U.S. Semester Exam Review

Theodore Roosevelt used big stick diplomacy to help the U.S. take control of

• The panama Canal Zone

• Germany

• China

• South America

Social Darwinism was rejected by progressives because

• it labeled the lower class/poor as inferior

• it encouraged child labor

• it prevented women from voting

• it caused the Great Migration

The 19th Amendment is related to

• Women's suffrage

• Prohibition

• Income taxes

• Direct Election of Senators

Which actions threaten "Freedom of the Seas"

• Blockades and unrestricted submarine warfare

• the annexation of foreign colonies/territories

• The use of chemical weapons such as poison gas.

• The implementation of tanks and machine guns.

The Harlem Renaissance influenced what major genre of music

• Jazz

• Rap

• Rock N Roll

• Soul

The Zimmerman Note/Telegram encouraged U.S. entry into WWI by

• Proposing an alliance between Germany and Mexico.

• Promising to continue to sink passenger/civilian ships.

• Threatening to bomb the U.S.

• Threatening to invade France and Great Britain

Avoiding future conflicts in Europe is why the U.S.

• Didn't join the league of nations.

• joined the league of nations.

• Fought against Spain in the Spanish American War.

• Allowed congress to strip T. Roosevelt's ability to declare war.

The populist party promoted the demands of

• Small Farmers

• Big Businesses

• Big Railroads

• Small Businesses

U.S. Citizens migrating westward led to

• A new wave of European Immigrants settling in urban areas

• A large influx of African Americans into the new areas

• Native Americans being removed from their land and sent to reservations.

• The start of the Jim Crow era

Prohibition led to?

• Increase in crime

• decrease in crime

• women's suffrage

• the end of the Roaring 20s