History: Midterm study guide Flashcards
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True/False. The mysterious sinking of the U.S.S. Thomas fueled the movement for war with Spain.
False
True/False. The anarchists apposed all forms of government.
True
True/False. The panic surrounding the threat of communism in the early 1920s is called the big scare.
False
True/False. A dollar down and a dollar forever represents the form of credit called the installment plan.
True
True/False. The double standard of the 1920s was based on the fact that women were judged by stricter standards than men were.
True
True/False. Fundamentalists in the 1920s supported a literal interpretation of the 1920s.
False
True/False. Largest population increase during the 1920s occurred in America’s suburbs.
False
True/False. William Jennings Bryan defeated John Scopes in the scopes trial in 1925.
False
True/False. Black Tuesday was the day that president hoover forced the bonus army to disband.
False
True/False. American industries first began to show signs of economic trouble around 1928.
False.
True/False. During the fresh end charities tried to help the urban poor by opening soup kitchens.
True
True/False. The stock market crash of 1929 was fueled by price supports unwise investments that people hoped to make them rich overnight.
False
True/False. George Patton lead the U.S. Third army to free Paris from German occupation.
True
True/False. The battle of Stalingrad marked a turning point in the war.
True
True/False. At the yalta conference, Roosevelt, Churchill,and Stalin met to begin the planning of the post world war.
True
True/False. Atomic bombs were dropped on the Chinese cities: Nagasaki and Tokyo.
False
True/False. The selective service system provided for education and lone guarantees for veterans.
False
Whose assassination sparked World War I?
Archduke Franz Ferdinand
In 1914 the alliance considered of France, Britain, and Russia were called?
The allies
The alliance considered of Germany, Austria-Hungary, and the Ottoman Empire were called?
The central powers
The long term cause of World War I involved the development of armed forces and there use as a tool of diplomacy.
Militarism
Closely linked with industrialization, this long term cause of World War I involved a conquest (contest) for colonies.
Imperialism
In the battle of the sum, this resulted in the exchange of 7 miles of territory at the cost of 1.2 million casualties.
Trench Warfare
The leaders who made concessions to hitler in hopes of ending German aggression early on from England.
Nevill Chamberlain