New Short Answer Review Unit 7 (snow day revision  )

There will be 5/6 short answer questions…I will or you will out of a hat –choose three #’s --- of those three ---you will have to respond to two…

Remember that your short answer responses must have specific historical evidence (terms) to support your claims (answers).

Review of Questions:

Topic:

Progressive era reform movements

For investigation:

Movements that were successful and why?

Specific Government actions as a result of specific successful movements- tying the two together…with evidence…

Specific Muckrakers—their specific topic of investigation—and how they contributed to a particular movement or government action.

Topic:

Teddy Roosevelt’s View of Good and Bad Trusts

For investigation:

Explain the point of view above….

TR’s Square Deal

TR’s 3 C’s….how does the government specifically respond to these ideas….put them into practice.

Topic:

Woodrow Wilson’s initial foreign policy perspective and his change via Latin America –all before WWI.

For Investigation:

Explain WW’s transformation to “realpolitik” as it related to Latin America…

Find and explain specific example(s) of this “realpolitik” in practice.

Compare WW’s actions from above with the other progressive Presidents actions before him…make a case that they are similar or different with evidence to support why?

Topic:

The failure of the Treaty of Versailles and the League of Nations in the US.

For Investigation:

There are a variety of causes for the failure…be able to, with specific evidence, explain the major causes of failure.

What was Woodrow Wilson’s guiding philosophy of future US and World policy expressed in the War declaration excerpt and his 14 -point speeches?

How is it that WW’s philosophy was so influential for so long after WWI?

Topic:

The controversy of TR’s foreign policy ---as an “imperialist” or a “shrewd and skillful diplomat”

For investigation:

Look for specific examples of actions by TR that could be used as evidence to support the two opinions of TR’s actions mentioned above…and be able to explain how they do support each of the ideas.

Why does the opinion of TR’s actions…obviously controversial…change over time?

A mystery question will be thrown into the pot 

I hope this provides you some specific ideas from which to research and prepare answers to the short answer questions  Have a great snow day (s)