US History II AE Final Exam Study Guide

Banking

Oil

Steel

Helped Mentally Disabled

Created Settlement Houses for Mentally Disabled

Anti-Lynching

Bust Trusts (Monopoly)

Survival of the Fittest: White vs. Black, Rich vs. Poor

1st American to go to Japan

Samurai Following

Strong Empires in Asia

US annexes Hawaii --> access to Japanese resources

Takes Alaska, Buys it from Russia

William Seward

US Ships

Use Naval Power to enforce US Trade & control other countries

Spanish destroyed US ship, need to protect Cuba

Propaganda on Butcher Weyer

Spanish General

Philippines

Made TR Famous

Imperialism

Imperialism

Republican President

Spanish-American War

US intervention in Latin America

Started Revolution in Columbia --> Created Panama Canal

TR's Domestic Program: Conserve Natural Resources, control corporations, & consumer protection

Conservation

Civil War Veteran

Labor workers opposition

First trust busted (Rail Roads)

Preserve Environment

Wrote Jungle about diseases caused by food

Book written about unhealthy meat

Federal inspection of Meat, No production of dangerous medicines

Inspection of Meat

Regulates Rail Roads

Stop corruption

Progressive Reform

Revealing problems in society

Deaths of many women factory workers (safety regulations needed)

Corruption

Trust, Exposed standard oil

Poverty

Black rights, passive (accepts segregation)

Black rights, Aggressive (pushed for Civil Rights, NAACP)

Trust-busting, civil service reform, ICC supporter

Progressive Party, split Republican party (Taft vs. TR)

Inter-Nation Labor Union

Public controls production

Leader of Progressive Movement

Created Central baking system in US & granted legal authority to issue legal tender

Assassinated, Started WWI, Austrians vs. Serbians

US isolation from European affairs

Central Powers vs. Allies

German Emperor

Americans want to give goods to the British but Germans keep destroying US ships

Destroyed British ships with Americans on board

Germans promised change of naval warfare (public)

League of Nations, spread democracy, world peace

Mexicans work with Germans to invade US & Allies

Fighting in pits, machine gun turrets, foot soldiers

German subs attack Allied merchant ships w/o warning

Coordinates War Industries, Gov't controls war efforts & economy

Controlling opinions

US army

Offensive by British & French forces vs. Germans

Military Draft (US)

Gave War Bonds

Prevent disputes between workers & managers

Made propaganda

Forbade offensive language directed towards US

Prohibited interference with US military operations

US didn't want to join League of Nations

Legal basis for reparations (German)

Allied Leaders, met at Yalta

Inter-Governmental organization founded because of Paris Peace Conference

Workers strike against US Gov't

Elimination of American Communists

Attorney general, deported Communists/foreigners

Bans Asians from entering US

White radicals vs. Blacks

Hated immigrants

Warren Harding's campaign promise

Perspectives on Gov't regulation

Republican Conservative --> Gov't controls

President after Harding, small-Gov't conservative

Asian Exclusion

Immigration Restriction

Naval Oil Reserve Scandal

Restriction of Alcohol in US

Prohibition

Women's suffrage movement

Anarchists convicted for murder

Jazz Era

Jazz Musician

Don't fight segregation (Black), just leave

Imported goods, Non Self-Sufficient

Innovation of production lines --> Economy Boom

New group of young western women

Evolution, No Darwinism taught in schools

Teach evolution in Southern Schools?

Broadcast news & presidential elections; Jazz Music

Buying on credit with loans

Economic Modernization

Survive by one's self

Super conservative, no Gov't regulation

Inflation

WWI --> US banks lend money to Allies & Germany (reparations)

WWI veterans want money for serving in war

High tariff --> depression worsens

Metal houses

War is illegal

FDR vs. Hoover --> FDR wins & proposes to fix Depression

No jobs

Conservation work in forests

Give jobs to poor people

Provide rural hydro-power

Give $ to farmers to stop planting

Mandatory codes for employers to follow

legalize booze --> create jobs

Social Security, Aid the public ($)

Construction of public establishments

Promised pensions for elderly

Addition of more conservative Republicans for FDR support (New Deal)

FDR's advisers

1st Woman Cabinet member, Social Security

Desert Storm --> agricultural damage

Nationalized Industry

Share wealth, Socialist

Great debt to US, significant damage

Dictatorships, Hitler promises to bring Germany out of hard war times

Strong economy, Communism

Give Hitler land --> Hitler stops conquering Europe

Speedy Warfare

Royal Air Force, Germany bombs UK

Killing of Jews

US stays isolated

Allied ships collect US goods (Trade)

US supplies UK during WWII

Shows horrors of war to public

Allies decide not to conquer the countries at war

Japanese "secretly" attack US, US joins WWII

New weapons, Airplanes, Bombs

Creation of more US jobs, WWII --> End of Great Depression

Take jobs of White Men

Military WWII Draft based on Birthday

Japanese & German (Made by US)

All consumer goods to to US soldiers in war

Japanese citizens of US (spies?)

Fewer US soldiers deaths, Less use of resources, End of War

Built the Atomic Bomb (US)

Stalin enters Japan, Germany separated into 4 parts

Division of Europe (Allies vs. Russia)

US program to aid UK, rebuilt European economies

US supports Greece & Turkey, prevent Communism

Aid countries bordering Russia, protect potential dominoes from USSR

Nuclear Innovation (Russian)

USSR blocks Allies from access of Berlin

Mutual defense to opposing attack forces

Iron Curtain, East & West totally separate

Game of chicken with missile construction

Fear of Communism influences politics

Russian satellite

Secretary of State

Regan turns it into Nixon, suspected Communists

Castro (Cuba), Shah (Iran)

US spy plans shot down in USSR airspace

Unsuccessful action by Cuban exiles to invade southern Cuba

USSR missiles on Cuba, threatens US security

Kennedy gives $ to Latin America, makes them better

Maintain isolation & Us peace with other countries

Truman defeats Dewy, Huge upset, Democrats regain control over both Congressional houses (Republican & Democrat)

Evolution of Music

Broadcast Presidential elections

Distribution of goods & sciences

Fashion, Increases Economic Production

Traditional Families

Korean Communist Politician, Led North Korea

International Peace & Security

American General in Philippines

Chinese Soviet Republic (Communist)

Ordered US involvement in Korean War

Ended US involvement in Korean War

Ending Korean War

Racial segregation in private business

Separate public schools, Black vs. Whites

Opposition to segregation

Murdered for "stepping out of place" (talking to a white girl)

No violence between white & black citizens

First 9 Black students to attend While-only school

American Civil Rights

Pro-Free Rides & Bus Boycotts

Us Civil Rights Movement

Bus Boycotts through carpooling

Bring attention to unequal rights of blacks

Last stand for voting rights of Civil Rights Movement

Black Rights

Black Muslim minister, human rights activist, public speaker

Want equality for Blacks

Richard Nixon vs. JFK, JFK wins

JFK's Foreign & Domestic Programs

Shot during Presidential motorcade by Lee Oswald --> Oswald shot by Jack Ruby

Domestic programs by JFK with reference to LBJ

Health insurance coverage to elderly, Health program for Low-Income citizens

Battle of France vs. Viet Minh

Congress repealed resolution --> Nixon given total control of US army in Vietnam

Guerrilla Warfare

Vietcong surprise attack on US embassy --> Credibility gap

Auick way for US to end Vietnam War

Vice-President under LBJ,Lied to public about war horrors

US platoon murders innocent Vietcong citizens

National Guard kills student protesters

Republican organization to end Vietnam War

Us troops invade Cambodia to kill Vietcong

High US death tolls, Hurts US economy ($)

Opposition to Gov't in EVERY WAY, Peace activists

Presidential Elections

Chief Justice of US, Pro Gov't Control (against Conservatives in Public freedom)

Restore Law & Order, Appealed to Middle-Class citizens

Cooling of Tensions between employers and workers

Restrict use of Nuclear Weapons (US vs. USSR)

Nixon secretly recording Democratic meetings --> Nixon's impeachment

Republican, pardons Nixon, Give citizens $ so they can work

Pro-Civil Rights, Supports Tax Reforms & Welfare Systems, Democratic

American People --> Crisis of Confidence

Iranian Leader of Revolution to overthrow Shah of Iran

Limits on strategic warfare (US vs. USSR)

Republican, Low Taxes/Big Business/Cut Gov't Spending

Conservative Political Movements

Cut Taxes --> Incentive to work --> Gov't revenues increase

Increase military spending --> defense system

Reagan's administration sent $ from exchanges to Contras in Nicaragua

Reagan Revolution, Small Gov't

Iran & Iraq in long war over oil, US intervenes when American oil fields in Kuwait are threatened

Supported Liberal & Conservative Programs

Rich businessman, understands economy, targeted federal budget deficit

George W. Bush vs. Al Gore, Ballot Mistakes --> Recount, George W. Bush wins