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Student Resources for the Expansion of Knowledge
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May 1st Regents Review Packet
May 1st Regents Review Packet is designed to gradually worked up throughout the year, that when completed will provide for a thorough understanding of American history through the lens of the NYS mandated Regents examination. Contains MCQ and Essay Topics.
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Progressive Era (1883-1920)
The Progressive Era Reading Packet contains fact based information that pertains to the era that sought to correct industrial expolitation in the United States; including MCQ and DBQ's.
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WWI-WWII (1917-1945) - Reading Packet
WWI-WWII Reading Packet contains fact based information of American foreign policy interventions that transformed the United States into a military superpower; including MCQ and DBQ's.
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American Industrialism (1865-1914) - Reading Packet
The American Industrialism Reading Packet contains fact based information pertaining to the United States changing its economic production from agriculture to manufacturing; including MCQ's and DBQ's.
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The Cold War (1945-1991) - Reading Packet
The Cold War Reading Packet contains fact based information more from an American perspective that divided the world between capitalist/democratic and communist/totalitarian philosophies.
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Modern American Politics (!929-Present) - Reading Packet
Modern American Politics Reading Packet contains fact based information on events and people of each decade from the Roaring 20's to the Present in order to aid in understanding the current political philosophies of conservatism and liberalism.
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Colonial America (1607-1783) - Reading Packet
Colonial Reading Packet contains fact based information of the origins of the United States from 13 colonies to the American Revolution; including Regents MCQ's.
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The Constitution (1781-1791) - Reading Packet
The Constutution Reading Packet contains fact based information pertaining to the supreme law of the United States and our system of government; including Regents MCQ's and DBQ's.
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Building a Nation (1789-1848) - Reading Packet
Building a Nation Reading Packet contains fact based information on the foundations of American government from George Washington to James K. Polk as the United States expanded westward; including MCQ's.
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The Cold War (1945-1991) - Videos
Capitalism vs. Communism comparison - Video
Containment - Truman Doctrine & Marshall Plan
MacArthur's Old Soldier's Speech
Bomb Shelter Government Film - Bert the Turtle
Kennedy's Man on the Moon Speech (1963)
Rise & Fall of the Berlin Wall
JFK Assassination (1963) - Overview
JFK Assassination - Zapruder Film
Kennedy Assassination - Primary Source
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Modern American Politics (1929-Present) - Videos
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The Constitution (1781-1791) - Videos
Articles of Confederation (1781)
Articles of Confederation, Shay's Rebellion, and Constitutional Convention
3/5ths Compromise - In-depth explanation
The Charters of Freedom - Texts
The Fallen Soldier - Veteran's Day
Article I - Legislative Branch
Principles of the Constitution
Federalist 51 - Separation of Powers & Checks& Balances
James Madison & The Federalist Papers
Federalists vs. Anti-Federalists
Publius vs. Brutus - Fed Soc Video
Why the Bill of Rights wasn't included in the original Constitution - Video
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Building a Nation (1789-1848) - Videos
George Washington - Oath of Office
George Washington - Exemplar of President
George Washington - American Cincinnatus Video
Alexander Hamilton - PU Biography
Hamilton's Financial Plan and Whiskey Rebellion
Cabinet Debate - Hamilton vs. Jefferson
Washington's Neutrality - Video
Neutrality Reenactment - Video
The Adams Presidency (1797-1801)
Political Parties: Federalists vs. Democratic-Republicans
Thomas Jefferson - PU Biography
Lewis & Clark Expedition - Virtual Tour
Marbury vs. Madison (1803) - Explained
Indian Removal Act/Trail of Tears
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American Industrialism (1865-1914) - Videos
Origins of the Industrial Revolution - England
Origins of Industrialism - Alexander Hamilton
Gilded Age - Industrialization
Fossil Fuels and Evolution of Industry
Mechanization - Steam Engine and Early Factory System
Industrial Inventions: Phonograph, Telephone, Electric Light
Transportation - Transcontinental Railroad
Transportation - Wright Brothers original footage
Transportation - Wright Brothers
Capitalism - Free Enterprise (Ms. H)
Social Darwinism & Eugenics - Video
Robber Barons - Carnegie, Rockefeller, and Morgan
Child Labor - Lewis Hines Photos
Skyscraper Workers Eating Lunch
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Progressive Era (1883-1920) - Videos
Boss Tweed & Tammany Hall - Video
Capitalism vs. Communism Compare & Contrast
Capitalism vs. Socialism Compare & Contrast
Capitalism vs. Socialism - PU Video
History of Labor Unions - Part II (Progressive Era)
Prohibition Movement - overview
Muckrakers - The Jungle Upton Sinclair
Muckrakers Jacob Riis - How the Other Half Lives
Ida Tarbell - The History of Standard Oil (1904)
Muckraker - Lewis Hines Child Labor
Lewis Hine - Child Labor Photos (No audio)
Fredrick Law Olmstead - Urban Planner and public parks
Jane Addams & Hull House - Video
Dorthea Dix - Mental Health Reformer
Booker T. Washington - Tuskeegee Institute
Marcus Garvey - Back to Africa
Seneca Falls Convention (1848)
Interstate Commerce Act (1887)
Theodore Roosevelt I - PU Video
Theodore Roosevelt II - PU Video
Theodore Roosevelt - Biography
Theodore Roosevelt - Fast Facts
President Theodore Roosevelt - Trust Buster
Howard WilliamTaft - PU Video
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WWI-WWII (1917-1945) - Videos
America - The Rise of a Superpower Overview
Minds Behind Imperialism - Fredrick Jackson Turner & Alfred Mahan
Commodore Matthew Perry - Japan
World War I - America Goes to War
WWI - Treaty of Versailles analysis
Treaty of Versailles - US Senate Debate
The Rise of Dictators - Italy, German, and Japan
Between the Wars - Rise of Nazism (Economy)
History of Japanese Imperialism & International Power
Axis Aggression - Japan, Italy, Germany
FDR - Date of Infamy Speech analysis
WWII Homefront - African Americans
WWII - Battle of the Bulge (1944)
WWII - Battle of Midway (1942)
Was it wrong to drop the Atomic Bombs on Japan - PU Video
WWII - African American Military Units