History A Exam

Wrote the declaration of independence

Thomas Jefferson

Date the declaration of independence was signed

July 4, 1776

Place the declaration of independence was signed

Philadelphia Pennsylvania, Independence Hall

Unalienable rights in the declaration of independence

Life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness

Some of the accusations of the declaration of independence

all of the above

Was accused of terrible abuses when the declaration of independence was being written and before it was written

King George the III

The first 3 words on the constitution

“We the people”

7 articles of the constitution

1. Legislative

2. Executive

3. Judicial

4. States' relations

5. Amendment process

6. Federal supremacy

7. Ratification

The first amendment of the bill of rights

Freedom of speech, religion, press, assembly, and petition

Inventor of the telephone

Alexander Graham Bell

Inventor of the first practical incandescent light bulb, the phonograph, the motion picture camera, and the first commercial electric power distribution system

Thomas Edison

The amount of product that is made

Supply

How many people want a product

Demand

a person who organizes and operates a business or businesses, taking on greater than normal financial risks in order to do so.

Entrepreneur

Inventor of the railroads

Cornelius Vanderbilt

an economic system where private individuals and businesses own the means of production, and prices for goods and services are determined by voluntary exchange and competition, rather than government regulation

Free market capitalism

Inventor of standard oil

John D. Rockefeller

revolutionized the steel industry

Andrew Carnegie

Inventor of the financial industry

J. P. Morgan

a market structure where a single company or entity is the exclusive seller of a product or service with no close substitutes

Monopoly

Inventor of the assembly line

Henry Ford

a business strategy where a company owns or controls multiple stages of its supply chain—such as suppliers, manufacturers, and distributors—rather than relying on external, independent companies

Vertical integration

a business strategy where a company acquires or merges with another firm operating at the same level in the same industry

Horizontal integration

Got ride of monopoly’s

Teddy Roosevelt

artillery, machine guns, poison gas, tanks, and aircraft’s

Weapons used in World War 1

a formal agreement, partnership, or union between two or more parties—such as countries, organizations, or individuals—to work together toward common goals, provide mutual support, or ensure shared defense

Alliances

Original name for World War 1

The Great War

France, British Empire, Italy, Russia, United States, Japan, Belgium, Serbia, Romania were all on what side in World War 1

The Allies

Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Ottoman Empire were all part of what side in World War 1

The Central Powers

Person who was assassinated and caused World War 1 to start

Archduke Franz Ferdinand

Person that assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand

Gavrilo Princip

A Serbian group that had killed Archduke Franz Ferdinand

The Black Hand

Where the Russian Empire and Romania fought the Central Powers

Eastern Front

Where France, Britain, and the United States fought the Central Powers

Western Front

a defensive form of land combat where opposing forces fight from, attack, and counterattack within permanent, dug-in lines of trenches

Trench warfare

an early 20th-century U.S. campaign led by figures like Theodore Roosevelt and Leonard Wood to rapidly build up the military, navy, and industrial base

Preparedness movement

British ocean liner torpedoed without warning by a German U-boat on May 7, 1915, off the Irish coast

The Lusitania

German submarines during World War 1

U-Boats

an automatic gun that fires bullets in rapid succession for as long as the trigger is pressed.

Machine Gun

a secret 1917 diplomatic proposal from Germany to Mexico, suggesting a military alliance against the United States during WWI

Zimmermann note

the first worldwide intergovernmental organization established on January 10, 1920, following World War I, designed to maintain world peace, prevent future conflicts through diplomacy, and foster international cooperation

The League of nations

the making of amends for a wrong one has done, by paying money to or otherwise helping those who have been wronged

Reparations

Act of 1917, signed by President Woodrow Wilson on May 18, 1917, authorized the U.S. federal government to temporarily raise a national army for World War I through mandatory conscription rather than solely relying on volunteers

Selective Service

the desolate, dangerous, and often barren territory situated between the opposing trench systems of the Allied and Central Powers

No-man’s land

armored, tracked combat vehicles developed by the British and French to break the, deadlock of trench warfare on the Western Front

Tanks

a type of fixed-wing aircraft featuring two main wings stacked one on top of the other

Biplanes

pair of revolutions during World War I that dismantled the 300-year Romanov czarist autocracy, resulting in Russia's withdrawal from the war and the rise of the world's first communist state, the Soviet Union

Russian Revolution

Russia’s emperor during World War 1

Czar Nicholas II

President of the United States during World War 1

Woodrow Wilson

Prime Minister of Britain in World War 1

David Lloyd George

Prime minister of France during WWI

Premier Georges Clemenceau

final German Emperor in WWI

Kaiser Wilhelm

Italian Prime Minister during WWI

Vittorio Orlando

advocated for "revolutionary defeatism," arguing that Russia’s defeat would hasten the socialist revolution

Vladimir Lenin

Emperor of Austria and King of Hungary who led the Austro-Hungarian Empire into World War I

Franz Joseph

a formal agreement ending fighting between the Allied Powers and Germany on the Western Front

Armistice

Day World War I ended

November 11, 1918

the primary peace treaty that officially ended World War I between the Allied Powers and Germany

Treaty of Versailles

a 1918 blueprint for postwar peace proposed by U.S. President Woodrow Wilson to Congress, aiming to end World War I and prevent future conflicts

The Fourteen Points

the principle that distinct national or ethnic groups have the right to sovereignty, independence, and the ability to choose their own form of government

National self-determination

3 presidents during the roaring 20’s

1. Harding

2. Coolidge

3. Hoover

Andrew Mellon economic policies

1. Lower government debt

2. Lower national debt

3. Reduce taxes

a "hands-off" policy where governments refrain from interfering in the economy, allowing free markets to operate with minimal regulation, taxes, or trade restrictions

Laissez-faire

a four-wheeled, gas-powered passenger vehicle that became an affordable, everyday necessity rather than a luxury

Automobiles

the pioneering, high-risk, and romantic infancy of commercial air travel, characterized by the shift from daring military aviation to scheduled mail and passenger services

Airline industry

a revolutionary, mostly wooden, household device used to listen to live audio—like music, news, and speeches—transmitted through airwaves

Radio

a, “new”, aggressive style of marketing that aimed to persuade a nationwide audience to buy the same consumer goods—such as radios, automobiles, and household appliances—using radio, magazines, and newspapers in the 1920’s

Mass advertising

Popular sport from the 1920’s with famous player Babe Ruth

Baseball

a silent film production in the 1920’s

Movies

a fast-paced, improvisational, and energetic music style that defined the Roaring Twenties

Jazz

a speculative "boom" era defined by rapid expansion in the 1920’s

Stock Market

massive, sudden collapse in U.S. stock prices after a period of intense, speculative buying

Stock Market Crash

Stock Market Crash was also called

Black Tuesday

took a limited, hands-off approach to the Great Depression, believing the economy would fix itself and that direct federal aid ("handouts") would destroy American "rugged individualism"

President Hoover

President during the Great Depression

Franklin D. Roosevelt

a series of U.S. government programs and reforms launched by President Franklin D. Roosevelt

The New Deal

fragile institutions at the center of a massive financial collapse

Banks

a system of old-age pensions for retired workers, unemployment insurance, and assistance for the disabled and needy children, funded through payroll taxes

Social Security

a severe, multi-year environmental disaster during the 1930s (Great Depression) where intense drought and high winds turned the Great Plains into a desert

The Dust Bowl

a second wave of aggressive federal programs launched by President Franklin D. Roosevelt during the Great Depression

2nd New Deal

Front of the coin is Abraham Lincoln and back of the coin is the Lincoln Memorial

Penny

Front of the coin is Thomas Jefferson and back of it is Monticello

Nickle

The front of the coin is Franklin D. Roosevelt and back is a torch flanked by an olive branch and an oak branch

Dime

Front of the coin is George Washington and back is a bald eagle

Quarter

Front of the coin is John F. Kennedy and the back is an eagle with a shield, holding an olive branch and arrows, surrounded by 50 stars.

50 cent piece

Front of the coin is Dwight D. Eisenhower and the back is an eagle landing on the moon

Silver dollar

Dollar bill with George Washington on the front

1 dollar

Dollar bill with Thomas Jefferson on the front and on the back is the signing of the Declaration of Independence

2 dollar

Dollar bill with Abraham Lincoln on the front and the Lincoln Memorial on the back

5 dollar

Dollar bill with Alexander Hamilton on the front and the U.S. Treasury Building on the back

10 dollar

Dollar bill with Andrew Jackson on the front and the White House on the back

20 dollar

Dollar bill with Ulysses S. Grant on the front and the capitol building on the back

50 dollar

Dollar bill with Benjamin Franklin on the front and Independence Hall on the back

100 dollar