Topic/Key Words
Outside Info
Suggested Essay Topics
Misc.
100
According to the Declaration of Independence, governments must...
Topic: Declaration of Independence Key Words: Natural Rights, Consent of Governed
100
Document: Text of the Monroe Doctrine
Outside Info: Washington's Farewell Address, U.S. neutrality after Revolutionary War, Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine, Spanish-American War
100
Reform Movements
Suggested Topics: abolition, women's suffrage, temperance, Progressive movement, Civil Rights movement, women's rights, and environmental movement
100
The first part of a body paragraph
Topic sentence
200
The New Deal tried to solve many of the problems of the Great Depression by
Topic: New Deal Key Words: Federal government involved in economy/helping citizens/giving aid to business
200
Document: Graph on number of workers during Industrial Revolution
Outside Information: Immigration quotas, child labor laws, Progressive Movement
200
Supreme Court Cases Concerning Civil Liberties
Suggested Topics: Plessy v. Ferguson, Shenck v. U.S., Korematsu v. U.S., Brown v. Board of Ed., Mapp v. Ohio, Gideon v. Wainwright, Miranda v. Arizona, Tinker v. Des Moines, New Jersery v. TLO
200
President who added onto Monroe Doctrine and created Panama Canal
Theodore Roosevelt
300
What best describes Abraham Lincoln's plan for Reconstruction?
Topic: Abraham Lincoln Key Words: Restore/preserve the union
300
Document: Map of U.S. Territorial Acquisition
Outside Info: Jefferson's use of treaty for Louisiana Purchase, wars with Native American tribes, Trail of Tears, Mexican-American War, expansion of slavery and sectionalism
300
Cold War
Suggested Topics: postwar economic upheaval in Western Europe (1945–1947) [Marshall Plan], Soviet takeover of Eastern Europe (1945–1948), threat of Communist takeover in Greece (1947) [Eisenhower Doctrine], Soviet blockade of Berlin (1948), nuclear arms race (1950s–1970s), and placement of Soviet missiles in Cuba (1962).
300
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400
Which U.S. foreign policy action resulted from the close relationship between the U.S. and Latin America?
Topic: Monroe Doctrine Key Words: Latin America
400
Document: Pictures of Levittown homes after World War II
Outside Info: GI Bill, baby boom, interstate highway system and Eisenhower
400
Individuals Other than Presidents
Suggested Topics: Frederick Douglass and slavery, Andrew Carnegie and industrialization, Jacob Riis and urban life, Upton Sinclair and consumer protection, Henry Ford and the automobile industry, Margaret Sanger and reproductive rights, Martin Luther King Jr. and civil rights, Cesar Chavez and migrant farmworkers, and Bill Gates and the software industry
400
Name of one muckraker from Progressive Era
Upton Sinclair, Ida Tarbell, Jacob Riis
500
Developments that are part of the unwritten constitution include
Topic: Unwritten constitution Key Words: Cabinet, political parties
500
Document: Chart of President vetoes
Outside Info: Limits on federal government because of fear of monarchy, creation of checks and balances at Constitutional Convention
500
Geography and U.S. Gov. Action
Suggested Topics: Louisiana Purchase (1803), issuance of the Monroe Doctrine (1823), passage of the Homestead Act (1862), decision to build the transcontinental railroad (1860s), acquisition of the Philippines (1898), decision to build the Panama Canal (early 1900s), and passage of the Interstate Highway Act (1956)
500
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