STUDY GUIDE
HIST 1302: Instructor Kristine Boeke
UNIT
2 STUDY GUIDE
Study
Sheet for Exam 2: Chapters 21, 22, 23, 24
1. List the beliefs and circumstances that
fostered a desire for US expansion in the late 1800s, and arguments made
against expansion.
2. Name the territories that the US
acquired as part of its imperial expansion in the 1890s, as well as very brief
descriptions of the process of acquisition of those territories.
3. Discuss the cause, course and outcome
of the Spanish-American War. Was the US
justified in declaring war?
4. Discuss the experiences of African
American soldiers during the Spanish-American War.
5. Explain the origin and purpose of the
Open Door policy in China.
6. Describe American foreign policy
regarding Latin America in the late 1800s.
7. Define the beliefs and assumptions
associated with progressivism.
8. Relate the role of “muckraking” to the
broader movement of progressivism.
9. Describe the settlement house movement
and the views of Jane Addams.
10. Describe the democratic forms of
government that progressives instituted to bring more power to the common
people, such as the initiative, referendum, direct primary, and recall.
11. Describe the goals of the prohibition
movement, the birth control movement, and the women’s suffrage movement. Show what they had in common and how they
differed in their arguments, tactics, and successes/failures.
12. Contrast the goals and tactics of
Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. Du Bois.
13. Roosevelt is considered the first
progressive president. Describe the
various progressive issues that were important to him (such as his position
toward trusts/monopolies).
14. Analyze Roosevelt’s general position
toward labor (workers) and management (business owners). How did he differ from
earlier presidents? What did he call his
position?
15. In the 1912 election, Republican Teddy
Roosevelt explained his philosophy of government in his “New Nationalism” plan,
while Democrat Woodrow Wilson did the same in his “New Freedom” plan. Explain their philosophies about how
government should be run, and then how the government actually ended up.
16. Describe the Clayton Anti-Trust Act
and who benefited from it the most.
17. Describe what happened at the Triangle
Shirtwaist Factory, the reasons for it, and what changes resulted from it.
18. Describe the characteristics and
members of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW).
19. Discuss how most Americans initially
reacted to the outbreak of war in Europe (i.e., World War I). What about
progressives? Organized labor? President Wilson?
20. Discuss the ways that Germany
threatened American national security.
21. Describe Wilson’s neutrality position
regarding the war. What did it
enable? What was its grander purpose?
22. Discuss at least three reasons that
the United States entered World War I.
23. Describe and critique the US
government’s propaganda campaign during World
War I, including the Committee on Public
Information.
24. Name the
responsibilities of the War Industries Board, and the ways it changed how the
economy was run.
25.
Describe how and why the US government curbed civil liberties during World
War I.
26. Describe Woodrow Wilson’s goals at the
Paris Peace Conference, and why Congress opposed them.
27. Describe the major points of the
Treaty of Versailles.
28. Name some effects of World War I upon
American society.
UNIT 3 STUDY GUIDE
Study
Sheet for Exam 2: Chapters 25, 26, 27, 28
1. Describe the economy in the 1920s; its strengths
and weaknesses.
2. Describe the culture of both the black and white
literary communities during the 1920s.
3. Describe the characteristics of the changing
categories of dating, marriage, woman, family and sexuality that emerged in the
1920s.
4. Describe the rural reaction to the modern, urban
conditions of the 1920s; include specific instances or examples.
5. Compare the approaches of Hoover and FDR to dealing
with the Depression.
6. Define the goals of the Agricultural Adjustment
Administration, the Works Progress Administration, and the Social Security Act.
7. Compare and contrast the First New Deal with the
Second New Deal.
8. Describe the criticisms and programs proposed by
Roosevelt’s major critics during the Great Depression and their effects on his
policies.
9. Describe the National Labor Relations Act; and in
what way it served as a major turning point.
10. Contrast the Committee for Industrial Organization
with the American Federation of Labor.
11. Describe Roosevelt’s New Deal Coalition, and its
long-term importance.
12. Discuss the influence of the New Deal on women and
minorities.
13. Discuss some of the long-lasting effects of the
New Deal; what brought the Great Depression to an end.
14. Define the Good Neighbor Policy with regard to
Latin America.
15. Describe the deep-rooted foreign-policy stance of
isolationism in the 1930s, and the effect this policy had on the Second World
War.
16. Describe the significance of the Kellogg-Briand
Pact.
17. Discuss when and how World War II began in Europe.
18. Discuss the significance of the Neutrality Act,
and its relation to World War II.
19. Describe the “policy of appeasement” in relation
to Hitler, and its significance to World War II.
20. Discuss FDR’s response when World War II broke out in
Europe.
21. Describe the Lend-Lease program; and its
underlying purpose for Americans.
22. Describe the particulars of what happened in US-Japanese
relations that led up to the Pearl Harbor incident.
23. Discuss the arguments used both for and against
dropping the atomic bomb(s) on Japan during World War II.
24. Discuss how the outbreak of war influenced
American perceptions and treatment of non-white racial groups, including
Japanese Americans, Mexican Americans, African Americans, and European Jews
25. Compare the role of women during the Great
Depression and World War II.
26. Discuss the incident that caused the US to join World War II, and its impact
on Americans.
27. Describe the origins of the Cold War, including
the actions by both the Soviets and the Allies
28. Describe American assumptions about Communism that
contributed to the “icy” relationship between the two superpowers.
29. Identify the goals of the US and the Soviet Union
immediately after World War II.
30. Describe the containment policy, its purpose and
consequences, and possible alternative policies.
31. Describe the Marshall Plan; its purpose; effects;
and eventual influences on the three major superpowers (Europe, US, Soviet
Union).
32. Define the purpose of NATO and its effects on
US-Soviet relations
33. Define the Geneva Convention and the role it is
supposed to play in warfare. In what
ways was the Geneva Convention violated by all the countries at war during
World War II?
NOTE:
Two of the questions below will be chosen for the exam. You will answer one.
Question 6: The Twenties:
Describe the “culture wars” in the 1920s (or the rural vs urban
conflicts). Provide examples of these clashes during this decade.
Question 7: The New Deal:
Compare and contrast how Herbert Hoover and Franklin Roosevelt attempted to
deal with the financial woes of the early 1930s during the Great
Depression. How did each attempt to
solve the problems? NO LEGISLATION OR
LAWS; just a summary of the difference in their philosophies.
Question 8: Origins of World War II: Discuss the goals of
Question 9: Race and World War II: Race played a significant role during this war. Describe how—in at least three different
examples.
Question 10: The Cold War: What factors, decisions, emotions, actions,
and beliefs of Stalin and Truman contributed to the beginning of the Cold War?
Consider the question from the point of view of BOTH the
UNIT 4 STUDY GUIDE
Study Sheet for Exam 2:
Chapters 29, 30, 31, 32
1. Describe the culture of “conformity” in the 1950s
and its critics.
2. Describe economic conditions in the 1950s.
3. Describe the goals and values of the Beats in the
1950s.
4. Describe McCarthyism, its targets, and its
long-term effects.
5. Identify Betty Friedan’s arguments in her famous
book The Feminine Mystique. What did she say women were unhappy
about? Why is she considered an
important historical figure?
6. Describe the origins of rock and roll, and its role
among young people.
7. Describe the
8. Describe the origins, causes, events, and results
of the Cuban missile crisis.
9. Describe life in the segregated south for both
whites and African Americans. Be able to
include specific examples.
10. Describe the background and philosophy of Martin
Luther King, Jr., and the tactics he supported.
11. Describe the role of both black and white college
students in the civil rights movement, such as strategies, tactics and events. in
12. Describe the changes brought about by the Supreme
Court case Brown v. Board of Education,
the Civil Rights Act of 1964, and the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
13. Describe President Johnson’s Great Society
program.
14. Describe
15. Describe Johnson’s communication strategy during
the Vietnam War.
16. Identify the
17. Describe the Tet Offensive and how it changed the
course of the war.
18. Describe the characteristics of the average
American soldier in
19. Describe the major turning points in the war.
20. Describe the underlying principles of
participatory democracy, individualism and identity that shaped the beliefs of
the following groups in the 1960s: the Students for a Democratic Society/the
New Left, women’s liberation, gay liberation, black power, and Chicano
movements in the late 60s. In what ways
were they responding to the conformity of the 1950s?
21. Briefly describe the
events leading up to the Watergate scandal, the scandal itself, its outcome,
and its consequences.
22. Describe Nixon’s foreign policy
approach to the cold war and to communist countries. How did he differ from his predecessors?
23. Describe one of President Carter’s greatest
successes in office: the Camp David Accords.
24. Describe one of Carter’s
biggest failures: the hostage situation in
25. Discuss how politicians responded to the oil crisis of the 1970s.
26. Discuss the conditions surrounding the 1973 Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision.
27. Discuss the participants, their goals, the
actions, and the crimes committed in the Iran-Contra affair.
28. Define the tenets of
Reaganomics and its strengths and weaknesses.
29. Describe the AIDS epidemic
of the 1980s and the initial response of the government and the American
public.
30. Describe the emergence of the Christian political coalition in the 1980s, and the rise of conservatism in general.
31. Describe Reagan’s foreign policy.
32. Describe the relationship between the
33. Describe the end of the Cold War.
NOTE:
Two of the questions below will be chosen for the exam. You will answer one.
Question 11: The Culture
of Conformity: Many scholars describe the 1950s as an “age of
conformity.” How did each sociologist, William Whyte, David Riesman, and
C. Wright Mills, explain what was disturbingly flawed about life in the
1950s? What about Betty Friedan? Were their concerns justified? Why
or why not?
Question 12: The Civil Rights Movement: The civil rights
movement was successful because everyday local people took action, and
sometimes risked their lives in the face of extreme violence. At the
national level, the different presidents’ involvement in support of the
movement was mixed. Trace the response of Presidents Truman, Eisenhower,
Kennedy, and Johnson to the civil rights movement. Who was the most/least
helpful, and why? Provide examples.
Question 13: Identity Politics: The youth protest groups of
the 1960s have acquired stereotypical images, especially among those not
actually. Convey the goals and principles of Students for a Democratic
Society. How are these different from what you expected? Choose two
other groups and examine their principles as well: college students,
antiwar activists, (please do not do black power advocates—the book’s research
on them is wrong), Chicanos, Native Americans, gays and lesbians, “hippies”
(counterculture), and women’s liberationists.
Question 14: The Seventies: Describe the Watergate
scandal. What were the numerous moral and legal wrongdoings that Richard
Nixon did during the Watergate scandal. What were
the charges he was eventually found guilty of?
Question 15: The Eighties: Discuss the different
components of President Ronald Reagan’s economic policy, and its effects on the
economy, the poor, the middle class, and the wealthy.