Course:
USA culture and Civilization.
Instructor:
I. Pomazanovschi, 2014
USA in World Wars: self-assessment
1)
What changes took place in the USA between 1800 and
1900?
2) What do you know
about Suffragist movement? Who were Elizabeth Stanton and Suzan B. Anthony?
3) What were the
causes of the Spanish – American war of 1898? How, why did the war start?
4) What were the
results of the Spanish – American war of 1898?
5) What were the 2
opposing alliances in Europe at the beginning of the 20th century?
6) Explain how the
system of alliances caused World War I.
7) Why was it
difficult for the USA to stay neutral in WWI?
8) When did the USA
enter WWI?
9) Describe Wilson’s
plan for peace. Why wasn’t it initially accepted?
10) What changed in the USA after the
World war I, especially in the life of women and black people?
11) Why the period of
1920 – 1930 is called Roaring Twenties?
What was so special about it?
12) Why were 1920’s
difficult years for farmers?
13) What happened on Black Tuesday, October 29, 1929?
14) Describe the
situation in the country during the Depression Years.
15) What people were
called president’s Brain Trust?
16) What were the 2
goals of the New Deal?
17) How did the
programs of the New Deal help people?
18) What political changes took place
in Germany, Italy and Japan in the period between the 2 world wars?
19) How did the US
prepare for the WW II?
20) When did the Japanese
make an attack on Pearl Harbor?
21) What happened to
Japanese Americans during the war? Why do historians call the action of the US
government a sad mistake?
22) What was
president’s Truman difficult problem and why didn’t he like the plan of
invading Japan?
23) Which 2 Japanese
cities were A-bombs dropped on? When did it happen?
24) How did the
Marshall Plan help to rebuild Europe?
25) When was the
United Nations Organization set up? USA joined the UN. In what way did this
show that the USA had changed since the end of WW I? Why was this change
important?
