US History Fall Semester Review

All of the following helped promote big business by the U.S. government EXCEPT:

In order to gain access to the Panama Canal, Roosevelt supported the Panamanian revolt from:

Using the Bessemer Process, who was the first to mass-produce steel in America?

He believed that the best way to fight U.S. discrimination was to move blacks back to Africa.

After the Russian revolution in 1917, Communists began to surface in the U.S., creating the:

What event is seen as the first civil rights movement benefitting black musicians and artists?

This legislation provided reservation land to N. Americans if they would become farmers.

FDR's act that allowed only stable banks to reopen after the Bank Holiday he created in 1933.

Which legislation allowed Theodore Roosevelt to break up monopolies when he became president?

Who was the prosecuting attorney against the theory of evolution in the Scopes Trial?

This forcibly deported 2 million people of Mexican descent to Mexico so farmers could have jobs

This muckraker published Southern Horrors in hopes of promoting anti-lynching legislation.

Alexis Tocqueville believed all of the following were part of a successful democracy EXCEPT:

Prohibition began with the __ Amendment and lasted until it was repealed by the __ Amendment.

What event consisted of hundreds for African Americans moving north to urban factories in 1919?

Americans supported __where U.S. gains colonies for access to more __after Spanish-American War

He wrote a book that stated how important a strong navy and colonies are to a nation.

He was a member of the Rough Riders and acquired the Panama Canal as president.

Which philosopher influenced the key principles in the Declaration of Independence?

Who was the defense attorney for John Scopes, who was charged with teaching evolution?

This Act allowed Congress to regulate railroad rates to help out the farmers.

These were elected officials who controlled cities through corruption and immigrant votes.

Who wrote The Gospel of Wealth, which stated how important philanthropy is to society?

This name describes the New York City music publishers and songwriters in the 1920s.

This muckraker wrote The Jungle about meatpacking industry, leading to Pure Food and Drug Act

Economic growth during the 1920s was largely because of:

This legislation provided 160 acres for $10 fee as long as settlers lived on it for 5 years

Which of the following was NOT a cause of the Great Depression?

The Populist Party platform consisted of all of the following EXCEPT:

He believed that local/state governments should provide relief to unemployed people in 1930s.

Who created Standard Oil and monopolizd the oil industry?

This was established by Hoover to provide loans to banks and businesses to prevent a collapse.

This muckraker created a settlement house to help out the urban poor, especially immigrants.

This person designed an airplane to land on water and biplane wings for larger planes.

People can propose a law called a/an __ and then call for a vote on the law known as a/an __

He created 8 hr work days and the first mass-produced automobile using the assembly line.

Which president ran on the "Return to Normalcy" campaign after World War I in the 1920s?

Because of eugenics, the U.S. govt. created this law to prevent immigration.

WWI veterans marched to D.C. to get half of pension promised to them in 1945 by Congress.

This court case used the Espionage Acts to limit 1st Amendment freedoms in times of war.