Monday, May 19, 2008

Final Review

purpose of the Homestead's Act; reasons for westward migration; problems of farming in the West (plains); two main "fuels" of the industrial age; "men of steel"; immigration discrimination during the Gilded Age; significant Robber Barons; the effects of barbed wire; innovations related to skyscrapers; Gilded Age strikes; Sherman Antitrust Act; social gospel movement; meaning of the term "Gilded Age"; populist movement, William Jennings Bryan; progressivism v populism; significance of the Triangle Shirtwaist fire; La Follette; T.R.'s business policies; reasons for US war with Spain; Hearts' role in the S-A War; the ship that blew up in Havana; Asian expansion resulting from S-A War; British naval strategy in WW1; treaty that ended WW1; American support at the outset of WW1; "return to normalcy"; Coolidge's approach to business; the Red Scare; objects of KKK's persecution; immigrants accused of murder ini 20s; prosperity of the 20s; presidents of the 20s; the Harlem Renaissance; flappers; general problems during the 20s; Hoover's approach to the economy; Bonus March; the severity of the Gr Depr; 100 days; movies of the 30s; criminals of the 30s; music of the 30s; New Deal programs; Dust Bowl geography; FDR worst political move; Pearl Harbor; European invasion of the Allied forces; significant battles in the Pacific; secret project associated with Oppenheimer; Battle of the Bulge; Cold War policy; beatnik authors; urban areas during the 50s; reason why Kennedy beat Nixon; hippie culture; Nixon and Vietnam

Matching-Set A
capitalism
free enterprise
communism
social Darwinism
corporation
trust
monopoly
vertical integration
horizontal integration

Set B
a. Central Intelligence Agency j. National Defense Administration
b. containment k. Nuremberg
c. Explorer I l. Mao Zedong
d. General MacArthur m. Sputnik
e. Ralph Bunche n. United Nations
f. Alger Hiss o. zaibatsu
g. Hollywood Ten p. President Truman
h. George C. Marshall q. Zionism
i. Joseph McCarthy


a. Robert Moses g. Civil Rights Act of 1964
b. Medgar Evers h. Black Panther Party
c. Martin Luther King Jr. i. Voting Rights Act
d. James Chaney j. James Meredith
e. Malcolm X k. Elijah Muhammad
f. Ralph Abernathy l. l. Freedom Riders


T/F-five T/F on the 1920s
1. Using the four massacres/incidents that we learned about in class, explain how Manifest Destiny led to the destruction of Native American peoples and their way of life.
2. In a paragraph explain how political machines accumulated and maintained political power.
3. Compare and contrast the three progressive presidents. Include their accomplishments, any at least one failure or shortcoming of their administration or political life, and their rank compared to the others (which one is best, second, and the least of the three-be sure to include an explanation with the rank).
4. What were two of the strategies of the women’s suffrage movement and who were at least three of the leaders and their respective roles in the movement’s plight for suffrage? 5. In paragraph form, give three reasons for the Great Depression.
6. What were the three Rs of the Great Depression? Explain why each of the three Rs was important.
7. How did the idea of isolationism affect America in the years leading to World War 2? Include the policies that the U.S. held toward the events in Europe and to a lesser extent in the Pacific region.
8. Name and briefly describe three international crises of Kennedy’s administration.
9. Describe why many Vietnam soldiers became disheartened and disillusioned during and after the war.
10. Who do you think was the most influential president during the period (1865-1975) that was studied this semester and why?

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