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U.S. History
Regents Review
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| If you see: House of Burgesses, Mayflower Compact | Answer: "early forms of democracy" or early "republics" |
| If you see: John Marshall | Answer: Either he expanded the power of the federal government, or Judicial Review |
| If you see: Nativism | Answer: fear of foreigners. Also a question with "Chinese Exclusion Act" or the "Sacco-Vanzetti" case. |
| Federalism | Division of powers between the federal government and the states |
| If you see: George Washington | Answer: neutrality/isolationism/noninvolvement |
| Why did we have weak Articles of Confederation? | fear of a strong government, or power to the states was preferred |
| If you see: Domino Theory (for Asia), Truman Doctrine, Marshall Plan, Korean War, NATO | Answer: Containment during Cold War |
| If you see: Why didn't we ratify the Treaty of Versailles? = Neutrality | We did not want to join the International League of Nations |
| If you see: Unwritten Constitution | These are things we do that's not printed in the Constitution such as political parties cabinet, judicial review, nominating conventions |
| Why did we get involved in WWI ? | "the Boat, and the Note" (Lusitania, and Zimmerman Telegram) |
| If you see Unions (AFL) , Sherman Anti-Trust, or Arbitration | Answer: something like "to help the small guy and consumer out." |
| If you see: John Hay think, "Hay look...it's China!" | The answer is always about trade in Asia for Open Door Policy |
| If you see: Mississippi River(Geography) | think "navigation" |
| If you see: New England(Geography) | think "trade" |
| If you see: the South (Geography) | think "was agricultural |
| If you see: New Orleans (Geography) | think "a port for trade" |
| If you see: How did the U.S. respond to massive immigration | Answer: Quota System, specifically know the National-Origins Act |
| A common cartoon question about FDR | The Supreme Court did not support him |
| If you see: Jacob Riis, Upton Sinclair, Ida Tarbell=writers known as Muckrakers | Answer: should be about cleaning up and regulating big business to protect the people |
| If you see: The Great Society | The Answer: should be about the government helping the poor. Similarly, The New Deal of FDR looked to find people jobs and help socially and economically |
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Mrs. Gentile
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