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

2. 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.

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

4. 2- Railroads Connected the nation Brought settlers to the frontier
Increased western population
Faster travel and transportation

5. 3- problems farmers faced
High bank and railroad rates
Drought, poor soil
weather

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

7. 5-reasons for immigration
Push- famine, war, discrimination
Pull- U.S. land of opportunity – jobs
or freedoms
New Immigrants - jobs

8. 6-nativism Dislike of foreigners
Wanted quotas or restrictions on immigration

9. 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

10. 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.

11. 9- suffrage Right to vote Women – 19th amendment
African American Males – 15th amendment (but with restrictions)

12. 10- laissez-faire
Little or no government regulation or interference in the economy or business

13. 11-tenement
Crowded apartment buildings to house growing populations

14. 12-urban/suburban/rural
Urban- city
Suburban – outside city
Rural- countryside

15. 13- labor union
Workers joined together to fight for better working conditions and benefits

16. 14-assembly line Production is faster and cheaper
Mass production of goods was more efficient

17. 15-Triangle Shirtwaist Fire
Led to many safety regulations / laws in the workplace

18. 16- Big Stick Policy President Teddy Roosevelt
U.S. policeman of world - especially Latin America

19. 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

20. 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”

21. 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

22. 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

23. 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

24. 22-Roaring Twenties Booming economy
Easy credit meant people could afford to buy more goods
New fashions for women- freedom/ liberated

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

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

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

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

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

30. 28- Farmers – 1920s Overproduction of crops leads to low prices
Problems with dust storms

31. 29. Dust bowl
Drought conditions in Great Plains

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

33. 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

34. 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

35. 33. Hoovervilles
Shanty towns

36. 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

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

38. 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

39. 37. United Nations
Nations work to resolve conflicts

40. 38- Role of women in wars Greater role Working in “men’s jobs”
Greater sense of independence

41. 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.

42. 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

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

44. 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.

45. 43- containment
Foreign policy to stop the spread of communism During the Cold War

46. 44- Communism
Political system of Soviet Union

47. 45- Cuban Missile Crisis JFK Nearly nuclear war
Soviets had missiles in Cuba (near Florida)

48. 46-superpowers
US and USSR after WWII

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

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

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

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

53. 51-March on Washington Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr
“I Have a Dream” speech

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

55. 53. Branches of government
Legislative
Executive
judicial

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

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

58. 56. isolationism
Focus on domestic affairs

59. 57. neutrality
Not get involved in wars

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