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1. What was President Wilson’s initial stance on the US entering WWI

He wanted America to remain neutral

2. What significant political change for women occurred in the US in 1919?

Women gained the right to vote b/c of the 18th Amendment

3. What was the primary goal of the Allied powers (France and Britain) in negotiating the peace treaty after WWI in Paris?

Since Germany had to pay a ton of reparations for their war crimes, France and Britain no longer had to repay debt to US banks

4. What cultural movement in NY City in the 1920s celebrated African American literature and art

The Harlem Renaissance

5. What was a key source of tension between rural and urban Americans in the 1920s

“ Many did not welcome the new secular, commercial culture. They resented and feared the ethnic and racial diversity of America’s cities and what they considered the lax moral standards of urban life.”

6. What was the fundamental cause of the Great Depression?

Southern California and Florida experienced frenzied real-estate speculation and then spectacular busts, with banks failing, land remaining undeveloped, and mortgages foreclosed. The highly unequal distribution of income and the prolonged depression in farm regions reduced American purchasing power. Sales of new autos and household consumer goods stagnated after 1926. European demand for American goods also declined, partly because industry there had recovered from wartime destruction.”

7. What was the name given the President Roosevelt's major program to address the great depression

The New Deal

8. What Roosevelt first took office, which of the following was NOT among his priorities: economic recovery, relief for the unemployed, stock market reform, or civil rights legislation?

Civil rights legislation

9. What economic philosophy supported the New Deal?

Keynesian economics - Founded by John Maynard Keynes, “Large-scale government spending, he insisted, was necessary to sustain purchasing power and stimulate economic activity during downturns. Such spending should be enacted even at the cost of a budget deficit (a situation in which the government spends more money than it takes in).

10. In which three countries did the rise of fascism, militarism, and violent nationalism in the 1930s most concern the US?

Germany, Italy, and Japan

11. Following the attack on pearl harbor, what was the immediate reaction in the US congress regarding a declaration of war?

Roosevelt immediately asked Congress to declare war, the combined vote was 477 for and 1 against.

12. What were some key results of the nation's economic mobilization efforts during WWII?

Higher manufacturing, decreased unemployment, govt. spending

13. By 1947, what term was used to describe the intense rivalry between the Soviets and the US

The Cold War

14. What was the primary purpose of the Marshall Plan

Marshall Plan - U.S. program for the reconstruction of post–World War II Europe through massive aid to former enemy nations as well as allies; proposed by General George C. Marshall in 1947.

15. Among the factors responsible for the postwar economic boom in the US:

Was the GI bill, which invigorated the growth of educational institutions.