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U.S. History Review
Review for First Semester Exam
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| prohibition-18TH AMENDMENT | production, transportation and sale of alcohol was banned |
| effects of prohibition | bootlegging, speak easies, mob activity |
| suffrage | ability to vote |
| imperialism | shine on global stage and expand sphere of influence |
| "square deal" | T. Roosevelt, everyone should have a fair deal at a good life |
| Panama Canal | Teddy Roosevelt, used Panamanian people to get land for canal |
| "manifest destiny" | we have a right and a responsibility to expand our influence |
| Trust, Monopolies | companies come together to raise prices |
| Who was the wartime president during WW I? | Wilson |
| Allied Powers | Russia, France, U.K., Italy, U.S. |
| Central Powers | Austria-Hungary, Germany, Bulgaria, Ottoman Empire |
| trench warfare | style of war that characterized WW1, war of attrition, what dragged out WW1 |
| Espionage and Sedition Acts | prohibited U.S. citizens from speaking disrespectfully about the country during wartime |
| League of Nations | Wilson's idea, maintain international peace, failed to pass |
| Why didn't Congress approve League of Nations? | Didn't want to come to the aid of other countries, afraid it might pull the U.S. into future European Wars & conflicts. |
| Great Migration | relocation of African Americans from the South to the North |
| Germany forced to pay other countries | reparations |
| convoy | system where merchant ships travel together for safety |
| Assassination of Archduke | Spark that started WW1 |
| Why did U.S. get involved in WWI? | Sinking of Lusitania, ties to Britain |
| Treaty of Versailles | peace treaty ending the Great War, super unfair to Germanyball though |
| Wilson's efforts at peace | League of Nations, 14 pts. |
| Red Scare | paranoia in U.S. of people being communists |
| Conflict between labor and management | low salaries + more workers + poor conditions = internal conflict + strikes |
| consumer goods | people spent a lot of money on new things, often on credit |
| urbanization | people flocked to cities |
| flappers | women who dressed and acted like men, shock older generations |
| Harlem Renaissance | jazz, went back to African roots with music and culture, didn't worry about white approval |
| 19th Amendment (Suffrage) | Susan B .Anthony |
| The Maine | Ship that blew up in the Havana Harbor |
| Fireside Chats | FDR using the radio to connect with the American people |
| The philosophy of the "Gospel of Wealth" | People using their money to help people |
| German Kaiser (Emperor/leader) during WW I | Kaiser Wilhelm |
| George Herman Ruth The "Babe" | The Bambino, The Sultan of Swat, the most popular sports figure during the 1920's |
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