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Throck TAKS Review11
Throck TAKS Review 11th
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 2 How did building the Panama Canal affect the health of workers? | many died from diseases such as malaria and other mosquite-borne diseases from the swampy conditions |
| 2 How did the United States gain the right to build the Panama Canal after France turned it over? | US helped Panama revolt against Columbia and gain their independence |
| 2 How did the Panama Canal affect shipping? | it cut down the shipping distance from New York to California by 8000 miles |
| 2 What was the Great Migration after the Civil War and World Wars? | movement of AFrican Americans north for jobs which contributed to urbanization and growth of cultural areas such as Harlem and powerful voting bloc of minorities |
| 2 During what time period did large amounts of Eastern and Southern Europeans immigrate to the US? | The late 1800's, during the Gilded Age |
| 2 What effect did immigration have on the US in the late 1800's? | Nativism arose (due to Catholic influx and immigrants working as strike breakers), urbanization and ethnic neighborhoods |
| 2 How does population growth affect the environment? | urbanization, roads, buildings, loss of natural resources |
| 2 What was the Columbian Exchange? | two way exchange of goods and ideas from the Old World (Europe) to the New World (Americas)ex. introduction of diseases that decimated native populations |
| 2 Where were early settlements located? | near rivers or bodies of water |
| 2 What inventions helped the US to industrialize in the 1800's? | telegraph, steam engine, Morse Code, interchangable parts, telephone, electricity, lightbulb... |
| 2 How did the invention of electricity change the working environments? | factories could operate longer hours and did not have to be located near rivers for power |
| 2 What technologies improved communications? | telegraph, Morse Code, telephone, later computers, internet, cell phones... |
| 2 What caused a migration of farmers, including the Okies, from the Great Plains region in the 1930's? | The Dust Bowl, caused by drought and poor farming practices (removing prairie grasses and leaving fields fallow) |
| 2 What explains the fact that many African countries has European elements of culture? | European colonialism |
| 3 What factors enabled the US to industrialize in the 1800's? | natural resources, large workforce, new technology and laissez faire attitude of the government |
| 3 What contributed to the growth of Western cities, development of large cattle ranches and expansion of markets? | railroads |
| 3 Why did labor unions form? | due to the industrialization, labor unions formed to fight business owners for higher pay and better working conditions |
| 3 What problems did farmers face in the later 1800's? | mainly, new technology causes farmers to overproduce and flood the market with farm goods- causing prices to drop |
| 3 What characterizes big business, especially in the late 1800's? | monopolies (horizontal integration), trusts, Robber Barons, few government regulations... |
| 3 What conditions did African Americans face in the late 1800s? | disfranchisement (litercay tests, Grandfather Clause, Poll tax), segregation, Jim Crow Laws,lynchings |
| 3 What hardships did immigrants face in the late 1800's? | discrimination, Nativism, low paying jobs, difficulty assimilating |
| 3 What problems were associated with the growth of cities? | poverty, political corruption, political machines, not enough police protection, pollution, fires, gangs |
| 3 What working conditions did children face in the factories? | long hours, dangerous machines, little pay |
| 3 What area did Susan B. Anthony help lead reforms in? | women's suffrage, but she died before it was won |
| 3 What did W.E.B. DuBois do? | helped found the NAACP |
| 3 What reforms did Wisconsin senator Robert Lafollette make? | helped win direct primaries, taking that power away from party bosses |
| 3 Who was Martin Luther King, Jr.? | American civil rights leader who fought to end segregation using a policy of non-violence |
| 3 What led to the economic growth of the 1920's? | Henry Ford's automobile and assembly line led to mass production, which caused a drop in prices, making goods more affordable. People also experienced a rise in disposable income. |
| 3 What new invention led to the growth of other industries such as the textile, steel, ruuber and lead? | the automobile |
| 3 What caused the Great Depression? | decline in world trade, stock market crash and bank failures |
| 3 What caused a decline in world trade in the late 1920's? | high tariffs decreased demand for American goods |
| 3 What caused businesses to over produce in the late 1920's? | sales were down so companies had a surplus of products, forcing them to layoff employees, reducing people's buying power even more |
| 3 What led to the stock market crash of 1929, beginning with Black Tuesday? | bull market gave people false confidence, increasing number of speculators and buying stock on credit. When stock prices fell, people panicked and sold stocks, causing a crash. |
| 3 What led to the failure of banks in the Depression? | Banks had lost people's deposits by loaning that money to speculators and investing it themselves and lost it when the stock market crashed. |
| 3. How did the Depression affect the government? | Republicans were blamed, giving FDR a long presidency; Power of national government was greatly increased |
| 3 What is FDIC? | Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, that insures people's deposits incase of future bank failures; still active today |
| 3 What law provides securty for the elderly and unemployed? | Social Security |
| 3 What was the New Deal? | FDR's plan to end the Depression, although it didn't. However, it did make things more bearable. |
| 3 What economic effects did WWII have on the US? | brought us out of the Depression as our factories produced war materials and foreign trade increased |
| 3 What products were rationed during WWII, in order to help with the war effort? | meat, sugar, rubber, gasoline, food (using the points program) |
| 3 How did WWII affect females in the workplace? | women were allowed to work in factories and shipyards("Rosie the Rivetor"); attitudes towards women in the workforce had changed |
| 3 What caused an increase in the US standard of living in the early 1900's? | new inventions and technolgies, medicines and vaccines, cars |
| 3 How do we classify agricultural countries with low GDPs, low literacy rates, high birthrates and no technologies? | undeveloped |
| 3 How do we classify countries who are gaining more industries and technologies, but are still mainly agrarian? | developing |
| 3 How do we classify countries with high levels of technology, low birth and death rates, lots of industries, high GDPs and high literacy rates? | developed |
| 3 What is market-oriented farming? | using techonology to grow enough crops to sell (commercial farming) |
| 3 What is subsistance farming? | growing enough food to feed your family, with little technology |
| 3 What are small, home based workshops called that have only small production? | cottage industries |
| 3 What are large, technologically advanced factories called that mass produce and charge lower prices? | commerical industries |
| 5 What are resources produced by a first-hand observer or someone from that time period, such as a diary, newspaper, interview....? | primary sources |
| Who wrote the Declaration of Independence in 1776? and was later 3rd president, and pruchased the Louisiana Territory? | Thomas Jefferson |
| Who was commander of Continental Army during American Revolution? | George WAshington |
| What document in 1215 limited the British monarch and later influenced the Constitutional principle of limited government? | Magna Carta |
| What British document of 1689 protected rights of citizens and Parliament and was influential in the US? | English Bill of Rights |
| the Declaration of Independence freed the colonies from whose control? | Great Britain |
| What were the grievances listed in the Declaration of Independence? | Complaints against King George III, such as unfair taxation, no representation, no freedom of trade.... |
| What was the first government of the US? | Articles of Confederation which was a loose alliance of states that left little power to the National government |
| series of 85 essays written in support of the Constitution, explaining why a federal system was important and the need of a stronger national government | Federalist papers |
| Established a bicameral legislature and decided each state would have 2 senators and House of Representatives would be decided by population. | Great Compromise |
| What decided that each slave would count as 3/5th of a person when determining representation in the House of Representatives? | Three-Fifths Compromise |
| What outlines the powers of the governments, separates power into 3 branches and was ratified in 1789? | Constitution |
| What are the first 10 amendments to the Constitution called? | Bill of Rights; protects freedom of speech, press, religion, right to bear arms.....and sloves many grievances of the Declaration |
| What taxes protect American businesses by making foreign goods more expensive? | tariffs |
| What event in 1832, occured when South Carolina threatened to nullify a national tariff law, arguing for states rights? | Nullification Crisis |
| 1787 | Constitutional Convention where 55 delegates met in Philadelphia to draft a new plan of government |
| 1861-1865 | Civil War fought over states' rights |
| Principle of Constitution that says gov't gets its authority from the people and must rule with its consent | Popular sovereignty |
| Idea that the government is not all powerful? | limited government |
| Division of power into 3 branches of government? | separation of power |
| system where the states and national government share power? | federalism |
| What is a type of government where people elect representative to make decisions for them? | Republicanism |
| What amendment abolished slavery? | 13th |
| What amendment granted women the right to vote? | 19th |
| What amendment granted freed slaves citizenship and protects the rights of all citizens? | 14th |
| What amendment granted freed slaves the right to vote and stated it cannot be taken away because of race? | 15th |
| What is the spread of ideas, religion, cutlure.....between people? | diffusion |
| What is the level of comfort in a society? | standard of living |
| Waht economic system has government control of the resources and no private ownership? | Communism |
| What economic system allows private ownership and economic freedom? | market/capitalism |
| 1898 | Spanish American War, started after the sinking of the USS Maine |
| What territory did the US gain in the Spanish-American war? | Guam, Puerto Rico, Philippines |
| What is expansionism? | increasing territory |
| What movement of the early 1900's sought to reform society, passing laws such as Meat Inspection and child labor laws? | Progressive Era |
| What amendment started the income tax? | 16th |
| What amendment outlawed poll taxes? | 24th |
| What amendment reduced the voting age to 18? | 26th |
| 1914-1918, starting with assassination of Franz Ferdinand | WWI fought between the Allies and Central Powers and ended with TReaty of Versailles |
| What amendment started Prohibition? | 18th |
| What was Wilson's plan for after WWI that focused on self determination and free trade, and including the League of Nations? | Fourteen Points |
| What was the agreement to end WWI that severly punished Germany? | Treaty of Versailles |
| What was the wide spread fear of Communism that started after WWI when Russia was taken over? | Red Scare |
| What lawyer defended John Scopes for teaching evolution in the 1920's? | Clarence Darrow in the Scopes Trial |
| Who prosecuted John Scopes for teaching evolution in 1925? | William Jennings Byran |
| Who was the first pilot of fly solo, non stop across the Atlantic in the Spirit of St. Louis? | Charles Lindbergh |
| 1929 | Stock market crash and start of Depression |
| 1941-1945 | US entry in WWII after Japan bombed Pearl Harbor |
| Internment | 2/3rd of Japanese Americans were forced to live in prison camps during WWII |
| What battle was the turning point in the Pacific in WWII? | Midway |
| Also called D-Day, Allied troops landed in France in an attempt to liberate FRance from the Nazis. | Invasion of Normandyknown as Operation Overlord |
| Who became president after FDR died and made the decision to drop the atomic bomb on Japan to save American lives and ensure an unconditional surrender? | Harry S. Truman |
| Was Cold War law said the US would support any country trying to resist communism? | Truman Doctrine |
| What law provided US aid to European countries in order to fight off communism? | Marshall Plan |
| What was teh defensive miitary alliance of Western Europe and the US in the Cold War? | NATO |
| 1950-1953 to stop the spread of Communism? | Korea |
| Waht law provided benefits to veterans returning from WWII to help start businesses, buy homes and go to college? | GI BIll |
| Era when innocent people were being accused on communism with little/no evidence? | McCarthyism |
| 1957 | launching of Sputnik and start of Space Race and NASA |
| What Supreme Court Case desegregated public schools? | Brown V. Board of Education |
| What law prohibited discriminatin based on race in public facitilies? | Civil Rights Act of 1964 |
| What caused the Dust Bowl of the 1930's? | drought and poor farming practices |
| What event started the Montgomery Bus Boycott? | Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat |
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