WORD DOCUMENT REVIEW GUIDE
U.S. History Final Exam Review Guide
1920s/ Great Depression/New Deal:
1. What were Americans’ attitudes towards alcohol in the 1920s?
2. What were the signs that prosperity in the 1920s was not real?
3. What were the causes of the Great Depression?
4. How did President Hoover handle the Great Depression and how did Americans react to it?
5. How did FDR handle the Great Depression and how did Americans react to it?
6. What were the goals of the New Deal?
7. Why were liberals critical of the New Deal?
WWII:
8. Who were the leaders that threatened peace around the world and what countries did they represent?
9. What was American’s policy regarding involvement in world affairs prior to WWII?
10. Why did the United States join the United Nations?
11. What was Truman’s opinion about the development and use of the atomic bomb?
12. Why was President Truman criticized for dropping the atomic bomb?
13. In what ways was propaganda used during WWII?
14. What was the purpose of buying war bonds?
15. What was the G.I. Bill of Rights and what did it do?
Cold War and Vietnam:
16. What is the best way to describe the “Cold War”?
17. What was America’s goal during the Cold War?
18. What was the main goal of the Truman Doctrine?
19. What is the dividing line between North and South Korea?
20. Define Brinkmanship
21. Explain the Cuban Missile Crisis and its effect on the Cold War?
22. Explain the domino theory in relation to the Cold War.
23. Why were the Vietcong a difficult enemy?
24. Why was the Tet Offensive so shocking to the American public?
25. Define credibility gap in relation to the Cold War and Vietnam.
26. Define Vietnamization.
27. What was President Nixon’s policy to ease Cold War tensions?
28. What was Nixon’s reason for visiting China during the Cold War?
29. Reagan’s policy during the Cold War closely reflects which other Cold War president?
Civil Rights/American Culture
30. How did the baby boom affect American society?
31. What were the traditional roles of men and women in the 1950s?
32. How are the 1950s generally characterized?
33. What decision was made as a result of the Brown v. Board of Education case?
34. Define de jure segregation.
35. What happened in Little Rock, Arkansas that is directly related to the civil rights movement?
36. What were Malcolm X’s goals during the Civil Rights Movement? How did he plan on achieving his goals?
37. What were Martin Luther King jr.’s goals during the Civil Rights Movement? How did he plan on achieving his goals?
38. Define feminism.
39. What was the idea of President Johnson’s Great Society?
40. Why was 1968 such a traumatic year in American history?
70’s 80’s 90’s and Today
41. How did the Watergate scandal affect the American public long term?
42. Describe the gas crisis of the 1970s.
43. What problems resulted in the formation of the Environmental Protection Agency?
44. What did President Carter achieve with the Camp David Accords?
45. What was a primary focus of Carter’s presidency?
46. What ideas are reflected in Reaganomics?
47. What were the goals of the conservative movement of the 1980s?
48. What policies identified Bill Clinton as a Non-traditional, or “New,” Democrat in the 1992 Presidential Election?
49. What steps were taken by the US government to combat terrorism after the September 11th attacks?
U.S. History Final Exam Review Guide
1920s/ Great Depression/New Deal:
1. What were Americans’ attitudes towards alcohol in the 1920s?
2. What were the signs that prosperity in the 1920s was not real?
3. What were the causes of the Great Depression?
4. How did President Hoover handle the Great Depression and how did Americans react to it?
5. How did FDR handle the Great Depression and how did Americans react to it?
6. What were the goals of the New Deal?
7. Why were liberals critical of the New Deal?
WWII:
8. Who were the leaders that threatened peace around the world and what countries did they represent?
9. What was American’s policy regarding involvement in world affairs prior to WWII?
10. Why did the United States join the United Nations?
11. What was Truman’s opinion about the development and use of the atomic bomb?
12. Why was President Truman criticized for dropping the atomic bomb?
13. In what ways was propaganda used during WWII?
14. What was the purpose of buying war bonds?
15. What was the G.I. Bill of Rights and what did it do?
Cold War and Vietnam:
16. What is the best way to describe the “Cold War”?
17. What was America’s goal during the Cold War?
18. What was the main goal of the Truman Doctrine?
19. What is the dividing line between North and South Korea?
20. Define Brinkmanship
21. Explain the Cuban Missile Crisis and its effect on the Cold War?
22. Explain the domino theory in relation to the Cold War.
23. Why were the Vietcong a difficult enemy?
24. Why was the Tet Offensive so shocking to the American public?
25. Define credibility gap in relation to the Cold War and Vietnam.
26. Define Vietnamization.
27. What was President Nixon’s policy to ease Cold War tensions?
28. What was Nixon’s reason for visiting China during the Cold War?
29. Reagan’s policy during the Cold War closely reflects which other Cold War president?
Civil Rights/American Culture
30. How did the baby boom affect American society?
31. What were the traditional roles of men and women in the 1950s?
32. How are the 1950s generally characterized?
33. What decision was made as a result of the Brown v. Board of Education case?
34. Define de jure segregation.
35. What happened in Little Rock, Arkansas that is directly related to the civil rights movement?
36. What were Malcolm X’s goals during the Civil Rights Movement? How did he plan on achieving his goals?
37. What were Martin Luther King jr.’s goals during the Civil Rights Movement? How did he plan on achieving his goals?
38. Define feminism.
39. What was the idea of President Johnson’s Great Society?
40. Why was 1968 such a traumatic year in American history?
70’s 80’s 90’s and Today
41. How did the Watergate scandal affect the American public long term?
42. Describe the gas crisis of the 1970s.
43. What problems resulted in the formation of the Environmental Protection Agency?
44. What did President Carter achieve with the Camp David Accords?
45. What was a primary focus of Carter’s presidency?
46. What ideas are reflected in Reaganomics?
47. What were the goals of the conservative movement of the 1980s?
48. What policies identified Bill Clinton as a Non-traditional, or “New,” Democrat in the 1992 Presidential Election?
49. What steps were taken by the US government to combat terrorism after the September 11th attacks?