A New Nation Part 1 Review

Why did Congress want to revise the Articles of Confederation?
Because they wanted Congress to have the power to regulate trade and the ability to tax.

Describe the characteristics of the Constitutional Convention:
It was secretive in order to avoid outside influence on the delegate’s opinions.

Describe the VA Plan: It was Madison’s idea, which gave the power to tax and regulates trade. Responsible for the proposal of the three branches of government.

Describe the New Jersey Plan:
Developed the Legislative and the Executive branches of government. Intended to make simple changes to the articles.

Describe the Connecticut Compromise:
It ended the VA and NJ plans, and also called for government having power to regulate trade and tax….also developed the bicameral leg, 1 by population 1 equal, and 1 executive.

Describe the 3/5 compromise:
Slaves count 3/5 of the person in population count and tax the state pays to the government. Required all states to return slaves to slave owners

Great Depression Part 1 Review

How did Herbert Hoover win the election of 1828?
His past accomplishments with WWI and his optimism over the economy convince people that he was a great representative for the people, therefore leading him to the office.

What things were going on in the 20’s that lead to the Great Depression?
Overproduction of goods and materials, with little or no sale. This led to multiple job losses, with the introduction of credit, people bought stocks on credit, the stock market crashed as well, so money were lost, again.

What was Black Tuesday? How did it happen?
October 29th , when the stock market crashed completely.

What effects did Black Tuesday have on the US?
Billions of dollars was lost, including amongst the citizens. Unemployment and homelessness increased.

How did the Depression spread globally?
Because Germany was required to pay reparations for the reconstruction of Spain due to the war, they’ve been borrowing money from the US, but since the US went broke, they didn’t have the money, so Spain and the other country remained shattered, Germany stayed broke, as well as the US.

Progressive Part 1 Movements Review

Where did the Progressive movement come from?
They mainly came from middle class and dissatisfied industrial workers.

What were the goals of the progressive movement?
Their main goal was to help the poor and the underpaid by equalizing social justice. They also aimed at women’s voting rights and eliminating a corrupted government.

What is a muckraker?
Muckrakers were journalists who focused the ugly side of life.

Describe Ida Tarbell’s writing:
His writing was mainly based on wealthy business owners, for example, Rockefeller, and the cruel methods in which they ran their businesses.

What did Upton Sinclair write about? What influence did it have over gov?
He published a book called ‘The Jungle,’ which detailed the horrible working conditions of the meat packing industry. This encouraged Congress to pass the nation’s first legislation regulating the meat, food, and drug industries

Reconstruction Part 1 Review

Describe Lincoln’s plan for Reconstruction
Lincoln created the 10% plan which required 10% of state voters to take an oath to set up a new govt. which did not require rights guarantees for African Americans.

Describe the Radical Republican’s plan for Reconstruction
The plan was set up to urge citizenship and suffrage for African Americans; it also supported free land for African Americans.

Describe Johnson’s Plan for Reconstruction
Since Johnson is a southerner, he sympathized for the south; therefore, restoring lands, on one condition…each state had to ratify the 13th Amendment and draft Constitution abolishing slavery. Though the plan wasn’t for AA rights, it was pro letting states decide AA rights.

Describe the 13th amendment
The 13th Amendment was set up by Lincoln to end slavery.

Describe the 14th amendment
This Amendment recognized African Americans as equal citizens of the US.

Describe the 15ht amendment
Set up by Pres. Grant, guaranteeing AA’s voting rights.

Describe Johnson’s impeachment.
Johnson fired a congress official, knowing that he lacked the right to do that; so, the House of Rep impeached him, but wasn’t convicted due to 1 vote

Reform Movement Review

Describe the expansionist movement:
After Mexico’s independence in 1820, many saw an opportunity to try to take their land.

Describe Manifest Destiny and what people used it to justify: It was a belief of expansionists that God wanted US to own all of North America…

Describe the Temperance Movement:
Due to a sudden increase in population, problems came along with it, so many find solaces in drinking, while others focused towards prohibiting alcohol.

Describe the Abolition Movement:
As the production of cotton grew, so did the amount of slaves, until early 1800’s when some people showed signs of having a heart, and viewed slavery as immoral, therefore speaking against it.

Describe the Education Reform Movement:
Colonial America lacked public schools; private ones were only available to wealthy people, therefore reformers, opinionated on using tax money to start public schools.

Describe the Reform Movement for Women’s rights including the Seneca Falls Conference:
Up until the 1800’s, women were viewed as house caretakers, but with the industrialization revolution, they fought for equal rights, and were allowed to work outside home. Seneca Falls was the first women’s right convention mainly organized by Elizabeth Cady Stanton, through which they got a declaration of sentiments on women’s rights

Industrial Rev Review

Describe advances in road construction:
Tolled (to pay for improvements) were built, then railroads, etc.

Describe advances in water transportation:
First, steamboats were invented, which made transportation through water faster and easier, and trade as well.

Why is the Eerie Canal important?
It was a canal connected to the Hudson River, making way for the transportation of goods through New York City, making it the industrial center.

Describe advances in railroads:
The railroads were built and used more often than ships, because they cost less, moved faster, and carried more weight.

Describe advances in industry including Samuel Slater:
He built the first water powered textile mill

Describe the inventions of Sam Morse and Eli Whitney:
Sam Morse invented the electric telegram, advancing long distance communication, while Eli Whitney made cotton production faster and easier with his invention of the cotton gin.

Why did the Cotton Gin expand slavery?
It increased the production of cotton, therefore, they needed more slaves to pick the cottons

War of 1812 Review

How does the US become involved in the war between GB and the French?
During the war, US was involved in a trade from the West Indies to France, in which, they trespassed British shipping laws. During this time as well, British were kidnapping US sailors and forcing them to work in the British Navy, which Americans saw as insulting, so they took action.

Impressments- to make something clearly understood

What initial action does Jefferson take in war between GB and France to protect the US?
Jefferson convinced Congress to declare and suspend trade by ordering ships to stay in port…

Describe the Congressional Action that pushes the US to war:
Not in the notes :/

What does Madison ask Congress to do?
He urges Congress for approval for invasion of Canada

Describe the initial actions of the US in the War of 1812:
The US invaded Canada in 1812, but was conquered by a small British force and Indians, because of their lack of training.

Describe US action along fronts other than the Canadian:
Their performance was strategic, capturing ships here and there and defeating British supported by Indians.

What happens in the War when GB’s war with Napoleon ends?
After Napoleon was defeated, British troops became free to fight in North America, and British went in offensive in Maine, New York Orleans.

Describe the end of the war including the writing of the star spangled banner:
Treaties were signed, the war ended, and some dude named Scott Keys was inspired to write “The Star Spangled Banner.”

What battle makes Jackson a hero?
Part of the US Navy led by him played a part in the defeat of the British

what i was missing

A New Nation Part 1 Review

Why did Congress want to revise the Articles of Confederation?
Because they wanted Congress to have the power to regulate trade and the ability to tax.

Describe the characteristics of the Constitutional Convention:
It was secretive in order to avoid outside influence on the delegate’s opinions.

Describe the VA Plan: It was Madison’s idea, which gave the power to tax and regulates trade. Responsible for the proposal of the three branches of government.

Describe the New Jersey Plan:
Developed the Legislative and the Executive branches of government. Intended to make simple changes to the articles.

Describe the Connecticut Compromise:
It ended the VA and NJ plans, and also called for government having power to regulate trade and tax….also developed the bicameral leg, 1 by population 1 equal, and 1 executive.

Describe the 3/5 compromise:
Slaves count 3/5 of the person in population count and tax the state pays to the government. Required all states to return slaves to slave owners

Great Depression Part 1 Review

How did Herbert Hoover win the election of 1828?
His past accomplishments with WWI and his optimism over the economy convince people that he was a great representative for the people, therefore leading him to the office.

What things were going on in the 20’s that lead to the Great Depression?
Overproduction of goods and materials, with little or no sale. This led to multiple job losses, with the introduction of credit, people bought stocks on credit, the stock market crashed as well, so money were lost, again.

What was Black Tuesday? How did it happen?
October 29th , when the stock market crashed completely.

What effects did Black Tuesday have on the US?
Billions of dollars was lost, including amongst the citizens. Unemployment and homelessness increased.

How did the Depression spread globally?
Because Germany was required to pay reparations for the reconstruction of Spain due to the war, they’ve been borrowing money from the US, but since the US went broke, they didn’t have the money, so Spain and the other country remained shattered, Germany stayed broke, as well as the US.

Progressive Part 1 Movements Review

Where did the Progressive movement come from?
They mainly came from middle class and dissatisfied industrial workers.

What were the goals of the progressive movement?
Their main goal was to help the poor and the underpaid by equalizing social justice. They also aimed at women’s voting rights and eliminating a corrupted government.

What is a muckraker?
Muckrakers were journalists who focused the ugly side of life.

Describe Ida Tarbell’s writing:
His writing was mainly based on wealthy business owners, for example, Rockefeller, and the cruel methods in which they ran their businesses.

What did Upton Sinclair write about? What influence did it have over gov?
He published a book called ‘The Jungle,’ which detailed the horrible working conditions of the meat packing industry. This encouraged Congress to pass the nation’s first legislation regulating the meat, food, and drug industries

Reconstruction Part 1 Review

Describe Lincoln’s plan for Reconstruction
Lincoln created the 10% plan which required 10% of state voters to take an oath to set up a new govt. which did not require rights guarantees for African Americans.

Describe the Radical Republican’s plan for Reconstruction
The plan was set up to urge citizenship and suffrage for African Americans; it also supported free land for African Americans.

Describe Johnson’s Plan for Reconstruction
Since Johnson is a southerner, he sympathized for the south; therefore, restoring lands, on one condition…each state had to ratify the 13th Amendment and draft Constitution abolishing slavery. Though the plan wasn’t for AA rights, it was pro letting states decide AA rights.

Describe the 13th amendment
The 13th Amendment was set up by Lincoln to end slavery.

Describe the 14th amendment
This Amendment recognized African Americans as equal citizens of the US.

Describe the 15ht amendment
Set up by Pres. Grant, guaranteeing AA’s voting rights.

Describe Johnson’s impeachment.
Johnson fired a congress official, knowing that he lacked the right to do that; so, the House of Rep impeached him, but wasn’t convicted due to 1 vote

Reform Movement Review

Describe the expansionist movement:
After Mexico’s independence in 1820, many saw an opportunity to try to take their land.

Describe Manifest Destiny and what people used it to justify: It was a belief of expansionists that God wanted US to own all of North America…

Describe the Temperance Movement:
Due to a sudden increase in population, problems came along with it, so many find solaces in drinking, while others focused towards prohibiting alcohol.

Describe the Abolition Movement:
As the production of cotton grew, so did the amount of slaves, until early 1800’s when some people showed signs of having a heart, and viewed slavery as immoral, therefore speaking against it.

Describe the Education Reform Movement:
Colonial America lacked public schools; private ones were only available to wealthy people, therefore reformers, opinionated on using tax money to start public schools.

Describe the Reform Movement for Women’s rights including the Seneca Falls Conference:
Up until the 1800’s, women were viewed as house caretakers, but with the industrialization revolution, they fought for equal rights, and were allowed to work outside home. Seneca Falls was the first women’s right convention mainly organized by Elizabeth Cady Stanton, through which they got a declaration of sentiments on women’s rights

Industrial Rev Review

Describe advances in road construction:
Tolled (to pay for improvements) were built, then railroads, etc.

Describe advances in water transportation:
First, steamboats were invented, which made transportation through water faster and easier, and trade as well.

Why is the Eerie Canal important?
It was a canal connected to the Hudson River, making way for the transportation of goods through New York City, making it the industrial center.

Describe advances in railroads:
The railroads were built and used more often than ships, because they cost less, moved faster, and carried more weight.

Describe advances in industry including Samuel Slater:
He built the first water powered textile mill

Describe the inventions of Sam Morse and Eli Whitney:
Sam Morse invented the electric telegram, advancing long distance communication, while Eli Whitney made cotton production faster and easier with his invention of the cotton gin.

Why did the Cotton Gin expand slavery?
It increased the production of cotton, therefore, they needed more slaves to pick the cottons

War of 1812 Review

How does the US become involved in the war between GB and the French?
During the war, US was involved in a trade from the West Indies to France, in which, they trespassed British shipping laws. During this time as well, British were kidnapping US sailors and forcing them to work in the British Navy, which Americans saw as insulting, so they took action.

Impressments- to make something clearly understood

What initial action does Jefferson take in war between GB and France to protect the US?
Jefferson convinced Congress to declare and suspend trade by ordering ships to stay in port…

Describe the Congressional Action that pushes the US to war:
Not in the notes :/

What does Madison ask Congress to do?
He urges Congress for approval for invasion of Canada

Describe the initial actions of the US in the War of 1812:
The US invaded Canada in 1812, but was conquered by a small British force and Indians, because of their lack of training.

Describe US action along fronts other than the Canadian:
Their performance was strategic, capturing ships here and there and defeating British supported by Indians.

What happens in the War when GB’s war with Napoleon ends?
After Napoleon was defeated, British troops became free to fight in North America, and British went in offensive in Maine, New York Orleans.

Describe the end of the war including the writing of the star spangled banner:
Treaties were signed, the war ended, and some dude named Scott Keys was inspired to write “The Star Spangled Banner.”

What battle makes Jackson a hero?
Part of the US Navy led by him played a part in the defeat of the British

Unit 4 Webquest Words

1.Henry Ford- was the American founder of the Ford Motor Company and father of modern assembly lines used in mass production.
2. Assembly Line-arrangement of equipment and workers in which work passes from operation to operation in a direct line.
3. Installment buying- Purchasing a commodity over a period of time
4. Teapot Dome Scandal-during the Harding in which the administration Secretary of the interior leased government oil reserves.
5. Calvin Coolidge- was the 30th President of the United States (1923–1929). A Republican lawyer from Vermont, Coolidge worked his way up the ladder of Massachusetts state politics, eventually becoming governor of that state.
6. Kellog-Briand Pact-1928 agreement in which many nation agreed to outlaw war.
7. Dawes Plan-agreement with US loaned money to Germany, allowing Germany to make reparation payment to Britain and France
8. Scopes Trial-1925 trial of a trial Tennessee schoolteacher for teaching Darwin’s theory if evolution.
9. Prohibition-the forbidding by law of the manufacture, transport, and sale or alcohol.
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11. Charlie Chaplin- was an English comic actor and film director of the silent film era, and became one of the best-known film stars in the world before the end of the First World War.
12. Charles Lindberg- was an American aviator, author, inventor and explorer.
13. Marcus Garvey- was a publisher, journalist, entrepreneur, Black Nationalist, Pan-Africanist, and orator. Marcus Garvey was founder of the Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities League (UNIA-ACL)
14. Harlem Renaissance- period during the 1920’s in which African American novelists, poets, and artists celebrated their cultures
15. Black Tuesday-October 29, 1929 when the stock prices fell sharply in the great crash.
16. Hawley-Smoot Tariff- protective import tax authorized by congress in 1930.
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18. Hooverville- makeshift shantytowns set up by homeless people during the great depression.
19. Dust Bowl-for the central and southern great plains during the 1930’s when the region suffered from drought and dust storms
20. Repatriation- Mexican Americans were encouraged, or forced, by local, state and federal officials to return to Mexico during in 1930’s
21. FDIC- Federal deposit Insurance Corporation, which insured bank insurance up to 5,000.
22. TVA- is a federally owned corporation in the United States created by congressional charter in May 1933 to provide navigation, flood control, electricity generation, fertilizer manufacturing, and economic development in the Tennessee Valley, a region particularly impacted by the Great Depression
23. Huey Long- nicknamed The Kingfish, served as the 40th Governor of Louisiana from 1928 to 1932 and as a U.S. senator from 1932 to 1935
24. Social Security Act- 1935 law that set up a pension system for retirees, established unemployment insurance and created insurance for victims of work- related accidents.
25. Joseph Stalin- was the first General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union's Central Committee from 1922 until his death in 1953. In the years following Lenin's death in 1924, he rose to become the leader of the Soviet Union.
26. Benito Mussolini- was an Italian politician who led the National Fascist Party and is credited with being one of the key figures in the creation of Fascism.
27. Adolph Hitler- was an Austrian-born German politician and the leader of the National Socialist German Workers Party.
28. Appeasement- policy of granting concession in order to keep the peace.
29. Munich Pact- agreement between Germany, Italy, GB, and France in 1938 that scarified the Sudetenland to preserve peace.
30. Blitzkrieg- lighting war that emphasized the use of speed to penetrate deep into the enemy’s territory
31. Winston Churchill- was a British politician known chiefly for his leadership of the United Kingdom during World War II.
32. Lend-Lease Act-passed in 1941 that allowed President Roosevelt to sell or lend war supplies to any country whose defense he considered vital to the safety of the US.
33. Douglas McArthur- was an American general and Field Marshal of the Philippine Army. He was a Chief of Staff of the United States Army during the 1930s and played a prominent role in the Pacific theater during World War II.
34. Dwight Eisenhower- was a five-star general in the United States Army and the 34th President of the United States, from 1953 until 1961.
35. George S Patton- was a United States Army officer most famous for his leadership commanding corps and armies as a general in World War II. He was also widely known for his controversial outspokenness and strong opinions.
36. Battle of Midway-turning point of WW11 in the pacific, in which the Japanese advance was stopped.
37. Internment- temporary imprisonment of member of a specific group.
38. Battle of the Bulge- in December 1944, hilter ordered a counterattack on allied troops in Belgium, but it crippled Germany by using up reserves and demoralizing its troops.
39. Harry Truman- was the 33rd President of the United States (1945–1953).
40. Manhattan Project- code name of the project that develop the atomic bomb.
41. Nuremburg Laws- laws enacted by Hilter that denied German citizenship to Jews.
42. Kristallnacht- literally "Crystal Night") or the Night of Broken Glass was an anti-Jewish pogrom in Nazi Germany and Austria on 9 to 10 November 1938.

Birth of a Nation Webquest Words

1. Articles of Confederation- original federal constitution drafted by the continental congress in 1777.
   2. Shay’s Rebellion- farmers rebellion led by Daniel Shays against higher taxes in Massachusetts
   3. Great Compromise- compromise between the VA and NJ plans for a bicameral legislature each state would have equal representation in the senate.
   4. Federalism- political system in which power is shared between the national government and state government
   5. Three-Fifth’s Compromise- compromise in which each enslaved person would be counted as three fifths
   6. Whiskey Rebellion- 1794 uprising in western Pennsylvania that opposed the federal excise tax on whiskey
   7. Little Turtle
   8. Alien and Sedition Acts- 1798 laws that allowed the government to imprison or deport aliens, and to prosecute its critic
   9. Northwest Ordnance of 1787- law which provided a basic for governing the northwest territory
   10. Louisiana Purchase-1803 purchase from France by the united states of the territory between the Miss river and rocky mountains
   11. Monroe Doctrine- foreign policy doctrine set forth by President Monroe in 1823 that discourage European intervention in the western hemisphere.
   12. Impressments- policy of seizing people of property for military or public service
   13. Star Spangled Banner- written by Francis Scott key in 1814 which became the national anthem in 1931.
   14. Eerie Canal-canal complete in 1825 that connected lake Erie to the Hudson river.
   15. Samuel Slater- a skilled worker
   16. Eli Whitney- he invented the cotton gin
   17. Horace Mann- he builds schools because they didn’t have any public schools for the children to go to.
   18. Temperance Movement- movement aimed to stopping alcohol abuse and the problems created by it.
   19. Seneca Falls Convention-in new York in 1848 the first women’s rights convention in the United States
   20. Indian Removal Act-passed by congress in 1830 that allowed the federal government to negotiate land trades with the Indians.
   21. Alamo- fortified former mission in San Antonio was the site of the 1836 defeat and slaughter.

UNIT 1 WORDS

1. Missionary- a person who is religious & to bring the word to other places.
2. Viceroy-someone who is a royal official who runs a country.
3. Northwest Passage- a sea passage through the Arctic Ocean & North America and in the middle of the Canadian Arctic.
4. Samuel De Champlain- The father of “New France”
5. Charter- is the grant of rights.
6. Joint stock company-a type of business involving two or more people.
7. Powhatan- the father of Pocahontas
8. House of Burgess- was elected lower house in the legislative assembly.
9. Royal Colony- a colony ruled.
10. Proprietary Colony-is a colony that is more private land owners.
11. Puritan- a member of a group of Protestants that arose in the 16th century within the Church of England
12. Separatist-a person who separates or leaves from the church.
13. Pilgrim-a traveler to a place or region.
14. Mayflower Compact-an agreement between the pilgrims on the ship and to live in a civil society living by their own laws.
15. John Winthrop-obtained a royal character and led a group of English Puritans to the New World.
16. Pequot War- a war between Connecticut colonists that happened in 1637.
17. King Phillip’s War- was a conflict between the Native Americans and their Native American allies from 1675-1676.
18. Bacon’s Rebellion- was uprising in 1676 in Virginia Colony, the leader was Nathaniel Bacon. The first rebellion was the American colonies.
19. Pocahontas- was an Indian princess and have assisted colonial settlers at Jamestown and converted to Christianity.
20. Walter Raleigh- was an English aristocrat, writer, poet, and solider. He was born to a protestant family.
21. Indentured servant-a laborer under contract for a fixed period of time.
22. Triangular trade- brings foods or trading between America, Africa and Europe.
23. Magna Carta- is an English legal character
24. English Bill of Rights- an act declaring the rights and passed by parliament in December 1689.
25. Habeas corpus- is a legal action which a person can seek relief from unlawful punishment.
26. Salutary neglect- was an undocumented. British policy avoiding strict enforcement of parliamentary laws.
27. Mercantilism- is an economic theory that holds the prosperity.
28. Navigation Act- a series of laws that were restricted the giving of foreign shipping between England.
29. Enlightenment- is used to describe a time in western philosophy and cultural.
30. Benjamin Franklin- 1706–90, American statesman, diplomat, author, scientist, and inventor.
31. George Washington-was the commander of the Continental Army in the American Revolutionary War.
32. French Indian War- the war between Great Britain and France in North American 1754-1763.
33. Pontiac’s Rebellion- a war in 1763 of Native American tribes from the Great Lakes region.
34. Proclamation of 1763- was issued October 7, 1763 by King George 3rd after the French and Indian war & The Seven Years’ War
35. Albany Plan of Union-in 1754 was proposed by Ben Franklin at the Albany Congress.
36. Stamp Act- was taxed imposed by the British Parliament on the colonies of British America.
37. John Adams- an American politician & the 2nd president of the United States (1797-1801).
38. Patrick Henry- served as the first and sixth post-colonial governor of Virginia 1776 to 1779.
39. Sons of Liberty- was a secret organization of American patriots which originated in the pre-independence British North American colonies
40. non-importation agreement-
41. Boston Massacre- was an incident led to deaths of five civilians at the hands of British troops on march 5,1770
42. committee of correspondence- were bodies organized by the local governments of the Thirteen Colonies
43. Boston Tea Party- direct action by colonists the officials refused to return three shiploads of taxed tea to Britain.
44. Intolerable Acts- laws passed by the British Parliament in 1774 relating to Britain's colonies in North America.
45. First Continental Congress- was a convention of delegates from twelve of the thirteen North American colonies that met on September 5, 1774
46. Militia- composed of ordinary citizens to provide defense
47. Loyalist- American colonists who remained loyal to the Kingdom of Great Britain
48. Second Continental Congress- declaration of independent was adopted by the second cont. congress
49. George Washington-
50. Thomas Paine- was an author, pamphleteer, radical, inventor, intellectual, revolutionary and the author of common sense.
51. Declaration of Independence- July 4,1776
52. Thomas Jefferson- was the 3rd President of the United States (1801–1809), the principal author of the Declaration of Independence(1776),
53. Natural Rights
54. Cornwallis- surrender at Yorktown
55. Yorktown
56. Saratoga-battle in 1777 during the American Revolutionary War.

Cold War Overview Review

Directions: Under each complete the phrase, answer the question, fill in the blank, or define the definition.

How did the Cold War begin at the Yalta conference? At Yalta in 45 Stalin, FDR and the British agreed that Germany would be divided into four occupation zones and that all of the countries the Red Army occupied would have free elections

Despite Stalin’s promises all land occupied by Red Army became Soviet Satellite States

Why did Truman think the Soviets were a threat after Potsdam? Churchill saying an iron curtain had descended on Europe

Describe the Truman Doctrine: The Truman Doctrine is the beginnings of the policy of containment which meant the US would prevent the spread of communism past Eastern Europe.

Describe the Marshall Plan: 13 billion in grants and loans to Western Europe in order for them to recover, buy supplies that were in short supply, and help prevent the problems that lead some to communism

• Describe the Berlin Airlift: In order to deliver supplies, Truman airlifts them forcing Stalin to back off his attempts for West Berlin in May of 49

Describe NATO: In 49; US, GB, and twelve other Nations formed NATO to defend Western Europe

Describe the Warsaw Pact: In response Soviets form the Warsaw Pact with other Eastern European countries

Describe Ike’s strategy in the Cold War: spending billions of dollars on conventional forces and instead favored building mass armory of nuclear weapons

Describe the Bay of Pigs the invasion which fails miserably partially because of JFK’s reluctance to use US planes

Describe the Cuban Missile Crisis: US intelligence discovers that the Soviets were building nuclear weapons sites in Cuba

Describe attempts to limit communist after World War 2 at home: the US gov took action against the communist through the Smith act which made it illegal to teach the overthrow of the government

Describe Joe McCarthy and what he did: In 54 McCarthy went after the army which led Senate to hold televised hearing that gave many their first taste of McCarthy’s style leading him to lose many supporters and for the Senate to censure him

The Home Front and Effects of the War Review

Directions: Under each complete the phrase, answer the question, fill in the blank, or define the definition.

How did women participate in the war? Many women had to go to work in order to meet production goals

How did African Americans participate in the war? Many African Americans hoped war would open opportunities but few found meaningful work and when they did were still segregated

Describe how Americans treated German, Italian, and Japanese Americans: Japanese Americans faced worse treatment because of racism, smaller numbers, lack of political clout, and isolation from others

Describe Life in the Internment Camps: they were very populated and food was short

Describe what the US gov did to control Information and Industry: Office of War Info- worked closely with media to support war effort and published pro war materials like posters

Describe the Effects of WWII: World Map changes with splitting up of German and Italian empire

Imperialism goes on the decline US and USSR step in as superpowers US takes on shaping the world economy

The Holocaust Review

Directions: Under each complete the phrase, answer the question, fill in the blank, or define the definition.

What problems did the Germans have that Hitler blamed on the Jews? Really just everything, communism, inflation, abstract painting, and German loss in WWI

Describe the first persecution of Jews in Germany: boycott of Jewish goods and keeping Jews from jobs in civil service, the stock exchange, banking, law, journalism, and medicine

What is Kristallnacht? Germans attack on Jewish people which included destruction of Jewish businesses and synagogues, death of 200 Jewish people, and thousands of Jews arrested

Describe life in both the death and concentration camps: life in both of the camps was hard but different. In the concentrations camps

Describe the allied response to the Holocaust: Soldiers who had seen lots of death were unprepared and stunned by what they saw

Liberation of camps led to outpouring of support and aid to survivors

Civil War Part 6 Review

Directions: Under each complete the phrase, answer the question, fill in the blank, or define the definition. Where it says from a certain number that tells you what number it is from in your notebook.

What did Union do when came across African Americans early in the war?
Put them to work


What is Emancipation Proclamation?
When Lincoln frees the slaves in America


Why does Lincoln issue proclamation?
To free the slaves


What effect does proclamation have?
It causes mixed feelings in the north and convinces south there will be no peace treaty


How African Americans participated in the war:
Some did manual labor some were actually fighting in the war. Slaves provided aids and even spied for union troops


Describe Life in North during War:
Tough due to lack of cotton


Describe Life in South During War:
Poverty stricken and riot filled


Describe Life of Soldiers during the War:
They experienced travel and filled there free time with religion and card games

Describe Life of Women during the War:
Many tended to the farms and plantations some acted as men to fight in the army

Bell Ringer:
At first we didn’t fight to liberate the slaves we fought to unite the North and South but now they fought for freedom.

Civil War Part 5 Review

Directions: Under each complete the phrase, answer the question, fill in the blank, or define the definition.

What two strategies does Grant use to win the war?
The siege plan and a strategy to throw a wave of soldiers at grant

Describe how Grant takes it to Lee:
He chases him down and cuts his supplies thus leaving them to “die off”

Describe Sherman’s March to the Sea:
A trip in which Sherman burns down supplies and housing using the siege strategy

Describe the Battle of Petersburg:
A battle in which Grant and his forces swept down to Richmond VA cutting off the railroad

Describe Lee’s surrender:
After Richmond was burned down lee had surrendered due to lack of supplies and men

Describe the death of Lincoln:
Lincoln was assassinated in Ford theater by John Wilkes Boothe

Civil War Part 1 Review

Directions: Under each complete the phrase, answer the question, fill in the blank, or define the definition.

Describe how Lincoln’s election splits the Union:
The southern sates left after Lincoln’s election because Lincoln supported antislavery and they felt they had no voice in the union.

Describe how the South reacts to the election of Lincoln:
The south succeeds from the north and elects there own president

Describe the founding of the Confederate government:
After the confederacy split from the north Jefferson Davis was elected and president of the confederacy. The government also boasted more power in the states instead of more power in government

Describe the breakout of the war at Fort Sumter:
Lincoln needed to bring his troops provisions while the south didn’t trust him sending ships to the fort. When asked to surrender the soldiers at Sumter said no and were attacked.

Describe the Advantages of the North:
Population, Recourses, navy

Describe the advantages of the South:
Leadership, GB and French support, can play defense if attacked on southern ground

Describe Northern Strategies to win the War: Block off southern ports and march into southern states and destroy major factories

Describe Southern Strategies to win the war:
Play defense on southern territory and weaken union slowly

Radical Republican- After the 1860 elections the Radical Republicans became a powerful force in Congress. Several were elected as chairman of important committees.

Wade-Davis bill- By Senator Benjamin F. Wade and Representative Henry Winter Davis ... The Wade-Davis Bill required that 50 percent of a state's white males take a loyalty oath

Freedman’s Bureau- Freedmen's Bureau is a U.S. agency established during Reconstruction to help freed slaves in their transition to freedom

Andrew Johnson- Andrew Johnson. With the Assassination of Lincoln, the Presidency fell upon an old-fashioned southern Jacksonian Democrat of pronounced states' rights views.

Fourteenth Amendment- Rights Guaranteed Privileges and Immunities of Citizenship, Due Process and Equal Protection

Fifteenth amendment- to the United States Constitution prohibits each government in the United States from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's "race

Scalawag- In United States history, scalawag was a moniker for southern whites who supported Reconstruction following the Civil War. Scalawags formed a winning coalition with freedmen (blacks who were former ...

Carpetbagger- people who moved to the south to take advantage of there hard times after the war.

Sharecropping-people who share farm land and the goods farmed

Muckraker- A muckraker seeks to expose corruption of businesses or government to the public

settlement house- As settlement house residents learned more about their communities, they proposed changes in local government and lobbied for state and federal legislation on social and economic problems. Hull-House Maps and Papers (1895

Jane Adams- Jane Addams is remembered primarily as a founder of the Settlement House Movement.

New Deal Part 2 Review

Directions: Under each complete the phrase, answer the question, fill in the blank, or define the definition.

Describe the Work Progress Administration: it put people back to work through civil projects and going things like sponsoring artist

Describe the Social Security Act: the social security act provides pension for the unemployed.

Describe how FDR favored Labor Unions in the New Deal: he felt like the only way to get out the GD was to raise wages in order to stimulate the economy

Describe the problems FDR had with the SC and his solutions: be basically loaded the house with new judges in favor of him

Describe the Effects of the New Deal: it really increased the power of the president.

Great Depression Part 2 Review

Directions: Under each complete the phrase, answer the question, fill in the blank, or define the definition.

How did GD affect cities? People had jobs one day and unemployed the next, meny were homless

How did the unemployed live? A lot of them lost their homes and lived in Hoover vills

How did GD affect farmers? Because of the drought all of their crops died and they went poor

What other problems did farmers face? Because of their livly hoods basicly dying with drought they moved.

How did GD affect family life? Meny me sank down and left there familys. A lot of women worked as mades

How did Hoover try to handle the depression? He didn’t do much but he maid jobs for some with the dam

Radical Republican- After the 1860 elections the Radical Republicans became a powerful force in Congress. Several were elected as chairman of important committees.

Wade-Davis bill- By Senator Benjamin F. Wade and Representative Henry Winter Davis ... The Wade-Davis Bill required that 50 percent of a state's white males take a loyalty oath

Freedman’s Bureau- Freedmen's Bureau is a U.S. agency established during Reconstruction to help freed slaves in their transition to freedom

Andrew Johnson- Andrew Johnson. With the Assassination of Lincoln, the Presidency fell upon an old-fashioned southern Jacksonian Democrat of pronounced states' rights views.

Fourteenth Amendment- Rights Guaranteed Privileges and Immunities of Citizenship, Due Process and Equal Protection

Fifteenth amendment- to the United States Constitution prohibits each government in the United States from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's "race

Scalawag- In United States history, scalawag was a moniker for southern whites who supported Reconstruction following the Civil War. Scalawags formed a winning coalition with freedmen (blacks who were former ...

Carpetbagger- people who moved to the south to take advantage of there hard times after the war.

World War I Part 2 Review

Directions: Under each complete the phrase, answer the question, fill in the blank, or define the definition.

How does the US build an army during WWI? We have like a lottery type draft

How does the US gov control the economy during WWI? First create council of national defense.

How does the US gov control the press during WWI? George creet was in charge of pretty much help Americans understand why we are at war

How does the US gov control dissent during WWI? We limited the number of the opposing views.


How are women affected by WWI? They take over the mens jobs

How are African Americans affected by WWI? They get a chance to get out there and show there stuff

How are Mexican Americans affected by WWI? Mexican Americans move north to take over agricultural jobs

World War I Part 1 Review

Directions: Under each complete the phrase, answer the question, fill in the blank, or define the definition.

How does nationalism influence countries in the early 1900’s? they make them feel like the strongest nation should rule.

What is militarism? How does it influence Europe in the early 1900’s? it’s strong military, it brought out new weapons to the war.

Triple Alliance- Germany, Italy, Austria

Triple Entente- Russia GB France

How does the war start? the death of Franz Ferdinand

Why does the war become a stalemate? Because of the trench war fair, they really couldn’t make a lot of moves.

How does the US become involved in the war? After all of the act by Germany we got tired of it and joined the war in 1918.

Progressive Part 2 Movements Review

Directions: Under each complete the phrase, answer the question, fill in the blank, or define the definition.

Describe what a settlement house is: they were places that help urban poor

Who was the leading figure of the settlement house movement? Why? The leader was jane adams she felt strongly about the need to help poor people.

Describe Progressive Children’s reforms: they band child labor and improved education

Describe Progressive Industrial Workers Reform: What was the leading cause of it? The leading thing was the fire that made them rebuild

Describe gov reforms during progressive era: the replaced the mayor with a five person committee

Direct primary- take chose from party leader and give them to the people

Recall-when the people try to pull someone from office

Referendum- always people to vote aganced laws

Initiative- people could propose new laws

Jim Crow Laws- laws from the man to hold down a brotha

Plessey vs. Ferguson-separate but equal

Describe how the NAACP started and its mission-its when black and whites came to gather and fight aganced none constitutional actions by the man

WEBQUEST!!!!

Radical Republican- After the 1860 elections the Radical Republicans became a powerful force in Congress. Several were elected as chairman of important committees.

Wade-Davis bill- By Senator Benjamin F. Wade and Representative Henry Winter Davis ... The Wade-Davis Bill required that 50 percent of a state's white males take a loyalty oath

Freedman’s Bureau- Freedmen's Bureau is a U.S. agency established during Reconstruction to help freed slaves in their transition to freedom

Andrew Johnson- Andrew Johnson. With the Assassination of Lincoln, the Presidency fell upon an old-fashioned southern Jacksonian Democrat of pronounced states' rights views.

WEB QUEST!!

The Continental Congress adopted the Articles of Confederation, the first constitution of the United States, on November 15, 1777. However, ratification of the Articles of Confederation by all thirteen…

Age of Jackson Review

Directions: Under each complete the phrase, answer the question, fill in the blank, or define the definition.

Describe Jackson’s push and winning of the presidency: it was crazy! Screaming people everyone fainting topless females, just everything I bet

Describe the Indian Removal Act: it was when they began removing Indians from their land and sending them to camps

Describe the Bank Crisis: they were against a new national back, said it would have better dealing with the rich so the fought against it.
Describe the reaction to Jackson’s policies: I mean everyone loved the guy.. im sure they were in high spirits

The Causes of Am Rev Part 2 Review

Directions: Under each complete the phrase, answer the question, fill in the blank, or define the definition.

Describe where the protest over new taxes got many of their ideas: they got them from people such as John Locke

Describe what action the Stamp Act Congress took, and the British response to it: added more taxes and that just made the colonies boycott

Describe the Boston Massacre and its causes: when the colonies started to revolt the British solders attacked and killed many.

Describe British response to the Boston Massacre: In response to these tensions, Lieutenant Governor Thomas Hutchinson ordered that the British soldiers be withdrawn to Castle Island

Describe the Boston Tea Party and the British response to it: the colonist got on board of a ship And dumped all the tea into the harbor, Briton closed down to harbor.

Describe the First Continental Congress and what policies came out of it: The first national American government was the Continental Congress. Colonial leaders came together in this Congress to oppose British policies that restricted their rights and taxed them without representation in Parliament.

Colonial Life Review

Directions: Under each complete the phrase, answer the question, fill in the blank, or define the definition.

How were colonial govs set up and how did the Glorious Rev in England affect them? The colonist were basically rule by a representative from the king, they were only allowed to trade with England

Describe the slave trade and how it affected the colonies: at first they only had indigent servants but when the slave trade started they began getting African slaves to work for them

Describe colonial trade and taxes: the colonist only traded with England to paid taxes to them aswell. ALL IN THE BENEFIT OF ENGLAND..

Describe the commercial rev in the colonies:

Describe how the enlightenment affected the colonies: it was the start of all new thing and ideas just like all enlightenment times.

Describe the Great awakening in the colonies: The Great Awakening was a watershed event in the life of the American people. Before it was over, it had swept the colonies of the Eastern seaboard, transforming the social and religious life of land.

Other Settlements Review

Directions: Under each complete the phrase, answer the question, fill in the blank, or define the definition.

Describe initial Spanish exploration of the New World: when they came to the new world initially, they were looking for other things such as the that youth thing and gold.

Describe Spanish exploration of what would become US including their treatment of Indians: when the Spanish came to the -new world- history shows that they were clearly very set on taking it over. Id say that they were very cruel to the Indians

Describe French Exploration of the New World: The French colonization established a colonial empire in the Western Hemisphere. France founded colonies

Describe French founding of New Orleans: The expectation of riches was the reason French explorers spent more than three decades searching either side of the Mississippi River, doing so they found and settled into new Orleans.

Describe Dutch Exploration in North America The Dutch were also engaged in the exploration of America. Formerly a Protestant province of Spain, the Netherlands was determined to become a commercial power and saw exploration as a means to that end

Describe the discovery of Pennsylvania: it was given to them by the king I think