APUSH – 2011 Final Review Guide
UNIT 7
-Define the Sherman Antitrust Act
-During the Industrial Revolution who held most of the
wealth in the US
-What helped to expand American industry
-How did John D Rockefeller gain control over the oil
industry
-Identify the goals of the social gospel and settlement
movements
-During the 1890s how did immigration patterns shift
-What was the objective of nativists
-What are the characteristics of urban areas in the
1900s
-What role did public education for immigrants
-What was the purpose of the Niagara Movement
-Which sport was the most popular in the US in the late
1800s
-What was the NAACP so successful at doing
-Describe Plessy vs. Ferguson
-What types of entertainment were popular in the late
1800s
-Why did sensational or yellow journalism begin to be
used
-How did minstrel shows portray African Americans
UNIT 8
-What led to the Spanish-American War
-Describe the Roosevelt Corollary
-What role did newspapers play in the SpanishAmerican War
-Why was the Panama Canal important
-Describe the beliefs of Progressives during the late
1800s/early 1900s
-How did the start of WWI impact the women’s rights
movement
-What impact did The Jungle have
-When did more people become support of the
women’s suffrage movement
-Define the 19th Amendment
-Which event led to the start of WWI
-Why did the US enter WWI
-Describe the Great Migration
-Why did so many countries become involved in WWI
-What did President Wilson hope to accomplish through
the League of Nations
UNIT 9
-What resulted from Prohibition in the 1920s
-Where in the US were jazz clubs most commonly found
in the 1920s/30s
-What was the central issue of the Scopes Trial
-Describe the Garvey Movement
-What are the characteristics of the Jazz Age
-Why did the economy start to grow in the 1920s
-what was the focus of advertisements during the 1920s
-How did Ford impact the assembly line
-Describe what is meant by buying on the margin
-What were some of the indicators that the economy
was in trouble in the 1920s
-How did investors respond to the fall of stock prices
-Describe President Hoover’s response to the
Depression
-Why did banks close during the Depression
-What challenges did women face during the
Depression
-What impact did decisions made by the US government
during the Depression have on the international market
-why is the presidential election of 1932 seen as such a
turning point in US History
-What was one of the first things FDR did when he took
office in relation to the Depression
UNIT 10
-Describe American foreign policy at the start of WWII
-why did the US enter WWII
-What type of military strategy did Hitler use in Poland
and London
-How did WWII help the US come out of the Depression
-Why is the Battle of Stalingrad important
-Identify when the UN was formed and describe its
initial goals
-Describe D-Day
-Define kamikazes
-Define island hopping
-Define satellite nations
-Describe the Truman Doctrine
-How did Joseph McCarthy impact American society
-Describe the goals of NATO
UNIT 11
-What was the policy of the SCLC
-What was the mission of the black power movement
-what was JFK’s response to riots at the University of
Mississippi
-Which part of the March on Washington is most
remembered
-what did Malcolm X promote that African Americans
should do
-Describe Brown vs. the Board of Education and its
impact
APUSH – 2011 Final Review Guide
-In what way was MLK influence by Gandhi
-What was the purpose of the Freedom Rides
-How did the US government respond to attacks against
the Freedom Riders
-Describe the message behind “Letter from Birmingham
Jail” and identify its author
-How did SNCC change under Stokely Carmichael
-why did JFK quarantine Cuba
-Define feminism
-What were women particularly frustrated with in the
1960s
-What happened to the ERA after it was passed by
Congress
-Why were some women opposed to the women’s
rights movement
-What strategies did Cesar Chavez use
-Describe the goal of the AIM
-What did Silent Spring expose and the message that
Rachel Carson promoted
-What influenced the women’s rights movement
-Identify who Latinos are
-Describe the clothing of 1960s hippies
-What was Woodstock
-what was JFK’s policy in Vietnam
-When the Vietnam War begin to escalate for the US
-What event ended the Vietnam War
-What did President Johnson think would happen if the
US didn’t get involved in the Vietnam War
-What was the focus of the protest movements in the
1960s
-What happened at Kent State in the 1960s
-Define domino theory
-What was Agent Orange used for
-Identify the components of the Geneva Peace Accords
-Why was the Vietnam Memorial created