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    Facts about America

    American Presidents
    1. George Washington 28. Woodrow Wilson
    3. Thomas Jefferson
    4. James Madison
    5. James Monroe 32. Franklin D. Roosevelt
    33. Harry S. Truman
    7. Andrew Jackson 34. Dwight D. Eisenhower
    35. John F. Kennedy
    37. Richard M. Nixon
    40. Ronald Reagan
    16. Abraham Lincoln 43. George W. Bush
    44. Barrack Obama
    18. Ulysses S. Grant
    26. Theodore Roosevelt
    27. William Howard Taft

    Early America
    Early Settlers in America
    The 1st Europeans in America

    Exploration of America
    Europe towards Exploration of the New Land

    Voyages of Columbus
    1st voyage, 1492:
    The Bahamas
    2nd voyage, 1493:
    3rd voyage, 1498:
    4th voyage, 1502:
    Native Americans
    Red Indians
    Mayas
    Aztecs
    Incas
    John Cabot
    Name of America in Beginning

    Name of America

    Colonization in the New Continent


    Treaty of Tordesillas
    Treaty of Tordesillas
    Colonial Period

    Causes of Colonization
    1. Improvement in Technology
    2. Renaissance in Europe
    3. Religious Conflicts in Europe
    4. Expanding trade
    5. Search for New Routes
    6. Pressure of population
    7. Trade and Agriculture
    8. Desire for wealth
    9. Imperial Race
    10. Royal Proclamation

    Road to Independence
    Role of Spain and France
    Role of Blacks

    Mercantilism
    1) Navigation Act of 1651
    2) Enumerated Act of 1660
    3) Staple Act of 1663
    4) Duty Act of 1673
    5) Enforcement Act of 1696
    6) Molasses Act 1733
    7) The Sugar Act of 1764
    8) The Currency Act of 1764
    9) The Quartering Act of 1765
    10) The Stamp Act of 1765
    Other Causes of War of Independence
    1. Letters of Samuel Adams
    2. French Indian War
    3. Royal Proclamation of 1763
    4. The Coercive Act/ Intolerable Act
    5. SelfGovernment
    6. Great Awakening
    7. Boston Tea Party
    8. British Action on Massachusetts
    9. 1st Continental Conference
    10. 2nd Continental Conference
    11. Declaration of IndependenceJuly 4, 1776
    12. Common Sense by Thomas Paine
    13. Sons of Liberty
    14. Boston Massacre
    15. The Treaty of Paris

    Problems in Formation of National Government


    a) No Constitution
    b) No common currency;
    c) No national military force;
    d) Little centralized control over foreign policy
    e) No national system for imposing and collecting taxes.
    f) Differences between Federalist and Antifederalist.
    g) Foreign Policy
    h) Economic Weakness
    i) Slavery
    j) Powers and election of president

    Constitution of United States of


    America
    What Is Meant By a Constitution?
    (Oxford Dictionary)
    Article of Confederation
    Errors in Article of Confederation
    i.
    ii.
    iii.
    iv.
    v.
    vi.
    vii.
    viii.
    Drafting the constitution
    The Delegation
    Virginia plan
    New Jersey Plan

    Connecticut Compromise
    i.
    ii.
    Bill of Rights

    The Amendment Process

    Salient Features of the American


    Constitution
    Checks and Balances:
    Brief & Simple:
    Written Constitution:
    Dual Citizenship:
    Secular State:
    Supremacy of the Constitution:
    Strong Federation:
    Bill Of Rights:
    Rigid Constitution:
    Separation of Powers:
    Bicameralism:
    Independent Judiciary:
    Universal Suffrage:
    Division of Powers:
    Spoils System:
    Presidential form of government:
    Republicanism:
    Sovereignty of the People:

    Amendments in American Constitution


    1st Ten
    11th
    12th
    13th
    14th
    15th
    16th
    17th
    18th
    19th
    20th
    21st
    22nd
    23rd
    24th
    25th
    26th
    27th

    System of Check and Balance in American Constitution


    The Legislative Branch of Government Makes the Laws
    The Legislative Branch has the following checks over the Judicial Branch:
    The Executive Branch of American Government

    The Executive Branch has the following checks over the Judicial Branch:
    The Judicial Branch of United States Government
    The Judicial Branch has the following checks over the Legislative Branch:
    Conclusion

    George Washington (17891801)


    Domestic Achievements
    1. Hamilton Financial Plan
    i. i. Revenue generation via taxation
    ii. Payment of national and state debts ($54 million State Debts)
    iii. Establishment of National Bank on the basis of Bank of England
    2. Whiskey Rebellion
    3. Westwards Expansion
    4. Judicial Act
    5. Treaty of Greenville

    Foreign Policy
    1. French Revolution
    2. Citizen Genet
    3. Jays Treaty
    4. Proclamation of Neutrality
    5. Pinckney Treaty
    “Treaty of Son Lorenzo”.
    6. XYZ affairs

    “Millions for defense but not a single cent for tribute to France”
    7. Convention of 1800
    8. Two Party System:
    Washington Farewell Address

    Thomas Jefferson (18011809)


    “My Presidency is the 2nd American Revolution”
    “Thomas Jefferson”

    The Louisiana Purchase:


    Treaty of San Ildefonso
    James Monroe to join Robert Livingston
    Bidding of Louisiana
    280,000 square miles
    $15 million

    1. Judicial Impeachment
    2. Albert Galton and Federal Budget
    3. Immigration Policy
    4. Laissez Fair Economy
    5. Religious Tolerance

    6. Autonomy to States
    7. Slavery Issue
    8. Belief and importance to common man
    “Thomas Jefferson was the most brilliant man ever occupied the American
    Presidency”
    “John F. Kennedy”

    War of 1812
    Causes of War
    i. Free Sea and Trade

    ii. Impressments of American Merchants in Royal Navy


    iii. British Support to Red Indians
    iv. War Hawks
    Declaration of War
    Invasion of Canada

    Burning of White House


    British troops set
    Treaty of Ghent
    Main Points of Treaty of Ghent
    The War Legacy

    Missouri Compromise (1820)


    Addition of as slave and Free states:

    MISSOURI COMPROMISE
    Point: Missouri would be admitted to the union as a slave state, but would be
    balanced by the admission of MAINE, a free state, that had long wanted to be separated
    from Massachusetts.
    2nd Point: slavery was to be excluded from all new states in the Louisiana Purchase north
    of the southern boundary of Missouri.
    3rd Point: Ban on Slavery over the north of Missouri

    Monroe Doctrine (1823)


    2nd Dec, 1823
    18171824: Era of Good Feelings
    1825 1829 Era of Hard feelings

    The Principles of Monroe Doctrine:


    Principles of Monroe Doctrine:
    Anti-Colonization
    Non-Intervention
    Self Defense
    American Nationalism and Self-Awareness
    Use of Monroe Doctrine
    Effects

    Andrew Jackson (18291837)


    1. Rise of Democratic Society
    2. Politics of Common Man
    3. Universal male suffrage

    4. Party Nomination Convention


    5. Maximum Use of Veto Power
    6. Rise of Political Parties
    7. More Elected offices
    8. Popular Campaigning
    9. Spoilt System
    10. Kitchen Cabinet
    11. Peggy Eaton Affair

    12. Indian Removal Act 1830


    13. Rechartering of Bank of USA
    14. Foreign Policy
    Abraham Lincoln (18611865)
    Achievements of Abraham Lincoln
    1. Popular Leadership
    2. Abolition of Slavery
    3. Lincoln and Domestic Society

    Homestead Act
    Morrill Act
    National Banking Act
    tariff legislation
    4. Wisest US President
    5. Fugitive Slave Act
    6. Good Relations with Cabinet

    7. Foreign Policy

    Civil War
    Causes Leading to Civil war
    i. Causes Leading to Civil war
    i. Election of Lincoln
    ii. Discrimination of race
    iii. Slavery
    iv. The abolitionist (people who wanted to stop slavery) movement
    v. Difference in economy
    vi. Western expansion
    Consequences of the Civil War
    1. Physical Devastation
    over
    2. Spread of Disease and Sickness
    3. Hunger and Homelessness

    Effects of the Civil War


    1)
    2)
    3)
    4)
    5)
    6)

    Questions on Progressive Movement


    PROGRESSIVE MOVEMENT
    (CSS 2001)
    Note:
    (CSS 2004)

    Progressivism (18901920)
    Introduction
    Who were Progressives?
    Progressives Presidents

    Motives and Demands of Progressives


    Role of the Muckrakers
    A. Political Reforms
    B. Social Reforms
    Progressive Amendments to the Constitution
    Success of Progressives
    Interstate Commerce Act (1887)
    Sherman Antitrust Act (1890).

    food and drug laws


    new amendments added to the Constitution
    prohibition and extend suffrage to women
    on child labor were routinely thwarted by the courts
    Impacts of Progressive Movement
    Acts Passed During Progressive Era
    Pure Food And Drug Act
    Hep Burn Act
    Antiquates Act
    Clayton Anti Trust Act
    Federal Reserve Act
    New York State Tenement House Act
    Folleters Sea man‟s Act
    Worker men Compensation Act
    Federal Aid Road Act
    Federal Form Loan Act

    Questions on Woodrow Wilson


    (CSS 2012)
    Note:
    (CSS 2001)
    Note:
    (CSS 2002)
    (CSS 2004)
    (CSS 2005)
    (CSS 2007)

    Woodrow Wilson (19141919)


    Achievements of Woodrow Wilson

    America and World War I


    1. Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
    2. Mutual Defense Alliances
    3. Militarism
    4. Nationalism
    5. Imperialism
    Enetente Powers (France, Britain and Russia)
    Centrist Powers (Germany, Turkey, AustriaHungary)

    Causes of American entry to World War I


    1. Trade Relations with Europe
    2. German Submarine Warfare
    3. Zimmer Mann Telegraph
    4. Russian Revolution
    5. Weapons Credibility Issue

    6. Declaration of War
    "The world must be made safe for democracy."
    “Woodrow Wilson”

    14 Points of Woodrow Wilson


    1. Abolishment of Secret Treaties
    2. Absolute Freedom of The Seas
    3. Removal of economic barriers and equality of trade
    4. Reduction of armaments.
    5. Adjustment of colonial claims.
    6. Evacuation of Russian Territories
    7. Preservation of Belgian sovereignty
    8. Restoration of French territory AlsaceLorraine

    9. Readjustment of Italian frontiers


    10. Division and autonomous development of AustriaHungary
    11. Redrawing of Balkan boundaries
    12. Limitations on Turkey
    13. Establishment of an independent Poland
    14. Association of nations (League of Nations)

    Great Depression (1930)


    1, 30, 000, 00 shares
    24th Oct, 1929.
    Causes of Great Depression
    1. Dust Bowl Draught
    2. Unequal Distribution of Wealth
    3. War Debts
    4. High Tariffs
    5. Overproduction in Industry

    6. Farm Overproduction
    7. Stock Market Crash
    Effects of the Great Depression Facts
    1. Unemployment
    2. People lost their life savings
    3. Drop in US GNP
    4. Federal welfare or social programs

    5. Increased Taxes
    6. Changes in Stock Market

    Great Depression Facts

    Franklin Delano Roosevelt (19321945)


    "The only thing we have to fear is
    fear itself."
    Franklin D. Roosevelt Personal Qualities

    The New Deal


    i.
    ii.
    iii.
    iv.
    Purposes of the New Deal
    i. Relief
    ii. Recovery
    iii. Reform
    First New Deal (19331934)
    Second New Deal (19341941)
    Serial New Deal Initiative: Description: Outcome:
    1
    Emergency Banking
    Act/Federal Deposit
    Insurance
    Corporation (FDIC)
    2
    Federal Emergency
    Relief
    Administration
    (FERA)
    3 Civil Works
    Administration
    (CWA)

    4
    Civilian
    Conservation Corps
    (CCC)
    5 Indian
    Reorganization Act
    of 1934
    National Industrial
    Recovery Act
    (NIRA) of June 1933
    6
    Public Works
    Association (PWA)
    7
    Federal Securities
    Act of May 1933/
    Securities and
    Exchange
    Commission (SEC)
    8
    Home Owners Loan
    Corporation
    (HOLC) /

    9 Agriculture
    Adjustment
    Administration
    (AAA)
    10
    Tennessee Valley
    Authority (TVA)
    (May 1993)
    11
    Works Progress
    Administration
    (WPA) 19351943
    12 Farm Security
    Administration
    (FSA)
    13
    National Labor
    Relations Act
    (Wagner Act)
    14
    Fair Labor
    Standards Act of
    1938
    15
    Social Security Act

    Criticisms of Conservative Opponents

    Government Expenditures
    Marshall Plan
    Louisiana Purchase
    Race to the Moon
    S&L Crisis
    Korean War
    The New Deal
    Invasion of Iraq
    Vietnam War
    NASA

    America and World War II


    Causalities

    John F Kennedy (19611963)


    Foreign Policy
    1. The Bay of Pigs Invasion
    2. JFK's policy towards Vietnam

    3. Cuban Missile Crisis


    Domestic Affairs
    1. Revision of Taxes
    2. Civil Rights
    3. Trade Expansion Act
    4. Controlling Unemployment

    5. Space program
    “We choose to go to the Moon in this decade and do the other things, not
    because they
    are easy, but because they are hard."
    Assassination

    Richard Nixon (19691974)


    Nixon Domestic Policy
    1. Nixon and Economic Policies

    2. Civil Rights
    3. New Federalism
    4. Space Program
    July 20, 1969, with the flight of Apollo 11
    Neil Armstrong
    Edwin Eldrin
    And Michal Collin

    Nixon Foreign Policy


    1. Peacemaker
    2. Vietnam War
    3. Relation with China
    4. Relation with USSR
    a) SALT I:
    b) AntiBallistic Missile Treaty:
    Détente
    5. Yum Kippur War and Support to Israel

    Nixon Watergate Scandal


    Committee to ReElect the President (CREEP)
    James McCord
    Nixon 2nd victory as President

    Administration‟s involvement in the burglar


    Saturday Night Massacre:
    Charges on President and Judicial Committee
    Nixon Resignation

    Slavery in America
    1619
    1787
    1793
    1793
    1808
    1820
    1831
    1849
    1850

    1852
    1854
    1857
    1861
    1863
    1865
    Role of Malcolm X
    Role of King Martin Luther
    KuKluxKlan Movement

    WAR AGAINST TERROR


    The War on Terror Statistics

    Short Notes
    Truman Doctrine
    S400, 000,000
    aid

    Bush Doctrine
    Main Characteristics
    Criticism

    Dulles Doctrine

    Marshall Plan
    American Aid/ Financial Assistance:
    Secretary of State George C. Marshall
    ,
    Significance of Marshall Plan

    Malcolm X

    Jazz Age
    Main Points
    U2 Crisis
    Francis Gary
    Safe Landing of plane
    Consequences

    Cuban Missile Crisis

    NATO North Atlantic Treaty Organization


    North Atlantic Treaty
    North Atlantic
    Treaty Organization
    Warsaw Pact.
    Brussels, Belgium

    McCarthyism
    COMMUNIST
    SPIES

    Scandals and controversies involving President William


    Jefferson Bill Clinton
    Major Events during His Presidency
    Scandals

    Cold War
    Iron Curtain across Europe
    Cold War in Nutshell

    “Where there USSR will go, America will go there”

    Dollar Diplomacy
    Benefits of Granting Loans
    i.
    ii.
    iii.
    iv.

    Open Door Diplomacy

    “Trail of Tears”

    Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.


    Southern Christian Leadership Conference
    Nobel Peace Prize:

    Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream"


    Speech:
    Letter from a Birmingham Jail:
    Assassination:

    Populous Movement
    Major Concerns of Populists

    Manifest Destiny

    Democrat’s v/s Republicans


    Democrats:
    Republican

    Capitalism vs. Communism


    Capitalism
    Communism

    New World Order

    PanAmericanism
    April 14 named Pan American Day

    USA Nuclear Umbrella System


    Treaty of Versailles
    The main terms of the Treaty of Versailles were:
    i.
    ii.
    iii.
    iv.

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