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AH2011
American History Exam 2011 Flash Cards
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What was the long-term effect of the government's inability to enforce the Prohibition laws? | Victory for the forces of moderism and a defeat for the supporters for traditional moral values. |
| Why were the 1920's called "The Roaring Twenties"? | There was widespread social and economic change; the economy was booming; the roles of women were changing; the Harlem Renaissance was highlighting the role of African-Americans. |
| What effect did the development of the automobile have on the social lives of teenagers in the 1920's? | It gave the teens freedom. They could visit away from home; go on dates; more social freedom; could get jobs; find themselves. |
| What were 2 trends that caused the economic boom and financial speculation in the 1920's? | Credit and installment plans; Buying and selling stoack on the margin; welfare capitalism--industrial workers buying stock; union benefits caused workers to overspend |
| What effect did the Harlem Renaissance have on Black Americans? | It showed society that African-Americans had rediscovered their cultural roots in music, art, literature, politics, dance, and theatre. It gave them a feeling of self-worth in society. |
| What major economic trend started in the 1920's and continues today? | Buying on credit and installment buying. |
| What treat did the Sacco/Vanzetti case, Red Scare, and KKK represent in the 1920's? | A threat to peoples' civil liberties. |
| What was the main goal of the women's rights movement in the early 20th century? | Women wanted to a part of society, have jobs, attend college, and have a sense of independence. |
| Why were escapist movies and books and books popular during Great Depression? | Movies and novels offered an escape from reality (Depression) through entertainment. |
| How did the role of government change under the New Deal? | Federal government took a greater role in repairing the economy, banks, stock market, farm, and industry by providing money and programs for the people. |
| What was the major cause of the Great Depression? | a.Overproduction/layoffs/high tariffs; b.decline of farming/overproduction of goods; c.decline in foreign trade; d.reduced consumer buying power; e.too much buying on credit/installment buying; f.Stock market crash |
| What goal did Jacob Riis and John Steinbeck share in publishing their books? | They explosed the hardships, poverty, social injustice of people in the light of the Great Depression. They also documented slum life, corrupt politics, disease, pollution. |
| What was US foreign politicy after WWI and before WWII began? | Isolationism |
| Why was the US reluctant to become inolved in European conflict? | Isolationists believed that US should not involved in another war in Europe. Some organizations believed US should keep out of Europe's business. |
| How did Truman justify dropping atomic bombs on Japan in 1945? | It would save more lives in the long rune than trying to fight the Japanese on their own soil. |
| During WWII, what domestic policy was later seen as a violation of civil liberties (p.628)? | US internment of Japanese Americans in camps due to suspicion that Japanese Americans may be spies or not be loyal to the US government. |
| Define APPEASEMENT. (p.590) | Accepting demands in order to avoid conflict (p.590) |
| How did the peace settlement at the end of WWI lead to WWII? | End of WWI left Europe, Asia in debt, angry,no military, no land, in a depression, and with no leaders to bring them out of it.Their searching for leaders with political and economic goals, combined with agressive militarism,imperialism, more alliance, an |
| What is the main purpose behind the League of Nations and the United Nations? (p.468) | League of Nations:group of nations created after WWI to help preserve peace and prevent future wars by pledging and protect each other's territory and political independence. |
| What was the Marshall Plan? (p.661) | Gave European nations American aid to rebuild their economcis. Revive working economy to permit emergence or political/social conditions in which free institutions could exist. |
| The Berlin Wall, Bay of Pigs Invasion, and the Cuban Missle Crisis involved which 2 countries? | United States and Soviet Union |
| Why did the US become involved in Korea and Vietnam? | To prevent the spread of Communism. |
| Define McCarthyism. (in PostWar powerpoint) | Anti-Communist political attitudes and tactics involving publiczing Communists in US |
| What was US foreign policy based on during the Cold War? | It was based on mistrust, hostility between Communist Europeans and NATO democracies of the West--containing communism |
| What development led to Kennedy's response during the Cuban Missle Crisis? (p.727) | Build of up Soviet missles/equipment in Cuba. Ordered US blockade of Cuban waters. Anymore action by Soviets would result in action against Soviets. Negotiations. USSR removed ships and missles. |
| Name 3 events or trends that occurred on the US homefront during the COLD WAR. | Assasination of JFK; Assasination of MLK; McCarthyism; The Great Society; War on Poverty; Korean War; Segregation; Desegregation; Civil Rights Acts-1964,1968; Little Rock 9; Voting Rights Act 1965; Brown v. Board of Education; Vietnam War; protests |
| Define the DOMINO THEORY. (p.774) | Belief that if one nation in Asia fell to the Communists, neighboring countries would fall to the Communists. |
| Name 3 examples of student protests of the VIETNAM WAR. (pp.791,792,785,786) | Kent State University, Teach-Ins, Burning Draft Cards |
| What was the major goal of the 1960's Civil Rights movement? | Major goal to use nonviolent resistance to end racially segregated public facilities, education, jobs, equality all over the US and achieve racial equality. |
| What was Martin Luther King, Jr.'s dream for the US? (p.758) | That all mean are created equal; Former slaves and sons of slaves will be able to sit together in brotherhood; CHildren and children of color will not be judged by color of skin, but by character. "FREE AT LAST." |
| Explain the BROWN V. BOARD OF EDUCATION Supreme Court deciswion (pp.748-749) | Afro-American girl denied admission to white school because of color. Told to attend black school. Parents filed suit. Supreme Court ruled that segregation was not "free and equal" and violated the 14th amendment. Made schools desegrate and integrate. |
| List 3 examples of organized attempts to achieve racial equality and integration during the 1960's (Civil Rights powerpoint). | Montgomery Bus Boycott (1952); Freedom Riders (1961); March on Washington(1963); Hispanic Americans (C.Chavez)(1965); Native Americans(AIM)1969-seized Alcatraz for 19 months |
| Why did President Eisenhower send federal troops to Arkansas in 1957? | To protect 9 African-American students who wanted to attend (integrate) an all-white high school in Little Rock, Arkansas. The governor of Arkansas did not want to let this happen. |
| What effect did the Progressive Movement, the New Deal, and the Great Society have on government in citizens' daily lives? (pp.738,2nd column, 2nd paragraph) | All 3 programs in their time periods showed more federal intervention in assisting the poor and disadvantaged citizens with government programs without weakening the private sector or keeping people from losing their own motivation to fight against hardsh |
| How is Lyndon B. Johnson's "Great Society" similar to FDR's "New Deal"? (pp.777,738) | Great Society and New Deal came at time when most all Americans needed assistance in some part of their lives. Both programs used federally-funded programs; some worked and some didn't. Both were interrupted by war or war action. |
| POSSIBLE ESSAY TOPICS-LIST 4 INVENTIONS IN TECHNOLOGY FROM 1920-PRESENT. EXPLAIN how each changed our lives. | Automobiles, Atomic Bomb, Television, Mass Media, Medical Technology, Transportation, Infrastructure, Electronics, Dress/Attire, Performing Arts, Electrical, Communication Business, Cosmetology. YOU DO THE EXPLAINING!! |
| NAME 3 EXAMPLES OF US INVOLVEMENT WITH OTHER COUNTRIES BETWEEN 1920 AND TODAY. PROVIDE 3 (at least) ABOUT EACH. | WWI, WWWII, Korean War, Vietnam War, Bay of Pigs, Cuban Missle Crisis, Berlin Airlift, Berlin Wall, Military actions with Iran, Iraq and Afghanistan, Space Race with USSR, Nuclear Bombs Race with USSR, border wars with Hispanics and South Americans |
| LIST 3 DETAILS/EVENTS for EACH OF THE FOLLOWING DECADES: 1920's, 1930's,1940's, 1950's, 1960's | 1920: Roller skates, Tinker Toys,Temperance, Baseball, Amelia Earhart, Lindberg, chewing gum, Al Capone, radio, flappers, decadence, stock market fall, credit, installment plans,Harlem Renaissance, 18th Amendment, Prohibition, Women's rights, ragtime, |
| MORE DETAILS OF THE 1920's | ragtime, blues, Red Scare, Age of Sports, tennis, Women's rights, rapid economic growth,credit, installment buying,Communism |
| DETAILS OF THE 1930's | Alphabet Soup Programs, Social Security, Great Depression, New Deal, Steinbeck, Riis, Dust Bowl, FDR, movies, novels, Hoovervilles, assembly lines, Babe Ruth, fireside chats, comics, Hoover, "Grapes of Wrath", Monopoly game, Bonus March,dance, Okies |
| DETAILS OF THE 1940's | Marshall Plan, Communism,Isolationism, Allies, Axis, Holocaust, United Nations, Baby boomers, Jackie Robinson, NATO, FDR, Truman, D-Day, V-J Day, V-E Day, Pearl Harbor, Tokyo,Doolittle, Rosie the Riveter, Tuskegee Airmen, Cold War, Iron Curtain, rationing |
| MORE DETAILS OF THE 1940's | draft,Iron Curtain, Japanese Internment, Victory gardens, Manhattan Project, Hiroshima, Nagsaki,Two-front war, appeasement |
| DETAILS OF THE 1950's | Stability, PLAYBOY, Korean War, Cold War, Brown v. Board of Ed., Domino Theory,fallout shelter, Little Rock, sit-ins, Nixon, Eisenhower, Civil Rights Acts 1957, American Bandstand, Beatniks, Elvis, Rosa Parks, Rock n' Roll, Space Age, TV, interstates, |
| MORE DETAILS OF THE 1950's | Red Scare, Communism, family values, conformity |
| DETAILS OF THE 1960's | Freedom Riders, JFK, MLK,Jr.,LBJ, Civil Rights Acts of 1964,'67, NAACP, Warhol, NOW, James Meredith, Assasinations of JFK and MLK; March on DC; Watts Riots; pantsuits; Race to Space; Great Society; Malcolm X; Vietman; Black Panthers; Bay of Pigs; |
| MORE DETAILS OF 1960's | Woodstock, Hippies, Beatles, Computer networks, environmental issues, Miranda Rights, Cuban Missle Crisis, USSR, Berlin Wall, mini-skirt, drugs, psychedelic fashions; pop art |
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