Final Exam Review:
EXAMINATION 4 REVIEW
US HISTORY SINCE 1877
This is your fourth examination. It will cover events from chapter 26 to 28 in your text.
Things you should know:
Chapter 26: The Second World War—From Isolationism to Global War
You should know:
· Post-World War I Isolationist views of Americans
· Attempts at disarmament in 1920s: Washington Armament Conferences; Kellogg-Briand Pact
· “Good Neighbor” Policy: Intervention in Latin America; Relations with Latin America; Hoover and Clark Memorandum; Improved relations under Roosevelt
· US relations with Soviet Union
· Trouble in the Pacific—Japanese aggression and China
· Trouble in Europe—Rise of Mussolini in Italy and Hitler in Germany
· America’s attempts at Neutrality: Neutrality acts, expansion of neutrality acts; Cash and Carry arms sales; America as the “Arsenal of Democracy” and direct aid to Great Britain; Lend-Lease Program
· Atlantic Charter: US/GB War Aims
· Pearl Harbor and America’s entrance into World War II
· America’s early battles & setbacks—i.e. Philippines, setbacks in the Atlantic and German submarine warfare
· Battles of Coral Sea and Midway—Turning point in the Pacific war
· Mobilization of the homefront—economics & finance of war, price & wage controls, women, various experiences of minorities (African-Americans, Native-Americans and Japanese-Americans), Demographic shifts, Cutbacks on New Deal programs
· War in Europe—Decision for German first strategy, Allied strategy, North Africa and Italian campaigns, D-Day & Battle of the Bulge, Defeat of Germany, Holocaust
· War time conferences—Casablanca, Cairo, Teheran, Yalta, Potsdam
· War in Pacific—Allied strategy & island “leapfrogging”, Battles of Iwo Jima & Okinawa, Potsdam Declaration, Atomic bomb, Japanese surrender
Chapter 27: The Fair Deal and Containment
You should know:
· Truman becomes president
· Issues that face his administration early on—Demobilization, Inflation, Strikes, Price controls
· Mid-term Elections of 1946—Republicans take congress
· Legislation: Taft-Hartley, Tax Reduction, National Security Act, Presidential Succession Act, 22nd Amendment
· Cold War: Establishment of the United Nations, Rivalry with USSR, Policy of Containment, Truman Doctrine/Marshall Plan, Conflict over Germany, NATO, Communists China, Russian Atomic Bomb, Korean War
· Election of 1948—Party split, Truman victory, Fair Deal—major legislative defeats
· Red Scare: Joseph McCarthy, Atomic Spy Case/Rosenbergs, Alger Hiss
Chapter 28: The 1950s: Cold War America
You should know:
· Post World War II economic growth: Growth of GNP/Economy, Reasons for growth—i.e. military spending, GI Bill, baby-boom, consumer demand
· Consumer culture: New products—i.e. TV, variety of products, advertising/credit, youth culture
· Demographic Shifts: Growth of suburbs/Levittowns, Great Migration
· Conforming culture: Big business, women, religious revival
· Critique of 1950s culture: Cracks in the Picture Window/Affluent Society, art/literature, the Beats
· Election of 1952: Truman does not run, Eisenhower and Stevenson, Eisenhower’s presidency/cabinet, Eisenhower and the New Deal
· Korean War: Eisenhower’s approach
· Red Scare: Eisenhower’s approach
· Foreign Policy during Eisenhower’s first term: John Foster Dulles and foreign policy/containment/brinkmanship, Role of CIA & overthrowing governments
· Growing involvement in French Indochina conflict (Vietnam)
· Civil Rights issues: Brown v Board of Education case, Rosa Parks, Civil Rights Act of 1957, Little Rock Central High
· Election of 1956
· Foreign crises during Eisenhower’s second term: Suez crisis, Hungary crisis, Berlin crisis, “U2 Summit”, Cuba/Castro
· Domestic affairs: Sputnik and Space Race, “Missile Gap” & education crisis, Corruption in White House
TERMS:
1. Neutrality Acts
2. Cash and Carry Arms Sales
3. American First Committee
4. Lend-Lease program
5. Atlantic Charter
6. Pearl Harbor
7. Battle of Midway
8. Island Hopping
9. Japanese Relocation Camps
10. North Africa Campaign—Operation Torch
11. D-Day
12. “Rosie the Riveter”
13. Yalta Conference
14. Dropping of the Atomic Bomb
15. United Nations
16. Potsdam Declaration
17. Servicemen’s Readjustment Act/GI Bill of Rights
18. “Operation Dixie”
19. National Security Act/Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
20. Fair Deal
21. Korean War
22. Alger Hiss
23. Taft-Hartley Act
24. Presidential Succession Act
25. Truman Doctrine
26. George C. Marshall/Marshall Plan
27. Berlin Airlift
28. George Kennan/Containment Policy
29. J. Strom Thurmond/Dixiecrats
30. Great Migration
31. The Beats
32. Levittown
33. The Crack in the Picture Window
34. The Naked Lunch
35. The Affluent Society
36. The Power of Positive Thinking
37. Allen Ginsberg
38. Jack Kerouac
39. Jackson Pollock
40. Civil Rights Act (1957)
41. National Defense Education Act
42. Joseph McCarthy
43. Rosa Parks
44. Orval Faubus
45. Ho Chi Minh
46. Brown v Board of Education of Topeka
47. Eisenhower Doctrine
48. Sputnik
49. John Foster Dulles
50. Adlai Stevenson
51. Robert A. Taft
52. Fidel Castro
53. Suez Crisis
US HISTORY SINCE 1877
This is your fourth examination. It will cover events from chapter 26 to 28 in your text.
Things you should know:
Chapter 26: The Second World War—From Isolationism to Global War
You should know:
· Post-World War I Isolationist views of Americans
· Attempts at disarmament in 1920s: Washington Armament Conferences; Kellogg-Briand Pact
· “Good Neighbor” Policy: Intervention in Latin America; Relations with Latin America; Hoover and Clark Memorandum; Improved relations under Roosevelt
· US relations with Soviet Union
· Trouble in the Pacific—Japanese aggression and China
· Trouble in Europe—Rise of Mussolini in Italy and Hitler in Germany
· America’s attempts at Neutrality: Neutrality acts, expansion of neutrality acts; Cash and Carry arms sales; America as the “Arsenal of Democracy” and direct aid to Great Britain; Lend-Lease Program
· Atlantic Charter: US/GB War Aims
· Pearl Harbor and America’s entrance into World War II
· America’s early battles & setbacks—i.e. Philippines, setbacks in the Atlantic and German submarine warfare
· Battles of Coral Sea and Midway—Turning point in the Pacific war
· Mobilization of the homefront—economics & finance of war, price & wage controls, women, various experiences of minorities (African-Americans, Native-Americans and Japanese-Americans), Demographic shifts, Cutbacks on New Deal programs
· War in Europe—Decision for German first strategy, Allied strategy, North Africa and Italian campaigns, D-Day & Battle of the Bulge, Defeat of Germany, Holocaust
· War time conferences—Casablanca, Cairo, Teheran, Yalta, Potsdam
· War in Pacific—Allied strategy & island “leapfrogging”, Battles of Iwo Jima & Okinawa, Potsdam Declaration, Atomic bomb, Japanese surrender
Chapter 27: The Fair Deal and Containment
You should know:
· Truman becomes president
· Issues that face his administration early on—Demobilization, Inflation, Strikes, Price controls
· Mid-term Elections of 1946—Republicans take congress
· Legislation: Taft-Hartley, Tax Reduction, National Security Act, Presidential Succession Act, 22nd Amendment
· Cold War: Establishment of the United Nations, Rivalry with USSR, Policy of Containment, Truman Doctrine/Marshall Plan, Conflict over Germany, NATO, Communists China, Russian Atomic Bomb, Korean War
· Election of 1948—Party split, Truman victory, Fair Deal—major legislative defeats
· Red Scare: Joseph McCarthy, Atomic Spy Case/Rosenbergs, Alger Hiss
Chapter 28: The 1950s: Cold War America
You should know:
· Post World War II economic growth: Growth of GNP/Economy, Reasons for growth—i.e. military spending, GI Bill, baby-boom, consumer demand
· Consumer culture: New products—i.e. TV, variety of products, advertising/credit, youth culture
· Demographic Shifts: Growth of suburbs/Levittowns, Great Migration
· Conforming culture: Big business, women, religious revival
· Critique of 1950s culture: Cracks in the Picture Window/Affluent Society, art/literature, the Beats
· Election of 1952: Truman does not run, Eisenhower and Stevenson, Eisenhower’s presidency/cabinet, Eisenhower and the New Deal
· Korean War: Eisenhower’s approach
· Red Scare: Eisenhower’s approach
· Foreign Policy during Eisenhower’s first term: John Foster Dulles and foreign policy/containment/brinkmanship, Role of CIA & overthrowing governments
· Growing involvement in French Indochina conflict (Vietnam)
· Civil Rights issues: Brown v Board of Education case, Rosa Parks, Civil Rights Act of 1957, Little Rock Central High
· Election of 1956
· Foreign crises during Eisenhower’s second term: Suez crisis, Hungary crisis, Berlin crisis, “U2 Summit”, Cuba/Castro
· Domestic affairs: Sputnik and Space Race, “Missile Gap” & education crisis, Corruption in White House
TERMS:
1. Neutrality Acts
2. Cash and Carry Arms Sales
3. American First Committee
4. Lend-Lease program
5. Atlantic Charter
6. Pearl Harbor
7. Battle of Midway
8. Island Hopping
9. Japanese Relocation Camps
10. North Africa Campaign—Operation Torch
11. D-Day
12. “Rosie the Riveter”
13. Yalta Conference
14. Dropping of the Atomic Bomb
15. United Nations
16. Potsdam Declaration
17. Servicemen’s Readjustment Act/GI Bill of Rights
18. “Operation Dixie”
19. National Security Act/Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
20. Fair Deal
21. Korean War
22. Alger Hiss
23. Taft-Hartley Act
24. Presidential Succession Act
25. Truman Doctrine
26. George C. Marshall/Marshall Plan
27. Berlin Airlift
28. George Kennan/Containment Policy
29. J. Strom Thurmond/Dixiecrats
30. Great Migration
31. The Beats
32. Levittown
33. The Crack in the Picture Window
34. The Naked Lunch
35. The Affluent Society
36. The Power of Positive Thinking
37. Allen Ginsberg
38. Jack Kerouac
39. Jackson Pollock
40. Civil Rights Act (1957)
41. National Defense Education Act
42. Joseph McCarthy
43. Rosa Parks
44. Orval Faubus
45. Ho Chi Minh
46. Brown v Board of Education of Topeka
47. Eisenhower Doctrine
48. Sputnik
49. John Foster Dulles
50. Adlai Stevenson
51. Robert A. Taft
52. Fidel Castro
53. Suez Crisis
