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standards 15-16 test
us history world war I and roaring 20's
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Under this system of government, there is no such thing as private ownership of property because it is all owned by the state. | communism |
| Why was the fear of communism called the “Red Scare”, because red was the color of the communist | flag |
| The Red Scare led to new restrictions on immigration. What was another factor leading to restrictions on immigration? | Americans feared losing their jobs to immigrants who were willing to take lower pay. |
| Who came up with the process of mass production, making the automobile available to most Americans? | Henry Ford |
| During what decade did radio and movies begin to gain popularity? | 1920's |
| What type of music combined themes and note patterns developed by enslaved African Americans with syncopated rhythms worked out by musicians in New Orleans? | jazz |
| Who was a Harlem Renaissance poet who would often set his words to the tempo of jazz or blues? | Langston Hughes |
| What type of government were strikes associated with? | Capitalism |
| Who played the cornet and trumpet and played an improvised form of Dixie Ragtime and jazz? | Louis Armstrong |
| 19. The four MAIN causes of World War I were militarism, alliances, imperialism and ______. | nationalism |
| 20. Why did World War I go from a regional conflict to a global conflict? | System of entangling alliances amongst the countries who started the war |
| What term describes the American policy from 1914- 1917? | neutral |
| 22. The United States entered the war based on whose use of unrestricted submarine warfare? | German |
| During this WWI, what ethnic group moved north to work in factories? | African Americans |
| What did President Woodrow Wilson, in his Fourteen Points, proposed the establishment of? | League of Nations |
| 26. Which amendment prohibited the “manufacture, sale or transportation of intoxicating liquors?” | 18th amendment |
| What provided suffrage for ALL women in the USA? | 19th amendment |
| President Woodrow Wilson’s Fourteen points were based on the belief that | the principle of self-determination should be applied to people of all nations |
| What precedent did Schenck v. United States establish? | civil rights may be limited in the interest of national security |
| What did labor leader Eugene V Debs violate during World War I? | Sedition and Espionage Acts |
| What court case stated that “separate but equal” facilities were acceptable for black school children? | Plessy vs. Ferguson |
| What court case established judicial review? | Marybury vs. Madison |
| Lincoln suspended the writs of habeas corpus. As a result | a person could be imprisoned indefinitely without trial |
| Elizabeth Cady Stanton shocked others in the women’s movement by proposing that they focus on | getting the right to vote |
| Who was the Virginian chosen to command the American Continental Army during the Revolutionary War? | George Washington |
| The French and Indian War was fought over which area? | Ohio River Valley |
| What does the idea of Manifest Destiny entail? | Americans should move west |
| How did William Penn acquire Pennsylvania? | As a settlement for a debt King Charles owed to his father |
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