U.S. History
Spring 2015
Exam Review
Mrs. Joncas
The exam will consist of at least four sections: multiple choice, paired identities, primary
sources, and essays. The exam is on Tuesday, May, 26th
It would be useful to review the skillbook, chapters 11-16 in addition to this review packet.
IDENTIFICATIONS
Be able to identify and explain the significance of the items listed below. These items may
appear in multiple choice questions, written identifications, and/or primary source questions.
Finally, preparing these items will help you write more detailed and substantive responses to the
essay questions. (20 multiple choice and 5 of 8 identities)
Unit 3- The U.S. and the World
Themes: Imperialism, the U.S. becomes a world power, World War I
Spanish-American War, Cuba, yellow journalism, the Maine, William McKinley, imperialism,
Platt Amendment, the Philippine War, Theodore Roosevelt, Big Stick diplomacy, Roosevelt
Corollary, Panama Canal, Woodrow Wilson, Submarine warfare, Lusitania, Zimmerman
Telegram, Committee on Public Information, the 14 Points, Paris Peace Conference, Treaty of
Versailles, League of Nations
Unit 4- Boom and Bust
Themes: Progressivism, the roaring 20s, the Great Depression, the New Deal
Progressivism, Muckrakers, 19th Amendment, Booker T. Washington, W.E.B. DuBois, NAACP,
prohibition, 18th Amendment, consumerism, flappers, “Lost Generation,” Harlem Renaissance,
nativism, KKK, fundamentalists, Scopes Trial, Red Scare, Herbert Hoover, “Black Tuesday,”
buying on margin, Hoovervilles, FDR, New Deal, Fireside Chats, Bank holiday, AAA, NRA,
TVA, CCC, Second New Deal, Social Security Act, WPA, welfare state
Unit 5- Hot and Cold Wars
Themes: World War II, Cold War and Containment, 2nd Red Scare, Suburbia
Neutrality Acts, Cash and Carry, lend-lease, Atlantic Charter, Pearl Harbor, Japanese-American
Internment/ Executive Order 9066, D-Day, Manhattan Project, Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Harry
Truman, containment, Truman Doctrine, Marshall Plan, NATO, NSC-68, Korean War, Domino
Theory, General MacArthur, HUAC, Hollywood 10, Joseph McCarthy and McCarthyism,
Dwight Eisenhower, massive retaliation, military-industrial complex, space race, Sputnik,
consumer culture, baby boom, suburbia, television, beats, rock ‘n’ roll, The Other America,
Brown v. the Board of Education, Rosa Parks and the Montgomery Bus Boycott, MLK Jr.
Unit 6- An Unstable America
Themes: Cold War, Vietnam, Protest Movements, government failure
JFK, flexible response, Peace Corps, Bay of Pigs, Khrushchev, Cuban Missile Crisis, LBJ, Great
Society, War on Poverty, Medicare and Medicaid, Freedom Rides, March on Washington, Civil
Rights Act of 1964, Freedom Summer, Voting Rights Act, NLF (Viet Cong), Gulf of Tonkin
Resolution, war of attrition, pacification, antiwar movement, Tet Offensive, Democratic National
Convention, Richard Nixon, Vietnamization, Pentagon Papers,
New Left, SDS, counterculture, hippies, Betty Friedan and The Feminine Mystique, women’s
liberation, Roe v. Wade, Kent State
U.S. History
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PRIMARY SOURCES
Be prepared to write 4-6 good sentences identifying and explaining the context and significance
of each of the primary sources listed below. On the exam, you will be asked to choose to write on
four quotations and you will be provided some choice.
1. “I went down on my knees and prayed Almighty God for light and guidance more than
one night. And one night late it came to me this way- I don’t know how it was, but it
came… That there was nothing left for us to do but to take them all, and to educate the
Filipinos, and uplift and civilize and Christianize them and by God’s grace do the very
best we could by them, as our fellow men, for whom Christ also died.”
William McKinley, Praying for Guidance, 1898
2. “Chronic wrongdoing, or an impotence which results in a general loosening of the ties of
civilized society, may in America, as elsewhere, ultimately require intervention by some
civilized nation, and in the Western Hemisphere the adherence of the United States to the
Monroe Doctrine may force the United States, however reluctantly, in flagrant cases of
such wrongdoing or impotence, to the exercise of an international police power.”
Theodore Roosevelt, Roosevelt Corollary, 1904
3. “We desire no conquest, no dominion. We seek no indemnities for ourselves, no material
compensation for the sacrifices we shall freely make. We are but one of the champions
of the rights of mankind. We shall be satisfied when those rights have been made as
secure as the faith and the freedom of nations can make them… But the right is more
precious than the peace, and we shall fight for things which we have always carried
nearest our hearts,- for democracy…”
Woodrow Wilson, Declaration of War-World War I, 1917
4. “ An act to provide for the general welfare by establishing a system of Federal old-age
benefits, and by enabling the several States to make more adequate provision for aged
persons, blind persons, dependent and crippled children, maternal and child welfare,
public health, and the administration of their unemployment compensation laws…”
Social Security Act, 1935
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5. “Suppose my neighbor’s home catches fire, and I have a length of garden hose four or
five hundred feet away. If he can take my garden hose and connect it up with his
hydrant, I may help him to put out his fire. Now, what do I do? I don’t say to him before
the operation, ‘Neighbor, my garden hose cost me $15, you have got to pay me $15 for
ir.’ What is the transaction that goes on? I don’t want $15- I want my garden hose back
after the fire is over. All right. If he goes through the fire all right, intact, without any
damage to it, he gives it back to me and thanks me very much for the use of it. But
suppose it gets smashed up- holes in it- during the fire; we don’t have to have too much
formality about it, but I say to him, ‘ I was glad to lend you that hose; I see I can’t use it
any more, it’s all smashed up.’ He says, ‘All right, I will replace it.’ Now if I get a nice
garden hose back, I am in pretty good shape.”
Franklin Roosevelt, Lend-Lease Speech, 1940
6. “It must be the policy of the United States to support free people who are resisting
attempted subjugation by armed minorities or by outside pressures.”
Harry S Truman, The Truman Doctrine, 1947
7. “It is logical that the United States should do whatever it is able to do to assist in the return
of normal economic health in the world, without which there can be no political stability
and no assured peace. Our policy is not directed against any country or doctrine but
against hunger, poverty, desperation, and chaos. Its purpose should be the revival of
working economy in the world so as to permit the emergence of political and social
conditions in which free institutions can exist…”
George Marshall, The Marshall Plan, 1947
8. “Our overall policy at the present time may be described as one designed to foster a world
environment in which the American system can survive and flourish. It therefore rejects
the concept of isolation and affirms the necessity of our positive participation in the
world community… A more rapid build-up of political, economic, and military strength
and thereby confidence in the free world than is now contemplated is the only course
which is consistent with progress toward achieving our fundamental purpose.”
NSC-68, 1950
9. “The reason why we find ourselves in a position of impotency is not because our only
powerful potential enemy has sent men to invade our shores, but rather because of the
traitorous actions of those who have been treated so well by this Nation… I have in my
hand 57 cases of individuals who would appear to be either card carrying members or
certainly loyal to the Communist Party, but who nevertheless are still helping to shape our
foreign policy…”
Joseph McCarthy, The Internal Communist Menace, 1950
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10. “this conjunction of an immense military establishment and la large arms industry is new
in American experience. The total influence- economic, political, even spiritual- is felt in
every city, every state house, every office of the federal government. We recognize the
imperative need for this development. Yet we must not fail to comprehend its grave
implications. Our toil, resources and livelihood are all involved; so is the very structure of
our society. In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of
unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex.
The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist.”
Dwight Eisenhower, Farewell Address, 1961
11. “We conclude that in the field of public education, the doctrine of "separate but equal"
has no place. Separate educational facilities are inherently unequal. We hold that the
plaintiff and others similarly situated for whom the actions have been brought are, by
reason of the segregation complained of, deprived of the equal protection of the laws
guaranteed by the Fourteenth Amendment.”
Chief Justice Earl Warren, Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas, 1954
12. “Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear
any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe to assure the survival
and success of liberty.”
John F. Kennedy, Inaugural Address, 1961
13. “For in your time we have the opportunity to move not only toward the rich society and
the powerful society, but upward to the Great Society. The Great Society rests on
abundance and liberty for all. It demands an end to poverty and racial injustice, to which
we are totally committed in our time.”
Lydon B. Johnson, The Great Society, 1964
14. “The United States regards as vital to its national interest and to world peace the
maintenance of international peace and security in southeast Asia. Consonant with the
Constitution of the United States and the Charter of the United Nations and in accordance
with its obligations under the Southeast Asia Collective Defense Treaty, the United States
is, therefore, prepared, as the President determines, to take all necessary steps, including
the use of armed force, to assist any member or protocol states of the Southeast Asia
Collective Defense Treaty requesting assistance in defense of its freedom.”
Joint Resolution of Congress, Tonkin Gulf Resolution, August 7, 1964
15.“Each suburban wife struggled with it alone. As she made the beds, shopped for
groceries, matched slipcover material, ate peanut butter sandwiches with her children,
chauffered Cub Scouts and Brownies, lay beside her husband at night-she was afraid to
ask even of herself the silent question - “Is this all?”
Betty Friedan, The Feminine Mystique, 1963
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ESSAY THEMES
Based on your recent study of the 20th century, you will be asked to prepare a well-organized,
well-documented essay. Remember, a well-written essay must include a thesis statement, define
important terms, consider the relevant historical context, and provide detailed supporting
evidence. The following themes are offered to help you think about what may be asked. On the
exam you will be asked to choose among a couple of essay questions. You will answer a total of
two questions on the exam.
Domestic Affairs
-Emphasis of change over time, which could be social, economic, cultural, political
- Reaction to change
- Status of minorities and women
-Winners and losers in American society
- Role of government (big v. small; alteration between administrations)
- Rise of the welfare state
- Successes/ failures of administrations
-Impact of war on the homefront
- Key figures and their impact (political, social, cultural)
- Perception of government
- Compare/ contrast periods and programs
-Shifts in political attitudes (from liberal to conservative, for example)
International Affairs
-Role of the U.S. in the world (change over time)
-U.S. as an imperial power, world power, superpower
-U.S. and the World Wars
-Cold War- American-Soviet Relations
- U.S. involvement in the Third World
-Foreign policy successes and failures
-Ideology in foreign policy
U.S. History
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