Civil War Era - Present: Final Exam Study Guide

Civil War Era - Present: Final Exam Study Guide

Key Events & Concepts

  • Zimmermann Telegram: Germany tried to incite Mexico to war against the U.S. during World War I.
  • League of Nations: Post-WWI organization proposed by Woodrow Wilson to mediate disputes and prevent war.
  • Scopes Trial: The Scopes "Monkey Trial" of 1925 involved prosecuting biology teacher John Scopes.
  • Harlem Renaissance: The “Father of the Harlem Renaissance” was the first African-American Rhodes Scholar and wrote The New Negro.
  • New Deal:
    • Lasting effects did NOT include ending the Great Depression.
    • First New Deal: Federal relief for unemployment (e.g., NRA).
    • Second New Deal: Social reform (e.g., Social Security).
  • World War II: Triggered by Germany invading Poland on September 1, 1939.
  • Battle of Midway (1942): Turning point against Japan in the Pacific.
  • Brown v. Board of Education: Supreme Court ruled against segregated schools.
  • Martin Luther King, Jr.: Became a national figure during civil rights protests.
  • Modern Conservative Movement: Triumph with the presidency that began “trickle-down” economics.
  • Glass-Steagall Act (1933): Did NOT allow banks to combine commercial and investment banking.
  • Munich Conference (1938): Permitted Hitler to annex the Sudetenland with approval.
  • Pre-Pearl Harbor: Most Americans did NOT want to enter World War II.
  • Truman Doctrine: American foreign policy of containment to halt Soviet expansion.

Matching

  • Rachel Carson: Silent Spring (1962)
  • Betty Friedan: The Feminist Mystique (1963)
  • James Farmer: Director of CORE, led freedom rides in 1961
  • James Meredith: African-American student escorted into the Univ. of Mississippi in 1962
  • Ralph Nader: Unsafe at Any Speed (1965)

Cold War Film

  • George F. Kennan’s Containment Policy: Policy to halt Soviet expansion.
  • Truman Doctrine: American foreign policy of containment to halt Soviet expansion.
  • Korean War: The reasons why the U.S. entered the Korean War.
  • Joseph McCarthy: Senator who began an anti-communist crusade.
  • Domino Principle: In context of Vietnam, the 'Domino Principle' happened, and a U.S. President articulated it.
  • Vietnam Syndrome: Result of US failures in the Vietnam war.
  • Cuban Missile Crisis: Discusses the causes and resolution.
  • Nixon’s Approach to Cold War: The approach President Nixon took to the Cold war.
  • Nixon’s Visit to China: The importance of the visit.
  • Reagan Doctrine: President Reagan's doctrine.
  • Reagan and Gorbachev: Important demands Reagan made of Gorbachev in Berlin.
  • Gorbachev’s Final Act: Gorbachev’s final act of state in 1991.