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History final
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What were the causes of the great depression? How did hoover attempt to deal with it? | The great depression was caused by the 1929 stock market crash, bank failures, and reduced purchasing. Hoover introduced the Reconstruction Finance Corporation |
| What were five new deal programs? what was the new deal philosophy of government and economics? | Social security act, works progress admin., civilian conservation corps, federal deposit insurance corporation Tennessee valley authority. active federal intervention, Keynesian economics, three R strategy, regulation and protection. |
| How did American attitudes towards events abroad change in the 1930s through the early 1940s? | American attitudes in the early 1940's shifted from isolationism to supporting allied and intervening |
| What was the philosophy of fascism and Nazism? How did Mussolini and Hitler attain and consolidate power? What was their appeal? | Core beliefs, Nazi distinctness, social structure. Initial rise, march on Rome, consolidation. Order and stability, nationalism and strength, scapegoating |
| What were the events that led to war in Asia and the Pacific? | Japan's pursuit of natural resources to sustain its industrial economy and expansionist goals starting with the 1931 invasion of Manchuria |
| How was economic life transformed by the war? What was the wars impact on the role government had in American life? | ended the great depression which let to economy regulation and industrial influence worldwide |
| How did the war's outcome set the stage for the Cold War? | by creating a bipolar world where the U.S and soviet union emerged as unmatched superpowers with conflicting ideologies |
| Wy did Khrushchev place missiles in Cuba? | To deter a U.S invasion after bay of pigs |
| How did JFK respond to the missiles in Cuba? | By regretting immediate military strikes, opting to establish a naval quarantine of the island to stop shipments |
| What was the compromise that ended the crisis? | The soviet union quietly agreed to dismantle and remove its weapons from Cuba and the untied stated publicly pledged to not invade Cuba |
| What caused a loss of momentum towards an equal rights amendment? | A well organized conservative countermovement led by Phyllis Schlafly |
| How were gender stereotypes challenged during the war? | severe labor shortages forced a dramatic shift in gender roles as women entered traditionally male dominated industries |
| What was the impact of the sit-ins on the 1960 election? | forced civil rights into the national spotlight, pressuring candidates to take stances that helped JFK's narrow victory over Richard Nixon. |
| Who was Ella Baker and why was she important to the formation of the student non-violent coordinating committing (SNCC)? | she was a premier behind the scenes civil rights activist and she was important by organizing its founding conference in 1960 and championing a student led organization over a youth arm of existing groups |
| How did the immigration and nationality act of 1952 involve LGBTQ individuals? | By banning "aliens afflicted by a psychopathic personality, epilepsy, or a mental defect" |
| What law deemed homosexuals as mentally ill? | Public law 615 |
| One of Mexico's most well known traditional music forms is mariachi. What is it and how does it differ from other Hispanic music? | It is folk style music that mixes brass and string instruments featuring unique harmonized singing |
| What are the cultural influences shared by Cuba, Dominican Republic, and Puerto Rico | Spanish colonization and African heritage |
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