APUSH (gonna kill me) study guide: Unit 1 & 4-8

Cold War (Unit 8)

Before the war there was growing tensions between the Us/Soviet

Cold War: Conflict between 2 nations, neither engaged in warfare.

Post WWII: 1)Stalin led Soviet to communism. 2)Germany divided with its eastern section turning communist. 3)Winston Churchill’s “iron curtain” speech.

Domestic Policies (U8)

Containment: Prevent expansion of communism.

Truman Doctrine: U.S. would provide military and econ support to any nation threatened by communism. 400 million $ in economic aid and support

Marshall Plan (U8)

Economic aid plan to help European nations rebuild 4 democracy.

Formation of NATO (U8)

military pact created for defense of western Europe.

After NATO the Soviets formed the WARSAW Pact (U8)

a military pact created for defense of eastern Europe.

Cold War (U8)

prompted an arms race- race to develop superior weapon systems. 1) post WWII American atomic bombs. 2)Truman approved the bomb

Ended with mutual assured destruction

Korean War (U8)

post WWII, divided along 38th parallel. Soviets backed North Korea. And the U.S. backed South Korea.

North Korea wanted to take over south to have a full communist nation.

Red Scare (U8)

the fear of communist spies in America. 2) The House of Reps: searched for communist influence in American Society.

Joseph McCarthy ensured that he couldn’t prove there being communists in the US, but he helped aid the idea of McCarthyism

Civil Rights Act 1964 (U8)

made discrimination on the basis of race, sex, or religion illegal

What did Woodstock Music Festival do:

Gave voice to cultures, change in attitudes towards sexuality. Made casual sex the growing normal.

Vietnam War (U8)

200,000 U.S. troops.

Intense Anti-war protests fueled by the Pentagon paper.

What did Johnson’ s “Great Society” do (U8)

Medicare: provided health insurance to people over 65

Medicade: provided health insurance to people in poverty

Immigration Act: abolished immigration quotas.

Liberalism reached a high point.

Watergate Scandal: (U8)

men hired by Nixon reelection committee broke into the democratic headquarters.

Nixon denied this, which led to his impeachment trials (he signed )

Roe V. Wade (U8)

allowed abortion

American Imperealism (U7)

the expansion of a nations empire for the manifest destiny (moving west)

What did imperialists want (U7)

sought to further expansion. wanted more raw materials & stuff for markets. That white people were the fittest.

Spanish American War (U7)

a 1898 conflict between the United States and Spain, primarily centered around Cuba's fight for independence from Spanish colonial rule. The war resulted in Spain losing its overseas empire and the United States emerging as a major global power.

McKinley got assasinated (U7)

Roosevelt took his place.

Muckrakers By: teddy Roosevely (U7)

depicted the reality of society. Wanted to alert the public of societal inequalities.

What did Booker T. Washington believe? (U7)

political equality throgh the economy

What did W.E.B Du Bois believe in (U7)

econ equality (political) first

NAACP (U7)

sought to abolish all forms of slavery.

Things Teddy Roosevelt did (U7)

passed consumer protection laws, such as Food and Drug Act, Meat inspection act, forest reserve act.

He had regulated practices, but some were also deceptive.

women’s suffrage (U7)

protests —> ratified the 19th amendment (women’s right to vote)

Causes of WW1 (U7)

Sinking of Lusitania: Sunk by Germany (Germany continued sinking). Zimmerman Telegram.

Treaty of Versaille 1919 (u7)

a body where nations could be peaceful. The U.S. senate didn’t approve bc it pulled them into war.

Red Scare (U7)

feared communism from Russia. Led to widespread Xenophobia (fear of foreign)

Economics in the 1920 (U7)

Economic boom. —> standard living increase, business boom, Henry Ford & his automobiles, increased use of oil /electricity, & government policies of tax cuts.

culture in 1920s (U7)

Urbanization. Urban women were unlike middle-class women and were working as teachers or nurses. Flappers were girls who partied, tested the dress code, and normal gender norms (now had short hair)

Mass culture in the 1920’s (u7)

radios, movies, American values of modernists (embraced changing culture/urbanization), & fundamentalists who condemned these new changes

Great Depression (u7)

stock market collapsed due to buying stocks on margin.

New deal (u7)

Franklin Roosevelt addressed the 3 R’s (relief, recovery, & reform). Relief for unemployed. Recovery for businesses. This then became a limited welfare state.

Liberals did not like this, thought it was “too much”

WWII (u7)

rise of fascist/authoritarianism governments.

1)Japan invaded China. 2) Hitler invaded Poland. 3) France & Britain declared war on Germany. 4)Americans gradually gave aid to the allies.

Lend-Lease: allowed Britain to obtain the arms they needed from the U.S.

During WWII (u7)

private factories began to produce planes and tanks (instead of cars). The industrial bases aided a lot. African Americans joined the military. Japanese Americans became under suspicion, resulting in 100,00 in internment camps.

D-day (u7)

when the Allied forces launched the invasion of Normandy, France, during World War II. The Allied forces, comprising American, British, and Canadian troops, establishing a foothold in Nazi-occupied Europe, paving the way for the liberation of the continent.

Atomic bomb (u7)

ended the war with japan (Hiroshima and Nagasaki)

overall the U.S was more dominant because it was not on their land.

Rise of industrial Capitalism: Railroads (u6)

massive extension for the national market for goods. Encouraged mass production and consumption. Connected the east to the west.

steel industry (u6)

Andrew Carnegie. Vertical Integration: one camp controls every stage of the manufacturing process (mining—>delivery)

oil industry (u6)

John B. Rockefeller (standard oil). Controlled 90% of the oil industry. Horizontal integration: buying out all competitors until none are left.

societal changes due to industry growth (u6)

Overall raised the standard of living, but divided classes.

Laboring Class: low wages, worked 6 days a week (women and children).

Labor Unions: most work was dangerous and exhausting. Power of negation was in the hands of the corporation.

Sioux wars (u6)

caused by Indian Appropriation Act which ended federal recognition of the sovereignty of indian nations.

Manifest Destiny (u5)

deeply rooted in American beliefs where they believe that they had a god-given to possess a nation from the Atlantic —> Pacific.

It would grant them more natural/mineral resources. They could then afford more economic opportunities for settlers. Allowed religious refugees for those seeking such freedoms.

Mexican-american war (u5)

primarily fought over the annexation of Texas by the U.S. and the disputed boundary between Texas and Mexico. The war resulted in a decisive victory for the U.S., leading to the acquisition of vast territories

ended with the Treaty of Guadeloupe Hidaglo

Bleeding Kansas (u5)

the period of civil unrest and violence in the Kansas Territory

It was a direct result of the Kansas-Nebraska Act, which allowed residents to decide through popular sovereignty whether to permit slavery.

John Brown (u5)

led a raid at Harper’s Ferry. His goal was toseize weapons and ammunition to arm the slaves.

Civil war (u5)

began at Fort sumter.

South was fighting a defensive war with better generals (Lee & Jackson).

North had a larger population, better economic (home to banks/Railroads). and had a well established central government, unlike South who relied on states.

Battle of Gettysburg

a pivotal event in the American Civil War, was a three-day battle fought in and around Gettysburg, Pennsylvania

It resulted in a decisive Union victory, marking a turning point in the war and halting Confederate general Robert E. Lee's second invasion of the North.

Ulysees S. Grant (u5)

became the commanding general of the Union army.

Got General Lee to surrender to him at the Appomattox Courthouse. (war over).