THEMATIC ESSAY QUESTION
Directions: Write a well-organized essay that includes an introduction, several paragraphs addressing the task below, and a conclusion.
Theme: Change — Turning Points
Major historical events are often referred to as turning points because they have led to important political, social, and economic changes.
Task:
Identify two major events in United States history that were important turning points and for each:
Describe the historical circumstances that led to the event
Write about a person involved in this historical event
Discuss the political, social, and/or economic changes that resulted from the event
Complete All:
2 of Everything (pass the regents)
1. 2 Presidents and their Decisions (Lincoln suspends Habeas Corpus, Truman drops the bomb)
2. 2 Bill of Rights Amendments (1st – 5 rights, 5th – McCarthyism)
3. 2 Amendments of Change (19th – Women 13, 14, 15 – African Americans)
4. 2 Supreme Court Cases (Plessy v. Ferguson; Brown v. Board of Ed)
5. 2 Supreme Court Cases on Civil Liberties (Scheck v. US & Korematsu v. US)
6. 2 Supreme Court Cases on Federal Power (Marbury v. Madison)
7. 2 Technological Advances (Cotton Gin, T-Model Car)
8. 2 Wars (Vietnam War-Kent State Shooting, WWII – GI Bill or War on Terror – Iraq)
9. 2 Geographical Factors (Miss River – Trade & App. Mountains –Colonial Natural Border)
10. 2 Movements for Equality (Civil Rights (NAACP) & Women Suffrage (Susan B. Anthony) or Farmers Rights Mexican immigrants (Cesar Chavez)
11. 2 Leaders (US Non-Presidents – Jane Adams, MLK Jr., Fredrick Douglass, Daniel Shay)
12. 2 Examples of Checks & Balances (Judicial Review, Senate Must approve Judge Appointee)
13. 2 Literary Works (the Jungle, How the Other Half Lives)
14. 2 Reform Plans (Meat Inspection Act, Child Labor Laws)
15. 2 Foreign Policies (Monroe Doctrine, Truman Doctrine and Détente or NAFTA-Clinton)
16. 2 Immigrant Groups (Chinese Exclusion Act, Irish Immigrants)
17. 2 Intolerable Events (Lynching – Jim Crow Laws & Civil Rights Murders, Trail of Tears)
16. 2 New Deal Programs (CCC, FDIC, SEC, Social Security Act)
17. 2 Abolitionists (William Garrison, Nat Turner, Harriet Tubman, Fredrick Douglas)
18. 2 Crisis (Cuban Missile Crisis & 9/11)
Monday, June 8, 2009
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1. Roland Reagan & Theodore Roosevelt.
2. Amendments 1 & 4
3.Amendments 14 & 21
4.Marbury V. Madison & Worchester V. Georgia
5.Baze V. Rees & U.S V. Williams
6.Gonzales V. Raich & State V. Federal power
7.Computers & Cell Phones
8.Cold war & vietman war
9.Mississippi river & appolachian mountains
10. Womans suffrage & Berlin Wall
11. Emma Goldman & Karl Marx
12.Congress controls the budget & congress can pass laws over the presidential nominations.
13.Uncle toms cabin & freedom songs
14.Health reform plan & Energy reform plan
15. The Israel lobby and U.s foreign policy & Philip 2 was to affect much of Europe
16. Europeans & Chinese
17. William Lloyd Garrison & Elijan P. Lovejoy
18.U-2 Crisis 0f 1960
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