Don't Know Much About History THE COLD WAR

How many television sets were sold in 1950? How did television change America? What other factors changed America in the 50s?

What three important novels were published in the 50s? What did they do or promote?

What was the Iron Curtain?

What was the Truman Doctrine about?

What were the “witch hunts” of the 1950s? Why did this happen?

Who was Klaus Fuchs? Describe the Rosenberg case?

What was the Korean War about? Why was MacArthur removed from service?

What was important about Brown v. Board of Education? How did Eisenhower have to enforce it’s ruling in Little Rock?

Discuss the importance of the Montgomery Bus Strike.

Discuss the beginning of the space race.

World War II

Europe/Pacific

Part I - Leaders, Generals, Heroes of each side (you should have at least two heroes). You'll need a photo and a brief bio.
Part II - Important Battles (at least five). List where (should also be included on map), the importance of the battle, who was involved and the outcome.
Part III - 5 movies and 5 books. MLA citation and summary.
Part IV - poster map of area with battles.

Each part is worth 20 points.

Don't Know Much About History PART II

1) Why did FDR want to pack the supreme court? Did it work? Do you think this was constitutionally correct?
2) What is a theory about Amelia Earhart's death? Why was she important?
3) What was Lend-Lease?
4) Discuss the BATTLE OF BRITAIN.
5) What were some of the reasons isolationists wanted to stay out of the war?
6) What was the traditional definition of Fascism? Who were the Fascists of Europe in the 30s?
7) Who were the Axis Powers?
8) In what year and month did Japan invade Perking?
9) What were the aggressive actions of Germany and Italy before the start of WWII?
10) What are the two views of Pearl Harbor?
11) What does Japan cite as reasons to go to war?
12) What is the date of Pearl Harbor?
13) What is the date of D-Day?
14) What was the cost of World War II?
15) What was the Yalta Conference?
16) What did Stalin demand in return for his agreement to enter the war against Japan?
17) What is FDR's legacy?
18) Did the U.S. have to drop Atomic weapons on Japan? List the various PROs and CONs to this argument.
19) How did the Cold War start?

Questions for Don't Know Much About History

1) Name five important books of the 1920s.
2) What was the first "talkie"? How did it change America?
3) Discuss the "Red Scare of 1919".
4) What was the 18th amendment? Why was it enacted? How did it go wrong?
5) Who were Susan B. Anthony and Alice Paul?
6) What is important about Henry Ford? How did he change America?
7) What is important about Charles Lindbergh? How did he symbolize the times?
8) What were "pool operators" and how were they crooked?
9) How were stocks inflated? How did this cause the crash?
10) What was Black Thursday and Black Tuesday?
11) What was Hoover's view of Government relief programs?
12) What was the "Bonus Army"?
13) What happened during the "Hundred Days"?
14) What was the WPA and what did it do?
15) What were Roosevelt's FIRESIDE CHATS and why did they become important?

Things to Know Part II

Things to Know: Don’t Know Much About History 231 – 248

What was the Bull Moose Party?
Why is W.E.B. Du Bois connected with John the Baptist?
How many votes did Eugene Debs receive in 1912? What was his party?
What was the 16th Amendment?
What was the 17th Amendment?
Why did America become “Big Brother” to Latin America under Woodrow Wilson.
How did World War I start?
Why did World War I start?
What were the divisions (or sides)?
Discuss the importance of the Lusitania.
Why, ultimately, did the United States enter World War I?
How many casualties did the Battle of the Marne have?
What was the Espionage Act? Do you consider this act legal?
How many Americans died in WWI? How many people died totally?
How was the world map reshaped after WWI?

People:

Woodrow Wilson
General John J. Pershing
Eugene Debs
Howard Taft
Upton Sinclair

Study Questions for DON'T KNOW ABOUT HISTORY

Be able to Identify the following people:

George Armstrong Custer
JP Morgan
W.E.B. Du Bois
James Butler Hickok
Theodore Roosevelt
Eugene Debs
Benjamin Harrison
William McKinley
John D. Rockefeller

Be able to discuss the Importance of the following:

The assassination of William McKinley
The Robber Barons and what they did
The Jungle
Why the Spanish American War was fought
Wounded Knee
Custer’s Last Stand
Jim Crow
Separate But Equal
How the 14th Amendment was used to protect corporations
The Panama Canal
Roosevelt and his “big stick”

Other questions:

What lands did America get from winning the Spanish-American War?
How did this war make America an Imperial Country?
How did Theodore Roosevelt rise in politics?

Civil War

1) In an essay discuss why the Civil War is considered "The Cross Roads of Our [United States] being".
2) Discuss Racism in the North - how did it look, give some examples.
3) What was the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendment?
4) How was the 14th Amendment reinterpreted? How was the 15th Amendment interrupted?
5) List ways a slave rebelled.
6) Zinn tries to show slavery from a slaves perspective, what are three things he says?
7) After the Civil War how did the South prevent former slaves from attaining power?
8) Why didn't former slaves more after the Civil War?
9) Name two slave uprisings.
10) How many people died in the Civil War?
11) Give the dates of the war.

Battles:
Gettysburg
Appomattox
Antietam
Shiloh
Bull Run
Chancellorsville
Sherman’s March to the Sea

People:
Albert Sidney Johnson
Ulysses S. Grant
Joe Johnson
Joe Hooker
Tecumseh Sherman
Robert E Lee
Thomas Stonewall Jackson
A.P. Hill
James Longstreet
Booker T Washington
Sojourner Truth
Harriet Tubman
Frederick Douglas

Quiz?

CIVIL WAR:

How did the Civil War shape our lives today?

Name three ways the Civil War changed the South.

What constitutional right did Lincoln suspend?

List the four border states.

Why did West Virginia form?

What disadvantages did the South fact?

Why did the Confederate States believe they had a right to leave the Union?

What were the three main strategies of the Union?

What was the average age of soldiers who fought in the Civil War?

What was the outcome of Bull Run?

Discuss the Battle of Shiloh.

What were Lincoln’s reasons for the Emancipation Proclamation?

What did the 13th Amendment do?

How was the Civil War a rich man’s war but a poor man’s fight?

Discuss the draft laws in the north.

Discuss the importance of Chancellorsville and Gettysburg.

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

Who were the Presidents of the Confederacy and the United States during the Civil War?

What, exactly, did the Emancipation Proclamation do?

Reading Questions for "Don't Know About History"

1) Why does the author suggest that John Brown had a sense of humor?
2) What was John Brown's plan?
3) Why did John Brown become a symbol?
4) When and why did South Carolina succeed from the Union?
5) List some of the advantages of the North at the beginning of the war. List some of the advantages of the South at the beginning of the war.
6) List some of the (5) famous battles of the Civil War with a brief description of each.
7) How do you view Lincoln's suspension of "the writ of habeas corpus"?
8) What if Lee's plan had not been found at the battle of Antiem?
9) What was the reconstruction?
10) Why did the Klu Klux Klan form?
11) Discuss Andrew Johnson's impeachment.

Projects

Civil War Projects
Powerpoint Presentations:

w/ bullet point notes.

If it is a battle:

A) Date(s)
B) Commanders
C) Winner
D) Importance of the battle (meaning - what was it about; why did it happen; what were the objectives; where did it lead - what happened afterwards)
E) Story/Diary from the battle (soldier) or 3-4 quotes about the battle (by people alive during the Civil War)
F) Why did you learn

Also Needed:

10 photos from the Civil War (photos of commanders, photos or battle field, the soldiers, the dead)
2 current photos of the battlefield
1 piece of Civil War music
1 website


PEOPLE

A) Birth/Death dates for each person
B) List of major achievements during the Civil War (at least 5 for each)
C) Importance during the Civil War and after
D) 4 quote from each person during the war or about the war
E) 4 photos of the person during their life (at least 2 during the war)
F) 1 photo of monuments/grave stone of each person
G) 1 photo of family and/or significant others
H) 1 story about the death or things that happened during the war
I) 1 piece of Civil War music
J) 1 website link

Manifest Destiny

Chapter 12

Sections 1-4

1) What was Manifest Destiny?
2) The Oregon Territory consisted of what area? Who claimed it?
3) Who were the Mountain Men?
4) Why was the Oregon Trail important?
5) Discuss the meaning behind the slogan "Fifty-Four Forty or Fight"?
6) James Polk made what promises to the American public during the election of 1844 (list four - you might need to look up on the internet).
7) Discuss how Texas became independent.
8) Discuss the battles of The Alamo and San Jacinto.
9) How long did it take the U.S. to annex Texas? Why?
10) How did the Mexican-American War start? Why did it start? Was it a "Just War"?
11) What was the American response to the war?
12) List the major battles of the war.
13) What was the cost of the war?
14) Why was the California Gold Rush important?
15) Answer the following questions on page 380 - #6 - #10, #13-#15.