MAAP USH Vocab

Question 1

Once cuba was free from Spanish rule, the U.S. set down some rules that Cuba had to agree to before the U.S. would leave

Accepted Answer

Platt Amendment

Question 2

What was the Bolshevik Revolution?

Accepted Answer

Emergence of communist Russia

Question 3

When European countries divided China up into areas where only those countries could trade

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Sphere of Influence

Question 4

When newspapers lie or exaggerate the truth in order to sell papers.

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Yellow Journalism

Question 5

Illegal bars that served alcohol during prohibition

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Speakeasies

Question 6

Naval submarines operated by Germany.

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U-boat

Question 7

New Deal agency that built dams that created hyrdo-electrictiy

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TVA

Question 8

Teddy's foriegn policy; meant we should have a strong role in world affairs, especially Latin America

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Big Stick Diplomacy

Question 9

A photographer during the Great Depression whose photos helped bring government aid to farmers our west.

Accepted Answer

Dorothea Lange

Question 10

What ended The Spanish American War?

Accepted Answer

Treaty of Paris

Question 11

Made the enforcement of the 18th Amendment possible and made consuming alcohol illegal

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Volstead Act

Question 12

Name of the ship docked in Havana, Cuba that mysteriously exploded adn assumed to be destroyed by Spain.

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U.S.S. Maine

Question 13

A fixed amount of commodity officially allowed to each person during a time of shortage as in wartime

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ration

Question 14

Passed to limit free speech rights of U.S. citizens during time of war.

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Sedition Acts

Question 15

9 African American teenaged boys were accused of raping two white girls on a train. Jailed under false accusations.

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Scottsboro Case

Question 16

The government borrowed money from citizens who purchased this

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Liberty Bonds

Question 17

Letter sent from German officials to Mexico asking Mexico to attack the US if the US enters WW1.

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Zimmermann telegram

Question 18

Supreme Court rules that freedom of speech is limited if it presnets a 'clear and present danger.'

Accepted Answer

Schenck v. U.S.

Question 19

When the US agreed to lend weapons to Great Britain and later the USSR and China.

Accepted Answer

Lend-Lease Acts

Question 20

Broke up the reservation system and tried to assimilate Native Americans into American culture

Accepted Answer

Dawes Act

Question 21

Name given to shanty towns build by the homeless during the Great Depression

Accepted Answer

Hoovervilles

Question 22

When you buy stocks by putting down as little as 10% of the stock's value. Americans borrowed money from the bank to pay

Accepted Answer

Buying on the margin

Question 23

Game women the right to vote

Accepted Answer

19th Amendment

Question 24

Symbolized a revoultion in morals and manners. Characterized by women who drank, smoked, cut their hair short, etc

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Flappers

Question 25

New Deal agency that insured bank deposits

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FDIC

Question 26

Archduke and heir to the Austrian-Hungarian empire. Assassinated and sparked WW1.

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Franz Ferdinand

Question 27

President of the U.S. during WW1

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Woodrow Wilson

Question 28

What was the Jazz Singer?

Accepted Answer

Frist talking movie

Question 29

The U.S. told Cuba they would be independent if they fought and won against Spain

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Teller Amendment

Question 30

Who is Louis Armstrong?

Accepted Answer

Famous Jazz musician

Question 31

Called for a bank holiday which closed banks for four days at the start of the Great Depression

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Emergency Banking Act

Question 32

Buying stocks when the price is low and selling it when the price rises in hopes of making a quick profit.

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stock speculation

Question 33

Journalists who exposed corruption in society in hopes of bringing about change.

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Muckrakers

Question 34

Taft's philosophy of investing money into a country to help strengthen that country's economy.

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Dollar Diplomacy

Question 35

Ended the war and established the League of Nations and punished Germany harshly.

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Treaty of Versailles

Question 36

Encouraged settlers to move out West with the promise of a piece of land they can cultivate and own.

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Homestead Act

Question 37

Rebirth of art and literature in the black community

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Harlem Renaissance

Question 38

Germany's practice of sinking ships that aided the allies

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Unrestricted submarine warfare

Question 39

Who was Babe Ruth?

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Baseball Player

Question 40

Extension of the Monroe Doctrine; The U.S. would be a policeman to Latin America

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Roosevelt Corollary

Question 41

A world-wide peacekeeping body created after WWI

Accepted Answer

League of Nations

Question 42

The Palmer Raids were a result of....

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the Red Scare

Question 43

A cease-fire when both sides agree to stop fighting.

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armistice

Question 44

FDR's economic policy of deficit spending, which is when you have more money going out than coming in.

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Keynesian Economics

Question 45

What territory did the U.S. purchase after the Spanish American war?

Accepted Answer

Philippines

Question 46

FDR used the radio to talk to the American public and let them know what he was trying to get done.

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Fireside Chats

Question 47

Told European countries to stay out of the Americas and not try to settle/colonize in the western hemisphere

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Monroe Doctrine

Question 48

Established a draft once the U.S. was invovled in WW1

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Selective Service Act

Question 49

Challenged the state law about teaching evolution in school

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Scopes Trial

Question 50

Created by U.S. Secretary of State John Hay. It stated that any and all countries could trade equally in China.

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Open Door Policy

Question 51

New Deal agency that created a pension plan for elderly and disabled

Accepted Answer

SSI

Question 52

New Deal agency that told farmers not to farm 1/4 to 1/2 of land in an effort to raise farm prices.

Accepted Answer

AAA

Question 53

The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck was a famous book about a family displaced by...

Accepted Answer

The Dust Bowl

Question 54

Repealed the 18th Amendment making alcohol legal again

Accepted Answer

21st Amendment

Question 55

Passed to push up the inauguration date of a President's administration from March to Januaray.

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20th Amendment

Question 56

Name given to people who made money by selling illegal alcohol

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Bootleggers

Question 57

Moonlanding

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1969

Question 58

New Deal Agency taht worked outdoors doing conservation projects

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CCC

Question 59

This significantly raised tariff rates at the beginning of the Great Depression. Made things worse.

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Smoot-Hawley Tariff

Question 60

Passed to break up monopolies

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Sherman Anti-Trust Act

Question 61

Group of artists and writers that were disillusioned with society.

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The Lost Generation

Question 62

A tax imposed by one country on the goods and services imported from another country.

Accepted Answer

tariff

Question 63

Group of WWI vets who marched on Washington, D.C. in 1932 seeking the bonuses promised to them.

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Bonus Army

Question 64

U.S. and Filipino forces in the Philippines surrendered to the Japanese and were forced on a 60-mile death march

Accepted Answer

Bataan

MAAP USH Vocab

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MAAP USH Vocab

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