chapter 16-24 study cards

Question 1

After the Civil War (& before the Spanish American War), what type of foreign policy did the American people support?

Answer 1

isolationism

Question 2

In the late 1800s, many Americans believed this race was superior to others…

Answer 2

Anglo-Saxon

Question 3

Which is a result of the Spanish-American War?

Answer 3

war boosted American self-confidence

Question 4

Whose motto was, “Speak Softly and Carry a Big Stick”

Answer 4

roosevelt

Question 5

Which is true regarding the Panama Canal?

Answer 5

became a project of the United States

Question 6

What’s the significance of the Roosevelt Corollary?

Answer 6

Gave the U.S. the ability to intervene in Latin America

Question 7

Roosevelt joined this group of horsemen during the Spanish-American War…

Answer 7

Rough Riders

Question 8

Which USS battleship sunk off the coast of Cuba in 1898?

Answer 8

the Maine

Question 9

Which group opposed imperial American ambitions?

Answer 9

The American Anti-Imperialist League

Question 10

Which amendment sought to mollify nervous allies by denying any territorial interest in Cuba?

Answer 10

The Teller Amendment

Question 11

What did muckrakers aim to accomplish?

Answer 11

expose social issues to the public

Question 12

Which movement advocated Churches needed to help solve the problems created by society?

Answer 12

Social Gospel movement

Question 13

What was the significance of the 1912 election, regarding progressivism?

Answer 13

candidates believed an active government could solve social issues

Question 14

Which of the following statements characterizes the Progressive Era?

Answer 14

it witnessed a burst of social activism and political innovation

Question 15

Describe the women’s suffrage movement during the Progressive Era

Answer 15

suffrage activists varied in their motivations and approaches

Question 16

This amendment allowed a graduated income tax to help slow the concentration of wealth held by the richest Americans

Answer 16

16th Amendment

Question 17

Which amendment required the popular election of U.S. senators

Answer 17

!7th Amendment

Question 18

What was the purpose of the Federal Reserve Act?

Answer 18

to adjust the nation’s currency supply and promote bank stability

Question 19

Which legislative act established a difference between labor unions and monopolies?

Answer 19

Clayton Antitrust Act

Question 20

Which of the following did Theodore Roosevelt’s Square Deal promote?

Answer 20

conservation of natural resources

Question 21

What was the significance of the Zimmermann telegram?

Answer 21

It showed German intentions to collaborate in an invasion on the USA

Question 22

Which passenger ship, carrying ammunition, was sunk by German U-boats & sparked an outcry in the United States?

Answer 22

Lusitania

Question 23

Wilson’s belief that the world could be improved, were intended to shape the peace treaty & end all wars, were called

Answer 23

Wilson’s 14 Points

Question 24

Which part of the Versailles negotiations contributed to the rise of Adolf Hitler and the Nazi party?

Answer 24

germans forced to accept responsibility for repaying full expense of war

Question 25

Which amendment guaranteed White women the right to vote?

Answer 25

19th Amendment

Question 26

Which of the following contributed to the Red Scare of 1919–1920?

Answer 26

belief that Bolshevik Revolution in Russia had spread to the United States

Question 27

The mass movement of African Americans from the South to the North in pursuit of better living conditions and jobs

Answer 27

The Great Migration

Question 28

Describe changes in the way goods were purchased during the 1920s

Answer 28

rise of advertising contributed to a new consumer culture

Question 29

What was the implication of the Sacco and Vanzetti case?

Answer 29

conviction was considered to be the culmination of anti-immigrant sentiment

Question 30

Which organization emphasized legal action against discrimination?

Answer 30

NAACP

Question 31

Why did the Immigration Act of 1924 place no quota on immigrants from countries in the Western Hemisphere?

Answer 31

western entrepreneurs didn't want the supply of cheap illegal labor to stop

Question 32

Which of the following describes the historical context surrounding Warren G. Harding’s presidential election in 1921?

Answer 32

a general willingness to return to normalcy

Question 33

Name for FDR directly communicating with the American people about important issues facing the nation

Answer 33

Fireside chats

Question 34

New Deal program that involved a federal retirement fund for people over sixty-five

Answer 34

Social Security Act

Question 35

What conditions created the phenomenon known as the Dust Bowl during the 1930s?

Answer 35

Drought

Question 36

New Deal program that provided work relief for young men through the preservation of national resources

Answer 36

Civilian Conservation Corp

Question 37

Which Act guaranteed workers the right to organize unions and bargain directly with management?

Answer 37

Wagner Act

Question 38

Who were the Tuskegee Airmen?

Answer 38

African American pilots who inspired desegregation

Question 39

What event brought the isolationist movement to an abrupt end?

Answer 39

Attack on Pearl Harbor

Question 40

This allowed the U.S. to give countries necessary materials even if they lacked the funds to pay for those items

Answer 40

Lend Lease Act

Question 41

Which of the following occurred as a result of the bracero program in 1942?

Answer 41

Mexico agreed to send seasonal farm workers to the United States

Question 42

What was Hitler’s “Final Solution”?

Answer 42

the wholesale extermination of the Jews

Question 43

What ultimately led to the Allied victory in WWII?

Answer 43

american industrial productivity

Question 44

Result of the Sand Creek Massacre where peaceful natives were slaughtered by colorado militiamen

Answer 44

investigations concluded Native Americans had been murdered in cold blood

Question 45

Americanize Natives to become farmers

Answer 45

Dawes severality act

Question 46

Late 1800 civil rights affect legal protections in 13th and 14th amendments

Answer 46

opened the door to state laws requiring “separate but equal” facilities

Question 47

Name for those making their exodus from the South in search of a place devoid of racism and poverty

Answer 47

Exodusters

Question 48

Civil rights leader argued the Black response to racial prejudice under Jim Crow should be one of “ceaseless agitation”?

Answer 48

W.E.B. Du Bois

Question 49

system of over-planting tobacco and cotton that led to erosion of farmland

Answer 49

crop-lien system

Question 50

event where people intimidated voters, stuffed ballot boxes, & drove out African American population

Answer 50

Wilmington Insurrection

Question 51

Cause of the Indian Wars in 1860-1870s

Answer 51

Commitments repeatedly violated by private citizens, companies, and army

Question 52

Why did American economic growth and industrial development explode in the late 1800s?

Answer 52

innovations in transportation and communication, and increase immigration

Question 53

President Grover Cleveland’s response to Pullman Strike

Answer 53

Send federal troops to keep trains running

Question 54

Andrew Carnegie industry

Answer 54

Steel

Question 55

group of separate national unions organized by delegates from craft unions trying to secure economic gains

Answer 55

American Federation of Labor

Question 56

J.P Morgan on how he became successful and powerful

Answer 56

helped competing corporations merge, creating trusts

Question 57

How did the Carnegie Steel Company rise to become the largest industrial company in the world by 1900?

Answer 57

employed the newly developed bessemer converter

Question 58

What was the goal of the new generation of business leaders who came to prominence during the Gilded Age?

Answer 58

to generate profits and dominate entire industries

Question 59

What economic doctrine guided Congress and presidents in the Gilded Age to oppose government regulation of business?

Answer 59

Laissez-faire

Question 60

It disenfranchised African American voters through several means, including a poll tax and a literacy test

Answer 60

Mississippi plan

Question 61

mining discovery of gold and silver in Nevada that was the most profitable at that point

Answer 61

Comstock Lode

Question 62

What was the main force drawing new immigrants to big U.S. cities in the late 1800s?

Answer 62

rapidly growing large industries

Question 63

What political party emerged to champion the interests of rural Americans in the South and West?

Answer 63

the people’s party