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Dates/Eras

Dates/Eras. Why do you think the following years are especially significant in US history?. 1776 1787 1860 1898 1929 1941 2001. HOMEWORK: SHEET ON REVOLUTION AND CONSTITUTION Use your review book Review tomorrow after school 2 review sessions on Tuesday, June 11 Morning Afternoon.

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Dates/Eras

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  1. Dates/Eras

  2. Why do you think the following years are especially significant in US history? • 1776 • 1787 • 1860 • 1898 • 1929 • 1941 • 2001

  3. HOMEWORK: SHEET ON REVOLUTION AND CONSTITUTION • Use your review book • Review tomorrow after school • 2 review sessions on Tuesday, June 11 • Morning • Afternoon

  4. 10 minutes- review of key concepts by era • Try to correctly place the “cards” into the right eras • (most correct gets chocolate tomorrow) • Please read over the entire cards and… • Create a list of at least 3 “What the…” or “Who the…” questions on events, terms, people, etc. that your group does not remember

  5. Your “packet” • Essential information for each era in US History • If there are things on there you do not recognize, take notes! • 2nd part: 50 word associations on questions that regularly come up on Regents exams • Great study guide- guarantee at least

  6. Keep a tally of how many out of 29 you have right • To keep this relatively painless, we’ll focus on content that you had questions on • When we come to a slide that has a “What the” question, please let me know

  7. Before 1776: COLONIAL ERA • 3 Colonial Regions based on geography • NE- trade, towns • South- cash crops, slavery • Early Attempts at Democratic Forms of Gov’t – • Mayflower Compact, • Virginia House of Burgesses, • New England Town Meetings

  8. Before 1776: COLONIAL ERA • Resistance to British policies • Stamp Act, Intolerable Acts • Boycotts, Continental Congress forms

  9. 1776-1789- INDEPENDENCE • Thomas Jefferson writes Declaration of Independence • Lists reasons for breaking from England • John Locke – natural rights • Articles of Confederation is first government • Weak central gov’t • Power to states • Only success- Land Ordinance of 1785/ NW Ordinance- how new states are formed • Shay’s Rebellion shows need for stronger government

  10. 1787-1789: CREATING THE CONSTITUTION • Constitutional Convention- Philadelphia • Compromises • Great Compromise (House and Senate please big and small states) • 3/5- how slaves to be represented

  11. 1787-1789: CREATING THE CONSTITUTION • The New Constitution: • Strong Central Gov’t • Three branches- separation of power • Checks and Balances • Federalists/Anti-Federalists battle over ratification • Bill of Rights added to protect individual liberties

  12. 1790s: FEDERALIST ERA • George Washington sets precedents • Neutrality • Two terms • Cabinet • First political parties form • Democrat Republicans • Jefferson, strict construction, power to states • Federalists • Hamilton, loose construction, powerful federal government

  13. 1790s: FEDERALIST ERA • Government puts down Whiskey Rebellion, showing its strength • Hamilton’s financial plan • Bank of US (elastic clause) • taxes

  14. Early to Mid-1800s: ANTEBELLUM ERA (BEFORE THE CIVIL WAR) • Chief Justice John Marshall • Judicial Review (Marbury v. Madison) • Stronger national government in Sup. Ct. Cases • Louisiana Purchase • TJ doubles size of nation • Importance of New Orleans for trade • Goes against “strict construction”

  15. Early to Mid-1800s: ANTEBELLUM ERA (BEFORE THE CIVIL WAR) • Manifest Destiny • Oregon Purchase • Mexican War • James K Polk • Monroe Doctrine • America neutral in European Affairs • US- influence in Western Hemisphere

  16. Early to Mid-1800s: ANTEBELLUM ERA (BEFORE THE CIVIL WAR) • Andrew Jackson’s Indian Policy • Trail of Tears • Worcester v. Georgia • Rise of abolitionism • Immediate end to slavery • William Lloyd Garrison, Frederick Douglass • Seneca Falls Convention • Begins Women’s Rights movement • Demand right to vote • Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Lucretia Mott

  17. 1850s- CAUSES OF CIVIL WAR • Sectionalism rises over EXPANSION of slavery • Compromise of 1850 (popular sovereignty is introduced) • Kansas Nebraska Act- opens up new territory to slavery; Bleeding Kansas • Dred Scott decision • Election of Lincoln- secession

  18. 1861-1865 CIVIL WAR • Civil War 1861-1865 – • Lincoln’s goal: Save the Union • Emancipation Proclamation- leads to end of slavery

  19. 1866-1877: RECONSTRUCTION Debate over Reconstruction • Presidents (Abe, Johnson)- • easy for south to return • Little protection for freed slaves • Congress (Radical Reconstruction) • Punish south • Help former slaves

  20. 1866-1877: RECONSTRUCTION • Reconstruction Amendments • 13- no slavery • 14- equality, citizenship for African Americans • 15- right to vote • End of Reconstruction: South becomes white supremacist • Jim Crow laws- segregation • Rise of KKK

  21. Late 1800s: GILDED AGE • The West is settled • Transcontinental Railroad- gov’t assistance • Homestead Act- free land • Natives- reservations • Dawes Act- attempt to “assimilate”, break up tribes

  22. Late 1800s: GILDED AGE • Rise of Big Business/ industry – the Gilded Age • Monopolies/Trusts • Carnegie, Rockefeller- robber barons or Captains of Industry • Unequal Wealth Distribution • 1st Unions form- gov’t does not support • New Immigrants begin to arrive for jobs • South/ east Europe; Ellis Island • Nativism- negative reaction to immigrants • Industrialization leads to urbanization

  23. 1890s- 1910s: IMPERIALISM/ PROGRESSIVISM • IMPERIALISM • Spanish American War/Yellow Journalism • We get Phillipines • Economic reasons (resources, markets) • Roosevelt Corollary/ Big Stick Diplomacy • America “police” of Caribean

  24. 1890s- 1910s: IMPERIALISM/ PROGRESSIVISM • Progressivism • Response to problems of industrialization • Muckrakers- (Tarbell, Sinclair, Riis)- journalists who expose corruption • Government needs to reform, make changes to better society • Progressive Presidents • TR- Square Deal, Trustbuster • Decides to form a third party in 1912 • Woodrow Wilson- New Freedom • Federal Reserve created

  25. 1890s- 1910s: IMPERIALISM/ PROGRESSIVISM • Progressive Amendments: • 16- income tax • 17- direct election Senators • 18- prohibition • 19 women’s vote

  26. 1914-1918WORLD WAR I • WWI • Submarine warfare brings us in • Wilson’s 14 pts- plan for peace • America returns to Isolationism • Treaty of Versailles/ League of Nations rejected by Congress • Schenck- freedom of speech may be limited if “clear and present danger” • Great Migration begins- African Americans move North for jobs in factories

  27. The 1920s • Rise of Nativism • Red Scare- fear of Communists immigrating • Sacco and Vanzetti- Italians executed with little evidence • Palmer Raids- deports foreigners without charges • KKK rises to its height of influence • Quota Acts- immigration limited from certain countries • Roaring ’20s • Flappers, women • Economic boom- consumerism • The Harlem Renaissance • Langston Hughes, Duke Ellington- pride in black heritage, culture- writers, jazz

  28. 1929-1930s: GREAT DEPRESSION • The Great Depression • Caused by overproduction, unequal distribution of wealth • The New Deal- FDR • Relief, Recover, Reform • Gov’t responsible for helping individual Americans • Conflict with Supreme Court • Court Packing Plan not passed by Congress

  29. WWII 1941-1945 • US slowly enters war by becoming “arsenal of democracy” • Lend Lease Act • Mobilization • Pearl Harbor – • leads to internment camps. Loss of freedom during war(Korematsu) • Women in Workplace (Rosie the Riveter)

  30. 1946-1959: EARLY COLD WAR • Start of Cold War- “containment” • Truman Doctrine- will help nations fight commies • Marshall Plan- $$ to W. Europe • NATO- first peacetime alliance • Korean War • McCarthyism • Fear of Communism • Witch Hunt

  31. 1946-1959: EARLY COLD WAR • Beginnings of Civil Rights Movement • Brown v. Board • Rosa Parks- bus boycott, MLK • Little Rock Nine- Eisenhower enforces integration

  32. The ’60s • JFK: New Frontier • Man on the moon! • Peace Corps • Supports Civil Rights Act • LBJ: Great Society • War on poverty- compare to New Deal • Vietnam: War, what is it good for? • Gulf of Tonkin Resolution- expansion of presidential power • Protests- Kent State Massacre

  33. 1960s • Civil Rights Movement Grows • Sit-ins • Freedom riders • March on Washington • Civil Rights Act, Voting Rights Act • Malcolm X- different stance- separate races

  34. The ’70s • Nixon • Détente- visits China, Russia • SALT- limits arms with USSR • Watergate – US v Nixon • Resigns • Ford • Pardons Nixon • Carter • OPEC- oil prices causes inflation, need to conserve resources • Middle East- Camp David Accord

  35. 1980 to 2007 • Reagan- rise of Conservatism • Supply Side “Reaganomics” • Low taxes, less government regulation • Pro big business; cuts in social welfare • Military build-up (Star Wars) • Deficit spending • Bush the elder • Persian Gulf War- • Defend Iraq versus Kuwait • Very successful

  36. 1980-2007(cont.) • Clinton • Impeached • Tries for peace in the Middle East • Takes stand against ethnic cleansing • Bush the son • 2000- Loses popular vote – wins presidency • 9/11 and responses • Patriot Act • Wars in Afghanistan/Iraq

  37. 1- Before 1776

  38. 2- 1776- 1789

  39. 3- 1787-89

  40. 4- 1790s

  41. 5- Early to mid 1800s

  42. 6-1850s

  43. 7- 1861-1865

  44. 8- 1866-1877

  45. 9-Late 1800s

  46. 10- 1890s-1910s

  47. 11- 1914-1918

  48. 12- 1920s

  49. 13- 1929- 1930s

  50. 14- 1941- 1945

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