U.S. History First Semester Exam Prep

What event showed the weakness of the Articles of Confederation and pushed for a new gov:

Created a monopoly in the railroad industry:

Created a monopoly in the oil industry:

Movement that fought to solve the problems created by indsutrialization and urbanization:

Which amendment was influenced by Sugar Act and protects from unreasonable search and seizure:

Enlightenment thinker who proposed the ideas of freedo of religion and speech:

Slavery was abolished by the:

Amendment that banned the sale and consumption of alcohol:

Name of Treaty that ended Spanish-American War:

Upton Sinclair's Book The Jungle influenced the passage of what law?

Who is known as the "Father of the Constitution?"

Event that caused the South seceding from U.S.:

Which of the following created the process for admitting new states into the U.S.?

Process that made steel faster and cheaper:

Fear of communism in America after WWI:

Theodore Roosevelt's plan for reform as president:

The KKK opposed Reconstruction by:

Applications of the scientific method to a study of government and society in the 18th century:

Why did membership in Unions increase in the late 1800's?

How did the Sherman Anti-Trust Act affect labor unions in the 1890's?

What was the main benefit labor unions fought for in the late 1800's?

Which document created first form of government in the U.S?

This act forced colonists to have to house British red coats against their will:

Which of the following was a factor in the growth of imperialism?

Which of the following was NOT a restricition placed on African American voting rights?

Which Enlightenment thinker proposed the Theory of <br>Natural Rights?

Urban sprawl, where cities grew out and not up was a result of what popular mode of transport:

Strike that occurred at a Carnegie Steel mill and resulted in the death of 9 strikers:

President involved in helping to build the Panama Canal:

Why did the U.S. Senate reject the Treaty of Versailles and the League of Nations?

Women's suffrage amendment:

Laissez-Faire is the economic theory that government should:

President Wilson's policy at the beginning of WWI was:

What was the purpose of the 14th Amendments?

Which events best support the image of the 1920's as a decade of nativism?

Which of the following made it possible for the industrial growth of the late 1800's?

Name of the Treaty that ended WWI:

Reporters that uncovered problems in society during the Progressive era:

Progressive reform that allowed citizens to propose a law without lawmakers:

Civil rights leader that pushed for vocational training as a way to overcome segregation:

Which of the following were main causes of WWI:

Term for one company that dominates an entire industry:

Why did the U.S. declare war against Spain?

Avoiding involvement in the affairs of other countries:

Amendment that created the federal income tax:

Created a monopoly in the steel industry:

Urbanization is:

What compromise created the House of Rep. and the Senate in Congress out of NJ and VA Plans:

This act upset colonists because of their complaint of "no taxation w/o representation:"

Which group believed in the need for a Bill of Rights?

Country that owned Alasaka before the U.S.:

What country was blamed for starting WWI at the treaty talks:

Enlightenment Thinker that believed best way to prevent a dictatorship was 3 branches of gov:

Buying out other companies that make the same product is called:

Secret agreement between Germany and Mexico that caused U.S. to join WWI:

Poll taxes and literacy tests were used to:

Amendment that created the popular (direct) election of Senators:

Policy of stronger nations attempting to control weaker nations:

Name of President Wilson's plan for peace:

Wanted immediate, full political and civil rights for African Americans during the early 1900's

Period in the 1920's when African American culture was celebrated:

Theory that justified laissez-faire government and suggested "survival of the fittest" of bus:

Enlightenment thinker who believed humans were naturally wicked:

Supreme Court case that established the doctrine of separate but equal:

American agency responsible for propaganda during WWI:

Organized crime increased as a result of this amendment which banned the sale of alcohol:

What was the major shift in labor from the 1860's to the 1900's?

Name of the party created by Teddy Roosevelt in the Election of 1912:

Foreign policy that stated American had the right to protect its economic interests with force:

First ten amendments to the Constitution are called: