Mid-term Exam Review

the elastic clause in the Constitution allows for

the right of a people to choose a government without outside interference

Southern legislation that separated blacks and whites was known as

sensationalist reporting to attract readers

prohibition

The push for Native Americans to adopt European ways of life was called

man whose newspapers helped get the US into the Spanish-American War

What made it possible to construct skyscrapers in the 1800s?

What was the "general association of nations" that Woodrow Wilson proposed after WWI?

women's suffrage

what did both the Securities and Exchange Commission and Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation have as goal?

which amendments are referred to as the civil rights amendments

What years was the Civil War

What is the correct combination of the "Big Four"?

The Treaty of Versailles contained a war-guilt clause, which laid the blame for the conflict on

president of the US during WWI

branches and levels of government are not all powerful, certain powers are absolutely denied

During the Progressive Era, women

Which weapons of mechanized warfare were introduced in WWI?

what problems did the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) and Works Progress Administration deal with

what caused widespread starvation in Germany during WWI?

What war ended with the Treaty of Paris of 1898?

Nativist disliked immigrants for all of the following reasons EXCEPT

this provides for old-age insurance program

leader of the American Expeditionary Force which aided the Allies in WWI

the theory of laissez-faire economics was used during the late 1800s to

put 3 million young men to work building roads, developing parks, and helping in soil-erosion & flood control projects

Who called for the US to develop a modern fleet capable of protecting American business and shipping

One goal of public education for immigrants was to

which of the following did NOT stimulate US imperialism

the Great Migration of WWI refers to

the Open Door Policy was designed as a way for the US to further

payment or compensation for war-related damages

direct election of senators

How the Other Half Lives and The Jungle were books that exposed problems that resulted from

which argument did President Wilson use to justify US entry into WWI

IN 1914, this alliance consisted of Germany Austria-Hungary, and the Ottoman Empire

type of government that shares powers between the states and national government

decentralized private banking under government control

war among European nations erupted in 1914 when

The US gained control of the land it needed to build the Panama Canal by

In the case of Plessy v Ferguson, the Supreme Court ruled that

Scottish immigrant who made a fortune in steel

co-founder of the NAACP

offered 160 acres of free land to western settlers

power of the government over property in its territory

created trusts and was criticized as a robber baron while serving as head of the Standard Oil Company

African-American artistic movement

What years was the Progressive Era

Theodore Roosevelt's administration protected citizens' health through the

perfected the incandescent light bulb, created an electrical power system, and organized power plants

What was a major cause of the Great Depression

rights that people have but are not listed in the Constitution

The system of work created by the Industrial Revolution is called

prevent any one federal branch of government from dominating the other two

American businessman who became president of the new government of Hawaii after the queen was pushed out

The government cracked down on union activity and monopolies through the

immigration in the 19th century was linked to

Why did US Senators oppose membership in the League of Nations

What years was WWI

the people hold supreme power, the powers of the government comes from the consent of the governed

fear of communism

American war hero at the battle of Muese-Argonne; alone he killed 25 Germans armed only with a rifle & revolver

to protect individual liberties and people's fear of a strong central government, the framers of the Constitution added

believe in an economic system based on government control over the economy and on equal distribution of wealth

rights that cannot be taken away such as life, liberty and pursuit of happiness

John T Scopes challenged a Tennessee law that forbade the teaching of

extending a nation's authority over other countries by economic, political, or military means