United States History II E

Final Exam Review Information

(Grundfest, 2016/2017)

Date of Exam: Monday, June 12 (Per. 2) Wednesday June 14 (Per. 6)

Time: 8:00am-9:30am (Per. 2) 10:00am-11:30am (Per. 6)

Location of Exam:

Bring: #2 pencils, pens

The final exam consists of TWO parts. You will complete Part I,a set of 5 document analyses related to the United States History Course Themes, in class on Thursday June 8. Part IIwill consist of 40 multiple choice questions, which will be completed during exam week. Each part will count as 50% of the exam grade. Your final course grade will be the combination of your four marking period grades and this final exam grade.

Preparation:

Remember that if you have been doing the work all along, then you already possess the necessary information and simply need to refresh your memory; if you have not been consistent in your efforts, then you will need to delve more deeply in those sections which are gaps.

Use all previous homework assignments, review sheets and packets as practice. Consider working with each other AFTER you have looked the material over for yourself. And, finally, be sure to ask me about specific factual and/or overview questions that you might have – BEFORE the day of the exam.

There will be a review day on Friday, June 9. You should come prepared with questions.

Topic we’ve studies this year:

  • Progressive Era: Background and goals of Progressivism, Social philosophies, Constitutional amendments, Government regulation of business, Teddy Roosevelt’s contributions, Muckrakers, Political and social reforms
  • Imperialism and WWI: Reasons behind imperialism, Spanish-American War, Yellow journalism, Foreign policies, Government laws and policies, Causes of WWI, WWI boards, Peace settlements and treaties, Flu epidemic
  • The 1920s: Foreign policy, Minorities, Automobile, Prohibition, Social and cultural change, Media (newspapers, radio, movies), Anti-foreign attitudes.
  • Depression and New Deal: The underlying weaknesses of the 1920s economy, Causes of the Stock Market Crash, Causes of the Great Depression, Effects of the Depression on American life, Hoover’s response to the Depression, FDRs election Aims of the New Deal and the first hundred days, opposition to the New Deal from critics and the Supreme Court, the second New Deal, Culture of the 1930s, Legacy of the New Deal.
  • Isolation and World War II:The rise of dictators in the USSR, Italy, Germany and militarism in Japan, Military actions that alarmed the United States 1931-38, American neutrality in theory and practice, the start of World War II in Europe, Lend-Lease and “The Arsenal of Democracy”, the attack on Pearl Harbor, how the US and the Allies fought the war militarily, the Home Front, Japanese Internment, V-E and V-J Days, impact of the war on America and the world
  • Post War Foreign Affairs and Cold War (1945-1991):Reasons for the start of the Cold War, the Truman Doctrine and Marshall Plan, Berlin Airlift, NATO, Korean War, Red Scare and McCarthyism, Eisenhower Doctrine, Cuba (1961 and 1962), Berlin Wall, Vietnam, Détente, Nixon’s China Policy, Ford and Carter, Iran, Reagan/Bush and the end of the Cold War
  • Post War Domestic Affairs (1945-1991):GI Bill, Inflation and strikes 1945-48,Truman’s Fair Deal and Civil Rights, Eisenhower’s election in 1952, Social Changes in the 1950s, Civil Rights Movement, New Frontier and Great Society, Social upheaval in the 1960s, Nixon’s New Federalism, Watergate, Ford and Carter’s economic and energy policies, Rise of the Conservatives, Clinton Presidency.