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QUESTIONS ANSWERS
1. What are the physical features andclimate of the Great Plains?
Flatlands that rise gradually
from east to west
Land eroded by wind and water
Low rainfall
Frequent dust storms
2. Before the Civil War, how did peopleview the Great Plains?
The area was considered a"treeless wasteland" - not a goodplace to settle.
3. How did perceptions of the GreatPlains change after the Civil War?
New technologies allowed peopleto see the Great Plains not as atreeless wasteland but as a vastarea to be settled.
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4. What were some of the technologiesand inventions that allowed people to
settle in the Great Plains after the CivilWar?
Barbed wire
Steel plows
Dry farming
Sod houses
Beef cattle raising
Wheat farming
Windmills
Railroads
5. What are three industries thatemerged after the Civil War inspecialized manufacturing areas?
New England textile industry
Detroit automobile industry
Pittsburgh steel industry
Chicago meat packing
6. New manufacturing and industrialareas emerged after the Civil War.Where was the textile industry
centered?
New England
7. What city emerged as the center ofthe automobile industry?
Detroit, Michigan
8. What city emerged as the center ofthe steel industry?
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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9. Name the 7 political regions of theU.S.
Northeast
Southeast
Midwest
Southwest
Rocky Mountain
Pacific
Noncontiguous
10. Name the 9 states of the Northeastregion.
MaineVermontConnecticut
Massachusetts
Rhode IslandNew YorkNew Jersey
Pennsylvania
New Hampshire
11. Name the 14 states of theSoutheast region.
MarylandDelawareWest VirginiaVirginiaKentuckyTennesseeNorth Carolina
South CarolinaGeorgiaFloridaAlabamaMississippiLouisianaArkansas
12. Name the 12 states of the Midwestregion.
OhioIndianaIllinoisMichiganWisconsinMinnesota
IowaMissouriKansasNebraskaSouth DakotaNorth Dakota
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13. Name the 4 states of the Southwestregion.
TexasOklahoma
New MexicoArizona
14. Name the 6 states of the RockyMountain region.
ColoradoUtahNevada
MontanaWyomingIdaho
15. Name the 3 states of the Pacificregion.
Washington
OregonCalifornia
16. Name the 2 noncontiguous states.Alaska
Hawaii
17. A state is an example of a ______region. political
18. Name the states in which thesecities are located.
Boston
New York City
Boston, Massachusetts
New York, New York
19. Name the states in which thesecities are located.
Pittsburgh
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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20. Name the states in which thesecities are located.
Atlanta
New Orleans
Atlanta, Georgia
New Orleans, Louisiana
21. Name the states in which thesecities are located.
Chicago
St. Louis
Chicago, Illinois
St. Louis, Missouri
22. Name the states in which thesecities are located.
Detroit
San Antonio
Detroit, Michigan
San Antonio, Texas
23. Name the states in which thesecities are located.
Santa Fe
Denver
Santa Fe, New Mexico
Denver, Colorado
24. Name the states in which these
cities are located.
Salt Lake City
San Francisco
Salt Lake City, Utah
San Francisco, California
25. Name the states in which thesecities are located.
Los Angeles
Seattle
Los Angeles, California
Seattle, Washington
26. Name the states in which thesecities are located.
Juneau
Honolulu
Juneau, Alaska
Honolulu, Hawaii
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27. What were some reasons for the
period of westward expansion after CivilWar?
The Homestead Act resulted in
opportunities for landownership.
The Transcontinental Railroad
The discovery of gold and silver
Adventure
A new beginning for former
slaves
28. What were some of the factorsleading to increased immigration afterthe Civil War?
hope for better opportunities
Adventure
religious freedom.
escape from oppressive
governments.
29. Why did cities grow rapidly after theCivil War?
Immigration from other countries
Movement of Americans from
rural to urban areas for jobopportunities
Specialized industries
developed in cities steel inPittsburgh, meat packing inChicago
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30. What were some inventions thatcontributed to change and industrialgrowth in the late 1800s?
Lighting and mechanical uses of
electricity Thomas Edison
Expansion of telephone service
Alexander Graham Bell
31. What were some challenges facedby cities in the late 1800s and early1900s?
Overcrowded immigrant
neighborhoods and tenements
Political corruption
32. What were some of the effortsmade to solve immigration problems?
Settlement Houses, such as the
Hull House founded by JaneAddams
Political machines that gained
power by attending to the needsof new immigrants (jobs,housing)
33. How did political machines gainpower in the cities?
By helping immigrants with jobs,housing and other needs
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34. Who is Jane Addams?The founder of Hull House, asettlement house that offered avariety of services to immigrants
35. By 1865, skirmishes betweenIndian and white settlers were frequent.The government tried to convinceIndians tribes to give up their land andrelocate onto -
reservations (land set aside forIndian communities)
36. In 1876, the federal governmentdecided to force the Sioux, led by CrazyHorse and Sitting Bull, back onto theirreservation. In this famous battle,Custer led his troops against more than2,000 Sioux Indians. He and all of hismen died.
the Battle of Little Bighorn
37. In 1877, when the federalgovernment sent troops into theWashington territory to force the NezPerc off their lands and into areservation, this Indian chief led 400,000 of his people toward Canada on along but unsuccessful escape.
Chief Joseph
38. During the 1880s, settlers on theWest Coast blamed declining wagesand economic problems on theseworkers.
Chinese workers
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39. 1882, Congress passed the firstsignificant law restricting immigrationinto the United States. What was it?
Chinese Exclusion Act
40. This group of immigrants began toarrive in large numbers after their potatocrop failed in the 1840s. By 1860, theyhad largely replaced the New Englandmill girls as textile workers.
Irish immigrants
41. What were Jim Crow laws?
Laws that institutionalized a systemof legal segregation, creatingunequal opportunities for AfricanAmericans in housing, work,education, and government
42. What is racial segregation? Separation based on race
43. "Jim Crow" laws madediscrimination ___ in many states.
legal
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44. Who was Booker T. Washingtonand how did he respond to the issue ofsegregation?
An African American leader who,believing that African Americans
would achieve equality in timethrough education, was willing toput up temporarily with socialsegregation.
45. Who was W.E.B. Du Bois, and howdid he respond to the issue ofsegregation and discrimination?
An African American leader whowanted immediate political, civil andsocial equality for AfricanAmericans at any cost
46. How did Booker T. Washington andW.E.B. Du Bois differ in their responsesto discrimination?
Washington was willing to acceptsome degree of segregation whileAfrican Americans slowly achievedequal treatment through education.Du Bois, on the other hand,demanded immediate equality for
African Americans.
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47. Between the Civil War and WorldWar I, the U.S. was transformed froma(n) _____ to a(n) ______ nation.
agricultural --- industrial
48. What created the rise in bigbusiness in the late 1800s?
National markets created by
transportation advances
Captains of industry like
Rockefeller (oil) Carnegie(steel), and Ford (cars)
Advertising
Lower-cost production
49. What caused industrialization in the
late 1800s?
Access to raw materials and
energy
Availability of a large work force
Inventions
Financial resources
50. What are some examples of "bigbusiness" that emerged after the Civil
War?
Railroads, Oil, Steel
51. Who was the oil "captain ofindustry"? John D. Rockefeller
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52. Who emerged as the captain of thesteel industry?
Andrew Carnegie
53. Who emerged as the captain of theauto industry?
Henry Ford
54. How did farm life change after theCivil War?
Mechanization (e.g., the reaper)
reduced farm labor needs andincreased production.
Industrialization provided
access to consumer goods bymail order
55. Industrial development in the citiesincreased the need for __________.
labor
56. How did changes in farm life fuelindustrialization?
Mechanization meant fewerworkers were needed on the farms,so labor was freed up for the cities.
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57. What effect did mechanization(e.g., the reaper) have on the farms?
Mechanization increasedproductivity and reduced laborneeds. Farm laborers left for the
cities to work in industry.
58. What were some of the negativeeffects of industrialization?
Child labor
Low wages and long hours
Unsafe working conditions
59. What were some of the workplacereforms brought about by theProgressive Movement?
Improved safety conditions
Reduced work hours
Restrictions on child labor
60. What did Progressive reformerswant?
Reformers wanted laws to protectworkers and poor people, to reformgovernment, and to regulatebusiness.
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61. What did the women's suffragemovement want?
voting rights for women
increased educational
opportunities for women
62. The negative effects ofindustrialization led to:
the rise of organized labor
progressive movement and
workplace reforms
63. This union pushed for higherwages, shorter hours and better workingconditions. It was stronger in the skilled
trades than the factories, and preferredto bargain rather than to strike.
The AFL - American Federation of
Labor
64. In 1892, 13 men were killed in abattle between striking steelworkers andstrikebreakers at Carnegie's steel plantin Pittsburgh. This strike is known asthe -
Homestead Strike
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65. What was an important result of theHomestead Strike?
Americans turned against unionsand organized labor, whom theyblamed for the violence.
66. Which Constitutional Amendmentfinally gave women the right to vote?When was it adopted?
The 19th amendment, adopted in1920, gave women the right to vote.
67. What did Susan B. Anthony do? She worked for women's suffrage.
68. What was the movement againstalcohol consumption and production?
The Temperance Movement
69. What was the 18th amendment?It prohibited the manufacture, sale,and transport of alcoholicbeverages.
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70. In what year did the SpanishAmerican War take place?
1898
71. Where did the fighting take placeduring the Spanish American War?
Mostly Cuba and the Philippines
72. The United States emerged as a_____________ as a result of victoryover Spain in the Spanish AmericanWar.
world power
73. The Spanish American War startedwhen Cuban nationalists revoltedagainst the ruling Spanish government.Whom did the U.S. support?
Cuban nationalists
74. Reporters covering the SpanishAmerican War exaggerated Spanishatrocities in order to sell newspapers.This became known as -
yellow journalism
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75. What were some of the reasons forthe Spanish American War?
Protection of American business
interests in Cuba
American support of Cuban
rebels to gain independencefrom Spain
Tensions resulting from the
sinking of the U.S.S. Maine inHavana Harbor
Exaggerated news reports of
events (Yellow Journalism)
76. What was important about the U.S.battleship Maine?
The U.S. blamed the Spanish forsinking the Maine, and used it asan excuse to declare war on Spain.
77. What possessions did the U.S. gainas a result of the Spanish AmericanWar?
Philippines
Guam
Puerto Rico
78. What was the outcome of theSpanish American War for Cuba?
Cuba gained independence fromSpain.
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79. What was the Spanish AmericanWar all about?
In 1898, Cuban rebels wantedindependence from Spain and theU.S. supported them.
80. When and why was the term YellowJournalism first used
During the Spanish American Warto describe sensational reporting onthe war.
81. What happened in 1914? World War I broke out in Europe
82. What was the U.S. response whenwar broke out in Europe in 1914?
Americans did not want to becomeinvolved in European conflicts, anddid not enter the war until 3 yearslater.
83. The U.S. policy before World War Iof avoiding involvement in world affairsis called - .
Isolationist
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84. Why did the US finally enter the warin Europe in 1917?
Inability to remain neutral
German submarine warfare
sinking of Lusitania
U.S. economic and political ties
to Great Britain
85. What was the significance of theLusitania?
A ship carrying Americanpassengers that was sunk by aGerman sub during World War I.This and other incidents of Germansub warfare prompted the U.S. toenter the war in Europe.
86. Who were the World War I Allies?
Great Britain
France
Russia
Serbia
Belgium
U.S.
87. The countries fighting the Alliesduring World War I were called:
Central Powers
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88. Who were the Central Powers?
Germany
Austria-Hungary
Bulgaria
The Ottoman Empire (Turkey)
89. In what year did World War I breakout? In what year did the U.S. enter thefighting in World War I?
World War I broke out in 1914. TheUS entered the war in 1917.
90. What did President WoodrowWilson propose after WWI?
A peace plan that called for theformation of the League of Nations,a peacekeeping organization
91. What was the League of Nations?A peacekeeping organizationproposed by Woodrow Wilson, thatthe U.S. never joined
92. Why did Woodrow Wilson proposethe League of Nations?
To help prevent further wars
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93. Why did the U.S. refuse to join theLeague of Nations?
Americans did not want the U.S.tangled in world affairs, preferringthe isolationist policy of the past
94. How was life in the early 20th
century different from 19th century life?
Technology extended into evenrural areas and to all aspects ofAmerican life.
95. What were some of thetechnologies that changed American lifein the early 20th century?
The affordable automobile
The invention of the airplane
The use of the assembly line
Communication changes-
availability of the telephone,radio and broadcast industry,and movies
Electrification labor saving
home products
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96. How did the affordable automobilechange American life in the 20th
century?
Greater mobility
Creation of jobs
Growth of transportation-related
industries road construction,oil, steel, automobile
Movement to suburban areas
97. Who invented the airplane? The Wright brothers
98. Who made popular the use of themoving assembly line?
Henry Ford and the automobileindustry
99. How did communications change inthe early 20th century?
- Increased availability of thetelephone
- Development of the radio andbroadcast industry (Marconi andSarnoff)- Development of movies
100. How did electrification changeAmerican life?
Labor-saving products - the
washing machine, electric stove,water pumps
Electric lighting
Entertainment radio
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101. Who had an important role in thedevelopment of the radio?
Guglielmo Marconi
102. Who had an important role in thedevelopment of the broadcast industry?
David Sarnoff
103. What was Prohibition?
Refers to a time when aconstitutional amendment made itillegal to manufacture, transportand sell alcoholic beverages.
104. What was a lesson we learnedfrom Prohibition?
It is difficult to legislate how peoplebehave. Speakeasies were createdas places for people to drink.Bootleggers smuggled illegalalcohol and promoted organizedcrime.
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105. What were speakeasies?Places for people to drink alcoholicbeverages during the period ofProhibition
106. Who were bootleggers?Those who smuggled illegal alcoholand promoted organized crime.
107. What was the Great MigrationNorth?
African Americans left the Southwhere jobs were low-paying andscarce and migrated to northerncities.
108. Did African Americans who left theSouth during the Great Migrationmanage to escape discrimination andviolence?
No, they faced discrimination andviolence in the North as they had inthe South.
109. When was the HarlemRenaissance?
1920s and 1930s
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110. What was the HarlemRenaissance?
African Americans in Harlemrevealed the freshness and varietyof African American culture through
their art, music and writing.
111. Who was a Harlem Renaissancepainter who chronicled through art theexperiences of the Great Migration
north?
Jacob Lawrence
112. Who was a Harlem Renaissancepoet who combined the experiences ofAfrican and American cultural roots?
Langston Hughes
113. Who were two HarlemRenaissance jazz composers?
Duke Ellington and Louis Armstrong
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114. Who was a Harlem Renaissanceblues singer?
Bessie Smith
115. Other artists of the 1920s and1930s included this artist, known forurban scenes and paintings of theSouthwest.
Georgia O'Keeffe
116. Who wrote novels about the JazzAge of the 1920s?
F. Scott Fitzgerald
117. Who wrote Grapes of Wrath, anovel about poor migrant worker duringthe 1930s?
John Steinbeck
118. Who were composers of the1920s and 1930s who wrote uniquelyAmerican music?
Aaron Copland and GeorgeGershwin
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119. What was a primary cause of the
Great Depression?
People over speculated on stocks,using borrowed money that they
could not repay when stock pricescrashed.
120. The ___________ failed to
prevent the collapse of the bankingsystem which triggered the GreatDepression.
Federal Reserve
121. Another cause of the GreatDepression was the strangling ofinternational trade by -
high tariffs
122. Describe the impact of the GreatDepression on Americans?
One fourth of workers were
without jobs
Banks and businesses failed
People were hungry and
homeless
Farmers incomes fell
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123. What was the New Deal?
President Franklin Roosevelt's planto use government programs tohelp the nation recover from the
Depression.
124. Name some of the features of theNew Deal.
Social Security
Federal work programs
Environmental improvement
programs
Farm assistance programs
Increased rights for labor
125. What were the conditions inEurope after World War I that led to therise of fascism and World War II?
Worldwide depression
High war debt owed by
Germany
High inflation
Massive unemployment.
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126. What is fascism?A political philosophy in which totalpower is given to a dictator andindividual freedoms are denied.
127. Name three fascist dictators -
Adolf Hitler - Germany
Benito Mussolini Italy
Hideki Tojo - Japan
128. Americas foreign policy whenWWII broke out in Europe in 1939 wentfrom a __________________
Policy of neutrality and then to apolicy of isolationism
129. How did Americas foreign policyevolve as the conflict grew in Europe?
It evolved from a policy ofisolationism to indirect involvement(economic aid) to directinvolvement.
130. Which nations were known as theAllies?
The United States
Great Britain
Canada
The Soviet Union after it was
invaded by Germany.
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131. Who were the Allied leaders?
The U.S. FDR and after he
died, Truman
Great Britain Winston
Churchill
Soviet Union Joseph Stalin
132. Which countries became knownas the Axis Powers?
Germany
Italy
Japan
133. When was the Japanese attack onPearl Harbor?
December 7, 1941
134. Who was the leader of GreatBritain during WWII?
Prime Minister Winston Churchill
135. What event caused the UnitedStates to declare war on Japan?
The bombing of Pearl Harbor onDec. 7 1941.
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136. What happened after the U.S.declared war on Japan after thebombing of Pearl Harbor?
Germany declared war on theUnited States
137. On September 1, 1939, Hitlerinvaded _____. World War II hadbegun.
Poland
138. Soon after Hitler invaded Poland,____ troops moved into Eastern Poland.Poland was split in half by twooccupying countries- Germany and theSoviet Union.
Soviet
139. In June of 1940, German troopsmarched victoriously into what importantcity?
Paris, France
140. After the defeat of France, whichcountry stood in the way of Hitlers planto dominate Europe?
Great Britain
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141. From August until October 1940,Germans bombed British cities,shipyards and industries. This wasknown as the -
the Battle of Britain
142. What was the outcome of theBattle of Britain?
Hitler could not defeat Great Britainand ended his air attacks.
143. Ignoring the pact he had madewith Stalin, in June 1941, Hitlerlaunched an attack on -
the Soviet Union
144. Before Pearl Harbor, how did theU.S, help Britain?
The United States gave Britain warsupplies and old naval warships inreturn for military bases in Bermudaand the Caribbean.
145. What was the turning point in thewar in the Pacific?
The Battle of Midway, June 1942.The U.S. was victorious overJapan.
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146. What battle was the turning pointof the war in Eastern Europe?
The Battle of Stalingrad where theSoviet Union defeated Germany
147. Where did the American and Alliedtroops land to begin the liberation ofWestern Europe?
In Normandy, France
148. The United States was victoriousover Japan in the Battle of
___________. This victory was theturning point of the war in the Pacific.
Midway
149. The Soviet Union defeatedGermany at_______, marking theturning point of the war in EasternEurope.
Stalingrad
150. American and Allied troops landedin Normandy, France, on _____ to beginthe liberation of Western Europe.
June 6, 1944 known as D-Day
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151. How did the US force Japan tosurrender and thus bring an end toWorld War II?
The United States dropped twoatomic bombs on Japan (Hiroshimaand Nagasaki) in 1945
152. Despite initial ______ success inboth Europe and the Pacific, the Alliespersevered and ultimately defeatedGermany and Japan.
Axis
153. Wiping out an entire group ofpeople is -
genocide
154. As many a six million Jews diedduring -
the Holocaust
155. Nazi troops crammed Jews intorailroad cars and took them to prisoncamps for civilians called -
concentration camps
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156. What is anti-Semitism?Hatred of the Jews
157. What is Aryan supremacy?Hitler and the Nazis portrayed theGerman people as superior to allothers.
158. Whom did Hitler blame forGermanys problems?
the Jews
159. Jews in Germany werepersecuted from the time Hitler came topower through such means as:
Boycotts of Jewish stores
Threats
Segregation
160. In the early 1940s. the Nazisembarked on their final solution. Whatwas it?
to destroy the Jews
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161. The Nazis built death campswhere they killed thousands of people aday in gas chambers. These werecalled:
concentration camps
162. Allied forces liberated the campsand freed the Jews that survived. Whendid this happen?
After V-E Day (Victory in EuropeDay) 1945
163. Why did American involvement inWWII bring an end to the Depression?
Factories and workers were neededto produce goods to win the war.
164. As millions of men joined the wareffort, who entered the labor force?
Women
165. Many women had not workedbefore WWII. An advertising campaignwhich encouraged women to takefactory jobs featured a character called-
Rosie the Riveter
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166. American involvement in WorldWar II brought an end to -
the Great Depression
167. Americans at home supported thewar (WWII) by -
conserving and rationing resources
168. What impact did WWII have onrace relations in America?
The need for workers temporarilybroke down some racial barriers(e.g., hiring in defense plants)although discrimination againstAfrican Americans continued.
169. How were Japanese Americanstreated during WWII?
Some were treated with distrustand prejudice, and many wereforced into internment camps.
170. In what condition was most ofEurope after World War II?
in ruins
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171. What parts of Europe did Sovietforces occupy after WWII?
Most of Eastern and CentralEurope and the eastern part ofGermany.
172. Why did the US feel it was in itsbest interest to rebuild Europe afterWWII?
To prevent political and economicinstability which could lead to thespread of communism.
173. What was the US plan to rebuildEurope called and what did it do?
The Marshall Plan it providedmassive financial aid to rebuildEuropean economies and preventthe spread of communism.
174. What happened to Germany after
WWII?
Germany was partitioned into Eastand West Germany. West Germanybecame democratic and resumedself-government after a few years
of American, British, and Frenchoccupation. East Germanyremained under the domination ofthe Soviet Union and did not adoptdemocratic institutions.
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175. What happened to Japan afterWWII?
Following its defeat, Japan wasoccupied by American forces. Itsoon adopted a democratic form ofgovernment, resumed self-
government, and became a strongally of the United States.
176. When and why was the United
Nations established?
The United Nations was formednear the end of World War II tocreate a body for the nations of theworld to try to prevent future globalwars.
177. How did American involvement inWWII affect the role of women?
Thousands of American women
took jobs in defense plants duringthe war (e.g., Rosie the Riveter).
178. How did Americans at homesupport the war effort? By conserving and rationingresources
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179. The Marshall Plan was intended toprevent the spread of -
communism
180. What happened to East Germanyafter WWII?
East Germany remained under thedomination of the Soviet Union anddid not adopt democraticinstitutions.
181. Near the end of WWII, what wasdone to try to prevent future worldwars?
The United Nations (U.N.) wasformed
182. In the U.S., the period followingWWII was one of economic -
growth and prosperity
183. How did WWII help bring theDepression to an end? Wartime production stimulated
Americas economy.
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184. What contributed to the rapidgrowth of Americas economy afterWWII?
With rationing of consumer goodsover, business converted fromproduction of war materials toconsumer goods.
Americans purchased goods oncredit.
185. What happened to labor unionsafter WWII?
They merged and became morepowerful.
186. How did the more powerful laborunions that emerged after WWII helpworkers?
Workers gained new benefits andhigher salaries.
187. What changes occurred in the
American workforce after WWII?
The workforce shifted back to men,and most women returned to familyresponsibilities.
188. After WWII, women left theworkforce and returned to their families.Did they stay out of the workforce?
No, the next generation of womenre-entered the labor force in largenumbers.
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189. The United States and the SovietUnion emerged from World War II as:
world powers or superpowers
190. What was the result of the state oftension which developed between thetwo superpowers the United Statesand the Soviet Union?
A rivalry over ideology and nationalsecurity which divided the worldinto two camps
191. The rivalry or state of tension thatdeveloped between the U.S. and theSoviet Union was called -
the Cold War
192. How were the U.S. and the SovietUnion ideologically different?
The United States was democraticand capitalist; the Soviet Union wasdictatorial and communist
193. The United States was ____ and____. In contrast, the Soviet Union was_____ and _____.
democratic, capitalistdictatorial, communist
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194. Among the causes of the ColdWar were-
differing ideologies
the Soviet domination of East
Europe
U.S. policy of containment
NATO vs. Warsaw Pact military
rivalry
195. What is containment?The U.S. policy aimed at stoppingthe spread of communism
196. Our allies in Europe formed amilitary alliance called:
NATO North Atlantic TreatyOrganization
197. A military alliance of nationsdominated by the Soviet Union wascalled:
the Warsaw Pact
198. Since World War II, the UnitedStates has been directly involved invarious Cold War conflicts such as -
North/South Korea
Cuban Missile Crisis
Vietnam
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199. Describe the Korean conflict.
South Korea and the United Statesresisted Chinese and North Koreanaggression. The conflict ended in astalemate.
200. Describe the Cuban Missile Crisis.
The Cuban Missile Crisis occurredwhen the Soviet Union tried toplace missiles in Cuba. The Sovietsremoved the missiles in responseto a U.S. blockade.
201. The United States intervened tostop the spread of _______ into SouthVietnam.
communism
202. According to the _____ Theory, ifthe U.S. did not intervene to prevent thespread of communism to SouthVietnam, communism would spreadthroughout countries of Asia like fallingdominoes.
Domino
203. How did Cold War tensions causedivisiveness at home?
Americans were divided overwhether the United States shouldbe involved militarily in Vietnam.
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204. How did the war in Vietnam end?
The conflict ended in a cease-fireagreement in which U.S. troopswithdrew, but immediately afterSouth Vietnam fell to communist
forces.
205. The late 1980s, communism inEastern Europe began to -
collapse
206. What happened to the SovietUnion in the early 1990s?
The Soviet Union broke up intoindependent countries.
207. What event signal becamesymbolic of the collapse of communismin Eastern Europe?
the destruction of the Berlin Wall
208. What were some of the new
challenges faced by the U.S. after theCold War ended?
Role of U.S. military intervention
Environmental challengesGlobal issues including trade, jobs,diseases
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209. Changes in society after WWIIincluded expanded educational andeconomic opportunities for -
military veterans, women andminorities
210. Some of the factors leading tochanges in US society after WWII were-
Strong economy
Greater investment in education
The Baby Boom,
Interstate highway system
Evolving role of women - Role ofEleanor Roosevelt in expandingrights
African Americans aspirations forequal opportunities
Changes in makeup ofimmigrants
211. One of the factors leading tochanges in US society after WWII was astrong US economy which was theresult of -
a healthy job market, increasedproductivity, increased demand forAmerican products
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212. When and what was The BabyBoom?
After WWII, returning soldiersmarried and for the next decade orso, more babies than usual wereborn. A strong economy alsocontributed to the baby boom.
213. This presidents wife helped toexpand womens rights.
Eleanor Roosevelt
214. How did immigration change in theperiod after 1965?
more Hispanic Americans, AsianAmericans
215. What policies and programsexpanded educational and employmentopportunities for minorities?
The Civil Rights Movement resultedin legislation that ensuredconstitutional rights to all citizensregardless of race.
216. Women activists were inspired bythe achievements of the ____ ________ and took action to gain equality forthemselves, particularly in theworkplace.
Civil Rights Movement
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217. After World War II, women soughtequality in the ______ .
workplace
218. What were some effects ofsegregation on American society?
Separate educational facilitiesand resources for white and AfricanAmerican students
Separate restrooms, drinkingfountains, restaurants
Social isolation of races
219. The Supreme Court decision inPlessy v. Ferguson allowed schools andother facilities that were -
Separate but equal
220. Which Supreme Court decisioncalled for the desegregation of schools?
Brown v. Board of Education
221. Who called for passive resistanceagainst segregated schools?
Martin Luther King, Jr.
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222. Rosa Parks actions resulted inthe ____ bus boycott.
Montgomery
223. What does NAACP stand for?National Association for theAdvancement of Colored People
224. Which laws supported the strugglefor equality for African Americans?
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Voting Rights Act of 1965
225. How were women disadvantagedin the workplace?
Discrimination in hiring practices
against women
Lower wages for women than
for men doing the same job
226. This organization campaigned forwomens rights -
NOW National Organization forWomen
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227. What actions were taken toimprove conditions for women?
Federal legislation to force
colleges to give women equalathletic opportunities
focus on equal opportunity
employment created a widerrange of options andopportunities
228. What gave educational, housing,and employment benefits to World WarII veterans?
G.I. Bill of Rights
229. Which president desegregated thearmed forces? Truman
230. ________________ led toincreased educational, economic, and
political opportunities for women andminorities.
Civil Rights legislation
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231. Identify the industries thatbenefited the most from the newtechnologies of the second half of thetwentieth century. Include the following:
Airline industryJets
Auto industry and interstate
highway system
Entertainment and news
Exploration of space
Computer industry
Satellite telecommunications
Internet
232. What impact did the newtechnologies of the twentieth centuryhave on American life?
Increased travel
Greater access to information
Better and cheaper
communication
Better heating and air
conditioning
More widespread and even
distribution throughout thecountry of access tocommunication technologies
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