US History STAAR EOC Comprehensive Review
Table of Contents Units
TEKS Covered
The Gilded Age (including Westward Expansion) The Progressive Era U.S. Becomes a World Power The 1920s The Great Depression and New Deal World War II Cold War Era Vietnam and the 1960s Civil Rights Modern America Created by Frisco ISD
3ABC, 15ABC, 12A, 26B, 27B 5ABC, 14B, 15BE, 26D 4ABCDEFG, 12A, 13A, 15CD, 19EG, 26F 6AB, 13A, 15C, 16A, 21B, 23B, 25B, 26C, 27C 12A, 16BCDE, 17A, 19AB, 20B, 25A, 26D 7ACDEFG, 17ABE, 19BE, 25B, 26F, 27B, 28A 2D, 8ABC, 17C, 19E, 26D 8DEF, 17D, 19B, 20A, 21A, 23A, 26AF 9ABCDEFGI, 17D, 21A, 23AB, 24B, 26D 10ABDEF, 11ADEF
The Gilded Age (including Westward Expansion) 1877-1898 The Transcontinental Railroad established a permanent link between the East and West coasts. This created new markets for the goods being produced as a result of industrialization. This led to the Gilded Age which gets it’s name from the wealth that is created during this time and the way of life this wealth supported. Although not everyone in this period enjoyed the privileges that wealth can provide.
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The Gilded Age 1877-1898 (includes Westward Expansion) 3A
1. From 1877-1898, the US experienced many political changes—identify the changes below and explain why they were enacted: Identify the following:
Explain why these were enacted:
Indian policies
Political Machines
Civil Service Reform
Beginnings of Populism
3B
2. What led to the following economic changes during this time period and how did they impact society? What led to this? Growth of Railroads
Farm issues
The Cattle Industry Boom
How did this impact society?
3B
1. What led to the following economic changes during this time period and how did they impact society? What led to this?
How did this impact society?
Industrialization
Growth of Labor Unions
Rise of Entrepreneurship
3B
2. What are the pros and cons of big business? Pros of Big Business
3D
Cons of Big Business
3. Why were immigrants optimistic about coming to America?
15C 4. What was the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882?
3C
1. What social issues affected the following groups?
Women
Minorities
Children
Immigrants
3C
2. Define the following and explain their impact on social issues?
Definition
Impact
Urbanization
Social Gospel
3C
3. The era of industrialization was a time when some individuals became extremely wealthy. Some of these individuals used their wealth to help others. Identify examples: Name of Individual
Example of Philanthropic Activities
15A 1. How did the Transcontinental Railroad affect the economy?
2. How did the Transcontinental Railroad and the Homestead Act lead to the close of the frontier?
15B
3. Define the following and explain how they altered the relationship between the Federal government and private business.
Definition
Sherman Anti Trust Act
Interstate Commerce Act
Relationship between federal government and private business.
12A
1. Who settled on the Great Plains?
2. How did settling on the Great Plains affect the environment?
26B
3. How did the U.S. government help immigrants and Native Americans assimilate into the American culture?
27B
4. Why did farmers (who settled out west) need new technologies?
5. How did technological advancements in farming equipment help farmers?
Westward Expansion: Identify the following and explain their link to westward expansion. 1. Promontory Point -
2. Morrill Act -
3. Manifest Destiny -
4. Dawes Act
5. bimetallism
6. The Grange
Industrialization & Rise of Big Business: Identify the following and explain their link to industrialization and rise of big business. 1. laissez-faire capitalism 2. investment capital-
3. social Darwinism
4. Bessemer process
5. electricity
6. robber barons
7. monopolies
8. Philanthropy
9. graft
10.collective bargaining
11. patronage
12. Interstate Commerce Act
13.Sherman Antitrust Act Immigration & Urbanization: Identify the following and explain their link to immigration and urbanization. 14. Angel Island
15. Ellis Island
16. Assimilation
17. Boss Tweed
Progressive Era (early 20th century) The Progressive movement started as a social movement to correct the problems that rapid industrialization created for America. Progressives felt that problems that Americans faced in the Gilded Age could be solved by a good education, safe environment, and a safe workplace. It would eventually turn into a political movement.
Which President would have influenced the information contained in the image above?
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Progressive Era 5A
1. What was the impact of the following Progressive Era reforms? Definition
Impact of reform
Initiative
Referendum
Recall
16th amendment
17th amendment
18th amendment
19th amendment
14B 2. Who created the National Park System and how did it impact the environment?
5B
1. What did each of the following contribute to American society?
Name
Contributions
What impact did they have?
Upton Sinclair
Susan B. Anthony
Ida B. Wells
W.E.B. DuBois
26D Frances Willard
26D Jane Addams
5C
2. What are the beliefs of the following third parties and what impact did they have? Beliefs Populist Party
Progressive Party
Evaluate their impact on society
Progressive Era Economics 15B 1. What is a laissez-faire economic policy?
15E 2. What is monetary policy?
3. What was the Federal Reserve Act of 1913 and what was it intended to do?
15B 4.Compare on contrast the differences between the “Gold Standard” and “Fiat Money”
15B
Define the following and explain how they altered the relationship between the Federal government and private business. Definition
Anti-trust acts
Pure Food and Drug Act
Interstate Commerce Act
Relationship between federal government and private business.
Reformers/Reforms: Identify the following and explain how their link to the Reforms of this time period. 1. Booker T. Washington.
2. muckrakers
3. NAACP
4. direct primary
5. Meat Inspection Act
Economics: Identify the following and explain their link to the economics of this time period. 6. Sherman Anti-trust act
7. Labor Unions
The United States Becomes a World Power 1898-1920 This time period sees the United States become more involved around the world as industrialization spurs the need for more resources and markets. The later part of this time period sees the world engulfed in its first world war.
Identify what these key dates represent: 1898 -
1914-1918
How does World War I change the map of Europe?
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4A 1. How did each of the following move the United States into a position of world power? Explain how the event/person help move the U.S. into a position of world power. Spanish American War
U.S. expansionism
Henry Cabot Lodge
Alfred Thayer Mahan
Theodore Roosevelt
Sanford B. Dole
4B
2. The United States acquires territory during this time. How did America acquire this area? Guam
Hawaii
Philippines
Puerto Rico
What did the U.S. gain from this area
12A 1. How did the Panama Canal impact the world?
4C
2. What are the causes of World War I?
3. Why did the U.S. enter World War I?
4D
4. What are the contributions of the AEF (American Expeditionary Force) led by General John J. Pershing?
4G 5. Why was the Battle of Argonne Forest significant?
4E
1. What was the impact of each of the following during World War I?
Machine guns
Airplanes
Tanks
Poison gas
Trench warfare
4E
2. What resulted in a stalemate on the Western Front?
26F 3. What circumstances led to Alvin York receiving the Congressional Medal of Honor?
19B 4. As a result of actions during World War I, Charles Schenck was convicted in court. What did he do that led to the case?
5. What constitutional issue was raised by the Schenck v United States case?
Economics from 1898-1920 15C
What was the policy?
How did it contribute to economic growth?
Open Door Policy
Dollar Diplomacy
15D
13A
1. How did the Spanish American War effect the U.S. economy?
2. What was the Great Migration and what caused it?
15D 3. How did World War I effect the economy of the United States?
4F 4. What issues of isolationism and neutrality were raised in the following?
US involvement in World War I
Woodrow Wilson’s 14 Points
Treaty of Versailles
19E 1. What was the League of Nations?
19E 2. Identify the pros and cons of the United States participating in the League of Nations. Pros
Cons
19E 3. Why did the United States not ratify the Treaty of Versailles?
U.S. Expansionism—Identify the following and explain how they are related to the topic of expansionism. Alaska -
Monroe Doctrine-
Big Stick Policy -
U.S. Expansionism—Identify the following and explain how they are related to the topic of expansionism.
Yellow journalism -
Causes of World War I—Identify the following and explain how they are related to the topic of causes of the war. Lusitania
Zimmerman Telegram
The 1920’s The Roaring 20’s brought economic prosperity to America. Automobiles became more affordable thanks to Henry Ford’s assembly line. Changing values saw conflicts over Prohibition, Science and Religion, and fear of communism surfacing after the Russian Revolution of 1917. Women became more independent and the Harlem Renaissance showcased the talents of the African American community.
What led to the issues in the above cartoon? How was it solved?
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6A
1. Analyze the causes and effects of the following events and social issues of the 1920’s. Causes
Immigration
Nativism
Red Scare
Social Darwinism
Eugenics
Race Relations
Prohibition
Changing Role of Women
Effects
6B
1. What impact did the following individuals have on society during the 1920s?
Who were they? Clarence Darrow
William Jennings Bryan
Henry Ford
Glenn Curtiss
Marcus Garvey
Charles A. Lindbergh
13A
2. What was the Great Migration?
3. What caused the Great Migration?
4. What effect did the Great Migration have?
What impact did they have on society?
16A
1. How did each of the following cause economic growth and prosperity in the 1920s?
Warren Harding’s Return to Normalcy
Reduced taxes
Increased production efficiencies
27C 2. How did assembly line manufacturing affect the workplace?
25B
3. What was the Harlem Renaissance?
4. What was positive and negative about the Harlem Renaissance?
Positives
Negatives
15C
1. How did the National Origin Act of 1924 affect economics in the United States?
23B
2. How did the American Indian Citizenship Act of 1924 affect political rights?
21B
3. Why were the following amendments added to the Constitution? 18th amendment -
19th amendment -
21st amendment -
26C
4. How did African Americans shape American culture during the 1920s?
Great Depression & New Deal The Great Depression of the 1930;s was characterized by bank and business failures and high unemployment. The New Deal was President Franklin Roosevelt’s program to address the problems of the Depression. He focused on relief to the unemployed by providing jobs through work relief projects. His focus on recovery was to create programs that would help rebuild the ability of people to purchase items thus stimulating the economy. Finally, he sought to reform the parts of the economy that led to the Depression.
Why was 1929 so significant?
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Causes of the Great Depression 16B
1. Identify and explain how each of the following led to the Great Depression?
Identify
How did this lead to the Great Depression?
Tariffs on World Trade
Stock Market Speculation
Bank Failures
Monetary Policy of the Federal Reserve System
16C 2. How did the Great Depression affect society? Give specific examples in the chart below. Families
Children
Society as a whole
16C 3. What was the Mexican Repatriation Act authorized by President Hoover?
Life in the Great Depression 12A 1. How did the Dust Bowl impact the physical environment?
2. How did the Dust Bowl affect individuals?
16D 3. Identify the New Deal policies proposed by President Roosevelt to resolve the economic effects of the Great Depression. Definition of this policy
Examples of legislation to address this policy
Relief
Recovery
Reform
Include the following agencies in your examples on the chart above: AAA, WPA, CCC, TVA
The New Deal 16D
1. President Roosevelt’s proposals for resolving the economic effects of the Great Depression were met with opposition. Identify the opponent’s approaches in the chart below. Critics of Roosevelt’s Policies
Their proposals:
Francis Townsend
Huey P. Long
Father Coughlin
2. Compare President Roosevelt’s proposals with his opponents: Similarities
Differences
19B
3. What was the Supreme Court’s reaction to the National Industrial Recovery Act?
26D
4. Identify the contributions of Eleanor Roosevelt
The New Deal 16E
1. Describe the following New Deal agencies. Agency
What did this agency provide?
How do they affect the lives of citizens today?
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC)
Social Security Administration (SSA)
20B 2. Why did Franklin D. Roosevelt try to increase the number of justices on the U.S. Supreme Court?
3. How did his attempt impact the relationship between the three branches of government?
19A
4. How did New Deal legislation impact the role of state and federal government?
17A 5. How did World War II affect the Great Depression?
25A How was this time period depicted in art, music, film and literature.
Identify the following terms and explain how they are related to the Great Depression: 1. Hoovervilles
2. deficit spending
3. subsistence agriculture
4. rugged individualism
5. voluntary cooperation
World War II—1939-1945 The failure of European nations to stop the aggression of Adolf Hitler leads to World War II, with the United States officially being drawn into the war as a result of the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor. This global war fought in Europe and the Pacific would end with the use of nuclear weapons.
How did Americans have to adapt to help the war effort?
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7A
1. How did the following lead to U.S. involvement in World War II? Italian dictatorships & aggression
German dictatorships & aggression
Japanese dictatorships & aggression
Attack on Pearl Harbor
7D
2. Explain the following major issues of World War II
Holocaust
Internment of German, Italian, and Japanese Americans
19B
Korematsu v U.S.
Executive Order 9066 7D
Development of Conventional Weapons
Development of Nuclear Weapons
7E
1. Explain the significance of the following major military events of World War II. Battle of Midway
US military advancement through the Pacific Islands
Bataan Death March
Invasion of Normandy
Liberation of Concentration camps 2. Explain the significance of the following major military events of World War II. Did this person serve in the European or Pacific theatre?
7F
Omar Bradley
Dwight Eisenhower
Douglas MacArthur
Chester A. Nimitz
George Marshall
George Patton 26F
Vernon J. Baker
What were the contributions of this person?
7E
1. What challenges did fighting a war on multiple fronts pose?
7C
2. What was the function of the U.S. Office of War Information?
7G
3. During World War II, American patriotism inspired exceptional actions by citizens and military personnel. On the chart below, define each of the items and give examples of these actions:
High levels of military Enlistment
Volunteerism
Purchase of war bonds
Victory gardens
Tuskegee Airmen
Flying Tigers
Navajo Code Talkers
7G 1. What were the opportunities and obstacles the following groups faced during WWII? 17A Opportunities
Obstacles
Women
Minorities
7B
2. Explain the domestic and international leadership during WWII for: Domestic Leadership
International Leadership
Franklin D. Roosevelt (FDR)
Harry S. Truman
7B
17A
3. How was the U.S. industry able to mobilize so rapidly for the war effort?
4. Describe the economic effects of World War Ii on the home front with regard to the following:
End of the Great Depression
Rationing
Post War and the 1950’s 17B 1. What caused economic prosperity in the 1950’s?
17B 2. How did economic prosperity lead to the Baby Boom?
17B 3. What was the GI Bill (Servicemen’s Readjustment Act of 1944) and what impact did it have on the economy?
17B 4. What effects did the prosperity in the 1950s have on the following?
Increased consumption
Growth of agriculture
Growth of business
25B 5. What were the positive and negative effects of rock and roll?
19E
1. Why was the United Nations created?
2. What are the pros and cons of U.S. participation in the United Nations? Pros
Cons
17E
3. What was the General Agreement of Tariffs and Trade (GATT)?
28A
4. How did the creation of the interstate highways improve the standard of living in the United States?
27B
5. What vaccine was introduced by Dr. Jonas Salk?
Causes of the War—Identify the following and explain how they were related to the causes of World War II. 1. Munich Conference
2. Fascism
3. Neutrality Acts
4. Lend-Lease Act
World War II—Identify the following and explain how they were related to the war. 5. Stalin
6. Battle of London
7. Office of Price Administration
COLD WAR Following World War II, the United States and the Soviet Union entered a 45 year period of tension between the two countries known as the Cold War. The failure of the Soviet Union to allow free elections in Eastern Europe (following the end of WWII) and the establishment of communist countries prompted the United States to engage in a policy of containment.
What event occurred in 1957 and how is it associated with the above cartoon?
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8A
1. Describe the U.S. responses to Soviet aggression after World War II: Identify the responses below Truman Doctrine
Marshall Plan
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
Berlin Airlift
John F. Kennedy’s role in the Cuban Missile Crisis
2D
2. Why was the launching of Sputnik a significant event?
19E 3. Why was the United Nations established and why would some be opposed to the U.S. participating in it?
26D 4. What role did Eleanor Roosevelt play in the United Nations?
8B
1. Identify each of the following and explain how they led to an increase in Cold War tensions? Identify the event
Explanation of increase in tensions
Arms race
Space race
McCarthyism
House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC)
8C
2. Explain U.S. involvement in the Korean War: Reasons for US Involvement in Korea
Outcomes of US Involvement in Korea
3. How was the Korean War related to U.S. containment policy?
17C
1. How did defense spending impact economics from 1945 into the 1990s?
2. How did the Cold War impact education spending from 1945 into the 1990s?
Identify the following terms and explain how they relate to the topic of the Cold War: 3. loyalty oaths
4. Venona Papers
5. Alger Hiss
6. Julius and Ethel Rosenberg
7. containment
Vietnam and the 1960s
The policy of containment and the domino theory would engage the United States in the Vietnam conflict. This war fought with widespread exposure through television would divide the United States. An anti war movement would emerge and engulf the 1960s in a period of protest and change.
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8D 1. What is the domino theory? And how did it impact U.S. foreign policy?
8D
2. Explain U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War. Reasons for US Involvement in Vietnam
8E
Outcomes of US Involvement in Vietnam
3. Identify the following major issues and events of the Vietnam War
Tet Offensive
Escalation of forces
Vietnamization
Fall of Saigon
8F
1. Describe the following responses to the Vietnam War.
Draft
26th Amendment
Role of the media
Credibility gap
Silent majority
Anti-war movement
17D
2. Identify the following actions of government to create economic opportunities for citizens and explain the unintended consequences of each: Description Great Society
Affirmative action
Title IX (9)
Unintended Consequences
20A 1. How did the following impact the relationship between the legislative and executive branches of government? Define the event
How did this impact the relationship between the executive and legislative branches? Hint: Who had more power? Explain….
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
War Powers Act
26F
2. Why did Roy Benavidez win the Congressional Medal of Honor?
26A
3. How did the events of the Vietnam War help to extend political rights for young people?
23A 4. How did Americans participate in the democratic process (besides voting) during this time?
21A
1. How did the Supreme Court rule in Tinker v Des Moines and what were the effects of this case?
19B
2. What was significant about the Miranda v Arizona case?
Identify the following as they relate to the Vietnam War: 3. Geneva Peace Agreement
4. Dien Bien Phu
5. Napalm
Civil Rights While the Civil Rights movement began soon after the Civil War with the passage of the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments it would gain momentum in the 1950s with the key decision in Brown v Board of Education overturning segregation. The civil rights movement would see gains for African Americans, Latinos, American Indians, and women.
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1. Trace the development of the Civil Rights Movement by completing the timeline below:
9A
13th amendment
9A
14th amendment
9A
15th amendment
21A
1896
Plessy v Ferguson
9A
19th Amendment
9F
Truman’s Desegregation of the Armed Forces
9I
1954
Brown v Board of Education
Civil Rights Act of 1957 and 1964
9F
9E
April 1963
Martin Luther King writes his “Letter from Birmingham Jail”
9E
August 1963
MLK gives his “I Have a Dream” speech
9F
Voting Rights Act of 1965
9C
1. Identify the roles each of these leaders played in supporting civil rights.
Martin Luther King, Jr
Cesar Chavez
Rosa Parks
Hector P. Garcia
Betty Friedan
9G
2. Describe the role of the following individuals that sought to maintain the status quo.
George Wallace
Orval Faubus
Lester Maddox
Congressional bloc of southern Democrats
9D
1. Compare and contrast the approach taken by the following Civil Rights groups in the chart below. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Approach
9I
How were their approaches similar?
Black Panthers Approach
2. Describe how each of these cases protected the rights of minorities
Mendez v Westminster
Hernandez v Texas
Delgado v Bastrop I.S. D.
Edgewood I.S.D. v Kirby
Sweatt v. Painter
9B
1. Identify political organizations that promoted civil rights for the following groups:
African American groups
Chicano groups
American Indian
Women’s
Other:
23A
2. Explain how each of the following methods was used in the Civil Rights movement to expand the right to participate in the democratic process: Examples of when this method was used in the Civil Rights Movement Lobbying
Non-violent protesting
Litigation
23B
3. How did the following amendments help to achieve equality of political rights?
24th Amendment
26th Amendment
24B
1. What were the contributions of the following individuals?
Thurgood Marshall
Sandra Day O’Connor
26D 2. Identify the contributions of the following women: Political
Economic
Dolores Huerta
Sonia Sotomayor
Identify the following as they relate to the Civil Rights Movement: 3. Montgomery Bus Boycott
4. Little Rock Crisis
17D 5. Affirmative Action
Social
Modern America 1970s-Present The era from the 1970’s to the present, for our purposes, will be identified as Modern America. In this era, United States foreign policy shifts to more open relationships with communist China and the Soviet Union. As the Cold War ends our focus turns to combating terrorism. On the domestic front, this period ushers in a conservative movement to address the growth in federal power.
10F
1. Describe significant societal issues from the 1970s– 1990s in each of the following areas. Political Issues
Economic Issues
Social Issues
11D 2. What 3rd party was involved in the presidential election of 1992 and what impact did it have?
11E
3. What was historically significant about the presidential election in 2008?
11F
4. Explain the solvency of long-term entitlement programs such as Social Security and Medicare.
Explain the political, economic, and social factors involved in the U.S. role in the world in regards to the following events: Political 10A
Richard M. Nixon’s normalization of relations with China
10A
Policy of détente
10B
Reaganomics
10B
Ronald Reagan’s “Peace Through Strength”
10D
Support for Israel
10D
Camp David Accords
10D
Iran-Contra Affair
10D
Marines in Lebanon
10D
Iran Hostage Crisis
Economic
Social
Explain the political, economic, and social factors involved in the U.S. role in the world in regards to the following events: Political 11A
End of the Cold War
11A
Persian Gulf War
11A
Balkans Crisis
11A
9/11
Economic
Social
10E
Explain the political, economic, and social factors involved in the U.S. role in the world in regards to the following events: Political Conservative Resurgence of the 80s and 90s
Phyllis Schlafly
Contract with America
Heritage Foundation
Moral Majority
National Rifle Association (NRA)
Economic
Social
