IXL skill plan | United States History and Government plan for the New York Regents Examinations

Skill plan for the New York Regents Examinations - United States History and Government

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Stimulus-Based Multiple-Choice Questions
Stimulus-Based Short-Essay Questions
Civic Literacy Document-Based Essay

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Part I Stimulus-Based Multiple-Choice Questions
Key ideas
Colonial foundations (1607–1763)		1. The Southern Colonies 2. The Middle Colonies 3. The New England Colonies
Colonial foundations (1607–1763)
1. The Southern Colonies 2. The Middle Colonies 3. The New England Colonies

Constitutional foundations (1763–1824)		The American Revolution 1. The Revolutionary War: part I 2. The Revolutionary War: part II The early republic 3. The Constitutional Convention 4. The presidency of George Washington
Constitutional foundations (1763–1824)
The American Revolution 1. The Revolutionary War: part I 2. The Revolutionary War: part II The early republic 3. The Constitutional Convention 4. The presidency of George Washington

Expansion, nationalism, and sectionalism (1800–1865)		The early republic 1. The War of 1812 The antebellum period 2. The growth of sectionalism 3. Indian removal and the Trail of Tears 4. Antebellum reform movements • Coming soon: Abolitionism The Civil War 5. Causes of the Civil War: compromises 6. The Civil War: part I 7. The Civil War: part II
Expansion, nationalism, and sectionalism (1800–1865)
The early republic 1. The War of 1812 The antebellum period 2. The growth of sectionalism 3. Indian removal and the Trail of Tears 4. Antebellum reform movements • Coming soon: Abolitionism The Civil War 5. Causes of the Civil War: compromises 6. The Civil War: part I 7. The Civil War: part II

Post-Civil War era (1865–1900)		Reconstruction 1. Presidential Reconstruction 2. Radical Reconstruction The Gilded Age 3. The Jim Crow system
Post-Civil War era (1865–1900)
Reconstruction 1. Presidential Reconstruction 2. Radical Reconstruction The Gilded Age 3. The Jim Crow system

Industrialization and urbanization (1870–1920)		The Gilded Age 1. Industry in the Gilded Age 2. Cities in the Gilded Age 3. Labor in the Gilded Age The Progressive Era 4. The presidency of Theodore Roosevelt 5. Progressive Era reform movements
Industrialization and urbanization (1870–1920)
The Gilded Age 1. Industry in the Gilded Age 2. Cities in the Gilded Age 3. Labor in the Gilded Age The Progressive Era 4. The presidency of Theodore Roosevelt 5. Progressive Era reform movements

The rise of American power (1890–1920)		The Progressive Era 1. The rise of U.S. imperialism • Coming soon: The Spanish-American War World War I 2. World War I: causes and U.S. entry 3. World War I: the home front and battlefront
The rise of American power (1890–1920)
The Progressive Era 1. The rise of U.S. imperialism • Coming soon: The Spanish-American War World War I 2. World War I: causes and U.S. entry 3. World War I: the home front and battlefront

Prosperity and depression (1920–1939)		The 1920s 1. Prohibition The Great Depression 2. Causes of the Great Depression 3. Identify New Deal agencies
Prosperity and depression (1920–1939)
The 1920s 1. Prohibition The Great Depression 2. Causes of the Great Depression 3. Identify New Deal agencies

World War II (1935–1945)		1. Causes of World War II 2. Japanese American internment • Coming soon: World War II: U.S. entry • Coming soon: World War II: the European front
World War II (1935–1945)
1. Causes of World War II 2. Japanese American internment • Coming soon: World War II: U.S. entry • Coming soon: World War II: the European front

Cold War (1945–1990)		Post-World War II 1. Introduction to the Cold War 2. The presidency of Dwight D. Eisenhower • Coming soon: The Vietnam War The 1960s 3. The presidency of John F. Kennedy The 1970s 4. The presidency of Richard Nixon • Coming soon: The presidency of Jimmy Carter
Cold War (1945–1990)
Post-World War II 1. Introduction to the Cold War 2. The presidency of Dwight D. Eisenhower • Coming soon: The Vietnam War The 1960s 3. The presidency of John F. Kennedy The 1970s 4. The presidency of Richard Nixon • Coming soon: The presidency of Jimmy Carter

Social and economic change/domestic issues (1945–present)		Civil rights 1. Civil rights movement: school desegregation The 1980s to the present 2. The presidency of Ronald Reagan: domestic policy and legacy
Social and economic change/domestic issues (1945–present)
Civil rights 1. Civil rights movement: school desegregation The 1980s to the present 2. The presidency of Ronald Reagan: domestic policy and legacy

The United States in a changing world (1990–present)		• Coming soon: The Gulf War
The United States in a changing world (1990–present)
• Coming soon: The Gulf War

Part II Stimulus-Based Short-Essay Questions
Social studies skills
Evaluating sources		1. Identify primary and secondary sources 2. Identify facts and opinions
Evaluating sources
1. Identify primary and secondary sources 2. Identify facts and opinions

Chronological relationships		1. Read and create timelines
Chronological relationships
1. Read and create timelines
Source analysis
Constitutional foundations (1763–1824)		1. Source analysis: the Federalist Papers 2. Source analysis: the Declaration of Independence
Constitutional foundations (1763–1824)
1. Source analysis: the Federalist Papers 2. Source analysis: the Declaration of Independence

Expansion, nationalism, and sectionalism (1800–1865)		1. Source analysis: What to the slave is the Fourth of July?
Expansion, nationalism, and sectionalism (1800–1865)
1. Source analysis: What to the slave is the Fourth of July?

Prosperity and depression (1920–1939)		1. Source analysis: the Great Migration 2. Source analysis: fireside chats
Prosperity and depression (1920–1939)
1. Source analysis: the Great Migration 2. Source analysis: fireside chats

Social and economic change/domestic issues (1945–present)		• Coming soon: Source analysis: Letter from Birmingham Jail
Social and economic change/domestic issues (1945–present)
• Coming soon: Source analysis: Letter from Birmingham Jail

Part III Civic Literacy Document-Based Essay
Civic issues		1. What are civil liberties and civil rights? 2. Supreme Court cases on the Bill of Rights 3. Supreme Court cases on the Fourteenth Amendment: incorporation
Civic issues
1. What are civil liberties and civil rights? 2. Supreme Court cases on the Bill of Rights 3. Supreme Court cases on the Fourteenth Amendment: incorporation

Constitutional issues		1. The Bill of Rights 2. Interpreting the Constitution 3. Supreme Court cases on the balance of power
Constitutional issues
1. The Bill of Rights 2. Interpreting the Constitution 3. Supreme Court cases on the balance of power

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