Semester 1 Final Review - Honors

The 19th Amendment to the Constitution provided for

• Suffrage for women

• A federal income tax

• The direct election of senators

• The prohibition of alcohol

The primary goal of the NAACP was

• Voting rights for women

• Better working conditions

• Regulation of the banking industry

• Equality among the races

The purpose of John Hay's Open Door Policy was to

• End the Boxer Rebellion

• Gain leaseholds

• Establish spheres of influence

• Ensure trading rights with China

The literature of the Harlem Renaissance

• Explored the origins of jazz

• Captured the diversity of African American culture

• Is largely forgotten today

• Argued for the separation of races

Under Theodore Roosevelt the Northern Securities v. the U.S. case came up, the Supreme Court ruled that Northern Securities did what?

• Violated the Clayton Antitrust Act

• Violated the Sherman Antitrust Act

• Would be supervised by the Department of Labor and Commerce

• Would be supervised by the Interstate Commerce Commission

The Great Migration was NOT

• Inspired by wartime jobs created in the North

• Inspired by racism in the South

• A movement of African Americans to the North during WWI

• A trend of women taking men's jobs when men went to fight WWI

Theodore Roosevelt viewed the coal miners strike against the mine owners in 1902 as an example of

• Groups pursuing their private interests at the expense of the nation

• Workers pursuing their right to fair wages and safe working conditions

• Big business abusing its power by exploiting workers

• Big business exercising its rights to operate without a union

World War I was the first war in which

• African American soldiers were not segregated from white soldiers

• Women officially served in the armed forces

• The government officially imposed conscription

• The military drafted men

Upon entering World War I, America increased the number of people in its army by

• Creating the Selective Service Act

• Selling war bonds

• Joining the Central Powers

• Establishing the Food Administration

The Bonus Army was a group of _____________ veterans who protested in Washington D.C. to receive their bonus checks early in order to feed their families during the Great Depression.

• Civil War

• WWI

• WWII

• Korean War