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Marissa Russo
History Post Test
| Progressive Movement regarded... | social welfare economic reform efficiency in the workplace |
| The Pendleton Civil Service Act required | that some government jobs be filled on the basis of competitive exams. |
| Social Gospel Movement | Service to the poor. |
| Jim Crow Laws | separated blacks from whites in public and private places. |
| Plessy vs. Feguson ruled... | ruled that separation of races in public places were legal. |
| Primary goal of NAACP | equality of races. |
| In the mid 1800s many women worked as.. | Servants |
| The factor that prevented the greatest number of children from attending public high schools was... | Racism |
| Why were progressive attempts to enact federal bans on child labor unsuccessful? | law inforcem.ent declared act unconstitutional due to interference with state rights to regulate labor |
| What was responsible for bringing an end to the era of the wide open western frontier? | Barn Wire |
| Three goals of imperialism.. | new economic markets desire for military belief in cultural superiority |
| Three countries that were imperialist powers in the late 1800s ... | Great Britain, France, and Belgium |
| Three countries that were under some form of U.S. control as a result of the Spanish American War.. | Cuba, Guam, and Puerto Rico |
| The Open Door Policy was designed as a way for the U.S. to further... | Designed.to help United states to further trade |
| Three examples of WWI.. | Militarism, nationalism, imperialism |
| What nation fewest casulaties in WWI... | U.S. |
| The war might have involed only two nations, Austria- Hungary, and Serbia, if not for... | Germany |
| Because militarism had been a major cause of the war, the framers of the Treaty of Versailles barred (BLANK)from maintaining an army... | barred Germany from maintaining an army. |
| What was the most compelling reason for the United States to enter WWI... | was the outrage of American Citizens over Germany welfare. |
| The immigration policies of the 1920s limited immigration from which three countries... | Limited Italy Japan England |
| The main factor causing urban sprawl in the 1920s was... | automobile |
| What called for abolition of private property in order to equally distribute wealth and power... | banded alcoholic beverages |
| It was difficult to enforce the laws governing prohibition for all of the following reason except (BLANK) banned only alcoholic beverages manufactured in the (BLANK) | Prohibited U.S. |
| Harlem Renaissance refers to... | boost in African American culture and pride |
| Fundamentalist believed... | Everyone should follow the Bible |
| What was the NAACP responsible for... | equal rights among people |
| A growing number of (BLANK) people were not the cause of the Great Depression... | unemployed people |
| After the economy crashed how did President Hoover try to the economy... | by asking business to not lay off employees. |
| Many (BLANK) became unemployed many families became (BLANK)Many children had a poor (BLANK) this was the effect of great Depression... | unemployed homeless poor education |
| What was the goal of the New Deal... | regulate stock market |
| What was the life and culture of plain Indians in the 1800s... | traded and produced beautifully crafted tools and clothing |
| What was the most directly responsible for creating new jobs and putting people to work... | for creating new jobs and putting people to work |
| Who was the first women to serve in the cabinet... | Frances Perkins |
| What is genocide, as practiced by the Nazis... | extermination of specific group of people |
| The actions of which country finally forced the U.S. to enter the War... | Japan forced U.S. to enter the war. |
| What did Hitler oppose... | Treaty of Versailles |
| VE day, May 8th 1945 was the day... | the day when the war in Europe was finally over |
| Truman aim deciding to drop the atomic bomb was to... | was to end the war and save Americans lives. |
| The GI Bill of Rights made it possible for... | made it possible for veterans to go to college for free. |
| What allowed manufactures to build their factories away from rivers.... | electricity |
| What did Social Darwinism encourage... | racial superiority |
| What made it possible to construct skyscrapers in the 1800s... | invention of elevators |
| The main goal of the Chinese Exclusion Act was to.... | decrease Chinese Immigration |
| The main goal of the Americanization Movement was to... | assimilate people of wide ranging cultures into the dominant culture. |