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
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.
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.
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.
Slave Rebellion- Nat Turner
Abolition
William Lloyd Garrison
Frederick Douglas
The Grimke sisters
Missouri Compromise and slavery
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Baby boom
Levittown
Interstate Highway Act
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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