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SYNTHESIS!
“Like in kind, but in a different time”
The rules
: Once you see the initial topic, think of another
event that you could connect it to, the broad theme that
connects them, and be able to
EXPLAIN
the connection. Slide2
Expansion of US Territory and Power
Connect the Louisiana Purchase
to an event/trend either before it or after
Manifest Destiny/War with Mexico
US Imperialism/Spanish-American war
Increasing intervention/world power after WWIISlide3
Impact of Literature
Connect Uncle Tom’s Cabin
to an event/trend
either before it or after
Common Sense
How the Other Half Lives
Silent Spring
The Jungle
The Feminine Mystique
The Other AmericaSlide4
Clash Between the States and Federal Government
Connect the Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions
to an event/trend either before it or after
SC nullification crisis
Current marijuana laws—ex. Colorado
Current backlash to gay marriage laws/court rulings
Fugitive Slave Law/Anthony BurnsSlide5
Internal Migration
Connect the First Great Migration
to an event/trend either before it or after
Colonists moving past the Appalachians
Westward migration/Manifest Destiny
Second Great Migration
Internal movement during Great Depression/Okies
Sunbelt
Exodusters
Homestead Act
Relocation of Native Americans
to reservationsSlide6
Expansion of Federal Power During War
Connect the Espionage Act
to an event/trend either before it or after
Alien and Sedition Acts--Adams
Suspension of Habeas Corpus--Lincoln
Patriot Act--Bush
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution--LBJ
War Powers Act--Nixon
Executive Order 9066--FDRSlide7
Civil Rights
Connect the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to an event/trend either before it or after
Booker T. Washington/
DuBois
Reconstruction—13
th
, 14
th
, 15
th
amendments
Abolition movement—Garrison, The Liberator,
Frederick Douglass,
19
th
amendment (note the general connection between civil rights and women’s rights)
Indiana’s Religious Freedom Restoration Act (2015) Slide8
Reform Movements
Connect the Progressive Era to an event/trend either before it or after
Antebellum Reform
Populists
Great Society
The New Deal
The New Frontier
Radical Reconstruction
Gay Liberation Movement
Civil Rights Movement
Women’s Liberation Movement Slide9
Radicalism in Labor Movements
Connect the Haymarket Riot to an event/trend either before it or after
Wagner Act
Reagan and Air Traffic Controllers
Red Scares
Sacco and Vanzetti
IWW
Emma Goldman
Palmer RaidsSlide10
Federal Economic Policy
Connect the Second National Bank/Bank War to an event/trend either before it or after
Hamilton and First National Bank
JP Morgan
Glass-
Steagall
Act/FDIC
Populism—bimetallism
Nixon and the gold standard
TARP
Supply-side economics
Keynesian Economics
Federal Reserve ActSlide11
Immigration
Connect the Chinese Exclusion Act to an event/trend either before it or after
Gentlemen’s Agreement
National Origins Act
Old vs. New Immigrants
Know-Nothing Party
Hart-Cellar Act
Bracero Program
Current immigration issues—
illegal immigration,
DREAM Act
Rise in Asian and Latin American immigrants post-1965Slide12
Wartime Turning Points/Watershed Battles
Connect the Tet
Offensive
to an event/trend either before it or after
Saratoga
Gettysburg
Midway
D-Day
Battle of New Orleans
(turning point in identity, nationalism)
Battle of Little Big Horn Slide13
Environmental Concerns
Connect Teddy Roosevelt’s conservation efforts
to an event/trend either before it or after
Sierra Club
CCC
TVA
Climate Change
Silent Spring
EPA
Earth Day
Three Mile Island
DDT/pesticides
Love Canal
Decimation of the bison
Keystone Pipeline
Columbian Exchange
Kyoto Protocol Slide14
Isolationism vs. Interventionism in US Foreign Policy
Connect the Nye Committee
to an event/trend either before it or after
Washington’s Farwell Address
Conflict over the Treaty of Versailles/US does not join League of Nations
Roosevelt Corollary
Monroe
Doctrine
Alfred Mahan
Embargo Act 1807
Quasi War
Lend-Lease
Marshall Plan
Truman Doctrine
NATO
UN
Containment
Bush Doctrine
Good Neighbor Policy
Kellogg-Briand Pact
54’40 or Fight
Mexican-American War
Big Stick Policy
Kissinger—Shuttle Diplomacy
Korea and VietnamSlide15
Women’s Roles and Rights
Connect the Seneca Falls Convention to an event/trend either before it or after
Republican Motherhood
Women’s Suffrage Movement—Susan B. Anthony,
Elizabeth Cady Stanton , Alice Paul
19
th
Amendment
Abolition movement
15
th
Amendment
Women’s Liberation Movement
ERA
Gloria
Steinam
, Betty Friedan,
Phyllis
Schlafly
Roe v. Wade
Women’s role in temperance and other antebellum reformsSlide16
Rebellions
Connect Bacon’s Rebellion to an event/trend either before it or after
Whiskey Rebellion
Boston Tea Party
Shay’s Rebellion
Stono
Rebellion
Regulators
Paxton Boys
Sons of Liberty
Nat Turner’s Rebellion
Occupy Wall Street
Bonus ArmySlide17
Native Americans
Connect the Dawes Severalty Act to
an event/trend either before it or after
Indian Removal Act
Trail of Tears
Pequot War
King Phillips War
Reservation policy
Ft. Laramie Treaty
Sand Creek Massacre
Little Big Horn
Wounded Knee
AIM
Worchester v. Georgia