United States History Thematic Review

1. United States HistoryThematic Review

2. Historical Time Periods • Colonial America – 1600 – 1776 • Revolution – 1776-1783 • Westward Movement and Sectionalism– 1820-1860 • Civil War and Reconstruction – 1861-1877 • Gilded Age – 1878-1900 • Progressive Era – 1900 – 1914 • WWI – 1914-1917 • Roaring Twenties • Great Depression -1929-1941 • WWII – 1941-1945 • Cold War – 1945-1991 • Civil Rights Movement – 1954-1970

3. Presidential Actions - Domestic • Washington – Whiskey Rebellion • Lincoln – Emancipation Proclamation • Theodore Roosevelt – Meat Inspection/Pure Food and Drug Act • Wilson – Clayton Antitrust Act • FDR – Social Security/FDIC • Eisenhower – Little Rock Nine • Johnson – Civil Rights Act, Voting Rights Act, Medicare and Medicaid • Reagan – Tax Cuts

4. 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

5. Presidential Programs • Teddy Roosevelt – Square Deal • FDR – New Deal • Truman – Fair Deal • JFK – New Frontier • LBJ – Great Society

6. Reform Movements • Abolitionist Movement • Woman’s Suffrage • Feminist Movement • Civil Rights Movement • Temperance Movement • Progressive Movement • Populist Movement • Settlement Movement

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

8. 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

9. Migrations/Movements • 1800s – Westward Expansion • Immigration – Late 1800s • Urbanization – Gilded Age • Dust Bowl (Okies) – Great Depression • Great Migration – WWI to WWII • Suburban Growth – 1950s

10. 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 • Dred Scott (5) • Plessy v. Ferguson (14) • Shenck v. US (1) • Korematsu v. US (14)

11. 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

12. Individuals • Betty Friedan – Feminine Mystique • Upton Sinclair – The Jungle • Martin Luther King, Jr. – Civil Rights Movement • Rosa Parks – Montgomery Bus Boycott • Henry Ford – Assembly Line • Rachel Carson – Environmental Movement • Cesar Chavez – UFW Boycott

13. 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