Hst 131 Exam 2 study guide

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in 1916, president wilson sent more than 10,000 troops into mexico to arrest

"Pancho" Villa, who had killed seventeen americans in an attack on columbus, new mexico

in addressing the sense of crisis in the nation, franklin delano roosevelt sought to reassure the public in his inaugural address, declaring

"the only thing we have to fear is fear itself"

which of the following is known as "a day that will live in infamy?"

December 7, 1941

which of the following was one of the "voices of protest" heard in the US during the mid-1930s

Dr. Francis Townsend's Townsend Clubs that sought monthly payments of $200 to elderly americans

what was the name of the british liner sunk by a german submarine in may 1915 that resulted in the deaths of more than 1,000 passengers, including 124 americans?

Lusitania

"Rosie the Riveter" was

a female industrial worker on a propaganda poster

which statement accurately describes what NSC-68 called for

a permanent military buildup to fight communism

the treaty of versailles

accomplished some of wilson's goals and imposed harsh conditions on germany

the US entered world war I in April of 1917 only after Germany resumed submarine warfare against its ships in the Atlantic and

after discovery of the Zimmermann Telegram

which two new deal programs did the supreme court rule unconstitutional

agricultural adjustment act and national recovery administration

in 1940, the "crash and carry" plan

allowed great britain to purchase US arms on a restricted basis

for most women workers, world war II

allowed them to make temporary gains

the great depression was caused by which of the following factors?

an unequal distribution of wealth

the Lend-Lease Act

authorized military aid as long as countries promised to return it after the war

the first thing that Roosevelt attended to as president was the ______ crisis

banking

the teapot dome scandal involed

bribes for the secretary of the interior in exchange for leases of government oil reserves

the teapot dome scandal involved

bribes for the secretary of the interior in exchange for leases of government oil reserves

who said "the chief business of the american people is business"

calvin coolidge

as herbert hoover began his presidency, he

considered the country's economic future bright

US intervention in Mexico

demonstrated that it would be harder than wilson expected to intervene in the internal affairs of other countries

in the spring of 1932, approximately 20,000 unemployed world war 1 veterans descended on washington to demand early payment of a bonus due in 1945, and were

driven away by federal soldiers led by army chief to staff douglas macarthur

the second new deal focused on

economic security

the manhattan project

enabled the development of an atomic weapon based on the theories of German scientists involving energy and matter

what did the twenty-first amendment do

ended prohibition

during the 1920s, the US economy

enjoyed prosperity

the flapper

epitomized the change in sexual behavior

the national industrial recovery act

established business codes for several industries

during the war, americans

experienced the rationing of scarce consumer goods such as gasoline

during the anticommunist crusade, the courts played a fundamental role in trying to stop political repression

false

under the truman doctrine, only those governments that respected the democratic rights of citizens and the sovereignty of other peoples could expect friendship and support from the US

false

during the cold war, americans

formed anticommunist groups who pressured public libraries to remove "un-american" books from their shelves

who of the following were known as the "big three"?

franklin delano roosevelt, winston churchill, joseph stalin

the civilian conservation corps

gave work to unemployed young men in jobs having to do with the environment

who was the person who sent the long telegram from moscow in 1946 that lay the foundation for what became known as the policy of "containment"

george F. kennan

what led england and france to declare war on germany, marking the start of world war II?

germany invaded Poland, a country Britain and France had promised to protect

on december 7, 1941, japanese planes attacked the US naval base at Pearl Harbor in

hawaii

why did FDR try to change the balance of power on the Supreme Court

he feared the supreme court might invalidate the Wagner and Social Security Acts

how did truman respond to joseph stalin's blockage around berlin

he ordered an airlift

warren G. harding, the republican candidate, won the 1920 presidential election. what was the basis of his campaign?

he wanted to return to "normalcy"

who was charles E. coughlin

he was a "radio priest" who criticized wall street bankers

prior to ordering the use of an atomic bomb against Japan, president harry truman

issued an ultimatum to japan to surrender or face utter devastation

why was the Glass-Steagall Act a key piece of legislation

it banned commercial banks from involvement in buying and selling stocks, and set up the FDIC

assess the effects of the marshall plan

it helped to jump-start the economies of western europe

what did the twenty-first amendment to the constitution state?

it repealed the prohibition against alcohol

which of the following was a feature of american involvement in world war II?

it took the japanese attack on pearl harbor to shock a reluctant nation into entering the war

which statement about the pearl harbor attack is true

it was a surprise attack by the japanese

which of the following is true about the Red Scare of 1919, 1920?

it was an intense period of political intolerance

the attack on pearl harbor on december 7, 1941, was part of the japanese plan to

knock out american naval bases in the pacific

the right to dissent from government policy during World War I

met sweeping repression from the US government and the public

who were the two immigrants arrested for their participation in a robbery in which a security guard was killed whose case became a cause celebre?

nicola sacco and bartolomeo vanzetti

upon taking office in 1921, Warren G. Harding promised a return to

normalcy

organized labor assisted in the war effort by

not going on strikes

warren g. harding

oversaw a presidential administration plagued by scandal

the policy of "containment" can best be described as

preventing the spread of communism worldwide

which of the statements about prohibition during the 1920s is true?

prohibition led to widespread corruption among law officials

during the 1932 election, FDR

promised a "new deal"

the social security act of 1935

provided pensions to the aged and unemployed benefits

which of the following underlying problems did the new deal fail to address

racial inequality

in november 1917, during world war I, a communist revolution broke out in what country

russia

under this act, american men were required to register with the draft

selective service act

the good neighbor policy

showed roosevelt's intention to not interfere in latin america

the initial flurry of legislation during Roosevelt's first three months in office is called

the "hundred days"

in 1949, the containment policy suffered a major setback in the form of

the "loss" of china to communism

in the 1930s, unusually dry weather blew winds over much of the Oklahoma, Texas, Kansas, and Colorado soils, creating

the Dust Bowl

the vibrant black culture in 1920s New York City that included poets and novelists Countee Cullen, Langston Hughes, and Claude McKay was called

the Harlem Renaissance

the anti-black, anti-catholic, and anti-seminitic organization that claimed over 3 million members by the mid-1920s was

the Ku Klux Klan

which of the following happened right after world war II

the US emerged as the world''s greatest power because it had the most powerful air force and navy

the truman doctrine assumed

the US would provide aid to any anticommunists regime, even if it was not a democratic one

what 1935 law outlawed "unfair labor practices," and was known at the time as "Labor's Magna Carta"?

the Wagner Act

what was a result of the sinking of the Lusitania in 1915?

the american public was outraged

the outbreak of world war I in 1914 was triggered by

the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand

how did the struggle against Nazi tyranny discredit racial inequality in the US

the contradictions between the principle and practice of freedom in the actual status of African-Americans came to the forefront during the war

the double-V campaign was

the effort to end discrimination against blacks while fighting fascism

president wilson articulated the clearest statement of american war aims and his vision of a new postwar international order in

the fourteen points

"D-Day" refers to

the largest sea-land military operation in history

which long-held US territory was granted independence in 1946?

the philippines

in 1925, what was the Tennessee trial in which a public schoolteacher faced charges of violating the state's law prohibiting the teaching of charles darwin's theory of evolution

the scopes trial

why did the US not become a member of the league of nations

the senate rejected the treaty of versailles

after world war II, the only nation that could rival the US was

the soviet union

the effort undertaken on the part of the federal government to supply cheap electrical power for homes and factories in a seven-state region, preventing flooding and putting the federal government in the business of selling electricity by building a series of dams was called

the tennessee valley authority (TVA)

what happened to most female war workers after the war

they lost their jobs, especially those in better-paying ones

what was the goal of the policy of appeasement

to avoid another conflict like world war I

George Kennan's Long Telegram laid the foundation for the policy of containment

true

as part of the soviet union's one-party rule, stalin consolidated a brutal dictatorship that jailed or murdered millions of soviet citizens after world war II

true

overall, the marshall plan was very successful

true

the soviets installed procommunist governments in poland and romania after world war II

true

truman was advised to "scare the hell out of people" as a means of gaining support for aid to greece and turkey

true

the worst race riot in american history occurred in 1921, when more than 300 blacks were killed and over 10,000 were left homeless after white mobs burned an all-black section of which city to the ground?

tulsa, oklahoma

in February of 1943, the Big Three met at Yatla to discuss postwar plans. there they agreed to the creation of the

united nations

president herbert hoover responded to the onset of the great depression by

urging a program of voluntary cooperation from business leaders

the share our wealth movement

wanted to confiscate the wealth of the richest americans

the zimmerman telegram

was a german invitation sent to the mexican government asking them to join them in a war against the US

the "iron curtain"

was a term used in reference to the division between the capitalist west and the communist east

the agricultural adjustment act

was intended to raise farm prices

the espionage act (1917) and the sedition act (1918)

were the first federal restrictions on free speech since 1798

in reaction to the great depression, americans

who had fought in world war I demanded the early payment of a bonus

what politician took to the stand and defended Christianity during the scopes trial

william jennings bryan

in 1949, Mao Zedong

won the chinese civil war and created the people's republic of china

what ended the great depression

world war II spending


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