History 1302 – Review Test Two

 

NOTE: This review is intended to be a GENERAL guide to help you prepare for the upcoming test. It is not necessarily all inclusive; there may be questions on topics not specifically listed, but if you work conscientiously with the review sheet you should be adequately prepared.

 

Topic 4: The Progressive Movement

 

  • What were the major problems America faced at the beginning of the 20th century?
  • What groups helped stir up interest in the great national problems?
  • Who was Ida Tarbell? Lincoln Steffens? Upton Sinclair?
  • What was the city commission plan of government; the city manager plan of government?
  • What were the major reforms at the state level?
  • Why was Theodore Roosevelt nominated for the vice presidency in 1900?
  • What did Theodore Roosevelt accomplish as president? What was the stewardship theory of the presidency?
  • What was accomplished during the Taft presidency?
  • What was the New Freedom? Which part of it did Wilson change after he became president? What later reforms were passed in 1916?
  • Race: how did southerners take the right to vote away from black males?
  • What does the term “Jim Crow” refer to?
  • What was the importance of the Supreme Court’s decision in Plessy vs. Ferguson?
  • Who was Booker T. Washington? Who was W.E.B. DuBois?
  • What president dined with Booker T. Washington and what was the white southern reaction?
  • How did Wilson deal with the race problem? Why did he not do what the NAACP asked him to do?

 

Topic 5: American Foreign Policy During the Progressive Period

 

  • How did German violations of American neutral rights differ from British violations?
  • What was the Lusitania?
  • How were black American troops treated during World War I?
  • What were the Fourteen Points? Why did Wilson go to Paris? What mistake did he make before he left?
  • Who were the Irreconcilables? The Reservationists? Who was the leader of the Reservationists and why did he want to make changes in the Treaty of Versailles?
  • What did Wilson do to try to avoid accepting changes in the Treaty of Versailles?
  • What were the Lodge Reservations?
  • How did the final vote on the Treaty of Versailles differ from the first two votes?
  • And the two amendments added after World War I: what was the 18th amendment? What was the 19th amendment?
  • Questions from your reading assignment:

 

–         What was the Committee on Public Information?

–         What happened to sauerkraut and frankfurters in the U.S. after we entered the war?

–         What advice did W.E.B. DuBois give to black Americas regarding the war?

–         What was the American Expeditionary Force and what role did it play in the war?

–         Who was General John J. Pershing?

 

 

Topic 6: America in the 1920s

 

  • How did Warren Harding get the Republican presidential nomination?
  • Who were some of the good Harding appointees? Who were some of the worst?
  • What were the circumstances surrounding Harding’s death? Did he die from natural or unnatural causes?
  • Why was Calvin Coolidge such a popular president?
  • What were the things that worked against the election of Al Smith to the presidency in 1928?
  • What was “rugged individualism”? Who believed in it so strongly?
  • What did Hoover do to deal with the Great Depression?
  • What was the Bonus Expeditionary Force? What effect did the handling of the bonus marchers have on Hoover’s public image?
  • Who were the candidates in the election of 1932?
  • Who was John Nance Garner?
  • Questions from your reading assignment:

 

–         What amendment did the National Woman’s Party try to get added to the Constitution? What happened to this amendment?

–         Who were Nicola Sacco and Bartolemeo Vanzetti and what happened to them?

–         Who was Marcus Garvey and what did he advocate?

–         What was the Harlem Renaissance and who was Langston Hughes?

–         What was eugenics?

–         What was the Scopes Monkey Trial and what role did William Jennings Bryan play in it?