1920s
Name the cultural movement centered in Harlem that celebrated Black literature, music, and art during the 1920s
What is the Harlem Reniassance
Who became president in 1933 and launched the New Deal to address the Great Depression?
What was the primary foreign policy focus of the United States during the early 1950s (two-word answer)?
Containment of communism
Who became president after John F. Kennedy's assassination in 1963?
Lyndon B Johnson
What international event involving an oil-producing region caused major economic problems (stagflation) in the 1970s?
OPEC Oil embargo
Who became president after the 1992 election, and what economic trend defined much of the 1990s
Bill Clinton; economic expansion and tech boom.
What was the primary effect of Prohibition (the 18th Amendment) on American society and crime during the 1920s?
Rise in organized crime/illegal markets; enforcement problems
Explain the purpose of the new deal its primary purpose
To help bring the US out of the Great Depression with Relief, Recovery and Reform programs.
Name the 1954 Supreme Court decision that eliminated racial segregation in public schools
Brown v. Board of Education (1954
Name one major domestic legislative achievement of Lyndon B. Johnson’s “Great Society.”
Civil Rights Act (1964), Voting Rights Act (1965), Medicare/Medicaid.
Who was elected president in 1980 and became associated with a conservative political movement?
President Ronald Reagan.
Name one technological or economic development of the 1990s that changed daily life and business
Rise of the Internet, personal computers, mobile phones, and globalization
Identify the economic pattern of the late 1920s that made the U.S. economy vulnerable to collapse in 1929
Over-speculation, credit expansion, uneven income distribution
Explain the purpose of the Social Security Act (1935)
Social Security provided pensions/unemployment insurance — long-term safety net
Describe one economic or cultural change in 1950s America that reflected postwar prosperity and suburbanization.
Growth of suburbs, consumerism, Interstate Highway Act, GI Bill-driven homeownership
Describe the significance of the Civil Rights Act of 1964
Civil Rights Act banned discrimination in public accommodations and employment;
Explain “stagflation”: what two economic problems occurred together in the 1970s?
Increase inflation and unemployment
Describe the importance of NAFTA?
NAFTA describes the free trade agreement between US, Mexico and Canada.
Explain the significance of the Scopes Trial (1925) and what broader national debate it represented.
Scopes Trial highlighted conflict between modern science and traditional religion/teaching evolution
How did the Dust Bowl affect migration patterns within the United States during the 1930s?
Dust Bowl forced many Great Plains farmers westward
Name the law that bans poll taxes and literacy tests.
Voting Rights Act of 1965
Explain the theory and public impact of the “domino theory”
Domino theory argued that if one country fell to communism nearby others would follow—justified escalation in Vietnam
Explain the significance of the Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) or one way Reagan influenced the end of the Cold War
SDI symbolized tech-driven defense; Reagan’s diplomatic pressure and arms control talks helped end Cold War
Evaluate the economic and political implications of German reunification (1990)
German reunification (1990) stabilized Europe,
Describe how immigration policy changed in the 1920s
limited immigration from Southern/Eastern Europe and banned Asian immigration via quotas
Analyze the criticisms of Roosevelt’s New Deal
New Deal too much governmen
Evaluate the role of McCarthyism in the 1950s: what it targeted
McCarthyism targeted alleged communists; led to blacklists, chilling of dissent, weakened civil liberties.
Analyze how the 1960s counterculture and antiwar movement challenged mainstream American values
Examples: communes, protests, music/fashion rejecting mainstream norms; widespread campus activism.
Assess the consequences of U.S. foreign policy détente with the Soviet Union and opening to China in the 1970s
Tax cuts plus defense spending increased deficits; pressure on USSR’s economy contributed to Cold War end
Describe one major U.S. foreign policy or military action around 1990–1991 and its justification.
Persian Gulf War (1990–1991) — Operation Desert Storm to expel Iraqi forces from Kuwait; justification: protect regional stability and oil supplies, enforce UN resolutions