Periods 1-3
Name 3 causes of the Revolutionary War
1. Taxation without representation
2. Boston Massacre/Boston Tea Party
3. Seven Years' War
4. Intolerable Acts
5. King George/Parliament
2 examples of Manifest Destiny
Mexican-American War
Louisiana Purchase
Lewis & Clark
Native American Relocation/Trail of Tears
What was the impact of World War II on women in America?
Drafted men allowed women to assume more jobs in factories
12 million women in workforce in 1941 to 18 million by 1945
Rosie the Riveter
350,000 women in military serving as nurses, operators, loaders, mixers, mechanics, electricians, spies
Name two reasons for the Great Migration and name one effect of the Great Migration
-Causes: to escape racial violence, pursue economic and educational opportunities, and obtain freedom from the oppression of Jim Crow
-Effects: Harlem Renaissance, increased political activism for blacks, more blacks living in northern cities and the rural south
Name two muckrakers and something they published
Jacob Riis
Ida B. Wells
Upton Sinclair
Contrast Federalists and Anti-Federalists
Federalists: supported the Constitution and a stronger national republic
Anti-Federalists: opposed the ratification of the Constitution in favor of small localized government.
One Effect of the Mexican-American War
Huge territory gains: expanding U.S. territory by about one-third
Define "Nativism"
"the policy of protecting the interests of native-born or established inhabitants against those of immigrants"
Describe the counterculture the emerged in the 1960s and 70s
-challenged modern American societal standards, hippies, war protests, Woodstock
Name two examples of US Imperialism
Puerto Rico
Guam
Cuba
Contrast the Articles of Confederation and Constitution
Articles of Confederation: sovereignty resided in the states
Constitution: significantly increased the power of the federal government
Explain one of the following...
- Compromise of 1820/Missouri Compromise
- Kansas-Nebraska Act
- Compromise of 1820/Missouri Compromise: Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state
- Kansas-Nebraska Act: repealed the Missouri Compromise, created two new territories (Kansas/Nebraska), and allowed for popular sovereignty.
Compare and Contrast the ideas of Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. DuBois
Washington: importance of education, adopting the standards of the white middle class, immediate self-improvement more that large scale social change
DuBois: encouraged the fight for civil rights, not waiting for those civil rights to be granted but working for them
Name two Robber Baron's/Captains of Industry
-Andrew Carnegie
-John D Rockefeller
Define Reaganomics
Supply-side or Trickle-down, free up money with lower taxes (especially for the rich and large corporations)
Explain the Great Compromise of 1850
Admitted California to the United States as a “free” (no slavery) state
Allowed some newly acquired territories to decide on slavery for themselves
Included the Fugitive Slave Act
Name the 2 Reconstruction Amendments
the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth amendments to the United States
"A strategy by President Richard Nixon for ending U.S involvement in the vietnam war. This involved a gradual withdrawal of American troops and replacement of them with South Vietnamese forces. This was popular with the American protesters of the war."
Name and explain three examples of United States containment
-Korean War
-Vietnam War
-Cuban Missile Crisis
Name 4 US Presidents and one important event or policy from their presidency
show me what you got!
Explain Federalism
Federalism: “a way of organizing a nation so that two or more levels of government have formal authority over the same area and people.”
Who was president of the Confederacy
Jefferson Davis
What were the causes of the Progressive Movement/Era
Immigration
Child Labor
Name 3 New Deal Programs
WPA (Works Progress Administration)
AAA (Agricultural Adjustment Act)
SSA (Social Security Act)
Who is Mrs. Perry's favorite figure in American History?
Harriet Tubman