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History 1700 C

The Age of the reform

Question: Who are progressives and what did they want?
Answer: -wanted to regulate big business----against corruption & for improved labor laws----wanted people to be more socially minded----journalists like Ida Tarbell become labeled “muckrakers”


Question: Some like Ida Tarbell wanted progressive laws what are examples of progressive laws?
Answer: -18th amendment (prohibition----19th amendment ( women’s right to vote)(1920)

Question: Who is a progressive leader of the time (woman)?Who is a progressive leader of the time (man)?
Answer: Susan B Anthony
-Prominent womens rights leaders Theodore Roosevelt (Teddy) is a “progressive” President.
-(1901-26th President)
-Regulates “Big Business”

Question: What is the”Square Deal” policies? Did the progressive movement apply to everyone?
Answer: -No special privileges for rich or poor----Progressive Movement failed to address needs of minorities--Minorities respond to being ignored--

Question: Minorities respond to being ignored by Black militancy who were the leaders and what else was formed?
Answer: -Black leaders like W.E.B. Dubois advocate for end to segregation
-NAACP Established

World War I

Question: When war breaks out in Europe first called the "Great War" Eventually "World War I" Who is the President and what does he do?
Answer: Woodrow Wilson (28th President)---Feels pressure to enter war and pick side---Center Power VS Allied Powers---Wants to remain neutral

Question: What event almost changes the President Woodrow's mind about joining the war and it does most Americans?
Answer: Sinking of “Lusitania”-Adds pressure for US to enter war on side of Allied forces (Britain, France, Russia)
World

Question: When the U.S. finally enters the war how does the altar the war and its conclusion? What is this war known for and why?
Answer: -Turns war in favor of Allied nations,.....WWI is known for Trench Warfare and Stalemates (No progress, movement, etc)-Why? Attempts to protect troops from new and better weapons...American forces help force Germans into ceasefire and surrender (Sept 1918)

Question: Peace effects Woodrow Wilson’s diplomatic efforts, what was his plan and what did he purpose?

Answer: -Wilson Outlined “14 Points” for fair peace-Proposes League of Nations to avoid World Wars


Question: Wilson’s disappointed in the outcome of his peace plans, what were his disappointments?
Answer: -Treaty of Versailles is vengeance based against Germany-----Congress regrets Treaty and League of Nations

The 1920's

Question: New laws were being pushed what kind of laws and why?
Answer: Anti-immigrations laws pushed---Anti-semitism growing


Question: Young people shaping the trends what is age called? what are the favorite pastimes?
Answer: -20’s known as the “Roaring 20’s” and the “Jazz Age”---Sports, films, radio amongst most popular pastimes

Question: What impacted the national economy more than anything else?Who was the maker of the car that revolutionized the industrial age and why?
Answer: The Automobile-Karl Benz 1885-Charles Duryea 1893-Henry Ford 1896-Rolls Royce 1906------Henry Ford---Revolutionized use of the assembly lines (1913----Cars affordable for middle class

Question: Car becomes to the american people?
Answer: Car became a symbol of America’s freedom, prosperity and individualism

Question: The Airplane, Who invents the first gas powered aircraft? and who is that flies the solo flight across the Alantic?
Answer: -Orville and Wilbur Wright first develop gas powered aircraft----Charles Lindbergh--first solo flight across atlantic ocean (1927--NY to Paris)


Depression/FDR

Question: What were the four causes our teacher gave for the great depression?
Answer: Economic imbalances resulting from World War I---too much wealth in too few hands---too much wealth based on credit--stock market crash did not cause depression-just signaled start of it.


Question: When FDR-Instituted “New Deal” legislation and programs to stimulate economy what were the positive effects of the program?
Answer: -Positive hope and jobs---helped develop natural resources, public improvements (dams, roads, etc)---modernized many rural and slum areas (power, phones, etc)

Question: When FDR-Instituted “New Deal” legislation and programs to stimulate economy what were the criticisms of the program?
Answer: -added to bureaucracy----presidential power increases>>>>>>threatened checks and balances system-----did not end the depression


Question: When war erupts in Europe again, who, where and what kind of war is this?
Answer: Germany, led by Hitler invades europe using “Blitzkrieg” warfare

Question: What unthinkable event takes place on Dec. 7, 1941? Who is involved? What led to this happening and what happens as a result?
Answer: -U.S. misread or ignored warning signs----- fills americans with anger and resolve to defeat japan-----pulls america into war with germany too>>>>>Japan and Germany have alliance -----thousands of japanese americans moved to internment camps----fear of mixed loyalties and sabotage

War in Europe

Question: What is significant about June 6, 1944? What happened (include all facts)?
Answer: Normandy, France-June 6,1944----Deception tactics used-----largest invasion in modern history-----Dwight D Eisenhower (IKE) in charge


Question: Which leader dies by his own hand in May 1945, What happens, and what horrific war time event does this reveal?
Answer: Hitler suicide--Germany surrenders (may 1945)-----Holocaust revealed-----6 million jews had been killed


Question: What is the term used for the War in the Pacific( getting control of places once controlled by Japan), What cultural views are affecting length of the war and what key Islands do the U.S. take in 1945?

Answer: -gaining Japanese controlled islands from Hawaii to Japan
-surrender is seen as dishonorable in any circumstance
U.S. take two key islands close to Japan: Iwo Jima and Okinawa (Feb-June 1945)


Question: At the end of the War FDR Dies and Who becomes President?
Answer: Harry S Truman becomes President

Question: In 1945 a Declaration or Ultimatum for Japan to surrender or face total destruction is given by the Allies, What is this declaration called, What did Japan do and what is the results?

Answer: -July 1945 Potsdam Declaration issued by Allies--Japan ignores declaration--Truman approves use of Atomic bombs--Built by the manhattan project