1st Semester Final Exam

A major problems with the stock market of the 1920s was the number of people who bought stocks

A reform allowed voters to demand a special election to remove an elected official from office

Tragedy at the Triangle Shirtwaist Company led to

Teddy Roosevelt became president

The Women's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU) focused on what progressive issue

What happened to the battleship the USS Maine when McKinley sent it to Havana

FDR's policies intended to end the Great Depression became known as

What are Jim Crow laws?

Newly homeless people put up communities of shacks they called

At the Constitutional Convention, the Great Compromise referred to

New technology helped farmers produce more crops, which caused

How did Wilson's views expressed through the 14 points differ from the British & French leaders

Which of the following is NOT matched to the industry he is historically associated with

How did the Roosevelt Corollary change the Monroe Doctrine?

Which of the following events illustrates the nativist sentiments of the 1920's

A shortage of workers in US forced the Central Pacific Railroad to hire 10,000 workers

The new morality of the 1920s was exemplified by

The name of crusading journalists who investigated social conditions & political corruptions...

After the Kansas-Nebraska Act passed, Northerners headed for Kansas because

The New Deal changed American attitudes toward government by

Which of the following does NOT describe the Supreme Court ruling in the Plessy v Ferguson case

A major goal of Wilson's League of Nations was to

The growth & development of African American arts in the 1920s became known as

Which of the following objectives was NOTconsidered part of Teddy Roosevelt's Square Dea

In the Dred Scott decision, the Supreme Court determined that it was unconstitutional to

Which of the following is NOT a true statement about the War of 1812

Which of the following did George Washington warn against in his farewell address

The stock market crash of 1929 occurred when

Which of the following describes efforts of Jane Addams in the late 1800's

The Ku Klux Klan formed during Reconstruction with the purpose of

At the Seneca Falls Convention in 1848, attendees were shocked when Elizabeth Cady Stanton

Part of the New Deal's legacy was

The American Federation of Labor pushed for closed shops, meaning that companies

Political Machines gave city dwellers necessities such as jobs, housing, & police protection

Why was the Open Door policy important to the US

A primary reason Henry Ford's success in the automobile industry was that he

As the Civil War began, President Lincoln's goal was

What gave land to settlers if they lived on it for 5 years

The Republican administrations of the 1920's would be best described as

Abolitionists argued that enslaved African Americans should be

The Northwest Ordinance of 1787 outlined the process for

By the 1890's more than half of all immigrants in the US were

President Wilson's peace plan was known as the

Significance of the court cases 1) Northern Securities Company v. US 2) Muller v Oregon

Which of the following did NOT deal with labor unrest in the late 1800's

The main goal of the Bonus Army during the Great Depression was to

Marbury v. Madison in 1803 established what principle involving the Supreme Court

Lincoln's Plan for Reconstruction called for

The most famous conductor on the Underground Railroad was

Nativists wanted to

Which of the following WASN'T an effect of industrialization on rural communities in the 1800's

Why did the US want to expand economically in the 2nd part of the 19th century

What effect did the cotton gin have on southern society

The Scopes Monkey Trial illustrated the nation's debate over

During the Great Depression FDR declared a "bank holiday" to

Labor Unions were formed to

In 1838 the US gov't sent the army to move the Cherokee people of Georgia. A journey known as

Why did American leaders create a weak central government under the Articles of Confederation?

The Dust Bowl of the Great Depression occurred because

Manifest Destiny was the idea that the US was meant to

The Dawes Act attempted to influence Native Americans by

Why was it important to the Anti-federalists that a Bill of Rights be added to the Constitution

The announcement of the Emancipation Proclamation

How did President's Hoover & Roosevelt differ in the response to the Great Depression

When a union called a strike, employers would often hire replacements known as

The goal of the Sherman Antitrust Act was to

Criticism of the war at home was effectively silenced by

What did the 13th Amendment to the Constitution prohibit

The Social Security Act was an important piece of legislation because it