History 2020 Final Exam Study Guide Quiz 1 What were two major tasks of Reconstruction Reincorporating the South back into the Union Dealing with 4 million former slaves Who succeeded Abraham Lincoln as President From which state did this man hail Andrew Johnson of Tennessee What were the goals of the Radical Republicans Protect freedmen and reassert Republican power in the South What was one of the most pressing goals of freedom after the Civil War Acquiring land of their own on which to farm What was the ruling in the US vs Cruikshank 1876 a Supreme Court case that is related to the 14th amendment Voting rights remained a state prerogative unless the state itself violated those rights Quiz 2 What was the effect of Railroads on the United States Fully incorporated areas west of Mississippi created economic growth and introduced time zones Why did the gold standard create problems for the American Public The gold supply was limited meaning the access to money was limited What was Grant s peace policy toward American Indians To favor any course toward them which tends to their civilization and ultimate citizenship What was the Dawes Act of 1887 A law that gave Indians land in severalty led to the destruction of native culture and the taking of surplus native lands by whites What happened at the Battle of the Little Big Horn on June 25 1876 Custer and the Seventh Calvary Regiment were defeated by Lakota Sioux warriors and their allies led by the Crazy Horse Gall and Sitting Bull Quiz 3 What happened at the Homestead steel mill in the summer of 1892 Workers were forcibly evicted from the mill by Pinkerton guards because they refused to leave their labor union Predatory pricing is a tactic That is practiced by Wal Mart today Scientific Management Alienated workers because it took away their autonomy What circumstance allowed Asian and white traffickers to sell Chinese girls and women into sexual slavery in the United States Poor Chinese Families sold their daughters out of desperation and there was a demand for exotic prostitutes in the West The following are characteristics of the knights of labor and the American Federation of Labor The knights had a cooperative vision and wanted government regulation the AFL did not share the KoL critique of capitalism and limited its ranks mostly to skilled craftsmen while prohibiting women and blacks from joining Quiz 4 Which was a major goal of the Progressives Promoting social justice and ameliorating poverty Leaders of the Populist Party believe that Conflict between capital and labor was unavoidable In Mueller v Oregon 1908 the Supreme Court Implicitly supported biased ideas of women s physical inferiority in limiting them to a ten hour day What was the Wisconsin Idea Greater government intervention in the economy backed by Scientific research of reform What were the sources of the American resistance to social welfare programs in the late 19th century Powerful business interests coupled with hostile courts slowed the progress Most immigrants from places such as Germany and Finland believed that industrial capitalism should not be limited in any way Quiz 5 In addition to ostensibly helping to make the world safe for democracy what were other goals of American imperialism in the early 20th century Creating new markets and advancing American economic interests gaining profits would prevent American workers from embracing socialism What was the cause of the Spanish American war Cuban revolutionaries instigated a war with the Spanish in hopes of getting the United States to aid them in their right for independence What led to the annexation of Hawaii American sugar planters overthrew Queen Liliuokalani because a Hawaiian sugar tariff disrupted their profits What was the root of the name Boxer Rebellion A secret society of Chinese nationalists who rebelled against foreign occupation they were defeated by multinational campaign of European powers and Japan In 1916 was the United States truly natural No the U S shipped enormous amounts of war goods to Britain and France trading more than 3 million dollars worth of material in 1916 and loaned the Allies hundreds of millions of dollars in loans Quiz 6 Social Welfare liberalism is defined as The use of financial and bureaucratic government resources to attempt to provide social and economic security to individual citizens interest groups and corporations How did Herbert Hoover respond to the depression Because he believed that economic outcomes were the product of individual success he did not do much to relieve ordinary American s poverty he did however cut federal taxes and funded public works programs with federal funds Legislation passed during the First Hundred Days of Franklin Delano Roosevelt s administration focused on Banking failures agriculture overproduction business failures and high unemployment The new deal was criticized by All of the above What were the legacies of the new deal It created a powerful but problematic system in which government programs offered financial and social support to ordinary Americans Quiz 7 What is the best definition of fascism as it appeared in Nazi Germany A centralized authorization and nationalist state and relied on notions of racial superiority and spiritual reawakening Before America entered World War Two isolationist sentiment was characterized by All of the above If we think about World War Two in a truly international context what was the first aggressive action that led to global violence Japanese invasion of Manchuria in 1931 In Hirabayashi v United States 1943 and Korematsu v United States 1944 the Supreme Court ruled that Internment was a military necessity What factors discouraged American intervention to stop the Holocaust Americans did not know that Germans were persecuting and harming Jews Widespread anti Semitism throughout America Quiz 8 What events helped lead to the Western strategy of containment All of the above NSC 68 was arms program What led to the Korean War Communist A national security report that urged the rapid development of a nuclear North Korea s leader wanted to reunify the nation and make it entirely What lead to Senator McCarthy s popularity Persistent fears about the presence of Communism in America What characterized American foreign policy in the Middle East and Asia in the 1950 s and 1960 s Support right wing dictatorships in formerly colonized countries such as Iran and Vietnam as well as Central America Quiz 9