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What early Union was destroyed by the economic downturn of the 1870s?
National labor union
Who believed the path to civil and political rights for African-Americans was economic independence?
Booker t Washington
What was a major weakness of Spain in the Spanish American wAr?
The poor condition of its navy
What was the “one big Union” that advocated cooperatives and arbitration?
Knights of labor
Name of the Chinese uprising intended to eliminate all foreigners?
Boxer rebellion
By what Supreme Court decision were women provided special rules and protection on the job?
Muller vs Oregon
The two routes considered for a canal through Central America were…
Panama and Nicaragua
How did T. R. resolve the anthracite coal strike of 1902?
Threatened to take over the mines and operate them with federal troops
What was the term for Tafts foreign policy?
Dollar diplomacy
According to Wilsons Fourteen Points, what would provide a system of collective security after WW1?
League of Nations
What were three notable results of the election of 1912?
- one party won both the presidency and control of compass
- winning candidate received less than a majority of the popular vote
- the incumbent president finished third
What was known as the “magna carta of labor”?
Clayton Anti-trust Act
The most significant scandal of Hardings administration was…explain.
The Teapot Dome scandal-involved mishandling of naval oil reserves
President Hoover believed in using various means to end the Great Depression EXCEPT…
Except direct aid to the people
What factors contributed to the Dust Bowl?
Wind; drought; soil erosion; dry-farming techniques
By what act was collective bargaining passed into law?
Wagner act
Who was the Democratic candidate for president in 1940? The Republican candidate?
Franklin Roosevelt; Wendell Willkie
In return for several old destroyers, what did the U. S. receive in exchange from Britain?
Eight naval bases
What 1942 battle was the turning point of WW2 in the European theater?
Stalingrad
The major factor in the prosperity of the “sunbelt” was…
Influx of money from the federal government
At what conference was an ultimatum issued to Japan?
Potsdam
At what conference did Franklin Roosevelt and Winston Churchill agree that their primary war aim was to demand the unconditional surrender of Germany and Japan?
Casablanca
What was established by president Truman to detect communists within the government?
Loyalty review board
When the Soviet Union cut off western access to Berlin, what was Trumans response?
Berlin airlift
What policy toward the Soviet Union did Kennedy advocate?
Peaceful coexistence
What national security council memo called for massive military spending during the Cold War?
NSC-68
To where did president Lyndon Johnson direct educational aid?
Public and parochial schools
What 1962 act reduced American tariffs?
Trade Expansion act
What revelation during the Senate Watergate hears did significant damage to Nixions defense?
Nixions conversations in person and on the telephone had been recorded on tape
What was the most explosive racial issue of the 1970s?
Busing
What did the Twenty-sixth Amendment do?
Lowered the voting age to eighteen
Reagans primary goal as president was….
To reduce the size of the federal government
What Grant administration scandal involved railroad construction kickbacks?
Credit mobilier
Why were the standard time zones established?
Major railroad companies wanted to keep schedules and avoid wrecks
“Separate but equal” facilities were declared constitutional in what 1896 Supreme Court decision?
Plessy vs Ferguson
List, in order the four Presidents who have been assassinated.
Lincoln, Garfield, McKinley, Kennedy
What was the first major attempt by the federal gov to regulate business?
Interstate Commerce Act
In what endeavor did each of the following entrepreneurs make his fortune? James duke; john d. Rockefeller; J. P. Morgan; Andrew Carnegie
Tobacco; oil; banking; steel
What 1862 act gave public land to states to support higher education?
Morrill act
“One big union” that promoted producer cooperative and arbitration
Knights of labor
Who were the three major presidential candidates in 1896?
Rep-McKinley; Dem- W. J. Bryan; populist- Bryan
What was organized in the lake 1800s to break the strangling grip of the railroads?
Farmers’ Alliance
Why was the election of 1876 so controversial?
Two sets of election returns were submitted by SC, FL, and LA
Who was head of the Great Northern railroad line? The New York Central? the central pacific?
James Hill; Cornolius Vanderbilt; Leland Stanford
What amendment was interpreted for the benefit of large corporations against antitrust actions by state governments?
Fourteenth
Who talked about the “talented tenth” that would lead African-Americans to social and political equality?
W. E. B. DuBois
What act promised Indians citizenship in twenty-five years, dissolved many tribes as legal entities, wiped out tribal ownership of land, and tried to make Indians into rugged individualists?
Dawes Act
What book described the grim history of Indian-white relations? Who was the author?
A century of dishonor by Helen Hunt Jackson
