Why was the Populist Party important during the late 1800s?

It was a third party that gained national recognition.

Did all Americans want to join both WWI and WWII?

No, the population was split on both wars

Why did the US created the Open-Door Policy with China?

To secure equal trading opportunities with China

Why did the US not join the League of Nations or sign the Treaty of Versailles?

They threatened the sovereignty of the US

Why did the United States join WWII?

The Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor

How was Florida used during the Spanish-American War?

Port cities were used to send troops into Latin America

Which one of the choices below was NOT an effect of the New Deal?

All Americans began to be treated equal

Plessy v. Ferguson and Korematsu v. United States were cases that targeted what?

groups based on race and ethnicity

What did the shift from the sharecropping system to the crop-lien system do to the south?

Created a depression and caused debt among poor farmers

How did America put an end to criticism of WWI?

By passing the Alien and Sedition Acts

Why did Cuban cigar factory owners first choose Key West to open their factories?

Key West was the closest city to Cuba in the US

Who did the KKK target during the 1920s

African Americans and Immigrants

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1
Why was the Populist Party important during the late 1800s?
Demanded equal wages
It was a third party that gained national recognition.
The populist party wanted to build up businesses.
Demanded limits on businesses
2
What ideology states that survival is based on how much money you make?
Social Darwinism
Progressives
Muckraker
Populists
3
The election of 1876 revolved around what issue?
Singing the Emancipation Proclamation
Reinstating slavery in the Confederacy
Removing troops from the South
adding Union troops in the South
4
The Indian Citizenship Act denied what to Native Americans?
The right to bear arms
The right to free speech
The right to vote
The right to own a business
5
During the Civil War, which side had more supplies, soldiers, and other resources?
Confederacy
Union
6
What did Palm Beach County do during WWII to protect its coast?
Citizens were forced to join the war
Submarines patrolled the waters
Practiced Blackouts
Troops were stationed in Boca Raton
7
Did all Americans want to join both WWI and WWII?
WWI was supported, but WWII was not supported by the people.
WWI was not supported, but WWII was by the American People
Both wars were not supported.
No, the population was split on both wars
8
American Imperialism in the Pacific and Latin America was to help America establish what?
Improve the lives of Latin Americans
To keep European powers from Latin America and the Pacific
A stronger economy in America
To increase trade for the countries in the Pacific
9
Why did the US created the Open-Door Policy with China?
To secure equal trading opportunities with China
To cut off Chinese immigration
To allow for China to trade with the rest of the world
To allow for Chinese immigration
10
What used government funds to build agricultural and mechanical colleges in the south?
Homestead Act
Pacific Railway Act
Morrill Land Grant
Land Grant Act
11
Why did the US not join the League of Nations or sign the Treaty of Versailles?
The US supported the treaty, but not the League of Nations.
The US supported the League of Nations, but not the treaty
US didn't have input on the creation of the organizations
They threatened the sovereignty of the US
12
Why did the United States join WWII?
France and Britain asked for supplies and help.
The U.S. joined the League of Nations
Germany invaded Poland
The Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor
13
How was Florida used during the Spanish-American War?
Port cities were used to send troops into Latin America
Florida built battleships that were used to fight in the war
Florida was a battle ground suffering heavy losses
Florida provided most of the troops fought in the war
14
Presidents Harding, Coolidge, and Hoover took what approach to big businesses?
Progressive
Laissez-faire
Populist
Capitalist
15
What city was home to Cigar Manufactures in Florida?
Jacksonville
Miami
Ybor
Tampa
16
Which one of the choices below was NOT an effect of the New Deal?
Expanded the role of the Federal Government
Expanded the Role of the President
Government and the people built a strong relationship
All Americans began to be treated equal
17
Did African Americans serve in World War 1?
Yes, African Americans fought equally beside white soldiers
No, African Americans refused until they won equal rights
Yes, in segregated units
No, African Americans were not allowed to join the Army
18
What used headlines based in fact but not entirely true to sell newspapers?
Tabloids
Investigative Journalism
TMZ
Yellow Journalism
19
What was something that was sold during WWI and WWII to pay for the costs of the wars?
t-shirts
tanks
war bonds
guns and ammo
20
Plessy v. Ferguson and Korematsu v. United States were cases that targeted what?
groups that provided resources for the United States
groups that believed that they deserved more within the US.
groups based on race and ethnicity
groups that caused harm to the United States
21
During Reconstruction what brought on disagreements between the north and south?
The rebuilding of Southern rail roads
States' Rights
The rebuilding of southern cities
Land Ownership
22
What did the shift from the sharecropping system to the crop-lien system do to the south?
Caused land owners to be more selective about their tenants
Created more land ownership
Created a depression and caused debt among poor farmers
Created a surplus of products to be sold for profit
23
What development caused the creation of a middle class, labor unions, and trusts?
Populists
Trade with foreign countries
Farming
Industrialization
24
How did America put an end to criticism of WWI?
By passing the Kansas- Nebraska Act
By passing the Land Grant Act
By passing the Alien and Sedition Acts
By partaking in the Teapot Dome Scandal
25
Why did Cuban cigar factory owners first choose Key West to open their factories?
Key West had the lowest tariffs in the US
Key West was the closest city to Cuba in the US
Key West had the best resources for farming tobacco
Key West provided the workers for the tobacco factories
26
What did the transcontinental create among railroad companies?
Support from the Government
Alliances between companies
Competition
Backlash among workers
27
What was created to help the elderly, sick, and disabled in the United States?
The Square Deal
The New Deal
Americanization Schools
Morrill Land Act
28
Who did the KKK target during the 1920s
African Americans and Immigrants
WWI Veterans
Native Americans
Sailors and pilots
29
How were Native Americans treated by the United States during the late 1800s?
Native Americans were left alone
Natives received economic help from the US
Natives helped the US take over territory in the west
The often had treaties broken
30
The first Red Scare was a distrust of immigrants from where?
Germany
Japan
France and Great Britain
Russia and Eastern Europe

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