History 100C Final Exam Study Guide F15 Part I Identification Terms 20 of Final Exam Grade There will be eight possible terms on the exam you will define FOUR of them The following terms may be found on the exam Lost Generation Scopes Trial Harlem Renaissance Bonus March Alphabet Agencies Internment Camps A Philip Randolph During WWII wants to draw attention to unemployment discrimination for African American workers with the proposed March on Washington FDR doesn t want bad P R and issues E O 8802 to get March called off EO 8802 prohibits the racial discrimination by companies receiving government funding during WWII This is significant because federal government gets involved for first time since reconstruction but its limited to working only discrimination will continue Decision Time Truman Doctrine Berlin Airlift Cuban Missile Crisis Ho Chi Minh My Lai Brown vs Board of Ed 1954 CRA 1964 and VRA 1965 Emmett Till Great Society Silent Majority Glasnost Perestroika and Gorbachev Berlin Wall Exact dates Truman Doctrine 1947 Brown vs Board of Ed CRA VRA Berlin Wall 1989 Part II Essay Question from Mid Term forward 30 of Final Exam Grade YOU will select ONE of the two essays to answer on the final exam 1 The Great Depression changed many aspects of American society in ways that affect us today Explain the causes that led to the Great Depression and the early responses by President Hoover to address the financial crisis What factors led to the election of President Roosevelt and how did he approach the Great Depressions problems differently What lasting legacies do we find in American society today from that era and how did the Depression ultimately end 2 Vietnam proved to be one of the most challenging 30 years of American foreign policy in its history Explain the origins of conflict in Vietnam from the era of Imperialism through WWII Why did the United States get involved with this conflict and what factors led to the escalation of American involvement in Vietnam Explain at least two incidents that led Americans to believe the United States needed to get out of Vietnam What lessons did Americans learn from the conflict in Vietnam Imperialism and WWII In the 1880s France comes in and takes over Vietnam Japan takes over Vietnam a little later WWII Vietnam is NOT happy Ho Chi Minh involved this whole time Vietnam tries to gain their independence treaty of Versailles Vietnam is told no Ho Chi Minh is at the signing of the treat he actually goes to USSR and becomes communists WWII US aids Minh vs Japan Vietnam declares independence US says no US Involvement and Escalation in 1945 France comes back for 9 years 1945 54 Vietnam is not happy and is fighting US aids france with money Genova Accords creates two Vietnams North communists South democratic capitalists Diem part of escalation rise of Vietminh and Vietcong Buddhist monks protest and assassination of Diem Gulf of Tonkin incident troops Two Incidents My Lai Tet offensive Guerilla War Agent Orange Kent State 1975 Vietnam Communists Lessons Learned troops need to be really careful Hard to police the world but does no stop us now give money and weapons The home front is important Why Eurpoena competition Part III Comprehensive Essay Question 50 of Final Exam Grade Dr McGuire will select ONE of the following for the final exam 1 Explain how the United States transitioned from its isolationist position in world affairs at the end of the 1800s to their leader of the free world status at the end of the 1980s In your essay discuss the role imperialism WWI WWII and the Cold War played on this transition Also how did the end of the Cold War change the United States global position Make sure to include in your discussion moments when the United States served as a passive responder to global concerns and where they served to actively engage and lead global issues Imperialism markets morality White man s burden 1 3 Sentences Where this is happening Hawaii 1 3 Philippines Philippine American War 2 4 Cuba Spanish American war 2 4 This was a passive response by United States WWI Imperialist competition and allies treaties plus arms race along with assassination war Passive United States position neutrality supplying both sides Sinking of the Lusitania Poncho Villa Zimmerman telegram Russian Revolution passive 14 points ACTIVE US taking a stand and have something smart and reasonable to say Wraps up with treaty of Versailles US doesn t join the League of Nations step back passive WWII Europe Germany Bad Asia Japan bad United States not in until Pearl Harbor passive Decision Time all about should we drop the bomb or not end up dropping 2 bombs USSR US and Soviet Union and some competing ideologies ACTIVE Cold War Truman Doctrine Zhdanov Marshall Plan Berlin Airlift Cuba 2 4 sentences Korea 2 4 sentences and Vietnam 5 7 sentences End of Cold War 80s Containing communism is Nicaragua Iran Iraq and Afghanistan These things have long term ripple effects Soviet Union In a recession a lot of unhappy republics and satellites USSR also in Afghanistan Gorbachev comes in Glasnost and Perestroika Berlin Wall United States wins but still dealing with the ripple effects Say if this is active passive or both 2 Examine the struggle for civil rights in the United States from the Reconstruction Era through the Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s Make sure to include in your discussion the role of the federal government in this struggle as well as the different approaches by individuals and groups in both the 19th and 20th centuries In your answer you should also note both the limitations civil rights movements faced and the successes they ultimately achieved Federal Gov Success Limits Reconstruction We have this question of slavery ending 13th amendment officially ends slavery The question is what s next Housing food jobs etc These people are no longer slaves but also not citizens 14th amendment AA officially citizens Sharecropping Special Field Order 15 Sherman Freedman s Bureau Violence is an important component arising of the KKK enforcement acts Voting all part of the 15th amendment There are some big successes but A LOT of unsolved problems Progressive Era Progressives ignoring but African Americans themselves are NOT ignoring this Booker T Washington Dubois Ida B Wells and lynching Plessy vs Ferguson fed gov is not helping Even though we have people trying there is limited to no success WWI Interwar WWII Great Migration 2 3 with that came the job issues Harlem