Monday

 

 

Things to know for the TEST

1.  What military strategy did FDR favor? Winning Asia or Europe?
2.  What was America's first major challenge when the war began?
3.  What was the reaction of most ethnic groups in America to WWII?
4.  Why were Japanese-Americans placed in concentration camps in WWII?

6.  Why did most women leave the workforce after WWII?
7.  What was the impact of WWII on African-American culture in America?

10.  What happened to the national debt during WWII?
11.  What battle turned the tide of Japanese advancement in the Pacific?
12.  What was the US strategy for the war in the Pacific?
13.  The conquest of which island made air raids over the Japanese mainland possible?
14.  What battle in Europe was the end of Nazi advancement?
15.  Why did the Allies postpone opening a second front until 1944?
16.  What was a criticism of the unconditional surrender policy?
17.  What was the importance of the Postdam?
18.  Who headed the D-Day invasion?
19.  What was the main reason why FDR won election in 1944?

21.  What was the primary reason the United States used the atomic bombs in Japan? 

 

 

Discuss the Battle of Midway.
2) Discuss island-hopping as a strategy
3) What was the Manhattan Project?  Who headed it up?
4) Discuss D-Day.  What was it?
5) Why did the U.S. use atomic weapons on Japan?  What cities were bombed? 
6) Who were the Axis Powers?  Who were the Allied Powers?
7) List and explain three causes of the Depression

8) What was the New Deal?
10) Who were FDR's critics and what did they criticize?
11) What were the Fireside Chats?
12) Discuss the reasons the U.S. entered into World War I
13) Discuss three points of Wilson's 14 points.
15) What were some negative outcomes of World War I
16) Why did the U.S. enter the Spanish-American War?
17) How did the War make the U.S. an imperial power?
18) Discuss Theodore Roosevelt's importance as President.  What did he do?

 

1) Who were Sacco & Vanzetti?

2) What was the Harlem Renaissance and why was it important?

3) Discuss prohibition. What was it? Was it successful? What did it cause?

6) Why was Charles Lindbergh considered a hero? Do you agree or disagree?

7) Who or what was the "Bonus Army"?

8) How did Herbert Hoover fail?

9) What were the New Deal and the Hundred Days?

10) Discuss FDR's court-packing scheme. Why did it fail? Do you agree with FDR?

11) Who was Amelia Earnhardt?

12) Define the Land-Lease program and list the fascist countries and leaders at the end of the 30s. 

1) What was the Zimmerman note?
2) What finally pushed the United States into World War I?
3) What were Wilson's Fourteen Points?
4) How did WWI impact civil liberties?
5) What was the Food Administration?  Its leader?
6) How did the US pay for WWI?
7) How did the US raise troops to fight in WWI?
8) How did US fighters impact the war?
10) How did Wilson's Fourteen Points fall apart at Versailles?
11) Why did the Versailles Treaty ultimately fail?

 

2) Who were the three candidates in 1912?
3) Why did Wilson win the election of 1912?
4) What was the 16th, 17th. 18th, 19th Amendment?s
7) What was America's stance as World War I began?
9) What happened to the Lusitania?
10) What was the Sussex Pledge?
11) What were the results of the election of 1916?

 

-Teller Amendment 

-Rough Riders

-Platt Amendment

- Roosevelt Corollary