Period Seven People and Events

Question 1

Uptons Sinclair’s “The Jungle”

Answer 1

Muckraking book showing the horror of the Chicago meat packing industry

Question 2

US enters WWI

Answer 2

Sinking of Lusitania, Zimmerman Telegram, and Unrestricted Submarine Warfare

Question 3

Treaty of Versailles Signed

Answer 3

Germany had to pay a lot of money and accept blame for the war, sekf-determination was given to many new territories, and League of Nations was established

Question 4

First Red Scare Peaks

Answer 4

anti-communist hysteria that was originally from anti-German hysteria, translating after the war ended as Russian became Communist

Question 5

19th Amendment

Answer 5

women’s right to vote

Question 6

Great Migration

Answer 6

Movement of African Americans out of the South due to voting bias, segregation, and small number of opportunities available

Question 7

Nation of Origins

Answer 7

immigration quota

Question 8

FDR’s New Deal

Answer 8

alphabet soup with all the government programs, government had a lot of control over the economy which was good because it was in shambles; jobs were created and other things happened

Question 9

FDR’s Court Packing Scheme

Answer 9

FDR wanted to enlarge number of justices and put in place the people he wanted

Question 10

US Enters WWII

Answer 10

Neutrality Act -> Cash and Carry -> Lend-Lease -> Pearl Harbor

Question 11

D-Day

Answer 11

Normandy, France; allies liberate France from Germany

Question 12

Wilson

Answer 12

“He kept us out of war,” 14 points

Question 13

FDR

Answer 13

New Deal, Court Packing