Questions About the First Half of the 20th Century

Question 1

What were the primary goals of labor unions?

Answer 1

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Question 2

What were push factors that led to immigration in the early 1900’s?

Answer 2

Religious persecution
Technology eliminated traditional jobs
Political unrest

Question 3

How was turn of the century immigration related to urbanization?

Answer 3

As people immigrated, the more new cities there were, because that is where the immigrants lived

Question 4

What were the MAIN causes of WWI?

Answer 4

Militarism
Alliances
Imperialism
Nationalism

Question 5

What was the stance of the U.S. at the start of WWI, why did this end?

Answer 5

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Question 6

What was the Treaty of Versailles and how did it affect Germany?

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Question 7

What were the results of the New Deal (successes and failures)?

Answer 7

It did not end the Depression
It ended the Banking Crisis
It reformed the Stock Market and employed millions
The NRA is considered unconstitutional
Rejection of the “Court Packing” plan (adding six new judges to the Supreme Court)

Question 8

What were the causes of the Great Dust Bowl?

Answer 8

Drought
New technology
Over-farming

Question 9

What were key inventions discussed in class and who invented them?

Answer 9

Typewriter (1868)- Christopher Sholes
Telephone (1876)- Alexander Graham Bell
Portable Camera (1888)- George Eastman
Electricity- Thomas Edison
Assembly Line- Henry Ford