Preparing for the Semester 2 Final

MAKE SURE YOU ARE USING YOUR STUDY GUIDES TO HELP YOU PREPARE

The test will be a combination of matching key terms, multiple choice and free response, covering information from Semester 2. For the free response section, you will be asked to choose between to optional topics and write an open response. Make sure you fully understand each of the key terms and key concepts below. Use the flashcard set at the bottom to help you prepare. 
Key Terms
  • Ho Chi Minh
  • Henry Kissinger
  • Martin Luther King Jr
  • Cesar Chavez
  • Lindon Johnson
  • William Westmoreland
  • Dwight Eisenhower
  • A. Philip Randolph
  • Douglas McArthur
  • Winston Churchill
  • Nikita Khruschev
  • Ethel Rosenberg
  • Joseph McCarthy
  • Jack Kerouac
  • William Levit
  • Lee Harvey Oswald
  • Thurgood Marshall
  • Orville Faubus
  • Malxom X
  • Phyllis Schlafly
  • Betty Friedan
  • Rosa Parks
  • Lyndon Johnson
  • John Kennedy
  • Ngo Dinh Diem
  • William Westmorland
  • Ho Chi Minh Trail
  • Gulf of Tonkin
  • My Lai
  • Dien Bien Phu
  • Kent State University​
  • Neville Chamberlin
  • Manzanar
  • Hooverville
  • Dust Bowl
  • Okies
  • ​Buying on Margin
  • Vietnamization
  • Hawks & Doves
  • N.O.W. (Organization)
  • Geneva Accords
  • 1964 Joint Resolution of Congress (AKA -Gulf of Tonkin Resolution)
  • Agent Orange
  • War Powers Act
  • Civilian Conservation Corp
  • Bonus Army
  • Social Security Act
  • Federal Deposit Insurance Corp
  • Security and Exchange Commission
  • Appeasement
  • Containment
  • Hot Line
  • Consumerism
  • ​Sputnik
Key Concepts
  • Black Tuesday and the Stock Market Crash of the 1920's
  • Hoover's strategies for ending the Depression
  • Why Hoover lost popularity
  • The New Deal
  • Causes of WWII
  • Totalitarian leaders of the 1940's
  • Timeline of U.S. involvement in WWII
  • McArthur's strategy in the Pacific
  • Cultural trends of the 1950's (Urban Sprawl, Feminism, Civil Rights...)
  • Kennedy's successful bid for President
  • Eisenhower's strategy in Vietnam
  • Major events in 1968
  • How the U.S. slowly became involved in the Vietnam Conflict.
  • Why the U.S. was involved in the Vietnam Conflict.
  • Why popular opinion in the U.S. turned against the war in Vietnam
  • Goals of the various social movements in the 1960's (Women's Movement, Native American & Latino American)
  • Things that helped the election of Richard Nixon to President.
  • ​Important events in 1968 (Assassination of Dr. King, Tet-Offensive, Invasion of Cambodia, Nixon's election, etc.)​
  • President Nixon's concept of "Peace with Honor".
  • ​The development of the modern Feminist Movement.