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19th Amendment
Women's suffrage amendment
17th Amendment
Direct election of senators
18th Amendment
Prohibition amendment
Edgar Hoover was an agent in the Bureau of investigation and
Ignored people's civil rights
invaded homes and businesses
Jailed suspects without legal counsel
Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti were two Italian immigrants who were
Victims of prejudice
Many Americans believed that immigrants were
Communist trying to undermine the government
Most labor disputes were over
Pay raises
Massachusetts governor, Calvin Coolidge, called the national guard to end the
Boston police strike
General Attorney A. Mitchell Palmer got a court order to force workers to go back to work during the
Coal miner strike
One reason that union membership slowed was
They were viewed as being communist
Immigrants were willing to work in poor conditions and for little money
Did not allow African Americans to join
Immigration restrictions in 1924 applied to
Europeans
The _____ used anti-communism as an excuse to harass anyone they felt was inferior
Ku Klux Klan
Ended the prohibition of alcohol
21st amendment
Money loaned to Germany by the U.S. to pay Great Britain and France who would then pay the US: we were (the US) just paying ourselves back
Dawes plan
Football coach teaching evolution
John T. Scopes
When this strike ended, workers were NOT allowed to go back to work, they were replaced
Boston police strike
Outlawed the manufacture, sale, and transportation of alcoholic beverages
18th Amendment
Albert Fall had oil rich land transferred to the interior department and received kickbacks; he went to jail for bribery
Tea Pot Dome scandal
After this strike, working conditions did not change until a report was published and people were shocked
Steel mill strike
Started the theory of evolution
Charles Darwin
The US president who was known for lacking good judgement
Warren G. Harding
Law preventing the teaching of evolution in Tennessee
Butler law
These workers received a 27% pay increase after their strike
Coal miner strike
Places where people went to drink alcohol
Speakeasies
16th Amendment
National income tax amendment
Jane Adams
Founder of Hull House which provided services to its community
Florence Kelly
Advocate for women and fought to end child labor
One of the founders of National Women's Suffrage Association
Elizabeth Candy Stanton
Carry Nation
Marched into saloons to destroy bottles of booze and legs of beer
Temperance
Abstinence from alcoholic drink
Prohibition
Ban of the production, transportation, and sale of alcohol
Which belief was held by most Progressives?
The government should be more accountable for its citizens
Who published the book about the urban poor in New York City called, How the Other Half Lives?
Jacob Riis
Progressive authors who exposed political and corporate corruption with investigative reporting were called
Muckrakers
Election is which voters cast ballots to select nominees for upcoming elections is called
Direct primary
Citizens can propose new laws through the _____ process
initiative
Voters can remove public officials from office before the next election through the ____ procedure.
recall
What action did President Roosevelt take in the Inited Mine Workers' strike in 1902?
Insisted that labor and management submit the dispute to arbitration
Roosevelt led the effort to reform the meatpacking industry after reading
The Jungle
The law that required truthful labels was the
Pure Food and Drug Act
President Roosevelt's progressive record included all the following except
establishment of the Federal Reserve System
The Allied Invasion of ________ was given the code name D-Day.
Nazi-occupied Europe
The Battle of the Bulge was significant because it marked the
last German offensive
V-E Day, or May 8, 1945, was the day when ___.
Germany surrendered
What was the Manhattan Project?
the plan to develop the atomic bomb
When forced to abandon the Philippines, ___ made the vow, "I shall return."
Douglas MacArthur
Truman's main reason in deciding to drop the atomic bomb was to
end the war and save American lives
Where did the United States drop the atomic bomb?
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
With respect to finding better jobs, the war years marked a period of ___ for African Americans.
stagnation
Roosevelt's decision to remove people of Japanese ancestry to internment camps was a response to
strong anti-Japanese sentiment
Which of the following leaders did not attend the Yalta Conference?
-Joseph Stalin
-Winston Churchill
-Harry S. Truman
-Franklin D. Roosevelt
Harry S. Truman
Hitler signed a Nonaggression Pact with
Soviet Union
The federal government initiated the bracero program during World War II in an effort to
address the urgent need for agricultural laborers
The meeting at Yalta and Potsdam were focused upon
postwar issues
Which group of people suffered 6 million deaths during the Holocaust?
Jews
He was the dictator of the Soviet Union during WWII
Stalin
Italy invaded this country in 1935 in an attempt at becoming an imperialist world power.
Ethiopia
This banned discrimination in defense industries and Government.
Executive Order 8802
What ruled that discrimination against Japanese Americans was constitutionally legal by forcing them into internment camps?
Korematsu v. US
What country's attack is considered the beginning of World War II?
Germany's attack on Poland
US strategy in the Pacific which slowly took territory, suffering huge casualties.
island hopping
What is a global confrontation between the Soviet Union and the US where there is an avoidance of direct war, but battles fought through smaller countries?
Cold War
Which of the following was NOT a goal of the United Nations?-to settle problems peacefully-to form strong allies in Western Europe-to promote justice-to solve international problems
to form strong allies in western Europe
Border nations between the U.S.S.R. and the west that served as a buffer zone against attacks were called
Satellite Nations
Although Mao Zedong won the hearts of the Chinese peasants, he failed to win American support because he
was a Communist
The main goal of the ___ was to stop the spread of communism.
Truman Doctrine
The Soviet Union set up the _______ in response to efforts from the West to reunify Germany.
Berlin blockade
The Berlin airlift was President Truman's response to the ________.
Soviet blockade of West Berlin
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) was based on the principle of
collective security
The ________ were defeated in the civil war in China despite 2 billion dollars in aid sent to them from the United States.
Nationalists
_______ was the leader of the Communists in China
Mao Zedong
_______ is best known for investigating communism in the film industry.
HUAC
The 38th parallel became an important dividing line between
North and South Korea
Of the following participants in the Korean War, which fought on the side of the Communists
-China
-South Korea
-the United States
-the United Nations
China
General Douglas MacArthur argued that the Korean War
Should be extended into a war against China
The Hollywood Ten was ordered to prison because they were convicted of
being Communists
The _____ appeared to be winning the Korean War until China actively entered the conflict
South Koreans
To label someone's activities as ___ would be to suggest that the person is making unsupported accusations.
McCarthyism
When the Soviet Union exploded an atomic bomb, the United States responded by intensifying efforts to develop
a hydrogen bomb
The first satellite launched into space was
Sputnik
Following World War II, the United States instituted an aid program to help rebuild western Europe's economy known as
The Marshall Plan
The Soviet Union's goal during the Cold War was to
Spread Communism
Which of the following was NOT a member of NATO?
-Britain
-France
-US
-Soviet Union
Soviet Union
The alliance between the Soviet Union and its allies during the Cold War was called
Warsaw Pact
After World War II, Germany was split in four by the US, Great Britain, France, and
Soviet Union
Julius Rosenberg and his wife Ethel were convicted of
containing Communism
Which was a major contributor to Woodrow Wilson's winning the presidency in 1912?
Roosevelt's splitting the Republican vote
As a measure to prevent bank failures, President Wilson helped create the
Federal Reserve System
One goal of the Federal Reserve Act was to
regulate interest rates
Who gained most from the ratification of the 17th Amendment?
ordinary citizens
Which of the following best states the primary goal of Prohibitionist?
to eliminate the use of alcohol in society
Theodore Roosevelt's conservation program included
national parks
The major reason for American opposition to the League of Nations was:
Fear of being required to get involved in future European wars.
Which of the following was the biggest factor in the United States' decision to enter World War 1?
Germany's unrestricted submarine warfare
The spark that started World War 1 was:
1. The sinking of the Lusitania
2. The death of the King of France
3. Germany invaded neutral Belgium
4. None of the above
None of the above is true
This was a request by the Imperial government of Germany to the government of Mexico in which Germany requested that Mexico attack the U.S. of America declared war on Germany
Zimmermann Note
The British ship ________ was sunk off the coast of Ireland by the German navy and 128 Americans died in the attack
Lusitana
The type of welfare that was used during World War 1 was known as:_______
Trench Warfare
The treaty drawn up after World War 1 that punished Germany severely
Treaty of Versailles
German Submarines aimed to attack ships carrying: ______
Weapons to the Allies
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