APUSH EOC Study Guide

Dates

Plessy v. Ferguson

1896

Spanish-American War

1898

WW1

1914-1918

America enters WW1

1917

Stock Market Crash

1929

WW2

1939-1945

Japan attacks Pearl Harbor, America enters WW2

December 7th, 1940

Cold War

1945-1989

Korean War

1950-1953

Brown v. Board of Education

1954

Sputnik

1957

Vietnam War

1965-1973

MLK assasinated

1968

USA moon landing

1969

Iran Hostage Crisis

1979

Berlin Wall falls

1989

Operation Desert Storm/Persian Gulf War

1991

Osama Bin Laden and al-Qaeda attack the World Trade Centers and Pentagon

9/11/2001

War on Terror

2001-present

Obama elected

2008

Legal Stuff

Checks and Balances

branches of government can check the others so that one branch does not become too powerful

Separation of Powers

government powers that are split into 3 branches

Bill of Rights

1st 10 amendments that guarantee individual rights

14th

equal protection under the law

15th

gave black males the right to vote

16th

established an income tax

17th

direct election of Senators

18th

Prohibition

19th

gave women the right to vote

21st

repealed Prohibition

24th

abolished Poll Taxes

26th

18 year olds can vote

New Deal

increased scope and size of the federal government

Relief

New Deal immediate assistance

Recovery

New Deal stimulate demand

Reform

New Deal prevent another depression

Social Security Act

old age, unemployment, and disability benefits to prevent another Great Depression

Civil Rights of 1964

prohibits discrimination

"separate but equal"

Plessy v. Ferguson

Brown v. Board of Education

overturns Plessy v. Ferguson

Title IX

equal opportunities for females in school

Initiative

a process that lets citizens bypass their state legislatures to place a proposal on a ballot

Referendum

a direct vote on a proposal by citizens

Recall

a procedure by which voters can remove an elected official from office

Causes and Effects

Spanish American War caused by...

yellow journalism and the Maine explodes and sinks

Spanish American War causes...

America to gain Spain's empire and become a world power

WW1 caused by...

militarism, alliances, imperialism, nationalism, and the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand

WW1 caused...

Germany to be punished, America isolates itself, and WW2

America enters WW1, causing...

unrestricted submarine warfare and the Zimmerman Telegram

Great Depression caused by...

speculation, bad banking, credit, and the stock market

Great Depression causes...

unemployment, bank closures, hunger, and poverty

WW1 caused by...

the rise of European dictators, failure of the League of Nations, appeasement, and Germany's blitzkrieg of Poland

WW2 causes...

The Cold War

America entering WW2 caused by...

Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor

Korean War caused by...

containment

Korean War causes...

Cold War tensions to escalate

G.I. Bill/Baby Boom caused...

economic prosperity in the 50's

Sputnik caused...

the Space Race (new technology) and a push in math and science education (standardized testing)

Vietnam War caused by...

containment and the Domino Theory

Vietnam War causes...

a growing credibility gap

War on Terror caused by...

9/11

War on Terror causes...

Department of Homeland Security and the USA Patriot Act

Hurricane Katrina New Orleans caused by...

New Orleans sitting below sea level

Hurricane Katrina causes...

quicker and better government response to natural disasters

Important People

Industrialization

Andrew Carnegie (steel monopoly)

John D. Rockefeller (oil monopoly)

WIlliam "Boss" Tweed (Political Boss)

Progressive Era

Upton Sinclair (The Jungle)

Susan B. Anthony (Women's Rights)

Ida B. Wells (anti-lynching)

W.E.B. DuBois (NAACP, civil rights)

Booker T. Washington (Tuskegee Institute, civil rights)

Imperialism and WW1

Alfred T. Mahan (powerful navy)

Sanford B. Dole (Hawaii)

Theodore Roosevelt (Panama Canal, "Big Stick" Policy)

General John J. Pershing (Commander of American troops in WW1)

Alvin York (Medal of Honor)

Roaring 20's

Clarence Darrow/William Jennings Bryan/John Scopes (Scopes Monkey Trial)

Henry Ford (assembly line, Model T)

Charles Lindbergh (pilot, celebrity)

Great Depression

President Herbert Hoover (Mexican Repatriation Act)

President Franklin Roosevelt (fireside chats, the New Deal)

Eleanor Roosevelt (women's rights, helped the poor)

WW2

President Franklin Roosevelt/President Truman (atomic bombs)

Winston Churchill (Great Britain)

Stalin (Russia)

Hitler (Germany)

Mussolini (Italy)

Tojo (Japan)

Vernon Baker (Medal of Honor)

Flying Tigers (volunteer pilots in China)

Tuskegee Airmen (African-American pilots that helped desegregate the military)

Cold War

General Douglas MacArthur (Korean War)

Mao (China)

Fidel Castro (Cuba)

Ho Chi Minh (North Vietnam)

President Nixon (detente)

President Reagan (Peace Through Strength, Star Wars)

Civil Rights

Cesar Chavez (migrant/farm workers and nonviolence)

MLK Jr. (civil disobedience and nonviolence)

Black Panthers (reparations, violence)

Malcolm X (Nation of Islam, violence)

Hector P. Garcia (desegregation for Mexican-Americans)

Modern

President Nixon (Watergate Scandal)

President Carter (Camp David Accords, Iran Hostage Crisis)

President Reagan (Reaganomics, Peace Through Strength, Iran-Contra Affair)

Sandra Day O'Connor (1st female Supreme Court Justice)

President George H. W. Bush (Persian Gulf War)

Bill Gates (Microsoft)

President Clinton (NAFTA, impeachment)

President George W. Bush (9/11, War on Terror, Hurricane Katrina)

President Obama (American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, Healthcare)

Sonya Sotomayor (1st Hispanic Supreme Court Justice)