History 1700 Exam 4
What happened when the stock market crashed?
-Orders fell off, production slowed down, factories laid off their workers, and the wealthy were hit which effects consumption
How many Japanese people in America were sent to Internment camps?
110,000, but more than half were American citizens
What did the United States begin trading with China?
1784
How many people did Henry Ford lay off?
2/3 of his employees
After one day of battle, how many men were lost from the British?
20,000
What percent of Americans were out of work?
25% (1 in 4 Americans)
How long did the war between the Philippines and Americans last?
3 years
How many casualties happened after WWI was over?
30 million causalities in 4 years with 10 million deaths
How long was the Spanish-American War?
4 months
How many terms was Franklin Roosevelt elected for?
4 terms
How many people died and were injured in the American and Philippine war?
4,200 died and 2,800 injured Americans, and America killed 18,000 Filipinos
How many farmers lost their land?
400,000
In the election of 1896, 130,000 black Louisianans voted. In 1900 the number was _____________.
5,320
How many peopled died during WWII?
60-85 million
What was the ship Lusitania?
A British cruise ship
What was the Zimmerman Telegram?
A German offer to help Mexico recover land lost in the Mexican-American War if Mexico would side with Germany in WWI
What did Franklin Roosevelt pledge?
A New Deal for Americans
Who was De Lome's?
A Spanish Ambassador of the United States who was critical of McKinley
What was the Open Door Policy?
A call for all western powers to have equal access to chinese markets
What was the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)?
A guarantee of money if a bank closes so you don't lose all your money
What is the bull market?
A long period of rising stock prices, "buy low, sell high"
What was the Danbury Hatter's case?
A men's labor case where labor unions could be busted if they used Sherman Anti-Trust Act
What was "Operation Overlord" AKA "D-Day"
A plan to attack in France in hopes to stop Germany
What was the Lend-Lease Act?
A policy allowing the president to provide arms to Britain and Russia during WWII
Who was John Muir?
A preservationist and an advocate for the national park system and the Sierra Club Founder
What was the De Lome's Letter?
A private letter that someone intercepted and everyone in America heard about it
What was the Square Deal?
A term for President Theodore Roosevelt's domestic program, formed upon three basic ideas: conservation of natural resources, control of corporations, and consumer protection.
What was the Armistice of November 11, 1918?
A treaty where people agreed to stop shooting and fighting
Why did Japan finally surrender?
After America dropped the 2 bombs and threatened a 3rd one
Why did the League of Nations fail?
American refusals to join
What was the MAINE?
An American boat sent to the Havana Harbor to remind Spain to not get America involved
What was the Emergency Banking Relief Act?
An act proposed by FDR to regulate banks more tightly by allowing the Treasury Department to inspect the countries banks
Who were the KKK and what did they do?
Anti-immigrant, Anti-Semitic, Anti-black, and Anti-Catholic national group who led people to fear and believed they were the 100% American Group that influenced politics
When does the US enter WWI?
April 1917
What was the particular spark that ignited World War I?
Assassination of Archduke Ferdinand and Grand Duchess Sophie
What were the Palmer Raids?
Attempts by the U.S. Department of Justice to arrest and deport radicals (immigrants); lead by attorney general A. Mitchell Palmer; FBI born from the raids.
What day did WWII officially end?
August 14, 1945
What 2 countries did Hitler Annex?
Austria and Czechoslovakia
Why did a bull market attract people?
Because You can make money by doing no work
Why did Franklin make Frances Perkins the Secretary of Labor?
Because he wanted to have the best people for a job no matter their race or gender
Why was the Treaty of Portsmouth a good example of Balance of Power Politics?
Because it represents how you need to have someone who can balance the power between countries so that you can negotiate a treaty without more fighting
Why were the Pure Food and Drug Act and the Meat Inspection Act passed?
Because many people reformed about the products they were getting and how it wasn't safe and it was unsanitary.
Why did banks start to close?
Because people couldn't afford to buy things
Why was America interested in what was happening in Cuba?
Because the Cuban Revolt was acting up again and America wanted to protect Cuba because sugar grew well there
Why did Roosevelt become a Progressive?
Because the Republican party chose Taft as the candidate instead of him
Why did the US want to stay neutral during the war?
Because they wanted to avoid war and wanted to influence peace
Where did Germany first invade?
Belgium
Who advocated racial accomodationism?
Booker T. Washington
What country never fell when Germany invaded?
Britain
How was the economy influenced?
Buy people buying stuff
What was buying on margin?
Buying stocks with borrowed money and when stocks increase, you pay the bank back with interest
In Normandy, France, where did the attack come from?
By water
Which ethnic group faces the most rigid immigration restrictions?
Chinese
What did Hitler do after the war?
Commits suicide
What did the stock market cause?
Consequences leading to the depression
What was Conservation?
Conserving things for further use
What were progressive reformers most interested in?
Corruption, inequality, etc.
Why was entangling alliances a cause of WWI?
Countries made multiple alliances with countries and so if a country went to war with another, the other alliance countries would have to fight with them which brought unnecessary countries to war with one another
What did A. Mitchell Palmer do?
Created a bureau of investigation (where FBI came from)
When does the US declare war?
December 8, 1941
How did Roosevelt Corollary modify the Monroe Doctrine?
Declaring that the U.S. had the right to preemptive action through intervention in any Latin American nation to correct administrative and fiscal deficiencies
What happened in the March Revolution in Russia?
Democratic Initially - Becomes Communist Revolution with Lenin and people rise up to overthrow the leader of Russia
What was the result of the King-Crane Commission?
Discovery that most inhabitants of the Middle East favored an independent state free of European control
How did southern reformers seek to combat corruption?
Disenfranchising black voters
What is a bear market?
Downward trend in stock prices
What did the 18th amendment cause the people to do?
Drink more, became a paradox amendment
At the turn of the century, the percentage of immigration from which region decreased in relation to other regions?
Eastern Europe
What was driving the United States expansion?
Economics
Who was the leader of the Allied troops?
Eisenhower
What was the Works Progress Administration (WPA)?
Employed 9 million workers, built railroads, bridges, buildings, etc., employed 40 percent of nation's unemployed
What did the NAACP do?
Encouraged Black Activism
How was the pursuit of empire a cause of WWI?
Europe was trying to get land in Africa and Asia and it caused conflict between Euoropeans
Who didn't want to share in the boom?
Farmers, industrial workers, black people, and people under the poverty line
What is the stock market?
Financial building blocks of a company where people bought and sold stocks
Why does the US want to purchase Hawaii?
For their sugar quality (sugar cane) and fat
What did Florence Kelley do?
Fought for Anti-Child Labor and made the Mandatory School Attendance Law
What did Hitler become when he overthrew the government?
Fuhrer - leader and ruler of Germany
What did the bureau of investigation do?
Gathered up people who were communist/accused of being a communist and would arrest/deport them
What happened to the Lusitania?
German submarines shot it down because it was sailing in a battle zone
What was German Policy?
German unrestricted Submarine warfare- shooting onsite any ship that comes in their waters
Who was the US's main focus during WWII?
Germany
What did Alaska provide for the US?
Gold
What was the Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA)?
Government provided subsidies for limits on production of farmed goods. They paid farmers not to grow
Who did Roosevelt decide to make friends with in Europe?
Great Britain
What was the problem with Germany's submarines?
Great Britain and America believed it to be cheating
Who did America want to win WWI?
Great Britain and France because they are our biggest trading partners and allies
Why did industrial workers not want to share in the boom?
Had machinery that took jobs away from them
What was the Pure Food and Drug Act?
Halted the sale of contaminated food and medicines and called for truthful labeling of products
Why did Hitler want to overthrow the German Government?
He felt that because the German government signed the Treat of Versailles that Germany had been betrayed so he want to throw them out.
What was Hitler's greatest mistake?
He invaded the Soviet Union which made them become Allies with the United States during the war
What did Hitler do that went against the Treaty of Versailles?
He made a German army
What did Henry Cabot Lodge do?
He opposed the treaty as it was written and believed that one article undermined Congress's power
Why did Roosevelt become president?
He was McKinley's vice president, but then became President when McKinley got assassinated. He was also the youngest President
What did William Taft do?
He was more of a trust-buster, he made the Children's Bureau to fight for child labor, made the Mann-Elkins Act that strengthened the ICC, and conserved the Bureau of Mines and made more national forests
Who was Roosevelt?
He was originally the governor of NY, he was from a rich family, he was the center of attention, he was the smartest person to sit in office since Jefferson, and he suffered from manic depression
What was the problem with Taft?
He was undoing some of Roosevelt's things and it made Roosevelt mad
What were some of Wilson't mistakes?
He wouldn't compromise with Lodge/Preservationists and Wilson went on a "speaking tour" that made him have a massive stroke that made him incapable of being President
Who should Wilson have taken when he went to France for the peace treaty?
Henry Cabot Lodge because he was the leading Republican in congress so they treaty would have had a better chance of passing if he went.
What was Pinocchio's songs about?
Hope
What did Du Bois construct?
The Talented 10, where 10 people could get the education and positions they need to help black activism
What was the New Deal Coalition?
The alignment of interest groups and voting blocs in the United States that supported the New Deal and voted for Democratic presidential candidates from 1932 until the late 1960s.
What does the Japanese Aggression in the East disrupt?
The balance of power
What was the "white man's burden"?
The belief that the whites had the duty of uplifting non-white countries of the world
What was the Red Scare?
The fear Americans had for communist overthrow
Who officially rejected the Treaty of Versailles? What happened because of that?
The senate; this led to the US never joining the League of Nations
Who was the teddy bear named after?
Theodore Roosevelt
Who fought the War in Cuba and what did he do?
Theodore Roosevelt, he had a custom uniform made and quit as assistant secretary of war. He also created the "Rough Riders"
What happened to the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory?
There was a large fire that shocked Americans and focused attention on the need to protect workers. The fire killed 146 workers. After that fire, many states set up workers' compensation laws.
What happened to the MAINE?
There was an explosion, a boiler issue, that killed 260+ American sailors
What happened with the fear of communists?
There were labor strikes, murders, etc. that caused America to fear
Why did people under the poverty line not want to share in the boom?
They couldn't afford to buy the new consumer goods
How did the US respond to Germany's invasions?
They created the Selective Service Act and the Lend-Lease Act
What does America do in response to Japan's attack?
They created the atomic bomb and bombed Hiroshima and Nagasaki after asking them to surrender and they didn't
Why was Austria and Czechoslovakia beneficial to Germany?
They helped pay of the money they owed for the first war
If the bank closed, what happened to people's money?
They lost it all
What was Germany's counter attack in response to D-Day?
They made on last massive attempt at the Battle of Bulge and it failed
Why did the US release the Japanese from the camps?
They realized what they did wrong and gave compensation to all the individuals in the camps
Why did farmers not want to share in the boom?
They suffered due to the overproduction since WWI
Why did Black people not want to share in the boom?
They suffered racism in the south and landowners took advantage of them
What does the US do with Hawaii after the purchase it?
They use the land to grow sugar cane and put a military base there
What was the purpose of the United States joining WWI?
They wanted to be in the war to control the peace
Why did the US not want to enter WWII?
They wanted to stay a neutral nation
Why did Franklin Roosevelt still stand during speeches?
To let people know that they could overcome hard things
What was said to have "planted a seed" for WWII?
Treaty of Versailles
What was the Good Neighbor Policy?
U.S. promised reduced armed interventions in Latin America
Who was A. Mitchell Palmer?
US Attorney General
What was Franklin Roosevelt nominated for?
Vice President of the Democrats
Why did President Wilson authorize the invasion of Veracruz, Mexico?
Victoriano Huerta executed democratically elected president Francisco Madero, Americans with financial investments in Mexico asked for intervention, and Mexican forces mistakenly arrested American sailors
What ends the Great Depression?
WWII
What did Roosevelt try to prevent in Europe?
War
What led to America getting involved in the War?
When the MAINE blew up because they thought Spain caused the explosion based off of the yellow journalism's paper about it
What was the War Guilt Clause?
Where Germany had to accept full responsibility for starting the war
What was the German Offensive Spring?
Where Germany made it within 50 miles to Paris, but the line held strong and the British, Americans, and Franc troops pushed Germany back
What happened with the Treaty of Portsmouth?
Where Japan and Russia fought and Roosevelt was asked to negotiate for the Treaty of Portsmouth to end war between Japan and Russia
What was the Scopes Monkey Trial?
Where John Scopes taught evolution in a Tennessee school which was against Tennessee's law where evolution couldn't be taught in schools
What was New Europe?
Where the Treaty of Versailles made a new European map
What was the Selective Service Act?
Where the US drafted men into the military to prepare for war just in case
What was the virtual war in the Atlantic?
Where transportation ships were getting shot down
Which of the following definitions best describes the work of muckrakers? a. Investigative journalists b. Organized crime hitmen c. Social workers d. Legislators who defended lynching
a. Investigative Journalists
Which of the following environmental thinkers advocated preservation rather than conservation? a. John Mitur b. Gifford Pinchot c. Alice Hamilton d. All of the above
a. John Miur
The Triple Entente united all of the following nations EXCEPT: a. United States b. Great Basin c. France d. Russia
a. United States
Why did so many die in the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire?
a. Unsafe working conditions
W.E.B. Du Bois, founder of the NAACP, broke with his former mentor Booker T. Washington because, Du Bois believed that Washington__________.
a. Was not bold enough
What was fascism?
any centralized, authoritarian government system that is not communist whose policies glorify the state over the individual and are destructive to basic human rights
Which of the following writers most effectively used photography in their work? a. Upton Sinclair b. Jacob Riis c. Edward Bellamy d. Ida B. Wells
b. Jacob Riis
Theodore first gained frame as a trustbuster by attacking which monopoly in 1902?
b. Northern Securities
During the nineteenth century, American interests in the Middle East revolved around all of the following EXCEPT: a. Religion b. Oil c. Education d. Access to trading routes
b. Oil
What legal principle was enshrined by the Supreme Court case Plessy v. Ferguson?
b. Separate but equal
All of the following statements regarding the Guano Islands Act of 1956 are true EXCEPT: a. Guano was a popular fertilizer that was integral to industrial farming b. This legislation put Guano Islands on a path to statehood that alter rejected c. The legislation authorized and encouraged Americans to venture into the seas and claim islands with guano deposits for the United States d. These acquisitions were the first insular, unincorporated territories of the United States
b. This legislation put Guano Islands on a path to statehood that later was rejected
All of the following statements regarding National Women's Party are true EXCEPT: a. Led by Alice Paul b. Picketed the White House c. Advocated violent resistance to sexism d. Over 150 members were arrested and imprisioned
c. Advocated violent resistance to sexism
Which of the following issues most concerned American diplomats prior to World War I? a. Forming international military alliances b. Creating military bases in strategic sea ports c. Expanding transatlantic trade d. None of the above
c. Expanding transatlantic trade
All of the following statements regarding the Philippine-American War are true EXCEPT: a. The United States received the territory of the Philippines after the Spanish-American War b. The Filipinos were fighting in attempt to earn independence c. The war began wit the assassination of Emilio Aguinaldo, president of the First Philippine Republic d. The beginning of the Philippine-American War was marked with confusion
c. The war began with the assassination of Emilio Aguinaldo, president of the First Philippine Republic
Women participated in the global influence of the United States in many ways, including as all of the following EXCEPT; a. Missionaries b. Teachers c. Diplomats d. Medical professionals
c.Diplomats
All of the following were candidates in the 1912 presidential election EXCEPT: a. Woodrow Wilson b. Theodore Roosevelt c. William Howard Taft d. Al Smith
d. Al Smith
Which of the following statements regarding Jane Addams' activism are true? a. Spoke out against militarism b. Created an influential settlement home in Chicago c. Favored cooperation between the rich and the poor d. All of the above
d. All of the above
Women served in the armed forces during WWI. They served in all of the following positions EXCEPT: a. Naval yeomen b. Telephone operators c. Physicians d. Commissioned officers
d. Commissioned officers
As President, Theodore Roosevelt transformed the American navy by emphasizing which of the following strategies? a. Targeted Commercial raiding b. Revamped coastal defense c. The construction of small, fast "brown water" ships d. Creating battleships and a "blue water" navy that would win battles against rival fleets
d. Creating battleships and a "blue water" navy that would win battles against rival fleets
Army General John "Black Jack" Pershing used all of the following technologies in his attempt to capture Pancho Villa EXCEPT: a. Motorized vehicles b. Reconnaissance aircraft c. Wireless telegraph d. Destroyers
d. Destroyers
Which of the following statements regarding the National Women's Party are true EXCEPT: a. The belief that Christ would return to Earth in the next decade b. A theological defense of segregation c. A religious of temperance activists d. The goal of saving society as well as souls
d. The goal of saving society as well as souls
Catholic clergyman who took up the name "Americanists" believed in all of the following EXCEPT: a. Catholic immigrants should try to assimilate into the English-speaking mainstream b. Public schools were a danger to the Catholic faith c. The Church should close "ethnic parishes" d. The separation of church and state would benefit Catholicism
d. The separation of church and state would benefit Catholicism
What did the Imperialists argue about annexing the Philippines?
Imperialists argued that Filipino people shouldn't be there and that they were heathens and so America should annex the Philippines
Why did the Russian army disintegrate?
In a desperate attempt to stave off the Bolshevik Revolution, Czar Nicholas II abolished all military conscription
When people had to live as squatters, where did they make their homes?
In hoovervilles
What disease proved most deadly during and in the immediate aftermath of WWI?
Influenza
What caused WWII to begin?
Invasion of Poland
Which ethnic group was most numerous among the Catholic bishops of the United States?
Irish
How did the Automobile impact internal expansion?
It affected every aspect of American society, culture, and landscape. It became a status symbol as well as creating motels, gas stations, and fast food places along the roads
What was the Platt Amendment Cuba 1901?
It constricts Cuban independence and provided exclusive US economic rights, provided Navel Base at Guantanamo Bay, and had the Right of Intervention
Hitler and the Nazi's tried to overthrow the German Government, what happened?
It failed and Hitler was sent to Prison where he started to write his book ,"Mein Kampf."
What was the Social Security Act?
It gives you money when you retire, paid you to stop working and buy stuff
What was the Monroe Doctrine?
It told Europe to stop colonizing the Americas (western hemisphere). If they did, it would be viewed as a threat.
What happened with the Muller v. Oregon 1908?
It tried to protect women workers and made an 8-hour workday for women. But it went against women's rights advocates which caused some contention
What happened with the Scopes trial?
It was a set up to see what would happen so they gave John a good lawyer for the trial named Clarence Darrow who represented Urban America and science and modernity
What other countries dealt with fascism?
Italy and Spain
What happened on December 7, 1941?
Japan attacked Pearl Harbor
When cause the US to join the War?
Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor
What was Mein Kampf about?
Jews and Communists
What was Snow White's songs about?
Jobs
In 1934, what did USSR do?
Joined the League of Nations
Once Poland was invaded, what did Britain and France do?
Joined the war
Who was the youngest ELECTED president?
Kennedy
What was modern warfare?
Killing civilians as efficiently as military personnel
Why was the economy thriving during internal expansion?
Labor saving devices were created, electricity was fueling the economy because it was giving people more free time to do leisure activities
How did progressive Democrats in the South seek to solve the problems of racial strife?
Legislating segregation
What does Blitzkrieg mean?
Lightning war
Who did the US marines overthrow in Hawaii in 1893?
Lili'uokalani
What was the Maginot Line? What was its purpose?
Line between Germany and France border to keep Germany out of France that failed.
What did the German Government do to Hitler?
Made him Chancellor of Germany which was a title without power in hopes to control Hitler
What did the US do to Japanese people in America?
Made the Executive Order #9066 which declared that any Japanese person was to be sent to Internment camps
What was the square deal doing for businesses?
Made the business market more fair and competitive for consumers
What was TR's Conservation Forest Service?
Managed timber intake
When did Germany surrender?
May 1945
What was the 1902 Coal Strike?
Miners were striking under Roosevelt, Roosevelt intervened and forced miners and mine operators to arbitration
What did Ida Tarbell do?
Muckraking journalist who focused on the Rockefeller/Standard Oil monopoly
What person/country joined forces with Hitler?
Mussolini of Italy
Wilson tries to make a peace statement with the war. Does it work?
NO
What was the NAACP?
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
What did the Sacco and Vanzetti trial represent?
Nativism: Fear of foreigners
What was Wilson's campaign slogan?
New Freedom - Limited government, freedom from regulation
What was Roosevelt's campaign slogan?
New Nationalism - promotes stronger government, equality, etc.
What was yellow journalism?
Newspaper stories that aren't necessarily true to make them seem more appealing
Does the stock market crash alone cause a depression?
No
What were Wilson's important points in his 14 points of the Peace Treaty?
No secret Diplomacy, Freedom of the seas, Freedom of trade, Right of Self-Determination, and League of Nations
Where was D-Day?
Normandy, France
Where did the Allies attack from?
North Africa in attempts to protect the Suarez canal as well
What 2 countries were Germany's first targets?
Norway and Denmark
What countries fell when invaded by Germany?
Norway, Denmark the Benelux (Berlin and Netherlands), and France
What did American's blame themselves for?
Not working harder
When did the stock market crash?
October 29, 1929
How often did Americans go to the movies?
Once a week
How did the United States respond the the Bolshevik Revolution?
Opposed the revolution and sent American troops, who remained in Russia until 1920
When the war ended, how many men died?
Over a million
On what did the Roosevelt Corollary build?
Panama Canal
What did the depression cause?
People to lose their jobs and life savings for ordinary people
How was nationalism a cause of WWI?
People were too confident about their countries and so they bulked up their military and they wanted to show it off by attacking other countries
What illness did Franklin Roosevelt have? How did it effect him?
Polio, it caused his legs to be defected
What was preservation?
Preserving something because of it's beauty
How did the United States respond to the Boxer Rebellion in China?
President mickenly sent the us army into china without consulting congress
What was the 18th amendment?
Prohibition of alcohol
What did Margaret Sanger do?
Provided legal birth control and founded the American Birth Control League (Planned Parenthood)
Who was writing "yellow journalism?"
Pulitzer and Hurst who would exaggerate what was happening in Cuba to sell papers in America
What did the US do in response to Japan's Aggression?
Put Embargoes on Japan - stopped trades
What was the Red Summer of 1919?
Racial violence in twenty-five American cities, A failed communist revolution, and Communist revolts in Eastern Europe
What would the League of Nations do?
Representative from every nation would talk about problems and work out their differences by meeting together to avoid war
What was the Meat Inspection Act of 1906?
Required inspection of meat shipped across states and "high standards" for the packing process
Who turned communist?
Russia
What was the Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact?
Russia (USSR) and Germany agreed not to attack each other and split Poland
What happened with the Trench Warfare?
Russia pulled out, allowing central powers to attack the Western Front where they would go from trench to trench fighting
What happened during the Sacco-Vanzetti Trial?
Sacco and Venzetti were put on trial for murdering a guard during a robbery and they were eventually executed in 1927
What was the Wagner Act? What did it do?
Said that Labor workers had the right to unionize and it prohibited such unfair labor practices as intimidating workers, attempting to keep workers from organizing unions, and firing union members.
On what day did WWII begin?
September 1, 1939
What did the New Deal do?
Set up the Social Security Act of 1935- provided services and programs for poor people. Social security system- older people, dependent children, people with physical challenges, excluded some Jobs and Labor Standards ( 40 hour work week, min wage, unemployement)
What did Franklin Roosevelt help do?
Shape Democratic and Republican views
What happened to Margaret Sanger?
She got arrested because you were not allowed to write things about conception
Why did Hitler put a pause on the constitution?
So he had time to get his men together to overthrow the government
Why did TR send troops to the Philippines?
So the United States could fight side by side with the Filipino people to get rid of Spain and make the Philippines free
What did Elanor Roosevelt do?
Spoke up for important issues
What was the Teller Amendment?
Stated that the US had no intention of taking of annexing any part of Cuba, just freeing it
What economic activity most united Brazil and the United States in the early nineteenth century?
Sugar Trade
How did many black leaders, including W. E. B. DuBois respond to the war?
Supported the war effort and lobbied to include black soldiers in front-line combat positions
Who ran in the election of 1912 and what was their parties?
Taft-Republican, Roosevelt-Progressive, Wilson-Democrat
What did the Anti-Imperialists argue about annexing the Philippines?
That annexing the Philippines was wrong and that it was against the constitution to make it a colony
What did the US start to restrict during elections?
That only people who said what you wanted them to say could run for election
After Franklin Roosevelt was elected 4 times, what law did they make?
That presidents were only allowed to serve for 2 terms
What did reformers think?
That the government was the most efficient way to protect peoples rights and regulate business
What evidence did they use to convict Sacco and Vanzetti?
That they were Italian Immigrant Anarchists
What ends WWII in Germany?
The Battle of Bulge
What was the secret behind the Lusitania ship?
The British were trying to smuggle armed goods on the cruise ship
What was the result of the Kaiserschlacht?
The Germans launched five failed major attacks
After Germany surrendered, was was revealed?
The Holocaust
What was a super-patriotic group?
The Ku Klux Klan
What did the Sherman Antitrust Act do during the square deal?
"Busted" Northern Securities Company and was used by Roosevelt to bust other big businesses to enforce governmental restraint on wealth
Who went against Scope in the trial?
William Jennings Bryan who represented Christianity and rural values
Who wanted to purchase Alaska and Why?
William Seward, because he thought it would be good to take out Russia's presence by the US
What happened to Germany?
Wilson wanted Germany to pay so they lost land, military, and had to pay $33 million for the damage
Who won the election of 1912?
Wilson who had a PHD in history
Who ran in the election of 1916?
Woodrow Wilson (Rep.) and Charles Evan Hughes (Dem.)
Did the Americans annex the Philippines?
Yes
