AP US History Flashcards

Flashcards covering Period 7 (1890-1945) of AP US History, including the New Deal, WWII, American Imperialism and the Progressive Era.

What was the goal and description of the Federal Emergency Relief Association (FERA)?

Granted money to states so individual states could make relief programs.

What was the goal and description of the Civilian Conservation Corps?

Provided jobs for young men to build public works.

What was the goal and description of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation?

Provided federal protection of bank deposits to build public confidence in banks.

What was the goal and description of the Agricultural Adjustment Act?

Offered subsidies to farmers in exchange for limiting crop production to help end overproduction and raise crop prices.

What was the goal and description of the Works Progress Administration?

Created work for millions of job seekers to carry out federal public works projects.

What was the goal and description of the Social Security Administration?

Provided old-age insurance, unemployment relief, aid for dependent mothers and children, and aid for the disabled.

What was the goal and description of the Securities and Exchange Commission?

Sought to regulate the stock exchange and prevent fraud.

What was the purpose of FDR's Indian New Deal?

To reverse the abusive policies of the late 1800s towards Native Americans and their programs.

How did Huey Long and Francis Townsend challenge FDR's New Deal?

Some believed it didn't do enough to help those in poverty; others wanted more reforms for the economy.

Why did America adopt the "Cash and Carry" program?

To avoid getting into another war and avoid giving out loans.

What concern is expressed in the political cartoon regarding the Lend-Lease Act?

Lend-Lease act was not neutral.

Identify two similarities between the Atlantic Charter and Wilson's Fourteen Points.

Supported national self-determination and global cooperation.

Identify three goals of Woodrow Wilson's Fourteen Points.

Open diplomacy, freedom of the seas, removal of economic barriers, and the League of Nations.

Describe two reasons Senators like Henry Cabot Lodge refused to ratify the Treaty of Versailles.

Some senators felt that the treaty punished Germany too much and would lead to resentment for Europe and made it harder for Germany to repair war reparations.

Explain the purpose of the Dawes Plan.

To provide economic support to Germany to make it easier for them to pay war reparations.

How did the NAACP support Civil Rights for African Americans?

Worked on anti-lynching legislation, increase voter participation, and eliminate discrimination and segregation.

How did the National Urban League support Civil Rights for African Americans?

Helped African Americans who were moving to northern cities find employment and education.

How did the United Negro Improvement Association support Civil Rights for African Americans?

Movement focused on black pride and a back-to-Africa movement.

Identify three Harlem Renaissance artists.

Langston Hughes, Claude McKay, Zora Neale Hurston.

Describe how Ford's Model T contributed to the consumer culture of the 1920s.

Many bought them for transportation.

Describe how the radio contributed to the consumer culture of the 1920s.

Many bought them to listen to music and entertainment.

Describe three ways flappers represent a change for women in the 1920s.

Represented new cultural experiences in contrast to traditional values and a more promiscuous lifestyle.

How did Native American code talkers contribute to the war effort?

Used native languages to transmit coded American messages.

How did Braceros contribute to the war effort?

Mexican immigrants who worked on farms and railroads to provide food for allied troops.

What was the American strategy in the Pacific?

Hoped to gain control of the Pacific Ocean island by island as stepping stones to defeat Japan.

What agreement was made at the Casablanca Conference?

Churchill and Roosevelt agreed to only accept unconditional surrender from the Axis Powers.

What was decided at the Yalta Conference?

The "Big Three" developed a post-war plan for Europe that included self-determination.

What was decided at the Potsdam Conference?

President Truman met with Allied leaders who agreed to split Germany into occupation zones after the war.

Explain one difference between the Selective Service Act of 1917 and the Selective Training and Service Act of 1940.

Passed before America had entered the conflict as a first peace-time draft.

How did the War Production Board (1942) mark continuity with World War I?

To coordinate and control production.

Describe how each of the following caused the Spanish-American War.

De Lôme Letter, Yellow Journalism, and the sinking of the USS Maine was blamed on the Spanish.

Describe the point of view of the political cartoon regarding anti-imperialism.

Made Americans debate imperialism.

Identify two reasons imperialists supported expansion overseas.

Raw materials and new markets.

Identify two reasons anti-imperialists opposed expansion overseas.

Contradicted principles of republicanism and feared wars.

Explain the goal of the Open Door Policy.

To allow all countries to trade with China.

Identify one cause of the Gentlemen's Agreement.

Increase of unskilled Japanese in San Francisco

Describe how the Roosevelt Corollary showed change from the Monroe Doctrine.

Increase Involvement in Latin American affairs.

Describe two differences in the strategies used by the National American Women's Suffrage Association and the National Woman's Party.

NAWSA would use petitioning and lobbying for state-level rights, while the National Woman's Party used more aggressive picketing, hoping for a constitutional amendment.

How did Roosevelt's response to the Coal Strike show a change from previous responses to labor disputes?

He made changes supporting the people and supported the miners (First to side with strikers).

Identify Ida. M. Tarbell.

Wrote History of the Standard Oil Company, leading to investigation and trust-busting of Rockefeller.

Identify Lincoln Steffens.

Wrote The Shame of the Cities to criticize corruption and illegal actions of political machines and bosses.

Identify Upton Sinclair.

Wrote The Jungle to expose unsanitary conditions in the meat industry, leading to the Meat Inspection Act.

Identify Ida B. Wells.

Wrote Lynch Law in Georgia to raise awareness about racism and violence in the South, like the KKK.