Why did the colonist form committees of correspondence?

- To coordinate written communication outside of the colonies

What did the Proclamation of 1763 prohibit?
- The Proclamation of 1763 forbade English colonists to live west of the Appalachian
Mountains
What were the conditions of the Treaty of Paris (1783).
- The terms: Great Britain recognized American independence from the British crown and
defined (more or less) the national borders Britain would remove their remaining military
forces from the area of the thirteen colonies, as well as from their forts in the Great Lakes
area. American fishermen also retained fishing rights to the Atlantic cod off of British
Canada. The American government also promised to return confiscated property to
loyalists, but this agreement was largely ignored. The terms were very favorable overall
to the United States.
Describe the powers of the Articles of Confederation
- passing the land ordinance of 1785, pass the Northwest Ordinance, negotiated the treaty
of Paris at the end of the war, and governed the nation during the Revolutionary War.
Which three groups of people living in America after the Revolutionary War did not
necessarily have the same rights as white Americans?
- Native Americans, African Americans, Women
What is share cropping?
- Person pays for their land by working for the owner
What was the Underground Railroad?
- Secret aid to escaping slaves that was provided by abolitionists in the years before the
American Civil War
What was Grant’s strategy toward the South after his position as commander of all Union
forces.
- He led Reconstruction by signing and enforcing civil rights laws and fighting Ku Klux
Clan violence. He helped rebuild the Republican Party in the South, an effort which
resulted in the election of African Americans to Congress and state governments for the
first time.
Name some of the provisions between Spain and the U.S after the Spanish-American War.
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Which state did the first land rush occur?

- Oklahoma
What was the most significant political reform that progressives accomplished at the
national level?
- The most significant political reform that progressives accomplished at the
national level was the direct election of senators
What were the similarities of the progressives and populist?
- populism and progressive are/were both fiscally liberal (concerning the wroking people, social
programs, equality, government regulation
Why did the U.S not join the League of Nations?
- It did not want to get involve with WWI
Discuss the Treaty of Versailles.
- one of the peace treaties at the end of World War I. It ended the state of war between Germany
and the Allied Powers.
What was the Triple Entente?
- name given to the alliance between the Great Britain, the French Third Republic, and Russia
after the signing of the Anglo-Russian Entente in 1907
Explain the Harlem Renaissance.
- rebirth of African American intellectual life during the 1920s and 1930s. At the time, it was
known as the "New Negro Movement", named after the 1925 anthology by Alain Locke. Though
it was centered in the Harlem neighborhood of New York City, many French-speaking black
writers from African and Caribbean colonies who lived in Paris were also influenced by the
Harlem Renaissance.
What was the ethnic group that suffered during 1920’s?
- African Americans
What did Fundamentalists believe in?
- Fundamentalists believed that the human race evolved from a chimpanzee, that creation
according to the Bible is a bunch of hogwash, and that the entire universe was once the size of
an apple.
What happened to the automobile industry between 1933 and 1942.
- However, by early 1929, the steam had gone out of the economy and output was
beginning to fall.
Federal Reserve System followed which policy during the stock market crash?
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Why were employment opportunities open to women during the 1930’s?
- women were secretaries and typists and switchboard operators, they were teachers and nurses
and librarians and social workers. There were some women doctors, though not as many as
there are now. Women worked in journalism and in libraries.
What was the most damaging loss the Depression caused?
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What did Hoover want to do to fight the early stages of the Depression?
- The new deal
What were the factors of the Great Depression?
- First you were allowed to buy on credit. So if you didn't have the money to buy 1000 shares no
problem, you could put down the money for 100 shares and just owe the rest. Another was the
wide spread use of stop-loss triggers for the person's stocks. If the price went down to a certain
price the amount of stock was automatically sold.
Agricultural Adjustment Administration gave money to what group?
- The intent of the AAA was to restore the purchasing power of American farmers to pre-World
War I levels. The money to pay the farmers for cutting back production by about 30 percent was
raised by a tax on companies that bought farm products and processed them into food and
clothing.
What was Eleanor Roosevelt’s role as a first lady?
- Eleanor was able to restrict attendance of many press conferences to female reporters, a move
that helped increase journalism jobs for women at a number of major news organizations.
What was the Truth-in-Securities Act?
- the legislation was enacted as the need for more information within and about the securities
markets was acknowledged. The legislation addressed the need for better disclosure by
requiring companies to register with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Define FDR’s plan to deal with the bank crisis.

Describe FDR’S policy during his presidency.

What was the American strategy to defeat the Japanese in the Pacific?

What was the result of the Battle of Stalingrad?

What made Great Britain and France declare war on Germany during W.W II?

Why did Truman order the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima?

The United States Supreme Court did what to the Japanese in the 1940’s?

What was the Effect of Japanese-Americans in U.S. interment camps?

WWIII led some civil rights groups to what action?

What factor caused the basis for segregation and discrimination in American society?

What New Deal program continues today?

 AAA, the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1933

 CCC, the Civilian Conservation Corps of 1933
 FSA, the Farm Security Administration of 1935 and 1937
 SCS, the Soil Conservation Service of 1935
 And the REA, Rural Electrification Administration

What did the Soviets agree to at the Yalta peace conference?

The United Sates achieved this is the Berlin airlift?

What strategy did Americans feel was the best way to prevent nuclear war with the Soviet
Union?

What is the difference between President Eisenhower’s containment policy from Truman’s
policy?

Actions President Kennedy took toward Cuba.

What resulted CIA operations in Iran in the early 1950’s?

What did President Eisenhower rely CIA to do?

What were the results of the Yalta Conference?

Why did Khrushchev install Soviets missiles in Cuba?

What Strategy did General Douglas MacArthur propose for Korea?

What were the differences between Kennedy and Johnson presidencies with regard to
Vietnam?

What was the ruling Gideon v, Wainwright?

Describe President Johnson’s Great Society?

- a set of domestic programs proposed or enacted in the United States on the initiative of
President Lyndon B. Johnson. Two main goals of the Great Society social reforms were the
elimination of poverty and racial injustice.
What was the one area where Kennedy did not have success in with regard to his
Presidency?

Describe the women’s movement of the 1960’s.

- Conservative opponents mounted a campaign against the Equal Rights Amendment, and it died
in 1982 without gaining the approval of the 38 states needed for ratification.
What was the main objective of the National Women’s Political Caucus?
- increasing women’s participation in the political process and creating a true women’s political power
base to achieve equality for all women
What was the ruling in Roe v. Warder?
- If states so chose, they could MAKE abortion illegal.
Describe political opinion for the war in Vietnam.
- The public opposed the war
What was the reason the Vietminh were fighting the French?
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Why did President Nixon order the bombing of Cambodia?
- to destroy COSVN (Central Office for South Vietnam) and slow traffic on the Ho Chi Minh Trail
What was the strategy of Vietcong and why was it successful?
- a political organization and army in South Vietnam and Cambodia that fought the United
States and South Vietnamese governments during the Vietnam War.
How did General Westmoreland describe the Tet offensive?
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What did the students for a Democratic Society fight for?
-
Define inflation.
- increase in prices
Who succeeded Richard Nixon as president?
- Gerald Ford.