US HISTORY II MIDTERM EXAM STUDY GUIDE



UNITED STATES HISTORY II – 11TH GRADE

MIDTERM EXAMINATION STUDY GUIDE

JANUARY 2012

EXAM FORMAT: 100 MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS; 10 SHORT-ANSWER ESSAY QUESTIONS

CH. 18

1. Imperialism; 3 factors that led to US imperialism

2. Jose Marti

3. yellow journalism

4. Rough Riders

5. Spanish-American War: who fought? where?

6. Treaty of Paris: terms? How did the US begin to create an empire? (what territories were gained?)

7. Foraker Act

8. Emilio Aguinaldo

9. Teddy Roosevelt’s presidency: when did he gain power?

10. Open Door Policy: who, what, about which country?

11. Panama Canal construction: in which country?

12. Roosevelt Corollary: idea behind it? was an addition to what previous document? 2 examples of?

13. dollar diplomacy: idea, which president?

14. missionary diplomacy: idea, which president?

15. America’s 3 foreign policy goals in early 1900s

CH. 19

16. Triple Entente

17. Triple Alliance

18. event that sparked WWI?

19. 4 causes of WWI

20. No man’s land

21. US involvement in WWI – reasons for it? which alliance does US side with?

22. 1916 election – winner, campaign promise

23. 3 “actual overt acts” that prompted US involvement in WWI

24. German U-boats

25. Convoy system

26. American Expeditionary Forces(AEF): what, nickname, leader

27. Conscientious objector

28. War Industries Board (WIB)

29. Espionage and Sedition Acts

30. Great Migration: what, 3 factors that led to it

31. Poland – what country had lad taken from it to create this new nation?

32. NEW countries created after WWI

33. Zimmermann notes

34. Fourteen Points; League of Nations – did the US join?

35. Treaty of Versailles: war-guilt clause – who was blamed? 3 failures of treaty?

36. 4 results of WWI for the US; 1 major result for Europe

CH. 20

37. Red Scare

38. Palmer Raids

39. Sacco and Vanzetti case

40. 1920 election – winner, campaign promise

41. isolationism

42. communism

43. Teapot Dome scandal: what was it? which president did it affect?

44. Fordney-McCumber tariff

CH. 21

45. “roaring twenties”

46. Prohibition: what is it? which amendments?

47. Al Capone: who was he? where did he operate?

48. Women’s suffrage: what is it? which amendment?

49. Fundamentalism

50. Scopes “monkey” trial: what was it about? How does it represent changing cultural trends in the US?

51. Flappers

52. Gertrude Ederle

53. Charles Lindbergh

54. 1st animated movie w/ sound

55. Harlem Renaissance

56. Marcus Garvey/UNIA

57. WEB DuBois/NAACP

58. Jazz music – birthplace?

59. Bessie Smith

CH. 22

60. 3 problems that hurt 1920s prosperity

61. McNary-Haugen Bill – what, why Coolidge vetoed?

62. 1928 presidential election – winner

63. Dow Jones Industrial Average: what does it measure?

64. bull market, bear market

65. Black Tuesday: date, what happened

66. 4 causes of the Great Depression

67. Dust Bowl

68. “rugged individualism:” who, what

69. Reconstruction Finance Corporation (RFC)

70. Bonus March – what, why, Hoover’s reaction, impact

71. Patman Bill

CH. 23

72. 1932 presidential election – winner

73. 3 goals of the New Deal; what was the impact of this plan?

74. FDR’s 1st action - bank holiday

75. New Deal agencies: AAA, CCC, SEC, NYA, SSA

76. New Deal critics – Long, Coughlin

77. Court-packing bill: what, why

78. Frances Perkins

79. Marian Anderson

80. New Deal coalition

81. “War of the Worlds”

82. Federal Writers’ Project – Wright, Steinbeck, Slave Narratives

83. Federal Art Project – Wood’s American Gothic

84. impact of the New Deal

CH. 24

85. European dictators (5): who? where did the gain power? What circumstances allowed them to rise to power?

86. Causes of WWII

87. US involvement in WWII – which alliance does US side with?

88. Events/issues that prompted the US to get involved in war

89. totalitarianism

90. Mein Kampf – goals Hitler listed

91. Spanish Civil War – Franco’s role? what countries aided him?

92. FDR – against isolationism; what did he want to do instead? why?

93. Neutrality Acts

94. Which country does Hitler take over first during WWII?

95. Munich Agreement – what, what 3 countries signed it?

96. Blitzkrieg

97. Vichy, France

98. Kristallnacht

99. Final Solution

100. Tripartite Act: which nations signed it?

101. Lend-lease policy

102. wolf packs/u-boats

103. Pearl Harbor: date? what events led up to it?

104. Atlantic Charter – who, what, key points

105. Holocaust – phases, goals, examples

106. Nazi ideology – beliefs about race

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