HSUS- Semester 1 Exam Review

Which prominent African-American educator believed that racism would end once blacks acquired useful labor skills?

What caused the increasing enrollment in schools in the 1920s?

In what way were civil liberties challenged during the war?

Which President was named the hero San Juan Hill before he was elected to the Presidency?

What was NOT one of the three factors that fueled new American Imperialism?

How did methods of communication improve in the late 19th and early 20th Centuries?

African Americans who did not follow racial etiquette could face severe punishment of death, even though it wasn't law.

America's spread to the pacific ocean was fueled by what?

What did unionization and workers rights ultimately lead to in the early 20th century?

How did steel influence the growth of other industries?

What International Organization did Wilson create?

What did reformers establish to help the urban poor?

Where did urbanization mainly take place?

What included the banning of alcohol in order to promote moral improvement, and was eventually passed as the 18th Amend?

What two beliefs took hold in America after the end of WWI?

Which city was the first to electrify urban transit in 1888?

What industry was NEGATIVELY impacted by the improvements in technology during the 1920s?

What technological advancement below WAS NOT a key factor in city growth?

For what reason did Reformers believe that alcohol was the root of all social problems?

Who designed and flew the first airplane?

What type of warfare was primarily used in WWI?

What product completely changed the American landscape, both physically and metaphorically?

Who was a leading proponent for Women's suffrage?

What ship was allegedly sunk by Spain, thus starting the Spanish-American War?

What is the term used to describe the spread of cities past their original limits?

What is the proper name for biased communication designed to influence peoples thoughts and actions?

Communism had a negative effect on the Labor Movement: True or False

What industry exploded as a result of consumerism and the development of Urban Shopping?

What sensational style of writing exaggerates the news to lure and enrage readers?

Al Capone was a major Organized Crime boss in Chicago whose business focused around what?

True or False: Nativism is overt favoritism toward foreign-born Americans.

Which of the following did President Teddy Roosevelt NOT accomplish during his presidency?

When was the armistice that ended WWI signed?

Underground or hidden saloons where people consumed alcohol illegally were called what?

What was the first professional American sport?

Around how many people left rural villages for urban life every year between 1922 and 1929?

Which of the following is NOT a behavior that was common in cities in the 1920s yet considered sinful in small towns?

The sinking of what ship outraged Americans?

What event sparked the original conflict in Europe that began WWI?

Which was NOT used to suppress the voting of African Americans in the southern US?

What was the official name of the Progressive party headed by Teddy Roosevelt during the election of of 1912?

What two men were executed (possibly wrongly) during the Red Scare because of their ethnicity and radical beliefs?

Which university aimed to equip African Americans with teaching diplomas and useful skills in Agriculture?

Which of the following was NOT popularized by the growth of Mass culture in the early 20th century?

What was the purpose of the 18th Amendment?

Which form of leisure/entertainment captivated Americans and became a "national pastime" to enjoy?

Fear of what increased in the 20s and caused the Red Scare, as well as long term imprisonment in the United States?

What leisure activity was very popular with women at the time and allowed them additional freedoms?

In what regions of the United States was support for Prohibition greatest?

What type of music found its start and quickly became most popular in the 1920s?

True or False: WWI had a draft.

What was the name of the Cuban poet who helped launch the Spanish-American War?

Which of the following was new technology used to make the war more devastating?

What event finally helped to push America over the edge and join the war?

A corrupt political system in control of a city's jobs, business licenses, and influences other factions of government..

What posed the biggest obstacle for enforcing industry regulations in the 19th century?

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of cities in the late 19th and early 20th centuries?

What made people want to move to the US in the late 19th and early 20th centuries?

What cirumstances allowed Democrat Woodrow Wilson to win the presidency in 1912?

What is suffrage?

The Scopes Trial was at the peak of what conflict of American social values in the 1920s?

Which group was most effected by the flu epidemic?

What kind of courses prepared male graduates for industrial jobs in drafting, carpentry, and mechanics?

After the Great Migration, around what percent of African-Americans lived in cities?

What social change allowed women to remain independent while providing for their own livelihood?

Which of the following is NOT a difficulty that many immigrants had to face?

What was the large scale movement of hundreds of thousands of Southern blacks to cities in the North called?

What Island did immigrants arriving on the West coast have to stop at?

What invention helped share more information and experiences with the masses during the 1920s?

Where in the 1920s was there NOT a positive change in pop culture?

Plessy v. Ferguson ruled that racial segregation of public accommodations was illegal and violated the 14th amendment.

Who elected US Senators BEFORE the 17th Amendment?

What idea was introduced to help consumers pay money for a product at a later date OR in several payments?

The United States under Teddy Roosevelt contructed which modern marvel?

What group returned to power do to nativist beliefs and fears in the 1920s?

President Harding's administration was a part of corruption and scandal several times but this event was the worst.

What were the racial segregation laws called at that time?

Where did African Americans move to to avoid discrimination?

Which of the following promoted Urban growth at the turn of the Century?

Which of the following is NOT one of the Four Goals of Progressivism?

Limited water supply and poor construction led to what in cities?