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Final Review Questions

 

1.

There were four basic plans for Reconstruction.  List them and the elements of each.

2.

Give three reasons why Reconstruction could be termed a success.

3.

Give three reasons why Reconstruction could be termed a failure.

4.

Summarize three points that Frederick Jackson Turner made in his Frontier Thesis.

5.

List six things that the Populists wanted.

6.

List three factors that led to the growth of cities in the second half of the 19th century.

7.

List five effects of the increased urbanization in the last half of the 19th century.

8.

Summarize the beliefs of Booker T. Washington.

9.

Summarize the beliefs of W.E.B. Du Bois

10.

List six types of causes and reforms that Progressives were interested in.

11.

List six accomplishments in the Progressive Era.

12.

What were three reasons we became involved in the Spanish American War?

13.

Give four examples of how the United States was becoming more active in world affairs in the period between the Civil War to World War One.

14.

Give three reasons why the US got involved in World War One.

15.

List three ways that the First World War had an impact on the United States.

16.

List six different trends that characterize the twenties.

17.

List five different causes of the Great Depression or reasons why the Depression deepened and lasted so long.

18.

Summarize five actions that FDR took to fight the Depression.

19.

List five ways that the Great Depression had an impact on America.

20.

List three ways that the Second World War had an impact on the United States.

21.

Identify five events of the Cold War.

22.

Identify six important moments of the Civil Rights movement in the 1950s and 1960s.

23.

Identify five cultural trends of the 1960s.

24.

Identify four domestic achievements of Lyndon Johnson

25.

Explain how we got involved in Vietnam and why many in the country turned against the war.