US History 1st semester final

His goal for African American equality was to work hard to prove your worth to society

Which was not a cause of the Dust Bowl?

After the stock market crash, how did President President Hoover try to help the economy?

What is patronage or the spoils system?

The 19th Amendment was finally made into law after years of social struggle by which group?

What was the name of the ship that was "attacked" that helped launch the Spanish-American War?

Which of the Allies lost territory as a result of the settlement of WWI?

The mixture of diverse cultures whose people blended together to make America what it is?

Fundamentalists believed that:

Suffrage is:

All of the following were important causes of the Great Depression EXCEPT:

In the case, Plessy v. Ferguson, the Supreme Court

Buying stocks on the chance of a quick profit without considering the risks is known as:

Teaching Darwin's Theory of Evolution in public schools was tested in the:

What industrial method did Henry Ford use to mass produce affordable automobiles?

The main goal of the Americanization movement was to:

The belief that people should be loyal to the people with whom they share a culture & history

Muckrakers were:

A policy in which a strong nation seeks to dominate other countries is called:

This African American leader wanted equality for African Americans NOW. (early 1900s)

The Progressive movement regarded all of the following as worthy goals EXCEPT:

The best description of the Progressive movement is they wanted to:

Who made up the Bonus Army that marched on Washington?

What law came about b/c of the public uproar created by Upton Sinclair's novel, The Jungle?

The only country that did not sign the peace treaty with Germany at the end of WWI was:

The land between the opposing trenches during WWI was known as:

Which of the following was the MAIN interest of the Social Gospel movement?

The Monroe Doctrine declared that

Famous baseball player of this time period who held the single season home run record.

Jim Crow laws were laws that

Which of the following is an example of graft?

Southern states sometimes used a grandfather clause to allow them to

This involved merchant vessels traveling in large groups with naval ships acting as guards:

The Espionage & Sedition Acts affected the freedom of speech because they

The idea that you were born in the US, then you were on a higher level then immigrants.

The Harlem Renaissance refers to

This movement is very similar to the assimilation of Native Americans.

This cartoon is depicting what president and his "big stick" theory?

What movement was associated with Carrie Nation and abolishing liquor in the country?

This political cartoon describes the Senate's apprehensiveness about what topic?

What name was given the men & boys who rode the rails as they searched for work?

What event outraged the American public enough to support the war with Spain in 1898?

The US favored a canal across Panama because it would:

WWI Alliance of Germany, Austria-Hungary and Ottoman Empire.

What type of warfare is most closely associated with WWI?

Gains made by American women during WWI include:

What did the Federal Reserve establish?

The new emergence of the modern woman in the real world in the 1920s was exemplified by the:

Italian immigrants were accused of robbery & murder & executed based on prejudice of the time

Movement of people to the cities

Which weapons of mechanized warfare was introduced in WWI?

Herbert Hoover's approach to the Depression economy was based on a belief in:

This political cartoon illustrates what concept?

During the Great Depression, the overall employment rate was:

The policy that kept the US out of WWI for 3 years was called:

The first person to use the presidency as a "bully pulpit" was

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

Because militarism had been a major cause of the war, the framers of the Treaty of Versailles:

WWI alliance of France, Great Britain and Russia

The Zimmerman note enraged the US public b/c it proposed an alliance b/t Germany & who?

Sinking of the Lusitania outraged the US public & was a reminder that Germany was practicing:

Started the Universal Negro Improvement Assoc. that pushed for Black Pride & return to Africa.

What did the US use to overcome the threat of German U boats?

An example of the psychological stress caused by the Great Depression was the rise in the # of

What was the name given to the rebirth of African American culture?

His assassination sparked WWI

The Red Scare of the 1920s was mainly against:

Movement when African Americans moved North for better opportunities

These people opposed warfare on moral grounds.

Time period in US History where alcohol was illegal

In The Jungle, Upton Sinclair exposed:

Pilot who did the first SOLO flight across the Atlantic Ocean.

What political party was est. when the Rep. party split b/c T Roosevelt was upset with Taft?

Which strategy was NOT employed by women suffragists to obtain their goal?

What does buying a stock on margin mean?

In calling shantytowns "Hoovervilles", people conveyed their