APUSH Period 8 Review

...As one of our outstanding historical figures once said, "When a great democracy is destroyed, it will not be because of enemies from without but rather because of enemies from within." The truth of this statement is becoming terrifyingly clear as we see this country each day losing on every front.

Joseph McCarthy on Communism (1950)

The fears expressed by McCarthy have the most in common with which other period in American History?

• The election of 1800

• The secession of South Carolina in 1860

• The Red Scare of the 1920s

• The bombing of Pearl Harbor in 1941

...As one of our outstanding historical figures once said, "When a great democracy is destroyed, it will not be because of enemies from without but rather because of enemies from within." The truth of this statement is becoming terrifyingly clear as we see this country each day losing on every front.

Joseph McCarthy on Communism (1950)

Which of the following would support the ideas expressed by McCarthy?

• The Hollywood Ten

• HUAC

• Alger Hiss

• The Rosenbergs

...As one of our outstanding historical figures once said, "When a great democracy is destroyed, it will not be because of enemies from without but rather because of enemies from within." The truth of this statement is becoming terrifyingly clear as we see this country each day losing on every front.

Joseph McCarthy on Communism (1950)

Which of the following resulted from ideas such as those expressed by McCarthy?

• The United States became a more homogenous society during the 1950s.

• The United States protected the civil liberties of its people against the threat of communism.

• The United States created executive order 9066 which resulted in the evacuation of all persons deemed a threat to national security.

• The United States created Immigration and National Quota Laws limiting European immigration.

"Payment cannot be postponed much longer. Fortunately, we still may choose between payment and utterly disastrous bankruptcy on a world scale...

"When I write 'we' I do not mean I do not mean the other fellow. I mean every person who reads a newspaper printed on pulp from vanishing forests. I mean every man and woman who eats a meal drawn from steadily shrinking lands. Everyone who flushes a toilet, and thereby pollutes a river, wastes fertile organic matter and helps to lower a water table. Everyone who puts on a wool garment derived from overgrazed ranges that have been cut by the little hoofs and fullied by the rains, sending runoff and topsoil into the rivers downstream, flooding cities hundreds of miles away...

"If we ourselves do not govern our destiny, firmly and courageously, no one is going to do it for us. To regain ecological freedom for our civilization will be a heavy task. It will frequently require arduous and uncomfortable measures. It will cost considerable sums of money. Democratic governments are not likely to set forth on such a steep and rocky path unless the people lead the way."

Vogt, William, Road to Survival, 1948

The concerns the author raises in the excerpt were most directly a reaction to which of the following?

• The start of the arms race between the United States and the Soviet Union

• The increased efforts by European powers to colonize countries in Africa and Latin America

• The lack of protections for the environment, contributing to pollution and overfishing

• The rise of a conversation movement focused on preserving land for national parks

"Payment cannot be postponed much longer. Fortunately, we still may choose between payment and utterly disastrous bankruptcy on a world scale...

"When I write 'we' I do not mean I do not mean the other fellow. I mean every person who reads a newspaper printed on pulp from vanishing forests. I mean every man and woman who eats a meal drawn from steadily shrinking lands. Everyone who flushes a toilet, and thereby pollutes a river, wastes fertile organic matter and helps to lower a water table. Everyone who puts on a wool garment derived from overgrazed ranges that have been cut by the little hoofs and fullied by the rains, sending runoff and topsoil into the rivers downstream, flooding cities hundreds of miles away...

"If we ourselves do not govern our destiny, firmly and courageously, no one is going to do it for us. To regain ecological freedom for our civilization will be a heavy task. It will frequently require arduous and uncomfortable measures. It will cost considerable sums of money. Democratic governments are not likely to set forth on such a steep and rocky path unless the people lead the way."

Vogt, William, Road to Survival, 1948

The developments described in the excerpt best illustrate which of the following?

• The push to spread democracy across the world.

• The rise of suburbanization and mass conformity

• The growth of federal programs to solve social problems.

• The start of an environmental movement.

Selma March 1965

Which of the following was a direct result of the situation depicted in the image above?

• The 14th Amendment

• The Equal Rights Amendment

• Title IX

• The Voting Rights Act

Selma March 1965

Which of the following would most likely disagree with the goals of the protest exhibited in the image?

• NAACP

• SDS

• George Wallace

• Lyndon B. Johnson

Selma March 1965

Protests like the one depicted in the image were most similar to which of the following?

• those of the Sons and Daughters of Liberty during the American Revolution

• Those of anti-Vietnam War protesters.

• Those of the Seneca Falls Convention.

• Those of the Tea Party Movement.

Soviet influence

"Any further spread of Soviet influence and power would be inimical to United States strategic interests.

"In a time of war, the existence of an unfriendly China would result in denying us important air bases for use as staging areas for bombing attacks as well as important naval bases along the Asiatic coast. Its control by the Soviet Union or a regime friendly to the Soviet Union would make available for hostile use a number of warm water ports and air bases."

Wedemeyer, Albert Coady "Report to the President, China and Korea, "September 1947.

• The spread of communist ideas to governments outside of the Soviet Union

• The fall of China and Korea to communist factions leading to the Korean War

• The start of a nuclear standoff between the United States and the Soviet Union

• The attack of Chinese forces on a naval base in Hawaii, launching the United States into the Cold War

Soviet influence

"Any further spread of Soviet influence and power would be inimical to United States strategic interests.

"In a time of war, the existence of an unfriendly China would result in denying us important air bases for use as staging areas for bombing attacks as well as important naval bases along the Asiatic coast. Its control by the Soviet Union or a regime friendly to the Soviet Union would make available for hostile use a number of warm water ports and air bases."

Wedemeyer, Alber Coady "Report to the President, China and Korea," September 1947

The author's ideas in the excerpt most directly reflect which of the following shifts in thinking in the 1940s?

• Withdrawing the United States from foreign affairs after World War II

• Changing US foreign policy toward intervening in vulnerable countries

• Creating and maintaining peacetime alliances to protect democracy

• Aiming to cultivate trade relationships with Asian countries.