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US History *Denis*
Study Guide For Fall Finals by Joshua Jenkins
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What type of Government can make laws? | Legislative |
| Which branch of Government Interprets Federal Laws? | Judicial |
| Which branch of Government has the power to veto? | Executive |
| Proposed each State's representation in Congress depend on it's population. | Great Compromise |
| Explorer for whom America was named. | Amerigo Vespucci |
| Leader of the Great Awakening. | Jonathan Edwards |
| Perfected the Telegraph. | Samuel F.B. Morse |
| To withdraw for the Union. | Secede |
| The idea that citizens of a new territory should decide for themselves whether to allow slavery. | Popular Sovereignty |
| Ended the War of 1812 | Treaty of Ghent |
| Federal Powers specifically mentioned in the Constitution. | Enumerated Powers |
| Federal powers not specifically mention in the Constitution. | Implied Powers |
| Proposed the Compromise of 1850. | Henry Clay |
| Wrote the Anti-Slavery novel, Uncle Tom's Cabin | Harriet Beecher Stowe |
| Battle that is considered a major turning point of the civil war. | Battle of Shiloh |
| Southern defeat that led Lincoln to issue the Emancipation Proclamation. | Battle of Antietam |
| Banned slavery in the United States. | Thirteenth Amendment |
| Led troops across Georgia and captured Atlanta. | William Tecumseh Sherman |
| Surrendered to Grant to end the Civil War. | Robert E. Lee |
| Calvary Commander at Little Bighorn. | George Custer |
| Nez Perce chief who surrendered after a flight of 1,300 miles. | Chief Joseph |
| Cattle that roamed wild on the Grasslands of Texas | Longhorns |
| A tact of pubic land available for settlement. | Homestead |
| "Let People Do As They Choose" | Laissez-faire |
| Inventor of the Telephone | Alexander Graham Bell |
| Operated Standard Oil | John D Rucker |
| Shares of Ownership in a company. | Stocks |
| Developed the theory of evolution and natural selection. | Charles Darwin |
| Established the Doctrine of Sperate But Equal | Plessy V. Ferguson |
| Founder of the Tuskegee Institute. | Booker T. Washington |
| Term for a system of laws that enforced discrimination | Jim Crow |
| Hangings without proper court proceedings | Lynchings |
| Ensured that Cuba remain tied to the US | Platt Amendment |
| The US would intervene in Latin American affairs if necessary. | Open Door Policy |
| Idea that the US and Latin America should work together. | Pan-Americanism |
| Led a naval expedition to Japan in 1853. | Matthew C. Perry |
| "Speak softly and carry a big stick" | Theodore Roosevelt |
| Sensational reporting on which writers often exaggerated or made up stories. | Yellow Journalism |
| Movement for a moderation or elimination of alcohol consumption. | Temperance |
| Journalist who investigated corruption and scandals. | Muckraker |
| Provided for the direct election of US senators. | Seventeenth Amendment |
| Guaranteed women the right to vote. | Nineteenth Amendment |
| Banned the manufacture, sale, and consumption of alcohol. | Prohibition |
| A muckraker whose work led to the passage of the Meat Packing Act. | Uption Sinclair |
| Information designed to influence opinion. | Propaganda |
| gave patriotic speeches urging support or War Effort. | Four-Minute Men |
| method of loaning money to the Government to pay for war. | Liberty Bonds |
| Spying to acquire Government secrets. | Espionage |
| Bolshevik Leader | Vladimmir Lenin |
| Woodrow Wilson's Peace Plan. | Fourteen Points |
| Pilot of the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight. | Charles Lindbergh |
| Attempted to outlaw war. | Kellog-Briand Pact |
| Enormously increased manufacturing efficiency. | Assembly Line |
| Created powerful African American voting blocs in Northern cities. | Great Migration |
| Illegal production and distribution of liquor. | Bootlegging |
| Gangster in Chicago during Prohibition. | Al Capone |
| homeless wanderers who often rode the rails. | Hobos |
| Stock market crash. | Black Tuesday |
| Drought-relate conditions in the Great Plains. | Dust Bowl |
| Established for the elderly and unemployed workers. | Social Security Act |
| Name given to a group of Roosevelt's advisors. | "Brian Trust" |
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