HIST 104 - Test 2 - Review Sheet
Readings: Text - chs 29-30, 32-37: use class notes & topics discussed in class to help guide you in reviewing text for the test! Sources: "Light of the World" cartoon, Wilson's warning to the Germans (1915), prohibition reading, essay on flappers, FDR inaugural speech, Dust Bowl reading, World War II readings
Key Concepts:
- American foreign policy, 1890-1914: the rise of imperialism, Spanish-American War: causes, outcome, anti-imperialism, "dollar diplomacy," impact of Teddy Roosevelt
- World War I: causes, American entry: reasons & debate, military & political ending & significance, American role during the war, homefront: mobilization, CPI, etc., outcomes: Wilsonian policies, 14 points & Versailles
- 1920’s: Prohibition/Scopes-Monkey/KKK/fundamentalism: issues, ideas, meaning: rural/urban dichotomy, reaction to modernism? - role of women: post- suffrage feminism & reaction, flapper culture & relevance booming economy, laissez-faire, mobile society, popular entertainment
- Stockmarket Crash & early Depression (1929-1933): causes of crash - connection to ensuing Depression, meaning of "Depression" - banking crisis, Hoover as scapegoat - why & is that fair? Dust Bowl & impact on Americans - Bonus Army & significance - deflation, economic turmoil
- New Deal & Later Depression - election of 1932: key issues, FDR background, ascendancy & style - relevance for American people - New Deal policies: key ideas & programs - 3 R’s: specific proposals & policies- how did these respond to specific Depression-era concerns? - New Deal criticism: left & right - significant views & opinions- individuals/groups on either side
- Rise of totalitarianism & World War II: Japanese aggression in China - dictatorships in Europe: Italy, Germany, USSR - key ideas-connection to American people- Nazi-Soviet Pact - German aggression & early years of WWII- American reaction-4 freedoms-AFC vs. CDA - Selective Service Act - Lend-lease - Pearl Harbor & impact on Americans, what was the homefront like? - major military campaigns, war’s ending; Atomic bombs & the beginning of the Cold War
Possible Essay Questions: These essay questions will appear on the test & you will write on 1 of them. Use specific evidence to strengthen your essay!!
1. How did events, issues and individuals of the 1920’s reflect significant American themes of the period? How were Americans both unified & divided in the 1920’s? To what extent were these social dynamics shaped in the cultural evolution from 1870 to 1920?
2. Discuss & evaluate some of the key aspects of American foreign policy between 1890 & 1945. What were some of the most important points & strategies? How did these play specific roles in shaping American actions abroad? Which were most & least successful & relevant or irrelevant for today? Explain.
3. "The New Deal was designed as a policy to revive and reform American society, not radically alter it." Do you agree or disagree with this statement? Explain.