U.S. History Midterm Review

All of the following are true statements EXCEPT

The explosion of the U.S.S. Maine lead to

Espionage and Sedition acts limited what two civil liberties in order to secure support of wwi

In WW2 the US and its allies looked to defeat ___________ first by meeting in Berlin.

All of the following was true of Hoovervilles EXCEPT

___ taught evolution which went against the religious fundamentalist of Tennessee

____ act was designed to prevent trust from forming monopolies and to protect small businesses

besides new jobs being created in cities why else did people leave their farms for the city

The _____ allowed cars to be sold for less because they could be made faster

The process in which people began to move to cities in search of jobs

___hurts a company because there is too much of something and to compensate businesses lay off

October 29, 1929, the day the stock Market crashed

____ and ____ were two immigrants that faced an unfair trial which resulted in their deaths

Because women helped during WWI they gained support from congress which rewarded them with the

women gained the right to vote with the passage of what amendment

The document that ended WWI and severely punished the Germans

Wilson's Fourteen Points were.

What was the name of FDR's plan to save the economy that used the 3 R's

severe dust storms that greatly damaged the ecology and agriculture of the US caused

What was the Harlem Renaissance

a long-term decline in economic activity and a high rate of unemployment

All of the following were true of the New Deal EXCEPT

During the 1920s Michigan saw a growth in its middle class because of

Roosevelt believed in a policy of speak softly and carry a big stick what did this mean

America gained all of the following as colonies EXCEPT

The stage in the Holocaust in which the Nazis tried to increase their rate of mass genocide

what 2 things needed to be built because of the increase traveling made possible by the car

workers formed labor unions and _____ to try to earn better rights and conditions

Carnegie established a Vertical Merger by doing all of the following EXCEPT

146 workers died in ____ because the company locked the women workers in so they had to work

During 20's people bought items on ___ which allowed to get something they didn't have $ for

What was the event that actually triggered WWII

Movement that looked to stop alcoholism

In the 1800s children worked factories instead of going to school because

Organization created to help Blacks achieve equal rights

A new deal program that is still around to this day

Why did a small conflict between Serbia and Austria turn into a "world war"?

___ is the name given to the people that illegally smuggled alcohol during Prohibition

All of the following are true of Prohibition EXCEPT

Henry Ford paid his workers extremely well because

Congress passed ____ to prevent the United States from getting involved in a foreign war

A poster of a women during WWII shows a women rolling up her sleeve to get to work shows

All of the following were ways FDR looked to solve the problems of the Great depression EXCEPT

movement that advocated for social reform through governmental action is called

Propaganda was used in all of the following ways during WWI EXCEPT

Muckraker, that took pictures of the poor living conditions of the inner city looking to fix it

The US strategy for fighting against Japan in the Pacific Ocean

How did the role of government change during the progressive era

The _____ pulled the U.S. into WWII

All of the following were true of the labor conditions during the Industrial Era except

____ and the pure food and drug act were both laws passed to protect consumers food

What lead to the start of WWI in Europe

The League of Nations practiced a policy of ___ which gave into Hitler to avoid war

The area in between the trenches that almost guaranteed death when ordered into it

Why did the United States formulate the Open Door policy toward China?

All of the following were apart of the Allied powers during WWII EXCEPT

America proved to be an Imperialist nation in all of the following ways EXCEPT

Why did immigrants want to come to America in the 1800s

____was the process that Carnegie used to make steel stronger so bigger projects could be built

___ was a law that set different limits on immigrants depending on where they were coming from

All of the following contributed to the start of The Great Depression EXCEPT

Why did many banks close after the stock market crash of 1929

Buying stock thinking its value would increase and then sell it at its highest point

The US put their _____ citizens in internment camps because they were afraid of internal attack

___ was the nickname for the decade that saw dramatic social and political change

____ were military trials against Nazis accused of war crimes

The Panama Canal helped the U.S. become a world power in all of the following ways EXCEPT

The US was hoping to stay ____ and avoid falling into European conflicts

_____ tried to help poor, immigrants, women, and children by creating the Hull house

All of the following Are true of factory workers during the progressive Era EXCEPT

Middle class workers that could afford it began to move to the ___ to escape poor conditions

Early on Hoover said the fed gov should not get involved, but then created ____ to get involved

FDR was more likely to use deficit spending create programs under the New Deal which

All of the following were apart of the Axis powers during WWII EXCEPT

The western front of WWI can be characterized as ____ because of trench warfare

during the early period of Industrialization people began to move to ___ in search of work

What was the code name for the atomic bomb program

written by Upton Sinclair that exaggerated the poor conditions in the meat packing industry

Why did the people of Germany, Italy, and Japan support their country in doing bad to others

____housing, was was poorly and quickly built to accommodate the many people moving to cities

____ were the women of the 1920s who dressed and acted differently than what was "expected"

The Zimmermann telegram urged which country to attack the United States during WWI?

______ is the movement of African Americans from the South to the North in search of jobs

all of the following are true of U-Boats attacking neutral countries' ships during WWI EXCEPT

___were willing to support FDR and his New Deal but ___was not and overturned new deal policies

WWI was a mechanized war which was new because it saw

A person that looks to expose the ills of society created by industrialization

____ was used during WWII to make sure the military would have enough of scarce resources

An extension of the Sherman antitrust, ___ tried to stop businesses from reducing competition

during prohibition people would go to ___ where they would party and drink illegally

During the Great Depression the unemployment rate reached ____

During the Industrial Era the US prospered for all of the reasons EXCEPT

The Bonus Army were soldiers