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S1 Final (Test Answers) Flashcards

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Which of the following did Social Darwinism discourage? Social Darwinism is the belief that certain people have certain traits that allow them to become more successful than others.

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Government regulation

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What did monopolies reduce during the industrial revolution?

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Competition

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Which of the following factors DID NOT contribute to the industrial boom?

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The emergence of the middle class

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Which of the following did Andrew Carnegie NOT DO to gain control of a large percentage of steel?

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Cutting the quality of his products

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The main goal of the Chinese exclusion act was to

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Decrease Chinese immigration

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Overt favoritism towards native born Americans is called

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Nativism

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Which of the following was NOT a way used by whites to keep African Americans from voting in the South

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Segregation

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This Supreme Court case legalized segregation in the United States

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Plessy v. Ferguson

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Which of the following was not an issue caused by urbanization?

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Increased taxes

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Organization which fought for better wages, hours, and working conditions for laborers. (Matching 10)

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Labor Union

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Economic and social system in which the government owns the means of production and wealth is distributed equally. (Matching 10)

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Socialism

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Economic system centered on the ownership of private property, the forces of supply and demand, and competition in the market. (Matching 10)

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Capitalism

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The mixture of diverse cultures whose people blended together by abandoning their native language and customs to adopt mainstream culture. (Matching 10)

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Melting Pot

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A tactic used by laborers in which workers refuse to work until their demands are met by their employer. (Matching 10)

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Strike

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Bill passed to fight against the growth of monopolies. (Matching 11)

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Clayton Anti-Trust Act

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Movement favoring, social, political, and economic reform (Matching 11)

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Progressivism

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Described unsanitary conditions in slaughterhouses (Matching 11)

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The Jungle

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Nation or region controlled by a stronger nation (Matching 11)

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Imperialism

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The right to vote

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Suffrage

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Which of the following was not a worthy goal of the Progressive movement?

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Promoting business monopolies

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Muckrakers were

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Journalists

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The primary goal of the NAACP was

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Equality among the races

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Which of the following did not encourage U.S. imperialism?

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Need for a new source of cheap labor

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What was included in the de Lome letter?

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Criticisms of President McKinley

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What war ended with the Treaty of Paris of 1898 resulting in the US gaining territories in the Caribbean and Asia?

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Spanish-American War

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Of the following statements, the one that best reflects an anti-imperialist attitude is…

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“It is not necessary to own people to trade with them.”

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The Open Door Policy was designed as a way for the United States to further

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Its trade interests

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The rapid growth of industry in the United States helped fuel imperialism because

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The United States was producing too many goods for its own people to buy

29
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In 1914, this alliance consisted of France, Britain, and Russia. (Matching 21)

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Triple Entente

30
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This long-term cause of war involved the development of the armed forces and their use as a tool of diplomacy. (Matching 21)

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Nationalism

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In 1914, this alliance consisted of Germany, Austria-Hungary, and the Ottoman Empire. (Matching 21)

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Central Powers

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Closely linked with industrialization, this long-term cause of the war involved a contest for colonies
overseas. (Matching 21)

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Imperialism

33
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Of the following, the most compelling reason for the United States to enter World War I was

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The outrage of American citizens over German submarine warfare.

34
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Gains made by American women because of World War I include

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Passage of the 19th Amendment

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According to the Zimmerman Note, if Mexico allied itself with Germany

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Germany would help Mexico get back land they lost to the United States - Texas, New Mexico & Arizona

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Because militarism had been a major cause of World War I, the Treaty of Versailles

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Stopped Germany from having an army

37
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World War I might have only had two nations involved, Astria-Hungary and Serbia, if not for the This turned what was thought to be a short conflict into the “war to end all wars.”

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The Alliance System

38
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The Espionage and Sedition Acts affected freedom of speech because they

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Allowed the government to silence ideas that challenged its authority and the war effort

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Which of the following was a direct result of America’s mobilization for war?

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More control of America’s economy by the U.S. government

40
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At the peace talks in Paris, Wilson insisted that

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A League of Nations should be included in the peace treaty.

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Their radical opposition to any and all forms of government led many with similar beliefs to be harassed, arrested, and deported during the Red Scare.

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Anarchists

42
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Chicago gangster who profited from prohibition.

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Al Capone

43
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This is a policy of abstaining from involvement in world affairs.

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Isolationism

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This is an economic and political system based on a single party government ruled by a dictator, in which private property is outlawed.

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Communism

45
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Established the number of immigrants who were allowed into the United States from each foreign country.

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Quota System

46
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Nicola Sacco and Batolomeo Vanzetti, Italian immigrants and anarchists, were convicted of robbery and murder which reflected what viewpoint of American society at the time?

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Nativism

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Nativists who found fault with the Emergency Quota Act of 1921 would have been most likely to which agree with which of the following?

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“It did not restrict immigration enough.”

48
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The Harlem Renaissance refers to

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A celebration of African American culture in literature and art

49
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THe “Great Migration” of 1910-1920 refers to the movement of

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People from rural areas to urban areas

50
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The main significance of the trial of John T. Scopes was that

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It highlighted the struggle between school and religion in American schools.

51
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Attorney General Mitchell Palmer believed that he needed to protect American people in the 1920s from

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Political radicals and communists

52
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Fundamentalists believed that

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The Bible should be taken literally

53
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What allowed for women to shed old gender roles in the 1920s?

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New products and appliances in the home, reducing the time it took to complete domestic tasks.

54
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Which of the following was NOT as an important cause of WWI

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The availability of easy credit and debt

55
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Causes of the farming crisis of the 1920s included the fact that

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demand for crops fell after WWI

56
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In calling shantytowns “Hoovervilles”, people conveyed their

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disgust in Hoover

57
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Which of the following was not an impact of the Great Depression

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Rising taxes

58
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An example of the psychological stress caused by the Great Depression was the rise in the number of

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people who were admitted to state mental hospitals

59
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Arrangement in which consumers buy now and pay later for purchases (Matching 44)

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Installment Plan

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Period in American history that is recognized as having high unemployment and low economic production (Matching 44)

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Great Depression

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Ecological catastrophe that hit the Midwest and destroyed the farmland of the region. (Matching 44)

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Dust Bowl

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Refers to the stock market crash of October 29, 1929 signaling the beginning of the Great Depression (Matching 44)

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Black Tuesday

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Cash or food given to citizens directly from the government (Matching 44)

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Direct Relief

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