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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 |
| The aggressive strengthening of armed forces. | militarism |
| a factory fire that killed 146 workers and led to new safety laws. | triangle shirtwaist |
| the central pacific railroad and the union pacific railroad met where? | Promontory, Utah |
| Seward's Folly refers to what? | Purchase of Alaska |
| What country did the U.S and 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 that about exterminated the entire population of Jewish people? | Holocaust |
| What dose the acronym NAACP stand for? | National Association for the Advancement of colored People |
| What was established after Plessy v. Ferguson? | separate but equal |
| What where people who exposed corruption and problems in society? | muckrakers |
| Who wrote The Jungle? | Upton Sinclair |
| What was the primary purpose of the James Adams 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? | Frances 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 a peaceful solution to disagreements |
| In the 1920'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 19th Amendment? | Women could vote. |
| Henry Ford gained success in what industry with his moving assembly line? | Cars |
| Which American President was associated with the Teapot Dome scandal? | Harding |
| During the Great Depression, intense depletion of the topsoil in the Mid-West led to what historical event? | Dust Bowl |
| What is the practice of buying on margin? | Purchasing stock on credit, hoping to sell it at a high price to pay back and profit some |
| What day of the week was described as "black" after stock market investors bought stock on margin causing the crash of what market? | Tuesday |
| Which US President proposed the new deal to bring the country out of the Great Depression? | FDR |
| What was the name severe economic crisis that lasted for the entire decade of the 1930's called? | Great Depression |
| The Nazi party was the fascist political system. Define fascism. | It was a system in which the state or government is seen as more important than the people. |
| 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 Cuba 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 |
| While the United State and Soviet Union never officially declared war during the Cold War, there were two wars that they became involved in. Name them. | Vietnam and Korean |
| A group of African Americans who flew missions in WW2. | Tuskegee Airmen |
| What was the name of the scandal that led to the resignation of President Richard Nixon? | Watergate Scandal |
| What was a global system of computer networks? | 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, service, and the flow of money? | Economics |
| What element of SS is concerned with the study of the conducting of polices and action s of a country? | Governments |
| What element of SS is concerned with the study of rights and duties of citizens? | Civics |
| What element of SS is concerned with the study of past events? | History |
| What element of SS is concerned with the study of land area, locations, and physical features of the earth? | Geography |
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