History Final

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labor lost how many people in the 1920s

2 million

FDR served how many terms

4 terms

in the dred scott decision, the supreme court decided

African Americans were not and could never be citizens of the u.s.

bloodiest single day

Battle of Antietam

who played an important role in building the railroad

Chinese immigrants

who introduced reform designed to convert japan into democracy

Douglas Macarthur

what time period most influenced the new deal

First World War

14 amendment

Gave African Americans citizenship

19th Amendment

Gave women the right to vote

First African American senator

Hiram Revels

Founder of Standard Oil Company

John D. Rockefeller

Who killed Lincoln?

John Wilkes Booth

Why was Vicksburg important?

North took Mississippi River and split the South

Black Codes

Restricted the rights and movements of newly freed African Americans

Lincoln's hidden weapon that transported troops and supplies

The railroad

what was a result of the expanding union economy

The size and spending of the government increased tremendously

Purpose of D-Day

To liberate France

league of nations

US did not join

the idea that change comes slowly can be evidenced by what event during reconstruction

Women were excluded from the suffrage amendment.

why did robert lee invade the north

a defeat in his own territoru would destroy the moral of his troops

The ascendancy of the American Federation of Labor during the 1890s reflected:

a shift from broad reform goals to more limited goals

13 amendment

abolished slavery

Freedman's Bureau Act

aid and protect former slaves in their transition to freedom

the scale of the civil war is compared to

all the wars combined

Results of Kansas-Nebraska Act

allowed settlers in newly organized territories north of the Missouri border to decide the slavery issue

The most common Civil War battlefield surgery

amputation

the first us president to become impeached

andrew johnson

The Sacco and Vanzetti trials

antiforeigner sentiment that fueled a drive against immigration

General Lee surrendered his army to General Grant at the courthouse in:

appomotax courthouse

causes of ww 1

assassination of archduke franz ferdinand

turning point in ww2

battle of midway

pull factors for immigration

better opportunities

when assesing the impeachment of andrew johnson what can be determined about this issue

both congress and the president accused the other of unconstitutional acts

What broad popular Sentiments did the KKK expressed in the 1920s

control of the nations should be returned to the native-born protestants

What taste of freedom did women enjoy in World War II?

doing mens jobs

Social Security Act

enacted during the great depression

treaty of versaillles 1919

ended ww2

Overall, despite good intentions the Marshall Plan was not very successful.

false

although well intended, the new deal for native americans resulted in a series of forced assimilations

false

emperor hirohito was tried as a war criminal

false

the emancipation proclamation of 1863 freed slaves in border states fighting in the union

false

totalitarianism in the 1950s

fascism, nazism, and communism

Chinese Exclusion Act

first immigration law to ban a certain race of people from coming to america

15 amendment

gave black males the right to vote

Mark Twain called the era following the Civil War what

gilded age

what was ironic about the election of andrew johnson

he changed partys and won

Picture Brides

immigrant workers wives who would gain citizenship by marriage in hawaiii

how could corporations have predicted the great depression

increased workers wages

in contrast to the american federation of labor the congress of industrial organizations fought for

industrial democracy

Executive Order 9066

japanese internment

the declared president of the confederate states of america

jefferson davis

Battle of Leyte Gulf

kamikaze pilots

german holocaust

killed many races

which of the following least symbolized the growing autonomy of working women with regard to their consumerism

military service

the america first committee

no war

5440 Fight did not result so who got mad

northern democrats

Manhattan Project

nuclear weapons

What inspiration did Martin Luther King Jr. gain from Mahatma Gandhi?

peaceful civil disobedience

the compromise of 1850 established all of the following except

postponing a decision on the question of slavery in the california territory

Push factors for immigration

poverty, overpopulation, war, lack of jobs

what trend did fundamentalists support

prohibition

what can be determined about the civil war

rich mans war, poor mans fight

which of the following elements of wilsons 14 points most resembled the commissions progressives had instituted back home

self determination

the first state to choose secession

south carolina

what did the members of the new UN security council all have in common

suffered the casualties and financial losses during the war

Lincoln used the ______________ to communicate with his generals and other officers to keep tabs of what was going on at the battle front.

telegraph

upton sinclair wrote

the jungle

holocaust

the systematic mass slaughter of Jews and other groups judged inferior by the Nazis

what typically triggered the lynch violence of southern white mobs

the victims alleged sexual conduct

which of the following second new deal measures came closest to meeting the demands of congress of industrial organizations for workplace democracy

the wagner act

the march to the sea was an example of

total war

Abraham lincoln was elected president in 1860 without any southern electoral votes

true

By 1880, a majority of Americans worked in nonfarm activities.

true

The percentage of families at or below the poverty rate fell during the 1950s.

true

congress passed the first national conscription law in 1963 but the rich people could buy their way out of the draft

true

why was reconstruction important

unified the us

meeting of the union and central pacific railroad

utah territory

what would john winthrope criticize about antebellum US

utopian societys promoting free love

Wade-Davis Bill

vetoed by Lincoln

the us gained the most territory through

wars with mexico


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