US History A Level - THEME 1 - The Changing Political Environment: 1917 - 1980
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When was Woodrow Wilson’s presidency?
1913 - 1921
When was Warren G. Harding’s presidency?
1921 - 1923
When was Calvin Coolidge’s presidency?
1923 - 1929
When was Herbert Hoover’s presidency?
1929 - 1933
What year was described as the ‘Red Summer’ due to number of strikes?
1919
What year did Hoover send troops with tear gas and bayonets to deal with the protesting Bonus Army?
1932
What financial scheme in the 1920s made it easier for consumers to buy goods over a period of time?
Hire purchase
The 1929 Agricultural Marketing Act set up which organisation/board to buy key crops and stabilise prices?
Federal Farm Board
How many supposed communists were arrested in the Palmer Raids?
6000
When were the Palmer Raids?
1919
Out of the suspected communists arrested in the Palmer Raids how many were then concluded to deserve deportation?
556
Which president’s administration was involved in the Teapot Done scandal?
Warren G. Harding
What were the shanty towns that sprung up in the Great Depression nicknamed?
Hoovervilles
Which president introduced the idea of ‘Rugged Individualism’?
Herbert Hoover
What was President Harding’s campaign promise to the American people?
Return to normalcy
What year was the Emergency Quota Act first introduced?
1921
How many people per year did the Emergency Quota act restrict the number of immigrants to?
357,000
When was the Washington Conference?
1921 - 1922
When was the Fordney - McCumber Tariff Act?
1922
What tariff act encouraged people to ‘buy American?’
The Fordney - McCumber Tariff Act in 1922
What is Laissez-faire French for?
‘Leave well alone’
What did the policy of Laissez-faire encourage?
Minimal government interference with the economy and social problems
When was the First Red Scare?
1919 - 1920
Define Anarchist
A person who believes in letting people run their own lives without formal government
Define Isolationism
A political philosophy that advocates for the avoidance of political and economical entanglements with other countries
When was the Communist Party of America (CPUSA) founded?
1919
What was Franklin D. Roosevelt’s 1932 campaign slogan?
Happy days are here again
When was Franklin D. Roosevelt’s presidency?
1933 - 1945
When was Roosevelt’s First New Deal?
1933
When was Roosevelt’s Second New Deal?
1935
What were Roosevelt’s collection of radio broadcasts called?
Fireside Chats
What was the Lend-Lease act?
Allowed the US to lend war supplies to any nation deemed "vital to the defense of the United States."
When was the Lend-Lease act passed?
1941
When was the Destroyers-For-Bases deal?
1940
What was the Destroyers-For-Bases deal?
Navy destroyers were transferred to the Royal Navy from the US Navy in exchange for land rights on British possessions.
What does HUAC stand for?
House Un-American Activities Commission
When was HUAC set up?
1938
What did HUAC do?
It investigated alleged disloyalty on the part of private citizens, public employees and organizations suspected of having Communist ties.
When was the Truman Doctrine?
1947
What did the Truman Doctrine mean?
It meant the US would provide political, economic, and military assistance to democratic countries deemed under the threat of communism
When was the Tydings Committee?
1950
What did the 1950 McCarran Act do?
It forced members of communist organisations to register with the government or risk fines or imprisonment.
How many members of the CPUSA were there in the mid 1950s?
5000
When was Harry Truman’s presidency?
1945 - 1953
When was Dwight Eisenhower’s presidency?
1953 - 1961
When was John F. Kennedy’s presidency?
1961 - 1963
When did USA enter WW1?
1917
When was the Prohibition Amendment passed by Congress?
1917
When was the Republic ascendancy?
1921
When did the Korean War break out?
1950
When was Lyndon B. Johnson’s presidency?
1963 - 1969
When was Richard Nixon‘s presidency?
1969 - 1974
When was Gerald Ford‘s presidency?
1974 - 1977
When was Jimmy Carter‘s presidency?
1977 - 1981
When was Ronald Reagan‘s presidency?
1981 - 1989
When were the Neutrality Acts passed?
1935 - 1937
When was Pearl Harbour bombed by the US?
7th December 1941
Who said “The only thing we have to fear is fear itself”
Franklin D. Roosevelt
When was the National Security Council formed?
1947
When was the Second Red Scare?
1947 - 1957
When was the President’s Emergency Committee for Employment set up?
1930
Which president set up the President’s Emergency Committee for Employment?
Herbert Hoover
Which president set up the National Security Council?
Harry Truman
What did the National Security Act of 1947 do?
It reorganised the US foreign policy and military
How many US soldiers died in Vietnam?
58,220
Which year was the Tet Offensive?
1968
What was the Tet Offensive?
It was where the North Vietnamese and communist Viet Cong forces planned an attack on towns and cities in South Vietnam during the Tet (lunar new year) holiday
When were the Paris Peace Accords signed?
1973
Define Proxy War
A war in which opposite sides use third parties as substitutes for fighting each other directly
When was Watergate found out?
1972
Which president promised a “New Frontier”?
John F. Kennedy
When was the Cuban Missile Crisis?
1962
When did the Vietnam war start and go until?
1955 - 1975
When did the Korean war start and go until?
1950 - 1953
Who was the leader of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (Viet Cong)?
Ho Chi Minh
When was the Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) founded?
1959
How many students were involved in the SDS March on Washington to End the War in Vietnam?
15,000 - 25,000
When was the SDS March on Washington to End the War in Vietnam?
1965