Font size
WorksheetsSemester Exam review
Total questions: 135
Worksheet time: 1hrs 11mins
Who believed in full political, civil, and social rights for African Americans as it was outlined in the Constitution? This man also believed education was the best way for African Americans to advance was through education.
WEB Dubois
Booker T. Washington
Frederick Douglass
Abraham Lincoln
Who supported African Americans proving their worth to society and thought vocational education would bring equality?
Frederick Douglass
WEB Dubois
Booker T. Washington
Martin Luther King, Jr.
This court case ruled that seperate facilities are constitutional as long as they are equal, and made the Jim Crow Laws constitutional.
Homer vs. Plessy
Plessy vs. Ferguson
Dawes vs. Exodusters
Homestead vs Manifest Destiny
The Populist Party was formed...
To advocate for farmers in the federal government
To advocate for equality for African Americans
To advocate for voting rights for women
All option are correct
The National Grange...
Advocated for farmers
Advocated for African Americans
Advocated for Native Americans
Advocated for women
A tariff is a tax on foreign goods, in order to motivate people to buy domestic made products. Tariffs hurt the global economy during the Great Depression because.....
when the U.S enacted tariffs, other nations refused to trade with us. This forced the U.S to continue to practice isolationism and to lose allies around the world.
when the U.S enacted tariffs, other nations did the same thing. This forced all nations to hate each other, which resulted in World War II.
when the U.S enacted tariffs, other nations began to plot against us. These countries formed the League of Nations, which prevented the U.S from trading with other countries during the Great Depression.
when the U.S enacted tariffs, other nations did the exact same thing. These tariffs prevented countries from selling their goods on the global market, which caused them to make less money.
This reform was apart of FDR's second New Deal. It guaranteed the right for workers to organize labor unions and to bargain collectively for better hours, pay, and working conditions.
The Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938
The National Labor Relations Act (aka the Wagner Act of 1935)
The Tennessee Valley Authority
The Civilian Conservation Corps
Which option applies to how Franklin Roosevelt addressed issues for African Americans in the United States?
President Franklin Roosevelt recognized that African Americans were struggling in the U.S. While he did do a few things to address these issues, the help he provided was minimal.
President Franklin Roosevelt did everything in his power to help African Americans in the United States. He enacted the first voting rights laws for African Americans and ensured that all Jim Crow Laws were made unconstitutional in order to protect African Americans in the South.
President Roosevelt despised African Americans. He did absolutely nothing to help African Americans in the United States.
President Roosevelt did everything he could to help African Americans, however Congress denied this aide for African Americans in the United States.
This New Deal reform allowed for the U.S government to regulate companies that sell stocks and bonds. Ultimately, the government would have more regulation over the stock market due to this program. Companies had to tell investors their financial information, so that these investors knew what the company was worth before purchasing stocks and bonds.
The Securities and Exchange Commission
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
The Fair Labor Standards Act
The Social Security Act
This amendment was added to the Constitution in order to repeal the 18th amendment. This allowed for the U.S government to tax alcohol. Many traditionalists (ex. Women's Temperance Union) believed that this would lead to more issues in the United States.
18th amendment
19th amendment
20th amendment
21st amendment
President Franklin Roosevelt wanted to "prime the pump" of the U.S economy during the Great Depression by....
becoming an isolationist.
practicing deficit spending.
increasing the number of tariffs enacted.
forcing people to participate in the New Deal programs.
This New Deal reform helped the banking system in the United States during the Great Depression. It ensured banks up to $5,000 and people began to regain confidence in the banking system.
The Federal Reserver
The Tennessee Valley Authority
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
The National Recovery Administration
Which options apply to the immediate impact on U.S society of the Stock Market Crash of 1929?
Unemployment began to rise due to companies having to lay off workers
Banks close due to the amount of people withdrawing their money from their accounts
People lost everything due to over investing in the stock market
This marked the beginning of the Great Depression
All options are true
This President created New Deal programs to help stimulate the economy during the Great Depression. Many Republicans did not agree with these programs because it gave the executive branch too much power and made the government have more oversight in society.
Calvin Coolidge
Warren G. Harding
Herbert Hoover
Franklin Roosevelt
He was President at the start of the Great Depression. He believed in rugged individualism, which meant he believed people needed to get themselves out of the economic hard times and to not rely on the government. The people blamed him and the Republicans for starting the Great Depression.
Calvin Coolidge
Warren G. Harding
Herbert Hoover
Franklin Roosevelt
This President wanted to bring back Laisseze-faire economics, which led to a rise of monopolies and trusts after WWI. He also enacted the Kellogg-Briand Pact, which stated that no nation is allowed to use war to settle a dispute with another nation. This was ineffective because there was no punishment if a country used war to settle a dispute.
Calvin Coolidge
Warren G. Harding
Herbert Hoover
Franklin Roosevelt
This President's campaign slogan was "return to normalcy", meaning he wanted the U.S to become isolationists after WWI. He also enacted the Fordney-McCumber tariff to encourage U.S citizens to buy more domestic made products.
Calvin Coolidge
Warren G. Harding
Herbert Hoover
Franklin Roosevelt
Which options apply to why the Great Depression happened?
People kept buying products on credit
Companies mass produced products without receiving payment
People kept over investing in the Stock Market
All options are true
This New Deal reform was created to facilitate financing for houses, try to prevent banks from foreclosing on houses, and set new standards for the construction of houses.
The Hooverville Act
The Federal Housing Administration
The Civilian Conservation Corps
The National Recovery Act
This New Deal program was created to aid with economic relief by proving temporary construction jobs to men that were unemployed.
The Tennessee Valley Authority
The Civilian Conservation Corps
The Agriculture Adjustment Administration
The Public Works Administration
This New Deal reform was created to hire people for temporary jobs in nature conservation. They people hired worked on flood control reforestation, and other projects. They planted 200 million trees in the Great Plains during the Dust Bowl.
The Tennessee Valley Authority
The Security and Exchange Commission
The Public Works Administration
The Civilian Conservation Corps
This organization was created by Woodrow Wilson. It divided the U.S into twelve districts, allowed for more government regulation over mentally/money issues, and was supposed to help the economy in the event of a depression.
The Securities and Exchange Commission
The Federal Reserve
The FDIC
The Tennessee Valley Authority
Many people in the United States felt Imperialism had a positive impact on the native people of countries we took over because....
it allowed for these people to immigrant to the U.S for free and they would automatically become citizens of the U.S.
we helped ensure that no foreign nations would oppress them and allowed them to maintain their freedom.
we helped their economy grow and modernized them (made them more like Americans).
it allowed for these people to keep their freedom and trade freely with all nations around the world.
The United States participated in the Spanish-American War because....
yellow journalists were stirring up feelings about how the Cuban people were being treated.
citizens wanted to save the Cuban people from Spanish oppression.
the USS Maine exploded off the coast of Cuba.
All options are true.
Jim Crow laws....
were segregation laws created in the American South and were made constitutional by the Plessy vs. Ferguson court case.
were segregation laws created in the American South and were made constitutional by the Mueller vs. Oregon court case.
were segregation laws creation in the Northern states and were made constitutional by the Plessy vs. Ferguson court case.
were laws that stated if anyone spoke out against the war effort in Europe during WWI, they would go to jail.
The transcontinental railroad.....
allowed farmers to transport their goods from West to East, but forced farmers to give railroad companies 70% of their product they were planning to sell.
allowed immigrants to travel from East to West. This caused for fast urbanization.
allowed for farmers and ranchers to easily transport their goods from West to East. This allowed them to make more money and expand. It also allowed for the national economy to grow.
allowed for farmers to transport their goods from East to West. This allowed farmers to become to richest citizens in the United States.
The National Grange....
was an organization that helped the Populist Party advocate for farmers. They felt that railroad companies were ruining the United States and farmers ability to grow crops.
was an organization that helped the Populist Party advocate for the better treatment of farmers. They believed the only way for farmers to make more money was to work with railroad companies in order to transport their goods from West to East.
was an organization created to advocate for African American sharecroppers. They believed that African Americans need to break the cycle of sharecropping in order to become prosperous.
was an organization created to advocate for factory workers. They felt that immigrant labor needed to stop in order for more Americans to be employed.
Urbanization concerns the growth of cities. This was caused by....
new forms of transportation (ex. trains, cars, and planes) being created and allowing for people to travel great distances faster.
Massive amounts of immigrants coming to the United States looking for work.
Farmers abandoning their land in search of a steady paycheck.
Factories and other new innovations being built in major cities.
All options are true.
The Progressive Movement started in order to....
fix the problems created by the Jim Crow laws in the American South.
fix the problems farmers on the American frontier faced due to the increase number of railroads.
fix the problems created by Prohibition and Women's Suffrage.
fix the problems created by the Gilded Age/Industrialization, such as political and social corruption.
The purpose of labor unions were to....
advocate for the better treatment of farmers.
advocate for the better treatment of factory workers.
advocate for the better treatment of African Americans.
advocate for the better treatment of immigrants.
This was an organization created by women to advocate for prohibition.
The Women's Suffrage Movement
The Women's Prohibition Union
The Women's Christian Temperance Union/Movement
The Girl Scouts of America
The Interstate Commerce Act of 1887...
was the first time the government tried to force Native Americans off of their land
was the first time monopolies and trusts were made legal
was the first time the government tried to promote trade with other nations
was the first time the government tried to regulate railroad monopolies
The Sherman Anti-trust Act...
was the first time the government tried to encourage free trade between monopolies and trusts
was the first time the government tried to regulate monopolies and trusts to promote competition
was the first time the government tried to grant citizenship to all immigrants
was the first time the government tried to give land to any individual who moved to the the United States
The Clayton Anti-Trust Act...
replaced the Sherman Anti-Trust Act
outlawed monopolies and trusts
allowed for more government regulation of big buisness
legalized labor union protests
All options are true
What was one long-term consequence of the sharecropping system?
Agricultural workers organized labor unions
Many former slaves became trapped in a cycle of debt
Many agricultural workers moved to cities to start small businesses
Landowners sold property to pay wages to former slaves
The court case Plessy vs. Ferguson ruled...
It is illegal to have separate facilities, even if they are equal
It is constitutional to have separate facilities, as long as they are equal
The Jim Crow laws were unconstitutional
The Black Codes were constitutional, unless it concerns an individual in prison
The Knights of Labor...
advocated for the better treatment of workers
advocated for immigrants working in factories
advocated for women working in factories
advocated for African Americans working in factories
all options are true
The American Federation of Labor...
advocated for the better treatment of workers
only advocated for white, skilled workers
did not like immigrants
All options are true
This was a law created to prevent Chinese immigrants from entering the western states of the United States. The idea was to protect American jobs for U.S citizens.
The Chinese Exclusion Act
The Gentleman's Agreement
The Asian Exclusion Act
The West Coast Exclusion Act
This man wrote the book called "How the Other Half Lives". In it he describes how the urban poor were living in these tenement houses in the hopes that the federal government would step in to help them.
Upton Sinclair
Frank Norris
Jacob Riis
Ida Tarbell
The Dawes Act....
Allowed for the president of the United States to break up monopolies and trusts to promote competition.
Allowed the president of the United States to break up tribal land to give to U.S citizens moving West.
Allowed for the president of the United States to divide foreign territory for citizens moving to different regions of the world
Allowed the president to interfere in society when there is injustice
This was an agreement between the United States and Japan while Theodore Roosevelt was president. It stated that the U.S would stop creating discriminatory laws against Japanese immigrants, if the Japanese government stopped sending their poor to our country.
The Chinese Exclusion Act
The Gentleman's Agreement
The Japanese Exclusion Act
The Japanese Immigration Policy
The Espionage and Sedition Acts...
made it a crime for people to support the war because the government supported isolationism.
made it a crime to enlist in the military because it would increase taxes on U.S citizens.
made it a crime for people to speak out against the war because it would impact the war effort in Europe.
made it a crime to speak out against the government during an election cycle because it would cause the popular candidate to lose.
This was the tactic used by Germany that consisted of attacking ships with submarines if they entered European waters.
Unregulated Submarine Warfare
Unrestricted Submarine Warfare
Unrestricted Naval Warfare
Unrestricted Arm Warfare
The Zimmerman Telegram....
was a letter from the German government to Canada to encourage them to invade the U.S. It was intercepted by our allies in Europe and was one of the factors that led to the U.S getting involved in WWI.
was a letter from the German government to Mexico to allow the German military to create naval bases close to the U.S border. It was intercepted by our allies in Europe and was one of the factors that led to the U.S getting involved in WWI.
was a letter from the German government to Mexico to get them to send troops to fight in Europe. It was intercepted by our allies in Europe and was one of the factors that led to the U.S getting involved in WWI.
was a letter from the German government to Mexico to encourage them to invade the U.S. It was intercepted by our allies in Europe and was one of the factors that led to the U.S getting involved in WWI.
Herbert Hoover proposed the Smoot-Howley Tariff because...
he felt it would encourage Americans to buy domestic made products.
he felt that it would ease unemployment.
he felt it would protect domestic factories from foreign competition.
All options are true.
Which option apply to Marcus Garvey
He was the president of UNIA
He was a supporter of Pan-Africanism
He wanted African Americans to have pride in their race
He wanted African Americans to be economically self sufficient
All options are true
This was a term used for authors during the 1920s who returned home after WWI and wrote books that reflected society in their eyes.
The Lost Writers
The Creative Writers
The Muckrakers
The Journal Writers
FDR's first new deal was focused on immediate/short term relief, while his second new deal....
focused on building up the programs created by the first new deal.
focused on long term fixes to the economy.
focused on ensuring that another World War did not happen.
focused on securing money from foreign nations to continue to fund new deal reforms.
This act banned oppressive child labor, created a minimum wage, and set a maximum work week of forty-four hours.
The Equal Job Act
Child Labor Laws
The Child Labor Act
The Fair Labor Standards Act
The Harlem Renaissance....
was a revival of advocating for civil and political rights in the African American community of Harlem, NY.
was a revival of patriotism in the African American community of Harlem, NY.
was a revival of art, music, and literacy in the African American community of Harlem, NY.
was a revival of Pan-Africanism in the African American community of Harlem, NY.
The invention of the radio had an impact on society because...
it led to an increase of racial discrimination of African Americans because hate speech could be spread at a faster rate.
people could not afford to buy one, which cause the majority of Americans to not be informed on current issues.
people were able to get their news at a faster rate in the comfort of their own homes. This led to an increase in the literacy rate in the United States.
people were able to get their news at a faster rate without leaving their homes. This led to a decrease in literacy in the United States.
This New Deal reform was created to modernize and reduce unemployment in the Tennessee Valley. They developed fertilizers, taught farmers how to improve their crop yields, and helped replant forests.
The Agricultural Adjustment Administration
The Civilian Conservation Corps
The Tennessee Valley Authority
The National Park Authority
The main goal of FDR's New Deal Programs were to...
get people to motivate themselves to get out of these economic hardships.
force people to be more dependent on the federal government, so that communism would spread in the United States.
force people to work instead of them relying on the government to fix their problems.
get people back to work and to stimulate the economy.
This is a term used to describe the talks Theodore Roosevelt would have with the American people. He would speak over the radio and inform everyone what was happening in the U.S during the Great Depression. This led people to have more hope and allowed them to feel personally connected the the President.
Fire side chats
River side talks
Hooverville chats
Radio broadcast shows
When the Great Depression started people began to panic and....
began to invest heavily in the stock market in the hops that it would help with the crash.
deposited more money into their bank accounts in order to prevent their banks from being negatively affected by the stock market crash.
withdrew all of their money from their banks, causing many banks in the U.S to close.
began to leave the United States in order to seek out better economic opportunities in other countries.
This was FDR's idea to pack the Supreme Court with justices in order to get his New Deal reforms approved. This idea was rejected by Congress.
The Supreme Court Overload Plan
The Court Stuffing Plan
The Increase Justice Plan
The Court Packing Plan
Which options apply to how the Great Depression effected international trade?
Nations around the world became isolationists, so they could focus on fixing the problems in their own country.
Nations around the world began to put high tariffs on foreign imports to encourage their citizens to buy domestic made products
Nations around the world would start to put quotas on imported goods to limit the amount of foreign products entering their country.
All options are true
The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)....
helped ease the affects of the Great Depression on the Tennessee Valley by building dams to create jobs.
helped ease the affects of the Dust Bowl by providing shelter to people trying to escape the massive dust storms.
helped ease the affects of the Dust Bowl by planting to trees to prevent further soil erosion.
helped ease the affects of the Great Depression by donating money to the banks to help them reopen.
This trial happened because Tennessee created a law that prohibited teaching evolution in class. A science teacher challenged this law and society begins to see new ways of thinking challenge traditional views.
The Scopes Trial
Plessy vs. Ferguson
The Religious Freedom Trial
Scopes vs. Tennessee
This was a term coined by Herbert Hoover. He suggested that people should be the ones to help themselves out of these economic hard times and the government should offer very little assistance.
Rugged Personalism
Rugged Individualism
Self Help
Self Motivation
This New Deal reform created a federal retiree pension system for many workers, which was funded by a tax on paychecks. It also provided assistance for the unemployed and the physically disabled.
The Social Security Act
The Unemployment Act
The Free Money Act
The Social Reform Act
This is a term used to describe women in the 1920s who challenged the traditional view of women. They held jobs outside of their homes, embraced new fashion, and did only things that society felt only men should do.
The Flappers
The Suffragers
The Feminist Movement
The Innovators
This is policy in which a country begins to limit the increased amount of people immigrating to the United States. Nativist supported this practice.
The Immigrant Exclusion Act
The Chinese Exclsuion Act
Immigrant Quotas
Immigrant Stoppage Numbers
Many people did not agree with FDR's New Deal policies because....
they felt he was trying to allow foreign nations to have influence over our government.
they felt that he was turning the United States into an interventionist nation, instead of being isolationists.
they felt he was trying to exterminate all immigrants from the United States, so that true American citizens would benefit from his programs.
they felt he was turning the United States into a socialist nation.
Many people during the 1920s bought goods.....
that were way overpriced. Companies began to lower their prices on products, which led to the beginning of the Great Depression.
on credit and did not have the money to pay off their debt. This led to the Great Depression.
on credit and were able today their debts off easily. This led to the U.S economy to boom.
that were underpriced. Companies began to raise the prices on goods, causing many people to not be able to afford every day items.
Since men had to go fight in Europe...
women had to take over the factory jobs.
women also had to fight in Europe.
women remarried the men left in the U.S.
women pushed even harder for equality.
African Americans enlisted in the military because....
they believed that they would be able to stay in Europe and live in countries that allowed them to be free.
they believed that they would learn battle tactics in order to wage war for equality in the U.S.
they believed that if they fought in Europe they would be hired in factory jobs back in the U.S.
they believed that if they fought in war they would have equal rights in the U.S.
Which options apply to the Great Migration during World War I?
African Americans moved North to escape racial discrimination
African Americans moved to urban areas in the North to take over vacant factory jobs
African Americans moved because they believed their were more opportunities in the North than in the South
All options are true
This was Woodrow Wilson's idea for nations to form an alliance to ensure that another world war never happens.
League of Peace
Legion of Doom
League of Non-violence
League of Nations
Congress prevented the U.S from signing the Treaty of Versailles because....
they did not want the U.S to join the League of Peace because it would force us to get involved in foreign conflicts.
they believed that Germany needed to be severely punished and felt this treaty did not do enough to make sure they never caused another war.
they believed that Germany would being punished too harshly and did not feel it was right for the U.S to agree to the terms of the treaty.
they did not want the U.S to join the League of Nations because it would force us to get involved in foreign conflicts.
Which options apply to the Treaty of Versailles?
Germany had to admit full guilt for World War I
Germany had to pay all damages caused during World War I
Germany had to decrease the size of their army to a small military force
any country who signed had to join the League of Nations
All options are true
This option describes news articles and headlines created to appeal to the emotions of the public in order to get people to think a certain way.
Yellow Journalism
Moral Diplomacy
Dollar Diplomacy
Propoganda
Which option applies to the Treaty of Paris of 1898?
It ended the Spanish-American War
The U.S received Guam from Spain
The U.S received Puerto Rico from Spain
The U.S was able to buy the Philippines from Spain for $20 million
All options are true
What was the significance of the USS Maine exploding?
It caused us to declare war on Cuba
It caused us to declare war on France
It caused us to create the Monroe Doctrine
It caused us to declare war on Spain
This was created as an agreement between the U.S and Cuba in 1903 after the Spanish-American War. It stated that the U.S would be the "protectorate" of Cuba and would be very involved in all foreign dealings Cuba had to ensure they still have their "freedom".
The Monroe Doctrine
The Platt Amendment
The Treaty of Paris
The Roosevelt Doctrine
The Open Door Policy....
was created by the U.S and stated all nations need to have access to trade in China. However, the U.S would control the amount of access each nation had.
was created by the U.S and stated that all European nations cannot create new colonies in the Western Hemisphere.
was created by the U.S and stated that all nations need to have access to equal trade with the Philippines. However, the U.S would control the amount of access each nation had.
was created by Great Britain and stated that China needs to be an independent nation and all foreign countries need to leave.
The term spheres of influence means...
a foreign country has no control of their government and requires a stronger nation to tell them what to do.
the U.S government needed to have heavy influence over its citizens to ensure control over them.
the U.S has the God given right to expand its influence around the world.
a foreign country has heavy influence in another nation without having complete control of the government.
Why did the U.S have such an interest in Panama?
We wanted to finish construction on factories in Panama and could not do this without their permission.
We wanted to have exclusive access to trade with Panama because they had items of greta value that would make our nation extremely rich.
We wanted to finish construction on the Panama Canal, which would make it easier for the U.S to transport trade and war ships from the Caribbean Sea to the Pacific Ocean.
We wanted to encourage the Panamanians to declare independence from Spain, so that we could have complete control over them.
This was a rebellion that took place in China. Its goal was to end the spheres of influence other countries had in China and ultimately but China back in control of the Chinese.
The Filipino Rebellion
The Boxer Rebellion
The Ninja Rebellion
The Indo-China Rebellion
What is the importance of the Panama Canal?
It allowed the U.S to transport military and trade ships from the Caribbean Sea to the Pacific Ocean much faster.
It allowed the U.S to invade all Asian nations more quickly to continue our plans of Imperialism.
It allowed the U.S to access the Atlantic Ocean for the first time.
It allowed the U.S to declare war on Spain and defeat the Spanish Armada faster that thought possible.
This is a term used to describe U.S foreign policy under Theodore Roosevelt. It means that we (the U.S) will do everything we can to be diplomatic with other nations, but we are always ready to go to war.
Gunboat Diplomacy
"be peaceful and never fight"
"speak softly but carry a big stick"
"be aggressive and never surrender"
This term is used to describe diplomacy under President Taft. The idea was to replace our bullets with money and invest in Latin American nations in order to have influence over them.
Cha-Ching Diplomacy
Gunboat Diplomacy
Moral Diplomacy
Dollar Diplomacy
This was the foreign policy under President Wilson. The idea was to educate Latin American nations and be friendly to them. Since we are helping them, we will have a certain amount of influence over them.
Dollar Diplomacy
Moral Diplomacy
Good Neighbor Diplomacy
Peaceful Diplomacy
The Populist Party
Represented farmers in the West
Advocated for women's right to vote
Advocated for equality for African Americans
All options are true
Exodusters were...
African Americans who moved from the South to the West to escape racial discrimination
African Americans who moved from the South to the North in order to work in factories
African Americans that moved to the South in order to liberate the rest of the former slaves
African Americans who moved to the West to establish a new nation for former slaves
W.E.B Dubois and Booker T. Washington agreed...
that African Americans deserved equality now since it is outlined in the Constitution
that African Americans should wait for equality and prove their worth to society
that African Americans need to be as educated as possible in vo-tech type skills
that African Americans need to move back to Africa in order to escape racism in the United States
The theory suggests that if you cannot find work in factories on the East coast of the United States, you should move West to start a new life.
The Safety Valve Theory
The Exoduster Theory
The Manifest Destiny Theory
The American Frontier Theory
Which option applies to why the Progressive Era started?
People wanted the problems from the Gilded Age fixed
People wanted the government to play a more active role in society
People wanted the government to be more efficient
People wanted to eliminate government corruption
All options are true
The Mann/Elkins Act of 1910...
increased the power of the Interstate Commerce Commission, which gave more regulatory power of the railroads to the federal government.
increased the power to labor unions, which began to advocate even more for the better treatment of workers.
increased the power of big business, allowing them to control the economy even more.
increased the power to nativist groups, which led to a decrease of immigrants coming to the United States.
The Federal Trade Commission...
was established to regulate trade between the United States and foreign nations, to make sure that our producers were not being swindled.
was established to control trade between states, to ensure that railroad companies were violating any anti-trust laws.
was established so that the federal government could protect consumers and small businesses from fair practices by larger corporations.
was established to prevent African Americans from having civil and political rights.
The Women's Suffrage Movement...
advocated to make the sale and consumption of alcohol illegal, which led to the creation of the 18th amendment.
advocated for the better treatment of women in factories, which led to the Muller vs. Oregon court case.
advocated for women's right to vote, which led to the creation of the 19th amendment.
advocated for equality for African Americans, which led to the creation of the Reconstruction amendments.
The Women's Christian Temperance Movement/Union...
advocated to make the sale and consumption of alcohol illegal, which led to the creation of the 18th amendment.
advocated for women's right to vote, which led to the creation of the 19th amendment.
advocated for equality for African Americans, which led to the creation of the Reconstruction amendments.
advocated for the better treatment of women in factories, which led to the Mueller vs. Oregon court case.
Why was Theodore Roosevelt known as a trust buster?
He wanted to eliminate all trusts and monopolies from the U.S, so that they could no longer control the economy.
He wanted to use all natural resources in order for big business to grow across the United States.
He wanted monopolies and trusts to comply with anti-trust laws. As long as they did this, all monopolies and trusts were allowed to exist.
He wanted to eliminate all of the bad trust and monopolies, while keeping an eye on the good ones. This would lead to more competition.
This law was passed to ensure that all meat was inspected by the federal government. If it met the requirements of the USDA, it could be sold and safe to eat.
The Pure Food and Drug Act
The Meat Inspection Act
The Pure Food Inspection Act
The Clean Drug and Food Act
This law was passed to ensure that companies did not false label food, drinks, or drugs. This allowed people to know what ingredients were in the products they were consuming.
The Pure Food and Drug Act
The Meat Inspection Act
The Clean Drug Act
The Pure Meat Inspection Act
Which option apples to Theodore Roosevelt's Square Deal?
He wanted to regulate big business
He wanted to promote to conservation of natural parks and advocate to public health
He wanted to advocate for the better treatment of workers
All options are true
This woman became a muckraker because her father's oil company was put out of business by Standard Oil. She wrote "The History of Standard Oil" in which she exposed that Standard Oil was plotting with railroads to put other companies out of business.
Bethany Ross
Upton Sinclair
Claire Jennings
Ida Tarbell
This man became a muckraker to expose how farmers (specifically in California) were being treated unfairly by railroad monopolies. The book he wrote was called "The Octopus".
Frank Norris
Upton Sinclair
Jacob Riis
Lincoln Steffens
This man wrote the book "The Shame of the Cities". In it he exposes the corruption going on in government throughout several major cities in the hopes to influence political change.
Upton Sinclair
Jacob Riis
Frank Norris
Lincoln Steffens
This man wrote the book called "The Jungle". In it he exposes the working conditions in the meat packing industry in the hope to influence the change of working conditions. People paid more attention to how their food was being made in these factories, which led to the creation of the Meat Inspection Act and the Pure Food and Drug Act.
Upton Sinclair
Ida Tarbell
Frank Norris
Jacob Riis
This amendment gave women the right to vote.
17th amendment
16th amendment
19th amendment
18th amendment
How did Theodore Roosevelt feel about using our natural resources?
He believed we need to use them wisely, but not to the point of destroying all of the natural beauty the U.S had.
He believed that we needed to use as much of our natural resources as possible and build factories all over the U.S
He believed that we did not need to use any of our natural resources because it would destroy our nation.
He believed that we needed to limit the amount of resources we use in order to destroy monopolies and trusts.
Which option applies to Theodore Roosevelts Square Deal?
He wanted to break up big business to promote competition
He wanted to protect as much of the environment as possible
He wanted to improve working conditions for all factory workers
All options are true
This act was passed in order to increase the regulation power of the Interstate Commerce Commission over railroad companies.
The Interstate Commerce Act
The Square Deal
The Hepburn Act of 1906
The Dawes Act
Why was President Taft considered a Progressive president?
He continued many of the same policies as Theodore Roosevelt
He continued many of the polices created by William McKinley
He destroyed all competition within the United States
He advocated for equality for African Americans
This made the sale and consumption of alcohol illegal. It is known as the prohibition amendment.
19th amendment
18th amendment
16th amendment
17th amendment
This established the federal income tax
16th amendment
17th amendment
18th amendment
19th amendment
This led to the construction of dams, power plants, and cans in the Western states. It created jobs and allowed for land to be more fertile for farming.
The Clayton Anti-Trust Act
The Sherman Anti-Trust Act
The Mann-Elkins Act
The Newlands Reclamation Act
This was a movement created by Susan B. Anthony to advocate for women's right to vote.
The Women's Christian Temperance Movement
The Women's Suffrage Movement
The Prohibition Union
The Organization for Voting Rights
Laisezze-faire economics....
is when the government does not regulate the economy
allowed for monopolies and trusts to form
hurt consumers because of limited competition
all options are true
Yellow journalism is...
a term used to describe news articles created that make the United States look like the worst nation on the planet.
a term used to describe news articles or headlines created that appeal to the emotions of its readers in order to get them to think a certain way.
a term used to describe news articles or headlines that are used to give advice to politicians on how the government should be ran.
a term used to describe news articles that logically tell a story of how weaker nations are being mistreated by stronger countries.
How was yellow journalism used prior to the Spanish-American War?
Journalists would publish emotional stories of how Spanish soldiers were being mistreated by the Cubans, causing many people to want to go to war with Cuba.
Journalists would publish stories on how Puerto Rico was being mistreated by the United States, causing many people to advocate for the impeachment of President McKinley.
Journalists would publish emotional stores of how the Cuban people were being mistreated by Spain, causing many people to advocate for going to war with Spain.
Journalists would publish stories on how the Chinese were being mistreated by different foreign nations, causing many people to support the Open Door Policy.
Why were people in favor of Imperialism (Imperialists)?
Many people felt that the United States needed more resources to allow our economy to grow even more than it already has.
Many people felt that we needed to get as close as we can to China, so that we can have access to their goods.
Many people felt that it was our God given right to grow, as well as to convert as many people in these foreign nations to Christianity as possible.
Many people felt that we needed to have a strong military presence around the world in order to protect our national security.
All options are true
This is a term used to describe a person who believes their country should only be for their own citizens and immigrants should not be allowed to enter.
Patriot
Political machine boss
Nativist
Robber Barron
This led to a decrease in labor union memberships.
Riots and strikes
Scabs
Poor working conditions
Better hours
The Immigration Literacy Act of 1917...
stated that families must pay $8 per head and that if you were 16 or older you had to pass a literacy test. Nativist groups supported this.
stated that all African Americans needed to pass a literacy test in order to vote. The federal government favored this in order to please the Southern states.
stated that all immigrates were required to go to class and take classes on English to improve their reading skills.
stated that if a U.S citizen could not read the must move to another country.
This is an idea that stated it was the God given right of the U.S to expand.
Expansion
Manifest Destiny
Exodusting
Homestead Agreement
Many progressives supported Theodore Roosevelt as the Progressive Party candidate in the election of 1912 because...
they felt that President Taft was going to turn the United States in to a communist government.
they felt that President Taft did not have enough support to defeat Woodrow Wilson.
they felt that President Taft was doing everything in his power to prohibit the Progressive Movement from continuing.
they felt that President Taft's ideas were not as progressive as they needed to be.
This was a Socialist candidate that ran against Theodore Roosevelt. He received over 1,000,000 votes and it showed that many Americans were in favor of a more controlling government.
Eugene Debs
Thomas Edison
Woodrow Wilson
William Taft
This man invented the lightbulb and the electrification process. This allowed for electricity to be used to power factories, which led to the construction of more factories across the U.S.
Eugene Debs
Thomas Edison
Woodrow Wilson
Theodore Roosevelt
This man was a socialist and created the first African American labor union called the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters.
W.E.B Dubois
Marcus Garvey
Booker T. Washington
A. Philipp Randolph
This event led to the U.S declaring war on Japan, and having us enter WWII.
The Nuremberg Laws
Pearl Harbor
Germany's invasion of Poland
Unrestricted Submarine Warfare
This man was the commander of all of allied forces during WWII. He helped plan and orchestrate D-Day.
Dwight Eisenhower
General George Patton
Harry Truman
Franklin Roosevelt
This man was a General in WWII and the commander of the Third Army. He was the most revered general by the axis powers during the war.
General Dwight Eisenhower
General Montgomery
General Harry Truman
General George Patton
This man became President when FDR died. He led the U.S through the rest of WWII and approved the atomic bombings of Japan.
George Patton
Harry Truman
Dwight Eisenhower
Winston Churchill
This term is used to describe Germany's battle strategy during WWII. It mean lightening warfare and the German's would attack very quickly.
Island hopping
Amphibious landings
Nuremberg
Blitzkrieg
This strategy was used by the U.S in the Pacific Ocean during WWII. It focused on taking over different Japanese occupied islands to get as close as possible to Japan.
Blitzkrieg
Island hopping
Amphibious landings
Lighting Invasion
This is a term used to describe a time in Germany in which Jews, Gypsies, people with physical and mental handicaps were to be sent to prison camps and eventually exterminated.
The Nuremberg Plan
The Holocaust
The Night of Broken Glass
The Blitzkrieg Initiative
These were laws created in Germany that discriminated against the Jews. It stripped them of their German citizenship and were modeled off of the Jim Crow Laws created in the American South.
The Jew Codes
The Holocaust Laws
The Blitzkrieg Laws
The Nuremberg Laws
These were trials held in Germany to convict Nazi soldiers and officers of war crimes and crimes against humanity.
The Berlin Trials
The Nuremberg Trials
The Nazi Trials
The German Trials
This event happened in the Philippines. Japanese slides forced American prisoners of war to walk to a prison camp that lasted six days. Many of these POWs died.
The Manila Death March
The Tokyo Death March
The Baatan Death March
The Bay Death March
This was a strategy used during D-Day. Vehicles that were able to "drive" in the water landed on the beaches of Normandy to deliver troops. These vehicles could also drive on land.
Water landings
Beach landings
Dry Landings
Amphibious Landings
