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ss final exam
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is the practice of extending a nation's power by gaining territories for a colonial empire called? | imperialism |
| What is the practice of avoiding involvement in other countries' business called? | isolationism |
| What was the name of the immigration station where most European immigrants entered the U.S.? | 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 new safety standard laws in buildings. | Triangle Shortwaist |
| The Transcontinental Railroad was completed in 1869 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 U.S. 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 mass murder in which the Nazis tried to exterminate the entire Jewish population in Europe called? | Holocaust |
| What does the acronym NAACP stand for? What was the purpose of this organization? | National Association for the Advancement of Colored People-Bring attention to racial inequality |
| The Supreme Court's decision in Plessy v. Ferguson established a doctrine known as what? | separate but equal |
| A term that became to describe journalists who "raked up" and exposed corruption and problems of society was called what? | muckraker |
| What muckraker wrote a book called The Jungle about the conditions in a meat-packing plant? | Upton Sinclair |
| What was the primary purpose of Jane Addams Hull House? | It was a neighborhood center staffed by professionals and volunteers for education, recreation, and social activities in poor areas. |
| What are the 4 MAIN causes(for World War 1)? | Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism, and Nationalism |
| Whose assassination sparked World War 1? | Francis Ferdinand |
| In the Zimmerman Telegram, Germany invited what country into an alliance? | Mexico |
| What was the purpose of the League of Nations? | to find peaceful solutions to disagreements |
| In the 1920's, a period of artistic achievement by African Americans was known as what?(Harlem Globetrotters) | 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 depletion of the topsoil in the Midwest led to what historic event? | Dust Bowl |
| What is the process of buying on margin? | Purchasing stock on credit, hoping to sell at a high price to pay back AND profit some |
| What day of the week was described as "black" after 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? | The Great Depression |
| Define fascism. | It is a system in which the state or government is seen as more important than the people.(Dictatorship) |
| The Allied invasion at Normandy, France, on June 6, 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? | The Soviet Union |
| A harbor in Hawaii that served as the base of the US Pacific fleet that was bombed on December 7, 1941 by Japan.(Hiroshima and Nagasaki) | Pearl Harbor |
| Name the countries that are known as Cold War conflicts. | Vietnam and Korea |
| What was the name of the scandal that led to the resignation of President Richard Nixon? What happened? | The Watergate Scandal-information was stolen and Nixon had tapes that proved he was involved |
| A group of African American pilots who flew missions in World War 1. | Tuskegee Airmen |
| A global system of computer networks through which people anywhere in the world can communicate and share information, which later was enhanced by the World Wide Web allowing us to access information from computers around the world. | the 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. services, and the flow of money? | Economics |
| What element of SS is concerned with the study of 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 mountains, deserts, rivers, and oceans? | Geography |
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