History Final

Question 1

what were the causes and effects of the great depression

Answer 1

causes: unemployment, unevenly distribution of wealth, and easy access to credit
effects: banks collapsed, businesses closed, and unemployment rose

Question 2

how successful were government policy decisions in addressing the economic problems of the great depression

Answer 2

the new deal was a success because we never had a great depression after that policy, it also set up the FDIC, social security, and more

Question 3

what led to the rise of dictators after WW1

Answer 3

• bad economies/gov’t
• international depression
• lack of democracy

Question 4

what kinds of sources offer the best insight into the causes, course, and effects of WW2

Answer 4

-diaries, newspapers, and any primary documents

Question 5

what was the “final solution”

Answer 5

the plan to exterminate all Jews

• did it because they hated Jews (anti-seminism) was the “reason” for depression in Germany
• failed because they didn’t get rid of all the Jews

Question 6

what was island hopping and why was it used

Answer 6

going from one island to another and capturing it then it would be easier to launch missiles at Japan

Question 7

what finally brought an end to WW2

Answer 7

the allies had surrendered

Question 8

what was the iron curtain

Answer 8

an imaginary curtain that divided democratic western Europe from communist east Europe

Question 9

who was Harry Truman and what was the Truman Doctrine

Answer 9

harry truman was the president of the US after FDR had passed away
-truman doctrine was giving aid to Greece and Turkey because they were in danger to falling to communism

Question 10

what was the cold war

Answer 10

war between communism and capitalism/democracy

• happened all over the world (cuba, vietname, korea)
• it was fought by threatening both sides with nuclear weapons
• didn’t directly fight but helped other countries

Question 11

what was the marshall plan? was it effective

Answer 11

• gave billions of dollars to countries after WW2 so they wouldn’t fall to communism and they didn’t
• also made them buy American goods which boosted our economy

Question 12

what happened to berlin after the war? what was the berlin airlift?

Answer 12

berlin was divided and owned by France, GB, US, and Soviet Union
-berlin airlift delivered thousands of food and other supplies to west berlin

Question 13

what senator led the hunt for communists in the US and what effect did the hunt for communists have on the US in general

Answer 13

• joseph mccarthy
• made US into more of a conformist county
• everyone tried to be the same, if you stuck out you were considered a communist

Question 14

why did the US fight in Korea

Answer 14

South Korea was close to falling to communism

-North Korea didn’t take over South Korea and South Korea didn’t fall to communism

Question 15

what is containment

Answer 15

a policy to make sure communism doesn’t spread

Question 16

what was sputnik? what impact did it have on the US

Answer 16

sputnik was the first earth satellite; Soviet Union defeated US into space
-impacted US because government started spending more money on math and science to get a man on the moon

Question 17

what roles were American women expected to fill in the 1950s

Answer 17

they were supposed to take the role of men because they went to go fight in the war

Question 18

how can citizens most effectively communicate with government officials and organizations to affect public policy

Answer 18

• protests
• boycotts
• civil disobedience
  ex. march on washington

Question 19

what is the difference between defacto segregation and dejure segregation

Answer 19

defacto: segregation by custom and tradition
dejure: Segregation by law

Question 20

what was brown vs. board of education and what did it end

Answer 20

a court case where the supreme court ruled that “separate but equal” education between whites and african americans was unconstitutional

Question 21

how close was the election of 1960? what impact did this have on Kennedy’s presidency?

Answer 21

the election was very close and since it was close it didn’t allow Kennedy to have a mandate so Congress wouldn’t easily pass his ideas/laws

Question 22

what was the berlin wall and why was it built

Answer 22

it separated west berlin (democracy) and east berlin (communism) and it was built so people from east berlin couldn’t flee to west berlin

Question 23

what was the bay of pigs?

Answer 23

an invasion of cuba to try to overthrow Castro

-failure: air strikes fail to destroy cuba’s air force

Question 24

what other event in cuba nearly led to a nuclear war

Answer 24

cuban missile crisis: soviet union placed nuclear weapons in cuba so they could reach the US

• kennedy decides to blockade
• almost leads to nuclear destruction

Question 25

what was the Gulf of Tonkin Resoultion

Answer 25

US ships were attacked by north vietnamese were “unprovoked”

-gave Johnson a “blank check” which was a reason to go to war without congress’ approval

Question 26

what was the tet offensive and how did it effect morale at home

Answer 26

• american defeat in media
• people start to get angry and distrust the government
• forms credibility gap

Question 27

what was the ho chi minh trail

Answer 27

trail that went through north vietnam, cambodia, and laos, and took troops and supplies

Question 28

what was vietnamization

Answer 28

decreasing the amount of troops in vietnam and have south vietnam fight majority of the war

Question 29

what is detente

Answer 29

negotiation and discussion to ease tension or relax strained tensions

Question 30

what led to the credibility gap

Answer 30

US government said we were winning but then come home defeated
-people start to lose trust and question government

Question 31

how successful was US in the cold war?

Answer 31

-very successful because they prevented the spread of communism, for example, they stopped South Korea from falling to communism. and overtime communism starts to fall