theme 5

  1. What were the main goals of American imperialism during the 1890s?

  2. How is Social Darwinism and “White Man’s Burden” reflected in the imperialist drive?

  3. How did the Gilded Age lead to American imperialism abroad?

  4. What is yellow journalism?

  5. How was the outcome of the Spanish American war significant to the U.S.?

  6. Why were the anti-imperialists against the act of dominating people and annexing their territory for trade? 

  7. How did America’s role in China change after the Boxer Rebellion? 

  8. Know each of the Progressive Presidents foreign policies: Big Stick Diplomacy, Dollar Diplomacy, and Moral Diplomacy.

  9. How did the Panama Canal increase the economic and political power of the U.S.?

  10. What did the Supreme Court rule in the Insular Cases, when Filipinos wanted constitutional rights?

  11. How did the Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine make the U.S. act as an international policeman?

  12. How was the USS Maine a catalyst for the Spanish-American War, and what role did yellow journalism play?

  13. Why were the Hawaiins and Queen Liliuokalani upset with the United Stated in the 1890s?

  14. At the beginning of WW1, what was America’s and President Woodrow Wilson’s position?

  15. What were the TWO main reasons or events leading up to the U.S declaring war on Germany in WW1?

  16. Why was propaganda used to encourage Americans to buy “Liberty” war bonds?

  17. Describe America’s economy and export production during WW1:

  18. How did WW1 help the suffrage (right to vote) movement for women?

  19. Describe the Espionage and Sedition Acts of 1917

  20. At the end of WW1, why were members of Congress against the Treaty of Versailles?

  21. How did Wilson’s 14 Points differ from the Treaty of Versailles?


Interwar Era: Roaring 1920s and Great Depression 1930s (Review from Theme 4)

  1. Following World War 1, why did Congress limit immigration from countries in Southern and Eastern Europe?

  2. How was American culture becoming more unified during the 1920s?

  3. American prosperity and spending power during the 1920s was largely an illusion that burst in 1929- what were 2 causes?

  4. Describe the 3 Rs of the New Deal:

  5. Describe the differences between Hoover and FDR as to the role of the federal government in the economy

  6. The New Deal caused some economic recovery, but not enough. What actually ended the Great Depression?


WW2

  1. Before both WW1 and WW2, what was America’s position on getting involved in foreign affairs?

  2. What became the reason for America’s entry into WW2?

  3. How did FDR go around the Neutrality Acts and still support the Allies? Describe the Lend-Lease Act

  4. During WW2, the U.S. turned away many Jewish refugees from Eastern Europe because of the Immigration Quotas of the 1920s.  Many historians point to America’s role of welcoming immigrants to her shores, as symbolized with the  _______________, and that we should have done more for them.

  5. Describe FDR’s War Production Board:

  6. Why were consumer goods rationed during WW2?

  7. What was historically significant about the Tuskegee Airmen?

  8. Describe the impact of FDR’s Executive Order 8802:

  9. Describe the impact of FDR’s Executive Order 9066:

  10. What was the ruling in Korematsu v. United States (1944) as it applies to civil liberties during national crisis?

  11. Describe the role of minority groups during WW1 and WW2, such as the Navajo code breakers.

  12. What justification did President Truman use for dropping the atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945?

  13. After WW2, how did the United Nation’s address the horrific atrocities against civilian populations in general, and the war crimes of the Nazi generals in particular? 

  14. How was the role of the U.S. in building international cooperation different after WW1 and WW2?