Final-Study Guide

US History Final on Wed. May 31, 2017

From the first 10 weeks;
Causes of WWII

Great Depression/Dust Bowl

rise of fascism + totalitarianism

weakness of League of Nations

Start of aggression

Hitler-Sudetenland/Poland

France & England declare war

Miracle of Dunkirk

Blitz of London

US involvement

US Isolationist policy

Neutrality Act/Lend-Lease Act

Allied Powers/Axis Powers

Pearl harbor-Declare war

Japanese internment

US advantage once entering war

End of War

Europe first policy

D-Day

Stalingrad

Hitler’s mistakes

Victory in Europe

island hopping strategy in Pacific

Iwo Jima/Okinawa

Hiroshima & Nagasaki

From the second 10 weeks or so;

How did the Holocaust develop and what were its results?

Nuremburg Laws
Hitler's Final solution
Yalta Conference
Potsdam Conference

Philosophical differences between Communism and Democracy - workers first vs Government first        

- free market vs command economy       

- motivation to compete vs everyone having a job

All aspects of the Cold War

Definition of Cold War

Super Powers

United Nations: its creation and set up., security council

Atomic and Thermonuclear weapons

Korean War, Douglas MacArthur, Vietnam War

Domino Theory

Reasons for Vietnam protest at home

Red Scare-HUAC(House In-American Activities Committee) Joseph McCarthy-McCarthyism

Definition of treason.

Post-war American society - Golden Years - Greatest Generation

American Dream

unions

Civil Rights - Civil Rights Act of 1964

Emmet Till

Martin Luther King, Malcom X, John F. Kennedy, Robert Kennedy

Brown -v- Board of Education

Mass culture

suburbs

All notes and graded materials may be used. No textbooks, no electronics.

Good Luck

Taylor

 

 

 

 
 

US History Final

Your final for US History will consist of 2 parts.

Part 1: Wed. May 31
Final will be comprehensive. Even though you have only been with me since January, you were enrolled in this class last fall as well.
Part 2: Monday June 5


Final will be open note. Any and all materials from this class will be allowed. Find your old work.

Good Luck

Taylor

Reflection: Postwar America

We have discussed a changing postwar America for the past couple of days. Answer the following questions reflecting on our discussions. Submit to Schoology before class tomorrow.

1) How did migration to California and the Sunbelt change the political landscape?

2) In theory, how was Brown v Board of Ed. going to improve education in our country?

3) How did the Interstate Highway Act change American culture?

4) In what ways did American businesses change during the postwar period?

5) What were some of the reasons why consumer spending skyrocketed in the postwar era?

Taylor

Kent State

Today we spoke about the Kent State Massacre in 1970.

Students were protesting, which is their right. national Guardsmen came in and four students were shot and killed.

We are seeing more and more protests since Mr. Trump became president. Do you think we would see this same rise in violent if Hillary Clinton had won? Why?

Submit via schoology

Make-up work

All students of this class may make up ANY incomplete assignment on Schoology.
You may do this until MAY 15, 2017---ONLY

Make up work will only be accepted if sent via Schoology. (Does not include tests, assessment, quizzes not included)

**if you do not have access, we will make arrangements IF you come speak to me.**