American Cultures 6.0 Final Exam Study Guide
Chapter 22 – World War I
Causes of WWI –
Explain the impact of WWI on civil liberties:
Explain African Americans connection to WWI:
Summarize changes in everyday life during the war:
Treaty of Versailles:
Red Scare of 1919:
Chapter 23 – The 1920s
Laissez-Faire government:
Explain Isolationism:
Summarize political and social conflicts of the 1920s:
Explain Flappers:
What impacts did Prohibition have on society?
What impacts did automobiles, radios, and motion pictures have on society?
Chapter 24 - The Great Depression and the New Deal
What did investors do in response to the drop in stocks in October 1929?
Why did Hoover oppose federal aid during the Great Depression?
What was FDR’s plan for fixing the Great Depression?
Identify and explain “The First Hundred Days”:
Identify and explain the Social Security Act of 1935:
What were the goals of New Deal government works programs?
What were the concerns about federal power expansion and the New Deal?
What impact / legacy did the New Deal have on American government?
Explain / summarize the Dust Bowl:
Chapter 25 – World War II
How did American people respond to the aggressive actions of Germany, Italy, and Japan in the 1930s?
What were the Neutrality Acts of the 1930s?
What did the U.S. do in response to Pearl Harbor?
How did WWII impact the Great Depression?
Explain African Americans connection to WWII:
What happened to Japanese-Americans during WWII? Why?
What was the Potsdam Conference?
Why did the U.S. decide to drop the atomic bombs on Japan?
Chapter 26 – The Cold War
What were the causes of the Cold War?
Explain the GI Bill of Rights:
What did the Truman Doctrine pledge the U.S. would do?
Explain the Marshall Plan:
What did U.S. do in response to the Soviet’s shutting off West Berlin from the rest of the world?
Explain U.S. involvement in NATO:
Why did the U.S. intervene in the Korean War?
Explain the controversy / argument between President Truman and General MacArthur:
Summarize Truman’s Fair Deal:
Explain HUAC:
What caused the growth of McCarthyism in the early 1950s?
Chapter 27 – America at Midcentury (Eisenhower and Kennedy years)
Explain Eisenhower’s political ideology:
Explain the Federal Highway Act of 1956:
What caused growth of home ownership in the 1950s?
Summarize the characteristics of suburban life in the 1950s:
Summarize the characteristics of Eisenhower’s foreign policy:
Explain the Domino Theory:
What happened at the 1954 Geneva Conference?
What was the “military-industrial complex?
What impacted Kennedy’s success in the 1960 Presidential Election?
What were major aspects and programs of Kennedy’s foreign policy?
Explain the Cuban Missile Crisis and its outcome:
What were the findings of the Warren Commission?
Chapter 28 – Civil Rights
Explain the ruling of the Brown v. Board of Education court case:
Why did Eisenhower send federal troops to Little Rock?
Explain the Kennedy administration’s approach to dealing with civil rights:
Explain the Civil Rights Act of 1964:
Chapter 29 – War at Home, War Abroad (Johnson, Vietnam War, and Nixon)
Why did conservatives criticize the Great Society?
What did the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution say/do?
Summarize the success of Lyndon Johnson’s Great Society:
Summarize the military make-up during the Vietnam War:
What sparked student protests and dissent during the 1960s?
Explain Nixon’s “Vietnamization” plan:
What increased anti-war protests in the U.S. in 1970?
Explain the Watergate Scandal. Why did it happen?
Summarize Nixon’s foreign policy achievements:
What does the War Powers Act of 1973 state?
*** Do not forget about Chapter 30 (Ford and Carter) and Chapter 31 (Reagan, Bush I, Clinton, Bush II, and Obama)! You can use your Chapter 30 and 31 quiz to help you review this information for the exam) ***