Final Exam Review

Final Exam Review 2015

-        Units 6-12

-        Format- Objective (multiple choice)

-        1 Essay

-        Primary source analysis (cartoon, excerpt)

 

Unit 6: Becoming a World Power and the Age of Progressivism

1. Define imperialism
2. Identify the causes of imperialism
3. What were the causes and results of the Spanish-American War?
4. How did the Spanish-American War increase America as a world power? Territories acquired?
5. What is the Monroe Doctrine?
6. Arguments for and against imperialism
7. What did Alfred Mahan believe was necessary to be a world power?
8. Define Yellow Journalism:
9. Roosevelt Corollary:
10. Who were the Progressives? Goals?
11. What was the Progressive time period?
12. Reform problems from industrialization, immigration and urbanization
13. Who was Boss Tweed?
14. Define Muckraker
15. Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle influenced the passing of what legislation?
16. 18^th amendment:
17. 19^th amendment:

Unit 7: Chapter 19- World War I

18. Underlying Causes of World War I: nationalism, militarism, alliances
19. Immediate cause- Assassination of Archduke Francis Ferdinand
20. Trench warfare:
21. Central Powers:
22. Allied Powers:
23. Identify 3 events that caused America to join the war: German unrestricted sub warfare- Lusitania, Sussex Pledge; Zimmerman note; Russian Revolution
24. How were ethnic ties of Americans influences at the start of WWI?
25. Liberty Bonds, rationing, Daylight Savings time
26. Identify 3 of Wilson’s 14 Points:
27. What was the League of Nations? Why was it unsuccessful? Why did the U.S. Senate reject it?
28. What was decided at the Treaty of Versailles? How was Wilson’s plan for peace different from the other Allies?

Unit 8: Chapter 20 and 21- The Roaring Twenties

29. The 1920s was a time of dissenting values between the cities and countryside. Prove this. – Prohibition, Religion, Race, Red Scare
30. Changing role of women- flappers
31. Installment buying:
32. Speculation:
33. Consumer Economy:
34. Communism:
35. Impact of prohibition in cities
36. Impact of automobile on economy and society
37. How did radio and the movies create a mass culture?
38. Harlem Renaissance:
39. Role of heroes
40. Issue at the Scopes Trial:
41. Advertising in the 1920s:
42. Rise of KKK
43. Who was the Lost Generation? Beliefs?
44. Economic danger signs of the 1920s

Unit 9: Chapter 22 and 23- The Great Depression

45. Hoover’s way to deal with the depression
46. 1932 election candidates; winner
47. The New Deal: (3 goals)
48. How did FDR’s New Deal Program change the role of the federal government?
49. What did FDR do to get America out of the depression?
50. Bank holiday:
51. Significance of the Migrant Mother:
52. FDIC:
53. What did Huey Long promise the American people?
54. What was promised in the Social Security Act:
55. How did Germany get out of the depression? Why did Germany invade the Rhineland?

Unit 10: Chapter 24 and 25- The World War II Era

56. 4 causes of WWII
57. Mussolini, Stalin, Hitler, Roosevelt
58. What did Hitler do to promote the Aryan race?
59. US Neutrality Acts
60. Lend-Lease Act
61. Axis Powers:
62. Allied Powers:
63. Why did Japan bomb Pearl Harbor?
64. Rationing, Victory Gardens:
65. Double V Campaign
66. Treatment of Japanese-Americans:
67. Rosie the Riveter:
68. D-Day:
69. FDR’s Four Freedoms
70. Island-hopping:
71. How did the end of WWII lead to the problems of the Cold War?
72. United Nations

 

Unit 11- The Cold War Era- Chapter 26-31

73. Define Cold War:
74. Why was Communism considered a threat to America?
75. Containment policy:
76. Truman Doctrine:
77. Explain how conformity was a theme of the 1950s.

78.  1950s economy

79.  Role of TV

80.  Rock and Roll impact

81.  Over all mood/theme of the 1950s

82.  Brown v Board of Education

83.  Why did the Soviets build the Berlin Wall

84.  Goals of JFK’s New Frontier

85.  Bay of Pigs Invasion

86.  Cuban Missile Crisis

87.  Nikita Khrushchev

88.  Goals of LBJ’s Great Society

89.  Watergate Scandal

90.  Goals of conservatives

91.  Goals of liberals

Unit 12- 1980s and 1990s

92.  Goals of Ronald Reagan

93.  1980s economy

94.  Overview of Reagan’s presidency

95.  Overview of George H. Bush’s presidency

96.  Reason for involvement in Persian Gulf War

97.  Overview of Clinton’s presidency

Unit 12 Questions

CP U.S. History

Unit 12- 1980s and 1990s Ch. 33 and 34

1.     Identify Mikhail Gorbachev.

2.     What led to the collapse of Communist regimes in Europe?

3.     Explain the events in Tiananmen Square.

4.     Explain what happened during the Iran-Contra Scandal.

5.     Why did the Persian Gulf War begin?

6.     Identify the purpose of Operation Desert Storm.

7.     Summarize President George H. Bush’s presidency.

8.     Summarize the 1992 election. Candidates? Clinton’s platform?

9.     Explain the role of Hillary R. Clinton.

10. Explain the economy and welfare under Clinton.

11. Identify crime and terrorist events that took place in the 1990s.

12. Summarize foreign policy under Clinton, including the role of NAFTA.

13. Who was Newt Gingrich?

14. Summarize the 1996 election.

15. Explain the impeachment process against Clinton.

16. Summarize the 2000 election and why it was controversial.

17. Explain George W. Bush’s antiterrorist measures, war against Iraq, and domestic agenda.

Unit 11 Test Guide

Unit 11 Test Guide- The Cold War Era 1950s-1970s

-       Why was there a post WWII economic boom?

-       Identify the post war migrations that took place, and the reasons for them.

-       Identify the effects of the 1950s baby boom

-       What were the post war goals of the U.S and the Soviet Union

-       Years of the Cold War

-       Containment policy and Truman Doctrine

-       Why did the Berlin Airlift occur?

-       Purpose of NATO, Warsaw Pact

-       Why did the Korean War take place? Outcome?

-       JFK’s New Frontier program

-       Why did Soviets build Berlin Wall in 1961?

-       JFK’s policy of flexible response

-       Reason for and outcome of the Bay of Pigs Invasion

-       Reason for and outcome of Cuban Missile Crisis

-       LBJ’s Great Society

-       The Earl Warren Court liberal decisions (know the cases)

-       Link the rise of liberalism in the 1960s to the rise of conservatism in the 1970s

-       Know the difference between the beliefs of liberals and conservatives

-       What caused the economic decline of the 1970s? (besides the oil crisis)

-       Were the decisions of the Warren Burger court liberal or conservative, why?

-       Identify the significance of Title IX

-       Explain Richard Nixon’s domestic policy of New Federalism. Was it conservative or liberal?

-       Why did the energy crisis occur in 1973? Role of OPEC. Effect on America?

-       What happened during the Watergate scandal?

-       Explain Nixon’s foreign policy of detente

A Class Divided

Due- Tuesday

value- 10 points

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A Class Divided

In 1968 Jane Elliot of Ricetown, Iowa was supposed to teach a Sioux Indian lesson to her third grade class with the prayer "Help me not judge a person until I have walked in his shoes." However, the day after Martin Luther King was assassinated, she decided her students needed a life-long lesson. As a result, her brown eyes, blue eyes experiment taught her third graders an influential lesson on discrimination.

Choose one of the following questions and write a three quarters of a page typed response, citing specific examples from the program. (font size 12, double-spaced)

1. What did you learn from the program? What scenes do you remember the most? Did any part of the film surprise you? Also explain how easily children (and even adults) are molded in their thinking and behavior. How did the negative and positive labels placed on the group become self-fulfilling prophecies? Be sure to discuss the children's/adults’ body language.

2. How did Jane Elliot's discrimination create no-win situations for those placed in the inferior group? How did she selectively interpret behavior to conform the stereotypes she assigned? Explain the results.

1960s Research

1960s Research. 30 points.

Answer the following questions on a word document.  Must be TYPED and DOUBLE-SPACED and include a correct MLA heading. You may work with one other student, however, all students will turn in a copy of the answers. Include the questions before each answer.  All questions must be answered correctly and thoroughly IN YOUR OWN WORDS with the help of your textbook and credible sources on the internet.  Pictures must be formatted to a reasonable size. Organization and neatness of your paper will be considered.

JFK as President (1961-1963, Democrat)

1.     The 1960s are labeled a “tumultuous” decade. Define tumultuous.

2.     Who were the candidates in the 1960s election? How did television impact the election?  Provide a picture of both candidates side by side on tv.

3.     Identify 2 precedents JFK set as president.

4.     Make a list of John F. Kennedy’s visions within his “New Frontier” program for America. (5 examples)

5.     Explain JFK’s foreign policy of “flexible response.”

6.     Why did Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev build the Berlin Wall in 1961? Provide a picture of the construction of the wall.

7.     How did JFK handle the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962? Find a picture of the map of the targeted areas of the U.S from Cuba.

8.     Why was JFK assassinated in 1963? Who was the assassin? Identify the role of Jack Ruby. Provide a picture of the motorcade prior to the assassination.

LBJ as President (1963-1969, Democrat)

1.     Lyndon B. Johnson’s program was the “Great Society.” Identify aspects of this program. (5 examples) Provide a picture of LBJ.

2.     LBJ’s Great Society program is most like which former program?

3.     Explain the purpose of freedom riders.

4.     What was the Black Power movement? Leader? Goals?

5.     Explain the main ideas Betty Friedan’s novel The Feminine Mystique. Provide a picture of the novel cover.

6.     Explain what is meant by the Domino Theory.

7.     What was the goal of America upon entering the Vietnam conflict. Provide a map with a picture of Vietnam.

8.     How many U.S. troops were sent to Vietnam in 1964? 1965? 1966? 1967?

9.     Summarize the anti-war protests in America. What were the main arguments of the protesters? Provide 3 pictures of anti-war protests.

10. Explain the over all beliefs of the counter-culture movement during the 1960s.

11. Identify the two assassinations that took place in 1968 in America.

12. Who won the 1968 election? What did he promise Americans?

The 1960s over all…

1.     Explain why the 1960s was a liberal decade. Be sure to understand what the term means.

1950s Video- Happy Days

“Happy Days” – Video

1. Dwight David Eisenhower enjoyed immense popularity when he was president between 1953 and 1961. What was Ike¹s appeal? Why was he so popular?

2. The 1950s witnessed the most prosperous economy in American history. How did this prosperity transform the country?

3. Discuss gender roles in the 1950s. Why were these roles so rigid? How have these roles changed? How have they remained similar?

4. Television became part of almost every American home in the 1950s. What was the impact of television on 1950s culture?

5. Why was television so popular? How has the role of television in American society changed? How has it remained the same?

6. Rock-n-roll debuted in the 1950s and caused consternation among some of the older generation. Why were traditionalists so concerned about the effects of rock-n-roll?

7.  Discuss the impact of Elvis Presley on American culture and American music.

8. Discuss the impact of the Baby Boom. How did this boom fuel rock-n-roll and the youth culture of the 1950s?

9.  What is an icon? Discuss the impact of some of the icons of the 1950s.

10. African-Americans chose the 1950s as the decade to change the system of segregation. How did Martin Luther King, Jr. become the leader of this Civil Rights Movement?

11. Discuss the events that happened at Central High School in Arkansas. What was the impact for the rest of the nation?

12. Explain the impact of automobiles in the 1950s.