The University of Texas at Arlington
HIST 1312: American History: 1865-Present
Instructor: Dr. Allen F. Repko
Office: UH 109 Phone 817-272-2338
STUDY GUIDE FOR EXAM #2
SPRING 2003
The exam will cover, but will not be limited to, the following concepts that are based
on the lectures (#9-__) and assigned chapters of the text (23-___):
1. The policy of the “Open Door”
2. The event triggering the second major crisis with Japan during the T. Roosevelt admin
3. The long term effect of the Treaty of Portsmouth on U.S.-Japanese relations
4. How the U.S. viewed Japan by 1907
5. The great issue that ultimately led to World War I
6. The steps Wilson took that moved the U.S. towards war with Germany in February
1817
7. The two macro results of World War I [lect]
8. The key development that caused the U.S. to go to war with Germany in 1917.
9. The key idea in Wilson’s 14 Points
10. Reason(s) why American industrial workers took part in strikes and other collective
actions after WWI
11. The only reform group in the immediate post WWI era that made enduring political
gains
12. The three persisting problems in the 1920’s
13. Factors that prompted the first large-scale migration of blacks from the rural South to
northern and mid-western industrial centers after WWI, and what they experienced
14. Three factors that explain the troubled race relations between whites and blacks
during the 1920’s
15. The Jim Crow System in the 1920’s
16. How the Great Depression impacted Americans of all socio-economic groups (refer
to statistical information given in class)
17. Reason(s) why labor union membership declined in the 1920’s
18. The Problems with prosperity in the 1920’s
19. Then factors behind the Crash of 1929
20. Reason(s) why President Hoover’s anti-depression program failed.
21. The cause of agricultural overproduction in the 1920’s
22. Reason(s) why the stock market crash of 1920 had little or no immediate economic
effect on the typical American
23. The event that dashed Republican Party expectations to years of political dominance
extending beyond the 1920’s
24. The three aspects of the Franklin Roosevelt administration’s philosophy
25. The three purposes of the New Deal
26 Roosevelt’s legislative priorities during the “100 Days”
27. The political strategy of the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)
28. The social and economic theory behind the NRA, PWA, and AAA
29. According to Loren Hickock, the attitude of most Americans towards the victims of
the Great Depression
30. Dr. Repko’s “bottom line” assessment of the “100 Days” legislation
31. The single word that summed up what Roosevelt was aiming at in his New Deal
legislative program
32. The purpose of the “Big Bill” of 1935
33. The black literary and artistic awakening that paralleled the emergence of jazz in the
1920’s
34. The assessment of the New Deal given in the lectures
35. The most lasting legacy of the New Deal according to the lectures
36. The four factors that led to the collapse of the Versailles System
37. The two major irritants in U.S.-Japanese relations in the 1920’s
38. A major reason why the U.S. remained committed to a policy of isolationism and
neutrality in the face of blatant Nazi aggression from 1933-1938.
39. The significance of the Marco Polo Bridge incident in China in July 1937
40. Read carefully the introduction to chapter 26
41. Roosevelt’s “cash and carry” program, his “destroyers for bases” deal, and the
Atlantic Charter [text]
42. America’s formal entry into WWII came about as a direct result of this event [text]
43. In the debate over grand strategy between Churchill and Marshall in January 1942,
Roosevelt decided what?
44. The significance of the Normandy Invasion/Operation Overlord
45. The issue that caused the U.S. and Soviet Union relationship to become strained and
ultimately broken
46. The key factor guiding President Truman’s decision to drop the atomic bomb on
Japan
47. How the nation’s military buildup during WWII changed the composition of the
American workforce
48. The important implication of the new idea that racial difference was not a function of
biology but a function of culture [chpt 26]
49. The five permanent members of the UN Security Council
50 Map question dealing with WWII
3/3/03: AFR