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Social Studies Final exam review . Do now: take out review material and paper Exam dates: May 29, 2013 - 40 multiple choice questions (40%) May 30, 2013 – one essay (60%). Contents of final exam. 40 multiple choice questions- May 29 One essay – 60 points – May 30. And. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Social StudiesFinal exam review
Do now: take out review material and paper
Exam dates:May 29, 2013 - 40 multiple choice questions (40%)May 30, 2013 – one essay (60%)
Contents of final exam 40 multiple choice questions- May
29
One essay – 60 points – May 30
And. You will have a short quiz on
Thursday on what is covered in class today.
There will be another short quiz on Friday or Tuesday too.
So, let’s begin
Format for review You are not expected to write down
everything that is written here. You should just supplement your
own notes. If everyone cooperates, I will put
this entire PowerPoint online on Thursday.
1. Why did people move West?
Better life Opportunities Homestead Act
2. Reasons for immigration Push – why they left their
homeland; war, poverty, oppression
Pull- America- Land of Opportunity; lots of jobs here
3- immigrate To come to a new land to settle
4. emigrate Exit; exodus To leave your homeland
5. Theories of immigration A. old theory – melting pot Immigrants erase heritage and
adopt new, American culture. B. new theory – salad bowl Immigrants add features of their
culture to become part of a new American culture.
6-nativism Dislike of foreigners Wanted quotas or restrictions on
immigration (1920s) Some immigrants were
discriminated against when they arrived
7- muckrakers
Goal- to expose problems caused by industrialization
Jacob Riis – How the Other Half Lives – tenement life
Upton Sinclair – The Jungle – horrors of meatpacking industry and immigrant life
Ida Tarbell – History of Standard Oil – unfair business practices of Rockefeller
8- Progressive Movement Goals- to fix the problems caused
by the Industrial Era Wanted to end unfair business
practices such as monopolies, unsafe working conditions, monopolies, child labor etc.
9- suffrage Right to vote
Women – 19th amendment
African American Males – 15th amendment (but with restrictions)
10- laissez-faire Little or no government regulation
or interference in the economy or business
Led to growth of monopolies
11. Changes caused by Industrial Revolution
Economic growth due to: Assembly line- more consumer goods
produced at a lower/cheaper cost More efficiently produced goods More jobs in factories More monopolies and corporations
12-urban/suburban/rural Urban- city Suburban – outside city Rural- countryside
13- labor union Goal-Workers joined together to
fight for better working conditions and benefits
Unions help employees/workers
VOCABULARY-- EMPLOYER= BOSS
14-assembly line Production is faster and cheaper
Mass production of goods was more efficient
15. Jane Addams and Settlement houses
Jane Addams- social reformer who set up settlement houses to help poor people and immigrants
focused on education, health, job training
Reform means to CHANGE
16- Big Stick Policy President Teddy Roosevelt
U.S. “Policeman of the World” - especially Latin America
17 A.- imperialism Take over a nation making it a
colony
Due to the nation’s need for resources and markets during Industrial era
expansion
17B – Manifest Destiny America’s destiny to be a land
from sea to sea.
Desire for expansion
17 C – Monroe Doctrine The U.S. declares it’s right to deal
with matters in the Western Hemisphere
Told Europeans to stay out of the affairs of the West
Doctrine was expanded under Teddy Roosevelt (Roosevelt Corollary)
17 D- Spanish American War
Causes Imperialism Yellow journalism DeLome Letter Humanitarian concern for Cuba Sinking of the USS Maine ship
ResultsU.S. becomes and imperialist nation with colonies (Puerto Rico, Guam, Philippines)
17 E- Open Door Policy with China
Industrial Age
More trade with China
18 A-World War I Causes – 1914 (M.A.N.I.A)
Assassination of Archduke of Austria- Hungary
Germany attacks U.S. ships then we declare war in 1917.
Results Map of Europe changed
18B- U.S. at beginning of WWI
U.S. Neutral in 1914- “did not affect us”
U.S. Declares war- 1917 War ends- 1918
Reminder: Quiz on Thursday on Final Exam Review. Another Quiz on Friday and Tuesday.
19. Fourteen Points Woodrow Wilson’s plan for peace
No more wars No secret treaties No colonies League of Nations- use
diplomacy/talking to settle disputes
20-Treaty of Versailles Senate refuses to ratify treaty
because of League of Nations
Senate believed League might cause us to be involved in another conflict
Harsh conditions on Germany- reparations
21. League of Nations Senate refuses to ratify Treaty of
Versailles bec. of the League. Believed it might get us more involved in wars.
Wilson wanted it – believed it would end conflicts; bring peaceful settlement of problems
22-Roaring Twenties Era of changes (social, political,
economic) Eco- Easy credit meant people
could afford to buy more goods Social – New freedoms/ fashions
for women Political- Reduced civil liberties; Red
Scare
23. Harlem Renaissance Rebirth of African American culture
centered in Harlem, NY in the 1920s
Poetry/ literature celebrating African American culture
24. Sacco and Vanzetti Italian immigrants (anarchists)
convicted of murder with little evidence.
Lessons: Nativism – dislike of immigrants 1920’s Red Scare era- fear of different
ideas Civil liberties can be denied due to
fears
25. Quotas- Immigration Acts 1921
Restrictions on immigration - fewer from Asia and Eastern Europe.
Nativists supported quotas (limits)
26. Scopes (monkey) Trial 1920s- Religious fundamentalism
rises
Scopes taught about evolution though it was banned
27. Red Scare 1920s Fear communism would spread to
USA Fear of people who may support
communism Fear of immigrants
28- Red Scare 1950s McCarthyism
Cold War era
Fear of Communism
29. Dust bowl Drought (no rain) conditions in
Great Plains
Massive dust storms
30. Farmers in the 1920s Lost farms due to dust bowl
Low crop prices
Moved West
31-Great Depression Causes:
Mechanization -lost jobs High tariffs on imports Easy credit -debt Stock market crash and panic – 1929
Results: High unemployment; banks fail, slow
economy; little money to buy goods
32. FDR vs. Hoover
Hoover Help business help people Indirect help
FDR New Deal Direct help; jobs, loans, aid
33. Hoovervilles Shanty towns People were evicted homeless Lived in shacks
34. The New Deal Purpose- Relief, Recover, Reform
Provided jobs, faith in banking
Result-Increased size and responsibility of government.
35. WWII causes Germany invades Poland-1939
Japan bombs Pearl Harbor- US enters war in 1941
36. WWII - results During the War
War leads to more jobs- Depression ends
More women working Results
Atom bombs dropped on Japan leads to war’s end
Now-nuclear age; two superpowers Arms race; Cold War begins
37. Iron Curtain Phrase from Winston Churchill
describing the separation between Western (free) Europe and Eastern (communist-controlled) Europe.
Post War period
38-Marshall Plan USA sends financial or economic
aid to help rebuild Western Europe
Keep Europe strong to resist communism
39-Berlin Blockade U.S. helps West Berlin which was
blockaded during Cold War
40. Cold War Tensions between US and USSR after
WWII Korean War, Vietnam War happened
during Cold War 11/9/89 – fall of Berlin Wall – symbolized
end of Cold War.
41- containment Foreign policy to stop the spread of
communism
During the Cold War
42- NATO North Atlantic Treaty Organization Defensive alliance for the West to
provide security to fight the East (Communists)
NATO vs. Warsaw Pact
43. McCarthyism Anti-communist Senator McCarthy–
1950s Ruined careers of people accusing
them of being communist; people’s rights denied.
Red Scare era
44. Korean War 1950s U.N. (with U.S. support) tries to
stop communist from spreading to South Korea.
Border remains at 38 parallel Containment – Cold War Domino theory
44- Communism Political system of Soviet Union
45- Cuban Missile Crisis JFK success Nearly a nuclear war Soviets had missiles in Cuba (near
Florida)
46. Domino theory Fear that communism will spread
to neighboring countries especially in Southeast Asia i.e. Korea and Vietnam
Led to our involvement in two wars
47. Civil Rights Movement 1950s and 1960s Sought equal rights for African
American Used non-violence Leader: Dr. King
48. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Goals Desegregation Equal voting rights
Methods Passive resistance Sit-ins; marches, boycotts
49-March on Washington Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr “I Have a Dream” speech
highlights inequality and struggles of African Americans
50. Brown Vs. Board of Ed 1954
No more segregation States did not follow this
immediately Led to desegregation (integration)
of schools and facilities
51- Women’s Rights Movement
Goals Career choices Equal pay Equal treatment
52. detente Try to end or ease Cold War
tensions
Use diplomacy (negotiations)
Essay (60%) Write about the contributions of
two individuals discussed in this course.
Which people should you choose?
Focus on their contributions and how they impacted our nation.
Some examples? Write the names of five people you
might write about in your final exam essay.