Us history state test

Which country did we fight the Spanish American war to free from Spanish control

Cuba

America became the leading what after defeating the Spanish in the Spanish American war

Workd power

Where did USA train a military insurgence to overthrow Fidel Castro

Cuba

What was the disaster/ embarrassment to Kennedy's administration

Bay of Pigs

What was the Cuban Missile Crisis

The Soviet Union placed nuclear missiles in Cuba. President Kennedy ordered a naval blockade of Cuba.

What country wrote the Zimmerman Telegram and to who

Germany wrote the letter and sent it to Mexico

What did the Cuban Missile Crisis result in?

The us and soviets communicate better

What country did Ronald Reagan trade guns to for cash and hostages in Iran

Nicaragua

What sea is south of Cuba and above South America

Corribean sea

Korematsu vs. US

Supreme Court Case ruled that the internment of these Japanese Americans was constitutional

Where was D-Day?

Normandy, France

Which countries were axis powers in ww2

Germany, Italy, Japan

Which countries were Allies in ww2

United States, Britain, France

Where are Sacco and Vanzetti from

Italy

Where was the Suez Canal crisis

Egypt

What 2 countries fought each other for the control of the Suez Canal

Isreal and Egypt

What did Jimmy Carter get a noble piece prize for

He got isreal and Egypt to sigh the camp David peace accord

What is the Camp David Accords?

Peace treaty between isreal and Egypt

What is Island hopping

Hopping from one island to another taking control of it

Where was island hopping used?

Pacific, Japan

What is OPEC?

Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries

What did OPEC do?

Regulated the supply and price of oil

Due to opec what were modern cars power by

Battery

What was the division line of Vietnam

17th parallel

Who were in control of the north half of vietnam

Communists/ soviets

Who were in control of the south half of vietnam

Us/ democracy

What is the domino theory

the idea that if a nation falls under communist control, nearby nations will also fall under communist control

What is the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution?

Request by Lyndon B. Johnson to be able to take all necessary measures to prevent Communism from spreading in Southeast Asia without the declaration of war

What did the war powers act do

congress must aprove any act of war

What did Japan bomb

Pearl Harbor

What ocean was used for unrestricted submarine warfare

Atlantic Ocean

What is the iron curtain

The division between Germany's communist East and democratic West.

What side of Germany does nato own

Left

What happened to Korea when the Korean War ended

It ended up divided

What Cold War country helped North Korea

The Soviet Union

What Cold War country helped South Korea

USA

What is containment

stopping the spread of communism

What is the sunbelt?

a region of the United States generally considered to stretch across the Southeast and Southwest.

What is the Rust Belt?

Parts of the northeastern and midwestern US that are characterized by declining industry, aging factories, and a decreasing population.

What is manifest destiny

The belief that the United States had the RIGHT and the DUTY to expand west.

What is the battle of wounded knee

The natives vs white settlers

What is the homestead act

Offered 160 acres of land to head of household

What is the Dawes act

An attempt to assimilate native americans

What is bimetalism

gold and silver to back currency

What was the Populist Party?

A third party to improve to lives of the common man

Who made the cross of gold speech

William Jennings Bryan

What is the significance of the cross of gold speech

It was basically saying the the gold standard is killing us and we need to switch to silver

Which industry is Carnegie

Steel

Which industry is Rockefeller

Oil

What was the Interstate Commerce Act?

A law to try to stop monopolies

What was the Sherman Anti-Trust Act?

outlawed monopolies

What were the knights of labor

A union who was the most inclusive: incorporating women, multiple races, and not exclusively railroad workers

What was the haymarket riot

Protest against police brutality

What was American Federation of Labor

A union by Samuel Gompers that only allowed skilled white men

What means dealing with other countries

Foreign policy

What means dealings inside US

Domestic Policy

What does rural mean

country

What does urban mean

city

Economic issues deals with what

Money

Political issues deals with what

Laws

Plessy v. Ferguson

Separate but equal

Brown v board

Outlawed segregation in schools; overturned Plessy vs. Ferguson

Gideon v. Wainwright

A person who cannot afford an attorney may have one appointed by the government

Miranda vs. Arizona

The accused must be notified of their rights before being questioned by the police

Roe v. Wade

(1973) legalized abortion on the basis of a woman's right to privacy

Schenk v. U.S.

Speech that creates a "clear and present danger"---especially during war times—can be limited. Free speech is not "absolute".

Nixon v. US

Executive privilege is not an excuse to withhold evidence/ Followed by impeachment

Bush v. Gore

Use of 14th Amendment's equal protection clause to stop the Florida recount in the election of 2000.

Court packing

Where FDR tried to add more members to the Supreme Court to pass his programs.

Sacco and Vanzetti Case

Famous case in which two immigrants were accused of murder/ there was no hard evidence, yet they were put to death anyway/ showed how much Americans distrusted foreigners

Scopes Trial

1925 trial of a Tennessee schoolteacher for teaching Darwin's theory of evolution

Chinese Exclusion Act

1882 law that prohibited the immigration of Chinese laborers

What was a cheap substance for immigrants

Americans

What are kickbacks

illegal payments for services/ bribes

Patronage

The giving of government jobs to people who had helped a candidate get elected

Pendleton civil service act

Written exam to become a govt official

Muckrakers

Journalists who exposed corruption in a society

What is Yellow journalism

journalism that is based upon sensationalism and crude exaggeration.

Who passed the Meat Inspection Act?

Teddy Roosevelt

What group wanted to ban alcohol

Women Christian Temperance Union (WCTU)

19th ammendment

Women's suffrage

Who were the trust busters

Taft Roosevelt and Wilson

What did the federal trade commission do

It monitored business practices that might lead to monopoly

What did the federal reserve system do

Regulated banking

What was one result of immigration to the northeastern US during the early twentieth century

Cities became more density populated

Imperialism

domination by one country of the political, economic, or cultural life of another country or region

Rough Riders

volunteer soldiers led by Theodore Roosevelt during the Battle of San Juan hill

Jingoism diplomacy

Says that US will intervene in Latin America when we feel it is in our economic interest

What was the open door notes

US used it to gain equal trade for all nations with access to China

What diplomacy was Roosevelt

Big Stick

What diplomacy was Taft

Dollar

What diplomacy was Wilson

Moral

Sedition acts

Made it illegal to say anything negative of war

Why did US not join the League of Nations

So we don't get involved in future wars

What was a growing fear a communism known as

The red scare

What is a quota?

Maximum limits on the number of people who could immigrate to the United States from each country during a 1-year period.

Washington Naval Conference

1921--Britain, France, Italy, Japan & US agree to limit size of navy

Kellog-Briand Peace Pact

An unrealistic agreement made in 1928 to outlaw was and establish world peace.

Teapot Dome Scandal

corruption by a Harding cabinet member, who took bribes to allow oil drilling on public lands

18th amendment

Prohibition of alcohol