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Test 5/8
Progressive era,industrialization,great depression,post ww1,
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What did Teddy Roosevelt do as president? | Square Deal, big business was unfair- he was known as a trust buster, progressive, added pure food and drug act |
| What did William Taft do as president? | Added the graduated income tax (those who had more money pay higher taxes) broke up a lot of trusts. |
| What did Woodrow Wilson do as president? | Democrat, who wanted a league of nations after WWI, neutral isolationist, created the federal reserve, Passed the 18th and 19th amendment. |
| Spanish American War | Resulted in a peace treaty that compelled the Spanish to relinquish claims on Cuba, and to cede sovereignty over Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines to the United States. |
| Panama Canal | Teddy Roosevelt wanted to make transporting goods easier and not having to go around South America |
| Progressives | Believed in passed legislation to rein in big business, combat corruption, free the government from special interests, and protect the rights of consumers, workers, immigrants, and the poor |
| Why did the US enter WW1 | Sinking of the Lusitania, Germany's resumption of submarine attacks on passenger and merchant ships in 1917, Propaganda Campaigns, The Zimmerman Telegram |
| What is the purpose of the Securities Exchange Commission? | Regulate stock market |
| What changed the role of women during WW1 | Margaret Sanger continued her work for birth control, others began to work for the equal amendments. They got more rights while men were at war. |
| Mass Consumption | Assembly line made production go quickly, making a lot of products quickly and making a huge profit on it. (Ex. Model T car by Ford) |
| What were the regulations of the Fair Labor Standards Act? | 40 hour work week, minimum wage, child labor. |
| What did the Social Security Act establish? | Old age insurance, unemployment insurance, benefits for the disabled. |
| Explain how FDR’s policies helped increase union membership in the U.S.? | Wagner act legally recognized unions. |
| What was prohibition? | Temperance reformers wanted to end the sale, Consumption and creation of alcohol. |
| What did the Espionage and Sedition Acts do? | Imposed harsh penalties on anyone interfering with or speaking against US participation in World War I. |
| What was the result of prohibition? | Made organized crime more frequent- bootleggers making illegal sales of alcohol, beginning speakeasy (secret bars), gave gangs more money and the federal gov lost money as a result |
| What was the Supreme Court’s decision in Plessy v. Ferguson? | Providing for separate railway carriages for the white and colored races. |
| Was the US Neutral during WWI | Wilson claimed neutrality but secretly were helping France and England. |
| List causes of WWI. | Assassination of Archduke Ferdinand, nationalism, militarism, imperialism, and Alliances. |
| What event sparked WWI? | When Archduke Ferdinand was Assassinated. |
| What was required of Germany in the Treaty of Versailles? | Had to pay war reparations. |
| List nations of the Triple Entente. | Great Britain, France, Russia |
| What was the Supreme Court’s ruling in Schenck vs. U.S.? | The freedom of speech, could be limited only if the words in the circumstances created "a clear and present danger. |
| What is the purpose of the Selective Service Act? | Authorized the federal government to raise a national army for the American entry into World War I through the compulsory enlistment of people. |
| What factors led to the industrial boom of the late 1800’s and early 1900’s? | Wealth of natural resources, government support for business and a growing urban population. |
| Explain vertical integration. | In order to increase efficiency and limit competition. |
| Describe the Sherman Anti Trust Act. | A law that forbade trusts of combinations in business. |
| List new technologies of WWI. | Poison gas, trench warfare, machine guns, airplanes, submarines, and tanks. |
| What was the Great Migration? | Post civil war, African Americans moved up north for better opportunities/better pay. |
| Describe the Harlem Renaissance. | Was an African American cultural movement- start of Jazz era, art fashion, theater. Result of Great Migration: Widespread migration of African Americans 6 million moved to the north. |
| What did the 18th Amendment do? | Ban alcohol- The sell transport or manufacture of intoxicating beverages illegal |
| What did the 19th Amendment do? | Gave women the right to vote (1919) |
| List all effects of the Great Depression. | Unemployment, Factories cut back on production, bank failures. |
| What is Direct Relief? | Money or food given directly from the government to the needy. |
| What happened on Oct. 29, 1929 and what is it known as? | The stock market crashed resulting in the start of the Great Depression. |
| Primary causes of the Depression? | Banks, federal reserve raising interest rates, buying on margin/credit, debt, and overproduction. |
| Trustbusters | a person or agency employed to enforce antitrust legislation. |
| Who won the election of 1912? | Wilson was the first Democrat to win a presidential election since 1892 as well as the first presidential candidate to receive over 400 electoral votes in a presidential election. |
| Why was Wilson's election a shock? | He won most of the electoral votes, he also won the popular vote |
| Why were Germans discriminated against during WW1? | Because the United States was at war with Germany, some people were concerned German-Americans would sympathize with Germany instead of the United States. |
| How did entering the war helped to end the Great Depression? | They provided jobs for many people. |
| How did the voting pattern change for African Americans? | FDR's programs convinced African Americans to vote democrat. |
| How did Roosevelt take charge at the beginning of his presidency? | He immediately started making plans to fix the Great Depression. |
| How did buying on margin contribute to the stock market crash? | People were buying stocks with money they did not have |
| What results of the New Deal are in affect today? | They still apply today in government. |
| How did Hoover and Roosevelt approach the problem of the Great Depression? | Hoover kept making things worse, but Roosevelt tried very hard to improve the situation, and he did. |
| What where the 5 main causes of the Depression? | Buying on Margin, Losing jobs, Businesses went bankrupt, Banks went bankrupt, and the Crash of 1929. |
| List three examples of how FDR dealt with the Great Depression? | He made the New Deal, the Second New Deal, and he encouraged the three R's. Made many reform and added legislation to help the American people. |
| What are 5 specific ways Americans were affected by the Depression? | They lost their jobs, food, houses, they were poor and they had no money. |
| What are four lasting affects of the Great Depression? | The New Deal still applies today in government, the Depression led to World War 2, the Depression made people value money more, and World War 2 provided jobs. |
| What are the 3 R's of Roosevelt's plan? | Relief, Recovery, and Reforms. |
| When did the Great Depression take place? | The 1930's. |
| Who did the Americans blame most for the Great Depression? | Herbert Hoover |
| What were the states most affected by the Dust Bowl? | Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, Colorado, and New Mexico. |
| What was the most northern state in the Dust Bowl? | North Dakota |
| Did African Americans support the Republicans or the Democrats? | The Democrats. |
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