Midterm Exam Review

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Midterm Exam Review

Progressives

• 100- Progressive reformers sought gov’t regulation of business in order to restore competition by limiting the power of these which occur when a single company controls an entire industry/market

• 200 – He recognized that natural resources were limited and believed their use needed to be controlled so he created the US Forest Service

• 300- Election reform that allows voters to put a proposed law on the ballot

• 400- Election reform that allows voters to remove an elected office from office

• 500- Election reform that allows all party members to vote for a candidate to turn in the general election

Big Business

• 100- Risk taker who starts new ventures within the economic system of capitalism

• 200 – Buying all the companies that supply your business like a steel company owning coal mines, limestone quarries, and iron ore fields is an example of

• 300 – The advantage these is that they can raise large amounts of money, spread out financial risk, and proceed goods more cheaply and efficiently

• 400- The policy of the late 1800s where businesses operated without gov’t interference in an unregulated free market (believe in private control) – not capitalism

• 500 – Political machines exchanged favors for these

Give me a ‘S’

• 100 – the right to vote

• 200- The new immigrants coming during

Industrialization were from east and __________

Europe

• 300 – Belief that stronger people, businesses, and nations would prosper and weaker ones would fail

• 400 – If a union called for a strike then the owners would often hire replacements referred to as this

• 500 – These were created due to the Transcontinental

Railroad to ensure trains were on the same schedule

Money

• 100- New technology helped farmers produce more crops which did what to the price of the crops

• 200- In order to protect businesses from foreign competition, some members of Congress wanted to pass these taxes on imported goods

• 300- The loss of value of money

• 400 – The Underwood tariff included a provision that allowed Congress to levy a tax on earnings which is called this

• 500- The total value of all goods and services that a country produces

Labor Unions

• 100- The purpose of labor unions is to protect who?

• 200- Labor Unions had difficulty achieving support because businesses supported efforts to limit the power of unions and because some people felt that union workers were anarchists who don’t believe in this

• 300- A technique for breaking a union in which a company refuses to allow workers on their property

• 400 - The AFL pushed for these which take place when a company only hires union workers

• 500 - The Knights of Labor suffered a steady decline in membership after this event in Chicago

Industrialization Hodge Podge

• 100- During Industrialization, more people moved from the countryside to the cities and this movement to the cities is called

• 200 – This is a broad-based reform movement that tried to reduce the abuses that had come with modernization and industrialization – wanted to achieve this by giving voters more power

• 300 - W.E.B. DuBois was a founder of this organization that campaigned for equal rights and greater opportunities for African Americans

• 400 – Name four reasons for a person to emigrate from a place (100 points for each)

• 500- This fire led to building codes that required fire escapes

Reasons for Imperialism

• This reason for imperialism includes acquiring new markets and sources for raw materials

• This reason for imperialism supported building a large navy and military bases to defend American interests

• This reason for imperialism includes wanted to civilize another country

• This reason for imperialism includes wanting to spread beliefs including Christianity and democracy

• This reason for imperialism includes insuring the balance of power

Spanish American War Causes

• The Treaty of Paris of 1898, which ended the war granted independence to this country which Americans empathized with

• The explosion of this ship in the Cuban Harbor triggered the US to declare war on Spain

• This cause of the Spanish American war told stories of

Spanish atrocities against the Cuban people

• This letter sent from Spain ridiculed President McKinley and caused Americans to be angry at Spain

• The mistreatment of Cuban civilians by this guy led the

US to go to war against Spain

Give me a ‘P’

• American settlers in Hawaii discovered that the climate and soil of the islands were suitable for growing sugar cane and this

• President Roosevelt wanted to build this to shorten travel time between the Atlantic and Pacific Ocean

• The Spanish American War allowed the US to annex

Guam and this country that is still a US territory

• The US paid 20 million for this country after the

Spanish American War because the islands would provide the US with a naval base

• This amendment established the US naval base in

Guantanamo

US Imperialism

• 100 - This monarchy was overthrown by a group of planters supported by the US Marines

• 200 – This guy was chosen as McKinley’s running mate because of his status as a war hero; he would eventually win a Nobel Peace Prize for negotiating an end to the Russo-Japanese War

• 300 - This policy ensured trading rights in China

• 400 - This war made the US an imperialist power

• 500 - This addition to the Monroe Doctrine stated the US would intervene in Latin American affairs when necessary to maintain political and economic stability

Causes of WWI

• The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand the heir to the throne of this country triggered the war

• This cause of war led to competition between countries for overseas territories

• This cause of war led to fear and tension between countries as Germany started to build their army and navy

• This cause of war led Russia to protect Serbia and

Serbia to reject Austria annexation

• This cause of war led Russia to declare war on

Austria-Hungary and Germany

US Entry to WWI

• The US did not enter WWI after this British passenger ship was sunk by a German u-boat in 1915 because the

Germans signed the Sussex pledge promising not to do it again

• This letter was intercepted by the British and encouraged

Mexico to attack the US

• If Mexico allied itself with Germany, Germany promised to help them regain territory in New Mexico, Arizona, and this state

• The final decision to go to war was when Germany went against the Sussex Pledge and resumed this policy of shooting any ship without warning

• This group in the US wanted us to side with the Allies because they had money invested in the Allies

WWI

• The British entered the war when this neutral country was invaded

• The Bolsheviks took control of this country and pulled out of WWI

• This nation saw itself as the protector of the

Slavic people and opposed Austro-Hungarian rulers in the Balkans

• This country became the world's leading economic power after WWI

• This alliance consisted of Britain France and

Russia

War on Homefront

• The official U.S. position in regard to the war in Europe during 1914 was this which means to avoid involvement in world affairs

• The government borrowed more than 24 billion dollars from the American people through these

• To have more materials for the war effort overseas

Americans were encouraged to limit their consumption referred to as this

• In the case Schenck v. US the Supreme Court ruled that this right could be limited during war time

• To conserve energy, the fuel administration introduced this to allow for more daylight in the evening

Treaty of Versailles

• The Treaty forced Germany to accept responsibility for the war, limit its army to 100,000, and pay these compensations for war damages

• The Big Four who attended the Paris Peace Conference included leaders from US, Britain, France and this country

• Granting self-determination, allowing free trade, and establishing a world peace organization were the 3 goals of

Wilson’s plan for peace called this

• Germany was forced to accept blame for the war by signed this clause in the Treaty

• Wilson wanted the free choice by the people of a nation to select their future political status referred to as this

Prohibition

• This amendment banned the production, transportation, and distribution of alcohol

• This is a person who smuggled liquor during

Prohibition

• In order to get around prohibition these clubs which sold illegal alcohol at a high price

• This act was passed in order to enforce

Prohibition

• Prohibition failed due to the inability to enforce this unpopular law. This amendment would overturn Prohibition

Who Done It?

• People idolized movie stars and sports stars in the

1920s like this former Yankee nicknamed the Great

Bambino

• These two men were suspicious since they were Italian immigrants and anarchists – they were put on trial for robbery and murder

• He was put on trial for teaching evolution

• This president coined the phrase ‘Return to Normalcy’ to encourage people to get back to life before WWI

• This President served from 1923-1929 and believed in limiting the government and supporting business: I’m surprised you could hear him

Controversial Times

• This amendment gave women the right to vote

• The name of the 1920 movement of African

Americans from the rural south to urban north

• During the 1920s the period of great achievement by African American writers and artists was known as this

• Belief in the literal interpretation of a particular religion’s holy book

• This famous jazz club in Harlem was white-only but starred many African American artists

Twenties Hodge Podge

• She was the first woman to fly across the Atlantic

• Due to the fear of immigrants during the 1920s many were often sent back to their country of origin which is referred to as this

• American writers and artists who chose to live and work in Europe during the 1920s

• Albert Fall accepted bribes to allow oil companies to drill on federally owned land in what became known as this scandal

• These ‘native’ born Americans blamed immigrants for the increase in crime and poverty and saw immigrants as a threat

Stock Market Crash

• 100- Black Tuesday refers to this specific date which is when the stock market crashed and investors quickly sold their stocks

• 200- This profession did not experience the economic boom of the 1920s due to overproduction

• 300 – This program, still around today, is the watchdog of the Stock Market

• 400 – This organization is in charge of regulating the nation’s money supply

• 500 – This type of investing in the stock market is riskier because if stocks dropped brokers could force investors to repay their loans that they borrowed immediately

Great Depression

• These are loose-knit communities of rustic shack and tents named for the person they blamed for them living here

• This President came under attack during the Great

Depression for not fully grasping about how desperate the American people were

• This group of WWI veterans went to Washington D.C. to get Congress to pass a bill that would give them their bonus early

• This term describes the devastation of the Great Plains drought brought on by no crop rotation, over plowing of the fields, and plowing up prairie grasses

• When the government spends more than it takes it, it is referred to as this

New Deal Programs

• This program still around today provides pensions for many Americans 65 and older

• This program gave employment to young unmarried men in many of our national parks

• This program still around today helped restore public confidence in the safety of the nations banks by insuring your money in the bank

• This program paid farmers not to grow certain crops or raise certain animals – it would be declared unconstitutional

• This program provides lowered mortgage rates and lengthened the term of the loan for those employed and still able to pay

New Deal

• She transformed the role of first lady by gather information for FDR, traveling, writing, and attack social problems

• This goal of Roosevelt's New Deal tried to ensure that a depression was never experienced again (relief, recovery, …..)

• To stop the run on banks that threatened healthy banks

Roosevelt declared this on his second day in office

• This group misstep caused President Roosevelt to lose support of some in his own party and the general public because they thought he wanted too much power

• This group struck significant blows to Roosevelt’s New

Deal by declaring two of his programs unconstitutional

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