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wgu US history 1865-
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Technological innovations post-Civil war contributing to national growth | economic growth- the beginning of capitalism, and industrialism, the importance of natural resources, a demand for labor, a stable banking system. territorial expansion- brought about a host of new inventions in the areas of communication, transportation |
| Rockefeller | Horizontal integrated oil company trusts. This meant that he owned all everything needed to dig and produce the oil. |
| J.P Morgan | Owned over half of the train track and continued to acquire more track. |
| Andrew Carnegie | He own and operated the steel business with Vertical Integration. |
| Cornelius Vanderbilt | Consolidation of the Railroads |
| Henry Ford | Used the assembly line to bring the automobile to the masses. |
| American Capitalism | Late 19th and early 20th century has also been described as an era of "monopoly capitalism," marked by movement from laissez-faire ideology and government policies to the concentration of capital into large monopolistic or oligopolistic holding |
| Growth of monopolies and trusts in America | corporate monopoly organized under the legal device of trusteeship for the purpose of eliminating competition in an area of business and of controlling the market for a product. Specifically, a trust was a particular technique developed in the late 19th |
| Immigrants groups post Civil War | tended to be poor, catholic, and unskilled. They contributed to expanding westward, farming, mining, and ranching. |
| How did working conditions of immigrants lead to developments of the American labor legislation and unions | They lived in the slums, were ruled by bosses The AFL focused on hours, wages, working conditions, and union recognition by management. It also favored use of economic weapons such as strikes and boycotts.they feared also that immigrants would work for l |
| Social Darwinism | Natural selection and evolution. A natural competition for survival exists in the world. The poor are poor because they are unfit thus the rich carry on the race.Social Darwinism was the application of Charles Darwin's scientific theories of evolution and |
| Social Gospel | Proponents of the Social Gospel warned of dire social changes if some steps not taken to alleviate the ills of poverty, overwork, and underpayment.They preached on behalf of just wages, and profit sharing while they denounced the concentration of wealth, |
| Populist movement impact on American Farmers in the late 19th and 20th century | Farmers alliance thre its support to the progressives after the 1982 election. |
| Political Machines influence of the American politics | Political party machines dominated political life in most American cities in the decades between the Civil War (1861-1865) and the Great Depression (1930s).local political party organization capable of mobilizing or “manufacturing” large numbers of votes |
| Beginning of the Civil Rights Movement | political, legal, and social struggle by black Americans to gain full citizenship rights and to achieve racial equality. Many believe that the movement began with the Montgomery bus boycott in 1955 and ended with the Voting Rights Act of 1965, though the |
| how did the labor movement play and role in collective bargaining and unions play, federal government increase in labor issues and disputes and why | a negotiation tactic that leverages the power of employees against management by presenting a unified front. These were attempts to prevent workers from organizing. |
| Impacts of the socialist thought on the political system and what influenced this thought | attempts to prevent workers from organizing. |
| Perceived impacts of the US and European imperialism | Eugene Debs ran for President. |
| The relationship between Latin America and the United States after the Spanish-American War | Under this arrangement, the U.S. took over the management of tariff collections in 1905. This meant that whenever a Latin American nation was overdue on a debt to a European power, the U.S. would intervene. (they became de facto protectorates of the us. |
| Why the United States entered WW1 | 1. Germany shifted its subarine policy and began attacking us merchant marine vessels. 2. The Lusitania torpedoed by the Germans. 3. Germany offered to help Mexico regain lost territory. |
| What were the reasons the US did not enter the League of Nations | Congress feared foreign entanglements. |
| US Isolationism post WW1- factors that lead to it | 1. Refused to lend money to countries engaged in international conflicts. 2. Declared a policy of non-involvement in international matters. 3. Withdrew formal us membership in the league of nations. |
| Great Depression/causes/social impact | rising stock speculation despite declining production and consumer sales. Impacts- 1. Migration throughout the us increased. 2 Blacks experienced greater discrimination in hiring practices. 3. Programs were established to meet needs of homeless. |
| Key elements of the New Deal | Roosevelt , 1. Gave subsidies for crop loss. 2. Lowered tax on food processors. |
| The reason for the shift from state rights to federal rights | Roosevelt forced states to concede power to the federal government through the nationalization of banks. |
| Why was Pearl Harbor attacked? | 1. The US persuaded the Dutch to cease petroleum exports to Japan. 2. The US reduced petroleum exports to Japan and eventually banned them. 3. The US froze Japanese assests in the US. |
| How did alliances abroad shape the entry of the US into WWII | US invoked sanctions against Germany. |
| Battles that happened in the Pacific theater | Coral Sea, Midway, Corregidor, and Guuadalcanal. |
| Battles that happened in the European Theater | Battle of the Bulge and Kasserine Pass. |
| Cause: Racial Discrimination | Event: Establishment of Fair Employment Practices Commission |
| Cause: Working Women | Event: “Latchkey” children. |
| Cause: Agricultural production | Event: Rationing of resources |
| Cause: Military drafts | Belle Isle riots |
| How did Technological changes in the atomic age change international relations | The invention of nuclear weapons created the potential for mutually assured destruction, leading nations to develop larger, more powerful weapons. |
| Arguments against use of the Atomic Bomb in WWII to end the war in the pacific | 1. The bomb would eliminate the need to invade Japan and therefore save hundreds of thousands of Japs and US lives. 2. There was a desire to end the war in the pacific before the soviet union could intervene and claim a role in the peacemaking process. |
| Original purposes of the United Nations | To act on the behalf of nations in conflict that were economically or politically incapable of self-defense. |
| What was the Truman administration’s rational for implementing the Marshall Plan? | To stop communist expansion into Western Europe. |
| What motivated America’s Policy of Containment in response to the Soviets expansionist policies | Fear that the Soviets would expand their influence. |
| Cold War- Factors of the US involvement 1947-1989 | The Marshall Plan. |
| proliferation of nuclear arms influence US foreign policy | By placing sanctions on nations that would not allow inspections of their nuclear weapon facilities. |
| Us Policy towards China post WWII | 1. Funding Jap efforts in rebuilding Navy in exchange for restriction of Chinese military in pacific. 2. Refused to recognize communist govt and opt to sign treaty with Chinese. |
| US Involvement in Korean conflict | 1. Soviet military units were deployed in North Korea. 2. A communist govt was installed in china. 3. Nothe Korea crossed the 38th paralle into South Korea. |
| Why did the US enter into armed conflict with North Vietnam? | 1. Transition from a French to a US presence in South Korea. 2. Overthrow of the South Vietnamese nationalist leader. 3. US maintained a policy of containment with regard to communism. |
| Great Society program and impact on US Social structures | 1. Create a fair tax system for individuals in the middle tax brackets. 2. Increase access to government subsidized healthcare programs. 3. Reduce the number of individuals living below the poverty line. |
| How did the great society programs impact US social structures | reformed healthcare costs and access. |
| Scandals after WWII that involved government officials | It convinced the public that members of the executive branch would engage in illegal activities in order to gain political advantages. |
| Public attitudes towards overseas military deployment to increasing media covera | ? |
| How did the 1944 GI Bill of Rights reshape access to higher education in the US? | it allowed Americans to acquire new employment skills. |
| Cultural Changes in the US post WWII? Driving forces of these changes? | 1. People moved to Levittown. 2. Industry slowed. 3. Baby boom continued. |
| What act eliminated voter literacy tests in areas of poor voter turnout? | Voting Rights Act of 1965. |
| What did the group sponsored by the congress on Racial Equality (CORE) do to test a Supreme Court decision banning segregation in bus and train terminals used in interstate commerce? | Form the Group the Freedom Riders |
| Goals of the Civil Rights Movement | 1. Desegragation in public schools. 2. Desegregation on public transportation |
| Earl Warren | ruled in favor of civil rights. |
| Truman | ordered desegregation of civil rights. |
| MLK | encouraged activists to “endure suffering” |
| Carmichael | SNCC |
| Chaves | organized migrant farm workers into national farm workers. |
| How did the 1964 civil rights act aid women | provided precedent for women to fight discrimination. |
| Factors that contributed to rise of counterculture movement | reverence for university culture. |
| Impacts of anti-Vietnam protests in the US in the 60-70's | increased enrollment in SS programs in colleges across country. |
| How did the proliferation of both legal and illegal drug usage in the US since the 1950s impact American culture? | 1. Reference to drugs in rock music. 2. Drug users helped spread AIDS. 3. Rise in Urban crime. |
| How has consumerism impacted contemporary American society? | 1. Spread of retail chains. 2. Construction of highway systems. 3. Development of mobile communication tech. 4. Rise of debt to income ratio. |
| How has computers and the internet impacted American society? | concern of y2k and increased access to global sources of info. |
| How has environmental issues effected US behavior? | recycling energy conservation environmental protection laws land management policies wilderness designation |
| Collective Bargaining | is the process whereby workers organize together to meet, converse, and compromise upon the work environment with their employers. In various national labor and employment law contexts, collective bargaining takes on a more specific legal meaning. |
| Populism | United States agrarian movement of the late 19th century that developed mainly in the area from Texas to the Dakotas and grew into a Farmer-Labor political coalition . |
| Political Machine | based on patronage, the spoils system, "behind-the-scenes" control, and longstanding political ties within the structure of a representative democracy.local political party organization capable of mobilizing or “manufacturing” large numbers of votes on |
| Imperialism | Proponents of this view hold that states are motivated to dominate others by the need to expand their economies, to acquire raw materials and additional sources of labor, or to find outlets for surplus capital and markets for surplus goods.practice by w |
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