U. S. HISTORY
EOCT Study Guide
*SSUSH1 The student will describe European settlement in North America during the 17th century.
Virginia Colony
 Virginia Company
 Tobacco cultivation
 Powhatan
 House of Burgesses
 Bacon’s Rebellion
 Slavery in colony
New England Colonies
 Religious background
 King Phillip’s War
 Town meeting / legislature
 Formation of Rhode Island
 Half-way covenant
 Salem Witch Trials
 Loss of the Massachusetts charter
Mid Atlantic Colonies
 Dutch settlement of New Amsterdam and English Takeover
 Pennsylvania
 French settlement of Quebec
*SSUSH2 The student will trace the ways that the economy and society of British North America developed.
 Mercantilism / Trans-Atlantic trade
 Middle Passage, growth of the African population, and African-American culture
 Benjamin Franklin- becoming famous and his individuality
 Great Awakening
*SSUSH3 The student will explain the primary causes of the American Revolution.
Reasons for Revolution
 French / Indian War
 Treaty of Paris (1763)
 Proclamation of 1763
 The Stamp Act
 The Intolerable Acts
 Sons and Daughters of Liberty
 Committees of Correspondence
 Thomas Paine’s Common Sense
*SSUSH4 The student will identify the ideological, military, and diplomatic aspects of the American
Revolution.
Declaration of Independence
 Language, organization, and intellectual sources (Locke and Montesquieu)
 Thomas Jefferson
 French alliance and foreign assistance – Ben Franklin, Marquis de Lafayette
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George Washington as a military leader
Creation of professional military, life of the common soldier
Major Battles / Events- Crossing the Delaware, Valley Forge, Yorktown (Lord Cornwallis)
Treaty of Paris (1783)
*SSUSH5 The student will explain specific events and key ideas that brought about the adoption and
implementation of the United States Constitution.
 Articles of Confederation – weaknesses
 Shay’s rebellion as an example of weakness
Ratification of the Constitution
 Federalist vs Antifederalist
 Arguments- form of government, factions, checks and balances, and the power of the executive
 Roles of Federalists Alexander Hamilton and James Madison (Federalist Papers)
Key Features of the Constitution
 Great Compromise (during the writing)
 Slavery in the Constitution
 Limited government
 Separation of Powers
Bill of Rights
 1st 10 amendments
 Protection of individual and state’s rights
Presidency of George Washington (John Adams continues these)
 Whiskey Rebellion
 Non-intervention in Europe
 The development of political parties (Alexander Hamilton)
*SSUSH6 The student will analyze the nature of territorial and population growth and the impact of this
growth in the early decades of the new nation.
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Northwest Ordinance
Louisiana Purchase
Lewis and Clark
War of 1812- reasons
War of 1812- development of a national identity
Erie Canal and the rise of New York City
Roads and Railroads
Monroe Doctrine- reasons and importance
*SSUSH7 Students will explain the process of economic growth, its regional and national impact in the first
half of the 19th century, and the different responses to it.
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Eli Whitney- Cotton Gin and Interchangeable parts
Manifest Destiny- growth of the U. S. Westward
Reforms in early 1800’s- temperance, abolition, public education
Suffrage- Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Seneca Falls Conference
Andrew Jackson- “Jacksonian Democracy”, suffrage to the common man
*SSUSH8 The student will explain the relationship between growing north-south divisions and westward
expansion.
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Slave Rebellion- Nat Turner
Abolition
 William Lloyd Garrison
 Frederick Douglas
 The Grimke sisters
 Missouri Compromise and slavery
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States Rights
 Nullification
 John C. Calhoun
 Sectionalism
 Mexican-American War- territory gained
 Wilmot Proviso
 Compromise of 1850
*SSUSH9 The student will identify key events, issues, and individuals relating to the causes, course, and
consequences of the Civil War.
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Kansas-Nebraska Act
Popular sovereignty- failure
Dred Scott Case
John Brown’s Raid
President Lincoln trying to preserve Union
o 2nd Inaugural address
o Gettysburg Address
o Suspension of Habeas Corpus
Union leaders- Ulysses Grant, William T. Sherman
Confederate leaders- Robert E. Lee, “Stonewall” Jackson, Jefferson Davis
Major Civil War Battles- Fort Sumter, Antietam, Vicksburg, Gettysburg, and the Battle for Atlanta
Emancipation Proclamation – significance
Economic differences (railroads, etc.)- North vs South
*SSUSH10 The student will identify legal, political, and social dimensions of Reconstruction.
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Presidential Reconstruction vs. Radical Republican Reconstruction
Freedmen’s Bureau
Black Education (Morehouse College)
13th, 14th, and 15th amendments
Resistance to Reconstruction- Black Codes, KKK
Impeachment of Andrew Johnson and Reconstruction
*SSUSH11 The student will describe the growth of big business and technological innovations after
Reconstruction.
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Impact of railroads- on big business and the development of the West
Transcontinental Railroad, use of Chinese labor
John D. Rockefeller- Standard Oil
Organization of Big Business- Monopolies and Trusts
Inventions of Thomas Edison and their impact on American Life
o Electric light bulb
o Motion pictures
o The phonograph
*SSUSH12 The student will analyze important consequences of American industrial growth.
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Ellis Island
Immigrant’s origins and impact on American Life
American Federation of Labor- Samuel Gompers
Growth of Western Population- Impact on Native Americans
Sitting Bull and Wounded Knee
Pullman Railway Car Strike (1894) - example of labor (industrial) unrest
*SSUSH13 The student will identify major efforts to reform American society and politics in the Progressive
Era.
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Upton Sinclair - The Jungle, effects on meatpacking and industrial regulation
Jane Addams- Hull House
Role of women in reform movements
Jim Crowe
Plessy v. Ferguson
NAACP- origins
Ida Tarbell- Muckraker
Progressive Reforms (importance)
 Initiative, recall, and referendum
 Direct election of senators
 Reform of labor laws
 Efforts to improve living conditions for the poor in cities.
*SSUSH14 The student will explain America’s evolving relationship with the world at the turn of the
twentieth century.
 Anti-Asian Immigration- Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882
 Debate over American Imperialism (expansion)
 Spanish-American War – emphasize war in the Phillipines
 U.S. involvement in Latin America- Roosevelt Corollary and creation of the Panama Canal
* SSUSH15 The student will analyze the origins and impact of U.S. involvement in World War I.
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Movement from U.S. neutrality to engagement in World War I- unrestricted submarine warfare
Domestic Impact of WWI- Great Migration, Espionage Act, case of Socialist Eugene Debs
Woodrow Wilson’s ideas for peace - 14 Points, League of Nations
18th Amendment- Prohibition
19th Amendment- Women’s Suffrage, reasons for
*SSUSH16 The student will identify key developments in the aftermath of WW I.
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Communism and Socialism increase - Red Scare and Immigration Restrictions
Henry Ford- Mass Production and the Automobile
Impact of radio and the movies
Louis Armstrong and the origins of jazz
Langston Hughes and the Harlem Renaissance
Irving Berlin, Tin Pan Alley
*SSUSH17 The student will analyze the causes and consequences of the Great Depression.
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Causes:
o Overproduction
o Underconsumption
o Stock market speculation
Stock Market Crash of 1929
Dust Bowl and Drought
Unemployment’s Impact (social and political)- Hoovervilles
*SSUSH18 The student will describe Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal as a response to the depression and
compare the ways governmental programs aided those in need.
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Tennessee Valley Authority: purpose (work program, control environment)
Wagner Act: helps / recognizes labor
Social Security Act (in 2nd New Deal)
Eleanor Roosevelt – role of women (activist)
Challenges to Roosevelt policies: Huey Long, “Court Packing Bill”
Neutrality Act
*SSUSH19 The student will identify the origins, major developments, and the domestic impact of World War
II, especially the growth of the federal government.
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Philip Randolph’s proposed march on Washington, D.C., and President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s response
Lend-Lease Act
Internment of Japanese - Americans, German-Americans, and Italian-Americans (response to Pearl Harbor)
Major Battles- Battle of Midway, D-Day, and the fall of Berlin.
Domestic (home) front
o Rationing
o War-time conversion of industries
o The role of women in war industries.
Atomic Bomb
o Los Alamos and scientific, economic, and military implications
o Possible effects
*SSUSH20 The student will analyze the domestic and international impact of the Cold War on the United
States.
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Marshall Plan
Containment- in Europe, possible effects
Truman Doctrine
Communist regime in China- impact
Outbreak of the Korean War
The rise of Senator Joseph McCarthy
Cuban Revolution
Bay of Pigs
Cuban Missile Crisis
Vietnam War- Tet offensive, and growing opposition to the war
*SSUSH21 The student will explain economic growth and its impact on the United States, 1945-1970.
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Baby boom
Levittown
Interstate Highway Act
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Impact of Television: Nixon / Kennedy Debate and Civil Rights Movement
Impact of Technology: Cell Phones and Personal Computers
Competition with USSR: Sputnik I and President Eisenhower’s actions
*SSUSH22 The student will identify dimensions of the Civil Rights Movement, 1945-1970.
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Truman’s integration of military and government- importance
Jackie Robinson and sports integration
Brown v. Board of Education and efforts to resist the decision (Little Rock 9)
Speeches of Dr. King: Letter from a Birmingham Jail and I Have a Dream
Causes and consequences:
o Civil Rights Act of 1964
o The Voting Rights Act of 1965
* SSUSH23 The student will describe and assess the impact of political developments between 1945 and
1970.
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Warren Court: Miranda decision
Assassination of President John F. Kennedy: Political implication and influence on Civil Rights Legislation
Lyndon Johnson’s Great Society: Medicare
1968: R F Kennedy and King Assassinations, turmoil at the Democratic National Convention
*SSUSH24 The student will analyze the impact of social change movements and organizations of the 1960s.
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Compare and contrast the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) and the Southern Christian
Leadership Conference (SCLC) tactics:
o Sit-ins,
o Freedom rides
o Changing composition of the groups
National Organization of Women, origin and goals of modern women’s movement
Anti-Vietnam War movement
Cesar Chavez - United Farm Worker’s movement
Environmentalist Movement :
o Rachel Carson and Silent Spring
o Earth Day, the creation of the EPA
Conservative Movement: Barry Goldwater, Richard Nixon
*SSUSH25 The student will describe changes in national politics since 1968.
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Nixon’s Presidency:
o Opening China
o Watergate and resignation
o Effects of Watergate on people’s attitudes on government
Ford’s Presidency
Supreme Court decisions of the 1970’s:
o Roe v Wade
o Bakke
Carter’s Presidency and the Middle East:
o Camp David Accords
o Response to the 1979 Iranian Revolution
o The Iranian hostage crisis
Reagan’s Presidency:
o Reaganomics
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o The Iran-contra scandal
o The collapse of the Soviet Union.
Clinton’s Presidency:
Clinton and Congress- NAFTA and impeachment / acquittal
2000 Presidential Election - Role of electoral college
Terrorism:
o Response of Bush to Sept. 11 attacks
o War on terrorism
o Invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan