Unit 1
What document stated that the United States was no longer subject to the British crown?
The Declaration of Independence.
What was the name of the migration movement of African-Americans out of the American South at the beginning of the 20th century?
The Great Migration
What did the Treaty of Versailles do?
Ended WWI. Forced Germany to pay reparations to Great Britain and France. Drew up new territories and boundaries and divvied up colonial territories between the UK and France.
Define the economic policy of salutary neglect.
The British let the colonies do what they wanted and did not intervene in their business as it was beneficial to both sides.
What were the exact dates of Pearl Harbor and D-Day?
Pearl Harbor - December 7, 1941. D-Day - June 6, 1944.
The war sent the British into great debt. To pay off their debt, the British taxed the colonies and sent more military and government officials to control the colonies.
What sort of discrimination did 19th century immigrants face?
Employment discrimination, racism, housing discrimination, nativist policies.
What was the main point of tension between the US and Soviet Union during the Cold War. What was at the root of their conflict.
Differing political and economic systems. Capitalism vs. Communism.
Why was slavery far more popular in the South compared to the North?
Farming conditions in the South, cash crop economy.
What were the names of the set of acts that the British enacted following the Boston Tea Party?
The Intolerable Acts/Coercive Acts
Required states to return escaped enslaved people back to their owner.
What was the dominant political ideology in Germany leading up to and during WWII?
How did abolitionists try to end slavery?
Writing articles and pamphlets. Revolts and rebellions. Enslaved people rebelled by singing/dancing, deliberately slowing down work, or breaking tools.
When did the Civil War take place, in exact years? Who was the President during the Civil War? Name one battle.
1861-1865. Abraham Lincoln.
Internment began in the aftermath of Pearl Harbor, Japanese-Americans were considered a "threat" to the United States, and it affected Japanese and Japanese-Americans.
Provide two examples of what was done to Native Americans that were sent to boarding schools.
Forced to change their name, cut their hair, change their clothes, convert to Christianity completely removed from their family.
Why did the United States eventually decide to not join the League of Nations?
Article X would require the United States to go to war if any other LofN country was attacked. Isolationism was the popular foreign policy of Americans at the time, and they feared joining foreign wars as a result.
How did fighting in the European theater differ from fighting in the Pacific theater of WWII?
The Pacific theater consisted of island-hopping, while the European theater followed a more conventional land push. The European theater saw more of a collaboration between nations. The Pacific was mostly the United States.
Who "won" the space race by landing on the moon? Name two of the astronauts involved in the mission.
The United States. Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, Michael Collins.
In what ways does slavery and its effects exist today?
Mass incarceration. The 13th amendment's loophole permitting slavery as a form of punishment has created a cycle of imprisonment affecting Black and Brown communities.
What was the most important piece of legislation that put quotes on specific immigrant groups?
Provide two arguments the United States made in dropping the atomic bomb
It shortened the war. It saved Japanese and American lives. The US needed to show supremacy over the Soviet Union. They had told the Japanese what they were going to do before hand.
Define the Red Scare, McCarthyism, and the Lavender Scare.
Red scare - a general fear of communism and communists overtaking American society and government
McCarthyism - political tactic of accusing people of being communists and riling up anti-communist sentiment. Often based on unfound evidence.
Lavender scare - the expulsion of gay people and those accused of being gay from government jobs. Being gay was considered "backward" and therefore susceptible to communist thought.
Name 10 presidents
Please someone show me you know American history.