Unit 1 & 2
Name 3 Taxes imposed on the American Colonists after the French and Indian War
Stamp Act, Tea Act, Townsted Act
Explain Manifest Destiny
What is the Gilded Age known for?
What are the viewpoints of the Roaring 20's?
Traditionalism vs. Modernism
The President Who Loved White People
Andrew Jackson
What are the 3 Points established in the Declaration of Independence?
1. Unalienable rights
2. Every man is created equal
3. When the government becomes too powerful, we must part ways
Explain 1 cause and 1 effect of the War of 1812
1. Impressment -> Monroe Doctrine
2. England was jealous America was trading with France --> American Patriotism
What is the Roosevelt Corollary
An Extension of the Monroe Doctrine (Teeling Europe to not Colonize Latin America
What is the Harlem Renaissance?
Rebirth of African American Culture and Pride (Jzz, Poetry)
What was the Cold War
Competition with the Soviet Union to see who is the best
What are the 3 branches of Government? What are the Checks and Balances?
Legislative Branch
Executive Branch
Judicial Branch
Powers for each branch have that allow them to check up on the other branches
What are the Black Codes?
Racist laws that prevented African Americans from Voting (Literacy tests, Grandfather clauses, poll tax)
Jacob Riis- How the other Halg lives (Tenements)
Upton Sinclair - The Jungle (Meat and Food conditions)
Jane Adams - Pictures of Children in Factories
Ida Tarbell - Antitrust/ Monopolies Exposing
What is 2 effects of WW2?
Propoganda
Women in Factories
Ended the Great Depression
Executive Order 9966 (Japanese Internement Camps)
Executive Order 9981 ( Integration of the Military)
What was Richard Nixon known for
Watergate Scandal ( President who robbed, lied and cheated )
Why was the Articles of Confederation replaced?
Weak form of Government
- No President
- No Army
- No Taxes
- No power to Enforce Rules
Explain how Nat Turner and John Brown's Rebellion led to the Civil War
Deepened the divide between North and South because Northerners became more vocal about ending slavery, while Southerners became more defensive of it.
Mention 1 Cause and 1 Effect of the Spanish American War
Cause- Delome Letter- Calling the US Weak
Effect- US got Puerto Rico, Cuba and Philippines
Effect- US global Super Power
What are the 3 Causes of the Great Depression
1. Stock Market Crash
2. Unregulated Banking Practices
3. Dust Bowl
Brown v Board of Education
Plessy V Ferguson
Korematsu vs. The US
McCoulough Vs. Maryland
Madison Vs. Marbury
Tinker V. Demoine
Miranda V Arizona
Dread Scott
Roe V Wade
Worcheister V Georgia
Scheick v United States
What are the 3 parts of the Constitution?
1. Preamble
2. Articles
3. Amendments
Explain the Slavery Compromises
Missouri Compromise of 1820 - Separated North and South (North no Slavery - South Slavery)
Compromise of 1850- New territory gained from Mexico gets popular sovereignty (They get to vote)
Kansas-Nebraska Act - Anything west of Kansas and Nebraska can get Popular sovereignty
Explain why the US entered WW1
Sinking of Lusitania- Germany attacked ship full of innocent American people
Unrestricted Warfare of Sea- Germany attacked any boats going to England (Allies )
Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)
Public Works Administration ( PWA)
Social Security Act
Recite the Constitution
We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.