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history final
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 24th president | mckinley |
| 25th president | roosevelt |
| 26th president | taft |
| 27th president | wilson |
| 28th president | harding |
| 29th president | coolidge |
| 30th president | hoover |
| 31st president | fdr |
| dates for the great depression | October 29, 1929 – 1939 |
| what was the cause of the great | It began after the stock market crash of October 1929, which sent Wall Street into a panic and wiped out millions of investors |
| what is the dust bowl | a period of severe dust storms that greatly damaged the ecology and agriculture of the American and Canadian prairies during the 1930s |
| what is the bonus army | The Bonus Army was a group of 43,000 demonstrators – made up of 17,000 U.S. World War I veterans, together with their families and affiliated groups |
| causes of the great depression | Declining business activities. Falling prices. Rising unemployment. Increasing inventories. Public fear. Panic |
| why did the bank have issues with the great depression | was a wave of banking panics or “bank runs,” during which large numbers of anxious people withdrew their deposits in cash, forcing banks to liquidate loans and often leading to bank failure |
| what is the new deal | a series of programs, public work projects, financial reforms, and regulations enacted by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in the United States between 1933 and 1936 |
| what was the bessemer process | the first inexpensive industrial process for the mass production of steel from molten pig iron before the development of the open hearth furnace. |
| what is prohibition | he action of forbidding something, especially by law. |
| what was plessy v ferguson | a landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court that upheld the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities as long as the segregated facilities were equal in quality – a doctrine that came to be known as "separate but equal" |
| what is isolationism | a policy of remaining apart from the affairs or interests of other groups, especially the political affairs of other countries. |
| what is scopes monkey trial | was an American legal case in July 1925 in which a substitute high school teacher, John T. Scopes, was accused of violating Tennessee's Butler Act, which had made it unlawful to teach human evolution in any state-funded school |
| what is the red scare | the promotion of a widespread fear of a potential rise of communism or anarchism by a society or state. |
| what is suffrage | the right to vote in political elections. |
| what is imperialism | a policy of extending a country's power and influence through diplomacy or military force. |
| what is the spanish american war | an armed conflict between Spain and the United States in 1898. |
| what was the jim crow law | were state and local laws that enforced racial segregation in the Southern United States |
| what is monopolies | the exclusive possession or control of the supply of or trade in a commodity or service. |
| what is trusts | firm belief in the reliability, truth, ability, or strength of someone or something. |
| what is the yellow journalism | journalism that is based upon sensationalism and crude exaggeration. |
| what is the dollar diplomacy | the use of a country's financial power to extend its international influence. |
| what is the moral diplomacy | a form of diplomacy proposed by US President Woodrow Wilson in his 1912 election. |
| what is the big stick diplomacy | President Theodore Roosevelt’s foreign policy: "speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far." |
| who was thomas edison | was an American inventor and businessman who has been described as America's greatest inventor. |
| who was the wright brothers | two American aviation pioneers generally credited with inventing, building, and flying the world's first successful airplane. |
| who was carnegie | an American industrialist who amassed a fortune in the steel industry then became a major philanthropist. |
| who was jp morgan | financed railroads and helped organize U.S. Steel, General Electric and other major corporations |
| who was rockefeller | He built his first oil refinery near Cleveland and in 1870 incorporated the Standard Oil Company. |
| who was vanderbilt | an American business magnate who built his wealth in railroads and shipping. |
| who was elizabeth cady stanton | an American suffragist, social activist, abolitionist, and leading figure of the early women's rights movement |
| who was boss tweed | an American politician most notable for being the "boss" of Tammany Hall, the Democratic Party political machine that played a major role in the politics of 19th century New York City and State. |
| what was the lusitania | British ocean liner, the sinking of which by a German U-boat on May 7, 1915, contributed indirectly to the entry of the United States into World War I. |
| what was trench warfare | a type of land warfare using occupied fighting lines largely comprising military trenches |
| what was the selective service act | authorized the United States federal government to raise a national army for service in World War I through conscription. |
| what was the treaty of versailles | was the most important of the peace treaties that brought World War I to an end. |
| what was armistice day | commemorated every year on 11 November to mark the armistice signed between the Allies of World War I and Germany at Compiègne, France at 5:45 am |
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