TERMS TO MASTER Listed below are some important terms or people with which you should be familiar after you complete the study of this chapter. Explain or identify each. 1. Freedmen’s Bureau 2. Wade-Davis Hill 3. Andrew Johnson 4. “iron clad” oath 5. black codes 6. Radicals 7. Joint Committee on Reconstruction 8. forfeited rights theory 9. Fourteenth Amendment 10. Military Reconstruction 11. Command of the Army Act 12. Tenure of Office Act 13. Edwin M. Stanton 14. sharecropper 15. black Reconstruction 16. carpetbaggers and scalawags 17. Ku Klux Klan 18. Liberal Republicans 19. hard money 20. Black Friday 21. Jay Gould 22. Crédit-Mobilier 23.Whiskey Ring 24. Horace Greeley 25. Panic of 1873 26. Rutherford B. Hayes 27. Samuel J. Tilden 28. Compromise of 1877 VOCABULARY BUILDING Listed below are some words used in this chapter. Look in the dictionary for the meaning of each. 1. imposing 2. elite 3. disarray 4. haggle 5. assumption KEY ITEMS OF CHRONOLOGY Lincoln’s plan for Reconstruction announced 1863 Thirteenth Amendment ratified 1865 Creation of Freedmen’s Bureau 1865 Assassination of Lincoln April 14, 1865 Johnson’s plan for Reconstruction announced May 29, 1865 Veto of Freedmen’s Bureau Extension Bill February 1866 Congress overrode Johnson’s veto of Civil Rights Act April 1866 Ku Klux Klan organized in the South 1866 Military Reconstruction Act March 2, 1867 Johnson replaces Stanton with Grant as secretary of war August 1867 House votes to impeach Johnson February 1868 Trial of Johnson in Senate March 5 to May 26, 1868 Fourteenth Amendment ratified 1868 All southern states except Mississippi, Texas, and Virginia, readmitted to Congress June 1868 Texas v. White decision of Supreme Court 1868 Grant administrations 1869–1877 Mississippi, Texas, and Virginia readmitted 1870 Fifteenth Amendment ratified 1870 Resumption Act 1875 RECONSTRUCTION: NORTH AND SOUTH 85
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TERMS TO MASTER
Listed below are some important terms orpeople with which you should be familiar afteryou complete the study of this chapter. Explainor identify each.
1. Freedmen’s Bureau2. Wade-Davis Hill3. Andrew Johnson4. “iron clad” oath5. black codes 6. Radicals 7. Joint Committee on Reconstruction8. forfeited rights theory9. Fourteenth Amendment
10. Military Reconstruction 11. Command of the Army Act 12. Tenure of Office Act 13. Edwin M. Stanton14. sharecropper15. black Reconstruction16. carpetbaggers and scalawags 17. Ku Klux Klan
18. Liberal Republicans 19. hard money20. Black Friday21. Jay Gould 22. Crédit-Mobilier 23.Whiskey Ring24. Horace Greeley25. Panic of 187326. Rutherford B. Hayes27. Samuel J. Tilden 28. Compromise of 1877
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Lincoln’s plan for Reconstruction announced 1863Thirteenth Amendment ratified 1865Creation of Freedmen’s Bureau 1865Assassination of Lincoln April 14, 1865Johnson’s plan for Reconstruction announced May 29, 1865Veto of Freedmen’s Bureau Extension Bill February 1866Congress overrode Johnson’s veto of
Civil Rights Act April 1866Ku Klux Klan organized in the South 1866Military Reconstruction Act March 2, 1867Johnson replaces Stanton with Grant as
secretary of war August 1867House votes to impeach Johnson February 1868Trial of Johnson in Senate March 5 to May 26, 1868Fourteenth Amendment ratified 1868All southern states except Mississippi, Texas,
and Virginia, readmitted to Congress June 1868Texas v. White decision of Supreme Court 1868Grant administrations 1869–1877Mississippi, Texas, and Virginia readmitted 1870Fifteenth Amendment ratified 1870Resumption Act 1875
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Listed below are some important terms orpeople with which you should be familiar afteryou complete the study of this chapter. Identifyor explain each.
1. second industrial revolution2. Union Pacific3. transcontinental railroads4. Cornelius Vanderbilt5. Alexander Graham Bell6. Thomas Alva Edison7. George Westinghouse8. “Battle of the Currents”9. John D. Rockefeller
10. Standard Oil Company of Ohio11. vertical integration12. trust (n.)13. holding company14. Andrew Carnegie15. Bessemer process16. Gospel of Wealth17. J. Pierpont Morgan18. United States Steel Corporation19. Richard Sears20. Molly Maguires21. Great Railroad Strike of 187722. Dennis Kearney23. industrial and craft unions24. National Labor Union25. Knights of Labor26. Terence V. Powderly27. Haymarket Affair28. American Federation of Labor29. Samuel Gompers30. Homestead Strike31. Pullman Strike32. Eugene V. Debs33. Wobblies34. William D. Haywood
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Pullman Strike 1894U.S. Steel Corporation formed 1901IWW founded 1905IWW textile strike in Lawrence, Mass. 1912
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1. streetcar suburbs2. mass transit3. “new” immigrants4. Ellis Island5. Chinese Exclusion Act6. Angel Island7. Buffalo Bill8. vaudeville9. James Naismith
10. Negro Leagues11. elective system12. professionalism13. realism14. Social Darwinism15. Lester Frank Ward16. pragmatism17. William James18. John Dewey19. Henry James20. naturalism21. Theodore Dreiser22. Henry George23. Henry Demarest Lloyd24. conspicuous consumption25. Washington Gladden26. social gospel27. settlement houses28. Susan B. Anthony29. National American Woman Suffrage
Association
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Publication of Dynamic Sociology 1883Publication of Huckleberry Finn 1883First electric elevator 1889Basketball invented 1891Electric streetcar systems in cities 1890sChinese Exclusion Act 1892Ellis Island opened 1892Publication of Maggie: A Girl of the Streets 1893Veblen’s Theory of the Leisure Class 1899
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1. Gilded Age2. Munn v. Illinois3. Wabash v. Illinois4. Fourteenth Amendment5. spoils of office6. civil service reform7. Stalwarts and Half-Breeds8. James G. Blaine9. Pendleton Civil Service Act
10. Mongrel Tariff (1883)11. Grover Cleveland12. Mugwumps13. Sherman Antitrust Act14. Sherman Silver Purchase Act15. McKinley Tariff16. Patrons of Husbandry17. Farmers’Alliances18. subtreasury system19. Mary Elizabeth Lease20. Populist party21. 16:122. depression of 189323. Coxey’s Army24. goldbug25. William Jennings Bryan26. William McKinley
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Arthur administration September 1881–1885Pendleton Civil Service Act 1883Mongrel Tariff Act 1883Cleveland administrations 1885–1889; 1893–1897Wabash v. Illinois 1886Interstate Commerce Act 1887Harrison administration 1889–1893Sherman Anti-Trust Act 1890Sherman Silver Purchase Act 1890McKinley Tariff Act 1890Populist party founded 1892Economic depression 1893McKinley administrations 1897–1901
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1. Alfred Thayer Mahan2. John Fiske3. Josiah Strong4. William H. Seward5. yellow journalism6. de Lôme letter7. Teller Amendment8. Platt Amendment9. Open Door Policy
10. Boxer Rebellion11. Panama Canal12. Roosevelt Corollary13. Portsmouth conference14. “Gentlemen’s Agreement”15. “Great White fleet”
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Multiple-Choice Questions
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1. The writings of Alfred Thayer Mahan onexpansionism emphasized theA. ideas of Social Darwinism.B. importance of sea power.C. need for external markets.D. superiority of Anglo-Saxons.
2. William H. Seward was largely responsible forA. starting yellow journalism.B. developing the United States Navy.C. the sinking of the Maine.D. acquiring Alaska.
3. In the 1870s and 1880s, the nation’sexpansionists focused onA. Latin America.B. the Pacific Ocean.C. the Caribbean.D. Europe.
4. In 1893, the United States nearly annexedA. Hawaii.B. Cuba.C. Mexico.D. Hong Kong.
5. In 1898, the United States overcame itsdoubts about overseas possessions because itA. needed naval bases.B. wanted to expand commercial trade.
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D. Efforts for new antitrust laws1. Wilson’s approach in 19122. Federal Trade Commission Act 3. Clayton Antitrust Act
a. Practices outlawedb. Provisions for labor and farm
organizations4. Disappointments with
administration of the new lawsE. The shortcomings of Wilson’s
progressivism1. Women’s suffrage
2. Child labor3. Racist attitudes
F. Wilson’s return to reform1. Plight of the Progressive party2. Appointment of Brandeis to the
Supreme Court3. Support for land banks and long-
term farm loans4. Farm demonstration agents and
agricultural education5. Labor reform legislation
G. The paradoxes of progressivism
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KEY ITEMS OF CHRONOLOGY
Wealth Against Commonwealth 1894Roosevelt administration 1901–1909Anthracite coal strike 1902Shame of the Cities 1904Northern Securities case 1904Elkins Act 1903Lochner v. New York 1905Hepburn Act 1906Pure Food and Drug Act 1906Triangle Shirtwaist Company fire 1911Supreme Court breaks up Standard Oil
and American Tobacco Company 1911Wilson administration 1913–1921Sixteenth Amendment (income tax) ratified 1913Seventeenth Amendment 1913Underwood-Simmons Tariff Act 1913Federal Reserve Act 1913Federal Trade Commission Act 1914Clayton Antitrust Act 1914Adamson Act 1916
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1. muckrakers2. initiative and referendum3. Frederick W. Taylor4. Northern Securities case
5. anthracite coal strike6. Robert M. La Follette7. Elkins Act8. Hepburn Act9. Upton Sinclair’s Jungle
10. Ballinger-Pinchot controversy11. New Nationalism12. New Freedom13. Federal Reserve System14. Federal Trade Commission15. Clayton Antitrust Act
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10. Revenue Act of 191611. Zimmerman Telegram12. John J. Pershing13. conscription14. Food Administration15. War Industries Board16. Great Migration17. Committee on Public Information18. Espionage and Sedition Acts19. Schenck v. United States20. Treaty of Brest-Litovsk21. Fourteen Points22. Big Four23. Henry Cabot Lodge24. reparations
25. irreconcilables26. League of Nations27. Versailles Treaty28. reservationists29. Spanish flu
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Outbreak of World War I August 1914Lusitania sunk May 1915Arabic pledge from Germany September 1915National Defense Act 1916Wilson reelected November 1916Germany resumed unrestricted submarine
warfare February 1917United States declared war April 1917Creation of War Industries Board July 1917Wilson announced Fourteen Points January 1918Treaty of Brest-Litovsk March 1918Armistice November 1918Spanish flu epidemic 1918Paris Peace Conference January–May 1919Boston police strike September 1919Senate votes on treaty November 1919 and March 1920Red Scare 1919–1920
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1. Sacco and Vanzetti2. KKK
3. fundamentalism4. William Jennings Bryan5. Clarence Darrow6. “monkey trial”7. Eighteenth Amendment8. Al Capone9. Jazz Age
10. Sigmund Freud
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a. Alice Paul and new tacticsb. Contributions of Carrie
Chapman Cattc. Nineteenth Amendmentd. Effects of women’s suffrage
2. Push for an Equal RightsAmendment
3. Women in the workforce E. The “New Negro”
1. The Great Migration northa. Demographicsb. Impact of the move
2. The Harlem Renaissance3. Marcus Garvey and Negro
nationalisma. Universal Negro Improvement
Associationb. Separatism
4. Development of the NAACPa. Emergence of the organizationb. Role of Du Boisc. Strategy
d. The campaign against lynchinge. The Scottsboro case
III. The culture of modernismA. Science and social thought
1. Einstein and the theory ofrelativity
2. Uncertainty principle3. Denial of absolute values
B. Modernist art and literature1. Bewildering technological change2. Characteristics
a. Emphasis on subconsciousb. Concern with new forms
3. Prophets of modernism a. T. S. Eliot b. Ezra Pound c. Gertrude Steind. F. Scott Fitzgerald
C. Southern Renaissance1. Conflict of values2. William Faulkner
KEY ITEMS OF CHRONOLOGY
Einstein’s paper on the Theory of Relativity 1905Organization of the NAACP 1910Ratification of the Eighteenth Amendment
(prohibition) 1919Ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment
(women’s suffrage) 1920Sinclair Lewis’s Babbit 1922T. S. Eliot’s Wasteland 1922Scopes trial 1924Execution of Sacco and Vanzetti 1927Heisenberg’s Principle of Uncertainty stated 1927William Faulkner’s Sound and the Fury 1929Scottsboro case 1931
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11. Alice Paul12. Carrie Chapman Catt13. Nineteenth Amendment14. Great Migration15. Harlem Renaissance16. Marcus Garvey17. NAACP18. theory of relativity19. modernist movement20. Ezra Pound21. T. S. Eliot22. Gertrude Stein23. F. Scott Fitzgerald24. Southern Renaissance25. William Faulkner
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Multiple-Choice Questions
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1. The case of Sacco and Vanzetti was anexample ofA. nativism.B. modernism.C. existentialism.D. fundamentalism.
2. Immigration restriction legislation in the1920s sought toA. reduce the total number of immigrants.B. prevent an influx of immigrants from
Latin America and Asia.C. insure a greater percentage of
immigrants from northern and westernEurope.
D. allow each country to send the samenumber of immigrants.
3. In the Scopes trial, Clarence Darrow wasa(n) A. prosecutor. B. defense attorney.C. expert witness.D. interested observer.
4. Obstacles to prohibition includedA. profits from bootlegging.B. inadequate congressional support for
enforcement.C. public demand for alcohol.D. all of the above
5. An “experiment, noble in motive and far-reaching in purpose,” is how HerbertHoover describedA. the League of Nations.B. women’s suffrage.
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1. Warren Harding2. “normalcy”3. “Ohio Gang”4. Harry M. Daughtery5. Andrew Mellon6. Fordney-McCumber Tariff7. Teapot Dome affair8. Robert M. La Follette9. Calvin Coolidge
10. Charles A. Lindbergh11. Amelia Earhart12. Herbert Hoover13. associationalism14. marketing cooperatives15. McNary-Haugen plan16. “yellow dog” contract17. welfare capitalism18. Alfred E. Smith19. Agricultural Marketing Act20. Smoot-Hawley Tariff21. margin buying22. Reconstruction Finance Corporation23. Federal Home Loan Bank Act24. Bonus Expeditionary Force25. Glass-Steagall Act
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1. Progressivism’s final triumphs included theA. election of Warren Harding in 1920.
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Amelia Earhart flew the Atlantic 1931Glass-Steagall Act 1932Creation of Reconstruction Finance
Corporation 1932Attack on the Bonus Expeditionary Force July 1932
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1. brain trust2. fireside chat3. Hundred Days4. Securities and Exchange Commission5. Civilian Conservation Corps6. Harry Hopkins7. Works Progress Administration8. Agricultural Adjustment Administration9. processing tax
10. Dust Bowl11. United States v. Butler12. Soil Conservation Act
13. National Industrial Recovery Act (NIRA)14. Public Works Administration15. National Recovery Administration (NRA)16. Tennessee Valley Authority17. Rural Electrification Administration (REA)18. Okies19. Richard Wright20. Eleanor Roosevelt21. American Liberty League22. Huey P. Long23. Francis Townsend24. Father Charles Coughlin25. Schechter Poultry Corp. v. United States26. Wagner Act27. Social Security Act28. court-packing plan29. CIO30. John L. Lewis
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F. Setbacks for Roosevelt1. Anti-New Deal bloc2. Anti-Communist crusade3. 1938 purge attempt
VII. Legacy of the New Deal: a halfwayrevolutionA. Enlarged governmentB. Restoration of hopeC. Increased government responsibilityD. Revolutionary and conservative
KEY ITEMS OF CHRONOLOGY
FDR contracts polio 1921Bonus Army march 1932Roosevelt’s administrations 1933–April 1945The Hundred Days March 4–June 16, 1933Twentieth Amendment 1933Federal Deposit Insurance
Corporation created 1933National Industrial Recovery Act 1933Tennessee Valley Authority created May 1933Indian Reorganization Act passed 1934Second New Deal initiatives 1935Wagner Act passed July 1935Social Security started August 1935United States v. Butler 1936AFL expelled CIO 1936Court-packing plan presented 1937The Grapes of Wrath 1939Gone with the Wind 1939Native Son 1940
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1. World Court2. Washington Armaments Conference3. isolationism4. Five-Power Treaty5. Kellogg-Briand Pact6. Clark Memorandum7. “good neighbor” policy8. Nye Committee 9. “merchants of death”
10. Neutrality Acts11. cash-and-carry12. Blitzkrieg13. America First Committee14. Wendell Willkie15. Lend-Lease program16. Four Freedoms17. Atlantic Charter
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1. The United States’s interest in disarmamentwas prompted partially by a concern aboutthe increasing power ofA. Great Britain.
World War II begins September 1, 1939First peacetime draft 1940Fall of France June 1940Lend-Lease program began 1941Germany’s invasion of Soviet Union June 1941Japanese extend protectorate over Indochina July 1941Attack on Pearl Harbor December 7, 1941
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1. Battle of Midway2. General Douglas MacArthur3. War Production Board4. Office of Price Administration5. rationing6. “right-to-work” laws7. WACS and WAVES8. A. Philip Randolph9. Smith v. Allwright
10. bracero program11. “Zoot suits”12. War Relocation Camps13. Winston Churchill14. General Dwight D. Eisenhower15. Vichy government16. unconditional surrender17. Operation “Overlord”18. D-Day19. “leapfrogging”20. Battle of Leyte Gulf21. Harry S. Truman22. Battle of the Bulge
23. Yalta Conference24. United Nations25. Third Reich26. Battle of Iwo Jima27. Battle of Okinawa28. Potsdam Conference
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Abolition of WPA, NYA, CCC 1943Smith-Connally War Labor Disputes Act 1943Teheran Conference November–December 1943Smith v. Allwright 1944Allies take Rome June 4, 1944D-Day June 6, 1944General Tojo and his cabinet resign July 18, 1944Battle of Leyte Gulf October 1944FDR elected to fourth term November 1944Battle of the Bulge December 1944Yalta Conference February 1945Battle of Iwo Jima February 1945Battle of Okinawa April-June 1945FDR’s death—Truman president April 12, 1945V-E Day May 8, 1945Potsdam Conference July 1945Atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima August 6, 1945Japan’s surrender September 2, 1945
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1. baby-boom generation2. G. I. Bill of Rights3. Henry A. Wallace4. union shop5. Taft-Hartley Act6. National Security Act, 19477. United Nations 8. George F. Kennan 9. containment
10. Truman Doctrine 11. cold war12. Marshall Plan 13. Berlin Blockade 14. NATO 15. Jackie Robinson16. Dixiecrats17. Fair Deal18. Douglas MacArthur19. HUAC20. Alger Hiss21. Joseph R. McCarthy22. McCarran Act
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Berlin Blockade and Berlin Airlift June 1948–May 1949Truman ordered end to racial segregation in
the military July 1948Creation of Israel 1948Hiss case 1948–1950Establishment of NATO April 1949China became Communist 1949Senator Joseph McCarthy’s speech in
Wheeling, West Virginia, citing Communists in the State Department February 1950
Korean War June 1950–July 1953MacArthur dismissed April 1951
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1. GI Bill2. baby-boom generation
3. suburbs4. William Levitt5. “white flight”6. white collar7. cult of domesticity8. Norman Vincent Peale9. Reinhold Niebuhr
10. “other directed”
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III. Challenges to complacencyA. Intellectual critics
1. Reinhold Niebuhr2. John Kenneth Galbraith’s Affluent
Society3. John Keats’s Crack in the Picture
Window4. David Riesman and The Lonely
CrowdB. Youth Culture
1. Influence of Dr. Benjamin Spock2. “Teen” subculture3. Juvenile delinquency
C. Rock ’n’ roll1. Bridge between black and white
music2. Elvis Presley3. Controversy
D. Alienation in the arts1. Drama
a. Sense of alienationb. Arthur Miller’s Death of a
Salesman
2. The novela. The individual’s struggle for
meaningb. J. D. Salinger’s Catcher in the
Ryec. Saul Bellow, Ralph Ellison,
Joseph Heller, Norman Mailer,Joyce Carol Oates, et al.
3. Paintinga. Edward Hopper and desolate
loneliness b. Abstract expressionism
i. Jackson Pollockii. William de Kooning, Mark
Rothko, et al. 4. The Beats
a. Liberation of self-expressionb. Greenwich Village backgroundc. William Burroughs, Allen
Ginsberg, and Jack Kerouacd. Influences
KEY ITEMS OF CHRONOLOGY
Dr. Benjamin Spock, Common Sense Book of Baby and Child Care 1946
The first Levittown in New York 1947Arthur Miller, Death of a Salesman 1949David Riesman, The Lonely Crowd 1950J. D. Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye 1951Ralph Ellison, Invisible Man 1952Allen Ginsburg, Howl 1956Jack Kerouac, On the Road 1967John Kenneth Galbraith, The Affluent
Society 1958Vance Packard, The Waste Makers 1960
11. Benjamin Spock12. “Silent generation”13. juvenile delinquency14. rock ’n’ roll15. Alan Freed16. Elvis Presley17. Death of a Salesman18. J. D. Salinger19. abstract expressionism20. Jackson Pollock21. The Beats22. Jack Kerouac23. Howl
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Multiple-Choice Questions
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1. The major catalyst for economic growthafter 1945 wasA. government spending.B. international trade.C. pent-up consumer demand.D. the cold war.
2. The “baby boom” peaked inA. 1946.B. 1957.C. 1964.D. 1973.
3. The leader of the suburban revolution wasA. Norman Vincent Peale.B. J. D. Salinger.C. Alan Freed.D. William Levitt.
4. As a result of the great migration ofsouthern blacks, the largest concentrationof African Americans is inA. the South Side of Chicago.B. Harlem in New York City.C. the Watts section of Los Angeles.D. Washington, D.C.
5. During the 1950s, the percentage ofwomen working outside the homeA. declined by half.B. finally equaled the rate for men.C. increased.D. stayed the same.
6. The leading promoter of a feel-goodtheology as found in The Power of PositiveThinking wasA. Reinhold Niebuhr.
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1. Twenty-second Amendment2. Adlai Stevenson3. “hidden-hand” presidency4. “dynamic conservatism”5. St. Lawrence Seaway6. interstate highway system7. John Foster Dulles8. Joseph R. McCarthy9. Army-McCarthy hearings
10. Earl Warren11. “liberation”12. “massive retaliation”13. brinksmanship14. Indochina15. Ho Chi Minh16. Dien Bien Phu17. Geneva Accords18. SEATO19. Nikita Khrushchev20. Suez crisis21. Sputnik22. NASA23. Eisenhower Doctrine24. U-2 incident25. Brown v. Board of Education26. Citizens’ Councils27. Martin Luther King, Jr.28. Montgomery bus boycott
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1. In the 1952 campaign, Eisenhowerpromised toA. destroy Joseph McCarthy.B. end the Social Security system.
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Suez crisis (and Hungarian revolt) October 1956Little Rock High School crisis September 1957Sputnik launched October 1957U-2 incident May 1960
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1. New Frontier2. Peace Corps3. Gideon v. Wainright4. Escobedo v. Illinois5. Miranda v. Arizona6. Martin Luther King, Jr.7. SNCC8. Freedom rides9. March on Washington
10. Bay of Pigs invasion11. Berlin Wall12. Cuban missile crisis13. Nuclear Test Ban Treaty14. Ngo Dinh Diem15. war on poverty16. Great Society17. The Other America18. Medicare and Medicaid19. Barry Goldwater20. Civil Rights Act of 196421. Voting Rights Act of 196522. Watts riot23. black power
24. Malcolm X25. Gulf of Tonkin Resolution26. Viet Cong27. Tet Offensive28. Eugene McCarthy29. Robert Kennedy
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Gideon v. Wainright 1963March on Washington August 1963Cuban missile crisis October 1963Overthrow of Ngo Dinh Diem November 1963Kennedy assassination November 22, 1963Escobedo v. Illinois 1964Civil Rights Act (public accommodations) July 1964Gulf of Tonkin Resolution August 1964Voting Rights Act 1965Watts riot August 1965Malcolm X assassinated 1965Miranda v. Arizona 1966Tet Offensive January–February 1968King assassinated April 1968Robert Kennedy assassinated June 1968Democratic national convention in Chicago August 1968Election of Richard Nixon November 1968
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1. New Left2. SDS3. participatory democracy4. Free Speech movement5. Yippies and hippies 6. counterculture 7. Woodstock8. Betty Friedan 9. NOW
10. Equal Rights Amendment 11. Chicano12. César Chavez13. Stonewall riot14. My Lai15. Kent State16. Henry Kissinger17. Pentagon Papers 18. Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of
Education 19. Bakke v. Board of Regents of California 20. Twenty-sixth Amendment 21. Spiro Agnew 22. OPEC 23. SALT 24. détente25. George McGovern 26. Watergate 27. Saturday Night Massacre28. War Powers Act29. Camp David Accords
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1. “Participatory democracy” was a slogancommon in theA. Kennedy administration.B. counterculture.C. New Left.D. National Organization for Women.
2. Divisions within American society reacheda climax in 1968 atA. the Woodstock Music Festival.B. Columbia University in New York City.
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1. sunbelt2. “Moral Majority”3. Phyllis Schlafly4. Reaganomics5. capital gains tax6. “Teflon Presidency”7. Sandra Day O’Connor8. Strategic Defense Initiative9. Contras
10. Grenada11. Walter Mondale12. Iran-Contra affair13. Lieutenant-Colonel Oliver North14. Tower Commission15. gentrification16. AIDS17. junk bonds18. Tiananmen Square19. perestroika20. glasnost21. Mikhail Gorbachev22. Boris Yeltsin23. the Gulf War24. OPEC25. Saddam Hussein
26. Desert Shield27. Desert Storm
VOCABULARY BUILDING
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Reagan presidency 1981–1989Economic Recovery Tax Act August 1981Attack on U.S. Marines in Beirut October 1983Invasion of Grenada October 1983Tax Reform Act September 1986Stock Market plunge October 1987INF Treaty December 1987Tiananmen Square demonstrations June 1989Fall of the Berlin Wall November 1989Iraq invades Kuwait August 1990Operation Desert Storm January–February 1991Parts of former Soviet Union become
Commonwealth of Independent States December 1991
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TERMS TO MASTER
Listed below are some important terms orpeople with which you should be familiar afteryou complete the study of this chapter. Identifyand explain each name or term.
1. Christian Coalition2. downsizing3. Clarence Thomas4. NAFTA5. militia movement6. Contract with America7. Newt Gingrich8. Personal Responsibility and Work
Opportunity Act9. Robert Dole
10. Alan Greenspan11. globalization12. affirmative action13. Hopwood v. Texas14. Kenneth Starr
15. Whitewater16. ad hoc17. Kosovo18. ethnic cleansing19. fin-de-siècle
VOCABULARY BUILDING
Listed below are some words used in thischapter. Look up each word in the dictionary.
Invention of the transistor 1947Invention of microprocessor 1971First personal computer 1975End of the Soviet Union December 25, 1991Clarence Thomas controversy 1991Inauguration of Bill Clinton January 20, 1993Family Leave Act February 1993Siege at Waco, Texas February–April 1993Brady Bill passed 1993Israel-PLO agreement September 13, 1993NAFTA passed by Congress November 1993Troops land in Haiti September 19, 1994Kenneth Starr named independent counsel 1994Republican landslide November 1994Contract with America 1995Oklahoma City bombing April 1995Personal Responsibility and
Work Opportunity Act 1996Hopwood v. Texas 1996Federal budget surplus 1998–1999Clinton impeached December 1998Clinton acquitted February 1999NATO air strikes in Kosovo begin March 1999
