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 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 “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.) 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) Asia Map Quiz = 5/21 Final Fishbowl Debate = 5/28 Review Day = 6/4 o Current Event Logs due (100 points) Finals = 6/6 – 6/9 o Notebooks due (50 points) * * * * END OF SEMESTER CHECKLIST (Block #4) Unit II Exam = 5/19 Book Report #2 = 5/23 Final Fishbowl Debate = 5/28 Review Day = 6/4 o Current Event Logs due (100 points) Finals = 6/6 – 6/9 o Notebooks due (50 points)