Virginia and US History Review
Despite removal of japanese americans from the west coast,
Japanesr americans, or nisei, served honorably in segregated regiments
What were the consequences of the war and reconstruction
Jim Crow laws and reconstruction amendments
Forms of racial discrimination in the south after reconstruction are
Jim crow laws forcing separation of races in public places, lynching, imposing new voting restrictions like poll taxes and literacy test.
Who made increase support for space programs or space research a national goal
John Kennedy
The United States invasion of Cambodia in 1970 resulted in anti-war protest on some college campuses. National Guard troops shot and killed for students at which university when the God was called in to restore order
Kent State University
in which East Asian country did the United States support anti-communist forces in a conflict during the 1950s aimed at preventing the spread of Communism
Korea
Although officially neutral, the US increasingly helped Britain through actions such as the
Lend-Lease act
The American Revolution began with a battle between British and Colonial troops at
Lexington and Concord
Who were the key leaders of the Civil War
Lincoln was President wanted Union to be together, Jefferson Davis the president of the Confederacy, Robert E Lee a general of the Confederate also oppose succession, Frederick Douglass a freed slave who wanted slaves to fight in the Union, and Ulysses S Grant Union military commander
What were the major military and political events of the Civil War
Lincoln wins election 1860, 1861 Fort Sumter first shots, Bull Run, 1862 Antietam where North win and Emancipation Proclamation, Gettysburg Address, 1865 Appomattox Court House where Robert E Lee surrender to Ulysses S Grant
The process of assimilation included all of the following except
Living in immigrant neighborhood
a major policy of President Ronald Reagan's Administration was to
Lower federal income tax rates
which president was most closely identified with the passage of significant civil rights legislation
Lyndon Johnson
What impact did the new deal have on the role of the federal government?
Made the government paly a more active role.
How was the Bill of Rights influenced by the Virginia declaration of rights in the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom
Madison took detailed notes in rewrote ideas of Human Rights founded in Virginia Declaration of Rights by Mason and the perspective of no official government religion based on Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom by Jefferson
Virginia employee drug policy to avoid interdating schools
Massive Resistance
which policy enacted by Southern States after the Brown vs Board decision in the idea of integration of blacks and whites in the same school
Massive Resistance
German-speaking immigrants settled primarily in the
Middle Atlantic region
What did the Missouri Compromise accomplish
Missouri as a slave state
What was an effect of triangular trade on Europe
More trade and wealth
The "Great Migration" of the early 20th century can be described as the
Movement of african Americans to northern cuties for jobs
Which organization saw increase rights by using the courts
National Association for the advancement of colored people NAACP
who said that's one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind and what was he referring to
Neil Armstrong and walking on the moon
The Virginia House of Burgesses was important to the development of democracy in the thirteen colonies because it
Provided an example of Representative form of government
How did the new deal attempt to address the causes and effects of the great depression?
Provided relief for people (wpa), recovery of depression (aaa), and reform for banks (fdic/social security).
Which territory was acquired as a result of the Spanish-American War
Puerto Rico
Dollar diplomacy was designed to
Purchase new territories in latin america.
Which group did not usually settled the middle colonies?
Puritans
Which group settled in New England?
Puritans.
Early European exploration and colonization resulted in
Redistribution of the world's population
The primary poll factor for European colonization in North America was
Religious freedom and economic opportunities
Which region was most opposed to high protective tariffs
The South
The Virginia House of Burgesses was
The first elected assembly in the New World
Which statement about new technology encouraging westward movement of the population is true?
The reaper made farming in the West more prosperous
What is true about the Treaty of Versailles
The united states failed to ratiy the treaty (senate)
Why did southern states secede
Their right to join you man, also right to leave the union
How did southern states react to the reconstruction laws after reconstruction ended?
They repealed the laws, as black voters were too important to ignore.
The leaders of the democratic Republican party were
Thomas Jefferson and James Madison
Which English immigrants challenge the rule of the American colonies by the king of England in a pamphlet called common sense?
Thomas Paine
What compromises were reached at the Constitutional Convention
Three-Fifths Compromise. Bill of Rights, ten amendments, checks and balances three equal branches
who served on the legal team for the NAACP in a landmark court case and went on to become the first African American appointed to the United States Supreme Court
Thurgood Marshall
What was Lincoln's vision of The American Nation as professed in the Gettysburg Address
To destroy the south in order to keep the north together
Why did the US abandon her traditional isolationist foreign policy?
To gain america more profit with newly announced dollar diplomacy: investment of latin countries in hopes of money support.
How did the depression affect lives of americans?
Unemployment and homelessness (live in hooverville), distrust in banks, and demands for goods declined.
What were impacts of the great depression?
Unemployment and homelessness, collapse of financial system, political unrest as labor unions grew militant.
Which organization was established in 1945 to promote Justice incorporation in solving
United Nations
The Great depression ultimately ended following
United states involvement in WWII
President Taft's dollar diplomacy
Urged american banks and businessess to invest in latin american countries
which Southeast Asian country, part of what was formerly known as French Indochina, became the site of the longest United States military conflict
Vietnam
Why did the US become involved in the world?
Violation of freedoms of the seas: unrestricted of submarine war fare and conflict with Great britain
The concepts used when drafting the Bill of Rights were delivered from which document
Virginia Declaration of Rights and Virginia Statute of Religious Freedom
posters are example of us propaganda from World War II encourage the purchase of what
War bonds and stamps
The election of 1800 is significant because it
Was a peaceful transfer of power from one party to another
The main reason the soviet union became an ally of britain and later in the unites states was because the soviet union
Was attacked by germany in spite of their nonaggression pact
US citizens at home assisted the war effort by
Working in wartime industries such as manufacture of airplanes and ammunition, working with worn clothing/ shoes so that new items could be sent to the troops, buying government war bonds and acfeoting higher taxes to support the war effort.
During the Cold War, Virginia's economy
benefited as private companies were awarded large defense contracts
what is the difference between fiscal and monetary policies practice by the US government to regulate the economy
fiscal policy deals with Taxation and spending, while monetary policy deals with interest rates in the supply of money
Issues related 2 immigration policies in the 20th century include
immigrants seen as a strain on government services, America concern about control in the borders, and Americans disagree about how immigrants should become citizens
The economy of the middle colonies was based primarily on small-scale Farming and
trade
African Americans secured passage of civil rights legislation by
working through the court system and using mass protest
The Emancipation Proclamation was issued after the battle of
Antietam
The Civil War ended at the Battle of
Appomattox
what regions are the source of the most recent immigration to the United States
Asia and Latin America
Virginia responded to the supreme court order to desegregate their public schools
B y closing some Public Schools
the Cold War foreign policy to stop communist aggression into other countries was known as
Containment
After aligning itself with germany and italy, the island country if japan sought to
Control asia and the Pacific
Why did competing political parties develop during the 1790s
Controversy over Federalists support of Bank of United States, Jay Treaty, and undeclared war on France. Led to opposition party the Democratic Republicans
What fueled the modern industrial economy?
Corporations gaining expansion, rise in labor unions and increase in labor supply (through immigration). America's possession of a wealth of natural resources and naval rivers.
The navajo code talkers were instrumental in
Creating a communication code that the japanese could not break
The invasion of france is also known as
D day
What issues divided America in the first half of the 19th century
Debate of admission of new territory
The principal war strategy that the United States and her allies agreed to pursue was to
Defea Hitler first
Farmers, artisans, and Southern frontier settlers supported Thomas Jefferson and the
Democratic Republicans
Thousands of african americans soliders, including the tuskegee airmen of bkack eagkes, served vraverly in WWII despite
Discrimination at home and segregated units
How did the US expand her influence im the world?
Dollar Diplomacy with China, passed be Semator Hay
What factors influenced american growth and expansion in the late 19th and early 20th century?
Economics opportunities, booming industry, wide variety of natural resources and newly technology/ inventions, and growth of immigration.
And by virtue of the power, and for the purposes of ... Is an expert from which important document
Emancipation Proclamation
The Spanish american war expanded the power of the united states by
Encouraging panama to seek independence from Colombia.
What were consequences of the stock market crash of 1929?
Entire caos caused by people because they all had panic and run to bank to recollect their money, which meant no mote investments.
What were the goals of progressives, and what were their accomplishments?
Equal economic opportunities of wages and working conditions. Eliminate the social injustice; give women suffrage and take away child labor.
The Supreme Court case of Marbury V. Madison is significant because it
Established the power of the courts to declare a law unconstitutional
How did race relations in the south change after reconstruction, and what was the african american response?
Ever since jim crow laws started, it caused many african americans to migrate north: great migration.
Manifest Destiny was used to justify an American desire to
Expand the United States to the Pacific Ocean
Immigrants arriving in the US in the early 1900s
Faced prejudices based on differences
The federal reserve system's actions in the later 1920s
Failed to prevent the collapse of the banking system
Truman's decision to drop tjr atomic bomb on japan was influenced by
Fear that an invasion of japan would mean death for thousands of american soliders, refusal of japan to surrender in spite of their losses, thousands of american lives already lost in the war in the pacific.
which part of the national government controls the supply of money in the economy
Federal Reserve
The standoff in negotiations between the US and Japan involved
Imposition of an embargo on exports of oil and steel to Japan
Why was slavery introduced into the colonies?
Increase the South economy with cheap labor
The initiative, referendum, and recall
Increased voter participation in government
The primary impact of the progressive movement on workers was
Increased wages and improved working conditions
What were the causes of the great depression?
Initial stock market crash of 1929 caused stock prices to collapse, hawley-smoot act of tariffs, and failure of the federal reserve.
The government policy of removing japanese americans from the west coast and otber places into special camps was called
Internment
President Lincoln believed
It is illegal for states to secede
The French and Indian War was it cause of the American Revolution because
It led Great Britain to enforce existing economic policies and create new taxes on the colonies
What best describes the New Deal?
It permanently altered the role of government in the economy into being more active.
Which amendment to the Constitution states neither slavery nor involuntary servitude accepted for punishment for Crime shall exist within the United States or any place subject to their...
13 Amendment
League of nation was established in what year
1949
the Warsaw Pact was established in what year
1955
The author of the Bill of Rights and the Virginia Plan proposed in a federal government with three branches was
James Madison
What is the Monroe Doctrine
A foreign policy in which new colonies in western hemisphere cannot pass into Europe
What was the primary concern of the Anti-Federalists?
A strong national government would take away power from the States
The Articles of Confederation was unsuccessful as a government system because it established
A weak national government
The Bill of Rights can best be described as
A written guarantee of individual rights
How did radio, movies, newspaper, and magazine promote challenges to traditional values?
Adding to social norm from society
The Three-Fifths Compromise was established to
Address a concern of Southern States
following United States military withdrawal from Vietnam in 1973, Vietnam
Adopted a communist form of government
The United States occupation of Japan following World War II ended when Japan
Adopted a democratic form of government
Two political groups emerged in the late 1790s. The Anti-Federalists were led by George Mason. The Federalist were led by
Alexander Hamilton
Which amendment to the Constitution guarantees all citizens due process
Amendment 14
How did the Civil War affect African-Americans and the common Soldier
Americans were enlisted in war and soldiers were crushed with destroyed homes and had many injuries
Which is not a reason of the stock mare crash in 1929?
Bank deposits coud not be invested in the stock market
Why did Stalin try to block some Marshall Plan
Because he didn't want any US influence
Sally Ride was the first female to do what in the United States
Become female astronaut
How did their motivations influence their settlement patterns and Colony structures
Begin to kill everyone, more disease, death, and loss of territory
How did the ideas expressed in that meant summation proclamation in the Gettysburg Address support the north War aims
Both emphasize in North need for preservation of the Union
What were the causes of the War of 1812
British interfered with American shipping and western expansion
which Supreme Court case overturned a lower Court ruling and establish a precedent by declaring that separate but equal facilities are unconstitutional
Brown versus Board of Education
How did Chief Justice John Marshall, a Virginian, contribute to the growth of the United States Supreme Court's importance in relation to the other branches of the national government
By extending power of supreme court with three court cases Marbury V Madison is judicial review, McColly V Maryland is implied powers and Gibson V OG Den
The Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba was an attempt
By the united states to overthrow the castro government
Bill Clinton can best be described as a
C e n t r i s t or moderate Democrat
What did the Compromise of 1850 accomplish
California as a free state and new territories from Mexican secession decided on own also known as popular sovereignty
Durning WWII, the US government controlled information about the war through
Censorship
A large number of workers on the transcontinental railroad came from
China
As the nation's industrial growth continued, which cities grew rapidly as manufacturing and transportation centers?
Cleveland and Detriot
Examples of methods used to maintain public morale and keep Americans focused on winning the war are
Collections of tin cans and aluminuim foil, ad and poster campaigns, and patriotic movies.
In what ways did the cultures of Europe, Africa, and the Americas into react
Columbian Exchange
The end of reconstruction in the South came with the
Compromise of 1877
over the last three decades, the American Workforce has had to acquire and improve skills in
Computer technology
What were the consequences of the interactions of European, African, and American cultures
Conflict over land, death, diseases
Which is not a key principle of the Declaration of Independence?
Constraint
Which group opposed the Bill of Rights because it believed the Constitution adequately protected basic rights?
Federalist
Who were the leading Federalists and Anti-Federalists in the pivotal ratification debate in Virginia
Federalist are Adams and Hamilton. Anti-Federalist are Jefferson, Patrick Henry, Mason, Madison
President FDR's radio broadcast were known as
Fireside chats
The American victory in the War of 1812 increase American migration into
Florida
President Ronald Reagan appointed justices to the Supreme Court who
Followed a strict interpretation of the Constitution
How did the institution of slavery influence European and African life in the colonies?
For Europeans it open up trade but for Africans and made their lives harder
Opening Conflict of the Civil War was at
Fort Sumter
Woodrow wilson plan to Endo all cause of war was known as the
Fourteen points
The contribution of which country's Army and Navy help the colonists win the American Revolution?
France
Which former slave became a prominent abolitionist encouraged Lincoln to recruit former slaves to fight for the Union
Frederick Douglass
Which country was divided into four zones following World War 2
Germany
During world war I, two of the central powers were
Germany and austria-hungary
The immediate event that started WWII was
Germany invading Poland on September 1, 1939
All men are created equal in our rule by a government of the People, by the people, and for the people is from a speech given by President Lincoln after the battle of
Gettysburg
Why did Europeans settle in the English
God gold Glory
The mobilization in the United States for the war in Europe and Asia was possible because of the close working relationship between
Government and Industry
What were the causes of the Civil War
Government issue, slavery, balances of power, tariff, sectionalisation
What were the post-war contributions of Ulysses S Grant, Robert E Lee, and Frederick Douglass
Grant became US president, Lee was important from the education aspect by becoming president of Washington College, and Douglass was able to gain the right to truly wanted towards the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments for African American equality
What was the colonial religious movement that was a social foundation for the American Revolution?
Great Awakening
Germany encountered no successful resistance from any europena country until it sought to defeat
Great Britain
How did visions of the postwar world differ?
Great Britain and france had the main mind set on punishing germany. The league of nations was created as well as new borders and countries. All that was set to open for future wars.
What factors influenced American Westward Movement
Growth of railroads and Canal
Why was George Washington important to the American Revolution?
He was a strong commander of the Continental Army
What was not an impact of the great depression?
Higher demands for goods
How did the excesses of the gilded age contribute to the development of the progressive movement?
Huge gap of income found within the poor and rich causingthe labor supply to go on strike; decreasing labor.
The 3rd geneva convention held in 1929 provided rules for
Humane treatment for prisoners of war
Which colony did the Virginia Company of London established in 1607?
Jamestown
How did the economic activity and political institutions of the three colonial regions reflect the resources and or the European origin of the settlers?
New England adopted the economy of shipbuilding, fishing, Lumber in, in manufacturing. Middle colonies had shipbuilding, agriculture goods, and trade. South was based on agriculture
In the mid-1800s, which group supported high tariffs to raise the price of imported manufactured goods?
Northern factory owners and workers
In the government provided by the Articles of Confederation states had
One vote regardless of size
What caused the stock market crash of 1929?
Overspeculation, credit expansion, bankruptcies due to fail of businesses.
The stock market crashed in 1929 for the following reasons
Overspeculation, excessive expansion by investors, business failures leading to bankruptcies
According to Locke, if a government failed to fulfill its social contract with its citizens, they could
Overthrow the government for a new one
What was a result of President Andrew Jackson's bank veto?
Panic of 1837
The role of women in america changed most significantly in the 1920s due to the
Passage of the 19th amendment
to enhance law enforcement investigation tools as high security, punish terrorist acts in the United States and around the world, and for other purposes describe the purpose of the
Patriot Act
Kansas-Nebraska Act 1854 accomplished what
People gave Kansas and Nebraska the choice to allow slavery in States known as popular sovereignty. Kansas was known as Bleeding Kansas
The colony of Rhode Island was established as a result of
Persecution by Puritans in Massachusetts
From the Mayflower Compact. Which early colony describes it
Ply mouth
in the 1950s, dr. Jonas Salk created, introduce and administrated a vaccine for
Polio
The philosopher John Locke influence the American belief in self-government through his writing that
Power belong to the people, who consented to form a government
In a federal system of government
Power is shared between the state and National levels of government
In what ways did political democracy change in the Years following the War of 1812
President Jackson known as the age of the Common Man increase voters, raised interest of political groups and sectional issues and changes of campaign-style. Expansion of democracy
The Civil Rights Act of 1964
Prohibited discrimination based on race, color, religion, gender, or national origin
The number of eligible voters increased prior to the election of 1828 when
Property qualifications were eliminated
The open door policy
Proposed equal trading rights in China for all countries
What was not a form of racial discrimination in the south after reconstruction
Requiring blacks to find jobs on farms or on the railroads
The open door policy was proposed by
Secretary of State John Hay
Most individuals settling in VA were
Seeking economic opportunities
What is Plessy V. Ferguson decision?
Separate but equal
The economy of New England colony was partially based on
Shipbuilding and fishing
Hurt world trade after the stock market crash of 1929?
Smoot- Hawley
What was the war's impact on the homefront
South was found in Ruins, devastated by War. West was contributed with the Transcontinental Railroad
During the late 1800s and early 1900s, immigrants to the US came mostly from
Southern and eastern europe
the North Atlantic Treaty Organization NATO, a defensive Alliance of the United States and Western European countries, was formed to prevent invasions from the
Soviets
The practice of rewarding party loyalists with government jobs is called
Spoils system
What weaknesses in the Articles of Confederation led to the effort to draft a new constitution
States hold all power, state had one vote didn't matter size, tax, no common currency
What was the legacy of the new deal?
Stronger belief in government responsibility to deliver public services and to intervene in the economy
Medium of communication and expansion of popular culture in the 1920s did not include
Television
How did American feel about immigrants?
That immigrants took advantage and stole all their jobs.
How did America's pre-revolutionary relationship with Britain influence the structure of the first national government
The Articles of Confederation
President Andrew Jackson represented which newly enfranchised segment of the population
The Common Man
What were the major Arguments for and against the constitution of 1787 in the lead in Federalist and Anti-Federalist writings and in the ratification debates
The Federalists wanted a strong national government which is why they pursued the Constitution. While the Anti-Federalist wanted a weak government to give all power to the states
How did the delegates to the Constitutional Convention balance competing Interests
The Great Compromise. Meaning, the house equals population and Senate equal vote
Which event best completes the timeline? -end of wwI -harlem renaissance -stock market crash - - WWII -United Nations Begins
The Great Depression
which economic recovery initiative, a response to American concerns about communist expansion, provider grants and Loans to war-torn European countries following World War
The Marshall Plan
The colony region whose economic was based on shipbuilding, Lumber in, and small-scale substances farming was
The New England
America abandoned her policy of isolationism in the late nineteenth Century in order to
obtain overseas markets for goods
Rosie the Riveter symbolize
the role of women in the workforce