WIDMAN 1st Semester Prep

The main goal of the Washington Naval Conference was to reduce the threat of _________.

The event known as the Great Migration increased the African-American population in Northern cities.

People who oppose all forms of government are called

Russia suffered the highest amount of casualties of any country involved in WWI.

The poker playing buddies of President Warren G. Harding that were also a part of his cabinet were known as the ________

The law that required truthful labels to be put on items sold was the

The German invasion of Belgium caused the active fighting in World War I for Great Britain.

All of the following allowed women to shed old roles in the 1920s EXCEPT

Which of the following was the main interest of the social gospel movement?

Which of the following was a goal of the New Deal?

The issue of civil service reform prompted the assassination of President Garfield  

Which of the following INCREASED during the 1920s?

Charles Lindbergh was a famous

What was the original purpose of the row house?

Who wrote the novel about The Great Depression, "The Grapes of Wrath"?

After defeating Russia on the eastern front in World War I, the Central Powers concentrated on fighting in France.

Who rejected President Woodrow Wilson's "Fourteen Points" peace plan?

Which of the following describes a government system for giving payments or food to the poor? 

Eleanor Roosevelt served an an important advisor on foreign policy in FDR's administration

The Teapot Dome scandal involved the secret leasing of government-owned oil reserves for use by private companies

The ________________________ reflected President Roosevelt's concern for the natural environment.

What was exposed by the muckraker who wrote "The Jungle"?

Which of the following was the main objective of the Agricultural Adjustment Act?

The main factor causing urban sprawl in the 1920s was

An example of patronage would be

_________________________________ marked the works of many famous writers of the 1920s, including the Lost Generation.

The aim of the Federal Home Loan Bank Act was to

This set a national minimum hourly wage and prohibited factory labor for children under sixteen years of age

After WWI, Woodrow Wilson, Georges Clemenceau, Lloyed George, and Vitto Orlando were called the Central Powers"

Which weapons of mechanized warfare were introduced in WWI?

__________ were LEAST likely to be a part of the New Deal coalition.

Concert composer __________ was influenced by both the music of ________ and traditional music.

Which of the following was NOT a member of The Big Four

After the stock market crash, how did President Hoover try to help the economy? 

Which of the following best states the primary goal of prohibitionists?

The Zimmerman Note suggested an alliance between Germany and _______________________ (another country) in World War I.

The progressive movement regarded all of the following as worthy goals except

What does the CCC stand for?

 Daylight-savings time was instituted (put into effect or created) as a means of conserving fuel.

Settlement houses were founded in the late 1800s by

The primary goal of the NAACP was

According to Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer, what was "eating its way into the homes of the American workman"

Who was NOT actively involved in securing the right to vote for women

Which candidates ran for president in 1932?

In the early 1900s, the main immigration processing station in San Francisco was called ________________________________

The main goal of the Chinese Exclusion Act was to

The Stalwarts were strong supporters of 

Who was the first woman in history to serve in the cabinet?

Which was not a cause of the Great Depression?

In the election of 1912, the candidate considered LEAST pleasing to reformers was

Who gained the most from the ratification of the 17th Amendment?

The Pendleton Civil Service Act required 

Muckrakers were

The immigration policies of the 1920s limited immigration from all of the following countries except 

A bill than originates from the people rather than legislators is known as an ____________________.

The Fordney-McCumber Tariff was meant to 

__________ claimed that they New Deal policies were inadequate and proposed a social program called Share-Our-Wealth.

The first president to use the presidency as a "bully pulpit" was _________________________

WWI might have involved only two nations, Austria-Hungary and Serbia, if not for

This Democrat lost the presidential election of 1928: