Primarily, immigrants from China were seeking _______ jobs in the ________ region of the US

railroad; west

President Theodore Roosevelt was able to work out a deal with which Asian nation in the early 1900s that settled a dispute about immigration?

Japan

According to Jacob Riis, which of the following is the best explanation for why the Chinese were living quiet, secretive lives upon entering America?

They were feeling unwelcome and unsafe due to Americans' attitudes towards them.

Which of the following was the best explanation for why cities begin to build skyscrapers in the late 1800s?

It saved space and money by building vertically rather than horizontally.

What was one factor that contributed to the urbanization of the United States in the late 1800s and early 1900s?

Immigrants settled mainly in the cities.

These were the overcrowded, unsanitary homes that typically held several families at a time. They often housed those from lower social classes including immigrants from foreign countries. The environment in these places consisted of dirty air, dark rooms w/o sunlight, and diseases being spread easily.

tenements

"Columbia's Unwelcome Guests" by Frank Beard was published in 1885. Who were the unwelcome guests?

immigrants from Russia, Germany, and Italy

What was a major reason why Americans wanted to limit Asian immigration to the United States?

Competition for the same work

Which of the following terms describes the giving up of your own culture and traditions in order to better blend in with a new, more dominant culture?

assimilation

What was a main reason that African Americans migrated to the cities during the late 1800s and early1900s?

They wanted to escape discrimination in the south.

Which group of people traveled in large numbers to the northern United States, and cities like Detroit, Chicago, and Philadelphia as America was transitioning from an agricultural economy to an industrial economy during the late 1800s?

African Americans

Which of the following is a pull factor that drew immigrants to settle in the United States during the late 1800s and early 1900s?

promise of a better life

From 1880 to 1920, a majority of immigrants arriving in America were from which continent?

Europe

Which of the following was a difference between Angel Island and Ellis Island?

Detention at Angel Island typically took much longer than Ellis Island

“Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, the wretched refuse of your teeming shore." This is a well-known line from which written work?

The New Colossus

What did Jacob Riis seek to highlight through his photography?

the living conditions in immigrant communities

Three major events from 1914-1917 started to turn public opinions in America towards joining the war. Which of the following was not one of these events?

the assassination of Franz Ferdinand

How did the sinking of the Lusitania impact American opinion on the war?

US citizens now believed America was being directly affected by German actions.

This text to the leader of Germany from July, 1914 was written by the leader of which nation?

Russia

Which nation would have printed this cartoon?

*

Austria-Hungary

Which of the following best describes the purpose of the Zimmerman Note?

A proposed alliance between Germany and Mexico

World War I began with the assassination of Franz Ferdinand by a ______ radical named Gavrilo Princip.

Serbian

The assassination of Franz Ferdinand took place in a volatile region of the world known as the _______.

Balkans

The area in between enemy trenches typically filled with barbed wire and anti-tank obstacles was known as ________.

no-man's land

What made WWI different than any war that had taken place before it?

Modern advances in technology caused great changes in the way the war was fought.

Russia mobilized to the defense of Serbia due to their shared ____ ethnicity.

slavic

World War I ended up becoming a years long stalemate (standstill) on the western front because of ________.

the use of trench warfare

Which nation did Great Britain feel obligated to defend when it was invaded by Germany in 1914?

Belgium

Which of these five nations was not a part of the 'big four' during the Paris Peace Conference?

Russia

What was the US government seeking to discover during their raids on American cities from 1917-1918?

World War I draft evaders

Which of the following was a result of the Selective Service Act?

Men were required to register for military service.

Check the boxes of the nations that made up the Triple Entente:

Britain Russia and France

What was the name of Wilson's proposed post-war organization of countries that was to settle disputes before they broke out into another war?

League of Nations

Based on the map you created at the beginning of the unit (and other maps we've looked at), how was Germany at a geographic disadvantage throughout the war?

Each of these is true.

The idea that a group of people should be allowed to chart their own future or choose their own government without being controlled by a larger empire is the definition of:

Self-determination

Which is true about child labor and women's working conditions after the Progressive Era?

all of them were true (improved women’s and children’s rights)

Why did the prohibition movement appeal to so many women?

It offered women an opportunity to take part in activities that expanded their public roles while also improving their lives for the better.

Which of these was not one of the four main goals of the Progressive movement as listed in Chapter 14?

Eliminating taxes on the poor

These schools became very popular by 1900, numbering almost 3,000 across the nation and providing childcare for working mothers.

Kindergartens

Which of the following best describes the main goal of the Progressive Era?

To limit the power of corporations and improve social conditions

Which idea that became mainstream during the Progressive Era is the attached image highlighting?

Separate but equal

Why were muckrakers important during the Progressive Era?

They helped to increase the public’s awareness of troubling issues in society.

Prohibition ultimately failed because:

All of these are true.

(baned bad drinks)

Which of the following was NOT a reason to enforce Prohibition.

Much of our alcohol was coming from foreign governments at much higher tax rates than we were willing to pay.

The Seneca Falls Convention was the location where what document was written?

Declaration of Sentiments

Which of the following was NOT a part of the strategy for woman suffrage? (Only 1 correct answer)

to fight to remove the 19th Amendment from the US Constitution

Why was Justice Harlan concerned with the ruling in Plessy vs. Ferguson?

It would create two classes of people in America, one seen as superior or dominant and one seen as inferior.

Which of these was not a general complaint made by the women at Seneca Falls?

Black Americans and immigrants deserved complete equality to men and women.

"The right of citizens to vote shall not be denied or abridged on account of sex." Ratified in August of 1920, this amendment to the Constitution finally gave women the right to vote in federal elections in the United States.

19th

The "Dry Era" in America became official with the ratification of the ____th Amendment in January of 1919.

18

Which of the following is true of voting restrictions in the South?

Most all Southern states imposed some form of voting restrictions on African Americans

On the topic of labor laws (from the notes you were supposed to do by yourself), in 1902, Maryland became the first state to pass a law which would provide what to workers?

Death benefits (payments) to their families as result of workplace accidents

Explain why we saw such a great shift in voter behavior between these two maps.

Americans were still hopeful in 1928. By 1932 they were tired of the Great Depression.

If a voter were to read this advertisement in the newspaper in 1928 why might they be more likely to vote for Herbert Hoover in the upcoming election?

Americans saw great success in previous Republican administrations

Which of the following best describes the "wild boys" of the Great Depression?

Teenagers without work who hopped railroad cars and rode them all across the country

While the Great Depression hurt all Americans, why were minorities hit the hardest?

After much thought, critical thinking, and reasoning, it seems like each of the answers listed for this question are factual

Why were farmers in America widely successful at the beginning of the 20s yet suffered by the end of the 20s?

Markets for their products disappeared after the war.

Which of these New Deal programs was specifically created to provide relief for the needy during the Great Depression?

Social Security Act

Which of the following New Deal coalition groups continued their support for FDR because he didn't push for an anti-lynching law?

Southern whites

Which of these was not a natural cause of the Dust Bowl?

Overproduction

According to Hoover, whose job was it to pull America out of the Depression?

Americans

Roosevelt's plan to ease the burden on Americans living through the Great Depression was known as the __________.

New Deal

Why was much of the prosperity of the 1920s more superficial (fake) than real?

Many people were living beyond their means (what they could actually afford).

Which of the following was a goal of Roosevelt's response to the Great Depression?

provide relief for the needy, recovery for the economy, and reform the banks

What was one advantage that people in rural areas had during the Great Depression that people in the cities lacked?

the ability to grow food

Why was Black Tuesday such a significant day in American history?

It was the day when the stock market crashed.

In the "Sure, I'll Try Anything Once" cartoon, what is the American farmer begrudgingly willing to accept?

government assistance

Which is true about rural residents of Iowa during the Depressions according to the "Square Meal" excerpt you were assigned in your outline?

All of the above.

During the Depression, which of the following states was most affected by the Dust Bowl?

Oklahoma

Why is buying stocks on margin (taking out a loan) a dangerous gamble?

You're taking out a loan in order to invest.

Which of the following New Deal programs was designed to increase crop prices for American farmers by paying them to reduce production?

AAA

What were the Hawley-Smoot tariffs designed to do?

Protect farmers by raising the costs of foreign goods

This cartoon best shows which idea covered in Chapter 13?

xenophobia