SAT II Prep: 2

Question 1

Jack Kerouac

Answer 1

writer from the Beat Generation (1950s-1960s)

Question 2

American art

Answer 2

Thomas Eakins and Winslow Homer were thought to be the originators of American style of painting

Question 3

Lewis and Clark

Answer 3

Northwest Passage, map the LA territory, friendly relations w/ Native Americans, and catalog unknown species of plant and animals

Question 4

Cold War

Answer 4

“Freedom has many difficulties and democracy is not perfect, but we have never had to put up a wall to keep out people in, to keep them from leaving us.” Berlin Wall, USSR v. USA for the most part over nuclear weaponry

Question 5

Opera

Answer 5

brought in during nineteenth-century from Europe by huge influx of immigrants

Question 6

“Four Freedoms”

Answer 6

FDR’s 1941 proposal to Congress: freedom to worship in one’s own way, freedom from fear, freedom of speech/expression, freedom from want

Question 7

James Fenimore Cooper

Answer 7

creator of Hawkeye/Deerslayer/Natty Bumppo, who was the prototype of the strong, silent, self-reliant American hero

Question 8

“Conspicuous consumption”

Answer 8

described upper class in 1890s: coined by Thorstein Veblen

Question 9

9-11

Answer 9

Immediate US. response: invasion of Afghanistan in search of Osama bin Laden

Question 10

Marshall Plan

Answer 10

“Our policy is directed not against any country or doctrine but against hunger, poverty, desperation and chaos. Its purpose should be the revival of a working economy in the world so as to permit the emergence of political and social conditions in which free institutions can exist.”

Question 11

“Fourteen points”

Answer 11

reduction of national armaments, return of Alsace-Lorraine to France, formation of association of nations (League of Nations), freedom of navigation in international waters

Question 12

Watergate scandal

Answer 12

“follow the money”, “deep throat”, “expletive deleted” are all associated with this scandal

Question 13

Four-Power Treaty

Answer 13

1921: France, Great Britain, Japan, and the United States will respect one another’s claims to territory in the Pacific Ocean

Question 14

War with Mexico

Answer 14

caused by US support of Texas in Texan revolution, nonpayment of debt owed by Mexico to US, border disputes (Rio Grande vs. Nueces, US desire for California

Question 15

WWI

Answer 15

US entrance into WWI was caused primarily by publication of Zimmerman Telegram in US newspapers

Question 16

Pre-Columbian era

Answer 16

Anasazi -> Pueblo indians

Question 17

Willa Cather

Answer 17

most of stories are set in American Great Plains states

Question 18

Jim Thorpe

Answer 18

1912 Olympic competitor called “greatest athlete in the world” at the time: Native American

Question 19

Great Awakening

Answer 19

contradicted Puritan belief of predestination, introducing instead the idea that people could be reborn and choose to save themselves through faith and piousness

Question 20

PCs: personal computers

Answer 20

1980s main attraction

Question 21

Teddy Roosevelt

Answer 21

“See to it that every man has a square deal, no less and no more.” 1904 campaign promise to limit trusts, promote public health, and improve working conditions

Question 22

Stock market in political crises

Answer 22

Fall in stock prices, increase in selling

Question 23

New Deal

Answer 23

Series of bills passed by FDR throughout his presidency. Included Works Progess Administration, Social Security Act, Securities and Exchange Commission, and Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)

Question 24

Smoot-Hawley Tariff, 1930

Answer 24

reduced trade and contributed to global economic downturn in following decade

Question 25

“The Star-Spangled Banner”

Answer 25

composed during War of 1812, Battle of Ft. McHenry

Question 26

“Dogfights”

Answer 26

refers to aerial combat in WWI

Question 27

19th Amendment

Answer 27

activists supporting this amendment included Harriet Stanton Blatch, Susan B. Anthony, Carrie Chapman Catt, and Alice Paul