1st Semester US History Exam Review part 1. Make sure to look at the other parts.
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| 618440009 | Bought a steel company for $480 million | JP Morgan | |
| 618440010 | Won 1896 election due to lots of money | McKinley | |
| 618440011 | Had research laboratory in Menlo Park, NJ | Thomas Edison | |
| 618440012 | Founder of Standard Oil Company | John D. Rockefeller | |
| 618440013 | Made money in steamboats and railroads | Corneilius Vanderbilt | |
| 618440014 | Invented sleeping car and had a company town | George Pullman | |
| 618440015 | Made money in steel industry | Andrew Carnegie | |
| 606660203 | Restriction on immigration passed by Congress | Chinese Exclusion Act | |
| 606660202 | Term that refers to what many 19th century native born Americans considered their country to be | Melting Pot | |
| 606660204 | restricton limiting Japanese emigration to the U.S. | Gentleman's Agreement | |
| 606660205 | Immigrants on the west coast typically entered from here | Angel Island | |
| 606660206 | Immigrants from Europe typically entered the U.S. from this place in New York City | Ellis Island | |
| 606660207 | The confusion and anxiety that results form living an unfamiliar country | Culture Shock | |
| 606660208 | Amendment that abolished slavery | 13th | |
| 606660209 | Repealed prohibition | 21st | |
| 606660210 | Gave blacks the right to vote | 15th | |
| 606660211 | Gave blacks citizenship | 14th | |
| 606660212 | Allowed for direct election of senators | 17th | |
| 606660213 | Prohibited the sale and manufacture of alcohol | 18th | |
| 606660214 | Created a legalized federal income tax | 16th | |
| 606660215 | Gave women the right to vote | 19th | |
| 606660216 | Became president when McKinley was assassinated | T. Roosevelt | |
| 606660217 | Ran for president as a decomcrat and probably owed his victory to a split in the Republican party | W. Wilson | |
| 606660218 | Picked by Roosevelt, he defeated William Jennings Bryan in the election | Taft | |
| 606660219 | As president, he set aside 148 million acres for forest preserves | T. Roosevelt | |
| 606660220 | Pushed for passage of Meat Inspection Act and Pure Food and Drug Act | T. Roosevelt | |
| 606660221 | Ran on a New Freedom platform that demanded stronger anti-trust legislation | W. Wilson | |
| 606660222 | Was president during World War I | W. Wilson | |
| 606660223 | He published a book that said the United States needed to build a bigger more modern navy to protect its interest throughout the world | Alfred Mahan | |
| 606660224 | Theodore Roosevelt was declared the hero of this, even though he and his units played a minor role in its capture | San Juan Hill | |
| 606660225 | This general forced Cubans to relocate to concentration camps, where thousands of them died | Valeriano Weyler | |
| 606660226 | After the war, the United States paid $20 million to Spain for the annexation of this nation | Philippine Islands | |
| 606660227 | It criticized the American president, causing American public opinion to turn against Spain | de Lome letter | |
| 606660228 | Soon after it was destroyed, the United States declared war on Spain | U.S.S. Maine | |
| 606660229 | This Cuban poet and journalist launched a Cuban revolution in 1895 | Jose Marti | |
| 606660230 | This volunteer cavalry unit fought in a famous land battle in Cuba | Rough Riders | |
| 606660231 | Pancho Villa and John Pershing are both associated with this nation | Mexico | |
| 606660232 | Also known as "big stick" diplomacy, this term refers to the policy of the United States to send in its military to Latin America, in order to protect American economic interests | Roosevelt Corollary | |
| 606660233 | This place is still a United States territory | Puerto Rico | |
| 606660234 | This place tried to achieve its independence by going to war against the United States | Philippines | |
| 606660235 | This term refers to the policy of the United States denying recognition of Latin American governments that were oppressive, undemocratic, or hostile | Missionary Diplomacy | |
| 606660236 | This country was the focus of John Hay's "Open Door notes" | China | |
| 606660237 | American troops were sent into Mexico to try to capture this Mexican revolutionary leader | Pancho Villa | |
| 606660238 | He led American forces into Mexico in pursuit of a Mexican revolutionary leader | John J. Pershing | |
| 606660239 | His assassination sparked World War I | Archduke Franz Ferdinand | |
| 606660240 | Warfare that relies on machines powered by gasoline and diesel engines | Mechanized Warfare | |
| 606660241 | He commanded the American Expeditionary Force (AEF) | General John J. Pershing | |
| 606660242 | When the United States entered the war, it lacked a powerful army. This solved that problem | Selective Service Act | |
| 606660243 | This British liner was sunk by a German U-boat | Lusitania | |
| 606660244 | This suggestion of an alliance between Mexico and Germany deeply angered the American people | Zimmerman Note | |
| 606660245 | This American idea defeated the German U-boat campaign | Convoy system | |
| 606660246 | He was president throughout all of World War I. | W. Wilson | |
| 606660247 | Became popular as a result of the Red Scare and anti-immigrant feelings | Ku Klux Klan | |
| 606660248 | Most famous boxer of the 1920s | Jack Dempsey | |
| 606660249 | Silent film star, known for his hat and mustache | Charlie Chaplin | |
| 606660250 | Most famous jazz musician and composer | Louis Armstron | |
| 606660251 | Americans felt that this form of government would take over the country | communism | |
| 606660252 | Executed, a victim of the Red Scare | Bartolemeo Vanzetti (and Sacco too) | |
| 606660253 | Made the first nonstop solo flight across the Atlantic Ocean, flying the Spirit of St. Louis | Charles Lindbergh | |
| 606660254 | Harlem Renaissance's best-known poet | Langston Hughes | |
| 606660255 | This man was elected president in 1920 | Warren G. Harding | |
| 606660256 | This program built roads, developed parks, and planted trees. | CCC (Civilian Conservation Corps) | |
| 606660257 | This president took a do nothing approach towards the Depression | Herbert Hoover | |
| 606660258 | Actor, director, and producer who created one of the most renowned radio broadcasts of all time. | Orson Welles | |
| 606660259 | The author of The Grapes of Wrath | John Steinbeck | |
| 606660260 | A program implemented to help the elderly and disabled. | Social Security Act | |
| 606660261 | This man was president when the Social Security Act was passed. | FDR (Franklin Delano Roosevelt) | |
| 606660262 | This program was aimed at helping out youths in America by providing them with jobs. | NYA (National Youth Administration) | |
| 606660263 | A harsh critic of FDR, this man was assassinated before he could run for president. | Huey Long | |
| 606660264 | This organization raised crop prices by lowering production. | AAA (Agricultural Adjustment Act) |
