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Homework Syllabus for the 2013-2014 School YearUS History and Government Ms. Napp
U.S. History and Government is a course that examines the chronological history of the United States as well as the essential principles of American government but it is also a journey that begins with the formulation of certain fundamental ideals; ideals that will guide a new nation conceived in liberty to the present day. It is a dramatic story of how a new nation realizes those fundamental principles in the midst of changing conditions and changing circumstances. Yes, it is the story of a new nation but it is also the story of its enduring Constitution. It is a story of many people becoming one nation; e pluribus unum. It is the journey of all Americans, from the indigenous men and women who first settled the land to the earliest colonists who conceived the idea of a new nation; it is the story of the Africans who were forced to labor the land and to the immigrants who helped build the land. It is the story of America’s tremendous diversity and its enduring ability to unite its diverse people under the banner of its ideals; liberty and justice for all.
To ensure that students are provided meaningful opportunities to examine the chronological history of the American nation and its fundamental principles and ideals, the homework syllabus has been created. Each week, students will answer seventeen questions. The homework syllabus will provide the questions as well as the corresponding pages in the textbook to help students answer the questions. Students must rewrite each question before answering each question and are encouraged to draw images or diagrams that will help reinforce the information learned.
Ultimately, all students can achieve academic success in the U.S. History and Government classroom. The homework syllabus is designed to help students achieve academic mastery.
Required Materials for the Completion of the Homework Syllabus:
1- The Textbook (All students will be issued a copy of United States History; A Globe Fearon Foundations Series)
2- Ms. Napp’s Social Studies WebpageNote: Ms. Napp’s Social Studies Webpage is available at the following link:http://www.whiteplainspublicschools.org//Domain/353
3- Castle Learning
A Note about Ms. Napp’s Homework Philosophy: Homework is an opportunity for reflection and analysis of the key concepts, events, and themes of U.S. History and Government. Homework is an opportunity to practice essential skills such as analytical reading and writing. Homework is also a vehicle to practice and master the facts of the U.S. History and Government curriculum. Finally, the completion of homework will lead to the creation of a superb review document for examinations. As such, all students are encouraged to maintain neat and accurate homework assignments and to preserve these assignments for their future preparation for examinations.
The Assignments:The Questions: Due Date:The Questions:
1- State four facts about Jamestown and the growth of the Virginia colony – be sure to include one fact about the House of Burgesses. (pp. 30 – 31).
2- Who were the Pilgrims? (p. 32)3- State three facts about Plymouth Colony. (pp. 32 – 33)4- Who were the Puritans? (p.33 in the section English
Settlements in New England)5- State three facts about Anne Hutchinson. (p. 35)6- Create a new chart of the Thirteen Colonies (using the
chart on p. 38) but only include the names of the colonies and the reasons for settlement.
7- State two facts about New England communities. (p. 44)
8- State two facts about the Middle colonies. (p. 45)9- State two facts about the Southern colonies. (p. 46)10- Identify one cause of Bacon’s Rebellion. (p. 46)11- Explain the mercantile system. (p. 47)12- What were the Navigation Acts? (p. 47)13- Identify the three separate voyages involved in
Triangular Trade. (p. 50)14- State three reasons why slavery grew in the American
South. (p. 51)15- State three facts about free Africans. (p. 52)16- State three facts about the Stono Uprising of 1739? (p. 53 in the section Slave Resistance)17- State three facts about the Great Awakening. (pp. 55 – 56)
Thursday, September 19, 2013
The Questions:1- State three facts about the Zenger Case. (p. 57)2- State two causes of the French and Indian War. (pp. 62
– 63)3- What was the Albany Plan of Union and why was it
rejected by both the colonies and the British
Thursday, September 26, 2013
government? (p. 63) 4- How were Native Americans affected by the French
and Indian War? (pp. 63 – 64) 5- State four significant outcomes of the French and
Indian War. (p. 65)6- State three facts about Pontiac’s War – be sure to
include one fact about the Proclamation of 1763. (p. 67)
7- What was the Sugar Act? (p. 68)8- What was the Stamp Act? (p. 68)9- State five facts about the Boston Massacre. (pp. 68 –
69) 10- State five facts about the Boston Tea Party. (pp. 69 –
70)11- What was the First Continental Congress? (pp. 70 –
71) 12- What happened at Lexington and Concord? (p. 71)13- State three facts about Thomas Paine’s pamphlet,
Common Sense. P. 72)14- State four facts about the Declaration of
Independence. (p. 73)15- Who were the Patriots and who were the Loyalists? (p.
74)16- What advantages and disadvantages did the British
have in America’s War for Independence – be sure to include one fact about the Hessians? (p. 75)
17- What advantages did the Patriots have? (p. 75)The Questions:
1- Why was the battle at Saratoga a significant turning point in the American Revolution? (p. 76)
2- Describe the final victory of the patriots in the American Revolution. (p. 77)
3- State three facts about the Treaty of Paris. (p. 78)4- State three facts about the Articles of Confederation.
(p. 86)5- What was the Northwest Ordinance? (p. 87)6- State three reasons why the Articles of Confederation
were weak. (p. 87)7- State several causes and effects of Shay’s Rebellion. (p.
88)8- What problems did the weak U.S. government have
with other countries? (p. 88)9- What happened at the Constitutional Convention? (p.
90)10- State five facts about the Great Compromise. (p. 91)11- What was the Three-Fifths Compromise? (p. 92)
Thursday, October 3, 2013
12- How did the ideas of John Locke and Voltaire influence the United States’ Constitution? (p. 92)
13- What is the most important principle in the Constitution of the United States? (p. 92)
14- What is the Electoral College? (p. 93)15- Define Federalism. (p. 93)16- What are the powers of the Federal Government? (p.
93)17- Why is the Constitution the highest law of the land? (p.
93)The Questions:
1- What are the three branches of government and define “separation of powers”? (p. 93)
2- What is Congress and what are the powers of Congress? (p. 93)?
3- What is the Executive branch and what are the powers of the Executive branch? (p. 93)
4- What is the Judicial branch and what are the powers of the Judicial branch? (p. 94)
5- Define Checks and Balances. (p. 94)6- Who were Federalists? (p. 95)7- Who were Antifederalists? (p. 95)8- What arguments were presented in The Federalist
Papers? (p. 95)9- What did John Hancock suggest should be added to
the Constitution? Why? (p. 96)10- Create a chart of the first Ten Amendments (the Bill of
Rights). (p. 97)11- Why is the Constitution called “a living document”? p.
9712- What is the Cabinet? (p. 98)13- What is a bond and why did Alexander Hamilton want
the U.S. government to issue bonds? (p. 98)14- Why were Americans divided over the issue of a
National Bank? (p. 98)15- What was the Elastic Clause and what did Alexander
Hamilton believe this clause gave the government the power to do? (p. 99)
16- What is a tariff and what did Alexander Hamilton believe about tariffs? (p. 99)
17- Why were Northerners and Southerners divided over the issue of tariffs? (p. 99)
Thursday, October 10, 2013
The Questions:1- State four facts about the Whiskey Rebellion. (p. 99)2- What were the main differences between Federalists
and Democratic-Republicans? (p. 100)
Thursday, October 17, 2013
3- State three facts about the case called Marbury v. Madison. (pp. 100 – 101)
4- What is judicial review? (p. 101)5- State four facts about the Louisiana Purchase. (pp. 101
– 102) 6- What did Lewis and Clark do and how did their
actions benefit Americans? (p. 102)7- What were several causes of the War of 1812? (pp. 102
– 103)8- Who was Tecumseh and what did he warn? (pp. 102 –
103) 9- What were several effects of the War of 1812? (p. 103)10- What was the Factory System? (p. 108)11- Who was Samuel Slater and what did he do that
changed American history? (p. 108 in the section The Industrial Revolution in the United States)
12- State three significant facts about the steam engine. (p. 108)
13- Why did the War of 1812 spur the growth of American industry? (p. 109 in the section Factories in the North)
14- State three facts about the Lowell Factory System. (p. 109)
15- Who was Eli Whitney and how did his inventions lead to mass production? (p. 110)
16- What factors encouraged Westward Expansion and how did Westward Expansion change the United States? (p. 110)
17- State five facts about the Erie Canal. (p. 111)The Questions:
1- How did the cotton gin change the American South? (p. 114 in the section The Economy of the South Changes)
2- State five facts about slavery in the United States. (p. 114)
3- Who was Gabriel Prosser and what did he do? (p. 115)4- Who was Denmark Vesey and what did he do? (p. 116)5- State three facts about Nat Turner’s Revolt. (p. 116)6- State three facts about the Amistad Mutiny. (p. 116)7- Why did the United States take Florida? (p. 118)8- What was the Monroe Doctrine? (p. 118)9- Why was Andrew Jackson popular? (p. 119)10- What was the Spoils System? (p. 119)11- Define nullification. (p. 120)12- Why had Senator John Calhoun of South Carolina
first raise the idea of nullification? (p. 120)13- Why did Daniel Webster disagree with John Calhoun?
Thursday, October 24, 2013
p. 120) 14- What was Andrew Jackson’s policy toward Native
Americans? (p. 121)15- Describe the Great Plains? (p. 126)16- How did horses change the lives of Native Americans
on the Great Plains? (p. 127)17- State four facts about Native Americans in the
Southwest. (p. 128) The Questions:
1- How did the American Revolution affect Spain? (p. 130)
2- Who were the Californios and why did they begin to think about joining the United States? (pp. 130 – 131)
3- State two facts about New Mexico. (p. 131)4- Why was Mexico’s control of Texas in great danger?
(pp. 131 – 132) 5- State five facts about Texans struggle for independence
– be sure to include one fact about the Alamo and one fact about Sam Houston. (pp. 132 – 133)
6- Who were the mountain men? (p. 134)7- Describe the Santa Fe Trail. (pp. 134 – 135)8- Describe the Oregon Trail. (pp. 135)9- Who were the Mormons and why did they head West?
(pp. 135 – 136) 10- State four facts about Manifest Destiny. (pp. 136 – 137)11- What were the causes of the war with Mexico? (p. 137)12- Who were the forty-niners? (p. 138) 13- How did the gold rush affect the population of
California? (p. 139)14- How was slavery an issue in the debate over
California’s statehood? (p. 140)15- What compromise was reached in 1850 over slavery?
(p. 140)16- How had the United States changed by 1850? (p. 146 in
the section Cities Grow and Farms Change)17- How did life on the farm change between 1820 and
1850? (p. 146)
Thursday, October 31, 2013
The Questions:1- What problems were caused by the rapid growth of
cities in the United States? (p. 147)2- What did the first unions try to get their members and
employers to agree on and what is a strike? (p. 148)3- Why did the early labor unions not survive for very
long? (p. 148)4- Why did unions revive in the mid-1820s? (p. 148)5- State three facts about Irish immigration. (p. 149)
Thursday, November 7, 2013
6- State three facts about German immigration. (p. 149)7- What is nativism and what was the Know-Nothing
Party? (p. 150) 8- What was the message of revival preachers in the early
1800s? (p. 152)9- Why did African Americans establish their own
churches? (pp. 152 – 153)10- State three facts about Utopian Communities. (pp. 153
– 154)11- Who were the Shakers and what did they believe? (p.
154)12- Describe life in New Harmony, Indiana. (p. 154)13- Define abolition. (p. 155)14- What were the goals of the American Colonization
Society? (p. 155)15- Who was William Lloyd Garrison and what did he
believe? (pp. 155 – 156) 16- State three facts about Frederick Douglass. (p. 156)17- Why did many Americans support public education?
(pp. 156 – 157) The Questions:
1- Who was Dorothea Dix and what did she do? (pp. 157 – 158)
2- State two facts about the Temperance Movement. (p. 158)
3- Describe life for American women at the beginning of the 1800s (p. 159 in the Struggle for Rights Begins Section)
4- Identify five significant leaders on the women’s rights movement and explain an important accomplishment or belief of each woman. (pp. 159 – 160)
5- State five significant facts about the Seneca Falls Convention. (pp. 160 – 161)
6- In what ways did education improve in the 1800s? (p. 161)
7- How did the Missouri Compromise deal with the issue of slavery in the Louisiana Territory? (p. 168)
8- How did the issue of slavery affect Texas? (p. 168 – 169)
9- Define sectionalism. (p. 169)10- How did Senator John C. Calhoun differ from
Congressman David Wilmot over the issue of slavery? (p. 169)
11- Explain Senator Stephen Douglas’ compromise position and the idea of popular sovereignty. (p. 169)
12- Describe the beliefs of the Free-Soilers. (pp. 169 – 170)
Thursday, November 14, 2013
13- What were the provisions of the Compromise of 1850? (pp. 170 – 171)
14- What was the Fugitive Slave Law? (p. 171)15- In what ways was the Fugitive Slave Law unacceptable
to most Northerners? (p. 171)16- What happened to the Whigs after the election of
1852? (p. 171)17- State three facts about John Brown. (p. 172)
The Questions:1- Describe several differences between the North and the
South in the 1850s. (p. 173)2- What was the Underground Railroad? (pp. 173 – 174)3- State three facts about Solomon Northrup. (p. 174 in
the section Swaying Public Opinion)4- State three facts about Uncle Tom’s Cabin? (p. 174 in
the section Swaying Public Opinion)5- Who was Harriet Tubman and why is Ms. Tubman
significant in U.S. History and Government?6- Why did Senator Stephen Douglas want to promote
the organization and settlement of the Nebraska Territory? (p. 175 in the section The Kansas-Nebraska Act)
7- Why did Senator Stephen Douglas want to repeal the Missouri Compromise and how did that affect the issue of slavery in Kansas and Nebraska? (p. 175 in the section The Kansas-Nebraska Act)
8- Describe the violent events that occurred in Kansas as a result of conflicting ideas about slavery. (pp. 176 – 177)
9- State three facts about the Republican Party. (p. 177 in the section The Election of 1856)
10- Explain the Supreme Court’s decision in the Dred Scott Case. (pp. 177 – 178)
11- What positions on slavery did Lincoln and Douglas express during the debates of 1858? (p. 178)
12- Who was John Brown; what did he do; and what effect did his raid have on Southerners? (p. 178)
13- State four facts about the Election of 1860. (pp. 178 – 179)
14- How did the nation break apart? (p. 179)15- What events caused the South to fire the first shot of
the Civil War? (p. 179)
Thursday, November 21, 2013
The Questions:1- What was President Abraham Lincoln’s main goal
during the Civil War? (p. 184)2- Why did the northwestern part of Virginia become the
Wednesday, November 27, 2013[Due to the
state of West Virginia in 1863? (p. 184)3- What were border states and why were border states
important to both the North and the South? (. P. 185)4- State three advantages of the North. (p. 186)5- State three advantages of the South. (p. 187)6- What happened at the Battle of Bull Run? (pp. 187 –
188)7- What was the Anaconda Plan? (p. 188)8- Why was President Abraham Lincoln disappointed
with General McClellan? (p. 190) 9- What happened at the battle of Antietam and why did
Lincoln replace General McClellan? (pp. 190 – 191)10- How did the Union win control of the Mississippi
River? (p. 193)11- State five facts about the Battle of Gettysburg. (pp. 193
– 194)12- State three facts about the Gettysburg Address. (p.
194)13- How did President Lincoln exceed constitutional
powers during the Civil War? (p. 195)14- State three facts about the Draft Riots. (p. 196)15- State five facts about the Emancipation Proclamation.
(p. 197)
Thanksgiving Holiday]
The Questions:1- How did African Americans contribute to the Union’s
war effort? (pp. 198 – 199)2- State three facts about the 54th Massachusetts
Volunteers. (p. 199)3- How did women contribute to the Union and the
Confederate Civil War efforts? (pp. 199 – 200) 4- What were some of the major contributions made by
Hispanics during the Civil War? (p. 200)5- Why did Lincoln choose Grant to lead the Union
forces? (p. 201)6- Why did General Grant use the strategy of total war to
defeat the Confederacy? (pp. 201 – 202)7- What were the terms of the surrender at Appomattox?
(pp. 202 – 203) 8- What was Abraham Lincoln’s next task after saving
the Union? (p. 203 in the section Losses and Changes)9- What was the Thirteenth Amendment to the U.S.
Constitution? (p. 203 in the section Losses and Changes)
10- What happened at Ford’s Theater in Washington, D.C., on Friday, April 14, 1865? (p. 203)
11- State five facts about the consequences of the Civil
Thursday, December 5, 2013
War. (pp. 203 – 204)12- How did the Civil War affect the expansion of
presidential powers? (p. 204)13- What was the Ten Percent Plan? (p. 210 in the section
Reconstructing the Union)14- State three facts about the Radical Republicans. (p.
210)15- Who was Andrew Johnson and what was his plan for
Reconstruction? (p. 211) The Questions:
1- State two facts about the Thirteenth Amendment. (p. 211)
2- How did the beliefs of President Andrew Johnson differ from the views of the Radical Republicans regarding Reconstruction? (pp. 211 – 212 in the section The Congressional Plan for Reconstruction)
3- What were the black codes and how did the black codes harm African Americans? (p. 212)
4- State two facts about the Fourteenth Amendment. (p. 214)
5- What was Radical Reconstruction and how did Congress begin its plan of Radical Reconstruction to reorganize and readmit the southern states to the Union? (p. 214 – 215)
6- Why were Radical Republicans upset with President Andrew Johnson? (p. 215 in the section Impeachment Proceedings)
7- State two facts about the process called impeachment. (p. 215 in the section Impeachment Proceedings)
8- Why did the House of Representatives vote to impeach President Andrew Johnson? (p. 215 in the section Impeachment Proceedings)
9- Why were the Radical Republicans unable to remove President Andrew Johnson from office? (p. 216 in the section Impeachment Proceedings)
10- Who were the carpetbaggers and what did Southern whites accuse the carpetbaggers of? (p. 216 in the section Republicans Control Southern Governments)
11- State two facts about scalawags. (p. 216 in the section Republicans Control Southern Governments)
12- State two facts about the Fifteenth Amendment. (p. 217)
13- Describe how African Americans in the South became politically active during Reconstruction. (p. 217)
14- What was President Ulysses S. Grant’s view on Reconstruction? (p. 218)
Thursday, December 12, 2013
15- State three facts about the Election of 1876. (p. 218)16- What were the results of Reconstruction? (p. 218)17- What was the Freedmen’s Bureau and why was it
created? (p. 220)The Questions:
1- What is sharecropping and why did it develop in the American South? (p. 222)
2- State three facts about the Ku Klux Klan. (p. 222)3- What were poll taxes and how were they used to deny
African Americans their rights? (p. 223 in the section on Discriminatory Laws)
4- State two facts about Jim Crow laws. (p. 223 in the section on Discriminatory Laws)
5- How did the U.S. government break its promises to Native Americans? (pp. 230 – 231)
6- Why was there a showdown in Dakota between the U.S. government and the Native American Indians? (p. 231)
7- State three facts about the events at Little Bighorn. (pp. 231 – 232)
8- Who was Chief Joseph and why did he flee to Canada? (p. 232 in the section Conflicts in the Far West)
9- State three facts about the Buffalo Soldiers. (p. 233)10- Why did federal officials feel threatened by the Ghost
Dancers? (p. 233)11- What was the goal of government programs for Native
Americans in the late 1800s? (pp. 233 – 234) 12- State three facts about the Homestead Act. (pp. 242 –
243) 13- How did the railroads promote westward expansion?
(p. 243)14- State five facts about the Grange Movement. (p. 246)15- Who were the Populists and what did they want? (p.
247)16- How did oil and steel contribute to the growth of the
economy after the Civil War? (pp. 252 – 253)17- State three facts about the Transcontinental Railroad.
(p. 253)
Thursday, December 19, 2013
The Questions:1- How did the expansion of the railroads help to unite
the nation? (pp. 254 – 255)2- State one significant fact about each of the following
inventions: the telegraph, the telephone, and the typewriter. (p. 255)
3- How did the invention of the electric light bulb change the way people lived in cities? (p. 256)
Thursday, January 2, 2014
4- State three facts about corporations. (p. 258)5- Who was Andrew Carnegie and how did he cut costs?
(p. 259)6- Who was John D. Rockefeller and how did he cut
costs? (p. 260)7- What is vertical integration (p. 259) and what is
horizontal integration (p. 260)?8- State two facts about capitalism. (p. 260)9- State two facts about Social Darwinism. (p. 260)10- What was one reason for the passage of the Interstate
Commerce Act and what was one effect of the Interstate Commerce Act? (p. 261)
11- State three facts about the Sherman Antitrust Act. (p. 261)
12- Who was Ida Tarbell and what did she do? (p. 262)13- Describe the poor working conditions during the
Industrial Revolution. (p. 263)14- Describe working conditions for women and children.
(p. 264)15- Why did workers form unions? (p. 265)16- Define the following terms: lockouts, scabs, and
blacklists. (p. 265)17- State two facts about the Knights of Labor. (p. 265)
The Questions:1- State three facts about the American Federation of
Labor. (p. 266)2- Define closed shop and yellow-dog contracts. (p. 266 in
the section The American Federation of Labor)3- State two facts about the Homestead Strike. (p. 266)4- State two facts about the Pullman Strike. (pp. 266 -
267)5- State four facts about the New Immigrants. (p. 272)6- Describe conditions in immigrant communities. (p.
272)7- State two facts about immigrants from China. (p. 277)8- State two facts about immigrants from Japan. (p. 277)9- Who were the nativists and what actions did nativists
take to curb immigration to the United States? (pp. 278 – 279)
10- State two facts about immigrants from Mexico. (p. 279)
11- State two facts about immigrants from Cuba and Puerto Rico. (p. 280)
12- Describe conditions in sweatshops. (pp. 286 – 287)13- State two facts about the Social Gospel Movement. (pp.
287 – 288)
Thursday, January 9, 2014
14- Who was Jane Addams and what did she do – be sure to include information about the settlement houses? (p. 288)
15- Who were the Progressives and what did they believe? (p. 301 in the section Making Government More Responsive)
16- Who were the muckrakers and what did they do? (p. 301 in the section Making Government More Responsive)
17- Why were the direct primary and the recall important reforms? (p. 302)
The Questions: 1- Explain President Theodore Roosevelt’s Square Deal.
(p. 302)2- Why was The Jungle an important book and how did it
help change American History? (p. 303)3- How did President Theodore Roosevelt help protect
the environment? (p. 303)4- What reforms went into effect under President Taft?
(pp. 304 – 305)5- Why was the presidential election of 1912 an unusual
election? (pp. 305 – 306) 6- What is the graduated income tax? (p. 306)7- In what ways did President Woodrow Wilson
encourage fair business practices? (pp. 306 – 307) 8- State four facts about the Suffrage Movement. (pp. 307
– 308) 9- What was Carrie Chapman Catt’s strategy to gain the
vote for women? (pp. 307 – 308) 10- Who was William Seward and how did he change
American history? (pp. 314 – 315 in the section First Steps in Overseas Expansion)
11- Why was the United States interested in overseas expansion by the mid- and late 1800s? (pp. 314 – 315)
12- Who was Commodore Matthew Perry and what did he do? (p. 315)
13- Why were the Hawaiian Islands important to Americans and what happened to Hawaii during the reign of Queen Liliuokalani? (p. 315)
14- How did President Grover Cleveland differ from President William McKinley over the issue of imperialism? (p. 316)
15- What were the causes of the Spanish-American War? (pp. 316 – 317)
16- What is yellow journalism and how did yellow journalism influence American opinion before and
Thursday, January 16, 2014
during the Spanish-American War? (p. 317)17- State two facts about the U.S.S. Maine. (p. 317)
The Questions:1- Who were the Rough Riders and what did they do? (p.
318 in the section War in the Caribbean)2- What were the terms of the peace treaty between Spain
and the United States in 1898? (p. 319 – paragraph before Policies in Asia)
3- Why was President Theodore Roosevelt awarded the Nobel Peace Prize? (p. 319 in the section Relations with Japan)
4- What was the U.S. Open Door Policy and why did Americans want an “open door” in China? (pp. 319 – 320)
5- State two facts about the Boxer Rebellion. (p. 320)6- Why did the United States decide not to grant the
Philippines and Puerto Rico their independence? (p. 322)
7- Who was Luis Muñoz Rivera and why was he important? (p. 323)
8- How was the nation of Panama formed? (p. 323 in the section Panama and the Big Stick)
9- Why was the Panama Canal important to the United States? (p. 324)
10- State three facts about the Roosevelt Corollary. (p. 324)
11- Explain the policy of dollar diplomacy. (p. 325)12- How was Woodrow Wilson’s moral diplomacy similar
to big-stick diplomacy? (pp. 325 – 326) 13- What led to growing tension between Mexico and the
United States? (pp. 326 – 327) 14- State three facts about Pancho Villa. (p. 327)15- State two facts about the arms race in Europe. (p. 329)16- What factors contributed to the rise of tensions in
Europe? (pp. 329 – 330)17- How did the European alliances contribute to the
causes of World War I? (pp. 330 – 331)
Thursday, January 23, 2014
The Questions:1- Why was World War I more deadly than earlier wars?
(pp. 336 – 337)2- Why was American opinion divided regarding the war
in Europe? (pp. 337 – 338)3- State two facts about the Zimmerman Telegram. (p.
339)4- Why did American opinion begin to turn against
Germany? (pp. 338 – 339)
Thursday, January 30, 2014
5- Why did the United States enter the war in 1917? (pp. 339 – 340)
6- State four facts about the military draft and the American military preparing for the First World War. (p. 342 in the Getting Ready for War section)
7- What happened in Russia during the First World War? (pp. 343 – 344)
8- Describe fighting in the Argonne Forest. (pp. 345 – 346)
9- How did the First World War change the lives of American women? (p. 347)
10- Why did Mexican immigration increase during World War I? (p. 348)
11- How did World War I affect African Americans? (p. 348)
12- How was propaganda used to affect public opinion during the war? (pp. 348 – 349)
13- What conditions did Europe face after the war? (pp. 350 – 351)
14- State three facts about President Woodrow Wilson’s Fourteen Points – be sure to include one fact about self-determination. (p. 351)
15- Why was President Woodrow Wilson disappointed with the Paris Peace Conference? (pp. 351 – 352)
16- State four facts about the Treaty of Versailles – be sure to include one fact about reparations. (pp. 352 – 353)
17- Why did President Woodrow Wilson fail to gain support in the Senate for a world peace organization? (p. 353)
The Questions: 1- How did President Warren Harding and President
Calvin Coolidge support big business? (pp. 360 – 361) 2- State three facts about the automobile industry – be
sure to include one fact on the assembly line. (p. 361)3- How did the popularity of the automobile affect other
industries? (pp. 361 – 362) 4- State five facts about the Harlem Renaissance. (p. 365)5- Describe the changing roles of women in the 1920s. (p.
367)6- State four facts about Prohibition. (pp. 367 – 368)7- State three facts about the Scopes Trial. (p. 368) 8- What economic conditions did returning veterans face
after World War I? (p. 370)9- State four facts about the Red Scare. (p. 371)10- What contributed to the growth of anti-immigrant
feelings after World War I? (pp. 371 – 372)
Thursday, February 6, 2014
11- State four facts about Sacco and Vanzetti. (p. 372)12- What was a cause of the Great Migration and what
was an effect of the Great Migration? (pp. 372 – 373)13- State three facts about Black Nationalism – be sure to
include one fact about Marcus Garvey. (pp. 374 – 375)14- What was the significance of the 1928 election? (p. 375)15- What economic problems caused the Great
Depression? (pp. 381 – 382)16- State significant effects of the Great Depression. (pp.
382 – 383)17- What was the Bonus Army and what was the
government’s response to the Bonus Army? (p. 384) The Questions:
1- How did the Great Depression change traditional family patterns? (p. 386)
2- State four facts about the Dust Bowl. (pp. 386 – 387)3- How were African Americans affected by the Great
Depression? (pp. 387 – 388) 4- How did the Great Depression affect Mexicans and
Mexican Americans? (pp. 388 – 389)5- What was the Hawley-Smoot Tariff Act and why did it
increase economic problems during the Great Depression? (p. 391)
6- State four reasons why President Hoover’s attempts to end the Great Depression were unsuccessful. (p. 392)
7- What solutions did President Franklin D. Roosevelt offer to halt the economic decline of the United States? (pp. 392 – 393)
8- What was the New Deal? (p. 398)9- What were President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s “Three
R’s”? (p. 399)10- State two facts about President Franklin D.
Roosevelt’s “fireside chats”. (pp. 399 – 400)11- How did FDR restore confidence in the U.S. banking
system? (p. 400)12- Describe Roosevelt’s first “Hundred Days”. (pp. 400 –
401)13- State three facts about the Tennessee Valley Authority,
or TVA. (pp. 401 – 402 in the section Conserving the Land)
14- State two facts about the National Recovery Administration (p. 402)
15- How did conservatives and liberals differ in their views regarding FDR’s New Deal Programs? (p. 404)
16- Who was Father Charles Coughlin and what did he believe? (pp. 404 – 405)
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17- How did Eleanor Roosevelt differ from previous First Ladies? (pp. 405 – 406)
The Questions:1- State four facts about the Social Security Act. (p. 406)2- Why did FDR want to increase the number of justices
on the Supreme Court to fifteen? (p. 407)3- State two facts about the National Labor Relations Act
in 1935. (p. 407)4- How did the American Federation of Labor (AFL)
differ from the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO)? (pp. 407 and 409)
5- Describe the sit-down strike at the General Motors automobile plant in Flint, Michigan. (p. 409)
6- State three facts about the Fair Labor Standards Act. (p. 409)
7- What was the impact of the New Deal on the Great Depression? (p. 410)
8- How did the New Deal policies both help and hurt women? (pp. 411 – 412)
9- State three facts about Mary McLeod Bethune. (p. 412)
10- How did FDR and the New Deal fall short of African Americans’ expectations? (pp. 412 – 413)
11- State three facts about the Dawes Act. (p. 413 in the section The Indian Reorganization Act)
12- State four facts about the Indian Reorganization Act. (pp. 413 – 414)
13- How did the repatriation program affect Mexican families living in the United States? (p. 415 in the section Mexican Americans Fight to Win Rights)
14- State three facts about the Strawberry Strike. (p. 415) 15- How did the government help support artists in the
1930s? (p. 417)16- State four facts about the Great Depression in Europe.
(p. 424)17- State three facts about Communism in the Soviet
Union. (p. 425)
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The Questions:1- State three facts about Fascism in Italy. (pp. 425 – 426) 2- State four facts about Nazism in Germany. (p. 426)3- State five facts about Nazi Germany’s expansion prior
to the start of World War II. (p. 427)4- Describe the first year of the Second World War. (pp.
427 – 428)5- State three facts about militarism in Japan. (p. 430)6- State the causes and effects of Civil war in China. (p.
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431)7- Why did the United States choose neutrality early in
the Second World War? (p. 433)8- What was FDR’s Good Neighbor Policy in Latin
America? (p. 434)9- What was the lend-lease plan? (p. 435 in the section
The End of Neutrality)10- Why did Japan attack Pearl Harbor? (pp. 435 – 436)11- What factors made Hitler’s invasion of the Soviet
Union less successful than he expected? (pp. 442 – 443)12- What were some Japanese victories in the Pacific after
December 1941? (pp. 443 – 444) 13- Why did Stalin want the Allies to invade Western
Europe before they fought Japan? (p. 445 in the section Allied Strategy)
14- How did the Allies defeat the Germans in North Africa? (p. 447)
15- How was the Allied invasion of Sicily aided by the attitude and actions of many Italians? (pp. 447 – 448)
16- State four facts about the Battle of Stalingrad. (pp. 448 – 449)
17- State five facts about the D-Day Invasion. (pp. 449 – 450)
Answer Questions as Notes:1- Why was the Battle of Midway a turning point in the
war? (pp. 451 – 452)2- State four facts about the Navajo Code Talkers. (p.
453)3- What did the “Big Three” decide regarding Germany
at the Yalta Conference; and what were Stalin’s demands at the Yalta Conference and why did FDR agree to Stalin’s demands? (pp. 454 – 455)
4- State two facts about the Battle of the Bulge. (p. 455)5- State five facts about the Holocaust. (p. 456)6- What was the Manhattan Project and how did it
change world history? (pp. 457 – 458 in the section Dropping the Atomic Bomb)
7- Why were the effects of the war less severe in the United States than in Europe? (pp. 458 – 459)
8- How did the United States mobilize for war? (pp. 464 in the section Winning the War in the Factories)
9- State four facts about rationing during World War II. (pp. 464 – 465 in the section The Government Takes Control of the Economy)
10- Why did many American workers agree not to strike during World War II? (pp. 466 – 467)
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11- How was Rosie the Riveter different from the traditional image of the American woman? (pp. 469 – 470 in the section Women Go To Work)
12- What were the contributions of women in the armed forces? (p. 471)
13- State five facts about the experiences of African Americans during the Second World War. (pp. 473 – 474)
14- What was Executive Order 8802? (p. 474 in the section African Americans on the Home Front)
15- State five facts about Dr. Charles Drew. (p. 474)16- State five facts about the Zoot Suit Riots. (pp. 475 –
476) 17- What happened to Japanese Americans during the
Second World War? (pp. 476 – 477) The Questions:
1- State five facts about the United Nations. (p. 482)2- What were satellite nations in Eastern Europe, the iron
curtain, and the Cold War? (pp. 482 – 483 in the section Communism in Europe)
3- State five facts about the Berlin Blockade. (pp. 483 – 484)
4- What was the Marshall Plan and why was it important? (p. 485)
5- State five facts about the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. (pp. 485 – 486)
6- What was the containment policy? (p. 485 in the section American Aid to Europe)
7- What did the U.S. government hope to accomplish with the Truman Doctrine and the Marshall Plan? (pp. 485 – 486)
8- How did the Communists come to power in China? (pp. 488 – 489)
9- State five facts about the Korean War. (pp. 489 – 490)10- Why did President Truman and General MacArthur
disagree and what was the outcome of their disagreement? (p. 490)
11- Why was their conflict in Israel after World War II? (p. 491)
12- State three facts about the Suez Crisis. (p. 491)13- What was the Eisenhower Doctrine? (p. 491)14- How were U.S. and Soviet relations strained during the
Eisenhower administration? (pp. 492 – 493 in the section Eisenhower becomes President)
15- State five facts about McCarthyism and the Red Scare. (pp. 493 – 494)
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16- Describe the arms race and the space race. (pp. 494 – 495)
17- How did the U.S. first become involved in Vietnam? (pp. 498 – 499)
The Questions:1- State three facts about the G.I. Bill of Rights. (p. 506)2- State three facts about the Taft-Hartley. (p. 507)3- Who were the Dixiecrats and what did they want? (p.
508 in the section The Election of 1948)4- What was the Fair Deal? (p. 509)5- Who was Dwight D. Eisenhower and what did he do
and what did he believe? (p. 509)6- State three facts about Interstate Highway system. (pp.
510 – 511)7- State three facts about Eisenhower’s second term. (p.
511)8- What is a service economy and how does it differ from
other economies? (pp. 513 – 514) 9- Why were many Americans unaware of widespread
poverty during the 1950s? (p. 514 in Left Out of Prosperity)
10- State three facts about the Baby Boomers. (pp. 514 – 515)
11- State three facts about the Growth of the Suburbs. (p. 515)
12- What advances were made in public health? (pp. 516 – 517)
13- How did television change politics and advertising during the 1950s? (pp. 518 – 519)
14- What are the roots of rock ‘n’ roll music? (pp. 519 – 520)
15- In what way did the Beats rebel against society? (pp. 520 – 521)
16- State four facts about legal segregation. (p. 526)17- State four facts about de facto segregation. (pp. 526 –
527)
Thursday, March 27, 2014
The Questions:1- Explain the Supreme Court decision in Brown v. Board
of Education of Topeka. (p. 530)2- What reason did the Supreme Court give for
overturning Plessy v. Ferguson? (pp. 530 – 531)3- State four facts about the integration of Little Rock’s
Central High School in Arkansas. (pp. 531 – 532) 4- State five facts about the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
(pp. 533 – 534)5- Describe sit-ins across the South. (p. 534)
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6- Discuss Dr. Martin Luther King’s protests and marches in Birmingham, Alabama. (p. 534 – 535)
7- State four facts about the Freedom Riders. (pp. 535 – 536)
8- What was the March on Washington and why was it important? (pp. 536 – 537)
9- What did you learn after reading Martin Luther King’s “Letter from a Birmingham Jail”? (p. 538)
10- State three facts about the Freedom Summer. (p. 539)11- Discuss violence against the civil rights volunteers in
the South. (p. 540)12- State three facts about the Freedom Schools. (pp. 541 –
542)13- What was the goal of Freedom Summer? (p. 539 – 541)14- State three facts about the Freedom Democratic Party.
(pp. 541 – 542) 15- Who was Fannie Lou Hammer and why was she
important? (p. 541)16- What was the Voting Rights Act of 1965? (pp. 542 –
543)17- How did the Selma march influence passage of the
Voting Rights Act of 1965? (pp. 542 – 543) The Questions:
1- What factors led to Kennedy’s victory in the 1960 election? (pp. 548 – 549)
2- How did Kennedy’s personal style differ from that of previous Presidents? (pp. 549 – 550)
3- State five facts about Kennedy’s New Frontier Programs. (pp. 550)
4- State four facts about Civil Rights during the Kennedy Presidency. (pp. 550 – 551)
5- State three facts about the Peace Corps. (p. 551)6- Discuss reasons for the Space Race and effects of the
Space Race. (pp. 551 – 552)7- Who was Neil Armstrong, what did he do, and what
did he say? (p. 553)8- Discuss the Bay of Pigs Invasion. (pp. 555 – 556)9- How did Kennedy attempt to deal with problems in
Latin America? (pp. 556 – 557)10- State two causes for the building of the Berlin Wall
and one consequence of building the Berlin Wall. (pp. 557 – 558)
11- State five facts about the Cuban Missile Crisis. (pp. 558 – 559)
12- How did the assassination of John F. Kennedy affect the nation? (pp. 559 – 560)
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13- Discuss the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the changes that resulted from the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. (pp. 561 – 562)
14- In what ways did President Johnson hope to eliminate poverty in the United States? (pp. 562 – 563)
15- State one fact about Medicare. (p. 564)16- State one fact about Medicaid. (p. 564) 17- What different groups of people benefited from
Johnson’s Great Society program? (pp. 563 – 564) The Questions:
1- State one fact about the Supreme Court case in Gideon v. Wainwright (1963)? (p. 565)
2- State one fact about the Supreme Court decision in Escobedo v. Illinois (1964)? (p. 565)
3- State one fact about the Supreme Court decision in Miranda v. Arizona. (p. 565)
4- What was one of the major rulings of the Warren Court? Why was it important? (pp. 564 – 565)
5- What is gerrymandering? (p. 565)6- State one fact about the Supreme Court decision in
Baker v. Carr. (p. 565)7- State two facts about Black Nationalism. (p. 572)8- Who was Malcolm X; what did he believe; and why
was he important? (pp. 572 – 573)9- What was Black Power? (p. 573)10- Who were the Black Panthers and what did they
believe in? (pp. 573 – 574)11- How did the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King
affect the nation? (pp. 574 – 575)12- State three facts about the urban riots. (p. 576)13- What was the Kerner Commission and what was the
Commission’s conclusion? (p. 576)14- Who was Betty Friedan and what did she believe about
American women? (p. 578 in the section Equality for Women)
15- What is feminism? (pp. 578 – 579 in the section NOW Sets Goals)
16- What is the National Organization for Women and what are its goals? (pp. 578 – 579)
17- What were the arguments for and against the ERA? (p. 580)
Thursday, April 24, 2014
The Questions:1- Who was César Chávez and what did he do? (pp. 581 –
582)2- State five facts about the Chicano Movement. (p. 582) 3- Explain Puerto Rico’s status as a commonwealth of the
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United States. (pp. 582 – 583)4- State two facts about the Nuyorican Cultural
Movement. (p. 583)5- What did you learn about César Chávez after reading
his Point of View? (p. 585)6- Explain the U.S. Government’s policy known as
termination. (pp. 586 – 587 in the section Native Americans Claim Their Rights)
7- State five facts about the American Indian Movement. (p. 587)
8- How did Asian Americans advance their fight for civil rights? (pp. 588 – 589)
9- How did Cold War politics affect the United States’ decision to get involved in Vietnam? (pp. 594 – 595)
10- State three facts about the Gulf of Tonkin Incident. (p. 596)
11- How did the North Vietnamese and the Viet Cong react to Operation Rolling Thunder? (pp. 596 – 597)
12- What was napalm? (p. 599 in the section Fighting the War in Vietnam)
13- State three facts about the Tet Offensive. (pp. 600 – 601)
14- State four facts about the My Lai Massacre. (p. 601)15- What happened at Kent State University in Ohio in
May 1970? (p. 602 in the section Antiwar Protests)16- What was the major issue in the election of 1968? (p.
603)17- What was Vietnamization? (p. 604)
The Questions:1- State four facts about the Pentagon Papers. (p. 605 in
the section Vietnamization)2- What was the Supreme Court’s decision in The New
York times Company v. United States. (p. 605 in the section Vietnamization)
3- State three facts about the U.S.A.’s withdrawal from Vietnam. (pp. 605 – 606)
4- How did the Vietnam War affect American society? (p. 607)
5- How did the relationship between the U.S.A. and China change during Nixon’s Presidency? (pp. 612 – 613)
6- Define détente. (p. 614)7- What was SALT and why was it significant? (p. 614)8- How did the Helsinki Accords pursue the goals of
détente? (p. 616)9- Who was Rachel Carson; what did she write; and how
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did she change Americans’ views on the environment? (pp. 618 – 619)
10- How did the Watergate Scandal unfold? (pp. 620 – 621)
11- Why did President Nixon not want to share his tape-recorded conversations with the American public? (pp. 621 – 622)
12- What evidence led Richard Nixon to resign from office in 1974? (p. 622)
13- Why did President Ford pardon former President Nixon? (pp. 622 – 623 in the section Gerald Ford Steps In)
14- What happened to the price of oil during the President Carter’s time in office and how did the price of oil affect Americans? (p. 624)
15- What were the Camp David Accords and why were they important? (pp. 625 – 626 in the section An Agreement at Camp David)
16- Why did détente end? (p. 626)17- State five facts about the Iran Hostage Crisis. (p. 627)
The Questions: 1- What factors made it possible for Ronald Reagan to
win the 1980 election?2- What did you learn after reading Clemency and
Pardons for Draft Resisters? (p. 629)3- State three facts about the New Right. (p. 637)4- What are federal deficits and why do federal deficits
exist? (p. 638 in the section Reagan’s Economic Policies)
5- State four facts about President Reagan’s second term in office. (p. 639)
6- What domestic issues became the main concerns of George Bush’s presidency? (p. 640)
7- Define downsizing. (p. 641 in the section New Directions in Politics)
8- What issues were important to Bill Clinton during his presidency? (pp. 641 – 642)
9- What is workfare and how did it change welfare? (p. 646)
10- State three facts about the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). (p. 647)
11- Why did the Cold War end? (pp. 648 – 649)12- What internal and external pressures led to the end of
apartheid in South Africa? (pp. 650 - 651)13- Who were the Sandinistas and what did the United
States do when the Sandinistas were in power? (pp.
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651 – 652)14- State three facts about the Gulf War. (pp. 652 – 653)15- What is terrorism and why is it hard to stop? (pp. 659
– 660)16- State four facts about the NAFTA Treaty. (pp. 661 –
662)17- What is Global Warming and how does it affect people
and the planet? (pp. 665 – 666)
There is Still Homework but Homework After May 15 th is Preparation for the Regents Examination in U.S. History and Government!
The Homework until the U.S. History and Government Regents Examination:
Every week, students must complete two U.S. History and Geography Regents examinations on Castle Learning.
Mastery requires practice.
“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.”~ Aristotle
Ms. Napp’s Grading Policy: Examination: 50%Homework: 35%Participation: 15%
“The secret of joy in work is contained in one word – excellence. To know how to do something well is to enjoy it.”
~ Pearl Buck
Strive for excellence!
Strive for mastery!
Excellence is always possible!
