History Final sophomore s2

Why did congress establish a quota system for immigration in the 1920’s? What was it?

• Americans were worried too many immigrants were coming

• To limit the number of immigrants

• It was a law that only allowed a certain amount of immigrants to come to the US each year

Why was the 1920’s considered a boom?

• Because the economy grew rapidly, people bought a lot more new things

What were the 1920’s like?

• prosperous time known as the roaring 20’s, the jazz age, age of wonderful nonsense

Why did the economy worsen at the end of the 1920’s?

• buying on credit

• buying on margin

Why did the stock market crash in 1929?

• Because too many people were buying stocks with borrowed money and stock prices were higher than companies were actually worth

Why did the stock market crash hurt banks, too?

• Many banks invested peoples money in the stock market

• When the market crashes, that money was lost

List and describe the causes of the Great Depression?

• The stock market crash caused the Great Depression

What was the Dust Bowl and where did it take place?

• Caused by severe drought and poor farming

• Happened in the Great Plains

What impact did the Dust Bowl have on people who lived there?

• farmers and people had to leave their homes and they couldn’t grow their crops

• The storms ruined their homes and livestock

What were the effects of the Great Depression on Americans?

• people lost their jobs

• Banks closed

• Businesses failed

What was the New Deal?

• To help Americans recover by providing jobs, support, and relief

What was the impact of the New Deal on the Great Depression?

• Gave people jobs

• helped the poor

What happened on pearl Harbor, Hawaii?

• Japan attacked Pearl harbor and destroyed everything as well as killed many

• The next day the US declared war on Japan

How did Pearl harbor change Americans feelings about getting involved in WW2?

• Americans were very angry and wanted to get back at Japan

How did WW2 change life for American women? Who was Rosie the Riveter?

• Women took place in men’s jobs

• Rosie was a famous symbol for working women, inspired women at home during the war

How did WW2 impact life in the US during the war?

• People got jobs

• women worked more

• rationing

• war bonds

• Japanese Americans were sent to camps

Where did the US fight World War 2?

• Europe

• Pacific Ocean

• North Africa

How did the US support the allied powers before joining the war?

• US sent supplies, weapons, food

• Lend-Lease Act, which let the US lend materials

• Factories made tanks + ships

Why were Japanese Americans sent to internment camps? What was life like there?

• US worried Japanese Americans might help Japan

• Lived in small crowded huts, fenced with guards

What was D-day? Describe in detail.

• Happened on 6/4 1944

• Allied soldiers attacked Germany in France

• Goal was to free Europe from German control

• Normandy Beach

• Very dangerous

• Start of the end for Nazi Germany

What is island hopping and why was it an American war strategy?

• US captured 1 island at a time to get closer to Japan

• Helped US save time, supplies, and lives

What was the Manhattan project?

• To build an atomic bomb

• Why did Harry Truman decide to use nuclear weapons on Japan?

• Wanted to end the war without more Americans dying

• Believed it would cause Japan to surrender

What happened in a lot of Eastern European countries after WW2?

• Many countries were controlled by USSR and they set up communist governments

• Time called “Cold war” , US and USSR didn’t fight directly

How did the US try to stop communism from spreading in Europe after WW2?

• Marshall plan

• NATO

What was the Cold War?

• US and USSR didn’t fight directly but competed for things

• “Cold” because there was no war between them

What was the Red Scare?

• US was afraid of communism

• Time of fear and suspicion about communism in the US

Why didn’t the US or USSR ever actually use nuclear weapons during the Cold War?

• Mutually Assured Destruction

What happened in the Korean War? How did it end?

• Began in 1950

• North Korea invaded South Korea

• Both sides signed a ceasefire to stop fighting

What happened in the Vietnam War/ How did it end?

• Fight between North + South Vietnam

• US got involved to stop spread of communism in South Vietnam

• The US signed a peace treaty

• North Vietnam took over South Vietnam making the whole country coommunist

What was Sputnik and how did it make Americans feel?

• 1st satellite sent to space

• Launched by USSR

• Led to US improving science + tech education in the US

Who was Bert the Turtle and what did he teach?

• Cartoon character

• Taught kids how to protect themselves during a nuclear bomb attack

• known as “Duck & Cover”

What was the Bay of Pigs Invasion & what happened?

• Failed attempt to overthrow Cuba’s communist leader

Describe the Cuban Missile Crisis?

• USSR put missiles in Cuba

• The world feared a nuclear war

• USSR agreed to remove i’s missiles if the US promised not to invade Cuba

What was the Domino theory, how did it impact US foreign policy during the Cold War?

• Idea that if one country became communist nearby countries would too

• Led the US to get involved in the Vietnam War

How did press coverage of events during the Vietnam War affect the US?

• Americans saw the violence & people questioned if the US should be involved

• Caused Americans to lose support for the war

How did Americans feel about the war in Vietnam, why?

• At first they supported the war because they wanted to stop communism

• Overtime people turned against it

• They saw the violence which upset them

How did Ronald Reagan deal with the Cold War?

• Increased Military spending

• Made peace agreements with soviet leader

What was the decision in Brown vs. Board of Education?

• Racial segregation in public schools was unfair + illegal

• “separate but equal”

What was Dr. King’s strategy for achieving Civil Rights for Black Americans?

• He believed in non-violence, peaceful protests

• wanted to inspire not hurt

What was Reaganomics?

• Ronald Reagans economic plan

• Focuses on cutting taxes for businesses + wealthy people

• He believed this would grow the economy