Semester 2 Final Review

What was one element of Woodrow Wilson's "New Freedom" agenda?

Fascist dictators assumed power of many European governments during the 1930s

In addition to lost jobs and poverty, what was another effect of the Great Depression on American lives?

What policies prevented the United States from entering ​World War I ​ in the early years of the war?

Who were two pioneers of the early women's movement?

An accurate description of the 1920s is the "age of prosperity"?

What was one result of U.S. participation in covert actions in Latin America and the Middle East during the 1950s?

What rationale was given for the Espionage and Sedition Acts passed during ​World War I ​?

What caused the October 1929 stock market crash?

The name for Franklin Roosevelt's agenda for solving the problems of the Great Depression was the New Deal.

What was the major reason the U.S. Senate did not ratify the Treaty of Versailles?

Brown v. the Board of Education found that "separate but equal" was unconstitutional.

What was not examined by the investigative journalists in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries?

What action indicated that the United States would resume a policy of isolationism during the 1930s?

Which U.S. senator of the 1950s began investigating famous people on suspicion of communist activity?

What legislation was intended to improve U.S. security but also raised concerns about American civil liberties?

The main goals of Roosevelt's New Deal legislation were relief, recovery, & reform.

The significant growth in population following ​World War II ​ was called the baby boom.

What laws passed during the Johnson administration eliminated segregation in public places and discrimination in voting?

What finally brought the United States fully into World War II ?

What contributed to the social stratification that developed in the United States in the late nineteenth century?

The Watergate Scandal led to the resignation of Pres. Nixon.

Why did Woodrow Wilson want to form a League of Nations?

Following ​ World War II ​, Stalin refused to remove Soviet troops from Eastern Europe. What did this officially signal

How did the U.S. population distribution change between the Civil War and the 1920s?

What was a factor in the failure of the Populist Party?

Who was not a nineteenth-century urban planner who promoted the orderly growth of cities?

What was one reform the Progressive movement achieved?

The USS Maine & yellow journalism contributed the U.S. decision 2 go 2 war against Spain in 1898. What else did?

Which president supported the 19th amendment that gave women the right to vote?

What is one way that Franklin Roosevelt maintained a close connection with the American people?

Which turn of the century political movement emphasized conservation?

How did political machines contribute to urban political corruption?

What 1920s movement renewed African American culture in art, music, literature, drama, and dance?

Which Supreme Court decision allowed for the segregation of blacks in "separate but equal" facilities?

What project used the concept of incorporating areas for recreation into an urban plan?

How did Jim Crow laws, poll taxes, and literacy tests affect blacks in the period following the Civil War?

What was a common element of the Harding, Coolidge, and Hoover administrations?

What was the eventual outcome of the Vietnam War?