US History 2- Blakeman

America built a canal in \_____ after helping them break away from \______.

Panama, Colombia

The government guaranteed loans made to foreign countries by \_______ under \_____ diplomacy.

American businesses, dollar

The \_____ Amendment gave the US the right to intervene in Cuban affairs.

Platt

The US declared war on Spain after the\_______ blew up

USS Maine

Reasons for American imperialism included a desire for \_____ strength, a thirst for new \______, and belief in cultural \________.

military, markets, superiority

Queen \______ wanted Hawaiians to control their own \_________.

Liliuokalani, government

Pancho \_____ was a bandit from \_____ who raided American villages

Villa, Mexico

The \______ Policy called for equal \_______ rights for all nations in China.

Open Door, trade

The \_____ Rebellion attempted to drive \_______ out of China

Boxer, all foreigners

The \_______ Riders was an important cavalry unit led by \_______.

Rough, Teddy Roosevelt.

\_____ journalism uses sensationalized stories to \__________.

Yellow, lure in enraged readers.

Secretary of State \_______ arranged the purchase of \______ from Russia

William Seward, Alaska

The United States failed to ratify the \__________.

Treaty of Versailles.

Propaganda is the use of \______ communication to influence \________.

biased, public opinion.

The \_____ system used \_______ to escort merchant ships across the Atlantic.

convoy, destroyers.

The purpose of the League of Nations was to \_____.

maintain world peace

Germany was required to make \_____ payments to \______ after WWI.

reparations, the Allies

During WWI the Food Administration called on \______ to follow the gospel of \_______.

people, the clean plate.

The \________ note proposed a secret alliance between Germany and \______.

Zimmerman, Mexico

Austria-Hungary's declaration of war on \______ started \_____.

Serbia, WWI

Trench warfare caused armies to \________.

fight back and forth over the same land

The \_______ was a British passenger ship sunk by a \_______.

Lusitania, German U-boat.

New weapons during WWI included \_____ guns, tanks, airplanes, and \______ gas.

machine,poison

The \________ Board called for \______ production and elimination of waste.

War Industries, increased

The \________ plan allowed Americans to pay for their purchases \______.

purchases, over time

The Model T \______ was the first \_________ to be mass produced in the US.

Ford, automobile

The \______ Scandal involved the leasing of public lands rich in \______.

Teapot Dome, oil

The use of \_______ power in the 1920's transformed American homes and \______.

electric, businesses

\__________ Charles E. Hughes urged that no more \________ be built for 10 years

Secretary of State, warships

\__________ are people opposed to any form of government.

Anarchists

The Fordney- \________ Tariff raised some import taxes up to \_____ percent.

McCumber, 60

The \_________ Pact was an attempt to make war illegal as national policy.

Kellogg-Briand

The \______ system was used to limit immigration from \_________.

quota, certain countries

Isolationism is the policy of withdrawing from \__________.

international affairs.

President \_________ said that the chief business of the American people is business.

Coolidge

Lenin led the \________ rise to power in \_______.

Communists, Russia

Illegal saloons in the 1920's were known as \__________.

speakeasies

The \______ Renaissance was an artistic movement celebrating African American \_______.

Harlem, culture

\___________ was a leading poet who described the lives of working class African Americans.

Langston Hughes

Flappers were \_________ who smoked and \_______ in public.

young women, drank

\_________ was the most popular baseball player of the 1920's.

Babe Ruth

\_______ was the most powerful new form of communication in the 1920's

Radio

\________ was the movement to ban the making, selling, transporting, and drinking of alcohol.

Prohibition

\________ became the crime boss of Chicago in the 1920's.

Al Capone

\________ was the first pilot to make a solo flight across the Atlantic Ocean.

Charles Lindbergh

\__________ believed all important knowledge came from the Bible.

Fundamentalists

\_________was fined for teaching the theory of evolution.

John Scopes

\_________ was a leading jazz trumpeter in the 1920's.

Louis Armstrong

\_______ were transients who wandered the country hitching rides on \________.

Hoboes, freight trains

\___________ was the President when the Depression began.

Herbert Hoover

The \_______ Army was a group of \_______ veterans who wanted an early pension payment.

Bonus, WWI

Buying stocks on \______ meant that a person used borrowed money.

margin

Causes of the Great Depression included \_______ tariffs, a \_______ in farm prices, and availability of \______ credit.

high, decrease, easy

The \_____________ Average is used to track stock prices over time.

Dow Jones Industrial

The Dust Bowl was caused by extended \________, high \________, and overproduction of \_______ .

drought, winds, crops

The \________ Finance Corporation provided federal money to \________ and other large businesses.

Reconstruction, banks

Black \_______ was the day of the \_________ Crash.

Tuesday, Stock Market

\_______ kitchens provided free \_______ for the needy during the Depression.

Soup, meals

\_________ were communities built from scrap materials.

Shantytowns

Rugged \________ meant that people should succeed on their own rather than depending on \________.

individualism, the government

The \________ was a popular book about migrant farm workers during the Dust Bowl.

Grapes of Wrath

The TVA helped create \__________ and prevent \_______.

hydroelectric power, flooding

The CCC employed young men ages \______ to build \______ and develop \_______.

18- 25, roads, parks

FDR appointed \________ to be commissioner of Indian affairs.

John Collier

The AAA paid \_______ to reduce their \________.

farmers, crop production

The bank \______ was declared by FDR so all banks could be \___________.

holiday, inspected by the government

The Social Security Act provided \___________ for retirees at age \_____.

old age insurance, 65

The NLRB acts as a mediator in disputes between \_______ and \________.

Unions, employers

The FDIC provided federal insurance for \________.

individual bank deposits.

Grant Wood's painting \_______ depicted a farmer and \________.

American Gothic, his wife

The policy of \_____ spending means that the government spends more than \______.

deficit, it takes in

Frances Perkins became the first \______ cabinet member as Secretary of \_______.

female, Labor

The \________ Act allowed workers to join unions and \_____ collectively.

Wagner, bargain

\___________ photograph Migrant Mother, is the most famous symbol of the Depression.

Dorothea Dix's

Gone With the Wind was one of the most famous and popular \_______ of the Depression Era.

movies

\______ is the deliberate and systematic killing of an \_______.

Genocide, entire group of people

\__________ established a \________ government in Italy.

Benito Mussolini, Fascist

On the night known as \_________ Nazi storm troopers attacked Jewish homes, businesses, and synagogues.

Kristallnacht

The US entered WWII after Japan attacked \________.

Pearl Harbor in Hawaii

\_______ established a \______ government in Germany.

Adolf Hitler, Nazi

Auschwitz was the largest \________ in the Holocaust.

death camp

\_______ established a \_______ government in the Soviet Union.

Joseph Stalin, totalitarian

The \_______ pact was an agreement between the Soviet Union and \________ to not attack each other.

non-aggression, Germany

The \________ Charter was a joint declaration of war aims between FDR and \_______.

Atlantic, Churchill

The policy of \_______ means to give up principles to satisfy an aggressor.

appeasement

The \________ attack on Poland marked the beginning of \_____.

German, WWII

Germany, Italy, and \_______ were members of the \______ Powers.

Japan, Axis

General \______ quote "I Shall Return" referred to the \__________.

MacArthur's, Philippines

The GI \_______ provided loans to soldiers for \______, housing, and businesses.

Bill of Rights, education

The Nuremberg Trials prosecuted \_________.

Nazi leaders for war crimes.

\______ was the invasion of France by the \_____ to drive out Germany.

D-Day, Allies

The Battle of Stalingrad halted the \_____ advance into \______.

German, Russia

American General Dwight Eisenhower commanded \__________ in North Africa.

Operation Torch

Hiroshima, Japan was the first city to \____________.

be hit with an atomic bomb in wartime

\________ were Japanese pilots who intentionally crashed into \_________.

Kamikazes, Allied ships

The US policy of internment sent \__________ to \________.

Japanese Americans, relocation camps

The Manhattan Project was the code name for the development of \_________.

an atomic bomb.

The Battle of the Bulge was the last ditch offensive of \________.

Germany

The US policy of \__________ limited the availability of certain products to consumers.

rationing

Names of \________ people accused of being Communist were kept on \_________.

Hollywood, Blacklists