History 1302 Exam 2 Review
By the end of 1936, the Supreme Court had proven itself ___ of Roosevelt New Deal.
An enemy
The biggest stumbling block to Progressivism during the Progressive Era was ___.
Corporations
In response to the crises of the Great Depression, states deported ___ and ___.
Mexican Americans, their American-born children
A person who opposed immigration in the 1920s because it would dilute what it "meant to be an American" would be subscrubing to what type of viewpoint?
Nativism
Who was the last tsar to rule in Russia before the Bolshevick Revolution?
Nicholas II
Immediately following the conclusion to World War I, the ___ divided people in regards to immigration issues.
Red Scare
The purpose of the Emergency Banking Relief Act was it ___.
Restore confidence in American banks
Ratified in 1920, the ___ rewarded women who had worked so hard during the Great War with the right to vote.
19th Amendment
Fear of foreigh terrorist and radicalism led to the ___ at the end of the 1910s.
1st Red Scare
In an attempt to lower the risk of war, the United States was party to the _____, which limited the sixe of naval warships for those who signed the document.
5 Power Treaty
What was a Hoover blanket?
A newspaper
The Treaty of Versailles...
A. U.S. never ratified the treaty B. The treaty with Wilson's 14 Points was a failure C. Wilson's health suffered greatly because of the treaty D. The treaty of Versailles left Germany weak and isolated
What were the goals of the late 19th century progressives?
A. honest government B. effective regulation of business C. better lives for Americans D. effective government
What was the immediate cause of the outbreak of the Great War?
Assanation of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
Henry Ford revolutionized the industial process by perfecting the ___.
Assembly line process
An excellent example of the reckless speculation of the late 1920s was ___.
Buying stocks on margin
What new method of governing cities was first implemented in Galveston, Texas after a hurricane destroyed the city?
Commision System
The law restricting immigration from Europe to the percentage of that ethnicity's makeup in the 1910 U.S. census.
Emergency Immigration Act of 1912
The purpose of the Works Progress Administration was to ___.
Employ out-of-work Americans
Who did not benefit from a post-World War I economic boom?
Farmers
During the Great War, what countries made up the Allied Powers?
France, Great Britian, and Russia
In the Zimmerman telegram ___ urged ___ to invade the United States.
Germany, Mexico
The movement of more than 400,000 southern blacks to northern cities during the war and through the 1920s was known as the ___.
Great Migration
The so-called Wagner Act ___.
Guaranteed American workers the right to organize
The African American's first literary and artistic movement is known as ___.
Harlem Renissance
In 1937, President Roosevelt tried to add six new justices to the Supreme Court. Why?
He wanted to change the Court's makeup to aid his policies.
President Taft won office because ___.
He ws supported by Roosevelt
The Louisiana native known as the "Kingfish" who criticized President Roosevelt was ___.
Hewy P. Long
The 16th Amendment to the Constitution provided for ___.
Income tax
As farm productivity ___, farmers earned ___ from their crops.
Increased, less
After World War I came to an end, the United States actively practiced ___ in its relations with the rest of the world.
Isolationism
Who is best associated with the Hull House?
Jane Adams
Which ethnic group was forbidden from immigrating to the United States by the immigration laws passed in the 1920s?
Japanese
In addition to the nickname "the Roaring Twenties," the 1920s have also been labeled the ___.
Jazz Age
President Wilson believed that the keystone to ensuring lasting world peace was ___.
Leauge of Nations
___ led the ___ a group of determined Comunist revolutionaries in Russia in 1917.
Lenin, Bolshevick Party
During the Great War, Wilson's administration organized the sale of ___, which guaranteed a fixed rate of return to fund the war.
Liberty Bonds
The ___ Trial is a classic example of modernism versus fundamentalism.
Scopes
President Hoover blieved the best ways to help the needy during the Great Depression were ___ and ___.
Self reliance, voluenteerism
Woodrow Wilson argued that women's sufferage ___.
Should be passed at the state level
___ killed roughly 100 million people worldide in 1918.
Spanish Flu
During the Great War, the Espionae and Sedition Acts ___.
Stifled freedom of speech
The ___ was designed to bring electricity and jobs to the Tennessee Valley.
T.V.A. (Tennessee Valley Authority)
The reason that Woodrow Wilson won the presidency in 1912 was ___.
Taft and Roosevelt split the Republican vote
The biggest scandal of the Harding administration involved the ___.
Teapot Dome Scandal
What book brought to light the abuses in the United States meatpacking industry in the early 20th century?
The Jungle
How was the foundation of the progressive movement different than that of the Populist movement?
The Progressive movement was based on addressing issues in urban areas.
The first "progressive" president was ___.
Theodore Roosevelt
Need for reforming the workplace was brought to national attention in 1911 when a fire broke out at ___.
Triangle Shirtwaist Factory
Who made up the so-called Bonus Expeditionary Force?
World War I veterans
