Unit 7 Test 2

Question 1

militarism

Answer 1

the belief or desire of a government or people that a country should maintain a strong military capability and be prepared to use it aggressively to defend or promote national interests.

Question 2

imperialism

Answer 2

a policy of extending a country’s power and influence through diplomacy or military force.

Question 3

Allies

Answer 3

the victorious allied nations of World War I and World War II. In World War I, the Allies included Britain, France, Italy, Russia, and the United States. In World War II, the Allies included Britain, France, the Soviet Union, and the United States.

Question 4

Committee on Public Information

Answer 4

an independent agency of the government of the United States created to influence U.S. public opinion regarding American participation in World War I (aka the CPI or the Creel Committee)

Question 5

Selective Service Act

Answer 5

act requiring all men in the U.S. between the ages of 21 and 30 to register for military service, signed into law on May 18, 1917 by Wilson

Question 6

War Industries Board

Answer 6

US government agency established during World War I to coordinate the purchase of war supplies. The organization encouraged companies to use mass-production techniques to increase efficiency and urged them to eliminate waste by standardizing products.

Question 7

Liberty Bonds

Answer 7

a war bond sold in the US to support the allied cause in World War I, bonds became a symbol of patriotic duty and introduced the idea of financial securities to many citizens for the first time

Question 8

Espionage Act

Answer 8

US law passed on June 15, 1917, shortly after the U.S. entry into World War I, that criminalizes and punishes espionage and spying. It has been amended numerous times.

Question 9

Sedition Act

Answer 9

enacted in 1918 during World War I, made it a crime to “willfully utter, print, write, or publish any disloyal, profane, scurrilous, or abusive language about the form of the Government of the United States” or to “willfully urge, incite, or advocate any curtailment of the production” of the things “necessary or essential to the prosecution of the war.”

Question 10

Great Migration

Answer 10

the movement of 6 million African Americans out of the rural Southern United States to the urban Northeast, Midwest, and West that occurred between 1910 and 1970.

Question 11

League of Nations

Answer 11

An international organization established after World War I under the provisions of the Treaty of Versailles to promote international cooperation and peace

Question 12

Central Powers

Answer 12

Germany and its allies (Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, and the Ottoman Empire) in World War I.

Question 13

Self-Determination

Answer 13

the process by which a country determines its own statehood and forms its own allegiances and government

Question 14

Irreconcilables

Answer 14

bitter opponents of the Treaty of Versailles, a group of 12 to 18 US Senators who kept the US from ratifying the treaty and joining the League of Nations

Question 15

Versailles Treaty

Answer 15

peace treaty at the end of World War I. It ended the state of war between Germany and the Allied Powers. It was signed on 28 June 1919

Question 16

Bolsheviks

Answer 16

a member of the majority faction of the Russian Social Democratic Party, which was renamed the Communist Party after seizing power in the October Revolution of 1917.

Question 17

Red Scare

Answer 17

fear of communism in the USA during the 1920’s which led to the rounding up and deportation of several hundred immigrants of radical political views by the federal government in 1919 and 1920

Question 18

Welfare Capitalism

Answer 18

capitalism characterized by a concern for the welfare of various social groupings(as workers) expressed usually through social programs, collective-bargaining, etc.

Question 19

Open Shop

Answer 19

workplace where workers are not required to join a labor union, but the union still represents all workers in bargaining for rights

Question 20

Volstead Act

Answer 20

enacted to carry out the intent of the 18th Amendment, which established prohibition, aka Prohibition Act

Question 21

Immigration Act

Answer 21

Immigration Act of 1924 limited immigrants from any one country to 2% of the number of people from that country already in the US, aka Johnson-Reed Act

Question 22

League of Women Voters

Answer 22

American civic organization formed in 1920 to help women take a larger role in public affairs as they won the right to vote

Question 23

Great Depression

Answer 23

economic crisis and time of low business activity in the US and other countries, beginning with the Oct 1929 stock market crash, and continuing through the mid1930s

Question 24

Bonus Army

Answer 24

popular name of 43,000 marchers, including 17,000 WWI veterans and their families, and affiliated groups, who gathered in Washington in 1932 to demand cash payment redemptions of their service certificates (bonus certificates)

Question 25

New Deal

Answer 25

group of government programs and policies established by President Roosevelt in the 1930s, designed to improve conditions for persons suffering in the Great Depression

Question 26

Fireside Chat

Answer 26

one of a series of radio broadcasts made by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt beginning in 1933 to explain national policies and calm fears about the Great Depression

Question 27

Tennessee Valley Authority

Answer 27

a corporation created by the federal government in the Great Depression to promote the economic development of the Tennessee River and adjoining areas. The TVA, known as a builder of dams, is responsible for flood control, the generation of electric power, soil conservation, and other areas of economic development. The TVA was part of the New Deal.