Unit 6: A World Power

Question 1

Name of time following World War I because of a heightened fear of radicals gripped the nation.

Accepted Answer

Red Scare

Question 2

Which amendment created prohibition?

Accepted Answer

18th

Question 3

Examples of postwar havoc in the U.S. was the Red Scare, ____, immigration restraints & the KKK

Accepted Answer

Labor Strikes

Question 4

The practice of extending power, control or rule by one country over areas outside its borders.

Accepted Answer

imperialism

Question 5

Officially Ended World War I

Accepted Answer

Treaty of Versailles

Question 6

He built cars that the average American could afford using an assembly line.

Accepted Answer

Henry Ford

Question 7

Pilot who’s solo crossing of the Atlantic Ocean made him a national hero

Accepted Answer

Lucky Lindy, Charles Lindbergh

Question 8

Germany had to pay_____, which are payments for damages and expenses caused by World War I.

Accepted Answer

Reperations

Question 9

The name given to Germany, Austria-Hungary, and the Ottoman Empire during World War I

Accepted Answer

Central Powers

Question 10

This made it difficult for one side to attack the other without a large loss of life.

Accepted Answer

Trenches

Question 11

Treaty created after WWI to outlaw war. (The U.S. & 14 other nations signed it)

Accepted Answer

Kellogg-Briand Pact

Question 12

Became president after McKinley’s assassination.He said to “Speak softly but carry a Big Stick”

Accepted Answer

Theodore Roosevelt

Question 13

Nickname given to communists in the 1920's.

Accepted Answer

Reds

Question 14

leader of U.S. troops in World War I

Accepted Answer

Pershing

Question 15

The sinking of the _____ helped spark the cry for war against Spain.

Accepted Answer

USS Maine

Question 16

He built cars that the average American could afford using an assembly line

Accepted Answer

Henry Ford

Question 17

He was a great composer of the time. He combined jazz and classical music.

Accepted Answer

George Gershwin

Question 18

He is the greatest single figure in the history of jazz.

Accepted Answer

Louis Armstrong

Question 19

A newspaper publisher that used “yellow journalism” to create public outrage

Accepted Answer

Joseph Pulitzer

Question 20

The purchase of Alaska from Russia for $7 million in 1867 became known as

Accepted Answer

Seward’s Folly

Question 21

He became president in 1929, he promised continued economic prosperity.

Accepted Answer

Herbert Hoover

Question 22

A new and very important weapon used by Germany to control the seas during World War I.

Accepted Answer

U-Boat (submarine)

Question 23

A Torpedoed British passenger liner that sunk killing some Americans

Accepted Answer

Lusitania

Question 24

This was the most powerful source of communication in the 1920's.

Accepted Answer

Radio

Question 25

A sensational style of news coverage that helped sway public opinion in favor of war with Spain

Accepted Answer

Yellow Journalism

Question 26

This Became known as the “Splendid Little war”, because it lasted only three-months

Accepted Answer

Spanish- American War

Unit 6: A World Power

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Unit 6: A World Power

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