US History Mid-Term Review

The giving up of beliefs and ways of life to become part of another culture.

What event sparked WWI

The earthquake of 1906 shook which city causing 28,000 buildings to be destroyed

The favoritism of native born Americans

The group of soldiers that Teddy Roosevelt took to Cuba to fight in the Spanish-American War.

What culture was celebrated in the Harlem Renaissance?

They killed the Sioux Indians at the Battle of Wounded Knee

This man invented the light bulb

Who helped the Works Progress Administration Act?

Banned all immigrants except students, teachers, merchants, tourists, and government officials

They named the Teddy Bear after this person

Everyone withdrew their money from the banks at the same time then what happened to the banks

Little towns that were made of shacks for the homeless

Telegram from Germany to Mexico proposing an alliance:

What was the period of time called in the United States from 1929-1940?

Branch of the Armed forces were Britain and Germany trying to make the strongest before WWI

A drought that caused huge dust storms throughout the United States:

Who was forced to sign the War-Guilt Clause taking full responsibility for starting WWI?

This guarantees that the westward expansion settlers were given 160 Acres by the US government.

Helped:retirement with money,unemployment compensation, aid to families with dependent children

Crazy Horse, Sitting Bull, and Gall ambushed the 7^th Calvary and killed them all.

The peace treaty that was written to end WWI was named:

Ellis Island is located in which state

A hidden saloon or night club in the 1920s

What happened at the 11^th hour of the 11^th day of the 11^th month in the year 1918?

What day did the US join WWI?

Another name for a German Submarine is:

The immigrants that came through Ellis Island were mostly of_____________ decent.

When the Chinese immigrated to the United States which Immigration center did they enter

Nationalism, Imperialism, Militarism, and the Alliance system were:

What year did the stock market crash?

A program to employ young men in work projects was called:

A mixture of people from different cultures and races who blend together is known as

Women’s fight for equal rights is known as:

Fought to help Woman’s Suffrage

A devotion to the interests and culture of one’s nation

What was the area between the trenches in WWI called

Alcohol smugglers during the 1920s

To assimilate as much as possible as quickly as possible is known as:

A newly unemployed man that left his family and rode railcars

The Scopes-Monkey Trial was about the teaching of ____________ in schools

France, Britain, and Russia were a part of what Alliance during WWI