Hst 131 Exam 2 study guide
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