SEMESTER TEST TOPICS: 1. What were the causes of the stock market crash of 1929 and the Great Depression?
2. What impact did the stock market crash and Great Depression have on the lives of people in the United States?
3. What did the United States government do to help alleviate the problems the Great Depression brought to our country?
4. What long lasting impact did the Great Depression have on the US and world?
5. What were the causes of WWII?
6. What impact did the United States have on WWII?
7. What were the goals for the US during the Cold War?
8. What were some of the major events that took place during the Cold War? -
Berlin Blockade/airlift
Cuban Missile Crisis
Red Scare/McCarthyism
Space Race
Bay of Pigs
Berlin Wall- came down on George H.W Bush term so he deserved credit for it.
End of the Cold War
9. Why did the US go to war in Korea and Vietnam and what were outcome of those wars?
10. How did the Cold War come to an end?
11. Know these major major post-Cold War Events:
-JFK Assassination
-Watergate
-Iran Hostage Crisis
-Persian Gulf War(1991)- Iraq invades Kuwait because of oil issues, Sent troops to Sadi Arabi Operation Shield and hudamn housain didn't pull out so Operation Desert Storm went down and Kuwait was free.
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-War in Afghanistan
-War in Iraq
-Civil Rights Issues(African Americans, Women)
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