Mr. Klaff



	US History Regents Thematic Essays since 2004 (return to United States Regents Review Sheet) NOTE - THE COMPLETE ESSAYS AND EXAMS CAN BE FOUND AT THE BOARD OF REGENTS WEBSITE. THIS IS MERELY A BRIEF SUMMARY OF WHAT THE ESSAYS WERE ABOUT. 2011 August THEMATIC - Geographical features influencing history. Choose 2 events related to geography and explain the impacts of the event. (Erie Canal construction, Panama Canal, Transcontinental Railroad) DBQ - Expansion of Democracy in America - Suffrage, Progressivism, etc) June THEMATIC - Amendments. Choose 2 Amendments and show how they impacted America (13th = Abolition, 17th = Direct Election of Senators, 19th = Women's Suffrage) DBQ - Explain the differences and/or similarities of society in the 1920s and 1930s. January THEMATIC - Diversity and Court Cases. Choose 2 court cases that either limited or expanded the rights of specific groups. (Korematsu limited rights for the Japanese, Brown expanded Black rights, whereas Plessy limited them). DBQ - Cold War ... analyze the events of Presidents JFK, Nixon, and Reagan 2010 January THEMATIC - Writing and Reform. Choose 2 writers, and show how they caused the government to act. (Upton Sinclair and meatpacking / FDA, Thomas Paine and the Revolution, Harriet Beecher Stowe and abolition) DBQ - Explain how water affected the development of the US (Rivers, canals, etc) June THEMATIC - Positive and negative affects of technology. Choose 2 ... Car, internet, television, radio) DBQ - Reform Movements - Women's Suffrage, Temperance, Child Labor. What was the problem? To what extent was the problem solved? August THEMATIC- Choose 2 Presidential decisions in American history, and show the impacts. (Lincoln and emancipation, Truman and the atomic bomb, Washington and Neutrality.) DBQ - Negative and positive effects of geography on American History. 2009 January *THEMATIC - Pieces of writing that influenced society. Choose 2 (Thomas Paine's Common Sense, Upton Sinclair's The Jungle, Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin.)* DBQ - The decisions of the Warren Court (Supreme Court of the 50s and 60s) June THEMATIC - Discrimination of rights. Explain policies that helped, or hurt specific groups. Choose 2. (Native Americans and Indian Removal, Korematsu case for the Japanese, slavery for African Americans) DBQ - Impact of industry on American society from the Civil War to WWI August *THEMATIC - Supreme Court Cases. Choose 2, explain the historical circumstances, decision, and impact. (Brown, Korematsu, Miranda, Tinker, Schenck, Gideon, Mapp, etc)* DBQ - Challenges facing Presidents Washington, Lincoln, and Franklin Delano Roosevelt. 2008 January THEMATIC - Groups affected by War. Choose 2 (African Americans after the Civil War, Indian Wars, women in WWI and WWII, Japanese in WWII) DBQ - Reformers of the 19th and 20th Centuries. Abolition, Populism, Progressive Era) June THEMATIC - Change by individuals other than Presidents. Choose two, and show how their actions led to government actions. (Muckrakers, Carnegie and industrialization, Martin Luther King Jr., and civil rights, Henry Ford and the automobile) DBQ - Presidential actions during crisis. Civil War, Bonus March, and Little Rock 9. August THEMATIC - Economic Policy. Describe two actions taken by the government to help the economy. (FDR's New Deal, Tariffs, Social Security, Reagan's tax cuts) DBQ - Political and Economic impacts of the automobile. 2007 January THEMATIC - Geography - Discuss 2 actions taken by the US Government because of Geography. (Monroe Doctrine, Lewis and Clark, Homestead Act, Panama Canal) DBQ - The Vietnam War and it's impact home and abroad. June THEMATIC - Choose 2 individuals who had an impact solving problems in America. (Martin Luther King Jr., Jackie Robinson, Henry Ford Betty Friedan) DBQ - Similarities and differences between the women's rights and civil rights movements. August THEMATIC - Choose 2 individuals who had an impact solving problems in America. (Martin Luther King Jr., Jackie Robinson, Henry Ford Betty Friedan) DBQ - Government policy and technology influencing growth in the US economy. 2006 January THEMATIC - Controversial Issues. Choose 2 controversial issues that divided the country and explain how the government addressed each issue. (Prohibition, Civil Rights, Segregation, Immigration, Native American Removal) DBQ - Geography's influence on American expansion. June THEMATIC - Turning Points. Choose 2 economic, political, and/or social turning points that led to landmark changes. (Automobile, Brown v. Board of Education, Declaration of Independence, or really, anything important.) DBQ - Mass Media's impact on American society. August THEMATIC - Migrations of People. Choose 2 groups, and explain why they moved, and the impact of the migration. (The Great Migration, Native American Removal) DBQ - The Cold War's affect on the nation. 2005 January THEMATIC - Foreign Policy. Choose 2 American foreign policy actions, the immediate or long term consequences, and if self-interest was promoted. (Big Stick Diplomacy, Marshall Plan, Lend-Lease Act, Fourteen Points) DBQ - Goals of the Progressive Reformers. June THEMATIC - Reform Movements. Choose 2 Reform movements, their goals, and if their goals were achieved. (Abolition, Prohibition, Women's Suffrage, Progressive Era) DBQ - Foreign Policy: Isolation vs. War before WWII. August THEMATIC - Cold War. Explain 2 Cold War conflicts and how the government operated during them. (Cuban Missile Crisis, nuclear weapon limits of SALT, Berlin Airlift) DBQ - Problems in America during the Great Depression. 2004 January THEMATIC - Amendments. Choose 2, and explain why they were adapted, and how they affected American society. (any amendment will do) DBQ - Expanding education to all Americans. June THEMATIC - Actions taken by the US because of geographic factors. Choose 2. Explain the action, influences, and impact of each action. (Panama Canal, Monroe Doctrine, Louisiana Purchase) DBQ - Civil War and Reconstruction -- explain social, economic, and political changes that took place. August THEMATIC - Reform Movements. Choose 2, and explain the circumstances and impact. (Progressive Era, Abolition, Prohibition, Women's Suffrage) DBQ - Westward Expansion during the 1800s.