HUSH Final Exam Test Study Guide
Format:
- 100 multiple choice (100 points)
- 4 extended response (60 points)
Concepts to Know:
Progressivism
- muckrakers – purpose, key figures
- LaFollette and Wisconsin Idea
- 17th & 18th Amendments
- Hepburn Act, Meat Inspection Act, Pure Food and Drug Act, National Reclamation Act, FTC, Clayton Anti-Trust Act
- referendum, initiative, and recall
- Congressional Union vs. NAWSA
- weaknesses of Progressive movement
Imperialism
- difference between imperialism and expansionism
- arguments for AND against imperialism
- motives for annexing Hawaii
- 4 causes of Spanish-American War
- Terms of Treaty of Paris
- Panama Canal
- Platt Amendment
- meaning of the nickname “splendid little war”
WWI
- MAIN causes of WWI
- Immediate cause of WWI
- why is U.S. neutral at first in conflict?
- Importance of Lusitania and the Zimmerman Note
- CPI, Food Administration, Fuel Administration, Espionage and Sedition Acts
- machine guns
- impact of mobilization on women and African-Americans
- 14 Points speech & League of Nations (Article 10)
- Treaty of Versailles – why is it hard to make a fair treaty? Importance of treaty?
The Roaring 20s
- “republican decade” – attitude towards government?
- Flappers –Why were they so scandalous?
- Prohibition
- Birth of mass media – importance? Examples?
- How did the economy change in the 1920s? Credit, installment plans, advertisements, new products?
Great Depression
- long term causes of the GD
- Hoover’s response to GD – especially Hawley-Smoot Tarrif and RFC (why did they fail to end GD?)
- impact of GD on teens, families
- ND programs – CCC, WPA, TVA, FDIC, NYA, AAA, NIRA, Wagner Act, Fair Labor Standards Act (specifically who are they meant to help and how)
- court packing scheme – importance?
- Significance of New Deal?
- What actually ended the GD?
WWII
- problems Germany, Japan and Italy faced in 1930s
- U.S.’ early response to conflict in Europe – cash & carry, Lend-Lease Act
- Munich Conference
- why did U.S. join WWII?
- impact of WWII on: women, Mexican-Americans, African-Americans, Japanese-Americans
- Selective Service and Training Act, National War Labor Board, Office of Price Administration – purpose?
- European Theater – D-Day
- Holocaust – # dead
- Pacific Theater – Coral Sea & Midway, Iwo Jima & Okinawa
- advantage of island-hopping
Cold War to Present Day
- cold war vs. hot war?
- Differing ideologies, motives of U.S. & U.S.S.R.
- Proxy wars – meaning & examples
- containment & influence on foreign policy
- Vietnam – why does U.S. get involved? Impact on American society?
- Civil Rights Movement – MLK, Jr. vs. Malcolm X – different approaches?
- Watergate – what is it?
- Reaganomics – what is it?
Essays –
- Compare and contrast the Progressive Reform Era and the New Deal. Which movement was more successful in improving the quality of life for everyday Americans? Explain why.
- Compare and contrast WWI and WWII. Which war had a more profound impact on America (politics, economy or society)? Explain why.
- Since America is the “history of US,” select three events that we have learned about this year in which individual Americans did extraordinary things. Explain how in each instance an “ordinary” American had a significant effect on U.S. history.
