United States History II Study Guide – Mr. Huesken
United States History II Final – 100 points
Test Breakdown:
 75 multiple choice questions @ 1 point each
 15 Map Questions (Cold War Asia) @ 1 point each
 3 essay question options @ 10 points each
o Pick one (1) to complete
 Bonus questions (max. of 3 points)
Test Date: _________________________________
Exam Topics
USII Review (1929-1933)
 Review of the New Deal / FDR
 Failures of the Treaty of Versailles
o League of Nations
 The Weimar Republic
o German Revolution of 1918
o Founding
o Issues / Problems
UNIT I: World War II (1933-1945)
 The Rise of Adolf Hitler
o Early Life
o Service in WWI / Political career
o Mein Kampf
o Founding of Nazi Party / Promises
 Nazi Society
o Organization / Control
o Education
o Arts / Entertainment
o Gender / People
o Dealing with Critics
 Mussolini / Fascist Italy
o Early Life
o Political career
o Early conquests
 Imperial Japan
o Feudal history (samurai, bushido, the
shogun etc.)
o Isolation / Commodore Perry (USA)
o Meiji Revolt (1868) / Mutsuhito
o Industrialization
o Early Conquests
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o Tojo / Emperor Hirohito
Joseph Stalin / USSR
o Russian Revolution / Civil War
o Trotsky vs. Stalin
o Stalin’s “cult of personality” /
features of his state
o 5-Year Plans / industrial
development
o “Buffer states”
Early Action in World War II
o Rhineland Occupation
o Austria / Czechoslovakia
o Munich Pact
o Invasion of Poland
o “blitzkrieg”
Invasion of France
o Maginot Line / failed Allied strategy
o Invasion of Norway
o The Miracle at Dunkirk
US isolationism
o Isolationists vs. internationalists
o Neutrality Acts
o Lend Lease Act
o Preparations for war
Pearl Harbor
o Planning / reasons
o Warning signs?
o Results of the attack
Early Japanese Successes
o Invasion of the Philippines / Bataan
o Doolittle Raid
o Battle of Midway
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“Island Hopping” Strategy
Guadalcanal
o Significance
Invasion of the USSR
o Reasons for…
o Historical examples
o Stalin’s disadvantages
o “General Winter”
o Battle of Stalingrad
Invasion of North Africa / Italy
o Reasons for…
o Montgomery / Rommel
o Patton / Eisenhower
o Casablanca Conference
o Invasion of Sicily / Italy
o Mussolini’s death
o Significance
D-Day
o Tehran
o Planning for…
o Historical examples
o Organization
o Significance
Battle of the Bulge
o Reasons for…
o Significance
o Effect on War in Europe
Battle for Berlin / VE Day
The Holocaust
o Historical background
o Anti-Semitism
o Stages of
o Significance
End of the War in the Pacific / VJ Day
o Return to the Philippines
o “Kamikazes”
o Iwo Jima
o Okinawa
o Manhattan Project / A-Bomb
o Hiroshima / Nagasaki
War on the Home Front
o War Powers Act
o Japanese internment
o Role of Woman
o Fear of Sabotage / Espionage
o Role of Hollywood
o Rationing / Economic issues
o Minorities during WWII
UNIT II: Cold War / The 1950’s (1945-1960)
 Post-War Europe
o Division of Europe / “The Iron
Curtain”
o Potsdam Conference / Issues
between US & USSR
o NATO / United Nations / Warsaw
Pact
o “Containment” & strategy
o The Berlin Airlift
 1950’s America
o Fear of Communism /
McCarthyism
o HUAC & “Hollywood Ten” / Alger
Hiss & The Rosenbergs (“Red
Scare”)
o 1950’s Culture (Fashion, social
norms, “baby boom”, etc.)
o Birth of Rock ‘n’ Roll
o The Presidency of Dwight
Eisenhower (foreign & domestic
policy)
 Intro to Civil Right Movement (1950’s)
o Segregation / “Jim Crow”
o Early acts of defiance
o Early Leaders / Events (Jackie
Robinson, etc.)
o NAACP / Brown v. Board of
Education
o Dr. King & The Montgomery Bus
Boycott
UNIT III: THE 1960’S & BEYOND (1960-1973)
 The Election of 1960
o Candidates / Issues
o Power of TV
 The Kennedy Years
o “New Frontier / Camelot”
o Berlin Wall
o Bay of Pigs / Cuban Missile Crisis
o Vietnam
o Civil Rights Issues
o Space Program
 The Pop Culture of the Early 1960’s
(Entertainment, fashion, lit., etc.)
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The Civil Rights Movement of the Early
1960’s
o Dr. King’s Strategy
o March on Washington
o Other protests
The Kennedy Assassination
o Events
o Conspiracy Theories
Lyndon Johnson’s Presidency
o LBJ’s Plans
o “The Great Society”
o Successes with programs
o Issues with Vietnam
The Vietnam War
o Fighting the Japanese / Ho Chi
Minh
o Fighting with the French (1950’s)
o Dividing of the country / issues
o American involvement
o Problems with the war
o Eventual US withdraw
The 1960’s Counter-Culture
o Different groups / politics
o Pop Culture
o Politics
o Influence of anti-war movement
o Influence of Civil Rights
Movement
The Election of 1968
o Candidates / Issues
o Democratic Convention (Chicago)
o Rise of Nixon / appeal
The Nixon Presidency
o Desires for his term(s)
o Major achievements
o Foreign / domestic policy
o “Dirty Tricks” Campaign
Watergate scandal
o Events / political issues
o Nixon’s resignation
END OF SEMESTER CHECKLIST
(Block #2)
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Asia Map Quiz = 5/21
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Final Fishbowl Debate = 5/28
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Review Day = 6/4
o Current Event Logs due (100
points)
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Finals = 6/6 – 6/9
o Notebooks due (50 points)
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END OF SEMESTER CHECKLIST
(Block #4)
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Unit II Exam = 5/19
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Book Report #2 = 5/23
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Final Fishbowl Debate = 5/28
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Review Day = 6/4
o Current Event Logs due (100
points)
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Finals = 6/6 – 6/9
o Notebooks due (50 points)