California Standards
Test CST in US History Review Sheet for the CST History Social
Science Test for 11th Graders in the STAR Program.
According to the
California Education website, the following breakdown is used for
questions for the CST US History test:
Foundations of American
and Social Thought - 10 questions
Industrialization and the
US Role as a World Power - 13 questions
United States Between the
World Wars - 12 questions
World War II and Foreign
Affairs - 12 questions
Post-World War II
Domestic Issues - 13 questions
Key Terms To
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Indentured Servitude ,
Chesakpeake Bay ,
Bacon's Rebellion,
, Ne w
England Town Meetings ,
Anne Hutchinson ,
.
Zenger Trial ,
Mayflower Compact ,
Separatists and City Upon a Hill ,
Salutary Neglect ,
Metacom ,
Middle Passage ,
Stono Rebellion ,
House of Burgesses ,
Great Awakening
I, ,
Halfway Covenant,
, .
Fundamental Orders of Connecticut ,
Albany Plan of Union ,
Battle of Quebec ,
French and Indian War ,
Mercantilism ,
Proclamation of 1763 ,
Stam p
Act
, Townshend Acts ,
Boston
Massacre ,
Committees of Correspondence ,
Tea Party ,
Intolerable Acts ,
Common Sense ,
Continental Congress ,
Olive Branch ,
Declaration of
Independence ,
Saratoga ,
Valley Forge ,
Yorktown ,
Republican Motherhood ,
Articles of
Confederation land ordinances , Shays’ Rebellion ,
Philadelphia Convention ,
Federalists and Anti Federalists ,
Federalist Papers ,
Federalist #10 ,
Great Compromise , 3/5 Compromise ,
Commercial Compromise ,
Delegated Powers,
Federalism ,
Elastic Clause/Implied Powers, ,
Bill of Rights ,
Whiskey
Rebellion , Jay and
Pinckney Treaties,
Neutrality , XYZ Affair ,
Alien and Sedition Acts ,
Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions ,
John
Marshall
and
Judicial Review ,
Louisiana Purchase , Lewis and
Clark ,
Embargo Act ,
The Chesapeake ,
Hartford Convention , American System ,
Monroe Doctrine , Corrupt Bargain , Section alism ,
Spoils System ,
Caucus and Nominating Conventions ,
Jacksonian Democracy and Alexis de Tocqueville ,
Tariff of Abominations ,
John C. Calhoun ,
South Carolina Exposition and Protest ,
Ordinance of Nullification ,
Indian Removal Act ,
Trail of Tears , Great
Awakening II ,
Transcendentalism ,
Unitarians , Mormons ,
Seneca Falls
Convention ,
Temperance ,
Hudson River School ,
Brook Farm , Abolition ,
Missouri Compromise ,
Manifest
Destiny ,
The Alamo ,
Wilmot Proviso ,
Compromise of 1850 ,
Kansas-Nebraska Act ,
Bleeding Kansas ,
Lecompton Constitution ,
Republican Party ,
Dred Scott Case ,
Lincoln-Douglas Debates ,
John Brown ,
Election of 1860 ,
Secession ,
Fort Sumter ,
Anaconda Plan ,
Emancipation Proclamation ,
Civil War Draft ,
Homestead Act ,
Impeachment of Johnson ,
Freedmen’s Bureau ,
Black Codes ,
Reconstruction Acts of 1867 ,
Carpetbagger ,
Literacy tests ,
KKK ,
Jim Crow ,
Sharecropping ,
Home Rule ,
New South ,
Nativism ,
Transcontinental
Railroad ,
Robber Barons and Trusts ,
Social Darwinism and Edward Bellamy ,
Gospel of Wealth ,
Knights of Labor ,
AFL ,
IWW ,
Pendleton Act ,
Railroad Strike of 1877 ,
Pullman Strike
Haymarket Affair ,
Sherman Anti-Trust Act ,
Granger Movement ,
Dawes Act ,
Wounded Knee ,
Roosevelt Corollary ,
Big Stick Diplomacy , and
Panama Canal , Teller and Platt Amendments ,
.
Open Door Policy / John Hay ,
Populism ,
Cross of Gold Speech ,
Conservation ,
Ballinger-Pinchot , John Muir ,
Triangle Fire ,
Settlement Houses ,
Election of 1912 ,
Clayton
Antitrust Act ,
Underwood Tariff ,
FTC ,
Lusitania ,
Zimmerman Note ,
Red Scare ,
Lost Generation ,
Flapper ,
Sacco and Vanzetti ,
. Mother's
pensions ,
Great Migration ,
Harlem Renaissance ,
Teapot Dome ,
Scopes Trial ,
Dust Bowl , Bonus Army ,
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
and Smoot-Hawley Tariff ,
Fireside Chats , Relief Recovery Reform ,
John Maynard Keynes ,
Bank Holiday ,
AAA ,
FDIC,
SEC ,
CCC, WPA, PWA, TVA, ,
NIRA and NRA ,
Social Security ,
Court Pack ,
Huey Long ,
Lend
Lease Act , Pearl Harbor ,
D-Day ,
Yalta Conference ,
Japanese Internment ,
Island Hopping and Atomic Bomb ,
War Bonds and Taxes to beat the Axis! ,
Ta ft-Hartley, Beatniks, Rosiethe Riveter, G.I. Bill ,
Atlantic Charter and U nited Nations ,
Truman Doctrine ,
Containment ,
Marshall Plan ,
U2 ,
Sputnik ,
Rosenbergs ,
McCarthyism ,
Berlin Airlift ,
NATO and Warsaw Pact ,
Bay of Pigs Invasion ,
Cuban Missile Crisis ,
Star Wars ,
Gulf of Tonkin ,
Tet Offensive ,
Domino
Theory ,
Military-Industrial Complex ,
Hippies ,
D é tente
Nixon Doctrine ,
Nixon and ping pong diplomacy ,
Little Rock 9
,
Civil Rights Act of 1964 ,
George Wallace ,
Great Society ,
Watergate ,
War Powers Act ,
Camp David Accords, staglfation ,
Reaganomics
Iran Hostage
Crisis ,
Equal Rights Amendment ,
César Chávez ,
Silent Spring
,
NAFTA
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MAJOR CONCEPTS
Wha t
were the major events of the American Revolution? Also know the
French and Indian War.
What role did religion play
in the colonies?
The Pilgrims were
separatists , Puritans are non-separatists. The way you
remember this is: on Thanksgiving (Pilgrims) you separate
your turkey from your stuffing and cranberry sauce. Separatists
disassociated themselves from the King of England who was the head of
the Church of England.
What were the weaknesses of
the Articles of Confederation?
What were the major
Compromises of the Constitution?
Why did America want
Independence? What did the Declaration of Independence actually say?
How
do the branches of government check one another?
What was Washington’s
stance on foreign policy?
How are the Virginia and
Kentucky Resolutions related to secession plots during Jackson's
Presidency?
What
were the major events of the War of 1812? I can think of
more
than one .
What were the major issues
under "Jacksonian Democracy ."
Hint: Tariff, Bank, Nominating Conventions, Spoils System, Trail of
Tears, Specie Circular, Ordinance of Nullification , Force Bill.
(Perhaps that was more than a hint.)
How
did America expand during manifest destiny?
What were the causes of the Civil War? What part did slavery play in
it? Know your compromises! (see below)
You may
want to know about
certain ... important ...
Civil
War ... Battles , and
facts .
How did the United States
deal with Native Americans from colonial days to the Gilded Age?
How did women affect social
movements?
Westward Expansion -- Know
the Turner Thesis, Homestead Act , and the plight of
Native Americans
during manifest destiny.
What were the strength and weaknesses of Presidential and
Congressional Reconstruction? What happened in its aftermath?
What
happened during the Gilded Age concerning "Robber Barons" and
industrialization?
What were some of the
cultural innovations of the Roaring 20s? Sports, Music, etc.
Why did
immigrants move towards cities? How did the cities emerge?
How did Populists influence
the Progressives?
What were the Progressive
Reforms?
How
did American foreign policy change c1898?
One answer is this , which
resulted in this .
All of the Progressive Reformers you
need to know.
What was the controversy
over the Treaty of Versailles
Ratification ?
Rachel Carlson's
Silent Spring comes up all the time. It's a book about
environmentalism.
Why was it called the
Roaring 20s?
What were the
causes of the
Great Depression , and the solutions implicated by
the New Deal (RRR)?
How did we stay neutral before WWII? How was WWII a
Glorious War?
What
were the major clashes of the Cold War?
How did different
generations of Americans clash during the 60s and 70s?
How did segregation come to
an end? What impact did the Warren Court have? Know all about the
Civil Rights Leaders of all Eras , and the importance of
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
What's the deal with
Federalist #10?
Don't get confused: W.E.B.
Du Bois wanted absolute equality...Booker T. Washington wanted
gradual gains. Remember: W.E.B. =
W ants
E quality
for B lacks...Booker
T .,
for T uskegee
Institute.
Charts for
Federalism and Checks and Balances
Checks and Balances
Song
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Marbury v. Madison =
Judicial Review
McCulloch v. Maryland
= Federal Supremacy, and the right to charter a bank. "The Power to
Tax is the Power to Destroy!"
Here's a list of other important
John Marshall decisions.
Worcester v. Georgia =
The Supreme
Court ruled that Georgia could not pass legislation regarding
Cherokee lands.
Dred Scott v Sandford
= Roger B. Taney says that slaves are property and can not sue in
court. The Missouri Compromise is reversed.
Muller v. Oregon =
Limits hours women can work.
Adkins v. Children's
Hospital = refutes Muller decision.
Schenck v. US =
"Clear and Present Danger" Can't shout "FIRE!!!!" in a crowded
theater (limits free speech).
Schecter v. US - Declares the NIRA Unconstitutional
US v.
Butler -
Declares AAA Unconstitutional
Insular Cases
Slaughterhouse Cases
Korematsu v. US = Japanese
Internment is Constitutional as Executive Order 9066 states that in
times of War, rights can be limited.
Plessy v. Ferguson =
Justifies Jim Crow laws, and "separate but equal."
Brown v. Board of Education of
Topeka KS ........ Ends
segregation in schools.
Roe v. Wade =
legalizes abortion, but not in all cases.
Dennis v. US
- Due process limited because of a fear of Communism. Similar to
"clear and present danger" mentioned above.
Miranda v. Arizona, Gideon v. Wainwright, Mapp v. Ohio = rights
of the accused.
Amendments Lesson and Bill of Rights Song
VIDEO
TIMELINE OF
MAJOR DATES!!!
COMPROMISES
Constitutional =
The Great Compromise (Virginia (bicameral on population) vs. NJ Plan
(equal representation), 3/5 Compromise, and
Commercial Compromise.
Civil War:
Missouri Comp, Comp of 1850, K-N Act (KNOW THESE PROVISIONS WELL)
1820 - Missouri is
a slave state, no slavery north of 36'30, Maine is a free state. --
Henry Clay.
1850 - Fugitive
Slave Law, No Slave Trade in DC, former Mexican Territory now Utah and
New Mexico has Popular Sovereignty, California is Free, Texas gave up
western land and received $10 Million to pay off its national debt. --
Authored by Henry Clay
1854 - Kansas
Nebraska Act = Popular Sovereignty. This of course led to Bleeding
Kansas, then the Lecompton Constitution. -- Authored by Stephen Douglas
Political
Parties
Federalist
--> Whigs --> Republicans (Free Soilers and Know Nothings unite here)
Democrat-Republicans --> National Republicans (era of good
feelings) --> Democrats
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TARIFFS TO KNOW
1. 1828 Tariff of
Abominations (and Compromise Tariff)
2.
Underwood Tariff of 1913
- Democrats regain office and decrease the tariff rates.
3. Hawley Smoot Tariff of
1930 = Raised tariffs to highest point since the Tariff of
Abominations. This was done mostly to protect the agriculture
industry.
D
... D EMOCRATS,
TARIFFS GO D OWN,
HELP D ee
POOR, D eep
or Solid South.
R
... R epublicans,
R aise
Tariffs, Less Taxes for the
R ich,
Favor R ailroads
and R obberbarons.
Also comprise the R eligious
R ight.
Remember -- when Democrats
are in office, tariffs typically go down. When Republicans are in
office, tariffs typically go up. Tariffs eased after WWII.
AFL AND
KNIGHTS OF LABOR
BAGS (Bread Butter
Issues /AFL / Gompers / Skilled
KUPS (Knights / Unskilled
/ Powderly / Strike more ... (Unskilled spellers can't spell cups!)
HAMILTON VS JEFFERSON
MNEMONIC DEVICE ...
SAFE PLANES
Jefferson favors
S tate
rights and a S trict
Interpretation of the Constitution, A griculture,
F rance,
the E ducated
Commoner
SAFE
Hamilton = Favors
the P ropertied
or Wealthy, L oose
Interpretation of the Constitution, an
A rmy,
N ational
Bank, E ngland,
and S trong
Government
PLANES
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Presidential
Slogans ...
TR (Rep) = A Square Deal
for Americans! Support consumers over trusts.
Woodrow Wilson
(Dem) =
New Freedom (defeats TR's New Nationalism) and trustbusts with even
more tenacity!
Warren G. Harding
(Rep)
= Return to Normalcy post WWI
FDR (Dem) = The New Deal
- Public Works, and Government Economic influence
Truman (Dem) = A Fair
Deal - social improvement, and healthcare.
Eisenhower (Rep) =
Dynamic Conservatism. The 1950s = A conservative time, economically
(Gov supports Big Business), politically (McCarthyism), and socially
(Women at home, Leave it to Beaver ). Eisenhower also signed the
Interstate Highway Act to connect the country together with roads.
JFK (Dem) = The New
Frontier, liberal problem solving for poverty, racial prejudice, and
international aid.
LBJ (Dem) = The Great
Society - Money to the poor, education, and an end to discrimination.
THESE
WOMEN ARE POPULAR TOPICS!
Betty Friedan
was a feminist who wrote The Feminine Mystique . She supported
equal rights for women, and was the first president of the National
Organization for Women (NOW).
Phyllis Schlafly was opposed to modern feminism. She was outspoken
against the ERA (Equal Rights Amendment).
So...Betty wanted women to be FREE (Friedan), Phyllis wanted to give
them the Shaft (Schlafly).
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