Social Studies Final

Question 1

purpose of reconstruction:

Answer 1

to reunite the country and rebuild everything that was destroyed during the war

Question 2

radial reconstruction, why it was established-

Answer 2

to protest Black Codes

Question 3

Jim Crow laws-

Answer 3

forced separation of whites and African Americans in public places

Question 4

Transcontinental Railroad, who built it-

Answer 4

western companies

Question 5

steel and oil industries-

Answer 5

steel became used for many things and demand for those things increased; the oil industry increased after the process of getting it from the ground was discovered

Question 6

collective bargaining-

Answer 6

the act of all workers working together to negotiate with management

Question 7

immigration ports-

Answer 7

new york, baltimore, philadelphia, chicago, boston, st. louis,

Question 8

who did teddy roosevelt support?

Answer 8

conservation

Question 9

open door policy-

Answer 9

a policy that stated all nations should have equal access to trade in china

Question 10

winning the spanish american war-

Answer 10

an armistice was signed to end the war

Question 11

start of WWI-

Answer 11

archduke franz ferdinand of austria hungary was shot by a serbian nationalist, austria hungary declared war on serbia

Question 12

roaring twenties-

Answer 12

a time of peace and prosperity after WWI

Question 13

president hoover-

Answer 13

president during the great depression who felt that it was not the governments job to provide direct relief to US citizens

Question 14

fireside chats-

Answer 14

a radio address where roosevelt spoke directly to american people

Question 15

allied/axis powers-

Answer 15

allied- italy, germany, japan; axis- britain, france, U.S.

Question 16

tuskegee airmen-

Answer 16

african american pilots

Question 17

bombings of hiroshima and nagasaki-

Answer 17

hiroshima- a bomb was dropped on this city in japan by the U.S. to try and get them to surrender, was not sucessful; nagasaki- a second bomb dropped on a japanese city by the U.S., japan finally surrendered

Question 18

cold war countries-

Answer 18

united states and the soviet union

Question 19

beginning of the korean war-

Answer 19

korea was invaded and split into the 38th parallel

Question 20

conflict in vietnam-

Answer 20

ngo dinh diem canceled elections

Question 21

suffragist-

Answer 21

someone who fought for the right to vote

Question 22

great migration-

Answer 22

a massive movement of black people across the country

Question 23

black tuesday

Answer 23

tuesday, october 29, 1929, the day of the stock market crash

Question 24

d-day-

Answer 24

date of allied sea invasion of occupied france- june 6, 1944