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Second Midterm Study Guide for Hist 202; Fall 2009--Scott Stempson; Instructor
Exam Date: Wednesday, November 4
Exam will cover end of Chapter 21 (dealing with the Versailles Treaty) and
Chapters 22-25 and Lectures between Oct. 2-November 2. Familiarize yourself with
the these terms:
Treaty of Versailles Wilson’s 14 Points Irreconcilables Female Suffrage Prohibition Inflation Red Scare -scare of communism and socialists gaining power in America Oligopolies -Most industries dominated by 2-3 companies Dawes Plan
- Idea to start giving loans to other countries who owe other countries Washington Conference - 3 Leading Navies Meet (US, Britain, Japan) -Put limits on Navy -Freeze on trade -Secretly limit Japan Kellogg-Briand Pact - Way for world to condemn militarism and condemn war Election of 1920 -Referendum: Stay with Progressives or move on? -Republicans: Warren G Harding---Democrats: John Cox -Republicans: Return to normalcy--Democrats: Stay Progressive Warren G. Harding - Most corrupt administration in history -Dies of heart attack “Return to Normalcy” - Harding’s campaign slogan Teapot Dome Scandal -Oil found on government land -Albert Fall -Took bribe to allow certain company to drill oil Election of 1924 - -Coolidge vs. Davis vs. LaFollet -Republican domination throughout 1920s -KKK gaining more power socially and politically Calvin Coolidge Sheppard-Towner Act - Bill written to give woman and children adequate medical care Flapper
Automobile Industry -Henry Ford -Model T -most affordable car -$295. -Model A -created in response to GM -General Motors -provides competition for Ford -New Brands -Chevy, Cadillac, Pontiac, Olds-mobile -Self-started, new colors -Cars added flexibility to American lifestyle Credit (Buy now pay later)
- new form of payment Nativism “New” KKK -Resurgence in 1920s -4 million people at its peak -Achieve goal of passing National Origins Act Religious Fundamentalism -Return to the bible -Follow only what is written -Split of Protestant Church Religious Modernists -Believe in other theories -Darwinism theory -Evolution Scopes “Monkey” Trial -American Civil Liberties Union -Wants to teach about Evolution -Scopes -Tennessee -The Scopes “Monkey” Trial -Scope’s Lawyer -Darrow -Puts Bryan on stand as expert on Bible -Scopes’ Prosecutor -William Jennings Bryan Election of 1928 -(R) Herbert Hoover -Graduate of Stanford -Millionaire by 30 -Quaker (pacifist, philanthropic) -Welfare Capitalism -Way of unifying workers without forming Unions
- (D) AJ Smith Al Smith Charles Lindbergh -First person to fly solo across Atlantic Ocean Herbert Hoover Crash of ’ -Tuesday October 29, 1929 -Black Tuesday -$33 Billion vanishes
New Deal Programs -Roosevelt’s plan for reconstructing the nation. -Numerous programs put into place to rebuild Huey Long -Changed his ways, turned back on FDR -”Share our Wealth Club” -4 Million Members in 1935 -Take from the Rich, Give to the poor -Socialist, communism -Shot in Louisiana by 16 year old -killed -16 year olds father was fired by Long “Court-Packing”
- Add a new justice for all over 70 -Nine judges total, 6 over age of 70 -Would give FDR control of courts Nazis Adolf Hitler -WWI Veteran -NAZI Party -Beer Hall Push, revolution -Prison time -Mein Kampf -Hatred on anyone NOT Aryan -Hindenberg -Disliked Hitler -Appointed Hitler Chancellor of Germany in 1933 -Hitler in Power -Elimination of president -1933=>pullout of League of Nations => Appeasement -1936, signed pact with Italy and Japan -Axis Powers -1938, Germany invades and takes over Austria -Munich Conference -Great Britain meets with Hitler and Mussolini -Attempted to negotiate with NAZI’s -”Peace in our time!” Neutrality Acts
-”The US will have an embargo on trading arms with any nation at war, and American citizens on those ships, travel at own risk.” Spanish Civil War
-Francisco Franco==>Fascist -Dictator -Abraham Lincoln Brigade -American people that fought in war. -Franco won without backing from World Powers Election of 1940 -Democrats nominate Roosevelt -Republicans nominate Wendyl Wilkie -FDR promises to not involve us in foreign war Lend-Lease Act
-Helping any country that is beneficial to our nation -Lending arms and ammunition -Garden Hose Analogy -Unofficial entrance into war Atlantic Charter
- Similar to 14 points Pearl Harbor -12/7/ -2400 American killed -12/8/ -FDR’s declaration of war War Powers Act -12/18/ -Gave nearly complete power to FDR -Gave power to expand roll of government -Expanded the federal budget Axis & Allies D-Day -June 6, -Largest military assault in history -Normandy Beach Yalta Conference -February 1945 -Last time “Big Three” meet -Germany Divided -Four Zones -British, Soviet, American, and French -Creation of United Nations -First home of UN in San Francisco Election of 1944 -FDR running for fourth term -Not in good health -Vice President candidate -Harry Truman -FDR dies Truman takes over Women in workforce “The War Effort” Manhattan Project -Secret project -Atomic Bombs -tested in 45’ -Used in Japan -Ended War Hiroshima & Nagazaki “Iron Curtain” Containment George Kennan Truman Doctrine ”The US would help out any free nation tempted by communism.” Marshall Plan National Security Act Berlin Airlift
