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Exam Study Guide
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is the practice of extending a nations power by gaining territories for a colonial empire called? | Imperialism |
| What is the practice of avoiding involvement in other countries' business called? | Isolationism |
| During the early 1800's, the United States placed few restrictions on immigration because the industrial economy was creating new jobs. What was the name of the immigration station where the most European immigrants entered the United States? | Ellis Island |
| What is the aggressive strengthening of armed forces called? | Militarism |
| A factory fire that killed 146 workers that were trapped in the building and this led to the new safety standard laws in buildings. | Triangle Shirtwaist |
| The Transcontinental Railroad was completed in1869 when the Central Pacific Railroad and the Union Pacific Railroad met in what location? | Promontory, Utah |
| Seward's Folly refers to what? | Purchase of Alaska |
| To build the Panama Canal , what country did the US help Panama lead a revolution against? | Colombia |
| The destruction of what American ship directly led to the start of the Spanish American War? | USS Maine |
| What was the program of the mass murder in which the tried to exterminate the entire Jewish population in Europe called? | Holocaust |
| What does the acronym NAACP stand for? What was the purpose of the organization? | National Association for the Advancement of Colored People-Bring attention to racial inequality |
| The Supreme Court's decision in the Plessy v. Ferguson established a doctrine known as what? | Separate but equal |
| A term that became to describe journalists who "ranked up" and exposed corruption and problems of society was called what? | Muckraker |
| What muckraker wrote a book called The Jungle and the conditions in a meat-packing plant? | Upton Sinclair |
| What was the primary purpose of the Jane Addams Hull House? | It was a neighborhood center staffed by professionals and volunteers for education, recreation, and social activities in poor areas |
| When we discussed the causes of World War I, we used the acronym MAIN. What are the 4 MAIN causes? | Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism, Nationalism |
| Whose assassination sparked World War I? | Francis Ferdinand |
| In the Zimmerman Telegram, Germany invited what country into an alliance? | Mexico |
| At the end of World War I, Woodrow Wilson proposed the League of Nations. What was the purpose of the League of Nations. | to find peaceful solutions to disagreements |
| In the1920's a period of artistic achievement by African Americans was known as what? | Harlem Renaissance |
| What was the significance of the Kellogg-Briand Pact? | outlawed war |
| What was the purpose of the Nineteenth Amendment? | women could vote |
| Henry Ford gained success in what industry with his moving assembly line? | low cost automobiles |
| What American President was associated with the Teapot Dome Scandal ? | Harding |
| During the Great Depression, intense of the topsoil in the Midwest led to what historical event? | Dust bowl |
| What is the practice of buying on margin ? | Purchasing stock on credit, hoping to sell at a high price to payback AND profit some |
| What day of the week was described as "black" after the stock market investors bought stocks on margin causing the crash of the market? | Tuesday |
| Which US president proposed the New Deal to bring the country out of the Great Depression? | FDR |
| What was the name of the severe economic crisis that lasted for the entire decade of the 1930's called? | Great Depression |
| The Nazi Party was a fascist political system. Define fascism. | It is a system in which the state or government is seen as more important than the people. |
| The Allied invasion at Normandy ,France, on June6,1944,is historically known as? | D-Day |
| What was the purpose of the Manhattan Project? | to develop the 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? | SU |
| A harbor in Hawaii that served as the base of the US Pacific fleet that was bombed on December 7, 1941 by Japan. | Pearl Harbor |
| The Cold War was a war of words between the US and SU. While the 2 countries never declared war on 1 another and 2 wars they were involved in that are considered Cold War conflicts. Name them. | Vietnam and Korean |
| What was the name of the scandal that led to the resignation of the President Richard Nixon ? What happened? | Watergate-information was stolen and Nixon had tapes that proved he was involved |
| A group of African Americans pilots who flew missions WWII. | Tuskegee Airmen |
| A global system of computer networks through which people anywhere in the world which later was enhanced by the World Wide Web allowing us to access info for computer everywhere. | Internet |
| What was the name of the terrorist group led by Osama Bin Laden? | Al-Qaeda |
| What element of SS is concerned with the production, consumption , and distribution of goods ,service, and money flow. | Economics |
| What element of SS is concerned with the study of the conducting of polices and actions of a country, state, territory, city, or organization? | Government |
| What element of SS is concerned with the study of past events? | History |
| What element of SS is concerned with the study of the rights and duties of citizens? | Civics |
| What element of SS is concerned with the study of land area, locations, and physical features of the earth such as mountains, deserts, rivers, and oceans? | Geography |
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