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ss final exam
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| the issues reflected in compromise enables Maine and Missouri to enter union California admitted to union as free state and Kansas-Nebraska act sets up popular sovereignty was | slavery |
| the phrase "by military conquest treaty and purchase" best describes what historical term | imperialism |
| when was the homestead and pacific railway act signed | 1862 |
| explain the compromise of 1850 | Cali was admitted a free state sovereignty was introduced to south fugitive slave act was in active |
| where was the transcontinental railroad completed | Promontory Utah |
| where did immigrants become citizens of the united states | Ellis island |
| sewards folly refers to what | purchase of Alaska |
| what country did the united states help to lead a revolution against | Columbia |
| the destruction of what ship led to the Spanish American war | USS Maine |
| which of the following territories was not acquired Spanish American war | Cuba |
| the NAACP was established to | bring attention to racial inequality |
| the courts Plessy v Ferguson established a doctrine called | separate but equal |
| a term for journalists who exposed corruption and problems of society is | muckrakers |
| a book by Upton Sinclair was called | The Jungle |
| the Hull House was founded by | Jane Adams |
| Which was not a cause of ww1 | slavery |
| ww1 was sparked by the assassination of | archduke Francis Ferdinand |
| Germany tried to invite Mexico into an alliance with | the Zimmerman telegram |
| At the Paris Peace conference in 1919 Woodrow Wilson proposed the | League of Nations |
| a period of African American achievement | Harlem renaissance |
| what did the Kellogg Briand Pact do | outlaw war |
| 19 amendment | gave women right to vote |
| what made henry ford successful | the moving assembly line |
| which president was associated with teapot dome scandal | Warren Harding |
| what intense depletion of topsoil | dust bowl |
| sell at high price to pay back loan and make profit | buying on margin |
| what did people call the day the stock market crashed | black Tuesday |
| the president that proposed the new deal | FDR |
| the law that allowed franklin to sell, transfer, exchange, or lease military equipment | Lend Lease act |
| a system where the government is seen as more important than citizens | fascism |
| allied attack at Normandy | d-day |
| what was the Manhattan project | develop an atomic bomb |
| iron curtain was coined by what world leader | Winston Churchill |
| what country was asked to remove nuclear weapons from Cuba | Korea |
| whose civil rights did Betty Freidan fight for | womens |
| war of words and ideas | cold war |
| cold war conflict | Vietnam war |
| Nixon scandal | Watergate scandal |
| Reagans economic model | supply side economics |
| al gore won 2000 election by | electoral college vote |
| terrorist group led by Bin Laden | al Qaeda |
| 2005 hurricane | Katrina |
| what state did Obama run for senator in | Illinois |
| along with internet what else was invented in 1900's | world wide web, |
| 2007 US bought a record number of | hybrid cars |
| production, consumption, and distribution of goods | economy |
| rights and duties of citizens | civics |
| policies of actions of a country, state, territory, city, or organization | government |
| past events | history |
| land area, locations, and physical features | geography |