events and questions about trevor noah

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Final Exam Review

Final Exam Date: Monday, May 13, 11:00 AM – 12:50 PM

Part I: Multiple-Choice (80 points). 40 of the following 70 key terms will appear on the exam as

multiple-choice questions. Each question is worth two points. You will need a new Scantron sheet to

complete Part I.

Louisiana Purchase

Lewis and Clark Expedition

Embargo Act

Tecumseh

Battle of Tippecanoe

War of 1812

Battle of Thames River

Battle of New Orleans

Adams-Onis Treaty

Monroe Doctrine

McCullough v. Maryland, 1819

Gibbons v. Ogden, 1824

Francis Cabot Lowell

American System

Denmark Vesey

Tallmadge Amendment

Missouri Compromise of 1820

Spoils System

Kitchen Cabinet

Second Bank of the United States

Nullification Crisis

Cherokee Nation

Trail of Tears

Horace Mann

Dorothea Dix

William Lloyd Garrison

Harriet Tubman

Frederick Douglass

Seneca Falls Convention, 1848

Grimké Sisters

Social Banditry

Oregon Trail

Mormons

Donner Party

Manifest Destiny

William Henry Harrison

James K. Polk

Slidell Mission

U.S.-Mexican War

Wilmot Proviso

Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

Compromise of 1850

Fugitive Slave Law

Know-Nothing Party

Popular Sovereignty

Bleeding Kansas

William Sumner

Nat Turner

Harriet Beecher Stowe

Dred Scott Case

Lincoln-Douglas Debates

House-Divided Speech

Harper’s Ferry

Election of 1860

Fort Sumter

Robert E. Lee

Ulysses S. Grant

Battle of Vicksburg

Battle of Gettysburg

Emancipation Proclamation

William T. Sherman

Appomattox Courthouse

Ten Percent Plan

13th Amendment

Radical Republicans

Freedmen’s Bureau

14th Amendment

Scalawags

Sharecropping System

Compromise of 1877

Part II: Book Essay (70 points). Part II of the Final Exam pertains to Trevor Noah’s Born a Crime:

Stories from a South African Childhood. You must read the entire book to answer questions from the

essay prompt given below. For your essay, type a response that answers the questions in approximately

6-7 paragraphs. Be sure to type your essay in paragraph form with complete sentences. You will need a

new green book exam to complete Part II.

Compare and contrast European colonialism in North America and South Africa. According to Trevor

Noah, what are the historical implications and haunting effects of European colonialism and apartheid on

issues of race, culture, class and gender in South Africa? Using examples from the book, be sure to

explain how European colonialism impacted language, racial hierarchy, identity, economics and land

ownership. Finally, analyze Trevor’s relationship with his mother, Patricia Nombuyiselo Noah. Discuss

her influence on Trevor, particularly on religion, race and responsibility.