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

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

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

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

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

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

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

What was the "spark" that started WWI?

What are the correct dates for World War I?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The stock market crash directly led into:

The leader of Germany during WWI was:

The US president during WWI was:

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

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

"Reparations" are best described as:

Why did the United States enter WWI?

The league of nations was created mainly to:

The stock market crash took place in:

British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain is most associated with:

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

Which country joined the Allies in 1917?

What is the area between enemy trenches called?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The leader of the Bolsheviks was:

Vladimir Lenin established which country?

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

The Great Depression took place during the:

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

This country was forced to accept all guilt for WWI:

The day the stock market crash began became known as:

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

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

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

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

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

The Wagner Act affirmed the rights of which group?

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

The twenty-first amendment was key because it: