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One of the most extreme democratic reforms in the Progressive Era was the popular election of US _______________, which was established by a constitutional amendment ratified in 1913.
senators
The __________ ______________, a settlement house in Chicago founded by Jane Addams and Ellen Gates Starr, was one of the most famous of many such institutions, which were devoted to improving living conditions in major cities.
Hull House
Though the People's Party dissolved in the late 1890s, their political philosophies still held influence. Which of the following became the most influential Populist goal in the Progressive era?
Limiting corruption in government
Which of the following best describes the Social Gospel?
A religious movement emphasizing the Church's responsibility to help the poor and marginalized
Which of the following events inspired new city and state laws regulating working conditions in factories?
The Triangle Shirtwaist fire of 1911
In 1911, Frederick W. Taylor published The Principles of _________________ Management, which suggested ways to bring greater efficiency to the specific tasks of individual workers in factories.
Scientific
Middle and upper class Americans in the 1890s became concerned with the rising influence of _____________, a political philosophy that advocated for government ownership of many businesses and greater social justice for the working class.
socialism
In 1901, an anarchist named Leon Czolgosz assassinated President _____________________ at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York.
McKinley
In 1916, the Federal government created the National ____________ Service to maintain and preserve large areas of land throughout the United States.
Park
Which of the following gave the Interstate Commerce Commission the power to set maximum freight rates, a reform long wished for among western farmers?
The Hepburn Act of 1906
Muckrakers were the most influential Progressive voices in which of the following industries?
The Food and Drug Industries
Which of the following individuals became the Democratic nominee in the Election of 1904?
Alton B. Parker
Historians have called which of the following the first "modern President?"
Theodore Roosevelt
Upton Sinclair's _______ _____________, published in 1906, was originally intended to promote socialism, but instead inspired reform in the meatpacking industry.
The Jungle
Taft infuriated Roosevelt and Republican Progressives when he fired which of the following individuals, who was serving as head of the US Division of Forestry?
Gifford Pinchot
The Sixteenth Amendment authorized Congress to enact which of the following measures?
A Federal income tax
William Howard Taft became the first President to also hold which of the following positions in the Federal government?
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
Which of the following best describes William Howard Taft's career before he entered politics?
Lawyer
William Howard Taft became the first Governor-General of the _______________ in 1900 and later became Secretary of War under Roosevelt.
Philippines
In one of the best showings from a radical third party in several decades, Eugene V. Debs took no less than 421,000 votes for the ________________ Party.
Socialist
Which of the following did Wilson call his progressive party platform in the Election of 1912?
New Freedom
Before serving as President, Woodrow Wilson served as the governor of which of the following states?
New Jersey
Most of Roosevelt's supporters walked out of the Republican Convention and formed the "Bull ______________" Progressive Party.
Moose
The Clayton Antitrust Act created the Federal ____________ Commission, which was a stronger version of Roosevelt's Bureau of Corporations with the power to define "unfair trade practices" in order to prosecute businesses who violated fair competition.
Trade
Which of the following best describes the reason why Taft won the Republican nomination over Roosevelt in 1912?
Taft had more support of mainline Republicans who controlled state conventions.
According to the lesson, which of the following is the most important group of Americans that by-in-large did NOT benefit from the Progressive movement?
African Americans
Which of the following best describes the main provision of the Nineteenth Amendment?
It guaranteed women's right to vote.
In 1896, the Supreme Court decided in Plessy v. Ferguson that " ______, but _______" facilities for white and black Americans did not violate the Fourteenth Amendment.
separate
equal
__________________ is known for her role in the promotion of birth control in the late 1910s and 1920s.
Margaret Sanger
Though the People's Party dissolved in the late 1890s, their political philosophies still held influence. Which of the following became the most influential Populist goal in the progressive era?
limiting corruption in government
Investigative journalists who exposed corruption and ill treatment of the working poor were known by which of the following terms?
muckrakers
How did Roosevelt finally resolve the 1902 Coal Strike?
He threatened to send Federal troops to run the private mines in the workers' absence.
Which of the following describes the main division between the Republican and Democratic Party platforms in the Election of 1908?
The democrats wanted a lower tariff
Taft infuriated Roosevelt and Republican Progressives when he fired which of the following individuals who was serving as head of the U.S. Division of Forestry?
Gifford Pinchot
According to the lesson, which of the following best describes the main cause of the failure of Roosevelt's Progressive Party?
professional politicians distanced themselves from the radical wing of the party
Which of the following did Wilson call his Progressive party platform in the Election of 1912?
New Freedom
Which of the following issues marked Wilson's first major piece of legislation after he became President?
tariff reform
Which of the following factors did Margaret Sanger believe to be the main cause of poverty?
A lack of family planning
Which of the following best describes the meaning of the term eugenics?
the effort to reduce the number of "unfit" people in society by reducing the number of children born to "undesirable" parents
The American predisposition to expansion can be traced to
Its origins in European expansion
Which group of people were often the first Americans to come into contact with other cultures?
Missionaries
The idea that a nation had a responsibility to bring a better way of life to other ethnic groups was popularly referred to as
"White man's burden"
What was the most influential motivation in promoting American imperialism?
Economic
America developed the most aggressive foreign policy since the days of John Quincy Adams under which Secretary of State?
William H. Seward
American economic actions in Hawaii protected the rights and power of
White planters
How did President Grover Cleveland react to the attempt to annex the Hawaiian islands?
He apologized to the Queen and called for the provisional government to dissolve
U.S. foreign policy in Latin America in the 1890s sent the message that
The United States was an authority over Latin America
The Spanish-American War began because of a colonial revolt on the island of
Cuba
What event in February 1898 convinced most Americans that the nation should go to war with Spain?
The explosion of the USS Maine
Because of its importance as a naval base in the Pacific, President McKinley and Congress annexed what territory in July 1898?
Hawaii
The Election of 1900 guaranteed what?
that American would be an imperial nation
Who was the Filipino rebel leader against the Spanish and later against the Americans?
Emilio Aguinaldo
Who was the first Governor General of the Philippines?
William Howard Taft
Resistance to foreign powers and the Open Door policy resulted in a Chinese revolt called
The Boxer Rebellion
What was the reason for the Russo-Japanese War?
Russian expansion into Manchuria
Which of the following was NOT a goal of the United States in relation to Latin America?
They wanted to eliminate totalitarian regimes in the region
The _______________ ________________ restricted Cuban diplomacy and made them promise not to borrow money from European nations.
Platt Amendment
What was the foreign policy of President Taft in relation to the Caribbean and Latin American nations?
Dollar diplomacy
Which of the following was the most interventionist President in history, in spite of his statements that he would not be?
Woodrow Wilson
Which of the following is true of the Filipino-American War? [Please choose all that apply.]
The United States sent more troops to the Philippines than to Cuba.
The media's reaction to American measures in the war was mixed.
The United States used some of the same measures as the Spanish had in Cuba.
Under what conditions could Filipinos hold office once a stable government was established? [Please choose all that apply.]
They needed to accept some parts of American culture.
They needed to receive an American education.
Resistance to foreign powers and the Open Door policy resulted in a Chinese revolt called _____________________.
The Boxer Rebellion
Due to its massive trade market, the greatest prize of East Asia was ___________________.
China
What was President Taft's foreign policy in relation to the Caribbean and Latin American nations?
Dollar diplomacy
The acquisition of ____________ ______________ was a major goal of the Spanish American War.
Puerto Rico
Under the Roosevelt Corollary, the President ___________________________.
justified American intervention in Latin American affairs
Which of the following was NOT a plan for American expansionism in the early nineteenth century?
Moving rapidly into Canada and Mexico to gain full control of the North American continent
____________ ___________, based on Charles Darwin's theory of natural selection, applied the laws of nature to society.
Social Darwinism
Secretary of State James G. Blaine believed that ____________ was indispensable to American interests.
Hawaii
While European nations formed colonies in Africa, the United States established stronger relationships in____________ and __________.
East Asia
South America
Extending American influence overseas would provide new ________for American goods and new __________ .
markets
jobs
The idea that a nation had a responsibility to bring a better way of life to other ethnic groups was popularly referred to as ____________________________.
the "white man's burden"
Which of the following was NOT an accomplishment of William H. Seward?
The acquisition of Cuba
The establishment of the Pan American Union was the result of which Secretary of State's goal to establish free trade between the nations of North and South America?
James G. Blaine
The United States established treaties that firmly integrated the Hawaiian and American economies, and helped establish a constitution that ensured political power for ____________________________.
white plantation owners
US foreign policy in Latin America in the 1890s sent the message that _______________________________.
the United States viewed itself as an authority over Latin America
_______________________ is the name of the journalistic technique that encourages publication of sensationalized stories with little or no research.
Yellow Journalism
Which of these groups is most often associated with The Battle of San Juan Hill because of the flattering account of them written by Theodore Roosevelt?
The Rough Riders
Although the main battles of the Spanish American War centered on Cuba, the most decisive conflicts occurred in ________________________.
the Philippines
The leaders in Yellow Journalism in the 1890s were ____________________________. [Please choose all that apply.]
Joseph Pulitzer
William Randolph Hearst
What was the major point of debate over ratification of the Treaty of Paris at the end of the Spanish American War?
The decision over what to do with the Philippines
Which of the following incited outrage among the American people against the Spanish, eventually pushing the nation into war?
The American press
Following the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, the Austro-Hungarian Empire passed sanctions and threatened invasion of what nation?
Serbia
In the United States, Woodrow Wilson was committed to the plan that America remain
Neutral
Declaration of the North Sea and Atlantic as war zones, brought America to the brink of war over the sinking of the
Lusitania
The National Defense Act of 1916
Expanded the US Army and National Guard
The message from the German foreign minister that urged the Mexican government to invade the United States was the
Zimmerman Letter
How did President Wilson frame the conflict in Europe in his pre-war address to Congress?
As a struggle between democratic and autocratic principles
In Schenk v. United States in 1919, the Supreme Court decided that free speech could be suppressed when
There was a "clear and present danger"
When the Russians made a separate peace with the Central Powers
Germany was able to move troops to the western front
In September 1918, the attack on __________ marked a shift in the war as Germany began a retreat from the Western Front.
Sedan
What was Woodrow Wilson's goal for the United States in the Great War?
To promote a world with the peace and protection of al human rights
Which of the following was NOT one of Wilson's points in his postwar plan?
The abolition of foreign treaties.
Which of the following were two Federal laws passed on the same day that created large bureaucracies to enforce sanitation standards of food transported across state borders? [Choose 2]
The Pure Food and Drug
Act
The Meat Inspection Act of 1906
The Mann-Elkins Act of 1910 extended the power of the Interstate Commerce Commission over which of the following industries? [Choose all that apply]
Telegraph
Telephone
Railroads
The Federal _____________ Act of 1913 established a central banking system in the United States for the first time since the 1830s.
Reserve
Which of the following best describes the main difference between Wilson and Roosevelt's political principles in the Election of 1912?
Wilson wanted even stricter antitrust legislation.
For which of the following reasons was the Election of 1912 particularly significant? [Choose all that apply.]
It marked the high point of Progressivism in the United States.
It was the first Presidential election to hold party primaries.
The election was a sign that Democrats were again becoming competitive in national politics.
The election oriented the Republican Party in a much more conservative direction.
Which of the following arguments did suffragists use to advocate for giving women the right to vote? [Choose all that apply.]
Women were morally superior to men and would bring greater virtue to government.
Giving women the right to vote would expand the white vote and maintain white supremacy in the South.
The influence of women in government would make the nation less likely to enter wars.
Women were already active in political and cultural reform movements.
According to the lesson, which of the following was NOT a possible reason why many Americans believed that it was time for the nation to expand its influence and territory further into East Asia and South America?
The United States did not possess enough land to contain its ever-growing population, and needed to find more areas to settle to prevent overcrowding in its current territories.
____________ ___________, based on Charles Darwin's theory of natural selection, applied the laws of nature to society.
Social Darwinism
Which of the following was NOT a major goal outlined by Alfred Thayer Mahan in his plan for America's naval superiority?
The United States should create new naval bases in Europe so it would be easier to aid allied countries in the event of a war.
The establishment of the Pan American Union was the result of which Secretary of State's goal to establish free trade between the nations of North and South America?
James G. Blaine
The Spanish American War began because of a colonial revolt on the island of _____________________.
Cuba
What was the Open Door policy?
A policy that sought to enforce free trade and protect the self-determination of developing nations
The ________ - ______________ ______ was one of the most vocal groups denouncing the Filipino-American War.
Anti-Imperialist League
What were some of the results of the American acquisition of Puerto Rico? [Please choose all that apply.]
Widespread poverty
Improved infrastructure
Improved education
President Wilson intervened in the politics of the nation of _______________, changing alliances and eventually bringing General John J. Pershing to the brink of war after following troops across the border.
Mexico
What two pledges gave the allusion of resolution but in actuality were not as helpful as they had been believed to be? [choose all that apply]
Sussex Pledge
Arabic Pledge
Which of the following were part of the Central Powers? [choose all that apply]
Bulgaria
Answer Austria-Hungary
Germany
Turkey
Why was German submarine warfare different than normal naval warfare? [choose all that apply]
German submarines attacked without warning.
Usually an enemy would be stopped and passengers and crew made safe before a ship was destroyed.
What event changed the balance of power in Europe and contributed to the Great War?
the unification of Germany
In the United States, Woodrow Wilson was committed to the plan that America remain ______________________.
neutral
After the terms of alliances and protection agreements were put into place, declared war on on August 1, 1914.
Germany
Russia
The Committee on Public Information published propaganda primarily meant to ________________________.
influence the opinions of Americans
Many of these expansions of federal power were a display of the influence of ________________________.
the Progressive Era
Which of the following was NOT a government agency created to harness the American economy to the war effort in the Great War?
The National Labor Relations Board
Who was the leader of the Bolsheviks who led a counterrevolution in Russia and established a Communist government?
Vladimir Lenin
In Schenk v. United States [1919], the Supreme Court decided that free speech could be suppressed when __________________________.
there was a "clear and present danger"
The most important government agency to the war effort during the Great War was _____________________.
The War Industries Board
Before a formal treaty was negotiated, fighting in the Great War ended with a[n] _______________________.
armistice
What was the plan for a postwar world that President Wilson presented to Congress in 1918?
the Fourteen Points
What did Wilson want the United States to gain from the Great War, aside from world peace?
cultural and political influence
One of the primary contributions of American troops was that they ________________________.
boosted Allied morale
The delegations of the United States, Great Britain, France and Italy at the Paris Peace Conference in 1919 were called
The Big Four
What was Theodore Roosevelt's criticism of the proposed League of Nations?
It would diminish American sovereignty
What nation had a long-standing dispute with Germany and demanded harsh war reparations at the Paris Peace Conference?
Italy
Which of the following was NOT one of the major empires that collapsed as a result of the First World War?
The British Empire
What worldwide pandemic killed millions of people worldwide between 1918 and 1920 and changed modern medicine and damaged the world economy?
The Spanish Flu
In the minds of many Americans during the years following World War I, labor unions were linked with
Communism
Who led the new federal agency that imposed strict policies against all possible Bolsheviks in 1919?
J. Edgar Hoover
Following the Great War, the Germans and Austrians felt
Victimized and vengeful
Although President Wilson wanted the negotiations at the Paris Peace Conference to work from the Fourteen Points, members of the other delegations wanted to _______________________. [choose all that apply]
weaken
Germany's economy and help France rebuild
gain territory from defeated nations
protect themselves
weaken Germany so they were not a threat
Wilson's dream of ethnic self-determination in Europe was not realized because of the following reasons: [choose all that apply]
PARTIAL:
Europe was not a large enough land mass to accommodate all new groups.
There was no way to organize the land that did remain that would please every group.
President Wilson's top priority in the Paris peace talks was the creation of a ______________ _______ ________________.
League of Nations
The ____________ _____________ _____________ in the Treaty of Versailles stated that Germany was the aggressor in the Great War and forced them to take full responsibility for what happened.
War Guilt Clause
The Treaty of Versailles failed ratification in the Senate because ______________________.
President Wilson refused to compromise with Henry Cabot Lodge over the League of Nations
What mistake[s] did Woodrow Wilson make when working on the treaty to officially end the Great War? [choose all that apply]
He insulted Republicans by implying that they were not interested in promoting peace.
He did not select a representative but chose to attend the peace conference himself.
He insulted Republicans by not choosing any Republican representatives for the peace delegation.
The Republican senator who argued against the League of Nations on constitutional grounds was ___________________.
Henry Cabot Lodge
The delegations of the United States, Great Britain, France, and Italy at the Paris Peace Conference in 1919 were called ____________________.
the Big Four
Which Constitutional Amendment granted women the right to vote in national elections?
the Nineteenth Amendment
What worldwide pandemic killed millions of people worldwide between 1918 and 1920, changed modern medicine, and damaged the world economy?
the Spanish Flu
Who helped lead the African American community during this time period?
W. E. B. Du Bois
At the end of the Great War, Americans were turned inward while the rest of the world looked to them for __________________.
leadership
What events in 1919 fed the fears of Americans regarding a possible Bolshevik revolution in America? [choose all that apply]
civil unrest
labor strikes
What was [were] the goal[s] of the Bolsheviks in the early twentieth century? [choose all that apply]
a classless society
a borderless world
One of the most difficult factors in transitioning from wartime to peacetime was the transition to a peacetime ___________________.
economy
A string of race riots in America in 1919 led James Weldon Johnson to call the period the ______ ____________.
Red Summer
Following the Great War, the Germans and Austrians felt ____________________.
victimized and vengeful
The case of Sacco and Vanzetti is evidence of
the growing fear in the United States for immigrants and their political ideas
What prominent politician became one of the leading advocates for Fundamentalism?
William Jennings Bryan
In 1917, Congress passed the ______________ Amendment to the Constitution, the Prohibition Amendment.
Eighteenth
What institution saw large scale growth as a result of Prohibition?
Organized crime
Because of the rise of the radio industry, Congress created what agency in 1927?
The Federal Ratio Commission
What was the most transformative piece of technology to be expanded in the 1920s?
The automobile
The 1920s saw the rise of __________ _____________ as a lucrative industry and a contribution to a common American culture.
Spectator sports
What American novelist labeled the time in which he lived the "Jazz Age" ?
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Why did southern African Americans move north between 1910 and 1920?
Labor shortages in the north meant more employment opportunities
What famous African-American poet was the best representative of the "New Negro" movement?
Langston Hughes
Which of the following is NOT true of American cities in the 1920s?
Most American cities remained constant in population as working class people moved into urban areas while the middle class moved to the suburbs
The growth of suburbs in the 1920s encouraged the government to spend money on ____________ with federal money, making it the biggest budget expenditure by the end of the decade.
Highways
The movement against modernist ideas and teachings that were making their way into churches and seminaries in the 1920s was known as ________________________.
Fundamentalism
The Scopes Trial began because a Tennessee teacher taught the theory of __________ in his classroom in violation of a law that prevented it.
evolution
In the 1920s, many Americans believed that _____________ were responsible for bringing ideas of socialism, communism, and anarchy into American society.
immigrants
What institution saw large-scale growth as a result of Prohibition?
organized crime
According to the lesson material, what was the real focus of the Scopes "monkey trial"?
the validity of a literal interpretation of the Bible
Henry Ford did not invent the automobile, but popularized it through his use of the ____________ _____________ to increase efficiency.
assembly line
The 1926 Air Commerce Act ______________________________.
allowed the federal government to provide funds for commercial air transportation
Why did Ford pay his employees higher salaries than usual?
He wanted his people to be able to afford the products they helped to build.
The quintessential woman of the 1920s became known as the _________________.
flapper
In the 1920s, American life became more about______________ rather than ___________.
consuming
producing
Which of the following is true of the "Negro Nationalism" movement? [choose all that apply]
One of the leaders of the movement was Marcus.
The movement contributed to the "black power" movement of the 1960s.
It encouraged the segregation of society into black and white communities.
What technological advances encouraged the growth of the suburbs in the 1920s? [choose all that apply]
the automobile
public transportation
____________ music was a synthesis of black folk and big band music that was a combination of rural and urban traditions.
Jazz
The most notable organization for the advancement of racial equality in the United States was _____________.
the NAACP
The growth of suburbs in the 1920s encouraged the government to spend federal money on ______________, making it the biggest budget expenditure by the end of the decade.
highways
Which of the following is NOT a reason for the end of the Progressive Movement?
Progressives had grown to radicalized for the majority of the American population
What was the primary agenda of the Harding administration?
To undo as much of the work of the progressives as possible
The Kellogg-Briand Pact was essentially an attempt by world leaders to
Abolish war
Which of the following would be the largest scandal in the federal government until Watergate in the 1970s and would color the legacy of Warren G. Harding?
The teapot dome scandal
Who became President after the death of Warren G. Harding?
Calvin Coolidge
After breaking away from the Democrat Party because of their choice in candidate in 1924, some delegates broke away and revived the
Bull Moose Progressive Party
The McNary-Haugen bill was an attempt to protect American
farmers
Which of the following won the Election of 1928 and would be President during the worst economic collapse in American history?
Herbert Hoover
In the election of 1920, the Democrats chose James Cox as their nominee for President, but what future President would be his running mate?
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
What was the reason for economic issues between the United States, France, Great Britain, and Germany in the 1920s?
war debts
The Kellogg-Briand Pact was essentially an attempt by world leaders to ______________________.
abolish war
Calvin Coolidge's pro-business policies focused on ________________________.
industrial development
How was Calvin Coolidge able to reduce taxes and pay down the debt at the same time?
He appointed business leaders to key positions in government.
The McNary-Haugen bill was an attempt to protect American ___________________.
farmers
Calvin Coolidge's victory in the election of 1924 signaled a "______ ________" for conservative Republicans.
New Era
During the 1920s, how did businesses attempt to bring customers into a lifestyle of consumption?
By offering cheap and easy credit
During and just after World War I, farmers in the United States made a great deal of money supplying food to the world, but why did that change in the early 1920s?
European farmers were able to resume production and eliminated the need for American commodities
What event served as a trigger in the economic collapse that began in 1929?
the stock market crash
Investors who didn't want to invest in the markets directly could get involved in the stock marked by placing bets on the performance of stocks in
Bucket shops
What is true of stock prices by 1928-1929?
prices of many stocks were so high that they did not accurately reflect the performance of the company
In response to Black Tuesday, The New York Times called the day
"the most disastrous in Wall Street's history"
Purchasing stocks "on margin" meant that investors
Borrowed money from a stockbroker to purchase stocks
How did the federal monetary policy affect economic growth in the 1920s?
They expanded credit, making it easier to get loans and expand business.
Land speculation in the 1920s ___________________________. [choose all that apply]
resulted in inflated land values
artificially increased demand
In 1925, President Coolidge proclaimed that the "chief business of the American people is _________________."
business
Why were farmers able to expand their operations in the 1910s and 1920s?
Cheap, easy credit was readily available.
In response to Black Tuesday, some business leaders argued ______________________.
that the crash had not really harmed the economy in any real way
In October 1929, the stock market saw two days of serious losses. The first was "Black Thursday" on October 24; the second, and worse, was "____________ _____________" on October 29, 1929.
Black Tuesday
In the 1920s the two major stock markets in America were the __________________. [choose 2]
the New York Stock Exchange
the New York Curb Exchange
One of the most important factors in the economic problems during the summer of 1929 was that rising ______________ __________ made it more expensive to borrow money to invest in the stock market.
interest rates
An _____________ _____________ was a company whose only "business" was to speculate in the stock market.
investment trust
In the 1920s, businesses did not feel the need to pay workers more because
immigration made labor plentiful
What is meant by "fractional reserve banking"?
only a portion of deposits were held by the bank and the rest loaned out
What was the intention of the Smoot-Hawley tariff?
to raise the price of imported goods and give American companies a chance to compete
The Reconstruction Finance Corporation
was a government agency meant to deliver emergency loans to insolvent companies and banks
Unemployment during the Depression was both a symptom and a _________.
cause
In addition to poverty and starvation, many city-dwellers also faced the prospect of
homelessness
The most famous of the Hoovervilles sprang up almost overnight in
central park
Which of the following was NOT a characteristic of the Great Depression?
prosperity
One of the issues that helped trigger the Great Depression was the United States' adherence to the _____________ _____________, which meant that, in theory, every dollar was backed by gold.
gold standard
Many Americans, at the time and since, have blamed whom for the Great Depression?
President Herbert Hoover
The Reconstruction Finance Corporation _______________________.
was a government agency meant to deliver emergency loans to insolvent companies and banks
The Revenue Act passed by Congress in 1932 _________________________. [choose all that apply]
PARTIAL:
eliminated Hoover's demand side tax cuts
For many Americans, the single most devastating aspect of the Depression was the dramatic increase in _______________.
unemployment
What two parts of the American economy did the lesson mention as being most dramatically impacted by the Great Depression? [choose 2]
business
banking
Charity food, often consisting of simple bread or water soup, was often prepared in bulk and ladled out to individuals in storefronts or basements called __________ _____________.
Soup Kitchens
The most famous of the Hoovervilles sprang up almost overnight in _____________________.
Central Park
Unemployment during the Depression was both a symptom and a _____________.
cause
What was the spark that set off the Great War in 1914?
the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
In January 1917, Germany decided to resume ___________________.
unrestricted submarine warfare
The United States was now believed, after the War, to be providing ___________ on the world stage.
leadership
The capstone of the Fourteen Points was the establishment of a ______________ _____ _____________.
league of nations
The members of the Bolshevik Party were influenced by the work of whom?
Karl Marx
What nation had a long-standing dispute with Germany and demanded harsh war reparations at the Paris Peace Conference?
France
How many race riots occurred in America in 1919?
more than 25
What contributed to the trend toward rejection of traditional morality in the 1920s? [choose all that apply]
an increase in movement through advanced transportation
a loss of family and societal traditions as people were separated from their roots
the glorification of consumption
a backlash against the self-sacrifice of the war years
As a campaign promise in the Election of 1920, Warren G. Harding promised the American people a "return to ________________."
normalcy
In policy matters, Warren G. Harding promised to keep the focus on ______________________.
"America first"
On October 19, 1929, the first "___________ __________" went out, meaning that some investors who had borrowed money from brokers to buy shares of stock had to repay their brokers or have their stocks sold.
margin calls
The nation's economy has always been subject to " _____________ - _____________" cycles, which are characterized by periods of robust growth followed by periods of recession.
boom-bust
The men who rode the freight trains from town to town looking for work and begging or stealing food were called __________________.
hobos
The __________ ______________, a settlement house in Chicago founded by Jane Addams and Ellen Gates Starr, was one of the most famous of many such institutions, which were devoted to improving living conditions in major cities.
Hull House
Which of the following groups was the greatest advocate for the prohibition of alcohol in the United States?
Middle-class women
In order to protect their own economic interests, white planters in Hawaii did what in 1893?
Overthrew Queen Liliuokalani and established an American protectorate
The _______________ _______________ was a deal in which the Japanese agreed to limit emigration of workers to the United States as long as the federal government agreed not to prohibit Japanese immigration.
Gentlemen's Agreement
The ideas of Marx and the goals of the Bolsheviks was to create a[n] __________________________.
utopian society in which all members were equal
In separate provisions, the Emergency Immigration Act of 1921 and the Immigration Act of 1924 [choose all that apply]
encouraged immigration from Latin America
severely limited immigration from Southern and Eastern Europe
were meant to encourage immigration from Northern and Western Europe
excluded all immigrants from East Asia
The first African-American cultural movement that was purposefully driven and separate from the rest of American society was the ____________ ________________.
Harlem Renaissance
Which of the following switched parties, called himself a progressive conservative, and encouraged the ideas of the progressives through cooperation rather than government mandate?
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