History Final pt. 1

Question 1

the name for the war bonds that the U.S. government sold, and strongly encouraged Americans to buy, as a way of raising money for the war effort

Answer 1

liberty bonds

Question 2

the campaign for a ban on the sale and manufacturing of alcoholic beverages, which came to fruition during the war, was bolstered by anti-German sentiment and a call to preserve resources for the war effort

Answer 2

prohibition

Question 3

the term used to describe the fear that Americans felt about the possibility of a Bolshevik revolution in the United States; fear over Communist infiltrators led Americans to restrict and discriminate against radical dissent

Answer 3

red scare

Question 4

the goal of foreign countries such as Japan, Russia, France, and Germany to carve out an area of the Chinese market that they could exploit through tariff and transportation agreements

Answer 4

sphere of influence

Question 5

a group of diverse and prominent Americans who banded together in 1898 to protest the idea of American empire-building

Answer 5

Anti-Imperialist League

Question 6

Process allowing voters to affirm or reject existing laws

Answer 6

referendum

Question 7

the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, a civil rights organization formed in 1909 by an interracial coalition including W. E. B. Du Bois and Florence Kelley

Answer 7

NAACP

Question 8

a political party started by Roosevelt and other Progressive Republicans who were unhappy with Taft and wanted Roosevelt to run for a nonconsecutive third term in 1912

Answer 8

progressive party

Question 9

Process to remove a public official from office through petition and vote

Answer 9

recall

Question 10

investigative journalists and authors who wrote about social ills, from child labor to the corrupt business practices of big businesses, and urged the public to take action

Answer 10

muckrakers

Question 11

War bonds sold by the U.S. government to raise money for the war effort

Answer 11

liberty bonds

Question 12

Sensationalist newspapers manufacturing news stories to boost sales

Answer 12

yellow journalism

Question 13

Woodrow Wilson’s idea for promoting a new world order through open discussions

Answer 13

league of nations

Question 14

Wilson’s postwar peace plan advocating for free trade and end to secret treaties

Answer 14

fourteen points

Question 15

Investigative journalists exposing social ills and corrupt business practices

Answer 15

muckrakers

Question 16

Proposed law placed on ballot by public petition

Answer 16

initiative

Question 17

Allowed nomination of candidates through direct vote by party members

Answer 17

direct primary

Question 18

Contrast to spoils system, based on merit not favoritism

Answer 18

civil service

Question 19

the strategy of Republican candidates to stress the sacrifices that the nation had to endure in its Civil War against Democratic southern secessionists

Answer 19

bloody shirt campaign

Question 20

an 1894 protest, led by businessman Jacob Coxey, to advocate for public works jobs for the unemployed by marching on Washington, DC

Answer 20

coxey’s army

Question 21

a political party formed in 1890 that sought to represent the rights of primarily farmers but eventually all workers in regional and federal elections

Answer 21

populist party