How did the United States and its allies respond to Soviet aggression in Europe?

How did the goals of U.S. and Soviet foreign policy differ after World War II?

Summarize the reasons for American prosperity at the end of World War II.

Why did federal spending increase during Eisenhower's presidency?

"It is apparent to my mind that the President thoroughly believed the tenure-of­ office act to be unconstitutional and void. He was so advised by every member of his cabinet ....

"This was a punitive statute. It was directed against the President alone. It interfered with the prerogatives of his department as recognized from the foun­- dation of the Government. ... This Government can only be preserved and the liberty of the people maintained by preserving intact the co-ordinate branches of it - legislative, executive, judicial-alike. I am no convert to any doctrine of the omnipotence of Congress.

"I cannot agree to destroy the ... Constitution for the sake of getting rid of an Unacceptable President."

-Senator James W. Grimes, Iowa, statement on the trial of Andrew Johnson, $1868$

"This is one of the last great battles with slavery .... this monstrous power has found a refuge in the Executive Mansion, ... Andrew Johnson is the imperson­- ation of the tyrannical slave power ....

"The veto power conferred by the Constitution ... was turned by him into a weapon of offence against Congress. . . . Laws enacted by Congress for the benefit of the colored race, including ... the Freedmen's Bureau, and ... Civil Rights, were first attacked by his veto .... he boldly attempted to prevent the adoption of a constitutional amendment, by which the right of citizens and the national debt were placed under the guarantee of irrepealable law."

-Senator Charles Sumner, Massachusetts, statement on the trial of Andrew Johnson, Congressional Globe, $1868$

Using the excerpts, answer a, b, and c.

a) Briefly explain the main point of Excerpt 1.

b) Briefly explain the main point of Excerpt 2.

c) Provide ONE piece of evidence from the period $1865$ to $1868$ that is not included in the excerpts and explain how it supports the interpretation in either excerpt.

Answer a, b, and c.

a) Briefly explain the role of ONE of the following in the Republican Party during this period.

spoilsmen

"waving the bloody shirt"

tariffs

b) Briefly explain the effects of ONE of the following on business and government during this period.

Credit Mobilier

the Tweed Ring

Panic of $1873$

c) Briefly explain the significance of ONE of the following in terms of President Grant's administration.

Jay Gould

Horace Greeley

Rutherford B. Hayes

How did the United States respond to Jewish refugees after Kristallnacht?

Generate Explanations

How did the concept of collective security lead to the creation of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)?

Answer a, b, and c.

a) Briefly explain the significance of ONE of the following during Reconstruction in the South during this period.

scalawags

carpetbaggers

African American legislators

b) Briefly explain the effects of ONE of the following on African Americans in the South during this period.

Black Codes

sharecropping

Ku Klux Klan

c) Briefly explain the impact of the impeachment of Andrew Johnson on Reconstruction.

"My Dear Nephew, "Never allow yourself to lose sight of that fact that politics, and not poker, is our great American game. If this could be beaten into the heads of some pre­ sumably well-meaning but glaringly unpractical people, we should hear less idiotic talk about reform in connection with politics. Nobody ever dreams of organizing a reform movement in poker .... "Mr. Lincoln, a very estimable and justly popular, but in some respects an impracticable man, formulated widely different error regard to politics. He held that ours is a government of the people, by the people, for the people. I maintain, on the contrary, that it is government of politicians, by politicians, for politicians. If your political career is to be a success, you must understand and respect this distinction with a difference."

-William McElroy, journalist, "An Old War Horse to a Young Politi­ cian," published anonymously in the Atlantic Monthly, $1880$

Which of the following would the author, as a critic of the politics of the era, most likely oppose?

(A) Laws limiting the number of terms one person could serve in an elective office

(B) Rules reducing the number of patronage jobs controlled by politicians

(C ) Court decisions allowing unlimited campaign contributions by wealthy donors

(D) Prosecutions of corruption in urban political parties and among political bosses

Imagine that you are an inventor working in Edison's Menlo Park laboratory. Write a letter to your family describing your job. Consider: aspects of working on your own, an invention you might have helped create, how your work builds on earlier innovations

Identify Cause and Effect

Describe the factors that led to the creation of the Truman Doctrine, as well as how the doctrine affected U.S. foreign policy.

Evaluate Arguments

Describe George F. Kennan's argument in favor of the containment policy, and explain why he thought it would be successful.

Imagine that you are an adviser to President Roosevelt. Write a report explaining how his actions against trusts and railroads reflect a break with the past. Consider: Roosevelt's policies against trusts and railroads, previous policies against trusts and railroads, such as the Sherman Antitrust Act