U.S. History 1302 Test Two Flashcards
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| 151852051 | Journalists who exposed the wrongs of American society during the Progressive era were called what? | muckrakers | |
| 151852052 | How could voters propose new laws in the progressive era? | initiative | |
| 151852053 | Which president established our nation's first conservation policy? | Theodor Roosevelt | |
| 151852054 | The Nineteenth Amendment did what? | gave women the right to vote | |
| 151852055 | A new progressive type of city government, the city commission, was pioneered in what city? | Galveston | |
| 151852056 | The most famous reform governor of the Progressive period was who? | Robert Lafollette | |
| 151852057 | Margaret Sanger led what movement ? | Birth Control | |
| 151852058 | What was created Largely because of Upton Sinclair's book, The Jungle? | meat inspections | |
| 151852059 | The Federal Reserve Act of 1913 established a central bank did what? | set up 12 banking districts and controlled the availability of credit; first bank system since Jackson ruined the second bank of the US | |
| 151852060 | Why did Woodrow Wilson win the election of 1912 ? | Roosevelt split the Republican vote | |
| 151852061 | While he was president, what did Theodore Roosevelt label his reform proposals ? | square deal-fair for everyone | |
| 151852062 | The spark that touched off the First World War was what? | archduke Franz Ferdinand assassinated by a Bosnian who was a Serb nationalist; Germany offers Austria a "Blank Check" if she wishes to retaliate against serbia | |
| 151852063 | In the First World War, Germany was allied with what countries? | Triple Alliance-Germany, Austria/Hungry, Turkey | |
| 151852064 | The German government decided to engage in unrestricted submarine warfare because why? | Germany was gambling that they could impede munition shipments (supplies) and beat the allies before America could mobilize | |
| 151852065 | The military outcome of the First World War was decided by what? | Navy? *** | |
| 151852066 | The Sedition Act made it illegal to do what? | Speak against the war | |
| 151852067 | Describe US participation in the First World War. | Helped the allies who were losing, but it didn't help when russia pulled out in 1917. | |
| 151854865 | Wartime jobs in the _______ prompted a massive migration of African Americans. | North | |
| 151854866 | What type of fighting did the soldiers MOST engage in during World War I? | trench warfare | |
| 151854867 | On May 7, 1915, the British unarmed ship, the __________ was sunk by a German submarine. | Lusitania | |
| 151854868 | Which countries made up the "Big Four" at the Versailles Conference? | US, Great Britain, France, Italy-NOT GERMANY | |
| 151854869 | Wilson's major goals at Paris were what? | 14 point plan-diplomacy, freedom of seas, lower tariffs, reduction of arms, decolonization, LEAGUE OF NATIONS, etc | |
| 151854870 | Did The Senate unanimously vote to ratify the Treaty of Versailles? | no | |
| 151854871 | Describe America's contribution in World War I. | stayed neutral in the beginning, but still helped Great Britain by sending arms secretly. *** | |
| 151854872 | What was the War Industries Board? | Large government board to organize industry (production, coordinates economy, conversion for war effort) | |
| 151854873 | What did The Zimmerman Telegram say? | From Germany to Mexico to get an alliance and go against the US-Germany would help Mexico get lost territory back; INTERCEPTED | |
| 151854874 | What sacrifices were Americans asked to commit in WWI? | selective service, loan drivers/taxes, food/fuel adm. *** | |
| 151854875 | When was Day light savings time implemented? | WWI | |
| 151854876 | What type of people worked in the factories during the war? | Women, Mexican Americans, African Americans | |
| 151854877 | What was the Committee on Public Information ? | US Propaganda | |
| 151854878 | What was The Triple Entente ? | Alliance between England, France, and Russia | |
| 151854879 | What was The Harlem Renaissance? | Rebirth of African American culture | |
| 151854880 | The administrations of Harding, Coolidge and Hoover can best be described how? | laissez faire | |
| 151854881 | The signatories of the treaties of the Washington Conference of 1922 agreed to do/not do what? | four power treaty-US, Great Britain, France, Japan; agreed to respect each other's pacific possessions, limit naval armaments. | |
| 151854882 | What were the causes of the Great Depression? | we produced more than we consumed | |
| 151854883 | Which New Deal agency was designed to help American artists? | WPA | |
| 151854884 | What was the Teapot Dome scandal? | secretary of the interior, Albert Fall leases protected lands to oil companies for bribes | |
| 151854885 | This organization specifically hired young men to clear land, plant trees, improve parks, fix roads, etc... was what? | Civilian Conservation Corp (CCC) | |
| 151854886 | The Neutrality Act of 1937 stated what? | warring nations wishing to trade with the US would have to pay cash and use their own ships | |
| 151854887 | The Indian Reorganization Act of 1936 did what? | restored lands to tribal ownership and forbade future division of the land | |
| 151854888 | The Hundred Days refers to what? | the first 3 months of FDR's term | |
| 151854889 | What were the characteristics of the 1920s? | flappers, crimes, bootlegging, jazz music, dance, charleston, radio, Al Capone | |
| 151854890 | Who were the critics of the New Deal? | Father Caughlin, Dr. Francis Townsend, Huey Long (page 1 of New Deal Notes) | |
| 151854891 | The Bonus Expeditionary Force, which marched on Washington, D.C. was composed of what type of people? | WWI vets | |
| 151854892 | The Wagner Act did what? | granted workers the right to unionize and bargain collectively | |
| 151882665 | What resulted from The episode in which a German submarine fired on the American destroyer Greer? | US would escort British merchant ships to Iceland-moves US closer to war; ship was torpedoed which results in dropping cash/carry policy*** | |
| 151882666 | During World War II, cases involving the internment of Japanese-Americans, the Supreme Court decided what? | internment-japanese americans are put into camps (overturned in 1988) | |
| 151882667 | What was the new advertising medium in the roaring Twenties? | radio | |
| 151882668 | Who was Frances Perkins? | first female cabinet officer, secretary of labor | |
| 151882669 | The most significant New Deal reform enacted in 1935 was what? | social security | |
| 151882670 | World War II officially began in Europe when what happened? | Germany invaded Poland | |
| 151882671 | The purpose of the President's organization on Unemployment Relief (POUR) was to do what? | generate private contributions for relief | |
| 151882672 | Dr. Francis Townsend advocated that the government pay $200 each month to whom? | citizens over 60 | |
| 151882673 | D-Day refers to what? | operation overlord (Normandy) | |
| 151882674 | What contributed to the Red Scare? | anti-communist hysteria | |
| 151882675 | What did the Agricultural Adjustment Act do? | paid farmers subsidies to take land out of production | |
| 151882676 | Why did African-Americans support Franklin Roosevelt? | he had more black advisors than any previous president | |
| 151882677 | What totally new industry in the United States resulted from the war? | Scientific R&D Labs (synthetic rubber, atomic bomb) | |
| 151882678 | The __________ established yearly immigration quotas | johnson and National Origins acts | |
| 151882679 | Do Most historians agree that Roosevelt strengthened both the presidency and the entire federal government or not? | yes | |
| 151882680 | The dictator of Fascist Italy was who? | Benito Mussolini | |
| 151882681 | What was the largest industry in the 1920s? | Automobile | |
| 151882682 | What finally ended The depression? | world war II spending | |
| 151882683 | The first task of the War Production Board was to do what? | conversion from civilian to military products | |
| 151882684 | What was the impact of the depression under FDR? | the government assumed a greater role in American lives, strengthened presidency and the Federal Government | |
| 151882685 | The Good Neighbor Policy was designed to do what? | US would be less blatant in its domination of Latin America-friendship, not threats | |
| 151882686 | The turning point of the war in Europe took place where? | Russians turned the Germans back at the BATTLE OF STALINGRAD 1942 | |
| 151882687 | The Kellogg-Briand Pact of 1928 did what? | condemned war as a solution to controversy and renounced it as an instrument of national policy | |
| 151882688 | The __________ was created to buy, build and operate dams. | TVA | |
| 151882689 | The __________allowed for the appropriation of 7 billion in aid to the Allies during World War II. | Lend Lease Act | |
| 151882690 | Sacco and Vanzetti were victims of what? | racism | |
| 151882691 | What was created in response to the Red Scare? | FBI | |
| 151882692 | The United States strategy in the war against Japan can be described how? | Island Hopping | |
| 151882693 | What man was in charge of the program to build the atomic bomb? | Manhattan Project/Robert Oppenheimer | |
| 151882694 | The campaign into Africa was called what? | Operation Torch | |
| 151882695 | The campaign into Italy was called what? | Operation Avalanche | |
| 151882696 | The second front was called what? | Normandy | |
| 151882697 | What happened to FDR towards the end of the war ? | died | |
| 151882698 | What happened to Hitler? | committed suicide | |
| 151882699 | Who led the campaigns in the Pacific? | General McArthur and Admiral Nimitz | |
| 151882700 | What was the turning point for the war in the Pacific? | The Battle of Midway | |
| 151882701 | Who is the youngest president to hold office? | Teddy Roosevelt | |
| 151882702 | What is another name for the Triparte Pact? | Berlin-Rome-Tokyo Axis | |
| 151948458 | Who led the campaigns in the Pacific? | General MacArthur and Admiral Nimitz | |
| 152305718 | What day was Pearl Harbor? | December 7, 1941 |