Unit+7



Thesis: Theodore Roosevelt and his administration had many strategies to battle the growing economic problems of the Great Depression. They used government spending to create more jobs by way of public works and aiding crop farmers to ensure that prices did not change.

Document J :
As can be seen from a graph showing the perccentage of unemployment of nonfarm workers. Which reveals a drastic rise of unemployment up to a startling 12,830,000.

The New Deal was only somwhat effective in addressing the unemployment problem during the Great Depression era. The non-farm worker unemployment numbers from the period show that.

ORQ Thesis Statement
2. 3. The controversy of the expansion of slavery into the Western territory contributed to the Civil War because it brought about the issue concerning balance in congress of free and slave states. Adding new states to the union meant more representation was needed and would result in an unbalance of power. 4. Women from the 1880's to 1920's were limited in politics due to them not being allowed much of a voice, however they improved their social conditions and would enjoy leisure time and would often attend fabulous parties.

Key terms
two front war - war took place against japan in the pacific and in europe against the italians and germans. Two theatre war. homefront - life at home while a country is involved in a war. Two offensives led by the americans against the japanese in the pacific. Douglas MacArthur and Chester Nimitz led these offensives. On the homefront there is hostility toward german, italian, and japanese. japanese got most of it.

The U.S. and the allies win and hold the yalta conferance D-Day was the turning point of the war. started the downward roll of hitler's rule. Hiroshima and Nagasaki were bombed to end the war and attempt to keep soviet union of the war. Cold war begins after the war with a race for atomic weapons. The competition to see which country could have better technology. Hitler's suicide leaves nazis without a leader and are forced to surrender

AP Exam WWII questions
1. Prior to American involvement in both the First and Second World Wars, the U.S. adopted an official policy of neutrality. Compare the policy and its modifications during the period 1914-1917 to the policy and its modifications during the period 1939-1941. (1982, question 5) 2. "Vice Presidents who have succeeded to the presidency on the death of the President have been less effective in their conduct of domestic AND foreign policy than the men they replaced." Assess the validity of this statement for any TWO of the following pairs. William McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt Franklin D. Roosevelt and Harry S Truman John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson (1989, question 6) 3. The United States decision to drop an atomic bomb on Hiroshima was a diplomatic measure calculated to intimidate the Soviet Union in the post-Second-World-War era rather than a strictly military measure designed to force Japan's unconditional surrender. Evaluate this statement using the documents and your knowledge of the military and diplomatic history of the years 1939 through 1947. (1988, DBQ)**
 * Woodrow Wilson wished to remain neutral for as long as possible. The U.S. wished to stay out of the war directly however would still maintain their trade with european countries. Prior to WWI they declare neutrality but had loyalties to Britain. In WWII the U.S. puts out the neutrality acts to remain neutral. Cash and Carry, Lend and lease. U.S. was open to be a weapons cache and not take sides. Both policies involved alliances with british.
 * FDR understood the people more and was more progressive. Roosevelt was a very public figure who was hugely in the public eye. Truman was more conservative then FDR.
 * Lyndon B. Johnson's policies were not as strong as JFK's.
 * McKinley and







The Cold War - 1945-1990
Usa - Capitalism (mixed system) + Democracy Soviet Union - Communism + Dictatorship

At the end of the Korean War, who was winning the cold war?

 * The U.S. was more succesful against the communists in North Korea enabling them to succesfully limit the spread of communism through Korea.
 * China was lost to communism as a result of the loss of the battle of Mao Xing.
 * The Korean War resulted in a stalemate.
 * The Red Scare in America
 * Lost China as an ally as it changed to a communist nation

The Affluent Society

 * Territory aquisitions - louisiana purchase, mexican war
 * migration west