History exam
What did the Spanish bring that forever changed the lifestyle of the plains Indians
Horses
The Battle of Britain was a battle fought
In the air
What group is excluded under the 14th amendment
Indians
Who took an axe to bars
Nation
What secret radio language did the US use in the pacific
Navajo
Where did riots against the civil war occur
New York City
What jobs were African Americans initially trained for
Non combat
In which region were most urban race riots
North
Location of first American fighting in Atlantic theater of WWII
North africa
Where was segregation most prevalent
North and south
What was the prosecution of Nazi officials called
Nuremberg Trials
The battle of the Atlantic was a battle fought
On the sea
To what does the Panama Canal connect the Gulf of Mexico
Pacific
What antibiotic was discovered during WWII
Penicillin
What American visited Japan in the mid 1800s
Perry
Commander of AEF
Pershing
Who wanted government to mandate social changes
Progressives
What invention increased demand for beef
Refrigeration
What party was in office when the Great Depression began
Republicans
Which party dominated southern politics during reconstruction
Republicans
Who was the man made rich by petroleum
Rockefeller
Western boundary of the great plains
Rocky Mountains
Which man led a group of US volunteers in the Spanish American war
Roosevelt
Who concluded mosquito control is the way to stop yellow fever
Roosevelt
What was the name of the US volunteer group in the Spanish American war
Rough riders
Not an axis power
Russia
What was the initial cause in the Great Depression
Selling stocks
Who assassinated the ruler
Serbian nationalist
What allowed cities to become more densely populated
Skyscrapers
What government program was created to help retired Americans
Social security
How did most immigrants get to America in the late 1800s
Steam ship
What product did the Bessemer process make cheaper
Steel
Who is credited with inventing the AC
Tesla
What is the name of our nations banking system
Federal reserve
What was the number 1 cause of deaths in the Spanish American war
Food poisoning
Which industrialist was very successful in manufacturing and marketing
Ford
Where was Lincoln when he was assassinated
Ford's Theater
Which was a cause of the 1929 US economic collapse
Global trade issues
How many American soldiers died in france
116,000
Which amendment made slavery illegal in the US
13th
Which amendment allowed the government to directly tax residents
16th
When did women get the right to vote
1920
What amendment gave women the right to vote
19th
How many people participated in the Oklahoma land rush
50,000
How long is the Panama Canal?
51 miles
How many lives were lost while the US worked on the Panama Canal
6,000
How many men died during the civil war
620,000
What group did democrats include in relief programs
African Americans
When did the US declare war on Germany
After Germany declared war on us
Who established the National American women suffrage association
Anthony
Geronimo was a chief of this Indian tribe
Apache
Who was assassinated that began WWI
Austrian archduke
What invention doomed the open range of cattle barons
Barbed wire
Who was the union nurse that created the red cross
Barton
Which is not an advantage held by the north?
Better officers
What name was given the day the stock market crashed
Black Tuesday
What were African American soldiers in the west called by Indians
Buffalo soldiers
Who was the man made rich by steel
Carnegie
What was being dedicated when Lincoln delivered his Gettysburg Address?
Cemetery
Where were the first shots of the Civil War fired?
Charleston, South Carolina
What was the center of black society
Church
One of the first things freedom created or organized after emancipation
Churches
Where did villa attack the US
Columbus New mexico
Major problem during the reconstruction era
Corruption
US response to Japanese attacks
Declare war on japan
Whose money was lost when a bank closed
Depositors
Where was the first radio station
Detroit
American soldiers nickname
Doughboys
What made mining dangerous
Dust
Who helped invent motion pictures
Edison
Who was known as the wizard of Menlo park
Edison
What allowed for the invention of many consumer products
Electricity
What is the most famous immigrant processing center in the US
Ellis Island
What was the focus of the scopes trial
Evolution
Who was elected president of US in 1932
FDR
What was needed to creat the new south
Industry
What caused 30,000,000 worldwide deaths in 1918-1919
Influenza
What did the government do to instill the public's confidence in banks
Insured deposits
US treatment of Japanese Americans after war began
Internment
What territory did the US not get from Spain
Jamaica
What ethnic group did nazis persecute
Jews
Which slaves were not freed by the emancipation proclamation
Kentucky
What did sharecroppers always provide in a sharecrop agreement
Labor
Who was the first man to fly solo across the Atlantic
Lindbergh
Which resource did the union not not have more of than the south?
Mules
What organization used the courts to attack discrimination
NAACP
What was the union's strategy in Georgia called
Total war
Germany's main weapon in the battle of the Atlantic
U boats
Which country didn't join the League of Nations
United States
Where was the transcontinental railroad completed
Utah
What was the new electric appliance in 1922
Vacuum
What treaty ended WWI
Versailles
Who elected US senators under the 17th amendment
Voters
Which man established the Tuskegee institute
Washington
What state was formed by a splitting of one state over slavery?
West Virginia
What did immigrants bring to the west that helped farmers
Wheat
What did prohibition prohibit
Whiskey
What group was not happy about the 15th amendment
Women
Why were labor unions needed
Workers were over worked
What event finally drug the US into WWI
Zimmerman note
