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

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Note:
(CSS 2001)
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(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.