CHST 202 FINAL EXAM STUDY GUIDE
QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
Panama Canal - Answer-a ship canal 40 miles long across the Isthmus of Panama built
by the United States (1904-1914)
Immigration restriction - Answer-Restrictions on immigration in the early 20th century,
amidst fears of immigrant radicalism, included limits on the numbers of European
immigrants and the barring of people eligible for naturalized citizenship. (let in in the
same ratio that nationalities already lived in US)
women's sufferage - Answer-Women's right to vote, white women get it in 1920
WWI's Western Front - Answer-The Western Front was one of the main theatres of war
during the First World War. Following the outbreak of war in August 1914, the German
Army opened the Western Front by invading Luxembourg and Belgium, then gaining
military control of important industrial regions in France.
Submarine Warfare - Answer-Used during World War I mainly between German U-
Boats and Atlantic supply convoys for Great Britain
The Wall Street Crash - Answer-29th October 1929, caused by overinflated shares,
growing bank loans, agricultural overproduction, panic selling, stocks purchased on
margin, higher interest rates, and a negative media industry.
"banking holiday" - Answer-(FDR) Roosevelt-declared closing of all U.S. financial
institutions on March 6-10, 1933, in order to stop panic and prepare reforms.
work relief (CCC/WPA) - Answer-President Franklin Delano Roosevelt created
emergency relief agencies, such as the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) and the
Works Progress Administration (WPA), to address the severe economic problems of the
early 1930s. Hired and trained the unemployed.
Social Security Act - Answer-(FDR) 1935, guaranteed retirement payments for enrolled
workers beginning at age 65; set up federal-state system of unemployment insurance
and care for dependent mothers and children, the handicapped, and public health
Lend-Lease - Answer-Legislation proposed by FDR and adopted by congress, stating
that the U.S could either sell or lease arms and other equipment to any country whose
security was vital to America's interest -> military equipment to help Britain war effort
was shipped from U.S
, Atlantic Charter - Answer-1941-Pledge signed by US president FDR and Winston
Churchill not to acquire new territory as a result of WWII and to work for peace after the
war
Pearl Harbor - Answer-Base in hawaii that was bombed by japan on December 7, 1941,
which eagered America to enter the war.
Japanese-American Internment - Answer-Roosevelt signed a document Feb. 19,1942
stating that all people of Japanese ancestry from California and parts of Washington,
Oregon, and Arizona, needed to be removed. Put them in internment camps because of
their fear for another attack by the Japanese.
Operation Overlord - Answer-the code name for the Allied invasion of Europe at
Normandy on June 6, 1944; also known as D-Day
Manhattan Project - Answer-Code name for the U.S. effort during World War II to
produce the atomic bomb. Much of the early research was done in New York City by
refugee physicists in the United States.
United Nations - Answer-International organization founded in 1945 to promote world
peace and cooperation. It replaced the League of Nations.
Containment - Answer-A U.S. foreign policy adopted by President Harry Truman in the
late 1940s, in which the United States tried to stop the spread of communism by
creating alliances and helping weak countries to resist Soviet advances
George F. Kennan - Answer-an American advisor, diplomat, political scientist, and
historian, best known as "the father of containment" and as a key figure in the
emergence of the Cold War. He later wrote standard histories of the relations between
Russia and the Western powers.
The Marshall Plan - Answer-A United States program of economic aid for the
reconstruction of Europe (1948-1952)
NATO - Answer-North Atlantic Treaty Organization; an alliance made to defend one
another if they were attacked by any other country; US, England, France, Canada,
Western European countries
McCarthyism - Answer-The term associated with Senator Joseph McCarthy who led the
search for communists in America during the early 1950s through his leadership in the
House Un-American Activities Committee.
The Korean War - Answer-The conflict between Communist North Korea and Non-
Communist South Korea. The United Nations (led by the United States) helped South
Korea. 1950-53
QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
Panama Canal - Answer-a ship canal 40 miles long across the Isthmus of Panama built
by the United States (1904-1914)
Immigration restriction - Answer-Restrictions on immigration in the early 20th century,
amidst fears of immigrant radicalism, included limits on the numbers of European
immigrants and the barring of people eligible for naturalized citizenship. (let in in the
same ratio that nationalities already lived in US)
women's sufferage - Answer-Women's right to vote, white women get it in 1920
WWI's Western Front - Answer-The Western Front was one of the main theatres of war
during the First World War. Following the outbreak of war in August 1914, the German
Army opened the Western Front by invading Luxembourg and Belgium, then gaining
military control of important industrial regions in France.
Submarine Warfare - Answer-Used during World War I mainly between German U-
Boats and Atlantic supply convoys for Great Britain
The Wall Street Crash - Answer-29th October 1929, caused by overinflated shares,
growing bank loans, agricultural overproduction, panic selling, stocks purchased on
margin, higher interest rates, and a negative media industry.
"banking holiday" - Answer-(FDR) Roosevelt-declared closing of all U.S. financial
institutions on March 6-10, 1933, in order to stop panic and prepare reforms.
work relief (CCC/WPA) - Answer-President Franklin Delano Roosevelt created
emergency relief agencies, such as the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) and the
Works Progress Administration (WPA), to address the severe economic problems of the
early 1930s. Hired and trained the unemployed.
Social Security Act - Answer-(FDR) 1935, guaranteed retirement payments for enrolled
workers beginning at age 65; set up federal-state system of unemployment insurance
and care for dependent mothers and children, the handicapped, and public health
Lend-Lease - Answer-Legislation proposed by FDR and adopted by congress, stating
that the U.S could either sell or lease arms and other equipment to any country whose
security was vital to America's interest -> military equipment to help Britain war effort
was shipped from U.S
, Atlantic Charter - Answer-1941-Pledge signed by US president FDR and Winston
Churchill not to acquire new territory as a result of WWII and to work for peace after the
war
Pearl Harbor - Answer-Base in hawaii that was bombed by japan on December 7, 1941,
which eagered America to enter the war.
Japanese-American Internment - Answer-Roosevelt signed a document Feb. 19,1942
stating that all people of Japanese ancestry from California and parts of Washington,
Oregon, and Arizona, needed to be removed. Put them in internment camps because of
their fear for another attack by the Japanese.
Operation Overlord - Answer-the code name for the Allied invasion of Europe at
Normandy on June 6, 1944; also known as D-Day
Manhattan Project - Answer-Code name for the U.S. effort during World War II to
produce the atomic bomb. Much of the early research was done in New York City by
refugee physicists in the United States.
United Nations - Answer-International organization founded in 1945 to promote world
peace and cooperation. It replaced the League of Nations.
Containment - Answer-A U.S. foreign policy adopted by President Harry Truman in the
late 1940s, in which the United States tried to stop the spread of communism by
creating alliances and helping weak countries to resist Soviet advances
George F. Kennan - Answer-an American advisor, diplomat, political scientist, and
historian, best known as "the father of containment" and as a key figure in the
emergence of the Cold War. He later wrote standard histories of the relations between
Russia and the Western powers.
The Marshall Plan - Answer-A United States program of economic aid for the
reconstruction of Europe (1948-1952)
NATO - Answer-North Atlantic Treaty Organization; an alliance made to defend one
another if they were attacked by any other country; US, England, France, Canada,
Western European countries
McCarthyism - Answer-The term associated with Senator Joseph McCarthy who led the
search for communists in America during the early 1950s through his leadership in the
House Un-American Activities Committee.
The Korean War - Answer-The conflict between Communist North Korea and Non-
Communist South Korea. The United Nations (led by the United States) helped South
Korea. 1950-53
