REGENTS Flashcards
What are the effects of the industrial rev (How did this effect smaller industries What business practices were developed Growth of \_\_\_\_\_ led to What increased to the US Which class increase
1) had difficulty maintaining their competitiveness
2) eliminate competition ex: monopolies, trusts
3) big businesses
Widening economic gap btwn poor and rich
4) immigration - more jobs were a single as industry expanded
5) urban middle class
Declaration of Independence
It was written as a _____ against Who
What was influenced by - who wrote it
Where did it take ideas from
1) protest against British rule
2) by Thomas Jefferson - enlightenment
3) John lockes theory of natural rights
the Declaration of Independence is similar to _____
How?
Bill of rights
Support limitation on govt power and stress the importance of individual liberty
Washington Naval Conferences and Kellog-Brained Pact
Attempts for us to achieve peace n arms control in the decade after WW1
13 14 15 Amendments What r they and when were they passed
13 - abolished slavery - passed during the reconstruction era
14 - gave citizenship to African Americans and legally protected under bill of rights and us constitution
15 - African American men can vote.
What did president George bush do to us troops
Why
Result of this war
Committed them to Persian gulf war
To assure the flow of the Middle East oil to the US and it’s Allie’s
US liberated Kuwait from Iraq
What was Lincoln’s plan for reconstruction
Restore ____ in ____
What should be restored
How will the former confederate states be treated
What is he rejecting
Forgive who and do what
1) southern rep in Congress
2) union asap
3) as if they never left union
4) harsh punishment for the south
5) aoutherns amd welcome back into union
Response to mercantilist policies
Comities of correspondence
Non-importation agreement
Boston tea party
First continental congress
Economic affects of world war 2 What did it provide for us industry Growth of which industry What did American women help gain Where did African Americans migrate and why
1) market
2) automobile industry
3) support for suffrage
4) north for new job oppts
Gideon v Wainright 1963
Rights of the
What did it hold
Accused
Must be provided a lawyer if they cannot afford one
Most of the northern boundary of the United States was created by treaties between the US and
Great Britain
In the 1840s and 1850s immigration in the US was characterized by
A large influx of Irish and German immigrants
The Federal Reserve Sytem, created in 1913, extended government control over the banking system by
Regulating interest rates and the money supply
The main goal of the first Agricultural Afjustment Act was to
Stabilize farm prices by reducing the amount of surplus crops
What was the reason for migration in the 1930s
An extended drought on the Plains forced farmers to seek better conditions in the west
During the 1930s the major foreign policy of the US Congress was to
Avoid the mistakes that led the country into WWI
The Korean War (1950-1953) was the first war in which the US
Fought as a member of UNITED NATION FORCES
Essienhower speech about domino effect (1954)
Which action is most closely associated with the foreign policy concern expressed by President Eisenhower in this passage
Increasing US involvement in Vietnam
Which statement best describes an outcome of the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis
Nuclear War with Soviet Union was avoided
President Nixon chose to resign the presidency mainly because of his involvement in
Watergate scandal
Results of the Bush-Gore presidential election of 2000 renewed the debate over
The electoral college system
Change in House of Reps based on 2010 census
States are gaining and losing rep
There is no change
The gains and losses shown are primarily the result of
Population changes among the states
What is trickle down economics
President Ronald regan believes that economic growth depends on making increased amounts of capital available to business
Good neighbor policy
By who
What was it supposed to do
FDRS foreign policy
F promoting better relations w/ Latin America By using economic influence rather than military force in the region
Who are the carpet baggers
Northern who cam down to the south during the reconstruction to participate during reconstruction govt
14 points Proposed by who Why To provide what Established what
President Woodrow Wilson
That would govern the postwar world
Designed to provide a just and lasting peace
Established the League of Nations
Which viewpoint of the framers of the US Constitution is demonstrated by the use of the electoral college to select the president
Distrust of the average citizens judgement
The Supreme Courts decision in Dred Scott v Sanford was nullified by the passage of
13th and 14th amendments
The Federal Reserve System was created in 1913 to
Control the money supply
“The US must be neutral in fact as well as in name”
“America can not be an ostrich with its head in the sand”
“The world must be safe for democracy”
What do these statements demonstrate abt President Wilson during the three years b4 the US entered WW1
He gradually changed his foreign policy goals
During the 1930s poor land management and severe drought conditions across parts of the Midwest resulted in
Development of the dust bowl conditions on the great plains
Why was the major reason for wartime rationing
Ensuring that troops were adequately supplied
Cuban Missilie Crisis 1962
Why was there a US naval blockage around Cuba
The Soviet Union built nuclear missile launch sites within the range of UScities
One positive outcome of the situation (Cuban middle crisis) was that the US and Soviet Union increased
Communication between the two to avert (prevent) war
. . The United States, together with the United Nations, exhausted every means at our disposal to bring this crisis to a peaceful end. However, Saddam [Hussein] clearly felt that by stalling and threatening and defying the United Nations, he could weaken the forces arrayed against him. . . .”
— President George H. W. Bush, address to the nation, January 16, 1991
President George H. W. Bush used this statement to defend
taking military action to liberate Kuwait from Iraqi aggression
Picture: says 21st century middle class = extinct
Which combination of factors has led to the problem shown in the cartoon?
consumer debt and nearly stagnant (still/inactive = no change) wages
Action
President Andrew Johnson disobeys the Tenure of Office Act.
Reaction
Congress impeaches Johnson and he remains in office by one vote.
Congress passes the National Industrial Recovery Act (NIRA).
The Supreme Court declares the NIRA unconstitutional in Schechter Poultry Corporation v. United States.
48 Which aspect of governmental power is best illustrated by both examples in the chart
Checks and balances
What did president Truman decide to do on Japan? Why?
What did he believe about the invasion of Japan?
How did he advance the cause of civil rights for African Americans?
1) drop atomic bombs
Because the bombs destructive power might end the war quickly
2) would result in an excess (extra) of causalities (problems)
3) by ordering the desegregation of the armed forces
What did the North Atlantic Treaty Organization do?
NATO
protect Western Europe from the Soviet Union and provide collective security against communist aggression
Korematsu v US 1944
What did it hold?
That the presidential order to place Japanese Americans in internment camps to protect national security during WWII was constitutional
Effects of the Vietnam War
1) US questioned….
2) showed that foreign policy….
3) led to greater….
4) US experience in the war showed….
1) it’s role as policy officer to the world
2) can be altered by public opinion
3) public distrust of governmental policies
4) that superior military technology does not equal victory
President Hoover Who did he favor? What did he believe about economic growth? Why was he criticized? How would the economy recover? Why was Hooverville a nickname given?
1) big business
2) depends on making increased amounts of capital available to big businesses
3) failed to provide direct relief for the neediest people
4) on its own
5) it was given to poor communities because of Hoovers refusal to provide direct federal aid to the homeless
Baker v Carr 1962
What did it order states to do
To follow “one person one vote” rule when redistricting after senses
Supply Side Economics
By who
What did it do
President Regan
Lower tax rates on personal and business income
Concurrent powers
Shared by state and federal government
What is the Berlin airlift
Soviet forces cut off Berlin from the western world calls in the US to Ehrlich supplies to West Berlin
What is dollar diplomacy
Attempted to increase the US power in Latin America
What is the great society
by who
Attempt to end poverty
President Lyndon B Johnson
What is trickle down economics
Belief by who
President Regan believed that economic growth depends on making increased amounts of capital available to business
How does the us practice economic nationalism
By implementing protective tariffs to American industry
Early colonial effort in self government
Burgess house of Virginia
Town hall meetings
Mayflower compact
Impact of the new deal
What did it raise?
Expansion of…
Resulted in a stronger link between…
1) national debt
2) power of federal govt
3) between national and local links of govt
Natural harbored contributed to the
Development of commerce
What is new nationalism
Teddy Roosevelts progressive political policy that favored heavy government intervention in order to assure social justice
Truman doctrine originally designed to
Contain communism by giving aid to Greece and turkey
What did president Coolidge believed
That the economy functioned best if government allows businesses to operate freely
What is the war powers act
Limited the presidents ability to send troops combat aboard
The US home front during World War II
Women were replaced in….
Rosie the river was there to….
Many women left…. Why?
1) essential wartime industries
2) recruit women into wartime industries
3) their factories jobs because they were forced to give up their jobs for returning war veterans
McCulloch v Maryland 1819
What was declared?
Established what?
1) Congress had the right to charter the bank under the elastic clause of the constitution
2) established implied powers doctrine, that Congress has powers not established explicitly in the Constitution
Reasons for World War II
What rises in Europe? How does US respond?
What was Germany seeking to do? What did Great Britain and France follow? Results?
What was the primary objective of the US foreign policy in the 1930s?
1) Fascism (dictatorship) By passing a series of neutrality laws 2) dominate Europe A policy of appeasement allowed Germany to expand territory but went too far and invaded Poland causing the war 3) avoid overseas conflict
What is the pacific railway act 1862
Federal govt encouraged the building of the transcontinental railroad by giving land to railroad compaines
Engle v Vitale 1962
What did it hold?
Talks about what?
1) state laws which require prayer are in violation of the establishment clause in the first amendment
2) civil liberties
And freedom of religion
What did the Supreme Court declared the New Deal Laws
Why?
How did FDR response
What can this be seen as
1) unconstitutional
2) overextended the power of the federal government
3) proposed legislation to increase the size of the court to make it favorable to the new deal laws
4) threat to checks and balances
What is the interstate highway act 1956
Increase suburban growth
Who is Sacco and Vanzetti
In 1920 they were convicted of robbery and murder
Were found guilty and died on the electric chair
camp David’s accords
What did president jimmy carter succeed in?
Why is this significant?
1) providing a foundation for a peace treaty between Israel and Egypt
2) they represented first peace agreement btwn Israel and Arab nations
What is the new freedom
Designed to help the US solve problems caused by industrialization
What was a primary goal of President Thomas Jefferson 1803 decision to purchase the Lusitania Territory
Studying Native American Indian societies
Few restrictions were placed on immigration to the United States in the late 19th century primarily because immigrants
would add to the diversity of the population
In the mid–1930s, which action did the federal government take in an attempt to avoid the situations that drew the United States into World War I?
passing the Neutrality Acts
