Exam dates: May 29- essay May 30- 40 multiple choice questions Final exam review Exam dates: May 29- essay May 30- 40 multiple choice questions

Contents of final exam One essay – 30 points 40 multiple choice questions Topics from THE WEST to PRESIDENT REAGAN. We will have a short test on the modern presidents after the final exam.

1. Settlers conflict with Native Americans As settlers moved West, they displaced the Indians Treaties were broken

2- Railroads Connected the nation Brought settlers to the frontier Increased western population Faster travel and transportation

3- problems farmers faced High bank and railroad rates Drought, poor soil weather

4. Populist Movement Wanted to help farmers Problems with banks and railroad rates Organized to form a Third Party

5-reasons for immigration Push- famine, war, discrimination Pull- U.S. land of opportunity – jobs or freedoms New Immigrants - jobs

6-nativism Dislike of foreigners Wanted quotas or restrictions on immigration

7- muckrakers Sought to expose problems caused by industrialization Writers, photographers. Jacob Riis – How the Other Half Lives – tenement life Upton Sinclair – The Jungle – horrors of meatpacking industry and immigrant life Lewis Hine – photographed child labor

8- Progressive Movement Purpose was to fix the problems caused by the Industrial Era Wanted to end political corruption, unsafe working conditions, monopolies, child labor etc.

9- suffrage Right to vote Women – 19th amendment African American Males – 15th amendment (but with restrictions)

10- laissez-faire Little or no government regulation or interference in the economy or business

11-tenement Crowded apartment buildings to house growing populations

12-urban/suburban/rural Urban- city Suburban – outside city Rural- countryside

13- labor union Workers joined together to fight for better working conditions and benefits

14-assembly line Production is faster and cheaper Mass production of goods was more efficient

15-Triangle Shirtwaist Fire Led to many safety regulations / laws in the workplace

16- Big Stick Policy President Teddy Roosevelt U.S. policeman of world - especially Latin America

17- imperialism Take over a nation making it a colony Due to the nation’s need for resources and markets during Industrial era. Also known as expansion

18-World War I Began in Europe 1914 U.S. originally neutral Germany attacks U.S. ships then we declare war. Presdient Wilson wanted to make the “world safe for democracy”

19-trench warfare Canals or ditches= trenches Used in WWI as a form of protection from enemy Diseases… No man’s land – in between two sides

20-Treaty of Versailles Senate refuses to ratify treaty because of League of Nations Senate believed League might cause us to be involved in another conflict Harsh conditions on Germany

21. League of Nations Reason why Senate refuses to ratify Treaty of Versailles since it might get us more involved in more wars. Wilson wanted it – believed it would end conflicts

22-Roaring Twenties Booming economy Easy credit meant people could afford to buy more goods New fashions for women- freedom/ liberated

23. Harlem Renaissance Rebirth of African American culture centered in Harlem, NY in the 1920s Jazz music Poetry/ literature celebrating African American culture

24. Sacco and Vanzetti 1920’s Red Scare era- fear of different ideas immigrants (anarchists) convicted of murder with little evidence.

25. Immigration quotas Restrictions on immigration - especially in the 1920s- fewer from Asia and Eastern Europe. Nativists supported quotas

26. Scopes (monkey) Trial 1920s- Religious fundamentalism rises Scopes taught about evolution though it was banned

27. flappers 1920s – new freedom/ values for women Cut hair short, wore short skirts, liberated feeling Women rebelled against traditional ways

28- Farmers – 1920s Overproduction of crops leads to low prices Problems with dust storms

29. Dust bowl Drought conditions in Great Plains

30. Prohibition- 18th Amendment 1920s Prohibit alcohol sales Failure due to rise in crime

31-Great Depression-causes Mechanization meant people lost jobs Unbalanced foreign trade due to high tariffs Easy credit led to debt Stock market crash and panic - 1929

32. Stock Market Crash Oct 29, 1929 Value of stock fell dramatically as many people sold their stocks Panic selling Seen as beginning of Great Depression

33. Hoovervilles Shanty towns

34-35. The New Deal 34- Purpose-Relief, Recover, Reform 35- FDR- Provided jobs, faith in banking Increases size and responsibility of government. FDIC, Social Security, WPA,CCC

35. Court packing FDR attempts to add judges to Supreme Court so his New Deal agencies are not declared unconstitutional

36. WWII causes/ results Germany invades Poland-1939 U.S. attacked by Japan-1941 Result – nuclear age; two superpowers Arms race; Cold War President FDR and Truman

37. United Nations Nations work to resolve conflicts

38- Role of women in wars Greater role Working in “men’s jobs” Greater sense of independence

39- Japanese Relocation camps WWII era Fear of spying Japanese-Americans placed in detention centers away from the West coast by an Executive Order of the President.

40. Korean War 1950s U.N. (with U.S. support) tries to stop communist from spreading to South Korea. Border remains at 38 parallel Containment – Cold War Domino theory

41. Vietnam War North – communists invaded South. Civil War US involved for many years First televised war; guerilla warfare Many protests – US withdraws 1973

42. Cold War Tensions between US and USSR after WWII Nearly a nuclear war – Cuban Missile Crisis under Kennedy Korean War, Vietnam War happened during Cold War 11/9/89 – fall of Berlin Wall – symbolized end of Cold War.

43- containment Foreign policy to stop the spread of communism During the Cold War

44- Communism Political system of Soviet Union

45- Cuban Missile Crisis JFK Nearly nuclear war Soviets had missiles in Cuba (near Florida)

46-superpowers US and USSR after WWII

47. Marshall Plan Post WWII containment U.S. gives aid to Western Europe to resist communism

48. “Witch Hunt” Term used to describe how McCarthy sought to expose suspected communists in government and Hollywood

49. Joseph McCarthy Anti-communist senator – 1950s Ruined careers of those in govt and Hollywood by accusing them of being communist

50. Civil Rights Act Ended discrimination based on race, gender, national origin, religion

51-March on Washington Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr “I Have a Dream” speech

52. Brown Vs. Board of Ed 1954 No more segregation States did not follow this immediately

53. Branches of government Legislative Executive judicial

54. Domino theory Fear that communism will spread to neighboring countries

55. detente Peaceful Policy of Pres. Nixon Try to end Cold War tensions

56. isolationism Focus on domestic affairs

57. neutrality Not get involved in wars

58. Watergate scandal President Nixon Cover-up of break in Would have led to his impeachment but he resigned