EOC - End of Course Exam
You must take the state-created End of Course Exam to earn credit for United States History. This is a proctored exam that you will take at the school you attend full-time. There are only certain dates that this test is given, so please be sure to register at your school well in advance. Contact your school's testing coordinator to register for your EOC. This year the testing window is May 1 - May 29th, 2019. It is worth 30% of your grade for the entire course, and it is cumulative over all of the material in segments/semesters one and two.
As you work through the course, be sure to make flash cards and take good notes that you can use to study for this exam. You may not use any notes or study aids during the actual EOC exam.
I will be working on creating reviews all year to help you prepare for your EOC. I am posting them on my website: teachmeushistory.com. Check it out!
As you work through the course, be sure to make flash cards and take good notes that you can use to study for this exam. You may not use any notes or study aids during the actual EOC exam.
I will be working on creating reviews all year to help you prepare for your EOC. I am posting them on my website: teachmeushistory.com. Check it out!
DBA Topics
You should be able to explain anything that is discussed in the lessons when I call you for your DBA. The topics below are ones I commonly ask about, but I may ask you about other topics as well. Also, these topics may change throughout the year. Be sure to check the list when you are scheduling your DBA window. If you know the module content well, you'll be fine. Remember you can also use your notes!
Segment I
Module 1:
Biggest cause of the Civil War (and explain why)
Other causes of the Civil War
Gettysburg Address
Pros and Cons of the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments
Plessy v. Ferguson
Pros and cons of the Dawes Act of 1887
Module 2:
Populism, Cross of Gold Speech, and surrounding issues
Vertical and horizontal integration
Tammany Hall (reason for existence, power base, negative actions, comparison to carpetbaggers)
Labor unions - good or bad? (be able to provide evidence to support your answer)
Module 3:
Arguments for and against U.S. imperialism
Examples of U.S. Imperialism at the turn of the twentieth century
Big Stick Policy and Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine
New technology in WWI
Fourteen Points
U.S. Foreign Policy post-WWI
Module 4:
Tariffs and Isolationism post-WWI
Great Migration
Example of racially-charged violence from the 1920s or 1930s
Nativism and The Red Scare (1920s)
Prohibition (enforcement, supporters, objectors)
FDIC (who, what, when, why)
Segment II
Module 5:
Transition from isolation to involvement in WWII
Japanese Internment Camps
Women and non-whites in WWII
The Big Three
How did the war ultimately end?
Module 6:
Highways
Suburbs and Baby Boom and conformity
How are communist regimes different from democratic governments? (name at least three ways)
Why was the Cold War "cold"?
Containment (provide examples)
Explain why Americans became disillusioned with the US government in the 1960s and 1970s.
Module 7:
Great Society
Why was there an African American civil rights movement in the 1950s and 1960s?
MLK vs. Malcolm X
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas
Did the U.S. government's policy toward Native Americans really change in the second half of the 20th century? Support with evidence (and you can support a stance that argues both yes and no... :) )
Module 8:
Watergate Scandal
Cold War under Nixon
Cold War under Reagan
Oil shortage, economic woes, and Reagonomics
Causes of public distrust in the government in the 1970s