Molly's Exams- US History and Geography A1

Question 1

What did Presdents Roosevelt, Taft, and Wilson have in common regarding Latin American affairs?

Accepted Answer

They believed they should have some sort of invovement

Question 2

the 1898 peace treaty ending the Spanish- American war led to what?

Accepted Answer

an American overseas empire

Question 3

US Congress never ratified the ________ __ _________ ending WWI for the US

Accepted Answer

Treaty of Versailles

Question 4

The end of the Great War was soon followed by what?

Accepted Answer

and economic recession

Question 5

The assassination of Archduke Ferdinand drew more than 20 countries into war because of _______

Accepted Answer

alliences

Question 6

T or F: antisemitism is the prejudice against Catholics

Accepted Answer

Mayonaise, False

Question 7

Women first received suffrage in the _______

Accepted Answer

West

Question 8

What was the purchase of Alaska referred to as?

Accepted Answer

Seward's Folly

Question 9

President Wilson's 14 Points Plan included a proposal to form this international organization

Accepted Answer

League of Nations

Question 10

Why did Wilson send several thousand US soldiers across the border to Mexico in 1926?

Accepted Answer

Fransisco Villa raided and burned Columbus, New Mexico

Question 11

T or F: writers who wrote "realistic" literature showed life as it really is

Accepted Answer

True

Question 12

Following WWI, the top 3 European Allies wanted to punish what country?

Accepted Answer

Germany

Question 13

T or F: nativists support immigration

Accepted Answer

False

Question 14

What disease caused worldwide epidemic in 1918 & 1919

Accepted Answer

Spanish Flu, Influenza

Question 15

What role did the Spanish-American war play in the US's decision to built the Panama Canal?

Accepted Answer

ships required 2 months to sail around South America

Question 16

What amendment gave women the right to vote?

Accepted Answer

19th

Question 17

What event in 1898 ultimately let to war between the United States and Spain?

Accepted Answer

the sinking of the Maine

Question 18

What were 3 reasons cities grew between 1860 and 1890

Accepted Answer

professional sports teams, electricity, department stores, museums, steel, professional sports teams, electricity, museums, department stores, electricity, steel, department stores

Question 19

Theodore Roosevelt's name for reform journalists and novelists was _________

Accepted Answer

muckrakers

Question 20

What 4 countries made the major decisions at the Paris Peace Conference?

Accepted Answer

US, France, Britain, Italy

Question 21

Reformers in the Guilded Age criticized the spoils system because it

Accepted Answer

spread corruption

Question 22

What was the spark that set off WWI?

Accepted Answer

The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand

Question 23

Why did Americans react to the revolt in Cuba

Accepted Answer

They were sympathetic to the Cubans' fight for freedom

Question 24

Between 1898 and _______, factory workers were in great demand

Accepted Answer

1914

Question 25

How did radio change American life in the 1920's?

Accepted Answer

It exposed the nation to the same news and entertainment

Question 26

what was a way the federal government supported the growth of businesses

Accepted Answer

using laws to restrict labor unions

Question 27

Why were many Americans going into debt during the 1920's?

Accepted Answer

They were buying things they couldnt afford withtheir income

Question 28

What act required all young men to register for the draft?

Accepted Answer

Selective Service Act

Question 29

a _________ ______ was a place where services were offered to the poor

Accepted Answer

settlement house

Question 30

Why did suffragists urge women to support the war effort?

Accepted Answer

They hoped the war would help them get the vote

Question 31

What was a primary cause of WWI?

Accepted Answer

militarism and alliance systems, imperialism among world powers, growing nationalism

Question 32

What were 2 invention mad in Thomas Edison's "invention factory" in Menlo Park

Accepted Answer

phonograph and the lightbulb

Question 33

President Taft's policy that economic ties were the best way to expand American influence

Accepted Answer

Dollar Diplomacy

Question 34

What was the "Open Door Policy" and who created it?

Accepted Answer

John Hay'splan toallow all nations to trade openly withChina

Question 35

What were American troops in Europe during WWI known as?

Accepted Answer

American Expeditionary Force

Question 36

Organized crime and violence became widespread due to what?

Accepted Answer

Prohibiton

Question 37

Why did states improve public education after the Civil War

Accepted Answer

They wanted an educated workforce

Question 38

T or F: Between 1898 and 1906, immigration dropped dramatically

Accepted Answer

False

Question 39

How did airplanes change the way the war was carried out?

Accepted Answer

by letting each side track the enemy's troop movements

Question 40

Why did American workers suffer during the 1920's?

Accepted Answer

high unemployment, unskilled jobs, low wages

Question 41

American women voted in their first presidential election in ______

Accepted Answer

1920

Question 42

soldiers returning home after the war seeking jobs resulted in what?

Accepted Answer

high unemployment

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