Early Colonial Days- Early Republic
WHY WERE THE SOUTHERN COLONIES ESTABLISHED?
Profit for trade
NAME THE 3 RECONSTRUCTION AMENDMENTS
13TH-SLAVERY
14TH-RIGHTS TO ALL CITIZENS
15TH-BLACKS CAN VOTE
NAME SOME OF THE CAUSES OF THE GREAT DEPRESSION
OVER-PRODUCTION
UNDERCONSUMPTION
STOCK MARKET SPECULATION
WHAT INVENTION FROM THE USSR PROMPTED THE US TO FOCUS ON SCIENCE, MATH, AND TECHNOLOGY IN THE CLASSROOM?
SPUTNIK
WHAT IS THE HISTORIC NATURE OF THE 2008 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION?
FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE SOUTHERN COLONIES AND THE NEW ENGLAND COLONIES?
The Southern colonies were more dependent on the plantation system-Agriculture in the South
NAME SOME TYPES OF TECHNOLOGY THAT WERE CREATED DURING THE 1880S-1890S.
TELEPHONE
TELEGRAPH
LIGHTBULB
WHAT TWO MAJOR EVENTS BROUGHT THE US INTO WORLD WAR 1?
UNRESTRICTED SUBMARINE WARFARE
ZIMMERMAN TELEGRAM
WHAT HAPPENED DURING THE KOREAN WAR?
NORTH KOREA-USSR INVADED SOUTH KOREA. THE US JOINED SOUTH KOREA. IT WAS A THREE-YEAR STALEMATE BACK AND FORTH BEFORE RESTORING THE SEPARATION BETWEEN THE TWO AREAS.
WHAT EFFECT DID THE WATERGATE SCANDAL HAVE ON AMERICA?
AMERICANS COULD NO LONGER TRUST THE GOVERNMENT
THE SEDITION ACT MADE IT ILLEGAL TO “PRINT, UTTER, OR PUBLISH . . . ANY FALSE, SCANDALOUS, AND MALICIOUS WRITING” ABOUT THE AMERICAN GOVERNMENT . HOW DID THIS LAW AFFECT THE ELECTION OF 1800?
Criticism of the law contributed to the defeat of the Federalist party
NAME THE TWO LOCATIONS THAT IMMIGRANTS HAD TO ENTER THROUGH TO GET INTO THE UNITED STATES.
EXTRA CREDIT IF YOU CAN NAME THE STATES THEY ARE LOCATED IN
ELLIS ISLAND-NEW YORK
ANGEL ISLAND-CALIFORNIA
WHAT EVENT BROUGHT THE UNITED STATES INTO WORLD WAR 2?
EXTRA CREDIT FOR FULL DATE
PEARL HARBOR-DECEMBER 7TH, 1941
WHAT HAPPENED DURING THE CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS?
SOVIET UNION WAS SENDING MISSILES TO CUBA, THE US TOLD THE USSR IF THEY DID IT WOULD START ANOTHER WAR. THE USSR TURNED AWAY AT THE LAST SECOND, SHOWING JUST HOW CLOSE THE WORLD WAS TO ANOTHER WORLD WAR.
EXPLAIN THE IRANIAN HOSTAGE CRISIS
A TERRORIST GROUP TOOK CONTROL OF THE US EMBASSY IN IRAN AND TOOK AMERICANS HOSTAGE. PRESIDENT CARTER WAS UNABLE TO FREE THEM WHICH LED TO THE ELECTION OF PRESIDENT REAGAN, AMONG OTHER ISSUES UNDER CARTER'S PRESIDENCY
WHAT WAS THE FIRST WRITTEN FORM OF GOVERNMENT IN THE UNITED STATES?
ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION
DESCRIBE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE NORTH AND THE SOUTH PRIOR TO THE CIVIL WAR?
NORTH HAD MORE RAIL LINES AND SOUTH HAD MORE HIGHLY TRAINED SOLDIERS
OR
DIFFERENCE IN POPULATION
WHAT WERE THE THREE R'S OF THE NEW DEAL?
REFORM, RELIEF, RECOVER
WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE MARSHALL PLAN AND TRUMAN DOCTRINE?
MARSHALL PLAN- The United States provides economic assistance to restore the economic infrastructure of postwar Europe
TRUMAN DOCTRINE-US WOULD PROVIDE POLITICAL, MILITARY, AND ECONOMIC SUPPORT TO DEMOCRATIC COUNTRIES ONLY
EXPLAIN THE IMPACT OF SEPTEMBER 11, 2001
ANSWERS VARY
INCREASE SECURITY
US COULD BE ATTACKED
WHAT WAS THE PURPOSE OF THE MONROE DOCTRINE
Restrict European interference in the Western Hemisphere
WHAT IS PLESSY V. FERGUSON CASE?
SEPARATE BUT EQUAL WAS OKAY
IN YOUR OWN WORDS DESCRIBE THE ROARING 20S. INCLUDE: MOVIES, SPORTS, MUSIC, PROHIBITION, AND COMMUNISM
ANSWERS VARY
Describe the impact of television on American culture including the presidential debates (Kennedy/Nixon, 1960), news coverage of the Civil Rights Movement, the moon landing, and the war in Vietnam.
ANSWERS VARY
WHAT WERE THE CAMP DAVID ACCORDS?
WHO WAS THE PRESIDENT TO SEE THIS DONE?
EGYPT AND ISRAEL MET AT CAMP DAVID-IN THE US TO MAKE AN AGREEMENT OF PEACE BETWEEN THE TWO COUNTRIES UNDER PRESIDENT CARTER