LUOA U.S. History Test 6 Study Guide

In policy matters, Warren G. Harding promised to keep the focus on ______________________.

"America First"

The villages of temporary shacks that sprang up in vacant lots and public parks were known as ___________________.

"Hoovervilles"

In response to Black Tuesday, The New York Times called the day _______________________.

"The Most disastrous in Wall Streets' history."

What contributed to the trend toward rejection of traditional morality in the 1920s? [choose all that apply]

-A backlash against the self-sacrifice of the war years -The glorification of consumption -An increase in movement through advanced transportation -A loss of family and societal traditions as people were separated from their roots

Which of the following was a negative effect of the democratic political reforms of the Progressive Era? [Choose all that apply.]

-A decline in voter participation -Increased corruption in government

What two parts of the American economy did the lesson mention as being most dramatically impacted by the Great Depression? [choose 2]

-Business -Banking

In the 1920s, the stock market became a financial bubble supported by _______________________. [choose all that apply]

-Buyer enthusiasm -Expectations of profit -Borrowed money

In which two Latin American countries did the United States demonstrate strong foreign policy decisions in the 1890s? [choose 2]

-Chile -Venezuela

The results of the 1928 election showed a shift in votes among the people of the _________________________. [choose all that apply]

-Cities -Far West

What events in 1919 fed the fears of Americans regarding a possible Bolshevik revolution in America? [choose all that apply]

-Civil unrest -Labor strikes

What was [were] the goal[s] of the Bolsheviks in the early twentieth century? [choose all that apply]

-Classless society -A borderless world

In the 1920s, American life became more about __________ rather than __________

-Consuming -Producing

While European nations formed colonies in Africa, the United States established stronger relationships in __________ and __________.

-East Asia -South America

Which of the following were part of the Allied Powers (Triple Entente)? [choose all that apply]

-England -Russia -France

Why was German submarine warfare different than normal naval warfare? [choose all that apply]

-German submarines attacked without warning. -Usually an enemy would be stopped and passengers and crew made safe before a ship was destroyed.

After the terms of alliances and protection agreements were put into place, __________ declared war on __________ on August 1, 1914.

-Germany -Russia

What mistake[s] did Woodrow Wilson make when working on the treaty to officially end the Great War? [choose all that apply]

-He did not select a representative but chose to attend the peace conference himself. -He insulted Republicans by implying that they were not interested in promoting peace -He insulted Republicans by not choosing any Republican representatives for the peace delegation

Which of the following best describes the political failings of Taft? [Please choose all that apply.]

-He was unable to mediate between opposing sides in Congress. -He was unable to influence others without offending them. -He fell under the control of Conservative Republicans

What were some of the results of the American acquisition of Puerto Rico? [Please choose all that apply.]

-Increased Education -Widespread poverty -Improved infrastructure

Extending American influence overseas would provide new __________ for American goods and new __________.

-Markets -Jobs

In 1919, Wilson suffered a great blow to his own health, including which of the following: (choose all that apply)

-Massive stroke -Possible brain damage due to a fever -Spanish Flu

What technological advances encouraged the growth of the suburbs in the 1920s? [choose all that apply]

-Public transportation -The automobile

The Mann-Elkins Act of 1910 extended the power of the Interstate Commerce Commission over which of the following industries? [Choose all that apply]

-Railroads -Telegraph -Telephone

Land speculation in the 1920s ___________________________. [choose all that apply]

-Resulted in inflated land values -Artificially increased demand

In an effort to take back control of the Republican Party, __________ traveled the country in the Fall of 1910 making speeches espousing his Progressive principles known as "New __________."

-Roosevelt -Nationalism

In 1896, the Supreme Court decided in Plessy v. Ferguson that "________, but __________" facilities for white and black Americans did not violate the Fourteenth Amendment.

-Separate -Equal

n separate provisions, the Emergency Immigration Act of 1921 and the Immigration Act of 1924 [choose all that apply]

-Severely limited immigration from Southern and Eastern Europe -Excluded all immigrants from East Asia -Encouraged immigration from Latin America -Were meant to encourage immigration from Northern and Western Europe

What two pledges gave the allusion of resolution but in actuality were not as helpful as they had been believed to be? (choose all that apply)

-Sussex Pledge -Arabic Pledge

In the 1920s the two major stock markets in America were the __________________. [choose 2]

-The New York Curb Exchange -The New York Stock Exchange

Which of the following were two Federal laws passed on the same day that created large bureaucracies to enforce sanitation standards of food transported across state borders? [Choose 2]

-The Pure Food and Drug Act -The Meat Inspection Act of 1906

Which of the following is true of the Filipino-American War? [Please choose all that apply.]

-The United States used some of the same measures as the Spanish had in Cuba -The media's reaction to American measures in the war was mixed -The United States sent more troops to the Philippines than to Cuba

US foreign policy in Latin America in the 1890s sent the message that _______________________________.

-The United States viewed itself as an authority over Latin America

Which of the following is true of the "Negro Nationalism" movement? [choose all that apply]

-The movement contributed to the "black power" movement of the 1960s -One of the leaders of the movement Marcus -It encouraged the segregation of society into black and white communities

Wilson's dream of ethnic self-determination in Europe was not realized because of the following reasons: (choose all that apply)

-There was no way to organize the land that did remain that would please every group. -The Polish Corridor -Europe was not large enough land mass to accommodate new groups.

Under what conditions could Filipinos hold office once a stable government was established? [Please choose all that apply.]

-They needed to receive an American education -They needed to accept some parts of American culture

The Revenue Act passed by Congress in 1932 _________________________. [choose all that apply]

-Was the single biggest peacetime tax increase in history -Eliminated Hoover's demand side tax cuts

Although President Wilson wanted the negotiations at the Paris Peace Conference to work from the Fourteen Points, members of the other delegations wanted to _______________________. [choose all that apply]

-Weaken Germany so they were not a threat -Weaken Germany's economy and help France rebuild -Protect themselves -Gain territory from defeated nations

The leaders in Yellow Journalism in the 1890s were ____________________________. [Please choose all that apply.]

-William Randolph Hearst -Joseph Pulitzer

Which of the following events led to the decline of optimism in the United States during the Progressive Era? [Choose all that apply.]

-World War 1 -The sinking of the Titanic in 1912

A contract that required workers to promise not to join a union as a condition of employment was called ____________________________.

A "Yellow-dog" contract

The Sixteenth Amendment authorized Congress to enact which of the following measures?

A Federal Income tax

Which of the following factors did Margaret Sanger believe to be the main cause of poverty?

A lack of family planning

Which of the following best describes the Social Gospel?

A religious movement emphasizing the Church's responsibility to help the poor and marginalized

To try to stop the financial panic on "Black Thursday" some prominent investors issued a statement that the markets were actually sound and that the crash was the result _____________________.

A technical glitch

The Kellogg-Briand Pact was essentially an attempt by world leaders to...?

Abolish War

According to the lesson, which of the following is the most important group of Americans that by-in-large did NOT benefit from the Progressive movement?

African Americans

The most extreme leader in the women's suffrage movement was which of the following individuals?

Alice Paul

For which of the following reasons was the Election of 1912 particularly significant? [Choose all that apply.]

All of them

Which of the following arguments did suffragists use to advocate for giving women the right to vote? [Choose all that apply.]

All of them

The 1926 Air Commerce Act ______________________________.

Allowed the Federal government to provide funds for commercial air transportation

Which of the following individuals became the Democratic nominee in the Election of 1904?

Alton B. Parker

Under the Insular Cases of 1901, the Supreme Court decided that Congress had the right to make Puerto Rico _________________________.

An unincorporated territory

The ________ - ______________ ______ was one of the most vocal groups denouncing the Filipino-American War.

Anti-Imperialist League

The sight of a man or woman selling fruit or other cheap items from a wooden box on the sidewalk was so commonplace that the poor ____________ seller became a well-known symbol of poverty and desperation.

Apple

How did President Wilson frame the conflict in Europe in his pre-war address to Congress?

As a struggle between democratic and autocratic principals

Henry Ford did not invent the automobile, but popularized it through his use of the ____________ _____________ to increase efficiency.

Assembly line

In October 1929, the stock market saw two days of serious losses. The first was "Black Thursday" on October 24; the second, and worse, was "____________ _____________" on October 29, 1929.

Black Tuesday

The nation's economy has always been subject to " _____________ - _____________" cycles, which are characterized by periods of robust growth followed by periods of recession.

Boom-bust

One of the primary contributions of American troops was that they ________________________.

Boosted Allied Morale

Purchasing stocks "on margin" meant that investors...?

Borrowed money from a stockbroker to purchase stocks.

Investors who didn't want to invest in the markets directly could get involved in the stock market by placing bets on the performance of stocks in _____________________.

Bucket shops

After breaking away from the Democrat Party because of their choice in candidate in 1924, some delegates broke away and revived the...?

Bull Moose Progressive Party

In 1925, President Coolidge proclaimed that the "chief business of the American people is _________________."

Business

During the 1920s, how did businesses attempt to bring customers into a lifestyle of consumption?

By offering cheap and easy credit

Who became President after the death of Warren G. Harding?

Calvin Coolidge

Unemployment during the Depression was both a symptom and a _____________.

Cause

When farmers increased production in the 1920s to maintain their income it _________________________.

Caused prices to fall further

The most famous of the Hoovervilles sprang up almost overnight in...?

Central Park

Why were farmers able to expand their operations in the 1910s and 1920s?

Cheap, easy credit was readily available

William Howard Taft became the first President to also hold which of the following positions in the Federal government?

Chief Justice of the Supreme Court

Due to its massive trade market, the greatest prize of East Asia was ___________________.

China

When President Roosevelt found a place in Panama for the proposed Canal Zone, the land was a part of which of the following countries?

Columbia

In the minds of many Americans during the years following World War I, labor unions were linked with ______________________.

Communism

The Spanish American War began because of a colonial revolt on the island of _____________________.

Cuba

American missionaries not only took religion to foreign lands, but spread American _____________ values as well.

Cultural

What was President Taft's foreign policy in relation to the Caribbean and Latin American nations?

Dollar Diplomacy

What was the most influential motivation in promoting American imperialism?

Economic

One of the most difficult factors in transitioning from wartime to peacetime was the transition to a peacetime ___________________.

Economy

In 1917, Congress passed the ______________ Amendment to the Constitution, the Prohibition Amendment.

Eighteenth

Who was the Filipino rebel leader against the Spanish and later against the Americans?

Emilio Aguinaldo

During and just after World War I, farmers in the United States made a great deal of money supplying food to the world, but why did that change in the early 1920s?

European farmers were able to resume production and eliminated the need for American commodities.

The Scopes Trial began because a Tennessee teacher taught the theory of __________ in his classroom in violation of a law that prevented it.

Evolution

The National Defense Act of 1916 did what?

Expanded the US Army and the National Guard

What American novelist labeled the time in which he lived the "Jazz Age" ?

F. Scott Fitzgerald

The McNary-Haugen bill was an attempt to protect American...?

Farmers

The quintessential woman of the 1920s became known as the _________________.

Flapper

What nation had a long-standing dispute with Germany and demanded harsh war reparations at the Paris Peace Conference?

France

The movement against modernist ideas and teachings that were making their way into churches and seminaries in the 1920s was known as ________________________.

Fundamentalism

The _______________ _______________ was a deal in which the Japanese agreed to limit emigration of workers to the United States as long as the federal government agreed not to prohibit Japanese immigration.

Gentlemen's agreement

When the Russians made a separate peace with the Central Powers...?

Germany was able to move troops to the Western Front

Taft infuriated Roosevelt and Republican Progressives when he fired which of the following individuals, who was serving as head of the US Division of Forestry?

Gifford Pinchot

The most significant social change for African-Americans in the early twentieth century was the _____________ ________________ away from the South toward the northern cities.

Great Migration

The first African-American cultural movement that was purposefully driven and separate from the rest of American society was the ____________ ________________.

Harlem Renaissance

Secretary of State James G. Blaine believed that ____________ was indispensable to American interests.

Hawaii

How did President Grover Cleveland react to the attempt to annex the Hawaiian islands?

He apologized to the Queen and called for the provisional government to dissolve.

How was Calvin Coolidge able to reduce taxes and pay down the debt at the same time?

He appointed business leaders to key positions in government

How did Roosevelt finally resolve the 1902 Coal Strike?

He threatened to send Federal troops to run the private mines in the worker's absence.

Why did Ford pay his employees higher salaries than usual?

He wanted his people to able to afford the products they helped to build

The Republican senator who argued against the League of Nations on constitutional grounds was ___________________.

Henry Cabot Lodge

What was the name of the Massachusetts senator who advocated American expansion in the early nineteenth century?

Henry Cabot Lodge

Which of the following switched parties, called himself a progressive conservative, and encouraged the ideas of the progressives through cooperation rather than government mandate?

Herbert Hoover

Which of the following won the Election of 1928 and would be President during the worst economic collapse in American history?

Herbert Hoover

The growth of suburbs in the 1920s encouraged the government to spend federal money on ______________, making it the biggest budget expenditure by the end of the decade.

Highways

In addition to poverty and starvation, many city-dwellers also faced the prospect of...?

Homelessness

The __________ ______________, a settlement house in Chicago founded by Jane Addams and Ellen Gates Starr, was one of the most famous of many such institutions, which were devoted to improving living conditions in major cities.

Hull House

In the 1920s, many Americans believed that _____________ were responsible for bringing ideas of socialism, communism, and anarchy into American society.

Immigrants

In the 1920s, businesses did not feel the need to pay workers more because...?

Immigration made labor plentiful

The Committee on Public Information published propaganda primarily meant to ________________________.

Influence the opinions of Americans

The foreign policy of the Conservative Republicans of the 1920s came to be known as _________________.

Isolationism

Which of the following best describes the main provision of the Nineteenth Amendment?

It guaranteed women's right to vote

Which of the following was caused by the Elkins Act of 1903?

It made it illegal for railroads to offer special freight prices to certain customers.

What was Theodore Roosevelt's criticism of the proposed League of Nations?

It would diminish American sovereignty

The American predisposition to expansion can be traced to...?

Its origins in European expansion

Who led the new federal agency that imposed strict policies against all possible Bolsheviks in 1919?

J. Edgar Hoover

The establishment of the Pan American Union was the result of which Secretary of State's goal to establish free trade between the nations of North and South America?

James G. Blaine

____________ music was a synthesis of black folk and big band music that was a combination of rural and urban traditions.

Jazz

Under the Roosevelt Corollary, the President ___________________________.

Justified American intervention in Latin American affairs

The members of the Bolshevik Party were influenced by the work of whom?

Karl Marx

Why did southern African Americans move north between 1910 and 1920?

Labor shortages in the North meant more employment opportunities

What famous African-American poet was the best representative of the "New Negro" movement?

Langston Hughes

Which of the following best describes William Howard Taft's career before he entered politics?

Lawyer

At the end of the Great War, Americans were turned inward while the rest of the world looked to them for __________________.

Leadership

The United States was now believed, after the War, to be providing ___________ on the world stage.

Leadership

President Wilson's top priority in the Paris peace talks was the creation of a ______________ _______ ________________.

League of Nations

Though the People's Party dissolved in the late 1890s, their political philosophies still held influence. Which of the following became the most influential Populist goal in the progressive era?

Limiting corruption in government

Though the People's Party dissolved in the late 1890s, their political philosophies still held influence. Which of the following became the most influential Populist goal in the Progressive era?

Limiting corruption in government.

Declaration of the North Sea and Atlantic as war zones, brought America to the brink of war over the sinking of the...?

Lusitania

Which of the following was NOT a characteristic of the Great Depression?

Luxury cars

__________________ is known for her role in the promotion of birth control in the late 1910s and 1920s.

Margaret Sanger

On October 19, 1929, the first "___________ __________" went out, meaning that some investors who had borrowed money from brokers to buy shares of stock had to repay their brokers or have their stocks sold.

Margin calls

In 1901, an anarchist named Leon Czolgosz assassinated President _____________________ at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York.

McKinley

President Wilson intervened in the politics of the nation of _______________, changing alliances and eventually bringing General John J. Pershing to the brink of war after following troops across the border.

Mexico

Which of the following groups was the greatest advocate for the prohibition of alcohol in the United States?

Middle-class Women

Which group of people were often the first Americans to come into contact with other cultures?

Missionaries

Most of Roosevelt's supporters walked out of the Republican Convention and formed the "Bull ______________" Progressive Party..

Moose

How many race riots occurred in America in 1919?

More than 25

Which of the following is NOT true of American cities in the 1920s?

Most American cities remained constant in population as working class people moved into urban areas while the middle class moved to the suburbs.

Which of the following was NOT a plan for American expansionism in the early nineteenth century?

Moving rapidly into Canada and Mexico to gain full control of the North American continent.

Investigative journalists who exposed corruption and ill treatment of the working poor were known by which of the following terms?

Muckrakers

In the United States, Woodrow Wilson was committed to the plan that America remain ______________________.

Neutral

Calvin Coolidge's victory in the election of 1924 signaled a "______ ________" for conservative Republicans.

New Era

Which of the following did Wilson call his Progressive party platform in the Election of 1912?

New Freedom

Before serving as President, Woodrow Wilson served as the governor of which of the following states?

New Jersey

As a campaign promise in the Election of 1920, Warren G. Harding promised the American people a "return to ________________."

Normalcy

What is meant by "fractional reserve banking"?

Only a portion of deposits were held by the bank and the rest loaned out

What institution saw large-scale growth as a result of Prohibition?

Organized Crime

In order to protect their own economic interests, white planters in Hawaii did what in 1893?

Overthrew Queen Liliuokalani and established an American protectorate

In 1916, the Federal government created the National ____________ Service to maintain and preserve large areas of land throughout the United States.

Park

William Howard Taft became the first Governor-General of the _______________ in 1900 and later became Secretary of War under Roosevelt.

Philippines

The _______________ ________________ restricted Cuban diplomacy and made them promise not to borrow money from European nations.

Platt Amendment

Many Americans, at the time and since, have blamed whom for the Great Depression?

President Herbert Hoover

The Treaty of Versailles failed ratification in the Senate because ______________________.

President Wilson refused to compromise with Henry Cabot Lodge over the League of Nations

What is true of stock prices by 1928-1929?

Prices of many stocks were so high that they did not accurately reflect the performance of the company

According to the lesson, which of the following best describes the main cause of the failure of Roosevelt's Progressive Party?

Professional politicians distanced themselves from the radical wing of the party.

Which of the following is NOT a reason for the end of the Progressive Movement?

Progressives had grown too radicalized for the majority of the American population

Which of the following was NOT a characteristic of the Great Depression?

Prosperity

The acquisition of ____________ ______________ was a major goal of the Spanish American War.

Puerto Rico

A string of race riots in America in 1919 led James Weldon Johnson to call the period the ______ ____________.

Red Summer

The Federal _____________ Act of 1913 established a central banking system in the United States for the first time since the 1830s.

Reserve

What was the reason for the Russo-Japanese War?

Russian expansion into Manchuria

In WWI, nothing was ______________.

Sacred

In 1911, Frederick W. Taylor published The Principles of _________________ Management, which suggested ways to bring greater efficiency to the specific tasks of individual workers in factories.

Scientific

In September 1918, the attack on __________ marked a shift in the war as Germany began a retreat from the western front.

Sedan

One of the most extreme democratic reforms in the Progressive Era was the popular election of US _______________, which was established by a constitutional amendment ratified in 1913.

Senators

Following the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, the Austro-Hungarian Empire passed sanctions and threatened invasion of what nation?

Serbia

As a show of his support of the Food Administration's effectiveness and Patriotism, President Wilson allowed ______________ to graze on the White House lawn.

Sheep

____________ ___________, based on Charles Darwin's theory of natural selection, applied the laws of nature to society.

Social Darwinism

Middle and upper class Americans in the 1890s became concerned with the rising influence of _____________, a political philosophy that advocated for government ownership of many businesses and greater social justice for the working class.

Socialism

In one of the best showings from a radical third party in several decades, Eugene V. Debs took no less than 421,000 votes for the ________________ Party.

Socialist

The 1920s saw the rise of __________ _____________ as a lucrative industry and a contribution to a common American culture.

Spectator Sports

Someone who takes advantage of rapidly rising prices to make money is a _______________________.

Speculator

Which of the following best describes the reason why Taft won the Republican nomination over Roosevelt in 1912?

Taft had more support of mainline Republicans who controlled state conventions.

Which of the following issues marked Wilson's first major piece of legislation after he became President?

Tariff Reform

The Election of 1900 guaranteed what?

That American would be an imperial nation.

In response to Black Tuesday, some business leaders argued ______________________

That the real crash had not really harmed the economy in any real way.

The idea that a nation had a responsibility to bring a better way of life to other ethnic groups was popularly referred to as ____________________________.

The "white man's burden"

Which of the following incited outrage among the American people against the Spanish, eventually pushing the nation into war?

The American Press

The delegations of the United States, Great Britain, France, and Italy at the Paris Peace Conference in 1919 were called ____________________.

The Big Four

Resistance to foreign powers and the Open Door policy resulted in a Chinese revolt called _____________________.

The Boxer Rebellion

Which of the following was NOT one of the major empires that collapsed as a result of the First World War?

The British Empire

Which of the following describes the main division between the Republican and Democrat Party platforms in the Election of 1908?

The Democrats wanted a lower tariff.

What event in February 1898 convinced most Americans that the nation should go to war with Spain?

The Explosion of the USS Maine

Because of the rise of the radio industry, Congress created what agency in 1927?

The Federal Radio Commission

Which of the following terms refers to the period between 1897 and 1903, when many big businesses came together either formerly or informally?

The First Great Merger Wave

Muckrakers were the most influential Progressive voices in which of the following industries?

The Food and Drug Industries

What was the plan for a postwar world that President Wilson presented to Congress in 1918?

The Fourteen Points

Which of the following gave the Interstate Commerce Commission the power to set maximum freight rates, a reform long wished for among western farmers?

The Hepburn Act 1906

Upton Sinclair's _______ _____________, published in 1906, was originally intended to promote socialism, but instead inspired reform in the meatpacking industry.

The Jungle

The image titled "The Gap in the Bridge" portrays America as what on the world stage?

The Keystone

In the 1920s, what organization took it upon themselves to limit the influence of non-white, non-American born, non-Protestants by means of terrorism and political power?

The Ku Klux Klan

The most notable organization for the advancement of racial equality in the United States was _____________.

The NAACP

Which of the following was NOT a government agency created to harness the American economy to the war effort in the Great War?

The National Labor Relations Board

Which Constitutional Amendment granted women the right to vote in national elections?

The Nineteenth Amendment

Although the main battles of the Spanish American War centered on Cuba, the most decisive conflicts occurred in ________________________.

The Philippines

Many of these expansions of federal power were a display of the influence of ________________________.

The Progressive Era

Which of these groups is most often associated with The Battle of San Juan Hill because of the flattering account of them written by Theodore Roosevelt?

The Rough Riders

What worldwide pandemic killed millions of people worldwide between 1918 and 1920, changed modern medicine, and damaged the world economy?

The Spanish Flu

What event served as a trigger in the economic collapse that began in 1929?

The Stock Market Crash

Which of the following would be the largest scandal in the federal government until Watergate in the 1970s, and would color the legacy of Warren G. Harding?

The Teapot Dome Scandal

Which of the following events inspired new city and state laws regulating working conditions in factories?

The Triangle Shirtwaist fire of 1911

What event changed the balance of power in Europe and contributed to the Great War?

The Unification of Germany

According to the lesson, which of the following was NOT a possible reason why many Americans believed that it was time for the nation to expand its influence and territory further into East Asia and South America?

The United States did not possess enough land to contain its ever-growing population, and needed to find more areas to settle to prevent overcrowding in its current territories.

The most important government agency to the war effort during the Great War was...?

The War Industries Board

Which of the following was NOT one of Wilson's points in his postwar plan?

The abolition of formal treaties

Which of the following was NOT an accomplishment of William H. Seward?

The acquisition of Cuba

What was the spark that set off the Great War in 1914?

The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand

What was the most transformative piece of technology to be expanded in the 1920s?

The automobile

What was the major point of debate over ratification of the Treaty of Paris at the end of the Spanish American War?

The decision over what to do with the Philippines

Which of the following best describes the meaning of the term eugenics?

The effort to reduce the number of "unfit" people in society by reducing the number of children born to "undesirable" parents.

The case of Sacco and Vanzetti is evidence of _____________________.

The growing concern in the United States regarding immigrants and their political ideas

In the late 1920s, businessmen increasingly looked to this to expand their businesses:

The stock market

Historians have called which of the following the first "modern President?"

Theodore Roosevelt

In Schenk v. United States in 1919, the Supreme Court decided that free speech could be suppressed when...?

There was a 'clear and present danger"

How did the federal monetary policy affect economic growth in the 1920s?

They expanded credit, making it easier to get loans and expand business.

Which of the following was NOT a goal of the United States in relation to Latin America?

They wanted to eliminate totalitarian regimes in the region.

What was Woodrow Wilson's goal for the United States in the Great War?

To promote a world that had peace and protection of all human rights

What was the intention of the Smoot-Hawley tariff?

To raise the price of imported goods and give American companies a chance to compete

What was the primary agenda of the Harding administration?

To undo as much of the work of the progressives as possible

The Clayton Antitrust Act created the Federal ____________ Commission, which was a stronger version of Roosevelt's Bureau of Corporations with the power to define "unfair trade practices" in order to prosecute businesses who violated fair competition.

Trade

In the Great War, __________ ______________ was a fight to totally exterminate the opposing army rather than to gain any significant new ground.

Trench Warfare

In January 1917, Germany decided to resume ___________________.

Unrestricted Submarine warfare

The ideas of Marx and the goals of the Bolsheviks was to create a[n] __________________________.

Utopian society in which all members were equal

Following the Great War, the Germans and Austrians felt ____________________.

Victimized and vengeful

Who was the leader of the Bolsheviks who led a counterrevolution in Russia and established a Communist government?

Vladimir Lenin

Who helped lead the African American community during this time period?

W.E.B. Du Bois

In the election of 1916, Woodrow Wilson's campaign slogan was "He kept us out of the ___________."

War

What was the reason for economic issues between the United States, France, Great Britain, and Germany in the 1920s?

War Debts

The ____________ _____________ _____________ in the Treaty of Versailles stated that Germany was the aggressor in the Great War and forced them to take full responsibility for what happened.

War Guilt Clause

The Reconstruction Finance Corporation _______________________.

Was a government agency meant to deliver emergency loans to insolvent companies and banks

American economic actions in Hawaii protected the rights and power of...?

White Planters

The United States established treaties that firmly integrated the Hawaiian and American economies, and helped establish a constitution that ensured political power for ____________________________.

White plantation owners

America developed the most aggressive foreign policy since the days of John Quincy Adams under which Secretary of State?

William H. Seward

Who was the first Governor General of the Philippines?

William Howard Taft

What prominent politician became one of the leading advocates for Fundamentalism?

William Jennings Bryan

Which of the following best describes the main difference between Wilson and Roosevelt's political principles in the Election of 1912?

Wilson wanted even stricter antitrust legislation

Which of the following was the most interventionist President in history, in spite of his statements that he would not be?

Woodrow Wilson

_______________________ is the name of the journalistic technique that encourages publication of sensationalized stories with little or no research.

Yellow Journalism

The message from the German foreign minister that urged the Mexican government to invade the United States was the...?

Zimmerman Letter