Text of the Yearlong Review

Colonies & American Revolution

What is predestination?

Why did the Puritans want to leave England?

What religious movement was focused on getting an emotional response from its audience?

How did this movement help feed revolutionary fervor?

What group wanted to remain loyal to Great Britain?

Why did the British begin taxing the colonists in 1763?

Name 2 characteristics of the New England colonies.

Name 2 characteristics of the middle colonies.

Name 2 characteristics of the southern colonies.

Who did the southern colonies rely upon for their labor force?

Who was the primary author of the Declaration of Independence?

Which enlightenment thinker pushed for a three branch government?

Which enlightenment thinker was an advocate for the protection of "natural rights"?

Which enlightenment thinker pushed government by the general will?

What patriot is famous for being willing to pay the ultimate price for his freedom?

What was the first major tax placed on the colonists after the Seven Years’ War?

Name two ways the colonists protested this tax?

What piece of literature used a combination of romantic emotions and enlightened reason to call people to the Revolution?

What document set up our nation’s first government?

What Colonial victory brought increased support from the French?

Name two weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation.

Name two ways that women supported the Revolutionary War.

Where did the British surrender to Washington?

What was the freezing cold low point for the Continental Army?

What were the two main purposes of the Declaration of Independence?

Constitution, Expansion and
Civil War

What amendment protects you from unlawful search & seizure?

How many houses are their in our Congress? What are their names?

What group pushed hard for the inclusion of the Bill of Rights?

Which amendment protects your right to bear arms?

Who has the power to tax?

Who appoints Justices & Ambassadors? Who approves them?

What freedoms are guaranteed by the First Amendment?

What right do some people feel is violated by the Death Penalty?

What amendment protects the rights of the accused?

What amendment protects you from self-incrimination?

Who has the power to declares laws/acts unconstitutional?

How is the membership of the Senate determined?

What is the group of the President’s advisors called?

What was Hamilton’s vision for America?

What was Jefferson’s vision of America?

Who was sent to explore the Louisiana Territory?

Why was Napoleon in a hurry to unload Louisiana?

How did the rivalry between the French & British affect us in the early 1800s?

What was the outcome of the War of 1812?

What was the Monroe Doctrine?

How did Andrew Jackson treat the Native Americans? What action reflects this?

Badly!, Trail of Tears

What is "Manifest Destiny"?

What excuse did Polk use for starting the Mexican American War?

Who opposed the Mexican-American War? Why did they oppose it?

What did Tecumseh believe about land ownership?

What area was like an independent country before it was annexed by the U.S?

Why did Santa Anna lay siege to the Alamo?

What party was formed by Jackson’s supporter’s to ensure his election in 1828?

How were the industries of westward expansion in conflict with the lifestyle of the Plains NAs?

Who were the first settlers in Oregon?

What issue was hotly debated in the new territories as our country expanded westward?

What were two of the main provisions of the Missouri Compromise?

What were two of the main provisions of the Compromise of 1850?

What was the result of giving Kansas and Nebraska popular sovereignty over slavery?

Why did John Brown take over the arsenal at Harper’s Ferry?

Name two advantages the South had at the start of the Civil War.

Name 3 advantages the North had at the start of the war.

What was Lincoln’s main purpose in fighting the Civil War?

What was the first actual fighting of the war?

What happened to the Southern industrial and agricultural production facilities during the war?

What was the purpose of the Emancipation Proclamation?

What two Union victories happened on July 4, 1863? Why were they significant?

In what speech does Lincoln identify preserving the Union as a most sacred cause?

Who marched through the South with the goal of forcing them to surrender?

Why was Vicksburg so important?

Reconstruction, Industrialization and Immigration

What did the 13th Amendment do?

Why did the Radical Republicans push for the 14th Amendment?

Which amendment guaranteed freedmen the right to vote?

What President did the Radical Republicans have a major problem during Reconstruction?

Name 2 things that kept freedmen from gaining true equality.

Name 2 ways Southern states kept freedmen from voting.

Give two examples of conflicts between Plains NAs and the settlers/army.

Who led his people on a 3,000 mile journey in an attempt to avoid being placed on a reservation?

What was the first strike where one union supported another?

What law basically forced Native Americans to accept "white culture"?

How many families was the floor of a tenement designed for? How many actually lived there?

Give 2 examples of poor working conditions.

What inventions helped fuel the growth of cities?

What event was wrongfully blamed on "bomb-throwing anarchists"?

What was the first national labor organization?

Who was the first leader of the AFL?

Why could businesses maintain such poor working conditions in the late 1800’s?

How did workers eventually respond to these poor conditions?

What is laissez faire economics?

Why would the gov’t always side with the owners against the unions?

What is xenophobia?

Why were new immigrants subjected to so much xenophobia?

What do you call a group of corporations controlled by the same board for common interest?

What photographer wrote "How the Other Half Lives" to expose the horrors of life in the inner city?

What is a pool?

How do corporations raise capital?

How much did an unskilled worker make in 1885?

Name 2 major industrialists of the late 1800’s.

What kind of person was likely to be a populist? Where were they likely to live?

Name 2 demands of the populists.

Where were most immigrants who came to the U.S. in the late 1800s processed?

What industries were the cornerstones of western settlement?

What was the goal of the muckrakers?

What group had great faith in the ongoing progress of society?

Name a law that progressives passed to help purify food.

Name a measure taken by progressives to take the corruption out of gov’t.

What groups essentially stole the voting power away from the poor to use for their own benefit?

Progressivism, Imperialism & WWI

What was the goal of the muckrakers?

What group had great faith in the ongoing progress of society?

How did Progressives view the role of government?

What organization did Carrie Chapman Catt start to try and get suffrage for women?

What organization was formed in the early 1900’s to try and improve conditions for African-Americans?

In what two places did most of the fighting take place in the Spanish American War?

Which president was the most famous "trust buster"?

What law did he use to bust the trusts?

Name a measure taken by progressives to take the corruption out of gov’t.

What black leader said that blacks must work from the bottom up in order to succeed?

Name a law that progressives passed to help purify food.

Who opposed him and said that blacks must have "higher aims"?

Name two reasons why the U.S. was interested in expanding it’s imperial power.

What did the Open Door Policy give us free reign to do?

What virtually made Panama a U.S. Territory?

Name the original U.S. policy designed to keep European nations from interfering in our hemisphere.

What was the point of the Roosevelt Corollary?

What "manufactured" event drew the U.S. into the Spanish American War?

Why did Wilson send troops into Mexico?

What group of countries did the U.S. fight alongside in WWI?

What group formed their opposition?

Name two factors that led to WWI.

What was the purpose of the Selective Service Act?

What weapon did the Germans use to attack allied ships and the British blockade?

What two factors led to trench warfare?

Name the two events that helped pull the U.S. into the war.

What was Wilson’s stated reason for entering WWI?

Why was it only a matter of time before the U.S. was drawn into WWI?

Why was the Pennsylvania Coal Strike of 1902 significant?

What organization was responsible for producing U.S. propaganda during WWI?

What was Wilson’s Plan for Peace called?

Name two key conditions of the Treaty of Versailles.

Name 2 gov’t agencies designed to make efficient use of our resources during WWI.

What law prevented "disloyal utterances" during WWI?

Name 2 kinds of people who might have opposed U.S. involvement in WWI.

What cause led to Wilson’s demise at the end of his presidency?

The Roaring ‘20’s

What is a "red"?

What Attorney General started the "Red Scare"?

Identify two examples of anti-immigrant sentiment from the twenties,

What organization was formed in response to the Palmer Raids?

What amendment made alcohol illegal?

How successful was prohibition? Who took over distribution of alcohol during prohibition?

What were the two big auto manufacturers in the ‘20s?

List three characteristics of life in rural America in the 1920s.

Identify three characteristics of urban America in the 1920’s.

Name two ways women established new independent attitudes in the 20s.

Name 2 big athletes of the Twenties.

What is "buying on the margin"?

Why is this a problem?

What group worked to oppress everybody who was not a White Protestant?

Who took over after Harding to clean up after the scandals? Describe his business philosophy.

List two new electronic conveniences of the ‘20s.

What kept Al Smith from winning the 1928 Presidential election?

How did the automobile change American life?

What was the charge in the Scopes’ Monkey Trial? What did this trial demonstrate?

Why was there a surplus in farm products during the 1920’s?

Identify two things that helped "liberate" America in the ‘20s.

What amendment gave women the right to vote?

What encouraged consumption of all kinds of new goods in the twenties?

Identify 2 ways Harding was scandalous.

Name two types of jobs commonly held by middle class women.

Name two types of jobs commonly held by lower class women.

The Great Depression

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World War II

Name two places Hitler took territory before the war started.

How long did it take Germany to conquer Western Europe at the start of the war?

What was the Battle of Britain?

Name one piece of evidence that suggests the government knew the Japanese were going to attack Pearl Harbor.

How much did federal spending increase between 1939 and 1945?

How did the federal government raise money for the war effort?

How did our army handle soldiers of different races?

Name a military organization that women joined to support the war effort.

Name one problem faced by Rosie the Riveter.

What law allowed us to provide supplies for Great Britain while remaining neutral?

What kind of things were Japanese-Americans forced to leave behind when they were interned?

What event brought us into the war?

What battle was considered the turning point in the Pacific?

What attack by Hitler eventually led to his downfall?

Where did Douglas MacArthur "return" in 8/44?

Where was the greatest amount of kamikaze activity?

Where did we start fighting the war in Europe? (hint: it’s not actually Europe)

Where was our next campaign after North Africa?

What invasion marked the beginning of the end for the Germans in Europe?

What two kinds of fighting were most common in the Pacific?

Name a hazard faced by U.S. troops after they invaded Normandy and were headed into Germany.

What was the last major German counter attack?

Name two goods that were rationed during WWII.

Name the general in charge of U.S. forces in Europe.

Where did the Big 3 meet to discuss post war plans?

Name two things the U.S. wanted from the Soviets at Yalta.

Which president made the decision to drop the Atomic bomb on Japan? What was his alternative to dropping the Bomb?

On what two cities was the A-Bomb dropped?

Name one thing that was controversial about the use of the A-Bomb.

How did WWII solve the problems of the Great Depression?

The Cold War

What international organization was formed after WWII to try & solve problems that might lead to WWIII?

What doctrine vowed to support all resistors of communism wherever they may be?

What economic plan was supposed to keep Western European Nations free form Comm. after WWII?

Which side did the U.S. support in the Korean War? Who supported the other side?

Why did Truman fire MacArthur during the Korean War?

What was the result of the Korean War?

How did we respond to the Soviets cutting off access to W. Berlin in 1948?

What did the Soviets test/demonstrate in 1949?

Who was put to death for supposedly giving our nuclear secrets to the Soviets?

Which U.S. Senator made a name for himself in the early 1950’s by hunting communists?

Name 2 ways U.S. citizens responded to the threat of Nuclear attack?

Who did both parties covet as their candidate for President in 1952?

Which party did Eisenhower choose? What young senator became his running mate?

How did the Suez Crisis of 1956 effect the Cold War?

What event of 1957 caused a rush to improve math & science programs in the U.S.?

At the peak of the arms race, how many times over could the U.S. & the USSR have blown up the world?

What were the two main treaty organizations of the Cold War?

What communist dictator rose to power in Cuba in the late 1950’s?

What effort did Kennedy make to remove him from power? Why did it fail?

What is the name for the doctrine that says your enemy won’t attack you if he knows you can retaliate?

How did the U-2 incident effect relations between the superpowers?

put them in the deep freeze

What threat from the Soviets in 1962 led to some of the darkest moments of the Cold War?

What was the outcome of this crisis?

Civil Rights Movement

What SC decision made segregation legal?

Give an example of a Jim Crow Law.

How did WWII serve as a catalyst for the Movement?

What decision reversed Plessy?

What did the Emmitt Till case demonstrate about the Southern Judicial System?

Where did Rosa Parks start the Bus Boycott? Who was chosen to lead the boycott?

What was the key principle of MLK’s strategy to end segregation?

Who were King’s chief influences in the use of non-violent tactics?

What kinds of groups believed blacks must rely on themselves and not on integration?

Black Separatists

Give an example of a Black Separatist Organization.

What was the focus of the Mississippi Summer Project?

What org. fought school segregation in the courts?

Give 2 examples of tough conditions faced by black students in Little Rock.

What organization was founded by King & other ministers in 1957?

What was the SNCC?

Why was it such a big deal that Jackie Robinson played baseball?

Why is Bull Connor so infamous?

What was the purpose of the March on Washington?

According to Malcolm X, who would it be OK to use violence against?

What did Malcolm X say blacks should reject?

What was the goal of the freedom riders? What were their tactics?

Name two things that happened to the Riders as they went through the South.

Who said "Segregation Now, Segregation Tomorrow, Segregation Forever"?

Where was militancy more rampant?

Who would "patrol the police" to assure they were not mistreating blacks? Name two of their demands?

Who fled the inner cities for the suburbs after WWII?

Name two places riots broke out in response to poor conditions in the cities.

Vietnam and the Cultural Revolution

Who did the Vietnamese originally fight for their independence?

Who did the U.S. install as the leader of South Vietnam in the late 1950s?

Who would immolate themselves to protest Diem’s policies?

What gave LBJ the power to "use any means necessary"?

List two ways combat conditions in Vietnam were unlike those soldiers had prepared for.

Name one factor that made our involvement in Vietnam so controversial.

What program was started to win over the hearts and minds of the South Vietnamese?

Who was the communist leader of North Vietnam?

What event led to the arrest of the Chicago 7?

What was "vietnamization"?

What were the southern sympathizers of the communist North called?

What is the most infamous example of the paranoid fear created by the Viet Cong?

Name two things used to defoliate the jungles in Vietnam.

Why did the U.S. attack Cambodia and Laos?

What impact did the Tet Offensive have on public opinion about the war?

Name two ways you could avoid the draft during the Vietnam War.

What was the fate of many Vietnamese families who supported the U.S.?

What documents exposed the truth about U.S. plans for Vietnam?

Which anti-war Presidential candidate was assassinated in 1968?

What was the name of the quiet group that wanted law & order & supported the war?

What brought an end to deferments for students and married people?

What were the students at Kent State protesting?

What minority groups were over-represented in the troops in Vietnam?

What theory proposed that if South Vietnam fell to Communism, the rest of SE Asia would soon follow?

Name 2 artists whose music opposed the Vietnam War.

What goal did Nixon claim to be pursuing in the Vietnam War?

What tactic did Nixon use to try and force the Vietnamese to the bargaining table?

What book by Betty Freidan helped inspire the start of a second Women’s movement?

What kinds of difficulties did women face in the workplace?

Name 2 ways women tried to address these problems.

What were the poor conditions that Latino farm workers faced in the 1960s?

What organization was most critical in addressing these concerns? Who was its leader?

What were some other issues that faced Latinos at this time?

What were the poor conditions that Native Americans faced in the 1960’s?

What two areas did they occupy in protest of the government?

Nixon, Ford and Carter

What was Nixon’s Domestic policy called?

Who did this plan give power back to?

Who did Nixon claim to represent?

Name two famous decisions made by the "Nixon" moderate Supreme Court.

Who was the wheat deal supposed to improve relations with?

Why did Carter suspend it in 1980?

Name two reasons Nixon went to China in 1972?

What did the SALT talks do?

Name the three groups investigating Watergate.

What revelation by Butterfield led to Nixon’s downfall?

What was the Saturday Night Massacre?

Who replaced Spiro T. Agnew as Nixon’s VP?

What was one of Ford’s first important actions that relates to Watergate?

Why did OPEC place an embargo on oil to the U.S. in 1973?

Name two factors that led to the Rust Belt.

What is stagflation a combination of?

Who had to deal with it during his presidency?

What was Carter’s major foreign policy victory?

What was his big foreign policy nightmare?

What major events had damaged Americans self esteem between 1969-1981?

What president tried to restore prestige to the presidency in light of this?

What was congress’ position on funding the Contras in 1983?

What was our gov’t hoping for help with from the Iranians in exchange for selling them arms?

Who was the scapegoat for the Iran Contra Affair?

What Soviet leaders reforms ultimately led to the collapse of the Eastern Bloc.

Identify two challenges George Bush faced during his presidency.

Who entered the 1992 election as a third party candidate?