America: The Last Best Hope Ch 1-3 TEST STUDY

By the mid-1930s, Will Rogers was a famous:

Over 20,000,000 people worldwide were killed with the outbreak of which epidemic in 1919?

When American troops arrived in France, general John J. Pershing insisted that American troops:

The cultural movement known as the Harlem renaissance was best known for the influence of which ethnic group?

Vladimir Lenin established which country?

The day the stock market crash began became known as:

Which country joined the Allies in 1917?

British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain is most associated with:

The league of nations was created mainly to:

-Gave President power to regulate industry -Established codes of "fair practice" -The codes regulated wages, working hrs

What was the "spark" that started WWI?

The "Scottsboro boys" were African-American young men who were:

Which nation was forced to pay reparations after the conclusion of WWI?

The Treaty of Versailles was especially harsh against which participant in the war?

Which of the following historical figures was a famous author best known for his contribution to the Harlem renaissance?

The Wagner Act affirmed the rights of which group?

Adolf Hitler placed restrictions on Jews with the passage of the:

The decade known for it's "boom" economy was the:

This country's industry dominated the world's economy in the years following WWI:

In the Zimmermann telegram Germany promised this country land if it went to war against the United States:

What are the correct dates for World War I?

Which event occurred last in the build up to the US declaration of war against Germany?

The twenty-first amendment was key because it:

France's goal at the treaty of Versailles was to:

This country was forced to accept all guilt for WWI:

The US president during WWI was:

One reason that stocks rose so quickly before the stock market crash was the expansion of:

The Great Depression took place during the:

President Wilson's "14 points" was his plan for:

African-American joe Lewis brought pride to Americans during the great depression with success in which athletic?

The focus of new deal legislation included all of the following EXCEPT:

The dust bowl referred to the devastation that hit America in:

This country failed to ratify the treaty of Versailles and thus never joined the league of nations:

The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (U.S.S.R.) is famous for being the first:

The formation of the league of nations was the idea of:

The Neutrality Acts signed by the US in the 1930s increasingly showed America's growing:

This New Deal agency was concerned with flood control and electrification in the poorest areas of the United States:

What is the area between enemy trenches called?

With the Munich Pact of 1938, France and Britain agreed to allow Germany to occupy large parts of:

This New Deal measure protected the savings in that Americans placed in banks:

Why did the United States enter WWI?

"Reparations" are best described as:

In Schechter Poultry Corp v. United States the Supreme Court ruled that this New Deal agency was unconstitutional:

After WWI, the Weimar Republic was the name given to the democratic government in:

FDR's conversations with the American people via the radio became known as:

Which of the following did NOT happen in the 1930s?

After criticism of the treaty upon his return from Paris, President Woodrow Wilson:

The stock market crash took place in:

• Flew the Skirt of St. Louis• Known isolationist• First Man to fly non-stop across AtlanticThe above describes:

The stock market crash directly led into:

The Washington treaties were signed so that the US, Britain, France, Italy, and japan agreed to limit the:

The leader of the Bolsheviks was:

An establishment that illegally sold alcohol during prohibition was known as a:

-built large public works projects -had a budget of 3.3 billion dollars -built dams, bridges, and highways

The purpose of the Securities and Exchange Commission was primarily concerned with the regulation of:

Which statement most closely resembles the republican view of the treaty of Versailles as represented by Henry Cabot?

Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington is most famous for his work in:

The leader of Germany during WWI was:

Young women who wore short skirts, loved jazz, and bobbed their hair were known in the 1920s as:

-designed to save elderly from destitution -also gave benefits to disabled -paid for by a payroll tax on current workers