Writing
What are the first two points you get in the introduction paragraph?
Context and Thesis
What was the Columbian Exchange and what did they exchange?
Trans-Atlantic exchange of people, diseases, food, trade, ideas, etc. between the Western Hemisphere, Africa, and Europe.
What is Salutary Neglect?
Period of reduced British intervention in colonial affairs.
What was a big cultural change for black Americans in the 1920?
During the 1920s there was a big change in culture for black Americans, during this time the Great Migration brought many more African Americans to Northern cities. This caused a spread of African American culture, like jazz music, poetry, and even dance. Harlem Renaissance.
What was the Voting Rights Act of 1965?
An act that ended the literacy test and efforts (specifically in the south) to prevent African Americans from voting.
How many documents must you DESCRIBE?
Uses the content of at least three documents to address the topic of the prompt.
What was Native religions often connected to?
Nature
What was the Articles of Confederation?
the first written constitution of the US, adopted in 1777 and ratified in 1781. It created a loose confederation of sovereign states, with a weak central government that had limited powers, such as conducting foreign affairs and declaring war. However, it lacked the ability to levy taxes, regulate commerce, or enforce laws effectively.
What territories did the US acquire after the Spanish American War?
Guam, Philippines, PR
When was the 2nd red scare and explain what was happening?
After WWII. A witch hunt for Communists in the US government and country.
How many documents must you use to SUPPORT your argument?
Supports an argument in response to the prompt using at least four documents.
What were the 3 motivations for colonizing the new world?
Gold, God and Glory
What was the Stamp Act of1765? And why did the British create it?
The Stamp Act placed taxes on many legal documents and papers. The British did this in order to pay their debt back because they owed a lot of money after the French and Indian War
What is the Kansas Nebraska Act?
Repealed the Missouri Compromise, created two new territories, and allowed for popular sovereignty.
What was the Marshall Plan?
An expansive plan to provide economic and social aid to Western Europe in order to prevent the spread of communism.
How many documents must you HIPP?
the response must explain how or why (rather than simply identifying) the document’s point of view, purpose, historical situation, or audience is relevant to an argument about the prompt for two documents.
What was the name of the first English colony in America and what year was it established?
Jamestown, VA 1607
Explain Manifest Destiny.
A belief that promoted the nations right and duty to expand across the North American continent. It was based on the believe that American settlers were destined by God and history to spread democracy, capitalism, and Protestant Christianity from coast to coast.
What were Black Codes? and how did they affect the development of reconstruction after the Civil War?
Laws passed in the southern US to enforce racial segregation and curtail the power of Black voters. Negated the Reconstruction Amendments. What were they?
What is Conservatism?
Conservatism is a type of political belief that supports emphasis on traditions and relies on the individual to maintain society.
How long do you have to write the DBQ and LEQ?
1 hour
40 minutes
Who led a rebellion against Indians on the frontier and burned Jamestown?
Nathaniel Bacon - Bacon's Rebellion
What were the main points of Jackson’s Indian Policy? And what did he do to achieve his goal?
Expand into the South West for Southern planters. In order to do this he made up the Indian Removal Act of 1830, where he wanted to force tribes to move from their territory.
Identify 3 progressive movements of the 1920s.
urban reform, workers reform, political reform, temperance / prohibition, trust busting, NAWSA - women's movement
What was LBJ's Great Society Plan?
a wide ranging attempt to end discrimination, eliminate poverty, and broadly right the injustices of U.S. society. Johnson’s Great Society, as well as Supreme Court decisions expanding civil liberties, was opposed by conservatives who felt that the country was in a period of moral and cultural decline.