Civil War, West, Reconstruction
Why did the North win the Civil War?
rail lines could transport men and resources faster, industrial manufacturing produced war resources faster
What is a monopoly/trust and how does it reflect capitalism?
businesses buy up their weaker competitors; in one way, bad business deserve to fail; in another way, it reduces competition so it's bad for consumers
Why did the US get involved in WWI?
Lusitania & Zimmermann Telegram
What caused the Great Depression?
banks' reckless lending, buying stocks on margin, consumer debt
Describe the Scopes Trial from the 1920s
Debate over teaching evolution (vs creationism) in public schools. Controversy over the clash between religion and science
How did the US government facilitate westward expansion and settlement on the frontier?
land grants for RR and telegraph lines, Homestead Act, Dawes Act
What's the difference between a Captain of Industry and a Robber Baron?
Captain= innovation, smart business practices
Robber= makes money immorally: low wages, cheap materials etc
France: revenge
Britain: to preserve global trade
US: global peace
Why did the US economy continue to spiral downward through the 1930s?
There was nothing to create consumer demand
What was the primary argument for early intervention in WWII (illustrated by Dr Seuss)?
The Nazis are morally bad and need to be stopped; as the Nazis take more territory in Europe, they become a stronger enemy; the US is next
depletion of the buffalo population starved out natives; native children were taken to assimilation schools; military conflicts & battles
How did the Progressive Era work to fix the problems of the Gilded Age? Give 2 examples
protected the working class: tenements, sanitation, food safety, workplace safety, wages
Explain how the US acquired Hawaii
US business investment in Hawaiian sugar; didn't want to pay tariff taxes; supported a coup against Hawaiian queen in the name of "democracy;" Queen abdicated to avoid bloodshed; US annexed Hawaii
What were the 3 Rs of the New Deal?
Relief ($ now)
Recovery (create jobs)
Reform (regulate banks, stocks, etc)
Name the 2 major eras from 1850-1940 when American farmers struggled the most.
Populism in the 1890s: debt, interest rates, overproduction, low prices, RR prices
Dust Bowl in the 1930s: erosion, drought, dust storms
Explain how Reconstruction caused the organization of the KKK
Reconstruction offered voting power to a huge number of black men. The KKK wanted to off set that power via intimidation.
Describe how immigration patterns changed from 1860-1920
early immigration was mostly from NW Europe; later immigration changed to SE Europe; by the 1920s the US began to restrict immigration
Teddy Roosevelt authored the Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine; what did it say?
The US can intervene in military conflict in the Western Hemisphere when its "interests" are at stake.
What was the purpose of FDR's fireside chats?
To communicate New Deal opportunities and changes clearly and directly to the American people
Why did the US get involved in Central America during Teddy Roosevelt's presidency?
To build the Panama Canal and cut the water route from coast to coast.
To kick the Spanish out of the Western Hemisphere
Life on the western frontier was different than its typically shown in the media. Describe 3 lesser-known characteristics of the "wild west".
Homes were muddy, drafty, and poorly built; children were neglected and sometimes abused; settlers were often nonwhite or immigrants; many cowboys were not white
Explain what happened in the Greenwood District of Tulsa in 1921
Black Wall Street developed; white Tulsans got jealous; a young black man was accused of rape; a lynch mob burned down the entire neighborhood.
What were the primary arguments used by American Imperialists to take control of the Philippines? Give 1 political and 1 economic reason.
They weren't capable of governing themselves
US wanted access to Chinese markets
To what extent was the New Deal effective in solving the Great Depression compared to other countries?
Not much; Hitler's militarization (was evil fascism but) solved Germany's economic crisis faster
The war economy and the Lend-Lease Act was more effective in creating jobs and consumer demand
Booker T Washington and WEB DuBois had different ideas about how black Americans could achieve full equality. What were they?
Washington: education, jobs, money
DuBois: use the legal system to force rights already given