In order to pass this course, you are required to demonstrate a knowledge of US geography which has shaped and influenced the history of this nation. Therefore, you will have to pass a map test, administered in class in the same class period as UNIT EXAM #1, which will ask you to locate twenty of the following items on an outline map of the United States.  You must score 16 or more correct out of 20 to pass the test.  You may take the map test as many times as are necessary to pass the test but you MUST PASS THE MAP TEST BY THE MID-SEMESTER POINT IN ORDER TO PASS THE COURSE!  Atlas maps are found in the textbook to help you study for this map test.  You must be able to locate the following on the map:
 

All 50 states by name	Great Basin
Canada	Great Plains
Mexico	Chesapeake Bay
Pacific Ocean	Florida Keys
Gulf of Mexico	Cape Cod
Cape Fear	Cape Canaveral
Cape Hatteras	Delmarva Peninsula
Atlantic Ocean	Long Island
Hudson River	49th Parallel
Ohio River	Washington, D.C.
Mississippi River	New York City
Missouri River	Philadelphia
Red River	Boston
Columbia River	Charleston, S.C.
Colorado River	Chicago
Rio Grande River	Albany
Susquehanna River	Harrisburg
Appalachian Mountains	Austin, TX
Rocky Mountains	Richmond
Sierra Nevada Mountains	Denver
All 5 Great Lakes by name	Pittsburgh
Great Salt Lake	Lake Okeechobee

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LEARNING OBJECTIVES UNIT I

Part A- The New South
 1.  Identify the issues in the election of 1876.
 2.  Name the candidate who received the most votes in 1876.
 3.  Describe how the election of 1876 was settled.
 4.  Explain why Hayes accepted concessions to the South.
 5.  Identify the compromise of 1877 for North and South.
 6.  Explain the result of reestablishment of home rule in the South.
 7.  Describe what happened to Black officeholders until the 1890's.
 8.  Name the year when segregation came to the South.
 9.  Identify the results of the Plessy v. Ferguson ruling.
10. State the purpose of the Mississippi Plan.
11. Identify the results of the Mississippi Plan.
12. Describe the intention of the Atlanta Compromise.
13. Identify the membership of the Redeemers of the South.
14. Describe the Redeemers' program.
15. Explain the doctrine of the New South.
16. Name the leading advocate of the doctrine of the New South.
17. Describe the condition of the South at the turn of the century.
18. Explain the role of the South in the national economy in 1900.
19. Explain why industrialism lagged between in the South.
20. Name what characterized the wealth of the South after 1880.

Part B- The West
 1.  Name the last part of the continental US settled.
 2.  Identify the factors that discouraged settlement on the Great Plains.
 3.  Describe the lifestyle of the Indians on the Great Plains.
 4.  Describe the "concentration" policy for Indians in 1851.
 5.  Explain the new government Indian policy after 1867.
 6.  Explain Grant's Peace Policy.
 7.  Describe how the Dawes Act undermined Indian culture after 1887.
 8.  Name the areas of gold rushes in the 1860's & 1870's.
 9.  Name the biggest single silver bonanza in the US.
10. Explain the system of law & order in mining towns.
11. Explain the factors responsible for the cattleman's bonanza.
12. Describe how the railroad helped the cattle bonanza.
13. Explain the function of cattlemen's associations.
14. Describe the factors that ended the open-range grazing.
15. Explain the purpose of the Homestead Act.
16. List the reasons the Homestead Act failed to achieve its goal.
17. Name who received the largest federal land grants.
18. Describe how railroads encouraged western settlement.
19. Name the state associated with "Boomers" & "Sooners".
20. List discoveries that helped western farmers.

Part C- Industrialization
 1.  Enumerate the US position in world manufacturing in 1890.
 2.  Explain the role of railroad construction & management in the US.
 3.  Name the two railroads that formed the Transcontinental RR.
 4.  Explain the position of the eastern railroads in the US.
 5.  Name the other industry that railroads influenced directly.
 6.  Explain the managerial revolution in the later 19th Century.
 7.  Name the groups who supported railroad regulation by 1880.
 8.  Explain the Supreme Court decision in Munn v. Illinois (1877).
 9.  Explain the Supreme Court decision in the Wabash cases,
10. Identify the provisions of the Interstate Commerce Act.
11. Explain the significance of the Interstate Commerce Act.
12. Describe why the US was the world's greatest steel producer.
13. Explain the concept of vertical integration in the steel industry.
14. Name the person most closely associated with steel in the US.
15. Name the individual & company most closely tied to "trusts".
16. Name the targets of the Sherman Anti-Trust Act of 1890.
17. Name the prime mover behind Social Darwinism.
18. Explain the goals of the Knights of Labor.
19. List the goals of Samuel Gompers.
20. Explain the significance of the Chicago Haymarket Riot.

Part D- Gilded Age Politics
 1.  Explain the issues discussed in elections from 1877 to 1896.
 2.  Identify the elements within the Republican Party.
 3.  Explain the difference between "Stalwarts" & "Half Breeds".
 4.  Identify the elements within the Democratic Party.
 5.  Identify the areas of the country home to most Pres & VP candidates.
 6.  Explain the issue of the Republican "Mugwamps".
 7.  Identify the cause for passage of the Pendleton Act.
 8.  Explain the significance of the Pendleton Act.
 9.  Explain why Cleveland was elected in 1884 and 1892.
10. List the result of the Sherman Silver Purchase Act of 1890.
11. Identify the supporters of the Populist movement.
12. Explain the major political result of the Panic of 1893.
13. Describe the members of Coxey's Army.
14. Name the tariff passed during the second Cleveland Administration.
15. Explain the significance of the congressional elections of 1894.
16. Name the group who controlled the Democrats in 1896.
17. Name the author of the "Cross of Gold" speech.
18. Explain why William McKinley won in 1896.
19. Explain how the gold/silver controversy ended.
20. Explain why the Populist party declined after 1896.

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LEARNING OBJECTIVES UNIT 2

Part A- The American Empire
1.   Describe the goal of the advocates of "continentalism".
 2.  List the supporters of "continentalism".
 3.  Explain the aspects of American security from foreign enemies.
 4.  Name the area of conflict for the US with Germany & Britain.
 5.  List the factors causing the new imperialist spirit in the US.
 6.  Explain the importance in economic factors in overseas expansion.
 7.  Define the term "jingoism".
 8.  Describe the resolution of the British/Venezuelan boundary dispute.
 9.  Explain why Hawaii interested America in the 19th Century.
10. Name the groups who opposed the Spanish American War.
11. Name the most impressive aspect of the Pacific campaign.
12. Describe the forces that caused the greatest American casualties.
13. Name the US conquests in the Spanish American War.
14. Explain why McKinley said the US must hold the Philippines.
15. Explain the results of the peace treaty in 1898.
16. Describe the campaign in the Philippines after 1898.
17. Explain the significance of the Platt Amendment.
18. Explain the purpose of Hay's "Open Door" policy.
19. Explain the Boxer Revolt in China.
20. Explain the results of the election of 1900.

Part B- The Progressives
 1.  Note the most important corporate trend by 1900.
 2.  Explain the goals of the Niagara Movement.
 3.  Describe the goals of the feminists in 1900.
 4.  Explain the difference between Debs & Haywood.
 5.  Name the philosophy of William James & John Dewey.
 6.  Name the leader & home of progressivism.
 7.  Explain the goals of the Progressives.
 8.  Explain T. Roosevelt's philosophy of Presidential leadership.
 9.  Describe T. Roosevelt's policies during his first term.
10. Explain T. Roosevelt's handling of the trusts.
11. Describe T. Roosevelt's handling of the coal strike of 1902.
12. Name the area in which T. Roosevelt's views were ahead of the time.
13. Note the difference in T. Roosevelt's programs after 1907.
14. Explain how T. Roosevelt's preparedness program worked.
15. Explain the significance of the Insular cases.
16. Describe the conditions of the Philippines under TR.
17. Describe T. Roosevelt's western hemisphere foreign policy.
18. Explain how the Panama Canal came to be built by the US.
19. Note the significance of TR's role in the Russo-Japanese War.
20. Explain why T. Roosevelt did not run for President in 1908.

Part C- Taft & Wilson
 1.  Describe the Republican coalition of 1908.
 2.  Describe the major difference between T. Roosevelt & Taft.
 3.  List the issues that divided the Republicans during Taft's term.
 4.  Explain "dollar diplomacy".
 5.  Discuss why T. Roosevelt lost the Republican nomination in 1912.
 6.  List the constitutional amendments by 1913 that pleased reformers.
 7.  Name Wilson's chief advisor on the New Freedom programs.
 8.  Explain the results of the election of 1912.
 9.  Discuss the results of the Underwood-Simmons Tariff of 1913.
10. Explain the purpose of the Federal Reserve Act of 1913.
11. Discuss the weaknesses of the Clayton Anti-Trust Act.
12. Explain the basis of Wilson's foreign policy.
13. Explain William Jennings Bryanís success as Secretary of State.
14. Trace Wilson's foreign policy regarding Mexico.
15. Explain America's growing sympathy for the Allies in 1916-17.
16. Explain the importance of the Sussex pledge.
17. Describe Wilson's policy of "preparedness".
18. List the groups supporting Wilson in 1916.
19. Explain the Zimmerman note of 1917.
20. Name the decisive event that brought the US into World War I.

Part D- World War I
 1.  Name the major battle in which US troops played a big part.
 2.  Explain the key factor in turning the war in favor of the Allies.
 3.  List the wartime powers Congress granted to Wilson.
 4.  Explain how the US financed World War I.
 5.  List the effect of the 18th Amendment.
 6.  Name the more important of Wilson's Fourteen Points.
 7.  Name those who objected to Wilson's Fourteen Points.
 8.  Explain why the US delegation to Versailles was inadequate.
 9.  Describe why Wilson couldn't get the treaty ratified.
10. Explain why Senator Henry Cabot Lodge opposed the treaty.
11. Name the events that followed shortly after World War I.
12. List the goals of the NAACP in the 1920's.
13. Explain the main appeal of Marcus Garvey.
14. Name the victims of Attorney General Palmer's raids.
15. Explain the significance of the Sacco & Vanzetti case.
16. List the groups supporting the Republicans in 1920.
17. Name the most significant accomplishment of Harding's term.
18. Explain the meaning of the term "return to normalcy".
19. Explain the significance of the 1920's Supreme Court rulings.
20. Explain the Teapot Dome scandal.

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LEARNING OBJECTIVES UNIT 3

Part A- The 1920's & the Depression
 1.  Explain Coolidge's views on economic & social policy.
 2.  Describe the US system of mass production in the 1920's.
 3.  Explain the power of the Ku Klux Klan in the 1920's.
 4.  Explain the relationship between Prohibition & organized crime.
 5.  Explain US foreign policy toward Central America 1923-1929.
 6.  Explain General "Billy" Mitchell's cause of the 1920's.
 7.  Describe the intent of the Kellogg-Briand Pact of 1928.
 8.  Explain why stock market speculation  in the 1920's was bad.
 9.  Describe Secretary of the Treasury Mellon's tax policy.
10. Name the leading representative of the Harlem Renaissance.
11. Explain the causes of Hoover's landslide election of 1928.
12. Explain how Hoover fulfilled the image of a "good businessman".
13. Explain the immediate cause of the Great Depression.
14. Explain how Hoover responded to the Depression in 1929-30.
15. Show what happened to wages & salaries in the Depression.
16. Explain the results of the Congressional elections of 1930.
17. Explain US foreign policy in Latin America under Hoover.
18. Explain how the US responded to Japan's invasion of China.
19. Explain Hoover's response to the Veterans' March of 1932.
20. Describe the basis of FDR's political strength in 1932.

Part B- The New Deal
 1.  Note how T. Roosevelt & FDR were alike.
 2.  Describe the principle idea of the "brain trust".
 3.  Explain the first order of business for Congress in 1933.
 4.  Discuss the goals of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1933.
 5.  Explain what the National Industrial Recovery Act did.
 6.  Describe the successes of the N.R.A.
 7 . Explain the success of the Tennessee Valley Authority.
 8 . Describe the "Share The Wealth" Program.
 9.  Trace the development of social security.
10. Show how the first phase of the New Deal was destroyed.
11. Trace the consolidation of labor & FDR's administration.
12. List the chief conservative argument against the New Deal.
13. Name the new group of voters voting  Democratic in 1936.
14. Explain the results of the attempt to "pack" the Supreme Court.
15. Name the group most receptive to unionism in the 1930's.
16. Explain the result of the debate over the New Deal in Congress.
17. Show what happened when FDR attempted to purge conservatives.
18. Explain why radicalism was not attractive to most Americans.
19. Show how minorities benefited from the New Deal.
20. Explain the accomplishments of the New Deal.

Part C- Foreign Relations in the 1930's
 1.  Explain who favored isolationism in the 1930's.
 2.  Name those who influenced FDR's foreign policy thinking.
 3.  Explain the US position at the Montevideo Conference in 1933.
 4.  Explain FDR's ideas of foreign trade.
 5.  Explain why the US recognized the Soviet Union in 1933.
 6.  Describe the effect of the Nye Committee hearings.
 7.  State how FDR showed US disapproval of Italy in 1935.
 8.  Explain the US attitude toward Japan's invasion of China.
 9.  Explain the ideas behind FDR's quarantine speech in 1937.
10. Explain why FDR's quarantine policy failed.
11. Describe FDR's reaction to the outbreak of war in 1939.
12. Describe the results of Germany's "blitzkrieg" of 1940.
13. Describe Wendell Wilkie's views in 1940.
14. Explain the 1940 agreement between FDR & Churchill.
15. Explain the attitudes of most Americans in 1940-41.
16. Describe how FDR stretched his war-making powers in 1941.
17. Name whose who supported isolationism in the 1930's.
18. State the terms of the Atlantic Charter.
19. Explain why relations between the US & Japan worsened in the 1930's.
20. State the significance of Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor.

Part D- World War II
 1.  Describe the economic phenomena of WWII.
 2.  Explain how the US kept civilian spending from causing inflation.
 3.  Describe the economic & social trends encouraged by WWII.
 4.  State the successes of the FEPC.
 5.  Name the groups who dominated Congress in WWII.
 6.  Name the first principal fighting between the US & Germany.
 7.  Describe official US war policy after Pearl Harbor.
 8.  Name the commander of Allied Forces in North Africa.
 9.  State the most significant result of the North Africa campaign.
10. Categorize the Allied campaign for Italy.
11. Explain why the Allies established a second front in France.
12. Explain the significance of the Battle of Midway.
13. Explain overall US strategy in the Pacific.
14. Explain the results of the election of 1944.
15. List the principle agreed to by FDR & Churchill for postwar peace.
16. Explain what the Russians thought necessary for postwar peace.
17. Explain why the Allies demanded unconditional surrender.
18. Describe the results of the Cairo Conference.
19. Describe the agreements of the Yalta Conference.
20. Explain why Truman used atomic weapons against Japan.

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LEARNING OBJECTIVES UNIT 4

Part A- The Cold War
 1.  Describe the feelings of most Americans after WWII.
 2.  Describe Harry Truman's background before 1945.
 3.  Explain Stalin's interpretation of Yalta.
 4.  Explain the significance of the Nurnberg trials.
 5.  List the Soviet actions that aroused US fear and hostility.
 6.  Explain the treatment given to Germany after WWII.
 7.  Explain the occupation policy of Japan.
 8.  Explain the purpose of the Truman Doctrine.
 9.  Explain the purpose of the containment policy of George Kennan.
10. Describe the successes of the Marshall Plan.
11. Describe the results of the Berlin Crisis of 1948.
12. Describe the main purpose of the Taft-Hartley Act.
13. Explain how Truman helped civil rights advance.
14. Explain Truman's surprise victory in 1948.
15. Explain Truman's Point Four program in 1949.
16. Explain the difference in strategy in Korea.
17. Explain why Truman fired MacArthur from his Korean command.
18. Describe the events that supported "McCarthyism".
19. Explain how Congress dealt with McCarthy in 1950.
20. List the issues in the election of 1952.

Part B- The 1950's & 1960's
 1.  List Eisenhower's goals as President.
 2.  Explain the theory of "executive privilege".
 3.  Describe the reasons for the downfall of Joe McCarthy.
 4.  Explain the results of Brown v. Board of Education (1954).
 5.  List the tactics of civil rights activists in the 1950's.
 6.  Describe how Eisenhower & Dulles conducted US foreign policy.
 7.  Discuss how Eisenhower ended the Korean War.
 8.  Explain the "domino theory" of President Eisenhower.
 9.  Explain why Eisenhower refused to use US troops in Vietnam.
10. Explain the Eisenhower Doctrine.
11. Discuss the Eisenhower foreign policy in Latin America.
12. Explain why the Summit meeting of 1960 collapsed.
13. Explain Eisenhower's valedictory speech.
14. Discuss the important factors in the election of 1960.
15. Show how JFK responded to Russia's wars of liberation.
16. Discuss JFK's economic policies.
17. Explain how the second Berlin Crisis was solved.
18. Discuss JFK's objections to missiles in Cuba.
19. Explain the results of the Cuban missile crisis.
20. Explain how Cuban-American relationships deteriorated.

Part C- LBJ to Ronald Reagan
 1.  Discuss the results of LBJ's war on poverty.
 2.  List the civil rights initiatives of the LBJ administration.
 3.  List LBJ's domestic programs passed by Congress in 1965-66.
 4.  Describe LBJ's foreign policy in Latin America.
 5.  List the reasons for Americanization of the Vietnam War.
 6.  Describe how the US military erred strategically in Vietnam.
 7.  Describe the important factors in the 1968 election.
 8.  Name Richard Nixon's national security adviser.
 9.  Explain the new anti-war protests in 1970.
10. Name Richard Nixon's opponent in 1972.
11. List the groups expected to support Nixon in 1972.
12. Describe Nixon's plan to end the Vietnam War.
13. Describe Nixon's actions in 1972 when the peace discussions stalled.
14. Discuss the results of Ford's pardon of Nixon in 1974.
15. Discuss the Democrats response to the energy crisis.
16. Discuss the Republicans response to the energy crisis.
17. Name the fastest-growing ethnic group in the 1970's.
18. Explain Jimmy Carter's election victory in 1976.
19. Name the most effective conservative spokesman in the 1970's.
20. Explain Ronald Reagan's election victory in 1980.

Part D Reagan to Present
 1.  Explain the main principles of Reagan's supply side economics.
 2.  Describe how Reagan hoped to reduce government spending
 3.  Describe Reagan's domestic accomplishments.
 4.  Describe the successes & failures of Reaganomics.
 5.  Explain how Reagan restored US standing inthe world.
 6.  Describe the basic tenet of Reagan foreign policy
 7.  Describe Reagan's Latin American foreign policy.
 8.  Describe Reagan's foreign policy toward the USSR in 1987-88.
 9.  Explain Reagan's administrative style.
10. Explain the factors involved in the 1988 election.
11. Describe the main elements of Bush's foreign policy.
12. Describe the events leading to US foreign policy successes in Kuwait.
13. Describe the campaign & results of the election of 1992.
14. Discuss Clinton's domestic policy in his first term.
15. Describe the Clinton impeachment.