Special Posting: Study Guide for Final Exam

 

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Study Guide for 2nd semester CWI/Comparative Government/Modern America

The final exam is made up of multiple choice, matching, short answers based on two primary source readings, a photo analysis, and an editorial cartoon. You will also have a question based on our international speakers. To prepare for the exam, I would recommend that you read over the blog entries (www.mhscotw.blogspot.com), review your work in your folder and fill out the study guide using the chapters in the text. I would caution you not to rely too much on the glossary as it may give you the definition of the word but it does not put it into context. I am also available before or after school if you want any additional help or have questions. You may earn up to 5 additional points for a completed study guide that is handed in the day of the exam.

Topics covered include: Depression and Election of 1932, New Deal, WW II, Cold War, Civil Rights, JFK, Women’s Movement; Nixon

 

Reasons for Stock Market Crash

 

Impact of the Crash

 

How did government react to the crash (Hoover and FDR)

 

How were people affected by the crash ?

 

Why is the election of 1932 a turning point in history?

 

Describe the first 100 days of FDR

 

How did people react to the New Deal?

 

What role did the Supreme Court play during the New Deal era?

 

How did people keep up their morale during this time period ?

 

Axis powers

 

Mussolini

 

Isolationism

 

Pearl Harbor attack

 

Allies

 

Midway and Guadalcanal

 

Reasons for and against using the atomic bomb

 

 

Reasons for the Cold War

 

Marshall Plan

 

NATO

 

NAACP and goals

 

Brown v. Board of Education

 

Election of 1960

 

Bay of Pigs

 

Cuban Missile Crisis

 

Warren Commission

 

Letter from Birmingham Jail

 

Equal Rights Amendment

 

LBJ

 

Earl Warren

 

Robert Caro

 

Gloria Steinem

 

Feminism

 

George Wallace

 

Robert Kennedy

 

Watergate