US History: 3rd Trimester Study Guide
(Posted on the Class Website May 25, 2015)
The Spanish-American War
*Refer to your Chapter 20 Yellow Journalism Projects
Vocabulary
Yellow Journalism
Armistice
Rough Riders
Protocol
mass media
resolution
re-concentration camps
Treaty of Paris
de Lome Letter
Teller Amendment
Platt Amendment
People/Events
Joseph Pulitzer
Pres. William McKinley
USS Maine
Anti-Imperialist League
William Randolph Hearst
Jose Marti
Enrique Dupuy de Lome
Emilio Aguinaldo
The Yellow Kid
San Juan Hill
Theodore Roosevelt
General Weyler
Concepts
1. Causes of the Spanish American War (why does the US get involved)
2. Yellow Journalism and Examples
3. Presidential views of imperialism vs. isolationism
4. Treaty of Paris: Why and who supported or rejected the treaty (imperialism vs. isolationism)
5. Role of Guam, Philippines, and Puerto Rico in the war
6. Timeline of key events
7. Anti-Imperialist League: what did they stand for and who was part of this group
8. Who were the imperialist and what did they believe?
WWI
*Refer to the WWI: Entry of the U.S. videos (on the class website; 4 parts) and worksheet
Vocabulary
prohibition
Zimmerman telegram
realistic vs. idealistic
National Defense Act
People/Events
Woodrow Wilson
Theodore Roosevelt
Espionage and Sedition Acts (impact of)
conscription bill
Sinking of the Lusitania
Concepts
1. Why were Americans reluctant to join WWI?
2. Why did the U.S. finally decide to join WWI?
3. Which Americans supported the US joining the war? Which did not?
4. What was Wilson’s initial approach to WWI? Did he want to join? Why or why not?
5. Military strengths of Germany, Britain, and the U.S.
6. Who were members of the Triple Entente? Triple Alliance?
The Treaty of Versailles: To Ratify or Reject?
*Refer to the Chapter 25 reading packet and worksheet/notes
Vocabulary
irreconcilable
armaments
reservationists
internationalist
territorial integrity
artisanship
freedom of the seas
collective security
People/Events
Woodrow Wilson
David Lloyd George
League of Nations
Georges Clemenceau
Treaty of Versailles
Vittorio Orlando
Concepts
1. What were the 3 provisions of Wilson’s Fourteen Points?
2. The League of Nations: goals and members
3. Why did some Americans support the Treaty of Versailles? What was that group of people called and
why did they support the treaty?
4. Why did some Americans oppose the Treaty of Versailles? What was that group of people called and
why did they oppose the treaty?
5. Who were the “Big Four” and what agenda did each of them have as they drafted the Treaty of
Versailles?
The Roaring 1920s
Vocabulary
consumer culture
grassroots organizations
spectator sports
People/Events
League of Women Voters
Harlem Renaissance
George Washington Carver
Henry Ford
Alice Paul
Bessie Smith
Georgia O’Keefe
credit
jazz
Equal Rights Amendment
Lost Generation
Charles Lindbergh
David Sarnoff
Margaret Sanger
Langston Hughes
Jim Thorpe
installment buying
improvisation
Jazz Age
Bruce Barton
Amelia Earhart
Charlie Chaplin
Louis Armstrong
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Gertrude Ederle
Concepts
1. The 1920’s were a time of change for American culture and society. Be able to explain the changes that
took place in the following areas of society. Be sure to give specific examples of at least 2 people and/or
innovations that contributed to these trends:
Consumerism
Women’s Rights
Transportation
The Jazz Age
Mass Media
Art & Literature
Sports Heroes
The Great Depression
*Refer to the Chapter 30 reading packet and your photo essay
Vocabulary
stock market crash
bank runs
Hawley-Smoot Tariff Act
buying on margin
speculation
overproduction
under-consumption
unequal distribution of wealth
People/Events
Black Tuesday
The Great Depression
interest
discount rate
Federal Reserve System (the Fed)
Concepts
1. Refer back to page 6 of your packet. What were the causes of the Great Depression?
2. Be able to explain the relationship of the various causes and their effects (refer to your photo essay)
The New Deal and FDR
*Refer to Chapter 33 and your New Deal mural
Vocabulary
National Industrial Recovery Act (NIRA)
Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)
Wagner Act
Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO)
FDIC
demagogues
mandate
deficit spending
Agricultural Adjustment Administration (AAA)
Works Progress Administration (WPA)
Social Security Act
New Deal Coalition
SEC
right and left wing
welfare state
People/Events
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Eleanor Roosevelt
Hugo Long
Francis Perkins
American Federation of Labor (AFL)
First Hundred Days
Concepts
1. What approach does Franklin D. Roosevelt take to improve like in the U.S. in the 1930s? What inspires
him to do so?
2. How did the NIRA help businesses, unions, and the unemployed?
3. What did the WPA do for the people?
4. How did the New Deal plans impact various populations in the U.S.?
5. Be able to summarize the 1st New Deal, protests and political challenges, the 2nd New Deal, and its
social and political impacts (sections 2-5 of the Ch. 33 reading packet)
The US Joins WWII
*Refer to “The War: A Ken Burns Film” notes
People/Events
Allies
Axis Powers
Concepts
1. Why do people go to war?
2. Why did the U.S. want to stay out of WWII?
3. Why did the U.S. finally join WWII?
4. How did life change for people after WWII started?
5. Who were the Axis Powers and what did they want from WWII?
The Cold War
*Refer to your “Is the Cold War Truly Over?” notes and essay
Concepts
1. What was the Cold War and what are Cold War politics?
2. How did the Cold War start?
3. How have Cold War politics influenced world politics today? What roles have the US and Russia had in
the following modern conflicts: Venezuela, Korea, Ukraine, Cuba, and Syria
Modern US History (from the 1950s until today)
*Refer to your Time Travel/Change Maker Presentation and Research
Concepts
1. Given a decade between the 1950s and the 1970s, know at least 3 significant events that impacted
the US politically, economically, socially, and regarding international relations/diplomacy.
2. Given a decade between the 1980s and the 2000s, know at least 3 significant events that impacted
the US politically, economically, socially, and regarding international relations/diplomacy.