Social StudiesFinal exam review

Do now: take out review material and paper

Exam dates:May 29, 2013 - 40 multiple choice questions (40%)May 30, 2013 – one essay (60%)

Contents of final exam 40 multiple choice questions- May

29

One essay – 60 points – May 30

And. You will have a short quiz on

Thursday on what is covered in class today.

There will be another short quiz on Friday or Tuesday too.

So, let’s begin

Format for review You are not expected to write down

everything that is written here. You should just supplement your

own notes. If everyone cooperates, I will put

this entire PowerPoint online on Thursday.

1. Why did people move West?

Better life Opportunities Homestead Act

2. Reasons for immigration Push – why they left their

homeland; war, poverty, oppression

Pull- America- Land of Opportunity; lots of jobs here

3- immigrate To come to a new land to settle

4. emigrate Exit; exodus To leave your homeland

5. Theories of immigration A. old theory – melting pot Immigrants erase heritage and

adopt new, American culture. B. new theory – salad bowl Immigrants add features of their

culture to become part of a new American culture.

6-nativism Dislike of foreigners Wanted quotas or restrictions on

immigration (1920s) Some immigrants were

discriminated against when they arrived

7- muckrakers

Goal- to expose problems caused by industrialization

Jacob Riis – How the Other Half Lives – tenement life

Upton Sinclair – The Jungle – horrors of meatpacking industry and immigrant life

Ida Tarbell – History of Standard Oil – unfair business practices of Rockefeller

8- Progressive Movement Goals- to fix the problems caused

by the Industrial Era Wanted to end unfair business

practices such as monopolies, unsafe working conditions, monopolies, child labor etc.

9- suffrage Right to vote

Women – 19th amendment

African American Males – 15th amendment (but with restrictions)

10- laissez-faire Little or no government regulation

or interference in the economy or business

Led to growth of monopolies

11. Changes caused by Industrial Revolution

Economic growth due to: Assembly line- more consumer goods

produced at a lower/cheaper cost More efficiently produced goods More jobs in factories More monopolies and corporations

12-urban/suburban/rural Urban- city Suburban – outside city Rural- countryside

13- labor union Goal-Workers joined together to

fight for better working conditions and benefits

Unions help employees/workers

VOCABULARY-- EMPLOYER= BOSS

14-assembly line Production is faster and cheaper

Mass production of goods was more efficient

15. Jane Addams and Settlement houses

Jane Addams- social reformer who set up settlement houses to help poor people and immigrants

focused on education, health, job training

Reform means to CHANGE

16- Big Stick Policy President Teddy Roosevelt

U.S. “Policeman of the World” - especially Latin America

17 A.- imperialism Take over a nation making it a

colony

Due to the nation’s need for resources and markets during Industrial era

expansion

17B – Manifest Destiny America’s destiny to be a land

from sea to sea.

Desire for expansion

17 C – Monroe Doctrine The U.S. declares it’s right to deal

with matters in the Western Hemisphere

Told Europeans to stay out of the affairs of the West

Doctrine was expanded under Teddy Roosevelt (Roosevelt Corollary)

17 D- Spanish American War

Causes Imperialism Yellow journalism DeLome Letter Humanitarian concern for Cuba Sinking of the USS Maine ship

ResultsU.S. becomes and imperialist nation with colonies (Puerto Rico, Guam, Philippines)

17 E- Open Door Policy with China

Industrial Age

More trade with China

18 A-World War I Causes – 1914 (M.A.N.I.A)

Assassination of Archduke of Austria- Hungary

Germany attacks U.S. ships then we declare war in 1917.

Results Map of Europe changed

18B- U.S. at beginning of WWI

U.S. Neutral in 1914- “did not affect us”

U.S. Declares war- 1917 War ends- 1918

Reminder: Quiz on Thursday on Final Exam Review. Another Quiz on Friday and Tuesday.

19. Fourteen Points Woodrow Wilson’s plan for peace

No more wars No secret treaties No colonies League of Nations- use

diplomacy/talking to settle disputes

20-Treaty of Versailles Senate refuses to ratify treaty

because of League of Nations

Senate believed League might cause us to be involved in another conflict

Harsh conditions on Germany- reparations

21. League of Nations Senate refuses to ratify Treaty of

Versailles bec. of the League. Believed it might get us more involved in wars.

Wilson wanted it – believed it would end conflicts; bring peaceful settlement of problems

22-Roaring Twenties Era of changes (social, political,

economic) Eco- Easy credit meant people

could afford to buy more goods Social – New freedoms/ fashions

for women Political- Reduced civil liberties; Red

Scare

23. Harlem Renaissance Rebirth of African American culture

centered in Harlem, NY in the 1920s

Poetry/ literature celebrating African American culture

24. Sacco and Vanzetti Italian immigrants (anarchists)

convicted of murder with little evidence.

Lessons: Nativism – dislike of immigrants 1920’s Red Scare era- fear of different

ideas Civil liberties can be denied due to

fears

25. Quotas- Immigration Acts 1921

Restrictions on immigration - fewer from Asia and Eastern Europe.

Nativists supported quotas (limits)

26. Scopes (monkey) Trial 1920s- Religious fundamentalism

rises

Scopes taught about evolution though it was banned

27. Red Scare 1920s Fear communism would spread to

USA Fear of people who may support

communism Fear of immigrants

28- Red Scare 1950s McCarthyism

Cold War era

Fear of Communism

29. Dust bowl Drought (no rain) conditions in

Great Plains

Massive dust storms

30. Farmers in the 1920s Lost farms due to dust bowl

Low crop prices

Moved West

31-Great Depression Causes:

Mechanization -lost jobs High tariffs on imports Easy credit -debt Stock market crash and panic – 1929

Results: High unemployment; banks fail, slow

economy; little money to buy goods

32. FDR vs. Hoover

Hoover Help business help people Indirect help

FDR New Deal Direct help; jobs, loans, aid

33. Hoovervilles Shanty towns People were evicted homeless Lived in shacks

34. The New Deal Purpose- Relief, Recover, Reform

Provided jobs, faith in banking

Result-Increased size and responsibility of government.

35. WWII causes Germany invades Poland-1939

Japan bombs Pearl Harbor- US enters war in 1941

36. WWII - results During the War

War leads to more jobs- Depression ends

More women working Results

Atom bombs dropped on Japan leads to war’s end

Now-nuclear age; two superpowers Arms race; Cold War begins

37. Iron Curtain Phrase from Winston Churchill

describing the separation between Western (free) Europe and Eastern (communist-controlled) Europe.

Post War period

38-Marshall Plan USA sends financial or economic

aid to help rebuild Western Europe

Keep Europe strong to resist communism

39-Berlin Blockade U.S. helps West Berlin which was

blockaded during Cold War

40. Cold War Tensions between US and USSR after

WWII Korean War, Vietnam War happened

during Cold War 11/9/89 – fall of Berlin Wall – symbolized

end of Cold War.

41- containment Foreign policy to stop the spread of

communism

During the Cold War

42- NATO North Atlantic Treaty Organization Defensive alliance for the West to

provide security to fight the East (Communists)

NATO vs. Warsaw Pact

43. McCarthyism Anti-communist Senator McCarthy–

1950s Ruined careers of people accusing

them of being communist; people’s rights denied.

Red Scare era

44. Korean War 1950s U.N. (with U.S. support) tries to

stop communist from spreading to South Korea.

Border remains at 38 parallel Containment – Cold War Domino theory

44- Communism Political system of Soviet Union

45- Cuban Missile Crisis JFK success Nearly a nuclear war Soviets had missiles in Cuba (near

Florida)

46. Domino theory Fear that communism will spread

to neighboring countries especially in Southeast Asia i.e. Korea and Vietnam

Led to our involvement in two wars

47. Civil Rights Movement 1950s and 1960s Sought equal rights for African

American Used non-violence Leader: Dr. King

48. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Goals Desegregation Equal voting rights

Methods Passive resistance Sit-ins; marches, boycotts

49-March on Washington Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr “I Have a Dream” speech

highlights inequality and struggles of African Americans

50. Brown Vs. Board of Ed 1954

No more segregation States did not follow this

immediately Led to desegregation (integration)

of schools and facilities

51- Women’s Rights Movement

Goals Career choices Equal pay Equal treatment

52. detente Try to end or ease Cold War

tensions

Use diplomacy (negotiations)

Essay (60%) Write about the contributions of

two individuals discussed in this course.

Which people should you choose?

Focus on their contributions and how they impacted our nation.

Some examples? Write the names of five people you

might write about in your final exam essay.