The Sacco and Vanzetti trial revealed...

nativist fears of foreign influence

What did the 19th Amendment do?

Granted women the right to vote in all states

How did the U.S. get access to the land it needed to complete the Panama Canal?

encouraging and supporting Panamanian independence from Columbia.

Why was the Selective Services Act of 1917 passed?

because during peacetime the U.S. only had a small army of troops

Which of these would be considered an ECONOMIC motivation for American Imperialism?

A desire to find raw materials and new markets

What was the main purpose of the Declaration of Independence?

To explain to the world why America was becoming independent

What was the Great Migration during WWI?

The movement of 6 million African Americans from South to North for jobs

How did the Tennessee Valley Authority improve life in smaller, isolated communities?

provided affordable electricity in rural areas

What did the Northwest Ordinance set up?

A way for the U.S. to create new states

The Wagner Act gave employees the right to do what?

Gave workers the right to strike, collective bargain

What climate conditions helped lead to the Dust Bowl?

The period of severe drought during the 1930's.

What was the Harlem Renaissance?

African American culture flourished across the US.

What is the result of the Spanish American War?

Cuba is liberated, US becomes a major World power

What were Hoovervilles?

Shanty towns built during the Great Depression

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1
Initiative, Recall, and Referendum were all part of what Era of U.S. histroy?
Roaring 20's
Gilded Age
Progressive Era
Great Depression
2
Which amendment made the manufacture and sale of alcohol illegal in the U.S.?
22nd amendment
5th amendment
2nd amendment
18th amendment
3
The Sacco and Vanzetti trial revealed...
nativist fears of foreign influence
the public was against labor unions
4
What did the 19th Amendment do?
Granted women the right to vote in all states
Gave trainers the right to capture Pokemon
Gave black men the right to vote
Granted everyone the right to own guns
5
How did the U.S. get access to the land it needed to complete the Panama Canal?
negotiating an agreement with Colombia.
negotiating the Open Door policy
encouraging and supporting Panamanian independence from Columbia.
during the Mexican-American War
6
What important cause did Elizabeth Cady Stanton devote much of her life to?
Global warming
Native American rights
Women's suffrage
Ending slavery
7
Why was the Selective Services Act of 1917 passed?
there was no standing military after the Mexican-America War
because the U.S. only had an unpaid militia
a military was not needed so no one enlisted
because during peacetime the U.S. only had a small army of troops
8
Which of these would be considered an ECONOMIC motivation for American Imperialism?
A desire to spread democracy
A desire to restrict trade with foreign nations
A desire to find raw materials and new markets
A desire to increase national pride and security
9
President Wilson believed his Fourteenth Point would keep peace in Europe. What was it called?
The League of Nations
The League of Trade
NATO
The United Nations
10
What was Woodrow Wilson's response to the beginning of the WWI?
He had no initial response
American's should not care if they attack United States soil
American should fight
America should be neutral
11
Louis Armstrong and Langston Hughes were part of an explosion of African American Culture...
Harlem Globetrotters
Harlem Renaissance
African Art
African Renaissance
12
What was the main purpose of the Declaration of Independence?
To explain to the world why America was becoming independent
To list all injuries the King made against America
To explain a new government
To explain how colonists tried to work with the King
13
What was the Great Migration during WWI?
The movement of 6 million African Americans from East to West.
The movement of 6 million African Americans from West to North.
The movement of 6 million African Americans from North to South.
The movement of 6 million African Americans from South to North for jobs
14
How did the Tennessee Valley Authority improve life in smaller, isolated communities?
Improved systems of communication.
Hired people to build streets, parks, libraries, and schools
Created jobs through supporting natural resources.
provided affordable electricity in rural areas
15
Factors that lead to the Great Depression were:
Credit problems, both corporate & personal
Overproduction and undercomsuption of goods
Uneven distribution of wealth
All of the above
16
What did the Northwest Ordinance set up?
A way for the U.S. to create banks
A way for the U.S. to create Federal Offices
A way for the U.S. to create new states
A way for the U.S. to create new laws
17
What part of the Compromise of 1850 pleased Southerners?
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Escaped Black Codes
Fugitive Slave Act
Slave Reacquistion Act
18
The Wagner Act gave employees the right to do what?
Encouraged riots
Gave workers the right to strike, collective bargain
Made unions illegal
Prosecuted strikers
19
This ARMSTRONG was the most famous jazz musician of the Harlem Renaissance?
Neil
Louis
Miles
Lance
20
Roosevelt's plan to end the Great Depression was called
The Great Society
The Square Deal
The New Deal
Make America Great Again
21
What climate conditions helped lead to the Dust Bowl?
A name of the best bowling alley in USA
Nobody has told me this...
One of many dust storms in 1910's
The period of severe drought during the 1930's.
22
What amendment ended the Prohibition?
16th Amendment
21st Amendment
19th Amendment
13th Amendment
23
What was the Harlem Renaissance?
A factory for African Americans
A march across the US.
An increase in immigarnt culture
African American culture flourished across the US.
24
What is the result of the Spanish American War?
Cuba becomes an American colony
US gains access to Japan
We build a huge wall
Cuba is liberated, US becomes a major World power
25
What were Hoovervilles?
Houses for the Rich.
A famous community created by Dr. Suess.
Shanty towns built during the Great Depression
Herbert Hoovers house.

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