Exam Study Guide - History 101

 

Overview:

 

 

Objective Section of Exam

Information from Lectures:  see Lecture Notes. Go to History 101/Resources/LM3

Questions from Quiz 1 & 2

The Great Depression & New Deal:

 

  1. Meaning and examples of the concept of “crossroads of democracy”
  2. Distinction between the first and second new deal
  3. Essential cause of the Great Depression
  4. Emphasis and consequences of the First New Deal and the Second New Deal
  5. Meaning of the following statement:  “the New Deal was a revolutionary response to a revolutionary time.”
  6. Top Ten New Deal Programs (attached)
  7. Voices of Freedom: FDR vs. Steinbeck

 

World War II:

 

  1. Enduring symbols of World War II (photos / symbols)
  2. Primary cause of WWII
  3. Official start of WWII
  4. Hitler’s two mistakes in WWII
  5. US contribution to WWII; USSR’s contribution to WWII
  6. Voices of Freedom: Luce vs. Jackson


Textbook:

Chapter 20:

1.      Causes and Impact of the Great Depression

2.      Reconstruction Finance Corporation

3.      Hoover’s response to the onset of the Great Depression

Chapter 21

1.      Definition of Liberalism in New Deal

2.      FDR’s first action as president (1933)

3.      Causes in increased union membership

4.      Perspectives of Huey Long, Upton Sinclair, Dr. Townsend; impact of these perspectives on FDR

5.      Impact of New Deal programs and policies on Native Americans, African Americans, women

6.      The various groups that formed a coalition that voted for FDR and democrats in the 1930s

7.      Glass-Steagall Act

8.      Tennessee Valley Authority, Rural Electrification Administration, Reconstruction Finance Corporation, the Works Project Administration

9.      Groups that were considered the “American left.”

10.  Objectives of the popular front

11.  Success and failures of the New Deal

12.  National Industrial Recovery Act, the Civilian Conservation Corps, Agricultural Adjustment Act, The Tennessee Valley Authority

13.  The major difference between the First New Deal and Second New Deal

14.  Critics of the New Deal

15.  Wagner Act, Social Security Act,

16.  Keynesian economics

Chapter 22

1.      Four Freedoms

2.      Benito Mussolini

3.      Office of War Information; propaganda and advertising campaigns.

4.      Japanese Internment: what, why, who

5.      Double V Campaign

6.      Atomic Bomb: rationale for use; locations of bombing; death toll caused by bombing

7.      Second Front: when, where, why, outcome

8.      Final solution

9.      Henry Luce and The American Century; Robert Jackson’s Dissent in Korematsu v. United States

10.  GI Bill of Rights, National Resources Planning Board, Economic Bill of Rights, Fair Labor Standards Bill.

11.  Impact of WWII on African Americans, Native Americans, Mexican Americans, Japanese Americans

12.  Bracero program, cash & carry plan, lend – lease act, Pearl Harbor, the holocaust, Rosie the Riveter

13.  Concepts of Freedom: Four Freedoms, Fifth Freedom, Visions of Postwar Freedom (Luce, Wallace, Justice Robert H. Jackson, Double-V campaign, Gunnar Myrdal (American Dilemma)

 

In-class essay (15 pts):

 

During World War II most Americans agreed that the Four Freedoms were the reasons why the United States should participate in the war.  Yet, at the same time, they also agreed that Japanese Americans (citizens of the United States) should be relocated into Internment Camps because they were a potential threat to citizens.  In this short essay, select one of the posters that illustrate the Four Freedoms and analyze its message and content.  Then consider how the meaning of this poster conflicts with Japanese Internment.

 

Sources:  There are two Power Point presentations that provide the necessary information.  The links are below and they are also on the class website.

 

Requirements:  Since you have this essay question in advance it is expected that you prepare for writing the exam essay in class. You can bring notes to class on your analysis of the poster (PowerPoint: The Four Freedoms) and your observations about contradiction with the image of Japanese Internment (PowerPoint: The Four Freedoms vs. Japanese Internment).