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The villages of temporary shacks that sprang up in vacant lots and public parks were known as

"Hoovervilles"

The most extreme leader in the women's suffrage movement was which of the following individuals?

Alice Paul

Which of the following individuals became the Democratic nominee in the Election of 1904?

Alton B. Parker

When President Roosevelt found a place for the proposed Canal Zone, the land was a part of

Columbia

In 1917, Congress passed the ______________ Amendment to the Constitution, the Prohibition Amendment.

Eighteenth

The Sixteenth Amendment authorized Congress to enact which of the following measures?

Federal income tax

The _______________ _______________ was a deal in which the Japanese agreed to limit emigration of workers to the United States as long as the federal government agreed not to prohibit Japanese immigration.

Gentleman's Agreement

Why was German submarine warfare different than normal naval warfare?

German submarines attacked without warning and usually an enemy would be stopped and passengers and crew made safe before a ship was destroyed

When the Russians made a separate peace with the Central Powers

Germany was able to move troops to the western front

best describes the political failings of Taft?

He was unable to influence others without offending them, He fell under the control of Conservative Republicans, and He was unable to mediate between opposing sides in Congress.

Which of the following was the Massachusetts Senator who advocated American expansion in the early 19th century?

Henry Cabot Lodge

Which of the following won the Election of 1928 and would be President during the worst economic collapse in American history?

Herbert Hoover

The _______________ ________________ restricted Cuban diplomacy and made them promise not to borrow money from European nations.

Platt Amendment

Many Americans, at the time and since have blamed whom for the Great Depression?

President Herbert Hoover

The Treaty of Versailles failed ratification in the Senate because

President Wilson refused to compromise with Henry Cabot Lodge over the League of Nations

According to the lesson, which of the following best describes the main cause of the failure of Roosevelt's Progressive Party?

Professional politicians distanced themselves from the radical wing of the party.

What was the reason for the Russo-Japanese War?

Russian expansion into Manchuria

In September 1918, the attack on __________ marked a shift in the war as Germany began a retreat from the western front.

Sedan

One of the most extreme democratic reforms in the Progressive Era was the popular election of U.S. _______________, which was established by a constitutional amendment ratified in 1913.

Senators

In one of the best showings from a radical third party in several decades, Eugene V. Debs took no less than 421,000 votes for the ________________ Party.

Socialist

Which of the following best describes the reason why Taft won the Republican nomination over Roosevelt in 1912?

Taft had more support of mainline Republicans who controlled state conventions.

Which of the following describes the main division between the Republican and Democratic Party platforms in the Election of 1908?

The Democrats wanted a lower tariff.

Which of the following gave the Interstate Commerce Commission the power to set maximum freight rates, a reform long wished for among western farmers?

The Hepburn Act of 1906

Upton Sinclair's _______ _____________, published in 1906, was originally intended to promote socialism, but instead inspired reform in the meatpacking industry.

The Jungle

The most important government agency to the war effort in the Great War was

The War Industries Board

Which of the following was a negative effect of the democratic political reforms of the Progressive Era?

The development of massive, inefficient bureaucracies, Increased corruption in government, A decline in voter participation and Political machines, lobbyists and corporations gained greater control of government

Which of the following best describes the meaning of the term eugenics?

The effort to reduce the number of "unfit" people in society by reducing the number of children born to "undesirable" parents

For which of the following reasons was the Election of 1912 particularly significant?

The election was a sign that Democrats were again becoming competitive in national politics, The election oriented the Republican Party in a much more conservative direction, It marked the high point of Progressivism in the United States, and It was the first Presidential election to hold party primaries

Which of the following events led to the decline of optimism in the United States during the Progressive Era?

The sinking of the Titanic in 1912 and World War I

Who was the leader of the Bolsheviks who led a counterrevolution in Russia and established a Communist government?

Vladimir Lenin

America developed the most aggressive foreign policy since the days of John Quincy Adams under which Secretary of State?

William H. Seward

Who was the first Governor General of the Philippines?

William Howard Taft

In 1901, an anarchist named Leon Czolgosz assassinated President _____________________ at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York.

William Mckinley

The leaders in Yellow Journalism in the 1890s were

William Randolph Hearst; Joseph Pulitzer

Which of the following was the most interventionist President in history, in spite of his statements that he would not be?

Woodrow Wilson

What contributed to the trend toward rejection of traditional morality in the 1920s?

a loss of family and societal traditions as people were separated from their roots, the glorification of consumption, an increase in movement through advanced transportation and a backlash against the self-sacrifice of the war years

Which of the following best describes the Social Gospel?

a religious movement emphasizing the Church's responsibility to help the poor and marginalized

To try to stop the financial panic on "Black Thursday" some prominent investors issued a statement that the markets were actually sound and that the crash was the result of

a technical glitch

The Kellogg-Briand Pact was essentially an attempt by world leaders to

abolish war

According to the lesson, which of the following is the most important group of Americans that by-in-large did NOT benefit from the Progressive movement?

african americans

The 1926 Air Commerce Act

allowed the federal government to provide funds for commercial air transportation

How did President Wilson frame the conflict in Europe in his pre-war address to Congress?

as a struggle between democratic and autocratic principles

What two parts of the American economy did the lesson mention as being most dramatically impacted by the Great Depression?

business and banking

In the 1920s, the stock market became a financial bubble supported by

buyer enthusiasm, expectations of profit and borrowed money

During the 1920s, how did businesses attempt to bring customers into a lifestyle of consumption?

by offering cheap and easy credit

Before a formal treaty was negotiated, fighting in the Great War ended with an

cease fire

In the 1920s, American life became more about _______ rather than ________.

consuming; producing

American missionaries not only took religion to foreign lands but spread American _____________ values as well.

culture

What was the foreign policy of President Taft in relation to the Caribbean and Latin American nations?

dollar diplomacy

While European nations formed colonies in Africa, the United States established stronger relationships in ______ and ______.

east asia; latin america

What was the most influential motivation in promoting American imperialism?

economic

One of the most difficult factors in transitioning from war time to peacetime was the transition to a peacetime

economy

The National Defense Act of 1916

expanded the US Army and the National Guard

The McNary-Haugen bill was an attempt to protect American

farmers

After the terms of alliances and protection agreements were put into place, ________ declared war on ________ on August 1, 1914.

germany; russia

One of the issues that helped trigger the Great Depression was the United States' adherence to the _____________ _____________, which meant that, in theory, every dollar was back by gold.

gold-standard

In addition to poverty and starvation, many city-dwellers also faced the prospect of

homelessness

The __________ ______________, a settlement house in Chicago founded by Jane Addams and Ellen Gates Starr, was one of the most famous of many such institutions, which were devoted to improving living conditions in major cities.

hull house

What was some results of the American acquisition of Puerto Rico?

improved education, widespread poverty and improved infrastructure

Which of the following is true of the "Negro Nationalism" movement?

it encouraged the segregation of society into black and white communities, one of the leaders of the movement was Marcus and the movement contributed to the "black power" movement of the 1960s

The American predisposition to expansion can be traced to

its origins in European expansion

____________ music was a synthesis of black folk and big band music that was a combination of rural and urban traditions.

jazz

Why did southern African Americans move north between 1910 and 1920?

labor shortages in the north meant more employment opportunities

At the end of the Great War, Americans were turned inward while the rest of the world looked to them for __________________.

leadership

Though the People's Party dissolved in the late 1890s, their political philosophies still held influence. Which of the following became the most influential Populist goal in the progressive era?

limiting corruption in government

Which of the following was NOT a characteristic of the Great Depression?

luxury cars

Most of Roosevelt's supporters walked out of the Republican Convention and formed the "Bull ______________" Progressive Party.

moose

Which of the following is NOT true of American cities in the 1920s?

most American cities remained constant in population as working class people moved into urban areas while the middle class moved to the suburbs

Which of the following was NOT a plan for American expansionism in the early nineteenth century?

moving rapidly into Canada and Mexico to gain full control of the North American continent

Calvin Coolidge's victory in the election of 1924 signaled a "_____ _______" for conservative Republicans.

new era

What is meant by "fractional reserve banking"?

only a portion of deposits were held by the bank and the rest loaned out

What institution saw large scale growth as a result of Prohibition?

organized crime

To protect their economic interests white planters in Hawaii did what in 1893?

overthrew Queen Liliuokalani and established an American protectorate

In 1916, the Federal government created the National ____________ Service to maintain and preserve large areas of land throughout the United States.

park

Although President Wilson wanted the negotiations at the Paris Peace Conference to work from the Fourteen Points, members of the other delegations wanted to

protect themselves, weaken Germany's economy and help France rebuild, weaken Germany so they were not a threat and gain territory from defeated nations

In 1922, the Five-Power Treaty (Washington Naval Treaty)

required the powers who signed it to cut the size of their navies to pre-war levels

The Federal _____________ Act of 1913 established a central banking system in the United States for the first time since the 1830s.

reserve

Land speculation in the 1920s

resulted in inflated land values and artificially increased demand

In an effort to take back control of the Republican Party, ________ traveled the country in the Fall of 1910 making speeches espousing his Progressive principles known as "New _______."

roosevelt, nationalism

Middle and upper class Americans in the 1890s became concerned with the rising influence of _____________, a political philosophy that advocated for government ownership of many businesses and greater social justice for the working class.

socialism

The Election of 1900 guaranteed what?

that American would be an imperial nation

Who was it that created outrage among the American people that eventually pushed the nation into war?

the American press

The delegations of the United States, Great Britain, France and Italy at the Paris Peace Conference in 1919 were called

the Big Four

In the 1920s the two major stock markets in America were the

the New York Curb Exchange and the New York Stock Exchange

Which of the following is true of the Filipino-American War?

the United States used some of the same measures as the Spanish had in Cuba, the United States sent more troops to the Philippines than to Cuba and the reaction to American measures in the war was mixed

Which of the following was NOT one of Wilson's points in his postwar plan?

the abolition of formal treaties

Which of the following was NOT an accomplishment of William H. Seward?

the acquisition of Cuba

What was the most transformative piece of technology to be expanded in the 1920s?

the automobile

Why were farmers able to expand their operations in the 1910s and 1920s?

the availability of cheap, easy credit

What was the major point of debate over ratification of the Treaty of Paris at the end of the Spanish American War?

the decision over what to do with the Philippines

The case of Sacco and Vanzetti is evidence of

the growing concern in the United States regarding immigrants and the political ideas

What event changed the balance of power in Europe and contributed to the Great War?

the unification of Germany

According to the lesson material, what was the real focus of the Scopes "monkey trial" ?

the validity of a literal interpretation of the Bible

How did the federal monetary policy affect economic growth in the 1920s?

they expanded credit, making it easier to get loans and expand business

Under what conditions could Filipinos hold office once a stable government was established?

they needed to receive an American education and they needed to accept some parts of American culture

What was the primary agenda of the Harding administration?

to undo as much of the work of the progressives as possible

What were the two aspects of Hoover's plan to save the country?

use the power of the federal government to prop up certain areas of the economy and keep calm and avoid panic

Following the Great War, the Germans and Austrians felt

victimized and vengeful

American economic actions in Hawaii protected the rights and power of

white planters

__________________ is a journalistic technique that encourages publication of stories with little or no research

yellow journalism


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