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AUTUMN 1 – Changing Political Environment QuestionsA Changing PresidencyWhat did Woodrow Wilson believe presidents should be involved in? What did Wilson’s involvement in law-making lead to the rise of? What major event can be attributed as leading to the decline of Republicanism? What amount does Republicanism say the federal government should be in involved in people’s lives? Which company was criticised for monopolising the oil industry and an example of the threat of big business at the turn of the 20th century? How did Roosevelt change the government’s relationship with welfare? Which president’s personality was suspicious? Which president started the tradition of regular briefings and meetings? Which president used television well? Which president abandoned Eisenhower’s regular briefings and meetings? Which president was patchy with speeches, he could give good ones but also awkward ones? Which president worked badly with congress and had many of his reforms blocked? Which factor for a decline in confidence in the government is Truman’s mishandling of the Korean War an example of? What was the name of the scandal under the Nixon presidency where he was accused of burglary, surveillance of political opponents, and lying to the public? Which two wards led to a decline in confidence? Which factor for a decline in confidence in the government is the Three Mile Island Leak in 1979 an example of? Which factor for a decline in confidence in the government is violent police reactions (e.g. Birmingham march, Kent State shootings) an example of? What consequence did Nixon face for the Watergate scandal? Under which president did the media see their job as explaining government policy? After which president did the media begin to see their job as uncovering government deception? Influences on the political landscapeWhich president came up with the idea of rugged individualism? What did rugged individualism believe about an individual’s capability to succeed? Rugged individualism also encompassed ideas of isolationism and what else? What was the name of the policy Roosevelt created to solve the problems created by the Great Depression? What promise did Roosevelt put aside to implement the New Deal? What did the New Deal put responsibility on for the welfare of citizens? From where did the New Deal lead the federal government to take responsibility from for policy making? What part of the New Deal did businesses see as a lose-lose? How many states did the TVA span Which two parties were found during the First Red Scare? How many suspected communists is the FBI estimated to have arrested by 1920? What triggered the Second Red Scare? What was the name of the committee in Congress which investigated communism? What did Truman set up to investigate government employees suspected of being communist? What was the name of the US Senator who exacerbated fears of communism during the Second Red Scare? What did anti-communism lead to a significant curb on? What is an example of positive discrimination, something liberals supported? What did Hippies want to loosen? Which radical student group organised the first mass protest against Vietnam? On what platform, as a reaction against counter culture, did Nixon campaign on in 1969? Impact of war on domestic policyWhat did Warren G. Harding promise a return to after WW1? What suggested isolationism was working? Which war saw the US becoming a leading world power and abandoning the policy of isolationism? What impact of the Korean War is it marking an expectation of the US being involved in world affairs an example of? Which government body got control of domestic policy due to the presidency focussing on foreign affairs? What impact of the Korean War is Truman refusing to give media access to information leading to it being critical an example of? What impact of the Vietnam War is Vietnam Veterans Against the War (VVAW) with membership of over 30,000 an example of? What impact of the Vietnam War is people being humiliated to have lost a ‘dirty’ war an example of? What impact of the Vietnam War is it contributing to rising inflation an example of? What impact of the Vietnam War is Walter Kronkite criticising the government’s handling of the war on television an example of? AUTUMN 1 – Changing Political Environment AnswersA Changing PresidencyLaw-makingRepublicanismA: Great DepressionMinimalStandard Oil CompanyHe made government responsible for it.NixonEisenhowerKennedyKennedyJohnsonTrumanMediaWatergate scandalKorea and VietnamMishandling of eventsSocial factorsHis successor Gerald Ford pardoned himRooseveltTrumanInfluences on the political landscapeHerbert HooverThey could do it without government interventionRestricting immigrationNew DealTo balance the budgetGovernmentStatesNational Recovery Agencyseven The Communist Party of America and the Communist Labour Party of AmericaA: 5000-10,000accusations of government workers being a part of Moscow spy ringsHouse Unamerican Activities Committee in Congress (HUAC)loyalty boardsJoseph McCarthyCivil libertiesAffirmative actionThe family systemStudent Democratic SocietyNew RightImpact of war on domestic policyNormalcyA ‘boom’ periodWW2Shift in presidential attentionCongressTruman’s unpopularityProtestDeclining confidence in presidencyEconomic costMedia ................
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