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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| How the transcontinental railroad was helped by the government | awarded loans & land grants to companies |
| Grange helped its members by | buying goods in large quantities & sold them cheaper to member |
| Booker T Washington wanted African American to get better paying jobs by | going to vocational school |
| Why was Samuel Gompers against US colonies? | afraid the laborers would work for less |
| List 3 things that were part of the Interstate Commerce Act | Interstate Commerce Commission; RR couldn't give special rates; audited financial record of RR |
| Social Darwinism believed | government should stay out of business |
| 3 political reforms started by La Follette | Direct Primary; Initiative; Referendum |
| # areas muckrakers uncovered corruption in | Standard Oil; Meat packing industry; Urban political machines |
| The Galveston Reform was so successful many cities changed their leadership to | City managers |
| 3 areas that became US territories after Treaty of Paris | Philippines; Puerto Rico; Guam |
| Spheres of influence affected our foreign policy in | Asia |
| 3 things Roosevelt Corollary said | wouldn't use Monroe Doctrine for aggression; use military force to defend our rights; use gunboat diplomacy in Latin America |
| The president that thought we should achieve our foreign goals by using money & trade instead of military force | Taft |
| Examples of American imperialism | Hawaiian sugar plantations; American missionaries in China; construction of the Panama Canal |
| Mechanized farming caused | decrease in cost of crops |
| Since cities grew fast in late 1800s, we had the growth of | tenements & ghettos |
| American labor unions wanted Chinese immigrants out because | Chinese took low pay & affected everyone's pay |
| Pioneers going to West in 1870s got help from | Homestead Act |
| Industrial growth affected the distribution of wealth | wealth was in hands of a few industrialists |
| Sherman Antitrust Act | encouraged fair industrial competition |
| Bessemer process | bettered production of steel |
| Plessy v. Ferguson | segregation legal as long as facilities equal |
| Populists supported | progressive income tax |
| Goal of social gospel movement | created jobs for unemployed |
| Anti-suffragist movement said | women become too masculine |
| NAACP used | court system to fight discrimination |
| Western farmers thought free silver would | increase crop prices |
| Major economic argument for expansion | US needed new markets for goods |
| Open Door Policy was important for US | gave access to millions of consumers in China |
| Main theme of Roosevelt Corollary | US would keep European influence out of Latin America |
| Anti-imperialist said | imperialism rejected American idea of liberty for all |
| Panama Canal important because | improved trade between Atlantic & Pacific ports |
| What started Spanish-American War | Cubans rebelled against Spain |
| Radio & other mass media produced | national culture |
| Status of women in the work place in the 1920s | changed very little |
| Women's lives changed how? | freer to experiment with bolder styles & manner |
| How was the US able to loan more than $10 billion to the Allies? | Liberty Bonds |
| Who wanted the US to have anti-German feelings? | Great Britain |
| A factor that contributed to WWI was | web of alliances created for European defense |
| Example of imperialism | taking uncolonized areas of world |
| Biggest reason US entered WWI | Germany's return to unrestricted sub warfare |
| Most Americans met the Selective Service Act with | enthusiasm |
| African Americans went north in the early 1900s due to | industrial boom in north |
| War Industries Board would | fix prices |
| Irreconcilable senators were against the Versailles Treaty because | didn't want US to join the League of Nations |
| Many senators were against the League of Nations | thought it would weaken our independence |
| The Allies were convinced by President Wilson to | accept the League of Nations |
| The federal government afftected the economy during the war by | reguating production of war goods |
| Because of the fear of spies and sabotage, the government | restricted immigration; descrimination & violence toward Germans; repression of free speech |
| The Red Scare was a reaction to | Russian Revolution |
| Many believe Sacco & Vanzetti were executed because they were | radical imigrant anarchists |
| The National Origins Act did what | reduced the number of people who could enter the US |
| How was the economy affected by the installment plan | fueled growth of consumer spending |
| In the 1920s the ecomony grew due to consumers | buying goods on credit |
| An unforeseen consequence of Prohibition was | racketeering |
| On Schnek v. US Justice Holmes said the government was justiifed in sliencing free sppech whenever | there is clear & present danger |
| Hoover believed the best way to end the depression was | encouraging voluntary controls in business sector |
| Important points of the Republican administrations of the 1920s were | isolationism & laissez-faire business policy |
| Major demographic shift in the 1920s was the movement of | Americans to the suburbs |
| Ku Klux Klan terror was used against | African Americans, Catholics, Jews, immigrants |
| The Congress of Racial Equality used ____ to end racism. | nonviolent protest |
| The Crash caused what? | unemployment for millions |
| What was a sign of an unsound economy in the 1920s? | more goods were produced than consumers could buy |
| What did most investors do when there was a sudden fall in stock prices in 1929? | raced to sell their stock |
| During the 1920s most farmers | didn't do well since crop prices dropped |
| Many farmers had their farms auctioned off when | they couldn't pay their mortgages |
| The increase in homelessness was caused by | fired, laid-off workers losing their homes |
| This caused international trade to slow down | Hawley-Smoot Tariff |
| During the Depression European economies were hurt when | US raised tariffs |
| A result of the repeal of Prohibition | curb organized crime |
| The Glass-Steagall Banking Act resulted in | federal government gaining influence over the banking system |
| The Reconstruction Finance Corporation provided? | government credit to banks |
| What caused the soil to be so damaged by wind erosion? | straight-line plowing |
| Marcus Garvey did what? | led a movement to build up African American self-respect and economic power |
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