Unit 1
The name of the event in which Europeans came to the New World for gold, glory, and god.
The Encounter
The Great Compromise and the Three Fifth's Compromise were all compromises that helped to get the U.S. _________ ratified or passed.
Constitution
These two issues were at the heart of the cause of the Civil War.
Slavery
States rights to secede
This was the name used used during westward expansion for the idea that it was God's will for the United States to own and control all land from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean.
Manifest Destiny
This was the name of the movement of thousands of African Americans from the farms of the south to the cities of the north following Reconstruction.
The Great Migration
This international agreement lead to the start of WWII.
Treaty of Versailles
Why was the Cold War called the "Cold War"?
U.S. and S.U. never attacked each other.
Name four famous civil rights activists/leaders. You must name all four.
Martin Luther King Jr, Malcolm X, Rosa Parks, John Lewis, and others
The U.S. History Regents Exam has ____ parts.
3
The names of the three colonial regions established by England on the east coast of North America.
New England, Middle, and Southern Colonies
DAILY DOUBLE
The names of America's first two political parties.
Federalists and the Democratic-Republicans.
The term secession was used during the Civil War. Define it.
secession: to separate from
Santa Anna and his army killed hundred of American soldiers here just before Texas became was annexed and became part of the United States.
Battle of the Alamo
DAILY DOUBLE
Name three of the five causes of WWI.
Militarism, Alliances, Nationalism, Imperialism, Assassination
DAILY DOUBLE
The names of the two cities destroyed by America's use of the atomic bomb to force Japanese surrender at the end of WWII.
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Name the economic system of both the United States and the Soviet Union.
United States: capitalism
Soviet Union: communism
Name three types of peaceful protest.
boycott, march, speech, sit in, and others
What type of question do you have to answer on Part I of the exam?
Stimulus Based Multiple Choice
DAILY DOUBLE
The name of the war in which the colonies and England fought the French and Native Americans for the land and resources in the Ohio River Valley.
The French and Indian War
Louisiana Purchase
DAILY DOUBLE
President Lincoln issued this statement freeing the slaves in all rebellious territories during the Civil War.
The Emancipation Proclamation
What was one result or impact of the California Gold Rush?
Cities grew out west.
Many settlers lost everything while trying to find gold.
Native Americans were once again forced to move.
Many settlers moved west to find gold.
The name of the time period in America in which crime rates and murders rose due to the banning of alcohol.
Prohibition
This group of Native Americans helped the U.S. and Allied Powers to win WWII by translating secret messages for the military. You need the full name and answer!
Navajo Code Talkers
Name two policies created by the United States to help European countries rebuild after WWII and resist communism.
Truman Doctrine and the Marshall Plan
Name the group of students who helped integrate a high school in Arkansas.
The Little Rock Nine
How many essays do you need to write of the exam?
3
The name of the pamphlet written by Thomas Paine to convince the colonists to support a war with England for independence.
Common Sense
This was the name of the second war between the U.S. and England which resulted in America being seen as a world power.
War of 1812
This was the name for the time period following the Civil War in which the government had to figure out how to handle the south and freed African American slaves.
Reconstruction
DAILY DOUBLE
This political party was formed to help farmers and struggling workers. William Jennings Bryan is associated with them.
Populist Party
This was the time period in America characterized by new inventions, high consumerism, mass entertainment, jazz, and the modernization of female roles in American society.
The Roaring 20's or the 1920's
This social group worked in factories producing everything the U.S. and Allied Powers needed to win WWII. They also helped keep America running during WWII.
Women
The United States did this to help to help South Korea resist communist North Korea.
Name two locations of famous civil rights marches.
Washington D.C.
Selma
DAILY DOUBLE
Which type of paragraph do you have to write on all three essays?
Historical Context Paragraph
The name of the war fought between the colonies and England which resulted in freedom, independence, and a new country.
The American Revolution or the Revolutionary War.
This president was responsible for the removal and death of millions of Native Americans as America moved west. He is associated with events like the Indian Removal Act and the Trail of Tears.
Andrew Jackson
These were the names of the laws and rules used to discriminate against African Americans in the time period following the Civil War.
Black Codes
Or
Jim Crow Laws
This was the name for the time period in which muckrakers attempted to bring many of America's political, social, and economic problems too light so they could be addressed and fixed.
The Progressive Era
This event was characterized by homelessness, high unemployment, high suicide rates, and starvation. It was caused by a number of factors including the stock market crash, buying on credit, poor investments, and the Dust Bowl.
The Great Depression
This famous military unit made up of all African Americans helped the United States to defeat Germany and the Axis powers during WWII.
Harlem Hellfighters
DAILY DOUBLE
This proxy war that was part of the Cold War resulted in America's only loss in war in the history of our country.
Vietnam War
Name the famous Supreme Court case that ended segregation in public schools.
Brown v. Board of Education
True or False
I also need to know how to write....
- relationship paragraph
- reliability paragraph
- extent paragraph
True