United States History and Government Regents

United States History and

Government Regents Review

• When?

• Thursday June 14, 2012 7am

• Where?

• Cafeteria

• Format?

• 50 multiple choice questionschronological

• One Thematic Essay

• One DBQ Essay w/ short answer


GovernmentRegents Review

• What to bring?

• 2 PensBlue or Black ink-No Pencil This Year!

• How long is the test?

• 3 hoursYou Must Stay the entire time!

• Answer all;

• Multiple Choice questions

• Short Answer DBQ questions

• Write BOTH essays



• DBQ Essay

• DO NOT WRITE THE ESSAY USING THE

DOCUMENTS ONLY!!!!

• Use the documents to help you write the essay and prove your point(s).

• Use the Historical context to help you write your introductionnot word for word!!

• YOU MUST HAVE OUTSIDE INFORMATION IN

YOUR ESSAY. UNDERLINE THIS INFORMATION



• DBQ Essay-

• Use the A-Z brain storming to help you get outside information for DBQ

• Place document numbers in parentheses at the end of the sentence or paragraph for which you used it.

• Example (doc. 1) NOT “In document one”…



• Government-Early History/Concepts

• Ideas from Greeks + European Enlightenment

• People born w/ Natural RightsLockeLimits on power

• Government gets power from the people-

• Consent of the Governed

• 1 st Constitution – Articles of Confederation

• Weak-feared strong central/national gov’t.

• states power, no ex/jud branches



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• Constitutional ConventionShay’s Rebellion

• New Constitution written

• Debates-1.

Representation for states

2. Slavery

3. Commerce

4. President

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• Compromises- 1. Great Compromise

2. 3/5

3. Import tax not export

4. Electoral College indirect



• RatificationNew Const. had to be approved

• Federalists/ Anti-federalistsBill of Rights

• The Constitution-

• 3 BranchesLeg/Ex/JudSeparate powers-

Checks and Balances-

• Amend/ Elastic Clause= Flexibility

• Ex. Br.Amends.12 th ,20 th , 22 nd , 23 rd , 25 th

• Commander-in-Chiefhead of military



• War Powers Actlimits presidential power

• Makes Foreign Policy/ Senate approval

• Leg. Br.CongressBiCameralHouse/Senate

• Law makersImpeaches-

• Jud Br.S.C.Judicial ReviewMarburyCase-

J.Marshallincreased federal power-

• Constitutional RightsAmds.1 st ,4 th ,5 th ,6 th

Rights of the Accused ,14th



• SC Justices appointed for life to prevent political pressures/ bribes

• Miranda, Gideon, Escobedo 5 th 6 th amends

• Warren Court 1950s-1960’s Rights of Accused

• Schenck/ Korematsu – Rights limited during War.

• Plessy/ BrownSeparate but Equal



• WashingtonPrecedentsCabinet , 2 terms

• Foreign Pol.Neutrality/ Isolation-

• No Entangling Alliances

• Economic Pol.HamiltonPay off debt TAXES-

• Whiskey RebellionNew Gov’t power enforce

• Louisiana PurchaseDoubles size U.S.Jefferson

• War of 1812Freedom of SeasWar Hawks

• Manifest Destiny -ExpansionMex-Am War

• Seneca Falls ConventionMott/Stanton

• New Land /StatesSlavery?Compromises



• Dred Scott CaseSlaves PropertyNo Comps.

• Civil WarNorth vs.Southfeared loss of $$$

• Lincolnfights war to Preserve Union

• North winsNat’l Gov’t Supreme to States

• ReconstructionRights former slaves

• 13 th ,14 th ,15 th Free,Citizens,Vote

• Jim Crow Laws -segregationPlessysep =

• South denies rightspoll taxes/ literacy tests



• IndustrializationBig Business Leaders-

Rockefeller, Carnegie, Vanderbuilt

• Corporations/ Assembly line

• Robber Barons/ Captains of Industry

• Laissez-faireTrusts/Monopolies allowed corrupt Senators“Rich Man’s Club”

• Monopolieshigh prices/ no competititon

• Regulations begin-

Sherman Anti Trust/ Monopoly



• Immigrants needed to fill jobsNo limits

• Treated poorly by employers + people here

• Nativistsanti-immigrantKnow

Nothings/KKK get Congress to pass laws

Limiting immgration –

• Chinese Ex., Gentlemen’s Agreement,

• Quota Acts,



• Industrialization-caused many problems-

• Cities overcrowded, Monopolies, Poor working conditions, unsafe products

• PROGRESSIVES-

• try fix problems Industrialization

• MuckrakersSinclair, Riis

• Progressive PresidentsTR,Taft,Wilson

• Prog. LawsMeat Inspection Act, Sherman Anti

Trust Act, 16th, 17 th , 18 th ,19 th Amds



• IMPERIALISM-

• Monroe Doctrine 1823No new Euro Colonies

Western Hem.

• Spanish Am. War 1898Gain P.R., Philippines

• TRRoosevelt CorollaryPoliceman West Hem.

• ChinaOpen Door PolicyTrade $$$

• WWI -Freedom of Seas year of fighting in Europe

100,000+ dead, BACK TO ISOLATIONISM



• 20’s3 Republican Presidents

• Harding, Coolidge, Hoover

• All favored Big BusinessTrickle Down Theory

• “The business of America is Business”

• Economy greatFordCREDITProduction up

• Harlem RenaissanceFlappersRed Scare-

Sacco +VanzettiScopes Monkey TrialJazz-

Women’s Suffrage



• Great DepressionStock Market Crash-sparks

• Real CausesCredit, over production, unequal wealth

• FDRNew DealGovernment Involved Eco.

• 3R’s- Relief, Recovery, Reform-

• Soc. Sec., SEC, FDIC, Wagner Act( Collective

Bargaining), Fair Labor Standards Actminimum wage, maximum hours.



• FDRCourt Packingdeniedchecks + balances

• WW2interrupts New DealEnds Depression

• NeutralCash +Carry, Lend-LeaseTrying to stay out of war

• Pearl HarborEnds Isolationism

• HomefrontContolled Economy- “ Rosie”

• WW2Ends Depression + Isolationism



• Cold War-

USSR

vs. U.S.

• Containmentstop spread of Communism

• Marshall Plan, Truman + Eisenhower Doctrine

• McCarthyism

• NATO/ Warsaw Pact

• 2 WarsKorea/VietnamUndeclared

• JFKBay of Pigs, Berlin Wall, Cuban Missile

Crisis



• Civil Rights Movement-

• Truman, Jackie Robinson, MLK jr.

• Non-Violent Civil DisobedienceSit ins,

Freedom Rides

• Brown ends PlessyNAACP fights Jim Crow

• Black Civil Rights Movement becomes inspiration to Women + Latino Movements



• Vietnam WarundeclaredDomino Theory

• LBJGulf of Tonkin ResolutionEscalation

• War Powers ActLimits President’s Power

• U.S. loses warTechnology doesn’t always win

• LBJ Great SocietyWar on PovertyMedicaid/re

• NixonWatergateResignsU.S. v Nixon-

President must follow lawsDisillusioned public



• CarterCamp David AccordsEgypt/Israel

Peace TreatyPeace to Middle East

• ReaganSupply Side Economics/Trickle Down

• Huge budget deficit building up military, Wins

Cold War

• Bush 1Desert StormIraq invades Kuwait U.S. wins

• ClintonpopularGood EconomyImpeached



• 9/11/2001Terrorist AttacksU.S. Responds

• Homeland Security Created

• Attack Taliban in Afghanistan

• Patriot Act-Limited Rights



• Foreign Policy Today-

• War on TerrorIraqInvolved wherever our interests are at stake.

• Economic Policy Today-

• Too much credit led to loss of jobs, bank closings, house foreclosures, stock market faltersLoss of $$ and Confidence

• $700+ B Stimulus PackageBail Outs

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