UNITED STATES HISTORY THEMATIC REVIEW. Historical Time Periods Colonial America – 1600 – 1776 Revolution – 1776-1783 Antebellum America – 1820-1860.

UNITED STATES HISTORYTHEMATIC REVIEW

Historical Time Periods

Colonial America – 1600 – 1776 Revolution – 1776-1783 Antebellum America – 1820-1860 Civil War and Reconstruction – 1861-1877 Gilded Age – 1878-1900 Progressive Era – 1900 – 1914 WWI – 1914-1918 Roaring Twenties Great Depression -1929-1941 WWII – 1941-1945 Cold War – 1945-1991 Civil Rights Movement – 1954-1970

Presidential Programs

Teddy Roosevelt – Square Deal FDR – New Deal Truman – Fair Deal JFK – New Frontier LBJ – Great Society

Congressional Legislation

Missouri Compromise Fugitive Slave Act Interstate Highway Act Social Security Homestead Act Civil Rights Act, Voting Rights Act Medicare/Medicaid Meat Inspection Act/Pure Food and Drug Act Americans with Disabilities Act GI Bill Indian Removal Act NAFTA Federal Reserve Act

Theme: Government (Congressional Legislation)Throughout United States history, Congress has passed legislation to address important political, social, or economic issues. These laws have often had a significant impact on American society.Task:Select two laws passed by the United States Congress and for each:• Discuss the historical circumstances that led to the passage

of the law• Discuss the impacts of the law on American society

You may use any federal law that was intended to address an important issue from your study of United States history. Some suggestions you might wish to consider include:Embargo Act (1807), Pure Food and Drug Act (1906), Indian Removal Act (1830), Social Security Act (1935), Kansas-Nebraska Act (1854), GI Bill/Servicemen’s Readjustment Act (1944), Interstate Commerce Act (1887), Civil Rights Act (1964), Americans with Disabilities Act (1990)You are not limited to these suggestions.You may not discuss constitutional amendments.

Technological Advancements Cotton Gin Railroad Assembly Line Automobile Television/Radio Nuclear Power Computer

Theme: Technological DevelopmentsTechnological developments have had both positive and negative effects on the United States economy and on American society.Task:

• Identify two different technological developments and for each• Discuss the positive and/or negative effects of the

technological development on the United States economy or on American societyYou may use any technological developments from your study of United States history. Some suggestions you might wish to consider include:The cotton gin, steam-powered engines, the assembly line, nuclear power, the automobile, television, and computers.You are not limited to these suggestions.

Supreme Court Cases Expand Civil Liberties

Gideon v. Wainwright (6) Miranda v. Arizona (5,6) Brown v BOE (14) Roe v. Wade (9) Mapp v. Ohio (4) Tinker v. Des Moines (1)

Restrict Civil Liberties Worcester v. Georgia Dred Scott (5) Plessy v. Ferguson (14) Shenck v. US (1) Korematsu v. US (14)

Other Cases Marbury v. Madison Gibbons v. Ogden Nixon v. US

Theme: Diversity (Constitutional Rights)Throughout United States history, Supreme Court decisions have addressed the issue of the constitutional rights of various groups. These decisions have limited or expanded the rights of members of these groups.Task:Identify two Supreme Court cases related to the rights of specific groups and for each

• Describe the historical circumstances surrounding the case• Explain the Supreme Court’s decision in the case• Discuss how the Supreme Court decision limited or

expanded theconstitutional rights of members of this group

You may use any Supreme Court case from your study of United States history in which the Supreme Court addressed the issue of the constitutional rights of various groups. Some suggestions you might wish to consider include:Worcester v. Georgia (1832), Dred Scott v. Sanford (1857), Plessy v. Ferguson (1896), Korematsu v. United States (1944), Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka (1954), Heart of Atlanta Motel v. United States (1964), and Roe v. Wade (1973).You are not limited to these suggestions.

Foreign Policy

Isolation Washington – Proclamation of Neutrality, Wilson –

Neutrality Act of 1914, Roosevelt – Neutrality Act of 1939, Lend-Lease

Imperialism Roosevelt Corollary, Panama Canal, Open Door

Policy, Big Stick Diplomacy, Dollar Diplomacy Containment

Marshall Plan, Truman Doctrine, Korean War, Vietnam War, Bay of Pigs, Detente

Internationalism Persian Gulf War, Clinton and Bosnia

Presidential Actions - Foreign Washington – Proclamation of Neutrality Roosevelt – Panama Canal, Roosevelt

Corollary Wilson – Fourteen Points Truman – Decision to use Atomic Bomb,

Marshall Plan JFK – Bay of Pigs Johnson – Gulf of Tonkin Resolution Carter – Camp David accords Bush – Persian Gulf War

Theme: United States Foreign PolicyUnited States presidents often make foreign policy decisions in an attempt to deal with international problems. These decisions have had an impact on both the United States and on other countries or regions.Task:Select two presidential foreign policy decisions and for each• Describe the historical circumstances surrounding the decision• Discuss an impact of the decision on the United States• Discuss an impact of the decision on another country or region

You may use any presidential foreign policy decision that dealt with an international problem from your study of United States history. Some suggestions you might wish to consider include:James K. Polk sending troops to the Rio Grande (1846), William McKinley deciding to annex the Philippines (1898), Woodrow Wilson asking for a declaration of war (1917), Harry Truman deciding to use the atomic bomb (1945), John F. Kennedy quarantining Cuba (1962), Lyndon B. Johnson sending combat troops to Vietnam (1965–1968), Richard Nixon improving relations with China (1972), George H. W. Bush sending troops to Kuwait (1990-1991), and George W. Bush sending troops to Iraq (2003).You are not limited to these suggestions.

Reform Movements

Abolitionist Movement Woman’s Suffrage Feminist Movement Civil Rights Movement Temperance Movement Progressive Movement Populist Movement Settlement Movement

Theme: Reform Movements in the United StatesReform movements are intended to improve different aspects of American life.Through the actions of individuals, organizations, or the government, the goals ofthese reform movements have been achieved, but with varying degrees of success.Task:Identify two reform movements that have had an impact on American life and for each:• Discuss one major goal of the movement• Describe one action taken by an individual, an organization,

or the government in an attempt to achieve this goal• Evaluate the extent to which this goal was achieved

You may use any reform movement from your study of United States history. Somesuggestions you might wish to consider include:The abolitionist movement, woman’s suffrage movement, temperance movement, Progressive movement, civil rights movement, women’s rights movement, and environmental movement.You are not limited to these suggestions.

Geography

Louisiana Purchase Panama Canal Migration to California (Gold Rush) Okies – Dust Bowl Purchase of Alaska Panama Canal Civil War Transcontinental Railroad Interstate Highway system

Theme: Geography — Development of the United StatesMany important events in United States history have been influenced bygeography. Geographic factors or conditions include location, size, climate,natural resources, and physical features. These events in turn have had political,social, and economic impacts on the development of the United States.Task:Identify two important events in United States history and for each• Describe how a geographic factor or condition influenced the event• Discuss the political, social, and/or economic impacts of this event on thedevelopment of the United StatesSuggestions:You may use any important event that was influenced by geographic factors or conditions. Some suggestions you might wish to consider include:The Louisiana Purchase, the construction of the Erie Canal, migration to California in the late 1840s, the Civil War, the purchase of Alaska, the building of the transcontinental railroad, the acquisition of the Philippines, the building of the Panama Canal, the creation of the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), and the construction of the interstate highway system.You are not limited to these suggestions.

Amendments Bill of Rights

1-10 – Freedoms, Protections against powerful government Civil War and Reconstruction

13th – end slavery 14th – citizenship, equal protection of the law 15th – Voting Rights

Progressive Era 16th – Income Taxes 17th – Direct Election of Senators 18th – Prohibition 19th – Women’s Suffrage

Civil Rights 24th – Ban on poll taxes

Vietnam War 26th – Voting Age - 18

Theme: Change — Constitutional AmendmentsWhen the Founding Fathers wrote the United States Constitution, they included the amendment process. The amendments that have been passed brought political, social, and economic changes to American society.Task:Select two constitutional amendments that have changed American society and for each:

• Describe the historical circumstances that led to the adoption of the amendment

• Discuss the political, social, and/or economic changes the amendment brought to American societyYou may use any constitutional amendments that have changed American society. Some suggestions you might wish to consider include:13th amendment (abolition of slavery, 1865), 17th amendment (direct election of senators, 1913), 18th amendment (Prohibition, 1919), 19th amendment (woman’s suffrage, 1920), 22nd amendment (presidential term limits, 1951), 24th amendment (elimination of the poll tax, 1964), and 26th amendment (suffrage for 18-year-old citizens, 1971).You are not limited to these suggestions.

Presidential Actions - Domestic Washington – Whiskey Rebellion Jackson – Indian Removal Lincoln – Emancipation Proclamation Theodore Roosevelt – Meat Inspection/Pure Food

and Drug Act Wilson – Clayton Antitrust Act FDR – Social Security/FDIC/GI Bill Eisenhower – Little Rock Nine Johnson – Civil Rights Act, Voting Rights Act,

Medicare and Medicaid Reagan – Tax Cuts

Theme: Presidential ActionsUnited States presidents have taken actions that have had a significant effect onUnited States foreign or domestic policies.Task:Identify two presidential actions that have had significant effects on United Stateshistory and for each

• Describe the historical circumstances surrounding the action• Discuss the impact of the presidential action on United

States foreign policy oron American society

You may use any presidential action that has had a significant effect on United Stateshistory. Some suggestions you might wish to consider include:George Washington decision to use troops in the Whiskey Rebellion, Abraham Lincoln issuing the Emancipation Proclamation, William McKinley calling for war against Spain, Theodore Roosevelt supporting the Meat Inspection Act, Woodrow Wilson proposing the Fourteen Points, Franklin D. Roosevelt proposing the New Deal, Harry Truman making the decision to drop the atomic bomb, and Lyndon B. Johnson signing the Civil Rights Act of 1964.You are not limited to these suggestions.

Literature

Common Sense – Thomas Paine Federalist Papers – Hamilton, Madison, Jay Uncle Tom’s Cabin – Harriet Beecher Stowe The Jungle – Upton Sinclair How the Other Half Lives – Jacob Riis Influence of Sea Power Upon History – Alfred

Thayer Mahan Feminine Mystique – Betty Friedan Letter from a Birmingham Jail – Martin Luther King,

Jr. Silent Spring – Rachel Carson

Theme: Individuals, Groups, Institutions — Writing and ReformThroughout United States history, individuals have used writing as a way to focus attention on issues facing the American people. To resolve the issues raised in these writings, actions have been taken by the government, groups, or individuals.Task:Select two pieces of writing that have focused attention on issues facing American society and for each

• Describe the historical circumstances surrounding the issue addressed by the author

• Discuss an action taken by the government or a group or an individual in response to the issue raised by the authorYou may use any piece of writing from your study of United States history that focuses attention on an issue facing American society. Some suggestions you might wish to consider include: Common Sense by Thomas Paine (1776), Uncle Tom’s Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe (1852), How the Other Half Lives by Jacob Riis (1890), The Jungle by Upton Sinclair (1906), “I, Too, Sing America” by Langston Hughes (1925), The Other America by Michael Harrington (1962), Silent Spring by Rachel Carson (1962), The Feminine Mystique by Betty Friedan (1963), and “Letter from Birmingham Jail” by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (1963).You are not limited to these suggestions.

Theme: Constitutional Principles — Individual RightsThroughout United States history, many different groups have faceddiscrimination. The federal and state governments have taken actions that haveeither protected or limited the rights of these groups in American society.Task:Select two different groups in American society who have faced discriminationand for each

• Describe one specific example of discrimination faced by the group

• Describe one action taken by the federal or state governments related to this example of discrimination

• Discuss how the action taken by the federal or state governments either protected or limited the rights of the groupYou may use any example from your study of United States history. Some groups you might wish to consider include:Native American Indians, African Americans, Asian Americans, Hispanic Americans, women, the elderly, and the disabled.You are not limited to these suggestions.

Migrations/Movements

Colonial Settlement Slave Trade 1800s – Westward Expansion European Immigration – Late 1800s Urbanization – Gilded Age Dust Bowl (Okies) – Great Depression Great Migration – WWI to WWII Suburban Growth – 1950s

Theme: Movements of People—MigrationThe movement of people into and within the United States has had a significantimpact on the nation. These movements have been both voluntary andinvoluntary.Task:Select two periods of migration that had an impact on the United States and for each:

• Describe the historical circumstances that led to the migration

• Discuss the impact of the migration on the United StatesYou may use any period of migration from your study of United States history. Somesuggestions you might wish to consider include:colonial settlement (1600s–1700s), westward expansion (1800s), rural to urban migration (1870s–1920s), European immigration (1880–1910), The Great Migration (1920s-1940s), the Dust Bowl (1930s), suburbanization (1950s–1960s), and illegal immigration (1990 to the present).You are not limited to these suggestions.

Individuals

Frederick Douglass – Abolition Andrew Carnegie – Industrialization Betty Friedan – Feminine Mystique Upton Sinclair – The Jungle Martin Luther King, Jr. – Civil Rights Movement Rosa Parks – Montgomery Bus Boycott Susan B. Anthony – Women’s Suffrage Henry Ford – Assembly Line Rachel Carson – Environmental Movement Cesar Chavez – UFW Boycott

Theme: ChangeThroughout United States history, individuals other than presidents have playedsignificant roles that led to changes in the nation’s economy, government, orsociety.Task:Select two important individuals, other than presidents, and the area in whichthey tried to bring about change, and for each:

• Discuss one action taken by the individual that led to changes in the nation’s

economy, government, or society• Discuss changes that came about as a result of the

individual’s actionYou may use any important person from your study of United States history (other than a president). Some suggestions you might wish to consider include:Frederick Douglass and slavery, Andrew Carnegie and industrialization, Jacob Riis and urban life, Upton Sinclair and consumer protection, Henry Ford and the automobile industry, Margaret Sanger and reproductive rights, Martin Luther King Jr. and civil rights, Cesar Chavez and migrant farm workers, and Bill Gates and the software industry.You are not limited to these suggestions. However, you may not selecta president of the United States.