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14 Questions
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14 Questions
08 Questions

• Crash Course U.S. History
• http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8dPu uaLjXtMwmepBjTSG593eG7ObzO7s
• Google AMSCO APUSH PDF
• Zamzar.com PDF file to Word Doc!

Domestic Affairs
1. Understand the evolution of the American political system, its ideals, and institutions post-reconstruction.
• All DOK 3

1a. Cite and analyze evidence that the United States
Constitution is a "living" document as reflected in Supreme
Court cases , Amendments , and presidential actions . (DOK 3)

1a. Cite and analyze evidence that the United States
Constitution is a "living" document as reflected in Supreme
Court cases , Amendments , and presidential actions . (DOK 3)
Supreme
Court Cases
• Plessey v.
Ferguson
• Brown v.
Board of Ed.
• Schenck v. US
• Korematsu v.
US
• Roe v. Wade
• Judicial
Review
Amendments
• Bill of Rights
• 1 st
• 14 th
• 16 th
• 17 th
• 18 th
• 19 th
• 21 st
• 22 nd
• 26 th
Presidential
Actions
• FDR-terms

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19 th Century Supreme Court 20 th Century Supreme Court
21 th Century Supreme Court

Videos
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHvgiEWH
6A4 (CBS Sotomayor interview)
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wADVEgZ
8WFk (Cartoon Constitution Living Doc)
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ibJfK1XfY8 w (Ron Paul 2012 Rep Primary Debate)
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xos2MnVx e-c (Frankenstein Its Alive)

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Question #1
The flexibility of the original United States
Constitution is due mainly to
A. its provision for the amending process and judicial interpretation.
B. its guarantees of freedom and justice for all people.
C. the ability to create new branches of government as needed.
D. the willingness of the states to accept Federal control.

Question #2
Once an amendment has been added to the United
States Constitution, which process must be used to change that amendment?
A. ratifying a new amendment
B. convincing the states to ignore the amendment
C. having Congress pass a law repealing the amendment
D. having the President issue an executive order canceling the amendment

1b. Analyze and evaluate the impact of presidential policies and congressional actions on domestic reform. (DOK 3)

1b. Analyze and evaluate the impact of presidential policies and congressional actions on domestic reform. (DOK 3)
Presidential Policies
• TR-Square Deal
• FDR- New Deal
• Truman-Fair Deal
• JFK-New Frontier
• LBJ-Great Society
Congressional Actions
• Little Book of Big Acts
• Pure Food & Drug Act
• Interstate Commerce Act
• Sherman Anti-Trust Act
• Clayton-Anti Trust Act
• Civil Rights Act of 64
• Voting Rights Act of 65
• Contract with America

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Videos
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WvcWeNf
9g6A (New Deal in 3 Minutes)
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=znQKueSD pvI (LBJ & the Great Society)

Quote #1
“ True individual freedom cannot exist with economic security and independence.
People who are hungry and out of a job are the stuff of which dictatorships are made.”
FDR

Quote #2
“There are no problems we cannot solve together and very few that we can solve by ourselves.”
LBJ

Question #1
In the 1930’s, the enactment of the New Deal programs demonstrated a belief that:
A. Corporations were best left to operate without government interference.
B. State governments should give up control over commerce inside their states.
C. The Federal Gov. must concern itself with the people’s economic well-being.
D. The U.S. constitution was not relevant to 20 th
Century life.

Question #2
The chief objective of President Lyndon Johnson’s
Great Society programs was:
A. Increase foreign aid to developing nations.
B. Correct environmental pollution in the U.S.
C. Help the disadvantaged in the U.S.
D. Unite democratic nations contain communism.

1c. Explain and analyze the expansion of federal powers.
(DOK 3)

1c. Explain and analyze the expansion of federal powers.
(DOK 3)
• LBJ
• TR
• FDR
• Reagan

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Videos
• www.youtube.com/watch?v=rOQ-7bOCF2o
– How did FDR expand presidential powers in
WWII?
• www.youtube.com/watch?v=rDeBd1j7sCM
– LBJ Documentary “The Great Society”

Quote #1
“I shall ask the Congress for the one remaining instrument to meet the crisis—broad
to wage a war against the emergency, as great as the power that would be given to me if we were in fact invaded by a foreign foe.”
Franklin D. Roosevelt

Quote #2
“While president…I have not cared a rap for the criticisms of those who spoke of my
‘usurpation of power’…I have felt not merely that my action was right in itself, but that in showing the strength of, or in giving strength to, the executive, I was establishing a precedent of value.”
Teddy Roosevelt

Question #1
A major result of President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal was
A. a decline in the Federal deficit
B. an expansion of the power of the Federal Government
C. a change in the voting rights of women
D. a reinstitution of the gold standard for United States currency

Question #2
Which initiative was part of President Lyndon
Johnson’s Great Society program?
A. providing medical care to the poor and elderly
B. reducing federal aid to education
C. increasing foreign aid to the Soviet Union
D. opposing civil rights legislation

A. an effort by a President to maintain a policy of isolationism
B. a decline in the use of militarism as a defense policy
C. an increased reliance on the legislative process
D. a Presidential action that achieved a foreign policy objective

1d. Analyze and evaluate the ongoing tension between individual liberty and national security. (DOK 3)

1d. Analyze and evaluate the ongoing tension between individual liberty and national security. (DOK 3)
• Japanese Interment Camps
• Constitution & Patriot Act
• War on Terrorism
• TSA
• NSA

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Videos
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MY-_hkNdYA (National Security vs Civil Liberties)
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFVQ0HZz
2mc (The Patriot Act)
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0aPGq3ov
KCI (Rand Paul on the Patriot Act)

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Question #1
The cartoonist is critical of computers mainly because
A. important personal records are frequently lost
B. personal information may no longer be private
C. computers are becoming more difficult to use
D. computer technology becomes obsolete too quickly

Question #2
The widespread use of computers has led to a national concern over
A. increased pollution of the environment.
B. a decline in television viewing.
C. protection of the right to petition.
D. guarding the right to privacy.

Domestic Affairs
2. Understand major social problems and domestic policy issues in post- reconstruction American society.
• All DOK 2

2a. Explain how American society has been impacted by the entry of more women , minorities , and immigrant workers into the labor force. (DOK 2)

2a. Explain how American society has been impacted by the entry of more women , minorities , and immigrant workers into the labor force. (DOK 2)
Women
• Daycares
• Dual incomes
• Feminism
• Glass ceiling
• Equal pay for equal work
Minorities
• Affirmative Action
• Great Migration
• ESL
• KKK
• Double “V”
• Rooney Rule
Immigrant
Workers
• Labor Unions
• Chavez
• Nativism
• Regions affected
• Bracero
Program

Rosie the Riveter

Videos
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0quY0VwtWw0
(America the Story of US Chinese Workers)
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h3uDEtczH3w
(How to supervise women workers)
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWPzFQTs4ks
(Women in the workforce)

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Question #1
During World War II, posters of Rosie the
Riveter were used to
A. support higher education for women
B. encourage women to serve in the armed forces
C. promote women’s suffrage
D. recruit women into wartime industries

Question #2
During World War II, women and minorities made economic gains mainly because
A. new civil rights legislation forced businesses to change their hiring practices
B. a shortage of traditional labor created new opportunities in the workplace
C. more educational opportunities increased the number of skilled workers in these groups
D. labor unions successfully demanded equal opportunities for these groups

2b. Trace the response of American institutions such as government and non-profit organizations to environmental challenges such as natural disasters , conservation and pollution , and property rights
(including but not limited to the expansion of the national park system, the development of environmental protection laws, and eminent domain). (DOK 2)

2b. Trace the response of American institutions such as government and non-profit organizations to environmental challenges such as natural disasters , conservation and pollution , and property rights
(including but not limited to the expansion of the national park system, the development of environmental protection laws, and
Natural eminent domain). (DOK 2)
Disasters Conservation & Property Rights
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• Red Cross
Flooding
Salvation
Army
FEMA
MEMA
Galveston
Hurricane
Pollution
• Sierra Club
• Audubon Society
• Arbor Day
• EPA
• National Parks
• Earth Day
• Dust Bowl
• Kyoto Protocol
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• eminent domain
“Public good…job creation & taxes”
Highways &
Dams
• Katrina

President Theodore Roosevelt

Red Cross

Katrina

Videos
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5UX4WbbPu0U
Roosevelt – Conservation
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hUV966rDmmc
(Eminent Domain)
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bf1D0A4JZNU
Katrina Response

Quote #2
“Brownie, you’re doing a heck of a job.”
--President George W. Bush to
FEMA Director Michael Brown, 2005

Quote #1
“Now get off your chair and lets do something, and fix the biggest crisis in the history of this country.”
Mayor Ray Nagin of New Orleans following Hurricane Katrina

• Data from the graphs support the conclusion that between
1960 and 1990
A. the government failed in its efforts at recycling
B. the amount of waste that was recycled increased
C.
most people favor mandatory recycling efforts
D. efforts to recycle waste decreased steadily

Question #2

Question #2
According to the political cartoon, the federal government’s response to Hurricane Katrina was considered by many Americans as:
A. Indifferent
B. Incompetent
C. Efficient
D. Effective

2c. Compare and contrast various social policies such as welfare reform and public health insurance and explain how such social policies are influenced by the persistence of poverty . (DOK 2)

2c. Compare and contrast various social policies such as welfare reform and public health insurance and explain how such social policies are influenced by the persistence of poverty . (DOK 2)
Welfare Reform & Public Health
Insurance
Persistence of Poverty
• Clinton Health Care 1996
• Obama Health Care
• Medicare
• Social Security
• Free/Reduced Lunch
• Workfare
• CHIPS
• TANF
• War on Poverty
• Medicaid
• Head start
• Working Poor
• Food Stamps

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Videos
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bhokXc90
5ds (poverty in America stats)
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-vJg_gLew (MLK poverty video)

Quote #1
“Poverty is the worst form of violence.”
Gandhi

Quote #2
“This administration here and now declares unconditional
.”
LBJ

Question #1
"Section 202. (a) Every qualified individual shall be entitled to receive.. . on the date he attains the age of sixty-five,.. . and ending on the date of his death, an old-age benefit. . ."
A major purpose of this section of Federal legislation was to:
A. guarantee an annual income to experienced employees
B. assure adequate medical care for the elderly
C. reward workers for their support of the union movement
D. provide economic assistance to retired workers

Question #2
Statement A: "The best way to economic recovery is to subsidize industry so that it will hire more workers and expand production."
Statement B: "If jobs are not available, the government must create jobs for those who are unemployed."
Statement C: "According to human nature, the most talented people will always come out on top."
Statement D: "Our government is responsible for the nation’s economic well-being."
Which statements most strongly support the actions of President
Franklin D. Roosevelt?
A. Speaker A and Speaker C
B. Speaker B and Speaker C
C. Speaker C and Speaker D
D. Speaker B and Speaker D

Global Affairs
3. Understand how the global position of the United States has evolved as a result of imperialism, economics, technological changes, and involvement in international wars and conflicts.
• All DOK 3

3a. Analyze the effects of imperialism on the foreign policy of the United States from Reconstruction to WWI. (DOK 3)

3a. Analyze the effects of imperialism on the foreign policy of the United States from Reconstruction to WWI. (DOK 3)
• Roosevelt Corollary
• Dollar Diplomacy
• Big Stick Policy
• Hawaii
• Panama Canal
• Open Door Policy
• Missionary Diplomacy
• Boxer Rebellion
• Platt Amendment
• Teller Amendment
• US becomes a World Power

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Videos
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OgYdlFI1N
M8
– US becomes a world power
• www.youtube.com/watch?v=PVtkZ6Sv16M
– Spanish American War Song
• www.youtube.com/watch?v=EGMBUzFyVl4
– Animaniacs The Panama Canal

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Quote #2
“Most future wars will be conflicts for commerce. The power that rules the Pacific, therefore, is the power that rules the world.”
Albert J. Beveridge, US Senator from Indiana
(1898)

Question #1
The United States issued the Open Door policy
(1899–1900) primarily to
A. bring democratic government to the Chinese people
B. secure equal trade opportunities in China
C. force China to change its immigration policies
D. use China as a stepping stone to trade with
Japan

Question #2
Which argument was used to support United States acquisition of overseas possessions in the late
1800’s?
A. The United States should be the first world power to build a colonial empire.
B. The spread of Marxist ideas had to be stopped because they threatened world peace.
C. The United States needed to obtain raw materials and new markets.
D. The doctrine of Manifest Destiny had become obsolete.

3b. Compare and contrast the arguments between the imperialists and anti-imperialists in the late 19th century and justify why the imperialists prevailed. (DOK 3)

3b. Compare and contrast the arguments between the imperialists and anti-imperialists in the late 19th century and justify why the imperialists prevailed. (DOK 3)
• Economic/Markets
• Raw Materials
• Military Bases
• White Man’s Burden
• Justification: $$$, power, military, Republican controlled Congress/White House, National
Security

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Videos
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L2f1vYRfo
WU (Anti vs Imperialist)
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QfsfoFqsF k4 (Crash Course)

Quote #1
“Some argue that American rule in the Philippine
Islands will result in the better education of the
Filipinos. Be not deceived… (We) dare not educate them lest they learn to read the
Declaration of Independence and the
Constitution and mock us for our inconsistency.”
William Jennings Bryan

Quote #2
“We need Hawaii just as much, and a good deal more than we did California. It is Manifest
Destiny.”
William McKinley

Question #1
Which argument was used to support United States acquisition of overseas possessions in the late 1800’s?
A. The United States needed to obtain raw materials and new markets.
B. The spread of Marxist ideas had to be stopped because they threatened world peace.
C. The United States should be the first world power to build a colonial empire.
D. The doctrine of Manifest Destiny had become obsolete.

Question #2
The major criticism that some Americans had concerning the construction of the Panama Canal was that:
A. The canal would force America to have a navy in both the Pacific and the Atlantic.
build.
B. The canal would be outlandishly expensive to
C. The tactics that the Americans used to get the rights to build the canal were unsavory at best.
D. A French construction team had agreed to build the canal first.

3c. Draw conclusions about the causes and effects of American involvement in the world wars. (DOK 3)

3c. Draw conclusions about the causes and effects of American involvement in the world wars. (DOK 3)
• WWI
• Threatened U.S. sovereignty/trade (freedom of the seas)
• Neutrality (Zimmerman Note)
• $ (private) loans to Allies
• League of Nations…Isolationism
• 14 points
• US broke the stalemate
• Red Scare

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Videos http://www.history.com/videos/causes-of-world-wari#u-boats-sink-the-lusitania-in-1915
U-boats sinks the Lusitania in 1915 (2:04) http://www.history.com/videos/causes-of-world-wari#causes-of-world-war-i
Causes of WWI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dHXzusNSF60
US enters WWI

Quote #1
“Impartial in thought as well as in action.”
Wilson 1914

Quote #2
“The world must be made safe for democracy.”
Woodrow Wilson 1917

Question #1
One of Woodrow Wilson’s most important goals after World War I was to establish a League of
Nations. What was the main job of the League supposed to be?
A.
Make it unnecessary for the United States to involve itself in international disputes
B.
Provide a way for countries to resolve disputes between them without going to war
C.
Maintain the world economic system so that colonies would no longer be necessary
D. Hold the nations of Europe responsible for the death and destruction of World War
I

Question #2
The Zimmerman note was a secret telegram sent by
Germany to the leaders of Mexico. Why did the
Zimmerman note cause outrage among Americans?
A.
It revealed Mexico was getting ready to enter the war on the
German side
B.
It promised Mexico that Germany would help it reclaim territory in the U.S. if the United States entered the war against Germany
C.
Zimmerman was passing American secrets to Germany with the help of Mexican leaders
D. The telegram contained secret messages sent by American leaders its commanders on European battlefields.

3c. Draw conclusions about the causes and effects of American involvement in the world wars. (DOK 3)

3c. Draw conclusions about the causes and effects of American involvement in the world wars. (DOK 3)
• WWII
• Pearl Harbor
• Economy/Loans
• Lend-Lease
• End Great Depression
• United Nations…new technology…US can no longer be neutral
• Cold War
• Super Power

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