Student Study Guide
United States History

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-EARLY GOVERNMENTREGENTS REVIEW CHECKLISTArticles of Confederation (weak central government)Constitutional Convention VA Plan vs. NJ Plan Great Compromise 3/5 Compromise Commerce Compromise (Slave Trade) Ratification of Constitution Federalist vs. Anti-Federalists Federalist Papers Bill of Rights European Enlightenment: Locke, Voltaire, Montesquieu Mayflower Compact:New England Town Meetings: House of Burgesses:Peter Zenger’s Trial: Albany Plan of Union: Slave Trade Salutary NeglectTaxation without Representation: Declaration of Independence:1. Colonial Era: 2. Early Government: Popular Sovereignty Limited Government Separation of Powers: Legislative Branch: Art. 1 (Congress: Senate & HOR)Taxes; Currency; Fed. Courts; Declare War; Maintain Armed Forces Executive Branch: Art. 2 (President) Electoral College: Pros & Cons Chief Executive Chief Diplomat Commander in Chief Chief Legislator Judicial Branch: Art. 3 (Supreme Court)Original v. Appellate Jurisdiction Checks & Balances (Presidential Veto; 2/3 Override; Judicial Review) Flexibility (Living Doc.): Elastic Clause (Necessary & Proper) Amendment Process Judicial Interpretation3. U.S. Constitution: Federalism: Delegated Powers Implied Powers Concurrent Powers Reserved Powers Amendments: Bill of Rights: 1-10 12th President/Vice-Pres. 13th Abolition 14th Equal Protection 15th Universal Male Suffrage 16th Income Tax 17th Dir. Election of Senators 18th Prohibition 19th Women’s Suffrage 20th Lame Duck Session 21st Prohibition Repealed 22nd 2 Term Limit 24th Poll Tax Eliminated 25th Disability and Succession 26th 18 to Vote 27th Bans Mid-Term Pay Hike Unwritten Constitution: Cabinet; Two-Party System Similarities to NYS Constitution: 3 Branches, etc.
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COURT CASESLandmark Supreme Court Cases: Marbury v. MadisonMcCulloch v. Maryland Gibbons v. Ogden Worcester v. Georgia Scott v. Sandford Munn v. IllinoisWabash v. Illinois Plessy v. Ferguson Standard Oil v. United States Schenck v. United States Schechter Poultry Corp. v. United States United States v. Butler Korematsu v. United States Brown v. Board of Ed. Mapp v. Ohio Baker v. Carr Engel v. Vitale Gideon v. Wainwright Miranda v. Arizona Tinker v. Des Moines New York Times Co. v. United States Roe v. Wade United States v. Nixon University of California v. BakkeNew Jersey v. T.L.O. Clinton v. Jones 3
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-PROGRESSIVELaissez-Faire Capitalism Business Organizations: MonopolyPoolTrust Holding CompanyCaptains of Industry/Robber Barons: Andrew Carnegie J. Pierpont Morgan John D. Rockefeller Henry Ford Social Darwinsim Philanthropy Grangers and Bloc Voting Munn v. Illinois Wabash v. Illinois Interstate Commerce Act Sherman Antitrust Act Populist Party Free Silver, “Cross of Gold” Speech Referendum, Initiative, Recall, Secret Ballot, Direct Election of U.S. Senators Homestead Act Pacific Railway Act Indian (Plains) Wars: Chivington Massacre, Bull Run, Wounded Knee Dawes Act Collective Bargaining Knights of Labor, American Federation of Labor 9. Gilded Age: Terrence Powderly, Samuel Gompers Great Railway Strike, Haymarket Riot, Homestead Strike, Pullman Strike Urbanization: Positive and Negative Effects Colonial Immigration, Old Immigration, New Immigration Melting Pot vs. Salad Bowl (Pluarlism) Assimilation Nativism Know-Nothing (American) Party Chinese Exclusion Act “Gentlemen’s Agreement” Emergency Quota Act and National Origins Acts Civil Service Reform Pendleton Act Muckrakers: Thomas Nast Jacob Riis Upton Sinclair Ida Tarbell Lincoln Steffens Frank Norris Meat Inspection Act Pure Food and Drug ActBoss Tweed and Tamany Hall Jane Addams and Hull House Temperance Movement Margaret SangerNAACPCity Reforms: Commissions and City Managers State Reforms: Secret Ballot, Initiative, Referendum, Recall, Direct Primary TR and Square Deal Hepburn Act Elkins Act Anthracite Coal Strike16th Amendment 17th Amendment 18th Amendment 19th Amendment Standard Oil v. United States Progressive (Bull Moose) PartyUnderwood Tariff Act Federal Reserve Act Clayton Antitrust Act10. Progressive Era: Commodore Perry in Japan Open Door Policy Boxer Rebellion Hawaii Spanish-American War, jingoism, yellow journalism, Maine sunkPhilippines, Cuba, Puerto Rico Roosevelt Corollary Panama Canal Dollar Diplomacy Good Neighbor Policy 11. American Imperialism:
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WARWWI Causes: M.A.I.N. Appeasement German Submarine Warfare U.S. Joins WWI: Lusitania, Zimmerman Note, Sussex Pledge,Russian Revolution Selective Service Act Espionage and Sedition Acts Schenck v. United States Red Scare, Palmer Raids Sacco and Vanzetti Wilson’s 14 Points Senate Refusal to Ratify the Treaty of Versailles Arms Control: Washington Naval Conference, Kellogg-Briand Pact “Return To Normalcy” Neutrality Acts Lend-Lease Act U.S. Joins WWII: Pearl Harbor Big 3; European Theater; D-Day; Pacific Theater; Island Hopping Manhattan Project Truman’s Use of A-BombNuremberg and Tokyo War TrialsVictory Gardens, Gas Rations Rosie the Riveter Executive order 9066 and Korematsu v. United States Demobilization: G.I. Bill; Price Controls End; Taft-Hartley Act; National Security Act United Nations 12. America and World Wars:Roaring 1920’s Flapper Harlem Renaissance Jazz Age Scopes “Monkey” Trial Coolidge Prosperity Mass Consumption Planned Obsolencense Installment Purchase Plan Causes of Depression Buying on Margin Black Tuesday Hoover’s Rugged Individualism Reconstruction Finance Corp. Bonus Army Hoover Dam FDR and New Deal Fireside Chats Relief: Bank Holiday; FERA; PWA; CCC; WPA; TVA Recovery: NIRA; HOLC; FHA; AAA Reform: FDIC; SEC; SSA; Wagner Act; Fair Labor Standards Act Schechter Poultry Corp. v. UnitedStates and United States v. ButlerFDR’s Court-Packing Plan WWII Economy 13. Prosperity and Depression:Policies: Containment; Collective Security; Massive Retaliation; Brinkmanship; Détente Marshall Plan Berlin Airlift Iron Curtain Truman Doctrine Truman Sends Troops to Korea Gen. MacArthur Dismissed by Truman U-2 Incident Space Race Bay of Pigs Invasion Cuban Missile Crisis Tonkin Gulf Resolution NY Times v. United States 26thAmendmentWar Powers Act Ping-Pong Diplomacy Arms Control: Nuclear Test Ban Treaty; ABM Treaty; SALT I, II 14. Cold War:House Un-American Activities Committee Smith Act Loyalty Review Board Spying: A. Hiss and Rosenbergs McCarthyism The Crucible by Arthur Miller 15. Reaction to Commun
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Brown v. Board of Education Integration Opposed: Little Rock and University of AlabamaRosa Parks and Montgomery BusBoycott Black Civil Rights Organizations: NAACP; CORE; SCLC; Nation of Islam Martin Luther King, Jr. Malcom X Civil Rights Act of 1957 Civil Rights Act of 1964 24thAmendmentVoting Rights Act of 1965 Cesar Chavez Ignatio Lopez Unity League of California American Indian Movement Betty Friedan Equal Rights Amendment 16. Civil Rights: National Organization of Women Equal Employment Opportunity Act Title IX of Educational Amendments Act Gallaudet University, NTID Education of All Handicapped Children Act Americans with Disabilities Act Warren Court Mapp v. OhioBaker v. Carr Engel v. Vitale Gideon v. Wainwright Escobedo v. Illinois Tinker v. Des Moines Miranda v. Arizona Roe v. Wade University of California v. Bakke New Jersey v. T.L.O. New Federalism: Revenue Sharing Watergate United States v. Nixon OPEC Oil Embargo Ford Pardons Nixon Stagflation Camp David Peace Accords Panama Canal Treaties Iranian Hostage Situation Supply-Side EconomicsIran-Contra Affair Savings and Loan Scandal Invasion of Panama Persian Gulf War 27thAmendmentBrady Bill Assault Weapons Ban Health Care Reform Welfare Reform N.A.F.T.A. New World Order: Somalia; Bosnia; Kosovo Clinton v. Jones Clinton’s Impeachment Trial Harry S. Truman’s Fair Deal 22ndAmendment Eisenhower Prosperity Baby Boom Levittown Highway Act of 1956 Kennedy-Nixon TV DebateNASA Peace Corps 25thAmendment17. Modern America:LBJ’s Great Society Head Start Job Corps Affirmative Action Medicare, Medicaid Food Stamp Program Dept. of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) VISTA Omnibus Crime Control Act
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