US History 2 Chapter 7 (2)

Why was the Dawes Severalty Act of 1887 such a disaster for Native Americans?

Sears & Roebuck was opened as the first mail-order retail business.

Which of the following events helped lead America into an armed conflict with Spain?

Italy joined the Allied cause because of a secret treaty it signed with Britain and France - the Treaty of _________

What was Operation Overlord?

What Republican was elected to the Presidency in 1920?

The National Labor ________Board was created in 1935 to enforce the Wagner Act.

The New Deal's TVA provided free radio programs to people living in the Toledo area.

World War I started over a dispute between Austria & Serbia.

The election of _______ was significant because it brought the Democrats to power for the first time since the Civil War

An example of new literature in the 1920s that demonstrated a mistrust of society & materialism was

The trial of Sacco & Vanzetti demonstrated that the criminal trial process in America was fair & just.

The assassination of President Garfield led to civil service reform with the _________ Civil Service Act.

In a _____, many firms or corporations are united for the purpose of monopolizing an industry by eliminating competition

Britain & France entered World War II because of Germany's annexation of Austria.

Mary White Ovington helped found which group?

All of the following "New Deal" agencies were created during the Depression to provide jobs for the unemployed EXCEPT

Which of the following is most responsible for the Jim Crow laws across the south?

During the 1880s, immigration to the United States came mostly from which pair of nations?

Theodore Roosevelt's efforts to fight the economic depression were known as the New Deal.

Which of the following disease-sounding words was created to sell Listerine?

Who founded the "Share Our Wealth Society" in the 1930s?

What was the overall U.S. unemployment rate during the worst periods of the depression?

W.E.B. DuBois had a differing philosophy from Booker T. Washington on how equality was going to be achieved in "_______"

For most Americans during WWII, the most relevant source of information was gathered from which of the following?

After World War I, advertising was used to appeal to people's _________ to affect consumption patterns

Who led the American delegation at Potsdam near the end of World War II?

Franklin Roosevelt enlisted the help of a group of economic & academic advisors known as the __________.

Which statement is true regarding the Holocaust?

In 1917, the __________ came to power in Russia.

What was the first national park created to protect a wilderness area?

The _______ Act was passed to implement the 13th Amendment.

The Ku Klux Klan was formed by white southerners after the _____ & was revived in Georgia in 1915.

"Jim Crow" laws

In 1901, President ________ was assassinated & his Vice President, Theodore Roosevelt, took the oath of office.

John Dewey strove to strengthen the child's respect for parental and other traditional authorities.

How did Truman feel about the Manhattan Project while he was Vice President?

In response to the Great Depression, President __________ asked Congress to pass the Emergency Relief & Construction Act

What 1918 proposal convinced the Germans that they would be treated fairly if they surrendered?

__________ is the practice of investing in risky stocks on the chance of quick or considerable profit.

A big part of President Wilson's antitrust policy was the creation of the Federal Trade Commission in 1914.

The Populists were dominated by urban middle-class people, while the Progressives were dominated by farmers

The Model T Ford was built in what year?

What state was the first to offer workmen's compensation?

The Treaty of ______ of 1898 officially ended the Spanish-American War.

A general definition of Social Darwinism is

On what issue did Stalin NOT see eye to eye with the leaders of the U.S. & Great Britain?

The heaviest casualties in the Spanish-American War came as a reult of

What did the men of the New Deal's CCC do?

The main literary style of American writers after the Civil War was ___________