US History Chapter 14-19 Test

Question 1

What is the name of the program that offered unemployed young men the opportunity to work in work in the forest service

Accepted Answer

CCC

Question 2

What is the economic policy that says that the government should spend heavily during a recession

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Keynesism

Question 3

What is the name given to a journalist who uncovers abuses and corruption in a society?

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Muckraker

Question 4

What is the term for when a neutral party would listen to dissatisfied union members and decide issues?

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Binding Arbitration

Question 5

Why did President Roosevelt want most of his programs to be temporary?

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Didn't want Americans too become dependent on the government

Question 6

What is the name of the American style of music that developed from ragtime and blues

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Jazz

Question 7

What was the name of the fear that Communists or “reds” as they were called, might seize power and led to a nati

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Red Scare

Question 8

What is the name of the act that established penalties and prison terms for anyone who gave aid to the enemy?

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Espionage Act of 1917

Question 9

What is the name of an amount or sum of money placed at a person’s disposal by a bank on condition that it will

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Credit

Question 10

What was the term for closing the remaining banks before bank runs could put them out of business?

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Bank Holidays

Question 11

What is the name of the disease that President Roosevelt suffered from?

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Polio

Question 12

What was the name of the organization that was created to help preserve peace and prevent future wars

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League of Nations

Question 13

What is the name of the period of artistic development, racial pride, and political organization

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Harlem Renaissance

Question 14

What was the name given to President Roosevelt’s policies for ending the Great Depression?

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New Deal

Question 15

What is the term for the idea that people who belong to a nation should have their own country and government?

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Self-determination

Question 16

During the majority of World War 1, who were THREE of the main allied powers?

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France, Russia, Great Britain

Question 17

What is the name of the policy of avoiding involvement in world affairs?

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Isolationism

Question 18

What is the name of the program that required all men between 21 and 30 to register for the draft?

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Selective Service

Question 19

What was the name of the policy of joining the business interests of a country with its diplomatic interests

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Dollar Diplomacy

Question 20

What is the term for when writers often exaggerated or even made up stories to attract readers?

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Yellow Journalism

Question 21

What is the name of the program that was designed to provide government insurance for bank deposits

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FDIC

Question 22

An incident with what country damaged foreign relations for the United States and made President Wilson skeptical

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Mexico

Question 23

What is the term for information, especially of a biased or misleading nature, used to promote or publicize

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Propaganda

Question 24

Which amendment gave women the right to vote?

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19th

Question 25

What was the name of the American soldiers who were largely inexperienced, but fresh

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Doughboys

Question 26

What was the name of the Communist group that competed for power of Russia in 1917?

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Bolsheviks

Question 27

What was the name of the British passenger ship that was sunk by Germany on May 7, 1915?

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Lusitania

Question 28

What was the name of the event where the Boxers and Chinese troops attacked foreign embassies in China

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Boxer Rebellion

Question 29

What is the name of the program that offered work to artists, musicians, theater people, and writers?

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Federal Number One

Question 30

What is the name of the group that generally believed that industrialization and urbanization had created problems

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Progressives

Question 31

What were the THREE main punishments for Germany in the Treaty of Versailles?

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Pay for war, admit to starting, reduce army

Question 32

What is the name of the system of buying and selling stocks in corporations?

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Stock Market

Question 33

What was the name of the very popular automobile built by the Ford Motor Company from 1908 until 1927?

Accepted Answer

Model T

Question 34

During the majority of World War 1, who were TWO of the main central powers?

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Germany, Austria-Hungary

Question 35

What is the term for the policy that allowed each foreign nation in China to trade freely in the other nations’

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Open Door Policy

Question 36

What was the name of the direct talks FDR held with the American people to let them know what he was trying to a

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Fireside Talks

Question 37

What is the term for the laws banning the manufacture, transportation, and sale of alcoholic beverages?

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Prohibition

Question 38

What is the name of the group that had the task of “selling” the war to the American people?

Accepted Answer

Committee of Public Information

Question 39

What is the economic and political domination of a strong nation over other weaker nations?

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Imperialism

Question 40

What was the name of the program that had the major goal to provide some security for the elderly and for unemployed

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Social Security

Question 41

What is the term for the right to vote?

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Suffrage

Question 42

Who was the Archduke from Austria-Hungary whose assassination was a key to the start of World War I?

Accepted Answer

Franz Ferdinand

Question 43

What was the name of the act that said that the government would now pay farmers not to raise certain livestock

Accepted Answer

AAA

Question 44

What were the THREE main areas of the Great Depression?

Accepted Answer

Dust Bowl, Banks closed, Stock market crashed

Question 45

What is the name of the ship that exploded on February 15, 1898 and of the 354 officers aboard 266 died?

Accepted Answer

USS Maine

Question 46

What main world power was left out of the creation of the League of Nations?

Accepted Answer

United States

US History Chapter 14-19 Test

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US History Chapter 14-19 Test

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