Imperialism to Great Depression Test

Question 1

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Answer 1

President who led the US through the Great Depression and WWII

Question 2

The New Deal

Answer 2

Roosevelt’s new policies to address social security

Question 3

Social Security

Answer 3

A federal insurance program, which was a part of the New Deal, that provides benefits to people low on money

Question 4

Speculation

Answer 4

The practice of taking part in risky business ventures in the hopes that a quick or large profit can be made

Question 5

Vladimir Lenin

Answer 5

Founder of the Russian Communist Party, leader of the Bolshevik Revolution, and first head of the Soviet state

Question 6

Russian Revolutions

Answer 6

Revolutions that happened in Russian when the government (and the country as a whole) was weak

Question 7

Fourteen points

Answer 7

President Wilson’s proposal for a peace settlement between the Allied powers and the Central powers at the end of WWI

Question 8

Trench warfare

Answer 8

When armies dig deep trenches in the ground where they live and sleep

Question 9

League of Nations

Answer 9

An organization originally proposed in Wilson’s 14 points that was formed with the goal of promoting international peace

Question 10

Triple Alliance

Answer 10

Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy against Russia

Question 11

Triple Entente

Answer 11

United Kingdom, France, and Russia against Germany

Question 12

Spark of WWI

Answer 12

The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand

Question 13

Treaty of Versailles

Answer 13

The Treaty which officially ended WWI that had many conditions for Germany to end the war

Question 14

Nationalism

Answer 14

A strong feeling of loyalty or devotion to one’s country of origin

Question 15

Jingoism

Answer 15

Your nation is superior to other nations

Question 16

social Darwinism

Answer 16

survival of the fittest

Question 17

USS Maine

Answer 17

The boat sent to Cuba that later exploded

Question 18

Yellow Journalism

Answer 18

A type of journalism that exaggerates or sensationalizes stories to sell papers

Question 19

Woodrow Wilson

Answer 19

The president who led the US during WWI

Question 20

Teddy Roosevelt

Answer 20

A progressive president of the US with a strong foreign policy

Question 21

Causes of the Great Depression

Answer 21

Banks failed cause people couldn’t pay back their loans, there was a uneven distribution of wealth, no government regulation of banks, lack of demand for agricultural products

Question 22

“peace without victory”

Answer 22

Means that the powers should resolve their differences without one side winning or dominating the other

Question 23

Causes of the Spanish American War

Answer 23

US’s support of Cuba gaining its independence from Spain and the sinking of USS Maine

Question 24

How did lack of government regulations on banking led to the Great Depression?

Answer 24

The government didn’t regulate how much money they had on hand and the interest rates of loans, which led banks to fail.

Question 25

How did WW1’s need for resources lead to economic strife for American Farmers?

Answer 25

European farmers couldn’t produce as many agricultural powers after WWI, so US farmers spent money to produce food, then a worldwide surplus happened, lowering the cost of food, so farmers couldn’t pay back the banks.