Social Studies Study Guide

  • Early American Migration (Pre Columbian)

    • Ice Age migration  

    • Native American before Columbus 

  • Early and Pre America

    • The Protestant Reformation, The Renaissance, Early English Settlements, The English Colonies, The Slave Trade

  • Revolutionary War Era

    • The French and Indian War, British Acts and Taxes

    • The American Revolutionary War- both sides advantages/disadvantages, turning point, conclusion, treaty

  • A New Nation

    • The Articles of Confederation- structure, strength and weaknesses

    • The Constitution- creation, structure of natl. govt., three branches, checks and balances 

    • Washington, Adams, Jefferson, Madison, Monroe

Second Semester Begins

  • Causes of Disunion & Civil War

    • Cause, Action, Result of the Mexican American War

    • Issues between northern and southern states

    • The Civil War- both sides advantages/disadvantages, turning point

    • Action and Results notes

    • The Reconstruction Era

      • Objectives

      • Successes and failures

      • Amendments to the Constitution 

  • Rise of Industrialism

    • American tycoons/Industry mogul

    • Labor issues

    • Immigration 

  • Expansion and Imperialism

    • Cause/Action/Result of war with plains Native Americans

    • What is Imperialism? How did the U.S. participate?

    • Cause, Action, Result of Spanish American War

  • The Progressive Era

    • What was the Progressive Era? What was the movement's goals?

    • Who were the progressive Presidents?

    • Specifically, what areas was progress made during this time?

  • WWI

    • Cause, Action, Results

    • Reasons for U.S. entry

  • Depression and New Deal

    • Reasons for the economic collapse

    • The New Deal

      • Objectives?

      • New Deal Programs? (Ch. 9 vocab)

  • WWII

    • Rise of Dictators

    • Causes of the war in Europe and Pacific

    • Why the U.S. entered the war

    • Domestic response to the war

    • Barbarossa and Operation Overlord

    • U.S. and Japan in the Pacific

    • Post WWII- NATO, U.N., Marshall Plan, War Crimes

  • The Cold War

    • 10.1 Notes

    • Origins of Cold War

    • Red Scare/McCarthyism 

    • Containment

    • Spread of Communism in Europe and Asia

    • NATO

    • Marshal Plan

  • The Civil Rights Era of the 50s & 60s

    • Section notes