Why was the battle at saratoga significant

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Part 1-

1. Describe the events in the year before the Declaration of Independence that led the colonists to declare their independence.

2. Why was the Battle at Saratoga significant?

3. Why did the government under the Articles of Confederation encounter many problems?

4. Why was the Bill of Rights important?

5. Compare the positions of Hamilton and Jefferson.

Part 2-

1. What events from 1856 to 1860 led to the Civil War?

2. How did the North plan to win the Civil War?

3. What impact did the Emancipation Proclamation have on the Civil War?

4. What were the results of the Civil War?

5. What role did Congress play during Reconstruction?

Part 3-

1. Why did Native Americans and settlers come into conflict?

2. What was a cowboy's life like?

3. How did settlers change the Great Plains?

4. Describe the rise and fall of Populism.

Part 4-

1. Where did immigrants come from in the period from 1870 to 1920?

2. What problems arose in the growing cities?

3. What role did political machines play in cities?

4. What led to the call for civil service reform?

Part 5-

1. Describe the four areas of Progressive reform.

2. How did women's lives change in the early twentieth century?

3. What policies did Teddy Roosevelt pursue?

4. Why did the Republican Party split, and what was the result?

5. What progressive reforms did Woodrow Wilson advance, and which did he do little or nothing to achieve?

Part 6-

1. What factors shaped American imperialism?

2. How did the United States gain control of former Spanish colonies?

3. How did the United States administer its newfound territories?

4. How did Roosevelt assert American power?

Part 7-

1. What factors led to war in Europe?

2. What led the United States into World War I?

3. How did the war change American society?

4. What was contained in the Treaty of Versailles and why did Americans object?

Part 8-

1. How did people reveal distrust of others in the 1920s?

2. What happened to the labor movement in the 1920s?

3. What progress was made toward world peace in the 1920s?

4. What problems arose in Harding's cabinet?

5. What problems did the business boom hide?

Part 9-

1. What caused the Great Depression?

2. What affect did the Depression have on different groups of people in society?

3. How did the Depression affect the family?

4. How did President Hoover's response to the Depression change over time?

Part 10-

1. Describe actions taken in the first New Deal.

2. Describe policies of the Second New Deal.

3. How did the New Deal affect various groups?

4. What trends shaped American culture during the Depression?

5. Evaluate the impact of the New Deal.

Part 11-

1. What was the Cold War and how did it start?

2. Why did the United States get involved in the Korean War?

3. Why did fear of communism sweep the nation in the late 1940s and 1950s? What were some direct effects of this fear?

4. List some events of the 1950s that increased hostilities between the United States and the Soviet Union.

Part 12-

1. What social, economic, and political changes occurred after World War II?

2. What were the benefits and costs of prosperity in the 1950s?

3. Describe the values of 1950s popular culture and the subcultures that arose in opposition.

4. What groups were not touched by the prosperity of the 1950s?

Part 13-

1. How did the United States and Soviet Union confront each other during Kennedy's term and how did the situations end?

2. What policies did Kennedy push, and how well did he succeed in having them passed?

3. Describe Johnson's Great Society.

4. What decisions were made by the Supreme Court under Earl Warren?

Part 14-

1. How did the civil rights movement begin?

2. What events led Congress to pass the Civil Rights and Voting Rights acts?

3. How did the civil rights movement change?

4. Why could the results of the movement be called mixed?

Part 15-

1. Why did the U.S. enter the war in Vietnam?

2. Why could the U.S. not win a quick victory over the Vietcong, and what was the effect?

3. How did public opinion split over the war?

4. Why is 1968 considered a year of upheaval?

5. What were the effects of the war?

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