5. December 17, 1941 at 7 something in the morning.
6. War Production Board supervised the new actions going towards the benefit of industries producing enough war-time goods. Auto companies stopped building cars and began making trucks, citizens couldn't buy as much stuff to save produce for the soldiers, and labour disputes were quickly settled to halt any unnecessary unproductively.
7. Pushing towards Germany from the West while Soviets pushed towards the East.
8. Harriet S. Truman
9. Their refusal to surrender after their loss of the war was evident. The code of honour in their culture made them refuse to give up, so America went to the extreme.
10. Because it allowed Hitler to take Poland without retaliation from the Soviet Union as well as other war-ish actions.
11. Because it was important that there was enough food and supplies for the soldiers
12. Because they were allied with Britain and France and there weren't any important events affecting America directly in the pacific since Hitler was focusing his terror in Europe to begin the war with.
1) What was Manifest Destiny?
It was the idea that the newcomers to America had been granted by God the ability to take over the whole continent of America and bring the word of God to the native inhabitants. (which ended up with the near extinction of many Native American tribes... jerks.)
2) The Oregon Territory consisted of what area? Who claimed it?
The Oregon Territory consisted of, obviously,
3) Who were the Mountain Men?
4) Why was the Oregon Trail important?
5) Discuss the meaning behind the slogan "Fifty-Four Forty or Fight"?
6) James Polk made what promises to the American public during the election of 1844 (list four - you might need to look up on the internet).
-To acquire California from MExico
-To settle the Oregon Dispute
-To lower a number of different tariffs
-To create an American sub-treasury
-To only serve one term as president
Polk was the only president to fulfill all the promises he set out to achieve.
7) Discuss how Texas became independent.
8) Discuss the battles of The Alamo and San Jacinto.
9) How long did it take the U.S. to annex Texas? Why?
10) How did the Mexican-American War start? Why did it start? Was it a "Just War"?
11) What was the American response to the war?
12) List the major battles of the war.
13) What was the cost of the war?
14) Why was the California Gold Rush important?
15) How did the Civil War shape our lives today?
16) Name three ways the Civil War changed the South.
17) What constitutional right did Lincoln suspend?
18) List the four border states.
1. Kentucky
2. Delaware
3. West Virginia
4. Missouri
19) Why did West Virginia form?
20) What disadvantages did the South face?
21) Why did the Confederate States believe they had a right to leave the Union?
22) What were the three main strategies of the Union?
23) What was the average age of soldiers who fought in the Civil War?
24) What was the outcome of Bull Run?
25) Discuss the Battle of Shiloh.
26) What were Lincoln’s reasons for the Emancipation Proclamation?
27) What did the 13th Amendment do?
28) How was the Civil War a rich man’s war but a poor man’s fight?
29) Discuss the draft laws in the north.
30) Discuss the importance of Chancellorsville and Gettysburg.
31) How did Sherman use “Total War” against the South?
32) Who were the Presidents of the Confederacy and the United States during the Civil War?
Jefferson Davis and Abraham Lincoln
33) What, exactly, did the Emancipation Proclamation do?34) What were Amendments 13, 14, 15, 16, 18, 19
Battles:
=-= Gettysburg =-=
=-= Appomattox Courthouse =-=
=-= Antietam =-=
=-= Shiloh =-=
=-= Bull Run =-=
=-= Chancellorsville =-=
=-= Sherman’s March to the Sea =-=
People:
-- Albert Sidney Johnson
-- Ulysses S. Grant
-- Joe Johnson
-- Joe Hooker
-- Tecumseh Sherman
-- Robert E Lee
-- Thomas 'Stonewall' Jackson
-- A.P. Hill
-- James Longstreet
-- Booker T Washington
-- Sojourner Truth
-- Harriet Tubman
-- Frederick Douglas
35) What was the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendment?
36) How was the 14th Amendment reinterpreted?
37) How was the 15th Amendment interrupted?
Be able to Identify the following people:
-- George Armstrong Custer
-- J.P. Morgan
-- W.E.B. Du Bois
-- James Butler Hickok
-- Theodore Roosevelt
-- Eugene Debs
-- Benjamin Harrison
-- William McKinley
-- John D. Rockefeller
Explain importance of:
ø - The assassination of William McKinley
ø - The Robber Barons and what they did
ø - The Jungle
ø - Why the Spanish American War was fought
ø - Wounded Knee
ø - Custer’s Last Stand
ø - Jim Crow
ø - Separate But Equal
ø - How the 14th Amendment was used to protect corporations?
ø - The Panama Canal
ø - Roosevelt and his “big stick”
Other questions:
38) What lands did America get from winning the Spanish-American War?
39) How did this war make America an Imperial Country?
40) How did Theodore Roosevelt rise in politics?
41) What was the Bull Moose Party?
42) Why is W.E.B. Du Bois connected with John the Baptist?
43) How many votes did Eugene Debs receive in 1912? What was his party?
44) What was the 16th Amendment?
45) What was the 17th Amendment?
46) Why did America become “Big Brother” to Latin America under Woodrow Wilson.
47) How did World War I start? Why did World War I start?
48) What were the divisions (or sides)?
49) Discuss the importance of the Lusitania.
50) Why, ultimately, did the United States enter World War I?
51) How many casualties did the Battle of the Marne have?
52) What was the Espionage Act? Do you consider this act legal?
53) How many Americans died in WWI? How many people died in total?
54) How was the world map reshaped after WWI?
More People:
-- Woodrow Wilson
-- General John J. Pershing
-- Eugene Debs
-- William Howard Taft
-- Upton Sinclair
55) Name five important books of the 1920s.
56) What was the first "talkie"? How did it change America?
57) Discuss the "Red Scare of 1919".
58) What was the 18th amendment? Why was it enacted? How did it go wrong?
59) What is important about Henry Ford? How did he change America?
60) What is important about Charles Lindbergh? How did he symbolize the times?
61) How were stocks inflated? How did this cause the crash?
62) What was Black Thursday and Black Tuesday?
63) What was Hoover's view of Government relief programs?
64) What was the "Bonus Army"?
65) What happened during the "Hundred Days"?
66) What was the WPA and what did it do?
67) What were Roosevelt's FIRESIDE CHATS and why did they become important?
From the Packet:
68) What was Columbus looking for?
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