U.S.
History Regents Review
Checklist of Important Terms
Following is a checklist of important terms, events, organizations, and Supreme Court cases that are frequently the focus of multiple-choice, thematic, and document-based questions. Please thoroughly familiarize yourself with these terms.
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Affirmative Action |
Marshall Plan (1948) |
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Articles of Confederation |
Mexican-American War (1846-1848) |
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Bill of Rights (1791) |
Miranda v. Arizona (1966) |
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Brown v. Board of Education (1954) |
Missouri Compromise (1820) |
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Civil War (1861-1865) |
Monroe Doctrine (1823) |
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Civil Rights Movement |
Muckrakers |
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Cold War (1945-1991) |
NATO |
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Collective Bargaining |
New Deal |
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Compromise of 1850 |
Immigration (Late 19th/early 20th centuries) |
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Concurrent Powers |
Nineteenth Amendment |
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Containment |
Open Door Policy (1899) |
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Declaration of Independence (1776) |
Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) |
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Elastic Clause |
Popular Sovereignty |
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Electoral College |
Populist Party (1891-1896) |
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Fourteen Points (1918) |
Progressive Income Tax |
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Fourteenth Amendment (1868) |
Progressive Movement (1890-1920) |
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Frontier |
Protective Tariffs |
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Good Neighbor Policy (1930-1945) |
Reconstruction Era (1865-1877) |
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Grange Movement |
Reserved Powers of U.S. Constitution |
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Great Compromise (1787) |
Roe v. Wade (1973) |
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Great Depression (1929-1940) |
Segregation |
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Harlem Renaissance (1920s) |
Seneca Falls Convention (1848) |
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Impeachment |
Separation of Powers |
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Industrial Revolution |
Social Security Act (1935) |
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Isolationism |
Spanish-American War (1898) |
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Industrial Revolution |
Truman Doctrine |
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Jacksonian Democracy (1830s) |
United Nations |
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Jim Crow Laws |
Vietnam War (1962-1973) |
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Judicial Review |
War of 1812 |
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Korean War (1950-1953) |
War Powers Act |
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Ku Klux Klan |
Watergate Affair |
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League of Nations |
Women’s Rights Movement |
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Manifest Destiny |
World War I |
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Marbury v. Madison |
World War II |
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Dred Scott Case (1857) |
War on Terrorism |
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McCulloch v. Maryland (1819) |
Reagan Doctrine |
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Sherman Anti-Trust Act |
Pure Food and Drug Act |
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