President Thomas Jefferson, the $15 […]

What can you say about the institution of slavery?
“Slavery has been of signal importance in American history. During the antebellum period, it undergirded the nation’s economy, increasingly dominated its politics, and finally led to civil war between North and South. After that war, the legacy of slavery continued to shape much of American history, from […]

Here are some questions that may pop up on the quiz tmrw [take the general idea, nobody really knows what is on the quiz…these are some main idea questions]

From 1619 to after 1660, what developments regarding slavery occurred in the colonies?

Number […]

How I study for History Quizzes:
Let me start of by saying that there is no way to getting around reading the actual textbook…there is NO substitute for it.
Depending on how well/quickly you retain things…read it at least once, but twice is preferred.
Take notes, or buy a copy of the book so you can highlight important […]

Here are some tips for preparing for in-class history essays (these tips can be specifically used for IB History of the Americas courses):
1) Look through the chapter/notes and identify general similarities.
try color coding the topics by subject for an easy quick study and a way to focus on the general trends

2)Based on the detailed […]