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Covers The Guilded Age, Progressive Era, WWI, Roaring 20s, and Great Depression
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13.)
Drew nationwide attention for pitting religious beliefs against new scientific theories; the theory of evolution.
Scopes Monkey Trial
21st amendment
19th amendment
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29.)
The Harlem Renaissance represented the arrival of what to mainstream America?
African American culture
South American culture
Chinese culture
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2.First Progressive President of the United Statesa “Square Deal” for Americans. Ran in 3rd party called Bull Moose
William McKinley
Woodrow Wilson
Teddy Roosevelt
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4.
Nativists main objective during the Gilded Age was to:
offer social services to immigrants
restrict immigration
allow immigration
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34.What was the purpose of the FDIC?
It insured banks against depositors making withdrawls
Insured for banks to guarantee that people wouldn't lose their money.
It meant trouble was on the horizon, make your bank runs!
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6.
Which inventor is responsible for the assembly line being used in the United States?
Thomas Edison
Samuel Morse
Henry Ford
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25.)
During the 1920’s, Congress passed a series of immigration laws that were primarily designed to
Limit immigration from Europe
Expand the workforce for the economy
Increase immigration from Asia
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3.
This Amendment granted suffrage rights to women in 1920:
17th Amendment
16th Amendment
19th Amendment
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7.)
All of the following countries came under a form of U.S. control as a result of the Spanish- American War EXCEPT…
Puerto Rico
Cuba
Hawaii
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9.)
Which policy sought to further American interests in Latin America by using financial power of American business?
Policy of “Watchful Waiting"
Big Stick Policy
Dollar Diplomacy
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33.)
One difference President Roosevelt and President Herbert Hoover was that Roosevelt was-
Able to ignore economic issues for most of his term
Unable to win Congressional support for his economic program
More willing to use government intervention to solve economic problems
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15.)
Lawyer who defended John Scopes in the Scopes Monkey Trial.
Glenn Curtiss
Henry Ford
Clarence Darrow
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16.)
A dislike of foreigners that rose after WWI
Nativism
IMperialism
Isolationism
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22)
The
“Roaring Twenties”:
Americans were focused on making money & enjoying themselves and was the birth of new values
False
True
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32.)
When was “Black Tuesday?
Oct. 29, 1939
Oct. 29, 1929
Oct. 29, 1919
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24.)
The
Great Migration
was where 2 million Americans moved from the East Coast to California.
False
True
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11.)
Which of the following WWI events is in the correct chronological order?
Archduke Ferdinand assassinated-WWI begin-Lusitania sunk-U.S. declares war
Lusitania sunk-WWI begins-U.S. declares War-Archduke Ferdinand assassinated
Archduke Ferdinand assassinated-U.S. declares war-Lusitania sunk-WWI begins
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31.)
approximately what years did the Great Depression take place?
From 1939 to 1949
From 1929 to 1940
From 1929 to 1949
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14.)
Ended Prohibition in 1933.
18th amendment
13th amdendment
21st amendment
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17.)
New production method where parts moved along a conveyor belt & each worker completed a step.
Assembly Line
Ford's Production Method
Teamwork makes the dream work!
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10. Which document imposed harsh punishments on Germany after WWI?
Big Stick Policy
14 Points
Treaty of Versailles
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21.)
The
Red Scare
was a panic created by the Communist Revolution in Russia & the fear that it would spread to America.
False
True
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30.)
Because of frustration with Herbert Hoover during the Great Depression, Hoovervilles became the name of…
Groups of hobos who begged for food
Groups of unemployed workers who begged for work
Groups of shacks or makeshift houses in which poor people lived
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Al Capone was a mafia boss in
New York
Chicago
Los Angeles
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35. What were "Bank Holidays?"
FDR shut down all banks to reestablish only the healthy ones.
Bankers closed down and got to go on vacation.
Once a year people celebrate the invention of the bank.
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19.)
Manufacturer of the Model-T; introduced the assembly line
Karl Benz
Henry Ford
Gottlieb Daimler
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26.)
What was the reason many African Americans left the South for the North in what was called the “Great Migration”?
The Dawes Act made free land available in the West
Many white landowners refused to give them jobs
More factory jobs were available in the North
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36. Who were the ones affected positively by the New Deal.
Women
Both of the above.
African Americans
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8.)
The U.S. gained control of the land it needed to build the Panama Canal by…
Negotiating with Colombia
Encouraging and supporting Panamanian independence
Invading & attacking Columbia
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5.
American communication was revolutionized in the late 1800’s by:
workable light filament
telegraph & telephone
the steam engine
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23.) Harlem Renaissance
the awakening of African American culture in the 1920’s; centered in New York City.
False
True
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1.
Journalists whose main goal was to expose and clean up corrupt practices were called
Yellow Journalists
Anti-Progressives
Muckrakers
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27.)
What would a study of “Flappers” of the 1920’s indicate?
Women were barred from male occupations
Many women were elected to national office
Some women rejected traditional restrictions
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20.)
A section of New York City where songwriting and musical ideas mixed together & formed Popular music.
Tin Pan Alley
Cotton Club
Skid Row
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18.)
Early aviation pioneer; designed a seaplane
Glenn Cambell
Glenn Ford
Glenn Curtiss
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12.)
Which event most influenced President Wilson’s decision to enter WWI?
The assassination of Archduke Ferdinand
The Russian Revolution
unrestricted submarine warfare by Germany
