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1
What did the 15th amendment guarantee?
An end to the segregation of all public places
No citizen at all could be denied right to vote due to race
An end to segregation of schools
No male citizen could be denied right to vote due to race
2
Who was John Scopes and what was the Scopes Trial of 1925 about?
John Scopes was caught selling alcohol during prohibition
John Scopes was a bible teacher challenging modernism
John Scopes challenged school segregation
John Scopes taught evolution in school, which was illegal
3
How did the espionage and sedition acts limit civil liberties and rights?
Stopped soldiers from talking to reporters
Stopped civilians from sharing negative thoughts on the war
Created and encouraged debate within journals
4
Did the U.S. congress oppose the Treaty of Versailles?
Yes, they feared becoming part of the League of Nations
No, they believed the League of Nations was good for America
5
What were the 4 main causes of World War 1
Misfire, Aggravation, Interaction, Nationalism
Making investments, Arming, Increasing debt, nationalism
Militarism, Arguments, Importance of nation, Nationalism
Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism, Nationalism
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What are 3 things that progressives promoted?
Laissez-faire, industrialism, capitalism
Living conditions, public health, schools
Reconstruction, sanitization, employment
7
What group of people did the Dawes Act of 1887 negatively affect?
Native Americans
Newly freed slaves
European immigrants not considered fully white
Black southerners
8
Who of the following was NOT a person important to the Harlem Renaissance?
Oliver H. Kelley
Louis Armstrong
Claude McKay
Bessie Smith
9
What did the Jim Crow laws do?
Prevented black people from migrating north for work
Segregated white and black people
Made it easier for black people to find jobs
Kept black people in indentured servitude
10
What did the 14th amendment guarantee?
An end to voter discrimination based on race
Full citizenship status to all people born in U.S.
An end to segregation
An end to Jim Crow laws
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What did the 13th amendment end?
Civil war
Slavery
Voter discrimination
Jim Crow laws
12
What did muckrackers do?
Responsible for corruption in the political field
They wrote investigative reports and revealed corruption
They were farming but were affected by drought
They were people forced to migrate to areas with bad land
13
What was prohibition?
Women earning the right to vote
The time period for soldiers to depart
A ban on the sale of alcohol
The sale of weapons from the U.S. to Britain and France
14
Which of the following is not a part of Woodrow Wilson's 14 points?
Promoting openness
Promoting bans on trading with certain countries
Encouraging independence
A movement towards ending colonialism
15
How did the Social Darwinism theory justify robber barons' actions?
Without big business leaders, small businesses would fail
Wealth is a measure of value, poor people have less value
The poor people refuse to rise up against the power
Workers wouldn't make as much money if not for robber barons
16
What was the role of women in American society during WW1?
To go to war and fight alongside men
To stay at home and do housework
To fill jobs left by men
17
What event took place to make the American people want to go to war with Spain?
The US ship "the Challenger" sank
US stationary troops were attacked in Cuba
President McKinley advocated strongly for it in a speech
The US ship "the Maine" blew up
