Final Exam Review-H

What pacifist minister emerged as the leader of the Civil Rights movement?

What symbolic feature of the Cold War was built by the Soviet Union in 1961?

Why didn’t the government support labor unions?

How were the Plains Indians different from the native tribes back east?

Former slaves badly needed land to be successful after the end of slavery.

What was Wilson’s peace plan called?

What 1954 United States Supreme Court case finally overturned Jim Crow Laws?

At the end of the day, what was Westward Expansion really about?

Who wrote the book The Jungle, which showed the unsanitary conditions of meatpacking plants.

What was name of LBJ’s broad domestic agenda that aimed at ending poverty?

Which of the following New Deal programs is NOT around today?

What was the American economy reliant upon on by 1900?

What political party had, for the most part, dominated national politics until FDR was elected in 1932?

The Battle of __________________ in 1942 was the turning point in the Pacific Theatre.

Two types of journalism had a great influence on public opinion: photographs and

What event in 1962 brought the world to the brink of nuclear war?

How did the United States government help "settle the West"?

Generally speaking, what issues did progressive reformers want to solve?

What specific crisis did FDR tackle first?

Name a specific economic reason/event that caused the North to grow tired of Reconstruction.

What is the name of the treaty that decided the terms of peace at the end of World War I?

The Compromise of 1877

Jacob Riis wrote the book ________________________, about life in the slums of NYC.

Where did most immigrants (the “new immigrants”) come from during the Gilded Age?

A journalist that exposed corruption and crappy stuff in society was called a

The Harlem Renaissance would lead to

What was the Dawes Act meant to do?

What was one result of education, mass media, and Progressive Era Amendments on society during the 1920’s?

The fear of communism in American society during the 1950's is known as

A left-wing ideology/economic theory where the governemnt controls all means of production and no ownership of property.

Progressive Era reformers wanted to use what to achieve social change?

The leader of the Soviet Union during WWII was

How long did it take to get to California by covered wagon?

Why did American business leaders want the Triple Entente to win the war?

What did the U.S. have that made it perfect for massive industrial growth?

Why have things been so complicated in Europe over the centuries?

What event happened in NYC in the early 1900’s that drastically changed child labor and overall work safety laws?

After the Compromise of 1877, the South passed these laws limiting former slaves civil rights.

39. The Allied invasion at Normandy on June 6, 1944 is known as ___________.

What did most former slaves do after the Civil War?

Font type and size for an essay

39. What is the name of the generation that grew up during the Great Depression and fought in WWII?

The leader of Great Britain for the majority of WWII was

Aside from MLK, Jr., what other leader was assassinated in 1968 that contributed to the unravelling of our society?

Why was the Transcontinental Railroad so important for industrialization?

Most consumers in the 1920’s made purchases using credit which caused many of them to go into debt.

The idea that if one country fell to communism, others would follow.

What is the proper margin size (top, bottom, sides) for an essay?

Despite the U.S. being the world’s leading industrial nation by 1900, Great Britain was the world’s most power. Why?

What country had fought in Vietnam since the end of World War II before finally surrendering in 1954?

After WWI, what organization formed that was meant to prevent another war was an epic failure?

What 1896 United States Supreme Court case challenged Jim Crow Laws?

Political machines got votes in return for their favors to immigrants and the poor.

What is the generation that fought in WWI and came of age in the 1920’s called?

What was a lasting effect of the war in Vietnam, general social upheaval, a poor economy, and the Watergate scandal?

Why did America want to expand in the early 20th Century?

For what reasons did the United States give for dropping the atomic bombs on Japan?

39. The Battle of the _____________________ was the last German advance against the Allied forces in Europe.

The imaginary line in Europe that separated western democracies from Eastern Bloc communist countries was known as

This cartoonist nearly single-handedly brought down William "Boss" Tweed.

What was the name of the economic plan that sent money to Europe after World War II?

Who was the leader of the Soviet Union during the Cuban Missile Crisis?

What are the proper spacing requirements for an essay?

Before both world wars, America's foreign policy in Europe was isolationism.

What was the American economy reliant upon before the Civil War (1861-1865)?

39. John Hay called the Spanish-American war a

Laws put into place in the South at the end of the Civil War/start of Reconstruction.

Former slaves were kept from voting by:

Great Britain’s attempt at appeasing Hitler by giving him parts of Czechoslovakia in 1938 was known as the

Who coined the name “The Gilded Age” for the time period 1870-1900?