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1
What is Big Stick Policy
Talking problems out and creating new countries
Letting foreign countries take advantage of the US.
being low key in overseas goals, but using force if necessary
The results of foreign trade in
2
Hoovervilles were..
Expensive housing for rich people.
Cruddy towns and homes.
Named after President Herbert Hoover.
Markets for fresh produce.
3
What is the definition of 'imperialism'? Is it...
...to help a country in peril
...to take over another country & colonise it.
...to trade with another country
...to make a country have a king or queen
4
Who were the Little Rock Nine?
First students to integrate in Little Rock Central High
Members of the bus boycott
White leaders opposed to integration
5
During the early 1900s, the term "yellow journalism" referred to
a sensational, often lurid style of reporting of the news
an expression of opinion, not a reporting of the news
a reporting of the news which reflected political machines
anti-Asian editorials and articles
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"The Fourteen Points"
warned Americans not to travel on European ships.
were issued by Wilson as a basis for a lasting peace.
provided secret aid to the U.K before the US entered the war
was a declaration of US neutrality.
7
the 15th Amendment says
All people have equal rights
slavery is illegal in the United States
all people have voting rights
all men have voting rights
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What is integration?
separating people
allowing others to be themselves
going against what everyone believes
bringing together
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Established separate but equal
Plessy v. Ferguson
Roe v. Wade
Brown v. Board
Engel v. Vital
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Susan B. Anthony & Elizabeth Cady Stanton were:
Suffragists who advocated for gender equality
Smugglers for the Underground Railroad
Founding members of the Red Cross
Civil War Battlefield Nurses
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What was the main purpose of the Reconstruction Era?
Give equal rights to all people regardless of race
Bring racial harmony to the U.S.
To rebuild businesses
Reunite and rebuild the U.S.
12
What is Isolationism?
War matters
The policy of avoiding affairs/ certain matters
being involed with the world
tactics used in war.
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What do the poll tax, grandfather clause and literacy test have in common?
They were federal laws intended to protect blacks
They were federal laws designed to punish ex-Confederates
They were all methods used to prevent blacks from voting
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What is segregation?
different transportation systems
Drink out of separate drinking fountains
All of the above
Separation of white and "colored" people
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What is a ghetto?
A concentration camp
something cheap
a poor neighborhood
A restricted area in which Jews were forced to live.
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The 1935 Nuremberg laws ________.
were modeled after the Soviet New Economic Policy
stripped German Jews of their citizenship
nationalized all banks and factories
established a police state in Germany
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What was the grandfather clause?
Made it difficult for African Americans to vote
Made it easier for African Americans to vote
Only grandfathers could vote
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What is
containment
?
Containing the spread of communism
Easing of tensions in global relations
Promoting free trade among members of the UN
Investigating domestic abuses of human rights
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Literacy tests were designed to...
assess the voter's understanding of the Constitution
stop people from moving to the District of Columbia
determine literacy levels of potential voters
prevent Black people from exercising their right to vote
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As a result of the Progressive Era reforms listed —
Citizens became more involved in the election process
Big business came under additional government regulation
Corporate leaders began campaigning for elected office
Political bosses gained greater control over local elections
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The 14th amendment....
Abolished slavery
Segregated whites and blacks
Granted equal protection under the constitution
Guaranteed the right to vote
22
What was the Berlin airlift a response to?
Soviet blockade of West Berlin
construction of the Berlin wall
German development of the atomic bomb
reunification of East and West Germany
23
Who were the Muckrakers?
People who raked muck off of meat in Chicago
Investigative Journalists who wrote about social evils
Greedy Politicians
Kids who shoveled horse droppings in the street
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Why did Cowboys use cattle trails?
To get more beef
Because it was the right thing to do
To get their cattle to the markets faster
To trade with the indians
25
In Response to Pearl Harbor:
The US banned oil shipments to Japan.
The U.S. bombed Hiroshima and Nagasaki within a week.
The US issued the Lend-Lease Act.
The US entered WWII
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What was the reason the US was invovled in Vietnam?
to establish a democracy in Vietnam
to keep communism from spreading throughout Asia
to maintain a militar base in Vietnam
to maintain economic control over Asia
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The policy of "separate but equal" was used to
say that some people are not equal.
justify the practice of legal racial segregation.
let water fountains be different sizes.
separate the whites and blacks in the North
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How did muckrakers prepare the way for political reforms?
they exposed corruption by writing about it.
they testified in Senate hearings
they organized labor strikes
they hired lawyers to settle disputesabout safety
29
What is neutrality?
the Presiden's advisors
A custom or tradition in government
a formal decision of a governmental body
not taking sides
30
Brown vs Board of Education
Established the Western states
separate but equal is fair
racial segregation in school is unconstitutional
taxes are unconstitutional
31
The Roaring Twenties were characterized by-
installment plans, Prohibition, flappers
bank failures, New Deal, bread lines
brinkmanship, McCarthyism, Containment
internment camps, rationing of goods, atomic bomb
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Where is this portion of Emma Lazarus' poem found?
Lincoln Memorial
Washington Monument
Freedom Tower
Statue of Liberty
33
Poll taxes did what:
Raised taxes only for African Americans
Prevented many poor former slaves from voting in elections
Was a tax on those undertaking scientific polls/studies
Increased taxes on those seeking to run for office
34
Which president issued an apology and check to the survivors of the Japanese Interment camps?
Donald Trump
Ronald Reagan
John F Kennedy
Harry Truman
35
What does the 13th Amendment do?
The right to bear arms
Gives women the right to vote
Abolishes Slavery
Limits Presidents term to 2 years
36
What is the key message of “I have a dream”?
American dream is important to the world.
Everyone should have a dream.
Working class should be treated fairly.
All people are created equal.
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What were the Nuremberg Laws?
outlawed marriage between Jews and non-Jews
all of the other three answers are correct
provided a legal definition of a Jew
stripped Jews of citizenship
38
The most direct result of the Watergate scandal was the
assassination of President John F. Kennedy
election of President Ronald Reagan
decision of President Lyndon Johnson not to seek reelection
resignation of President Richard Nixon
39
The largest group of people killed by the Nazis in the Holocaust were
Americans
Communists
Jews
Gypsies
40
Jim Crow Laws...
allowed for "separate but equal" lifestyles
Laws that denied African Americans many civil rights
laws that allowed African Americans to vote
Laws passed after Reconstruction enforcing segregation
41
One goal of many Harlem Renaissance writers was to
Wanted African Americans to create their own political party
Support existing racial barriers
Increase pride in African American culture
Cut off connections with mainstream American values
42
Politicians of the Gilded Age used the spoils system to
remove incompetent politicians from office
fill government jobs on merit rather than patronage
elect all federal government officials
dispense government jobs for political purposes
43
What is Levittown?
A neighborhood known for its Rich white
A shelter in New York City to house poor immigrants
A suburban housing development built by William Levitt after World War II.
A historical landmark in Boston commemorating the American Revolution.
44
The Watergate scandal led to President Nixon’s resignation primarily because:
Gore was able to call for another recount in Florida’s contested districts.
Nixon’s Vietnam War policies damaged his credibility
taped conversations showed his role in the cover-up of the Watergate affair
he planned the Watergate break-in along with other illegal activities.
45
What did President Wilson call an international police force in his Fourteen Points?
League of Nations
Triple Alliance
United Nations
Triple Entente
46
What did the Marshall Plan do?
Built a wall in Berlin
broke apart Germany
Allowed all refugees to live in America
Provided Billions of Dollars for rebuilding Europe
47
President Theodore Roosevelt was called a trustbuster because he
resigned from the Republican Party
supported legal action against business monopolies
encouraged conservation of natural resources
directed the building of the Panama Canal
48
The Harlem Renaissance was what?
A new dance that everyone loved that started in Harlem
A maneuver that won World War I
A cultural movement started by African Americans in New York
49
What is segregation?
When one group is kept separate from another
When two groups are kept together
50
What is a tenement?
overcrowded, unsanitary living quarters for immigrants
very nice hotels where immigrants could stay
large dwellings that held multiple people
tiny efficiency apartments with good lighting and sanitation
51
What is the New Deal?
a series of programs, public work, financial reforms and regulations
a massive unemployment program
supreme court reforms
a military buildup for WWII
52
In calling shantytowns "Hoovervilles, " people conveyed their
respect for Hoover.
disgust with Hoover.
patriotism
trust in Hoover.
53
What is the "Red Scare"?
a deadly algae bloom that occurred off of California's coast
a deadly outbreak of influenza
military tactic used by Germany in World War I
the fear that communism would spread to the U.S.
54
Jim Crow laws…
Outlawed segregation
Allowed for legal discrimination against African Americans
Protected the rights of all people
55
What does Civil Disobedience mean?
Petitioning to end slavery.
Taking corrupt money and putting it to good use.
Peacefully refusing to obey a law they feel is unjust.
Planning a peaceful takeover of the government.
56
Big Stick Policy
William Taft
Theodore Roosevelt
William McKinley
Woodrow Wilson
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What was the Cuban Missile Crisis?
Confrontation between US and the Soviet Union over Soviet missiles in Cuba
Conflict that began with North Korea's invasion of South Korea
An unsuccessful invasion of Cuba
58
What is prohibition?
The banning of drugs
Canadas way to deal with alcoholics
Banning sale and consumption of Alcohol
Mr. Joel not letting you do something
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Victory gardens, rations and salvaging of rubber were an example of...
US conservation on the Homefront
new policies for enlisted soldiers
ways Americans made money during the war
Allied powers policies implemented across Europe
