K-6 Praxis Social Studies Graded A

K-6 Praxis Social Studies Graded A European Exploration effects ️-Native American population: decreased, largely as result of the spread of infectious diseases form Europeans American Revolutionary War ️-cause: Taxation without representation Federalists ️Constitution: Advocated the creation of a strong "central" national government. Hoped to avoid development of political factionalism and political parties Anti-Federalist ️Constitution: Feared a strong national government would lead to tyranny. *Hoped to avoid development of political factionalism and political parties. *People who opposed ratification of the Constitution. George Washington ️1st President -Decision to leave after two terms important-disproved the criticism of the US Constitution that the President would become a new monarch. -Commander-in-chief of the Continental Army during the American Revolution () Thomas Jefferson ️3rd President of the United States -Delegate from Virginia at the Second Continental Congress -Wrote the Declaration of Independence. Thomas Jefferson- Lewis & Clark shortly after the LA purchase from France 1803 ️Purpose of expedition- To find a water route to the Pacific Ocean, explore the flora and fauna of LA territory for a waterway. Franklin D. Roosevelt ️32nd US President - -He began New Deal programs to help the nation out of the Great Depression:*by providing funding for public-works projects -He was the nation's leader during most of WWII -Strongly advocated an increased role for government in domestic matters Abe Lincoln ️16th President - Civil War President - Killed by John Wilkes Booth - wrote emancipation proclamation - gave gettysburg address Woodrow Wilson ️28th president of the United States, known for -World War I leadership- to make the world safe for democracy -Create Federal Reserve -Federal Trade Commission -Clayton Antitrust Act -progressive income tax, lower tariffs -women's suffrage (reluctantly) -Treaty of Versailles -sought 14 points post-war plan -League of Nations (but failed to win U.S. ratification) -won Nobel Peace Prize Ronald Reagan ️1980 and 1984; Republican; -New Right:thought government was not effective in solving social problems. - "Reagan Revolution": reduce reliance on government -Reagonomics: supply-side, laissez-faire, -send troops to Grenada, escalated the Cold War: "rollback" of communism, -Strategic Defense Initiative (Star Wars); War on Drugs, Iran-Contra affair, second