Transcript UNIT 12: AMERICAN IMPERIALISM and WORLD WAR I (1867

UNIT 12: AMERICAN IMPERIALISM AND
WORLD WAR I
(1867 - 1921)
122. Plessy v. Ferguson, 1896
123. Election of 1896
124. Spanish-American War, 1898
125. Open Door policy, 1899
126. Filipino rebellion, 1899-1901
127. William McKinley assassinated, 1901
128. Theodore Roosevelt mediated coal minerʼs strike, 1902
129. Wright Brothers flew first airplane, 1903
130. Northern Securities Company broken up
131. Roosevelt Corollary, 1904
132. Hay-Bunau-Varilla Treaty, 1904
133. Upton Sinclair published The Jungle, 1906
134. Model T introduced, 1908
135. NAACP organized, 1909
136. Election of 1912
137. 16th Amendment, 1913
138. 17th Amendment, 1913
139. Federal Reserve System created, 1913
140. Clayton Anti-Trust Act, 1914
141. Birth of a Nation, 1915
142. Pancho Villaʼs raid, 1916
143. United States entered WWI, 1917
144. The Fourteen Points, 1918
145. 18th Amendment, 1919
146. Versailles Treaty defeated, 1919
147. Palmer Raids, 1920
DBQs
• 1994 To what extent was late nineteenth-century and early
twentieth century United States expansionism a continuation
of past United States expansionism, and to what extent was it
a departure? Use the documents and your knowledge of
United States history to 1914 to construct your answer.
• 1975 Analyze the factors that influenced the Senate in
ratifying the Treaty of Paris in 1899 and assess their relative
significance. Your analysis and assessment should take into
account the complexities and/or contradictions presented by
the evidence.
• 1991 It was the strength of the opposition forces, both liberal
and conservative, rather that the ineptitude and
stubbornness of President Wilson that led to the Senate
defeat of the Treaty of Versailles. Using the documents and
your knowledge of the period 1917–1921, assess the validity
of this statement.
FRQs
• 2008 Following Reconstruction, many southern leaders promoted the idea of a “New South.”
To what extent was this “New South” a reality by the time of the First World War? In your
answer be sure to address TWO of the following.
– Economic development
– Politics
– Race relations
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1981 Why did United States foreign policy after the Second World War (1945-1960) take a
different direction from that after the First World War (1918-1939)? Give approximately
equal attention to both periods.
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1982 Prior to American involvement in both the First and Second World Wars, the United
States adopted an official policy of neutrality. Compare the policy and its modifications
during the period 1914-1917 to the policy and its modification during the period 1939-1941.
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1989 “The US entered the First World War NOT ‘to make the world safe for democracy’ as
President Wilson proclaimed, but to safeguard American economic interests.” Assess the
validity of this statement.
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2000 To what extent did the United States achieve the objectives that led it to enter the First
World War?
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2007b Analyze ways in which the federal government sought support on the home front for
the war effort during the First World War.
UNIT 13: BOOM, BUST
AND THE NEW DEAL
(1918 - 1941)
148. 19th Amendment, 1920
149. National Origin Act, 1924
150. Teapot Dome Scandal, 1923-24
151. Scopes Trial, 1925
152. KKK marched on Washington, 1925
153. Charles Lindberghʼs flight, 1927
154. Sacco and Vanzetti executed, 1927
155. The Jazz Singer, 1927
156. Stock Market crash, 1929
157. Hawley-Smoot Tariff, 1930
158. Stimson Doctrine, 1932
159. Bonus march, 1932
160. First New Deal, 1933
161. Good Neighbor Policy, 1933
162. Schecter v. the United States, 1935
163. Dust Bowl, 1935
164. Second New Deal, 1935
165. Wagner Act, 1935
166. Social Security Act, 1935
167. Huey Long assassinated, 1935
168. Congress of Industrial Organization created, 1935
169. FDRʼs court-packing plan, 1937
170. Roosevelt recession, 1937-38
DBQs
• 2008b For the years 1880 to 1925, analyze both the tensions surrounding the issue
of immigration and the United States government’s response to these tensions.
• 1973 Relying on a critical evaluation of the accompanying documents, analyze the
factors that probably influenced Congress to pass the Immigration Act of 1924.
• 1986 The 1920's were a period of tension between new and changing attitudes on
the one hand and traditional values and nostalgia on the other. What led to the
tension between old and new AND in what ways was the tension manifested?
• 1984 President Franklin D. Roosevelt is commonly thought of as a liberal and
President Herbert C. Hoover as a conservative. To what extent are these
characteristics valid?
• 2003 Analyze the responses of Franklin D. Roosevelt’s administration to the
problems of the Great Depression. How effective were these responses? How did
they change the role of the federal government? Use the documents and your
knowledge of the period 1929–1941 to construct your answer.
• 2004b How and for what reasons did United States foreign policy change between
1920 and 1941?
FRQs
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1971 How do you account for the onset of the Great Depression of the 1930s?
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1996 Analyze the ways in which the Great Depression altered the American social fabric in the 1930s.
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1984 “The economic policies of the federal government form 1921 to 1929 were responsible for the
nation’s depression of the 1930s.” Assess the validity of this generalization.
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???? Compare and contrast the first two years of the New Deal with the later New Deal after 1934.
Account for the differences.
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1973 “The New Deal did not radically alter American business, but conserved and protected it.” Assess
the validity of this statement.
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1974 “Despite superficial similarities, the domestic programs of the New Deal constituted a fundamental
departure from those of the Progressive era.” Assess the validity of this generalization.
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1981 “The New Deal secured the support of labor and agriculture after 1932 as the Republican party
had secured the support of industry and commerce since 1920 – with special interest programs giving
financial aid, legal privileges, and other types of assistance.” Assess the validity of this statement, giving
attention to both periods (1920-1932 and 1932-1940).
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1993 Identify THREE of the following New Deal measures and analyze the ways in which each of the
three attempted to fashion a more stable economy and a more equitable society.
– Agricultural Adjustment Act
– Securities and Exchange Commission
– Wagner National Labor Relations Act
– Social Security Act
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1974 “The 1920s witnessed an assault by rural and small-town America on urban America.”
Assess the validity of this generalization.
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2011 Compare and contrast the ways that many Americans expressed their opposition to
immigrants in the 1840s–1850s with the ways that many Americans expressed their
opposition to immigrants in the 1910s–1920s.
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1972 “Alienation from American society is a dominant theme of the literature of the 1920s.”
Discuss this statement with reference to TWO writers (novelists, poets, playwrights,
journalists, etc.) citing evidence from their works.
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1976 “In the work of American writers from the 1820s through the 1920s, the city mirrored
America’s darkest fears, whereas the wilderness, the country, and the farm reflected its
fondest hopes.” Assess the validity of this generalization. You may draw upon your evidence
from fiction and or nonfiction.
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2006b How did TWO of the following shape American national culture in the 1920’s?
– Advertising
– Entertainment
– Mass production
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2012 Analyze the origins and outcomes of the intense cultural conflicts of the 1920s. In your
response, focus on TWO of the following.
– Immigration
– Prohibition
– Religion
• 1998 To what extent and why did the United States
adopt and isolationist policy in the 1920s and 1930s?
• 1999 In what ways did economic conditions and
developments in the arts and entertainment help
create the reputation of the 1920s as the Roaring
Twenties?
• 2003 Compare and contrast U.S. society in the 1920’s
and the 1950’s with respect to TWO of the following:
– race relation
– role of women
– consumerism