U.S. History Final Exam Practice

One of the major reforms during the New Deal Era that lasted today was?

Providing social security to people of retirement age

In the early 1900s Teddy Roosevelt used “gunboat diplomacy” to gain control over

The Panama Canal Zone

Propaganda like this one seen here helped to increase the public’s

Nationalism, and anger towards Spain during SP-Amer war

The U.S. occupied the Dominican Republic when it failed to pay its debt to European banks showing,

The use of the “Roosevelt Corollary” to the Monroe Doctrine.

Schenck vs. U.S. was a landmark supreme court case during WW1 that seriously limited

Freedom of speech

How did the U.S. help win WW2 even though the U.S. was in a Depression?

Factories reopened to mass produce war goods in great quantities

Following the isolation of the 30s the Lend-Lense Act of 1941 allowed the U.S. government to

Aid the allies in England, France, and USSR with weapon shipments

The first place where U.S. troops landed to fight against Nazi Germany was

North Africa

The U.S. invaded Italy and France, pushing the Germans out, while the

Russians pushed Germany out of Eastern Europe

Franklin Roosevelt issued a controversial Executive Order during WW2 that

Forced the internment of Japanese Americans into camps

During the Cold War, the Truman Doctrine led to the establishment of the

Containment Policy

The first war for the U.S after WW2, and the first war enforcing the “Containment Policy” was

Korea

Marches in Selena, Montgomery, and Washington D.C. were all organized by

Martin Luther King, Jr. to promote equal rights

Kennedy dealt with the threat of nuclear missiles in Cuba by

Threatening a Cuban invasion and issuing naval blockade of Cuba

Lyndon Johnson is usually blamed for

Escalating the Vietnam War

The Ho Chi Minh trail was used

By North Vietnam to aid Viet Cong rebels in the South

Rock N Roll lyrics of the 1960s began to

Mention social and political issues in a critical way

The women’s liberation movement of the 1970s was closely tied to support for

The equal rights Admendment

The 1970s economy was unusual because

There was high inflation and high unemployment at the same time

Nixon was almost impeached and removed from office for

Being involved with the watergate scandal and obstructing justice

The oil embargo of the 1970s contributed to

Higher prices for goods

What happened with Iran that made Carter’s leadership look questionable

Iran Hostage Crisis

Trends of the 1980s and 1990s included all of the following except

Increased public protests against government policies

What was the criticism of Reagan’s economic plans called “Reaganomics”

It would only benefit the wealthy

Crime rates rose in rural and urban areas during the 80s and 90s partly due to the

Rise in poverty rates, gangs, and new drugs like crack and meth

What is Roosevelt influence to the Monroe Doctrine?

Transformed the 1823 Monroe Doctrine from a defensive declaration against European colonization into an aggressive policy justifying U.S. intervention in Latin America.

What are some causes of World War 1?

Triggered by the June 1914 assassination of Archduke Frank Ferdinand, heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne, by a Serbian nationalist.

Militarism

Alliance

Imperialism

Nationalism

What is yellow journalism?

A style of news reporting that priorities sensationalism, exaggeration, and eye-catching headlines over factual, objective reporting.

What was the significance of the Zimmerman Telegram?

A intercepted diplomatic message from Germany to Mexico that proposed a military alliance.

What major German submarine event occurred during WW1?

The sinking of Lusitania by German submarines due to the German believe that the Lusitania passenger ship was containing weapons.

German submarines threatened to attack any merchant ships that contain weapons.

What is the Espionage Act?

A United States federal law passed shortly after the U.S. entered WW1

What is Propaganda?

A form of communication aimed at influencing public opinion, attitudes, or behavior to promote a specific agenda.

What is the connection between the USS Maine and the Spanish American War?

It triggered by the sinking of the USS Maine in Havana Harbor and U.S. support for Cuban independence, it resulted in a decisive U.S. victory and effectively ended the Spanish Empire in the Americas

What were the primary motivations and justifications for American imperialism?

The need for new economic markets, the desire for strategic military bases, and culture beliefs.

What is the Great Migration?

The mass movement of approximately six million black Americans from the rural Southern United States to urban centers in the north, Midwest, and west between 1916 to 1970.

What are Wilson’s fourteen points?

Open Diplomacy

Freedom of the Sea

Free Trade

Arms Reduction

Colonial Adjustment

Self Determination

Evacuation of Territory

League of Nations

What is the Treaty of Versailles?

The Primary peace settlement that officially ended WW1

What is Women’s suffrage?

The rights of women to vote in local and national elections?

What is the 19th Amendment?

Guarantees all eligible American women the right to vote.

What are the 1920s contradictions

Deep social anxiety

Serve inequality

Fierce retreat into morals and racial conservatism

What is the Harlem Renaissance

A flourishing of African A,Mercian art, literature, music, and culture in the 1920s and 1930s.

What is the impact that WW1 had on social groups?

Accelerated Women suffer age

Driving major healthcare and education reforms

Sparked mass demographic shifts

Labor and Social Class

Civil Rights

What is the impact that WW1 had on social groups?

Accelerated Women suffer age

Driving major healthcare and education reforms

Sparked mass demographic shifts

Labor and Social Class

Civil Rights

What is the Tulsa Race Riot?

A two day terrorist from heavily armed white mobs that destroyed the wealthy Greenwood district of Tulsa Oklahoma.

What is the Scopes Monkey Trial?

A American legal case in which a high school teacher was accused of violating a state law that banned the teaching of human evolution in public schools.

What is Prohibition during the 1920s?

Nationwide constitutional ban on the manufacture, sale, and transportion of intoxicating liquors.

What occurred during the Great depression?

It was the longest and most severe economic downturn which was triggered by the deceasing stock market crash which caused poverty, mass unemployment, and thousands of bank and business failures globally.

What are the New Deal Remedies?

Relief - Immediate Aid: Provided jobs, food, clothes, and funds

Recovery - Economic Stimulation: Stabilization of jobs (farmers/industries)

Reform - Systemic Prevention: Social Security which is insurance

What caused WW2?

The Treaty of Versailles - harsh terms

Unresolved terms of WW1

Economic devastation - Great Depression

Unchecked rise of fascism and militarism - Nazi Germany, Fascist Italy, and Imperial Japan

What are some examples of total war and strategies?

Intense economics, restricting, sweeping civilian sacrifices, and strategies designed to destroy the enemy’s military, economic, and moral capacity to wage war, island hopping.

What are key battles during WW2?

Battle of Britain

Battle of Stalingrad

D-Day / Operation Overlord

Battle of midway

Battle of Iwo Jima & Okinawa

What was the WW2 Home Front like?

Massive mobilization of civilians to support the war effort such as the increased amount of jobs to many different groups of people, strict rationing of goods, mass volunteer campaigns.