Political Parties
Turning Points
Sourcing: Type of Text
Reform Movements
Foreign Policy
Chronology
THEME (P/S/E/M)
DBQ/LEQ Practice (Context or OE)
What Year Did It Happen?
100

This party supported Hamilton’s national bank plan.


Federalists

100

The event that broke colonial ties with monarchy.


Declaration of Independence

100

Thomas Paine’s Common Sense

What type of source is this?


Political pamphlet / persuasive essay

100

One goal of the 2nd Great Awakening.


Moral reform / abolition / temperance

100

The U.S. stayed neutral in this war until 1917.


World War I

100

Order: Boston Tea Party, Declaration, Articles.


Tea Party → Declaration → Articles

100

One social theme from the antebellum era.


One social theme from the antebellum era.

Women's rights / abolition / temperance

100

Prompt: Evaluate Reconstruction. Give 2 pieces of context. ✍️


End of Civil War, Lincoln’s assassination, 13th Amendment

100

Declaration of Independence

1776

200

This party expanded suffrage to white men without property.


Jacksonian Democrats

200

This era sought to reunite and rebuild the South.


Reconstruction

200

Jane Addams’ Hull House report (1910)

What kind of source is this?


Institutional/social reform report

200

One tactic used by suffragists.


Petitions, parades, civil disobedience

200

This policy aimed to stop communism post-WWII.


Truman Doctrine / Containment

200

Order: Louisiana Purchase, Missouri Compromise, Kansas-Nebraska Act.


Purchase → Mo. Compromise → KS-NE Act

200

One economic theme from the Gilded Age.


Rise of trusts / industrialization / railroads

200

Prompt: Evaluate U.S. imperialism (1890–1914). Provide 2 pieces of outside evidence. ✍️


Spanish-American War, Open Door Policy, Roosevelt Corollary

200

Start of the Cold War & Truman Doctrine

1947

300

This party opposed slavery’s expansion in the 1850s.


Republican Party

300

This 1929 event marked the start of the Great Depression.


Stock Market Crash

300

Speech by labor organizer, 1912

What kind of source is this?


Public speech / rally address

300

One demand of the Populist Party.



Free silver, direct election of senators, income tax

300

The U.S. entered this war under Wilson in 1917.


World War I

300

Order: Compromise of 1850, Lincoln’s election, Fort Sumter.


Compromise → Election → Fort Sumter

300

One political theme of the Gilded Age.


Corruption, machine politics, voter suppression

300

Prompt: Evaluate the Progressive Era. Provide 2 pieces of outside evidence. ✍️


Pure Food & Drug Act, Clayton Antitrust Act, initiative/referendum

300

Year of the Stock Market Crashing


✍️ 1929

400

This party supported silver coinage and farmers’ rights.


Populist Party

400

This 1964 law outlawed segregation in public spaces.


Civil Rights Act of 1964

400

Excerpt from Truman’s farewell address

Type of text?


Presidential farewell speech / transcript

400

One goal of the Temperance Movement.


Ban alcohol / Prohibition

400

This Cold War war ended in 1975 and divided Americans.


Vietnam War

400

Order: Seneca Falls, 19th Amendment, ERA proposed.


Seneca Falls → 19th → ERA

400

One military theme from WWII.


Total war, atomic weapons, global alliances

400

Prompt: Evaluate the Market Revolution. Give 2 pieces of context. ✍️


Transportation revolution, rise of factories, women's roles shift

400
Civil Rights Act

1964

500

This party gained the South's loyalty after civil rights realignment because they didn't support the Civil Rights Act.


Republican Party

500

U.S. entry into WWI ended this long-standing approach.


Isolationism

500

Excerpt from Confederate general’s memoir

What kind of source is this?


Memoir / retrospective personal narrative

500

One strategy used by SNCC.


Sit-ins, voter registration, Freedom Rides

500

This Cold War showdown nearly led to nuclear war.


Cuban Missile Crisis

500

Order: Brown v. Board, Little Rock, Civil Rights Act.


Brown → Little Rock → CRA

500

One economic impact of the Great Depression.


Unemployment, bank failure, expanded federal role

500

Prompt: Evaluate U.S. entry into WWI. Provide 2 pieces of outside evidence. ✍️


Zimmerman Telegram, Lusitania, unrestricted submarine warfare

500

US Entered World War I

1917

600

This Progressive third party split the GOP in 1912.


Bull Moose Party

600

The 9/11 attacks triggered this national security response.


Creation of Department of Homeland Security / Patriot Act

600

NYT oral history interview, 2021

What kind of source is this?


Journalistic interview collection / oral history

600

One goal of the environmental movement.


Clean Air Act, EPA, conservation

600

This 2003 war was launched over WMD fears.


Iraq War

600

Order: Watergate, Nixon resigns, Ford pardons.


Watergate → Resignation → Pardon

600

One social shift after WWII.


Suburbanization, Baby Boom, women's labor roles

600

Prompt: To what extent was the American Revolution a turning point? Give 2 pieces of context. ✍️


Salutary neglect, Enlightenment ideas, Seven Years’ War

600

The Start of the PAtriot Act

2001

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