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Settlement & Colonization
1. Fill in the below map with the 13 original British colonies.
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Explain the purpose of The Virginia Company.
What agricultural product saved Jamestown?
What kind of relationship did the Virginia settlers have with the Indians?
What caused Bacon’s Rebellion?
List the New England colonies & the religion in each.
What kind of relationship did the New England settlers have with the Indians?
What was King Phillip’s War?
What was the Mayflower Compact?
What was the first constitution in the New World?
What was the colony of Massachusetts suppose to be for the rest of the world?
Briefly explain the happenings of the Salem Witch Trails.
What led to the break up of the Massachusetts’ colony & its’ charter?
Who were the first to settle in the Middle colonies, specifically present-day New York?
What role did Peter Stuyvesant play in the Middle colonies?
Who settled in Pennsylvania & what did William Penn want the colony to be?
What was different about the settlements in New York & Pennsylvania and the rest of the British colonies in
North America?
What did most French settlers do in North America?
Briefly explain New Spain.
Define mercantilism.
Explain triangular trade.
What was the Middle Passage?
Explain the culture that developed in the slave community.
What was the significance of the Great Awakening?
How did Benjamin Franklin embody social mobility & individualism?
How did the end of the French & Indian War lay the groundwork for the American Revolution?
How did the colonist respond to the;
 Proclamation of 1763
 Stamp Act
 Boston Massacre
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 Boston Tea Party
 Intolerable Acts
What was the Committee of Correspondence & why was it so important?
What was the group Sons of Liberty & why was it so important?
Explain the importance of the Enlightenment to the movement toward independence.
What was so important about Thomas Paine’s Common Sense?
Define salutary neglect and its impact on colonial government.
Where was the first major skirmish between the British & colonists that started the war?
Explain the organization & intellectual sources of the Declaration of Independence.
Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?
Why was French help in the American Revolution so important for the Patriots?
What was Valley Forge?
How was George Washington as a military leader?
What was the turning point of the American Revolution?
What battle ended the American Revolution?
Give the details of The Treaty of Paris 1783.
A New Nation
42. List the weaknesses in the Articles of Confederation.
43. How did Shay’s Rebellion lead to the Constitutional Convention?
44. What was the original purpose for delegates to meet at the Constitutional Convention?
45. Explain the key features of the Constitution, specifically;
 The Great Compromise
 separation of powers
 limited government
 The 3/5 Compromise
 checks & balances
46. What were the major arguments the anti-Federalists had against the constitution?
47. Who were the famous leaders of the Federalists & anti-Federalist?
48. How does the Bill of Rights serve as a protector of individuals & states?
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Whiskey Rebellion
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Non-intervention in Europe
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XYZ Affair
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development of political parties
50. Compare Jefferson’s & Hamilton’s visions for the United States.
51. Explain Hamilton’s financial plan for the United States.
52. What role did Hamilton play in the birth of the United States?
53. What is important about Marbury v. Madison?
54. What was the Land Ordinance & Northwest Ordinance and how did they relate to westward migration?
55. How did the U.S. come to get the Louisiana Purchase?
56. Briefly describe the Louis & Clark expedition.
57. Give the reasons for the War of 1812.
58. Define nationalism.
59. Define sectionalism.
60. How did the War of 1812 bring about nationalism & sectionalism in the U.S.?
61. Describe the construction of the Erie Canal, New York City, and the development of the nation’s infrastructure.
62. What does the Monroe Doctrine state & what is its importance?
63. What impact did Eli Whitney’s inventions, the cotton gin & interchangeable parts, have on the Industrial
Revolution in the U.S.?
64. Describe the reform movements of the 1800s, including;
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 Temperance movement
 Abolition movement (W. Garrison)
 Women’s suffrage (E. Stanton)
 Public school reform (H. Mann)
What convention marked the beginning of the women’s rights movement?
Who was Elizabeth Cady Stanton?
Explain Jacksonian democracy.
What was the term given to the way Jackson put his friends in political positions?
How did Jackson fight the Second Bank of the U.S.?
What was the agenda of The American Party (aka The Know Nothing Party)?
Expansion & a Divided Nation
71. How did slavery become a major issue in politics during the 1800s leading up to the Civil War?
72. Who was Nat Turner & what did he do?
73. Explain the rise of the abolition movement.
 W. Garrison
 F. Douglass
 the significance of Uncle Tom’s Cabin
74. Define popular sovereignty.
75. What was John C. Calhoun’s role in sectionalism?
76. How did western expansion led to the Civil War?
77. Define Manifest Destiny.
78. What brought a population boom to California in 1849?
79. Briefly summarize the Mexican-American War.
80. What was the significance of the Dred Scott case?
81. Explain both the;
 Missouri Compromise
 Compromise of 1850
82. What impact did John Brown’s raid on Harper’s Ferry have on the south?
83. Explain the Kansas-Nebraska Act.
84. Who was the first republican president?
85. Give examples of how Lincoln did his best to preserve the union.
86. What were the strengths & weaknesses of the North & South in the Civil War?
87. Identify the military strategies of both the North & South in the Civil War.
88. Describe the roles the following men played in the Civil War;
 Robert E. Lee
 Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson
 Jefferson Davis
 Ulysses S Grant
89. What was the turning point in the Civil War?
90. What was the significance of the Emancipation Proclamation?
91. What is the significance of Appomattox?
92. Explain the impeachment of President Johnson.
93. Who were the Radical Republicans & how was Reconstruction run under their control?
94. Define the Freedmen’s Bureau.
95. What is the significance of the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments?
96. Explain resistance to racial equality during Reconstruction.
 Black Codes
 KKK
97. Explain the economic disparity between the North & South after the Civil War.
98. Describe the political corruption in cities after the Civil War, such as the Boss Tweed Ring.
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The Late 1800s and the Progressive Era
99. What impact did the railroad have on the west & big business?
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What is a robber baron?
 John D. Rockefeller – Standard Oil
 Andrew Carnegie – Steel
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What is the difference between a monopoly & a trust?
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Describe the following inventions & the impact they made;
 Telephone
 Automobile
 Plane
 Light bulb
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Describe Ellis Island.
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Where were most immigrants coming into the U.S. coming from between 1880-1920?
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Explain the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882.
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What were the effects of increased urbanization at the turn of the 20th Century?
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What was the impact of American westward movement on the Native Americans?
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Describe the Homestead Strike & the 1894 Pullman strike.
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What problems did farmers of the late 1800s face?
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What was the Populist Party’s platform?
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Who wrote The Jungle & what impact did it have leading up to the start of the FDA?
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Who was Jane Addams & what “house” did she open?
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Define Jim Crow laws.
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Explain Plessy v. Ferguson.
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Who was Ida Tarbell?
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Define muckraker.
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Describe the emergence of the NAACP.
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Describe the significance of Progressive reforms;
 Improve conditions for the poor in cities
 Improve working conditions, hours, and compensation
 Child labor reform
 Direct election of senators
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Briefly summarize the Spanish-American War.
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What was the Philippine insurrection?
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What president brought the U.S. out of isolationism forever?
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Explain the Roosevelt Corollary & its impact on Latin America.
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Describe the emergence of the NAACP.
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Why was the Panama Canal built?
World War I and the Roaring 20s
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How did the neutral United States help France & Britain during World War I?
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What was the Zimmerman Note?
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Explain the home front during World War I.
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Define the Espionage & Sedition Acts.
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Who was Eugene Debs?
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Explain Wilson’s Fourteen Points.
 Creation of the League of Nations
 Debate over the Versailles Treaty
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Describe Wilson’s reforms during post-WWI.
 18th Amendment
 19th Amendment
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What led to the Red Scare & immigration restrictions?
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Who were Sacco &Vanzetti?
Who was Henry Ford & what was his major contribution?
Describe the impact the entertainment business had on the U.S. during the 1920s.
 Babe Ruth / Jack Dempsey
 Radio
 Movies
Describe the origins of the Jazz Age & the Harlem Renaissance.
 Louis Armstrong
 Langston Hughes
Who was Ernest Hemingway?
Great Depression & New Deal
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What were all the causes of the Great Depression?
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Explain the impact the drought had on the Great Plains in the 1930s.
 Dust Bowl
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Explain the impact massive unemployment had on the United States.
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What was a Hooverville?
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Who was elected president in 1932?
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Define fireside chats.
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What was The Hundred Days & its significance on the U.S.?
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What did the New Deal programs do?
 WPA
 CCC
 FDIC
 SEC
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What was the Tennessee Valley Authority created for?
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Explain the Wagner Act & Social Security Act.
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Explain the rise of unionism in the U.S.
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How was Eleanor Roosevelt a symbol of social progress and women’s activism?
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Who was Huey Long?
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How was Roosevelt’s relationship with the Supreme Court?
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Identify the Neutrality Act.
World War II & the Cold War
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Explain A. Phillip Randolph’s proposed march on Washington D.C. and Roosevelt’s response.
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What was the Lend-Lease program?
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Briefly describe the attack on Pearl Harbor.
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Explain the interment of Japanese-Americans.
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Briefly explain;
 Battle of Midway
 Battle of Iwo Jima
 D-Day
 Battle of the Bulge
 The fall of Berlin
 The bombings Hiroshima & Nagasaki
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Describe the American home front.
 War bond drives
 Rationing
 War-time conservation
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What roles did American women take during World War II?
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What roles did minorities take during World War II?
Briefly explain the Manhattan Project.
What does the U.S.S.R. stand for?
Explain the Marshall Plan.
What brought on the Berlin Airlift & what exactly was it?
Define the Truman Doctrine.
How did the Truman Doctrine dominate American foreign policy for most of the second half of
the 20th century?
What impact did the new communist regime in China have on the United States?
What impact did the Korean War have on the United States?
How did world events in the late 40s & early 50s contribute to the rise of Senator McCarthy?
What was McCarthyism?
Describe the happenings in Cuba during the 50s & early 60s.
 The rise of Castro
 The Bay of Pigs
 The Cuban Missile Crisis
Briefly describe the Vietnam War.
 The warfare & strategies
 The draft
 The anti-war movement
What was the Tonkin Resolution?
What was the Tet Offensive?
Briefly describe the Space Race between the U.S. & the U.S.S.R..
 Sputnik I
 The race to the moon
20th Century to Present
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What was the baby boom immediately following World War II?
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Define the Interstate Highway Act.
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Define the G.I. Bill of Rights.
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What impact has television had on the American culture?
 the 1960 presidential election
 news coverage of the Civil Rights Movement
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Briefly describe the impact technology has had on American culture.
 Personal computers
 Cell phones
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Explain the importance of Truman’s orders to integrate the U.S. military and the federal
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Who was Jackie Robinson?
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Explain Brown v. the Board of Education.
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What was the significance of Dr. King’s Letter from a Birmingham Jail & his I Have a Dream
speech?
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Who was Malcolm X & how did his views differ from Dr. King’s views early on in the Civil
Rights Movement?
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Describe the causes & consequences of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act
of 1965.
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Describe the Warren Court.
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How did the Miranda decision impact our individual rights?
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What was the political impact of the assassination of JFK?
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Explain President Johnson’s Great Society.
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 Medicare
 War on Poverty
Describe the social & political turmoil of 1968 in the U.S.
 King & R. Kennedy assassinations
 Democratic National Convention
Compare & contrast the SNCC & the SCLC tactics.
 Sit-ins
 Marches
 Freedom riders
Briefly explain the modern women’s rights movement.
 National Organization of Women
 The Feminine Mystique
 Title IX
Who was Cesar Chavez and what was the United Farm Workers movement?
Who is Rachel Carson and what cause is she associated with?
Describe the rise of the conservative movement: Candidacy of Barry Goldwater & Nixon Presidency.
Briefly describe the presidency of Nixon.
 Ending Vietnam
 Opening of China
 The Watergate Scandal
 Changing attitudes toward government
What impact has Roe v. Wade and the Bakke decision had on American society?
Briefly describe the presidency of Carter.
 Camp David Accords
 Iranian Hostage Crisis
Briefly describe the presidency of Reagan.
 Reaganomics
 Reagan’s foreign & domestic policies
 Iran-Contra Scandal
 The end of the Soviet Union
Briefly describe the presidency of Clinton.
 NAFTA
 Scandals
 His impeachment
What impact did the Electoral College have on the 2000 presidential election?
Briefly describe the presidency of George W. Bush.
 9/11 & The war on terrorism
 Afghanistan & Iraq
Describe the impact of globalization on government economic policy at the national level.
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