Learning Module 3  - Exam Study Guide

Objective Section of the exam

 

The questions on this section of the exam will be taken from the information in the assigned chapters of the textbook as well as lectures.

 

Information from lectures and videos:

 

The Great Depression & New Deal:

 

  1. Meaning and examples of the concept of “crossroads of democracy”  - Great Depression/New Deal
  2. Distinction between  (1) the  first and (2) the second and (3) third new deal
  3. FDR’s approach to civil rights and the end of segregation --- actions and reason for these actions
  4. Essential cause of the Great Depression
  5. Emphasis and consequences of the First New Deal and the Second New Deal
  6. Meaning of the following statement:  “the New Deal was a revolutionary response to a revolutionary time.”

7.      Ten top programs of the New Deal.  Handout

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World War II:

 

  1. Meaning and examples of concept of “crossroads of democracy” = World War II
  2. Enduring symbols of World War II (photos / symbols)
  3. Primary cause of WWII
  4. Official start of WWII
  5. Hitler’s two mistakes in WWII
  6. US contribution to WWII; USSR’s contribution to WWII

7.      Major contribution of the United States in WWII; Major contribution of the Soviet Union.

8.      Foundations of the Cold War

 

 1950s:

1.      The Fear and the Dream – documentary on the 1950s.  What was the fear; what was the dream; McCarthyism and anticommunism

 

Glossary of Terms: Communism, fascism,  Keynesian Economics, Liberalism, New Deal, Radicalism, Socialism, Welfare Capitalism, Welfare State.

 

Questions on the activity.  You will be responsible only for the questions on the quiz that you took.  For example if you decided to work on the FSA (social reform), you are responsible only for the information on that quiz. 


 

 

Information from the textbook:

 

Chapter 24

 

  1. Impact of the Dust Bowl
  2. Emphasis and actions of the CCC, TVA, NIRA, Wagner Act, Social Security Act.  (see chart as well as textbook)
  3. Francis Perkins
  4. Key difference between FDR and Herbert Hoover with regard to dealing with the economic depression.

 

Chapter 25

 

  1. FDR’s motivation to shift to a pro-ally stance in 1939.
  2. Japan’s master plan for the Far East was ….
  3. Support among Americans for WWII
  4. Stance of American foreign policy following WWII
  5. Manhattan project
  6. The Second Front
  7. Lead Lease Act; Cash and Carry
  8. Nation – greatest loss of life in WWII
  9. Black American soldiers in WWII --- issues they faced.
  10. The March on Washington Movement of 1941 --- actions and FDR’s response
  11. US actions toward Japanese Americans after Pearl Harbor


Chapter 26:

1.      Attitudes toward women – work, proper role, etc.

2.      Truman’s Fair Deal Program: approach & objectives; success / failure

3.      Truman & Civil Rights

4.      McCarthyism; Anticommunism in the 1950s (lecture and documentary film)

4.      Braceros

5.      Information in Section on The Other America: Michael Harrington, Brown vs. board of Education; Montgomery Bus Boycott