APUSH REVIEW SESH #5 UNITS 12/13

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

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 2000 To what extent did the United States achieve the objectives that led it to enter the First World War?

• 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

• 1971 How do you account for the onset of the Great Depression of the 1930s?

• 1996 Analyze the ways in which the Great Depression altered the American social fabric in the 1930s.

• 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.

• ???? Compare and contrast the first two years of the New Deal with the later New Deal after 1934. Account for the differences.

• 1973 “The New Deal did not radically alter American business, but conserved and protected it.” Assess the validity of this statement.

• 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.

• 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).

• 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

• 1974 “The 1920s witnessed an assault by rural and small-town America on urban America.” Assess the validity of this generalization.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 2006b How did TWO of the following shape American national culture in the 1920’s?– Advertising– Entertainment– Mass production

• 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