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social 8 final
Social 8 Final
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| At the beginning of the Civil War the south had one advantage over the north - what was it? | more acres for farming |
| Who was expected to win the war easily because they had more resources? | north |
| What would be a primary source from the Civil War? | diary, letter, map drawn by soldier |
| What is sectionalism, how did it make the north and south different? | differences in cities, factories and agriculture - also different social and economic ideas |
| three branches of government are example that our government has what? | separation of power and laws affected by all branches |
| Uncle Toms Cabin | publication that had a direct effect on the attitudes of northerners towards slavery |
| Carpetbagger | northerners who moved south for personal gain and make money |
| The constitutional amendments adopted during Reconstruction period dealt primarily with? | expansion of rights of African Americans |
| What was the main reason for the rise of organized crime in 1920s? | manufacture and sale of alcoholic beverages became illegal |
| Poll taxes, literary tests and grandfather clauses were all created during the late 1800s to restrict the voting rights of who? | African Americans |
| During the late 1800s and early 1900s prejudice against "new" immigration increased mainly because these immigrants did what? | came from cultural backgrounds very different from many Americans |
| Similarity between Korean and Vietnam War | effort during Cold War to contain spread of communism |
| Troops sent to Central High School in Little Rock to enforce what Supreme court decision? | Brown vs. Board of Education |
| Received apology and money from federal government as result of internment | Japanese Americans |
| Nuremburg trials significance | held individuals accountable for actions during wartime |
| Panama Canal | shortened sea route between Atlantic and Pacific Oceans |
| Jim Crow Laws, segregation | "whites only" "no colored" "black restroom" |
| US as Industrial Nation headlines | "Workers face hardships" "Labor reforms are developed" "Town and cities grow" |
| bad things created from industrialization | child labor, pollution, dangerous working conditions |
| Reason Eastern and Southern European immigrants settled in east coast | more factory jobs fro unskilled labor |
| Hoovervilles | "shantytown" during Great Depression |
| use of Big Stick foreign policy | support of Panamanian revolt |
| civil disobedience | method used by Martin Luther King Jr to protest social justice |
| Spheres of Influence in China | gain special trading interests for Western nations |
| unemployment 1938-1945 | decreased due to people producing military supplies |
| home support of WWII | paper drives, rationing food and gasoline |
| steps taken during Cold War | Marshal Plan, Berlin Airlift, formation of NATO |
| free enterprise economic system | private ownership of the means of production |
| JFK asked Americans to do what during his speech "Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country" | volunteer to help US |
| reason Americans gave to protest involvement in Vietnam | it was a civil war, US should not intervene |
| United Nations | created to promote conditions that support world peace |
| WWII events | "a date which will live in infamy" "remember Pearl Harbor" |
| shaped relation with Latin America | Monroe Doctrine, Roosevelt Corollary, Good Neighbor policy |
| China & Soviet Union | allies of US during WWII, then enemies during Cold War |
| Treaty of Versailles punishments | Germany accepts blame for war, pays for war, disarms/reduces military forces |
| quota system | reduce number of immigrants |
| writings of muckrakers | show need for social reform and exposed corruption |
| Wilson's 14 Points | plan to prevent future wars |
| yellow journalism | influenced public opinion |
| cause of stock market crash | buying stocks on margin |
| New Deal program still existing today | Social Security Administration |
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