The changiing poilitcal environment

Question 1

after Wilson was replaced by Harding what was his slogan?

Answer 1

‘less government in business, more business in government
-encapsulated the idea of lazziez faire

Question 2

what does AAA stand for? what did it encourage

Answer 2

Agricultural Adjustment agency
-encouraged farmers to grow less crops that were overproduced

Question 3

what does NRA stand for? what did it do?

Answer 3

National recovery Administrsation
- enforced codes of practice for businesses
-set working hours and minimum wage

Question 4

how did President Johnson contribute to the decline in confidence?

Answer 4

put US troops into Vietnam without congress approval

Question 5

how did President Nixon contribute to the decline in confidence

Answer 5

public communication style was forced and he didn’t manage the watergate scandal properly

Question 6

how did President Ford contribute to the decline in confidence?

Answer 6

people didnt trust him because he pardoned Nixon

Question 7

How did the Republicans use WW1 to increase their influence

Answer 7

• Post WW1 campaigned for the ‘return to normalcy’

Question 8

How did the Republicans use WW2 to increase their influence

Answer 8

• already concerns anti-communism revolving WW2 and Cold War
• Republicans supported anti-communism to show that Democrats were being ‘too soft’ on communism- won over the public and caused a change of landscape

Question 9

what was the impact of WW2 on Domestic Policy?

Answer 9

-more involvement with affairs abroad- opposite to isolationism
- Founding member of the UN 1945

Question 10

what was the impact of the Vietnam war on Domestic Policy?

Answer 10

• loss of credibility for the Gov
• introduced unpopular policies and the war escalated out of control
• opposition to the war because of ‘draft cards’ (drafting men)

Question 11

what was the impact of the Korean War on Domestic Policy?

Answer 11

• Truman was concerned to fight a ‘limited war’- keeping North Koreans in North Korea
• wanted to stop hysteria and calls for all-out war
• Truman criticized for not doing enough

Question 12

what is counter- culture?

Answer 12

• people remaking society altogether
• major movements like the Hippies and Radical Student Groups

Question 13

what was the conservative reaction to counter- culture?

Answer 13

• violence that accompanied protesting
• many politicians R and D campaigned for the ‘New Right’ to restore law and traditional values

Question 14

When was Joseph McCarthy popular

Answer 14

1950-54

Question 15

who was Joseph McCarthy

Answer 15

• American politician
• announced that he knew 205 communists that worked within the state department

Question 16

What did McCarthy do after his claim?

Answer 16

• in 1950 he made a communist speech
• held series of investigations with the ‘communists’
• started investigating the army in 1953- lost support after

Question 17

What made Joseph Mccarthy lose popularity?

Answer 17

his investigation into the army in 1953
- televised event with 20 million people whitnessing
-his treatment of the interviewees was unreasonable

Question 18

What comittee supported McCarthys claim

Answer 18

Tydings Comitte

Question 19

what was the name for people in the Tydings Comittee and what did they do

Answer 19

‘Red Baiters’- hounded people at work and at home

Question 20

what is the quote on communism

Answer 20

‘the only good communist is a dead communist’

Question 21

what was the impact of the second red scare on people

Answer 21

• freedoms were limited because people were scared of what would happen if they express anti-liberal views
• librarians removed books like Karl Marx to avoid ‘holding communist sympathies’

Question 22

what is it called if someones actions aren’t American

Answer 22

‘un- American activities’

Question 23

what was the presidental impact of communism

Answer 23

• FBI were allowed to tap into phones and investigate with little evidence
• anti communism led to a curb on civil liberties
• Truaman’s lack of support to China

Question 24

What was the impact of communism on Truman

Answer 24

• China lost to communism
• Truman put at blame because his lack of support to Chaiang Kai- Shek
• Truman advised not to give support because gov was corrupt and was thought to want to take over world wide

Question 25

what was American people scared of during communism

Answer 25

‘enemies within’