Final Exam Quiz

A state of tension between the United States and Soviet Union from 1945 to 1991

New cheaper and more efficient process for making steel

Immigrants who came to the United States from Southeastern Europe and Asia

Sensationalized, exaggerated or untrue stories used to sell newspapers that helped cause the Spanish American War

Treaty that ended World War One

Economic & political system in which the means of production are owned by the community as a whole

Government rules, laws and controls relating to social, political and economic activities

The closest the world has come to Nuclear War

What will result in a high price?

Controlling the economic and political systems of another country

What ended World War Two?

Monroe Doctrine

This propaganda tool uses patriotic language or symbols to appeal to people's national pride

What started World War Two?

Urged nation to avoid entangling alliances with other nations

Ended segregation throughout the United States

Triggered the start of World War I

President who sought to break up "bad" trusts

City housing that poor people lived in; cramped, dirty, disease ridden, inadequate ventilation, fire escapes & bathrooms

The economic crisis beginning with the stock market crash in 1929 and continuing through the 1930s

The portion of corporate profits paid out to stockholders

Systematic murder of Jews, Roma, Poles and other groups deemed not worthy of life by Nazi Germany

Can't deny the right to vote on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude

Founded Hull House, a settlement house, that helped immigrants adjust to the new country

Organization of student activists that helped register voters and do sit ins

A place where alcoholic drinks were sold and consumed illegally during Prohibition

Growth of cities

Upton Sinclair

The scientific study of the human mind and its functions, especially those affecting behavior in a given context.

Fall of the Russian Czar, Resumption of UNrestricted Submarine Warfare, and the Zimmerman Telegram

Depression shantytowns

Military alliance made up of the United States and other countries to support each other if attacked

The name of President Roosevelt's program for getting the United States out of the economic crisis of the 1930s

Policies that relate to issues inside our nations borders; like health care or education

What type of source of information is an original material from the time period you are studying?

Legalized Segregation based on "Separate but Equal" doctrine

Reasons you want to LEAVE a country; starvation, war, no jobs, persecution

Racist immigration law that targeted the "New Immigrants"

French term meaning "Hands Off", as in the government stays out of the economy

An individual who exposed ("shined a light on") economic, social, or political problems through writings and pictures

Favored native born Americans & opposed "New" Immigrants; wanted to keep the United States White & Protestant Christian

Everybody's favorite football team. Unfortunately, some people don't know it yet.

What Social Science studies the physical features of teh earth's surface?

One business controls an entire industry in a given market

Territory between opposing trenches

Main port of entry for immigrants on the east coast

Period of political and social reform that lasted roughly from the 1890s to the 1920s

Areas of China where European nations had special trading rights

What type of economic system does the United States have?

What happened to Japanese American's during World War Two

American policy of resisting further expansion of communism around the world