Pts of Interest

1. Pts of Interest I suggest that you be able to answer between 3-4 pts from Units1-4 and the same for Units 5-10. Then you will have the FRQ and DBQ portion on lock!!!

2. Unit 1 • Early colonization by France, Spain, England • Review S,F,E chart esp relations with Natives • French and Indian War • Effects on Colonists and British relations • Change in slavery • Indentured servitude vs American slavery • Compare/ Contrast Colonies • Review M,N,S chart • Know those Puritans!

5. Unit 2 • Revolutionary War • Causes • Review Road to Revolution chart • Why Americans won • Impact of war socially, economically and politically • Articles of Confed • Strengths and weaknesses (social, political- domestic and diplomatically, economic) • Constitution • Federalists vs Antifederalists • What did it establish in the U.S?

6. Lead to Revol War

7. Analyze political, military and diplomatic reasons why the colonists won the Revolutionary war

8. Unit 3 • Review Presidents grade chart • Know the rebellions of the time • Shay, Whiskey, Hartford Convention, VA and KY Resolutions • How do they compare/contrast? • Impact of economic growth during Era of Good Feelings in South, West and North

9. Economic Growth • The Market Revolution had an important impact in the Northeast and the South with the introduction of new innovations and changes in society. For the South, the impact was the growing of cotton and a focus on slavery. The impact on the North was a growth in industrial manufacturing and immigration. Both led to interdependence which led up to specialization and increased sectionalism between the two regions. • ECONOMIC CONTRAST SOUTH AND NORTH • Manufacturing and processing of goods (North) • Samuel Slater • Lowell • Growth of corporations • North wants American System • North wants higher tariffs • Tariffs of Abomination opposed by South • Growing of cotton(South) • “Cotton is King” • Slavery expands • Cotton gin • ECONOMIC SIMILARITIES • Improvement of Transportation • North: Railroads • South: Steamboats • Mississippi River • Technological Improvements • North: Strong Industries: Interchangeable parts, rubber, sewing machine • South: Strong Agriculture: cotton gin • Revolution leads to interdependence • Panics hurt all sections

10. Unit 4 • Second Great Awakening • Reforms and Effectiveness • Jacksonian Democracy • How truly democratic- economically, politically, and socially? • Antebellum South • Be able to describe the slave culture • The West • Manifest Destiny and Mexican War • Expansions impact on U.S economic, political, social

11. Lead to War • During the mid 1800’s the effectiveness of political compromise in reducing sectional tensions was mostly ineffective because there was discontent with finding a balance between the admittance of states as free or slave, as well as, what jurisdiction should fall under state powers versus federal powers; however, some compromises were initially effective in maintaining the balance and holding off secession for the short term. • STATE VS FEDERAL • Nullification Crisis • States have right to secede? • Treaty of Guadalupe • 36’30 doesn’t apply • Wilmot Proviso vs pop sov • North doesn’t want slavery to extend so want feds to decide • Comp of 1850 • Utah; New Mexico popular sov (upsets North) INTIALLY EFFECTIVE Missouri Compromise ended in a happy resolution for a short period of time. Dealt with Louisiana Purchase Compromise of 1850 effectively handled the talk of secession of the Nashville Conference. But concessions were done out of self interest • FREE VS SLAVE STATE • Missouri Compromise • Kept balance • Compromise of 1850 • Cali came in free so messed up balance • Kansas-Nebraska act • Kills Missouri Comp • Leads to Bleeding Kansas bc South wants a slave state

12. Unit 5 Civil War impact of the Civil War political, social, economic assess what led to the Civil War politically, economically or socially OR how successful were the compromises Review road to Civil War chart

13. Effects of War • The vision of the “New South” was barely a reality because although black rights were given legally, they continued to be discriminated against. In addition, while the economic system became slightly diversified, the wealthy white male remained in economic power. • Topic Sentence overview: Still discriminated against, could not exercise legal rights • Black codes (Previously slave codes) similiar • Jim Crow Laws (segregation) • Limitations to vote for blacks due to: • Literacy test • Grandfather clause • Poll Tax • Jelly Bean Test • Counterpoint: • Given Right to citizenship and voting • 14th amendment • 15th amendment • Topic Sentence overview: Wealthy whites remain in power • Plantation system transformed into Share cropping (Serfdom) • Cash cropping remained the same • Vagrancy laws (blacks forced to work) • Most of wealthy population is white • Redeemers using sharecropping; Scalawags and Carpetbaggers using industry • Counterpoint: Labor systems changed • Slave labor to free labor • 13th Amendment • Manufacturing increase 10% of mfg in South

14. Units 6 and 7 Industrialization and Urbanization Explain how and why the cities grew and changed Explain the connection to business and the government. West Notes How it grew during the Bonzana west. Progressive Notes Reforms and effectiveness WWI Compare foreign policy before WWI to after WWI and before WWII to after WWII

15. Analyze the impact of technological innovations on the lives of two of the following groups. 1865-1920 ~Factory workers ~Midwestern farmers • Thesis: In the time period from 1865 to 1920, the technological changes that transformed the lives of factory workers and midwestern farmers were mainly in social and economic spheres. In both aspects, the identity of the common man as a factory worker or farmer was based not on skill but on the service that they could provide as a whole to a larger corporation. The farmer’s isolation created the drive to create new technologies that connected the nation. The workers were impacted with technologies that made them more aware of self health and their well being was increased.

17. Analyze the ways in which government policy and economic conditions changed American agriculture in the period 1865–1900. • Between 1858 and 1900, the agricultural industry experienced political changes in land management by the government that raised prices and regulated land sales and economic changes with the introduction of new technology and equipment that influenced the growth of the commercial farming business. Farmers responded to the agricultural decline caused by political and economic transformations through increased involvement in the government and in politics in order to advocate for laws and rights that benefited the agriculture community.

18. Politics/ Economics • Government unwillingness to intervene in pools and other monopolistic practices of the railroad companies • Government gave best land to railroads with land grants • Homestead act provides Americans with free land which encourages agricultural development • Dawes Severalty Act • Opened up reservation land for white settlement which increased the amount of acreage for farming • Subsidies and land grants encouraged railroad expansion • Cow towns emerged and hurt agriculture • Timber Culture Act • 160 acres of land given to farmers who would plant trees on 40 of those acres • Desert Land Act • 640 acres of land given to farmers who would begin irrigation • Railroad Companies • Made farmers angry • Increased transport prices • In debt to RR companies (storage rates) • Boom and Bust (panic and prosperity) • Increased land option led to decrease in debt • Farmers who couldn’t pay debt moved back east • Panic of 1893 hurt farmers, led to poverty, hardship and widespread unemployment • Dependence on international markets drove wheat prices incredibly low • US currency was backed by gold, • Commercial Farming • Overproduction because farmers were trying to produce a large profit • Made farmers rely on banks • Couldn’t manage their own prices

19. During the Progressive Era (1880-1920), women took big roles in progressive era reforms as they created many different organizations to help a wide range of people, including immigrants, the poor and African Americans. They helped change the social structure for women and by doing so, enabled them to receive major support, in government regarding to women’s rights. This ultimately led to significant political changes to the treatment and rights of women in American society. • POLITICS • National American Women Suffrage Association (NAWSA): demanded for suffrage in “safer” and less threatening ways. • 19th amendment: gave political rights to women (voting). • Alice Paul: head of National Women’s Party, argued that the 19th amendment wouldn’t be sufficient to protect women’s rights. • Equal Rights Amendment: constitutional amendment that would provide clear, legal protection for women’s rights and prohibit all discrimination on the basis of sex. • Populist Party: women helped fight for farmer’s rights like Mary Lease. • SuffragePageant: more than 5,000 women staged a parade in Washington. • 1911 State-Level Reforms: successfully created pensions for widows with dependent children. • Jeanette Rankin: first female elected to the U.S house of representatives. • SOCIAL • Women’s Women and Temperance Union: advocated abstinence from harmful substances (alcohol, drugs) of the wage system. 18th Amendment • Divorce rate increased: going from 1/20 marriages to 1/9, by 1960; women initiated the majority of them. • Ida Wells Barnett: most effective women crusader; tried to discredit lynching and challenged segregation. • Jane Adams’ creation of the Hull House: sought to help immigrant families adapt to the language and customs of their new countries. • Birth Control • General Federation of Women’s Clubs (GFWC): coordinated activities of local organizations. • National Association of Colored Women: took positions on issues of particular concern to African Americans (lynching/segregation). • Social Gospel Movement: often guided by women

20. Unit 8 • 1920s • They love to compare the 20s and 50s • How did things change culturally in the 20s • Was the U.S isolationist? • New Deal • How effective was it? • How much did it change the role of govt? • If I were you I would make sure I know exactly which acts or programs from the New Deal go into relief, recovery or reform. Because the AAA would be recovery not relief or reform

22. Units 9 and 10 • Cold War • How successful? • Civil Rights Movement • How did they address the problems of Reconstruction? • Success or fail • Impact of Vietnam War • Social, Political, Economic • Events of 1960’s and 70’s impact on U.S • Economics • International • Domestic

23. Underdogs Immigrants (compare and contrast experiences) 1820 to 1860 1880 to 1924 1965 to 2000 1920s vs 1950s Women African Americans Role of women Change over time Before Revolutionary War, after Revolutionary War (Republican Motherhood) During Cult of Domesticity Reforms Second Great Awakening Progressivism WWI 1920s WWII 1950s