Sample Test

Part I – Discuss the importance of the following people (what they did):

1) JP Morgan





2) Ulysses S. Grant




3) General MacArthur




4) Eugene Debs



5) Thomas Stonewall Jackson



6) Franklin Roosevelt



7) Hideki Teojo



8) Robert E. Lee



9) Tecumseh Sherman




Part II – Discuss the importance and outcome of the following battles:

10) Pearl Harbor




11) Battle of Shiloh



12) Battle of the Bulge



13) Battle of Midway



14) Gettysburg




Part II – General History Questions

15) What was the Truman Doctrine really about?




16) What were Lincoln’s reasons for the Emancipation Proclamation?





17) Discuss the importance of the Montgomery Bus Strike.




18) What lands did the U.S. receive from winning the Spanish-American War?






19) Who were the Robber Barons and what did they do?





20) How did Sherman use “Total War” against the South?





21) What were the 13th, 14th, 15th and 19th   Amendments?






22) What was the outcome of the conflict in Korea?






23) How was Vietnam different than Korea?  Why?






24) What was the Gulf of Tonkin?






25) James Polk made what four promises to the American public during the election of 1844.







26) What was important about Brown vs. Board of Education?






27) What were some of the advantages that the North had at the beginning of the Civil War?








28) What were some of the advantages that the South had at the beginning of the Civil War?







29) What was the Cold War?







30) List the various arguments (at least three) for dropping Atomic weapons on Japan.







31) Who were the Axis Powers?




32) How were stocks inflated?  How did this cause the crash?





33)  What is Zinn’s general view on war?

WORLD WAR II part 1

The London Conference
Know:   London Economic Conference
1. What were the results of Roosevelt's decision not to help stabilize currencies?
2. What was the reason for America's decision to free the Philippines?
3. Was the United States serious about the Good Neighbor policy? Explain.
4. Were reciprocal trade agreements a good idea?  Explain.
5. What were the reasons for American isolationism?
6. How did the Neutrality Acts attempt to keep the U.S. out of war?
7. How did the Spanish Civil War contribute to WWII?
8. What actions were taken by fascist governments that showed that they were a threat?
9. How did the United States respond to the start of WWII in Europe?
10. What further steps did the United States take after the fall of France?
11. Why did America not make more room for European Jews in the 1930's?
12. Describe the conflict between interventionists and isolationists in America in 1940.
13. Interpret the results of the 1940 election.
14. What was so controversial about Lend-Lease?
15. What was the reaction in America to the Nazi attack on the Soviet Union?
16. How did America's implementation of the Lend-Lease policy bring us closer to war?
17. How did American actions contribute to Japan's decision to attack Pearl Harbor?
18. Was United States entry into WWII sudden or gradual?  Explain.

 Manifest Destiny 50 points 1) List four promises James K. Polk made during his election. 2) What was the cost of the Mexican-American war in both lives and dollars? 3) List three battles of the Mexican-American War. 4) The Oregon Territory consisted of what area? Who claimed it? 5) Discuss how Texas became independent. 6) How did the Mexican-American War start? Why did it start? Was it a “Just War”? Explain. 7) What was Manifest Destiny? 8) Why did President Jackson refuse to annex Texas? 9) Why did some Americans think that making California part of the United States would strengthen the security of the nation? 10) Why was the California Gold Rush important? What did it do for the country?

 1) What were the dates of the Civil War? 2) How many people died in the war? 3) Why did the Confederate States believe they had a right to leave the Union? 4) What was the Union’s plan at the beginning of the war? 5) What was the 13th, 14th and 15th Amendments? 6) How was the 14th Amendment reinterpreted? How was the 15th Amendment interrupted? For the Following discuss the importance of the battle (include dates, Generals, outcome and importance): 7) Chancellorsville 8) Gettysburg 9) Antietam 10) Bull Run For the following people discuss who they were, what they did, and why they were important. 11) James Longstreet 12) Ulysses S. Grant 13) Robert E Lee 14) Tecumseh Sherman 15) Frederick Douglas 16) Why did Lincoln suspend Habeas Corpus? 17) What did the Emancipation Proclamation do? 18) List Four Border States 19) What disadvantages did the South face?

 7) List three important battles of the revolution and discuss why they were important. 8) List and explain the three compromises to the constitution. 9) What was Jefferson Embargo Act? Why was it unpopular and what was it supposed to do? 10) Discuss the importance of the Battle of New Orleans. 11) Discuss the elections of 1800 and 1824. 12) List the importance of the following people: a) Anne Hutchinson b) John Rolfe c) James Wolfe d) Alexander Hamilton e) John Adams 14) Who were the three biggest losers of the Revolutionary War? 15) According to Zinn why were Africans easier to force into labor than Native Americans? 16) What was the Missouri Compromise?