Review Sheet for the Mid-Term Exam
World War I
How neutral were we prior to the U.S. entry into World War I?
Why did the U.S. declare war on Germany?
How did the U.S. abridge civil liberties during World War I?
How did World War I affect the American economy?
What were Wilson’s Fourteen Points?
What were the political and social changes during the war?
Why did Wilson want the U.S. to sign the Treaty of Versailles?
The 1920s
What was U.S. foreign policy after World War I?
What kind of president was Warren G. Harding?
What were the causes of the Red Scare?
Describe the economy of the 1920s.
How did the government treat big business in the 1920s?
What contributed to an unstable economy at the end of the 1920s?
Over what issues did the modernists and the fundamentalists disagree?
The Great Depression and the New Deal
How did Herbert Hoover respond to the Great Depression?
How did FDR respond to the Great Depression?
Who were the critics of FDR and why did they criticize him?
What are the key elements of the New Deal?
What was the greatest political defeat for FDR?
What are the important legacies of the New Deal?
Categorize the New Deal Programs as to Relief, Recovery, and Reform.
World War II
How did the U.S. respond to the aggressor nations during the 1930s?
What were the Neutrality Acts?
What is the significance of the Munich Pact?
What was the non-aggression pact between Hitler and Stalin? Why was it signed?
Define: cash and carry, destroyers for bases deal, Lend-Lease Act, “sink-on-sight”
How did the U.S. respond to the attack on Pearl Harbor?
How did World War II affect our economy?
How were minority groups (African – Americans, Japanese, Mexicans) treated during
World War II?
What was decided at the Yalta Conference?
Potsdam Conference?
The Atlantic Charter?