Era 7 Review

Question 1

18th amendment

Answer 1

Made alcohol illegal

Question 2

20th amendment

Answer 2

Shorten the time period between election and inauguration

Question 3

21st amendment

Answer 3

Repealed Prohibition

Question 4

22nd amendment

Answer 4

Set a limit on the number of terms a person is eligible for election for presidency

Question 5

Yellow journalism

Answer 5

a style of writing which exaggerates the news to enrage readers

Question 6

Three main reasons for imperialism

Answer 6

Military strength, Newmarket, and believe in cultural superiority

Question 7

Banana republic

Answer 7

A small country that is economically dependent on a single export commodity

Question 8

Foraker act

Answer 8

Establish a civil government in Puerto Rico and appointed a governor

Question 9

Results of the US trying to capture Pancho Villa

Answer 9

John J. Pershing was ordered to capture via the Mexican army five back in the Americans pulled out in 1917

Question 10

Importance of the plat amendment

Answer 10

The US could intervene when necessary, Cuba wouldn’t accumulate wealth, and the US could buy land for naval stations

Question 11

Result of the Spanish-American war

Answer 11

Acquired the Philippines, Guam, vanilla, and Puerto Rico became a US territory
-Spain gave Cuba it’s independence

Question 12

Who controlled the Philippines and Cuba before the US intervene

Answer 12

Spain

Question 13

Who is Alfred T. Mahan

Answer 13

• And admiral of the U.S. Navy and believe the country’s power came from its control of the seas
• Made the worlds third strongest navy

Question 14

Who was Porfirio Diaz

Answer 14

The president of Mexico he was unpopular in overthrown in 1911

Question 15

Who were the Roughriders and what role did they play

Answer 15

There are volunteer cavalry units in the spam war organize by teddy Roosevelt

Question 16

How long did the panama canal take to build and how much did it cost

Answer 16

• 10 years
• 56,000 workers died
• $380 million

Question 17

Anarchist

Answer 17

People who opposed all forms of government

Question 18

Collectives

Answer 18

Large farms run by hundreds of families

Question 19

Appeasement

Answer 19

Giving a politically to avoid a fight or conflict

Question 20

Who were famous African-Americans why are they important

Answer 20

• Langston Hughes, a poet who described harsh lives
• Louis Armstrong, a trumpeter who helped bring jazz mainstream
• Bessie Smith, blues singer

Question 21

When was black Tuesday

Answer 21

Tuesday 29th 1929

Question 22

What was who is approach to trying to fix the great depression

Answer 22

That the economy Would fix it self

Question 23

What was the Tennessee Valley Authority

Answer 23

There appear dams in both new ones this provided jobs

Question 24

What was the civilian conservation corpse

Answer 24

It was men ages 18 through 25 to work on public projects that lives on work camps, paid $30 a month, 25 were sent home

Question 25

What’s the importance of the FDIC

Answer 25

Insurance people’s money up to $250,000

Question 26

Who is Francis Perkins

Answer 26

First female cabinet member and was appointed secretary of labor

Question 27

What was Roosevelts “Black Cabinet”

Answer 27

And organization of top African-American to advise FDR on racial issues

Question 28

What famous movies were released during the great depression

Answer 28

- Wizard of Oz - Gone with the wind - Mr. Smith goes to Washington

Question 29

What were the neutrality act of 1935

Answer 29

Outlawed loans to nations at war outlawed sales and loans to nations with a Civil War

Question 30

What happened at the Munich conference

Answer 30

Hitler promised that Studenland was all the territory he wanted an appeasement was granted

Question 31

What happened at Dunkirk

Answer 31

British and Ella troops were evacuated from the French seaport

Question 32

What were the Nuremberg laws of 1935

Answer 32

Excluded German Jews from citizenship and prohibited marrying pure German’s

Question 33

What is Kristallnact

Answer 33

This was known as the night of broken glass German troops trashed Jewish businesses, stores, and synagogues

Question 34

How was Hideki Tojo

Answer 34

Commander of the Japanese army he invaded China in July 1937

Question 35

Who was Showa Hirohito

Answer 35

Emperor of Japan and ignored peace talks with US

Question 36

When was the attack on Pearl Harbor

Answer 36

December 7, 1941

Question 37

What happened on D day

Answer 37

Three divisions of paratroopers dropped behind German lines on the beaches of Normandy France 1 million ground troops stormed the beaches

Question 38

Who is the director of the Manhattan project

Answer 38

Jay. Robert Openheimer

Question 39

What was Truman strategy for the war in the Pacific

Answer 39

Wants immediate defeat of Japan

Question 40

What was the importance of the Enola Gay

Answer 40

This was the plane that dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima

Question 41

How many died as a result of the atomic bombs

Answer 41

200,000 people

Question 42

what were the reasons US had for dropping the bombs on Japan

Answer 42

And the War quickly to save American lives, to demonstrate strength and immediate defeat of the Soviet union, and to force Japan to surrender