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CPUSII Q2 Exam Revie
CPUSII Q2 Exam Review
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What was Wilson's position on US involvement in WWI? | Neutrality |
| What were new technologies for WW1? | Tanks, machine guns, chemical weapons like poison gas, airplanes, etc. |
| What role did women play on the home front in WW1? | Women replaced men in the workforce, since men were then fighting in the military. |
| How did WW1 change U.S. society? | The great migration of African American populations to northern cities. |
| People from what nation were called Huns during WW1? | Germany. |
| What was the purpose of many propaganda posters during WW1? | To raise money for the war effort by selling Liberty Bonds. |
| What was the greatest threat to allied & neutral ships from 1914 to 1918? | Submarines. |
| Which WW1 country used submarines most successfully? | Germany. |
| What is an armistice? | An agreement to stop warfare until a peace treaty is signed |
| What were Wilson’s 14 Points? | They included freedom of the seas, self-determination for all nations, and the establishment of a League of Nations. |
| How might one characterize the 1920s in America? | There was increased consumer borrowing and spending. |
| Why can the 1920s be called the “Roaring Twenties?” | Widespread social and economic change occurred. |
| Why can the 1920s be considered a nativist period? | The National Origins Act passed, and the Ku Klux Klan gained in membership and power. |
| Why were immigration laws of the 1920s different from prior laws? | Quotas were set to limit immigration from many countries. |
| What was the Harlem Renaissance? | African Americans created noteworthy works of art, music, and literature which became world famous. |
| What factors caused the Red Scare and Palmer Raids (after WW1)? | The Bolshevik (communist) Revolution in Russia in 1917, as well as workers’ strikes in the U.S. made many Americans fear for the stability of the nation. |
| Why do many people today believe that Vanzetti was innocent of the crimes for which he was executed? | There may have been insufficient evidence, and he may have been convicted because of his radical political views. |
| Why was John T. Scopes tried and found guilty? | Scopes violated a Tennessee state law forbidding the teaching of evolution. |
| What caused the economic boom and financial speculation of the 1920s? | Installment buying (credit) and an unregulated stock market. |
| What were the causes of the Stock Market Crash? | There was a dangerously uneven distribution of wealth. |
| What was the economic state of farming and business by 1932? | Both agriculture and industry were suffering economically. |
| How did President Hoover respond to the start of the Great Depression? | He proclaimed that the economy would rebound naturally, and the economy should manage itself without federal intervention. |
| What was the purpose of Social Security? | To provide economic assistance to retired American workers. |
| FDR thought the government had what responsibility during the Great Depression? | The federal government bears responsibility for all citizens’ welfare. |
| Which New Deal act most likely started America’s modern welfare system? | The Social Security Act. |
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