American History Teacher's Book of Lists

Fay R. Hansen (B.A., political science; M.S., American history, Florida State University; M.A., European history, Cornell University) is a former teacher and currently a writer and editor of books, articles, and research reports on political and economic trends as well as research analysis for state legislative reforms. Her most recent resource, Ready-to-Use Citizenship Activities for Grades 5-12, was published in 1998.

• PART I: BEGINNINGS. SECTION 1: Pre-Columbian Populations, Exploration and Natural History.Pre-Columbian population groups of North America.Early overseas explorers in North America.Internal exploration of the United States.Grant for Christopher Columbus, 1942.Geographic profile of the United States.Notable rivers of the U.S.Major U.S. lakes.Primeval forests, 1800.American trees.National parks of the United States.Major national monuments.Chronology of notable natural disasters, 1643-1999.Famous American undersea explorers.Famous American polar explorers.SECTION 2: The Colonies.Chronology of the 1600s and 1700s.Mayflower Compact, 1620.Colonies and founders.Colonial capitals.Colonial cities.Population of the colonies in 1700.Colonial population estimates, 1610-1800.Largest U.S. cities in 1790.Slave population in 1790.Chronology of slavery in the colonies.Chronology of the life of Jonathan Edwards.Edwards' "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God," 1741.SECTION 3: American Revolution and the New Nation.Chronology of the American Revolution, 1764-1788.Continental Congresses.Patrick Henry: "Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death," 1775.Major battles in the Revolutionary War.Virginia's Declaration of Rights, 1776.Declaration of Independence, 1776.Delegates to the Constitutional Convention, 1787.States voting to adopt the Constitution.Bill of Rights, 1791.Northwest Ordinance, 1787.Slave Trade Statute, 1794.State requirements for voting rights, 1790 and 1828.Chronology of the War of 1812.Key's "The Star-Spangled Banner".Population by state, 1800.Chronology of the life of Benjamin Franklin.PART II: POLITICAL HISTORY.SECTION 4: The Presidency and Electoral Politics.Chronology of the right to vote, 1620-1975.Comparative voter participation levels.Voter turnout in U.S. federal elections, 1960-1996.The workings of the Electoral College.Presidential elections, 1789-1996.Qualifications for federal office.Federal campaigning contribution limits.Presidents and Vice President, 1789-1999.First ladies.First ladies who have addressed Congress.Order of succession to the President.Creation of cabinet departments.Chronology of the life of William Clinton.Franklin D. Roosevelt's first inaugural address, 1933.John F. Kennedy's inaugural address, 1961.U.S. Secretaries of State, 1789-1996.Federal agencies and commissions.Presidents elected with less than half the votes.Presidential vetoes, 1789-1996.Chronology of the Watergate crisis.Section 5 Congress.20th century congressional leaders.Standing committees of Congress.Major filibusters, 1789-1999.Special sessions of Congress.Salaries for the President, Congress, cabinet officers, and court justices, 1999.Members of the 105th Congress who were Governors of their states.Party leaders in Congress.Speakers of the House of Representatives, 1789-1998.House Democratic floor leaders, 1899-1999.House Republican floor leaders, 1899-1999.House Democratic Whips, 1901-1999.House Republican Whips, 1897-1999.President Pro Tempore of the Senate, 1789-1997.Checks and balances.Steps in the legislative process.Chronology of development of congressional staffs.Section 6 The Judiciary.Justices of the U.S. Supreme Court, 1789-1999.Chief Justices of the U.S. Supreme Court, 1789-1999.Major causes of the Marshall Court, 1801-1835.Profiles of Supreme Court Justices, 1999.U.S. Circuit courts.Common legal terms in U.S. courts.Important U.S. Supreme Court cases.Important U.S. Supreme Court cases by topic.SECTION 7: State Governments.Admission of the 13 original states.Territorial expansion and the creation of states, 1791-1999.Secession and readmission of states.State name origins.States and their capitals.Official state birds, trees, and flowers.Division of federal, state, and local powers.Three branches of state government.Richest and poorest statesPart III Diplomacy and Military History.Section 8 Foreign Relations and Diplomacy.Major treaties of the 19th century.Monroe Doctrine, 1823.Major treaties of the 20the century.Truman Doctrine, 1947.Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 1948.Membership of the United Nations, 1996.Representatives of the U.S. to the United Nations, 1946-1999.Women in the U.S. Foreign Service.Organization of a US Diplomatic Mission.Chronology of the evolution of the Foreign Service.African-Americans in the State Department and Foreign Service.American Nobel Peace Prize winners, 1906-1999.Chronology of foreign diplomacy, 1776-1999.Spies and espionage, 1775-1999.Chronology of foreign aid, 1939-1999.Agencies of the United Nations.United Nations Secretaries General.SECTION 9: Conflicts of the 19th Century.Major conflicts in US history.Chronology of conscription in the US, Colonial Era to 1999.Chronology of the 1800s.Chronology of slavery, 1800-1865.Chronology of Mexican-American War, 1845-1848.Events preceding Civil War.Influential abolitionist.Chronology of the Civil War, 1861-1865.Worst Civil War battles.The Battle Hymns of the Republic.Executive Cabinet of the Confederate States of America, 1861-1865.Civil War battles by campaign.Chronology of the Spanish-American War, 1895-1899.Indian wars of 1854-1900.Important American Indian chiefs and leaders.Famous Americans on the Western Frontier.Major weapons, 1750-1999.SECTION 10: Conflicts of the 20th Century.Commissioned ranks in the US military.Elements of the Armed Forces.America's relative economic position on the eve of World War I.Warring nations of World War I.Major events of World War I.Major battle of World War I.Major weapons of World War I.Military casualties in World War I, 1914-1918.Warring nations of World War II.Major events of World War II.Major battles of World War II.World War II US military leaders.Major weapons of World War II.World War II casualties.Atlantic Charter, 1941.Franklin D. Roosevelt's address to the nation, 1941.Chronology of the development of the atomic bomb.Major events of the Korean war.Major events of the Cold War.Chronology of the Vietnam War.Tonkin Gulf Incident, 1964.US military casualties in Southeast Asia, 1957-1995.Events of the Gulf War, 1990-1991.Allies in the Persian Gulf War.US Wars: Percentage of population in the military.US Wars: Casualties.US Wars: Costs.US active duty military deaths, 1980-1996.US strategic nuclear warheads, 1945-1996.Known nuclear tests worldwide, 1945-1960.Largest Armed Forces, 1998.Largest defense budgets, 1997.PART IV: ECONOMIC HISTORY.SECTION 11: Macroeconomics Trends.Real gross domestic product, 1959-1998.GDP, inflation and unemployment projections, 1998-2009.Productivity growth, 1947-1996.The Great Depression.Major New Deal programs.Important Supreme Court cases on monopolies.US business cycle expansions and contractions, 1854-1999.Consumer price index and purchasing power of the consumer dollar, 1913-1988.Consumer price index-urban consumers (CPI-U), 1977-1998.Trends in major components of the CPI, 1989-1998.US trade deficit, 1987-1997.Ten largest banks in the US by deposits, 1999.Energy expenditures by state, 1998.Farm economics by state, 1997.Effective tax rates, 1901-1999.Deficits, surpluses and debt, 1956-1998.Public debt, 1791-1986.History of the Federal Reserve.Important terms in US banking and economics.SECTION 12: Industrial and Technological Development.Important dates in US industrial development, 1830s-1900.Major industrial and technological inventions and achievements, 1713-1897.Major industrial and technological inventions and achievements, 1900-1999.Chronology of the US space program.Largest US manufacturing plants, 1900.Average number of wage earners per plant in manufacturing, 1870 and 1900.Origins of major US businesses, 1802-1999.Wealthiest Americans.Notable American bridges.Important canals.American engineering: Important US skyscrapers, 1884-1999.Leading US ports, 1997.Largest defense contractors, 1998.Largest US foundations, 1997.US business leaders, 1763-1999.Chronology of the US railroad industry, 1815-1999.Twenty-five largest US corporations, 1999.History of the internet.Largest retailers in the US.Most prolific patentees in the US.First ten trademarks issued in the US.First ten patents in the US.First women patentees in the US.Computer fortunes made in the US.SECTION 13: Work Force.Civilian labor force, 1935-1998.Employment in manufacturing, 1850.Employment in goods-producing industries, 1920-1999.Employment in manufacturing, 1919-1999.Employment in computer and data processing services, 1972-1999.Women in the work force, 1947-1998.Strikes and lockouts, 1947-1998.Chronology of the US labor movement.Unions affiliated with the AFL-CIO, 1999.Unions membership in the United States, 1930-1998.Union membership by occupation and industry, 1997.Union membership by state, 1997.Ten industries and occupations with the fastest employment growth, 1996-2006.Value of the federal minimum wage, 1954-1996.PART V: SOCIAL HISTORY.SECTION 14: Demographics.Urban populations, 1790.Urban populations, 1800.Population at selected ranks from 1st to 100th of the largest urban places, 1790-1900.Population of the United States by census year, 1790-1900.Three most populous states by census year, 1790-1900.Distribution of the 10,25,50 and 100 largest urban places by religion, 1790-1900.Population and population change, 1900-1997.Population of the 100 largest urban places, 1850.Population of the 100 largest urban places, 1900.Population and density of the 100 largest places, 1950.Population and density of the 100 largest places, 1990.Population of New York City, 1900-1990.Population density by state, 1997.Median household income by state, 1995-1997.Mean income received by each fifth and top 5 percent of households, 1967-1997.Total income per household member by race, 1980-1997.Families in poverty, 1959-1997.State population growth, 1990-1997.State population by race, 1996.Current population.Most popular given names, 1880-1997.Most common surnames in the US, 1997.Most common causes of death in the US, 1996.Major US epidemics, 1793-1997.SECTION 15: Public Institutions.Chronology of public education, 1635-1999.Public schools by state.Early American colleges.Large US colleges and universities.Common 19th century medical terms.Health expenditures.Violent crimes by state, 1995.Most common reasons for arrest in the US, 1996.Largest prisons in the US, 1998.States with the highest rates of prison incarceration, 1997.State with most prison inmates, 1997.Murders in US cities, 1986-1996.Homicide rates, 1950-1997.States with the largest number of executions, 1977-1997.States with largest number of prisoners under death sentences, 1997.Earliest electrocutions at Sing Sing Prison, New York, 1891-1893.Chronology of development of criminal justice system.Prison and jail inmates, 1985-1997.Sex, race and Hispanic origin of local jail inmates, midyear 1985, 1990-1997.Chronology of Alcatraz Prison.US Supreme Court decisions on the death penalty.Death penalty statistics, 1997.Prisoners under sentences of death, 1968-1997.SECTION 16: Ethnic, Social, and Religious Groups.American Indian populations in the US.Resources on American Indians.Books on American Indians.Largest Indians reserve.American Indian tribes with populations greater than 30,000.Excerpts from Geronimo, His own story.Chronology of black America, 1961-1999.Slave population by states, 1850.Major events in the 20th century civil rights movement.Chronology of the life of Martin Lurther King, Jr.King's "I Have A Dream" speech, 1963.Chronology of Asian American history.Notable black Americans.Notable American women.First US woman in space.Chronology of the women's right movement.Seneca Falls Resolutions, 1848.Declaration of Sentiments, 1848.Chronology of the life of Susan B. Anthony.Books on the US suffrage movement.Major events in American religious life.Fastest growing religious affiliations in the US, 1970 and 1995.Christian denominations in the US, 1998.Notable American families, 1620-1999.PART VI: INTELLECTUAL AND CULTURAL HISTORY.SECTION 17: American writers.Important American authors.Chronology of the life of Ralph Waldo Emerson.Chronology of the life of Edgar Allan Poe.Excerpts from Moby Dick, 1851.Herman Melville's death notice, 1891.Works by Henry James, 1875-1919.Famous quotations from Mark Twain.Chronology of the life of William Faulkner.Winners of the Pulitzer prize for Fiction, 1918-1998.Bestsellers in the 1960s.Notable American poets.American poet laureates.Important American playwrights.Chronology of the life of Allen Ginsberg.Important American print and broadcast journalistSECTION 18: Visual Arts.Important American painters.Notable American photographers.Important sculptors and conceptual artists in America.Notable craftspeople in America.Important American architects.SECTION 19: Academic Disciplines.Major American philosophers.Major American economists.Major American archaeologists, anthropologists and linguists.Notable American historians.Notable American sociologist.American winners of the Nobel Prize for Chemistry.American winners of the Nobel Prize for Physics.Major scientific discoveries and accomplishments, 1746-1999.SECTION 20: Performing Art and Popular Culture.Chronology of the performing arts: music, theater and dance, 1640-1999.Chronology of American movie-making, 1891-1999.American television broadcasting: a history of the medium.Top 100 Nielsen markets, 1998.Chronology of American radio broadcasting, 1895-1999.Protest songs— Woodie Guthrie.Protest songs of the 1960s and 1970s.Inductees in the Rock 'n Roll Hall of Fame.Most played US jukebox singles of all times.Largest public libraries in the US.Earliest public libraries in the US.Longest published magazine in the US.Oldest newspaper in the US.Daily newspaper with largest circulation, 1997.