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SS FINAL EXAM
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| what issues in the following headlines? "compromise enables Maine and Missouri to enter union" "California admitted to union as free state" "Kansas-Nebraska Act sets up popular sovereignty | slavery |
| the phrase "by military conquest, treaty, and purchase" best describes what historical term? | imperialism |
| what was the name of the immigration station where most European immigrants entered the United States | Ellis island |
| what years were these two important acts passed that were primarily passed to develop the Midwest and the Western part of the country | 1862 |
| explain the compromise of 1850 | California was admitted free state popular calberty was intro to western territory |
| the transcontinental railroad was completed in 1869 when the central pacific railroad and the union pacific railroad in what location | Prometary,Utah |
| Seward's Folly refers to what | US purchase of Alaska |
| to build the panama canal, what country did the united states help panama lead a revolution against | Columbia |
| the destruction of what American ship directly led to the start of the Spanish American war? | the USS main |
| which of the following territories was not acquired at the end of the Spanish American war | Cuba |
| the national association for the advancement of colored people was established to what | bring attention to racial inequality economy and equality for AA |
| the supreme court's decision in Plessy vs Ferguson established a doctrine known as what | separate but equal |
| a term for journalists who exposed corruption and problems of society is | muckrackers |
| a book by Upton Sinclair was written to expose the corruption and problems of a meatpacking plant. what was the title of the book | the jungle book |
| one of the most famous settlement house was hull house, which was founded by | Jane Adams |
| which of the following was not one of the causes of world war 1 | M.A.I.N |
| whose assassination sparked world war 1 | Archduke Heir Ferdanand |
| in the Zimmerman telegram, Germany invited what country into an alliance | Mexico |
| at Paris peace conference of 1919, president Woodrow Wilson proposed an idea for a coalition of government designed to find peaceful solutions to disagreements. what was his idea called | league of nations |
| in he 1920s, a period of artistic achievement by African Americans was known as what? | Harlem renosants |
| what was the significance of the Kellogg brand pact | out law war |
| what was the purpose of the 19th amendment | gave women the right to vote |
| what made henry ford so successful at making low cost automobiles available to the public | the moving assembly line |
| what American president was assassinated with the teapot dome scandal | warren g harding |
| during the great depression , intense depletion of the topsoil in the mid west led to what historical event | dust bowl |
| the process of purchasing stocks with credit , hoping to sell at a high enough price to pay back the loan and make a profit is known as | buying on margin |
| what day of the week was described as "black" after stock market investors bought stocks on margin causing the crash of the market | black Tuesday |
| which us president proposed the new deal to bring the country out of the great depression | Rosevelt |
| in 1941 a law was passed granting franklin Roosevelt the power to sell, transfer, exchange, or lease military equipment to any country to help it defend itself the axis powers. what was the name of this law | Len Lease Act |
| a political system in which state or government is seen as more important than the individual is known as | fasisom |
| the allied invasion at Normandy, France, on June 6, 1944, is historical known as | D-Day |
| what was purpose of the Manhattan project | develop on atomic bomb |
| the term iron curtain was coined by what world leader | Winston Churchill |
| during the Cuban missile crisis, what country was asked to remove nuclear weapons from Cuba | US |
| whose civil rights did betty Freidan fight for | womens |
| the war of words and ideas between the united states and the soviet union over different economic and political systems became known as | cold war |
| which of the following was considered a cold war conflict | Vietnam War |
| what was the name of the scandal that took place when information was stolen from the democratic headquarters that led to the resignation of president Richard nixon | Watergate scandal |
| president Ronald Reagan's economic model was based on a theory that focuses on influencing the supply of labor and goods which usually involves sharp tax cuts. what is economic therory | electoral scandal vote |
| what was the name of the terrorists group led by Osama bin laden | el-qaeda |
| what devastating 2005 hurricane heavily damaged states along the Gulf of Mexico, including Alabama | Katrina |
| in 2008, president Obama became the first president of African American heritage. what US state did Barack Obama serve as senator before running for president | Illinois |
| the internet was developed in 1969. what was developed during the 1900s | hybrid cars |
| which element of social studies is concerned with production, consumption, and distribution of goods, services, and the flow of money | economy |
| which element of social studies is concerned with study of rights and duties of citizens | civics |
| which element of social studies is concerned with the study of the conducting of the policies and actions of a country, state, territory, city, or organization | government |
| which element of social studies is concerned with the past events, particularly human events | history |
| which element of social studies is concerned with the study of lane area, locations, and physical features of the earth such as mountains, deserts, rivers, and oceans | geography |
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