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SOL Review Quiz #2
History SOL review quiz #2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Name the laws that made discrimination practices legal | Jim Crow Laws |
| Describe the Jim Crow laws | unequal housing, work, eduction, government |
| He believed equality through education; social separations | Booker T. Washington |
| He believed in full political, civil and social rights for African Americans | W.E.B DuBois |
| Who was known for the oil industry? | John D. Rockefeller |
| Who was known for the steel industry? | Andrew Carnegie |
| Who was known for the automobile industry? | Henry Ford |
| Known for reducing cost of production (vocab word) | assembly line |
| name the negative effects of Big Business | child labor, low wages, long hours, conditions |
| A group of trade unions unite and form what? | American Federation of Labor |
| American Federation of Labor represented whom? | skilled workers at various crafts |
| Name the strike that Steel workers went on strike because of cut wages | Homestead Strike |
| Name changes made by the Progressive movement | safety, reduced work hours, limit child labor |
| women gained the right to vote with. . . | 19th amendment |
| She worked hard for women's suffrage | Susan B. Anthony |
| Movement opposed to the making and consuming of alcohol | Temperance Movement |
| This amendment prohibited the manufacture and sale of alcohol. | 18th amendment |
| What ended the great depression? | The United States involvement in WWII |
| REASONS for the Spanish American War | protection of business, support of rebels, USS Maine, Yellow journalism |
| RESULTS of the Spanish American War | US is a world power, Cuba independence, US gained land |
| Name the land gained from the Spanish American War | Philippines, Guam, Puerto Rico |
| Reasons for US involvement in WWI | inability to remain neutral, submarine warfare, ties to Great Britain |
| Name the Allies during WWI | Great Britain, France, Russia, Serbia, Belgium, USA |
| Name the Central Powers during WWI | Germany, Austria-Hungary, Blugaria, Ottoman Empire |
| Who prepared a peace plan called the 14 points? | Woodrow Wilson |
| Name the peace-keeping organization after WWI | League of Nations |
| What country did not join the league of nations? | United States |
| List results of improved transportation | greater mobility, createion of jobs, movement to suburbs |
| Who is responsible for the invention of the airplane? | Wright Brothers |
| Who is responsible for the assembly line? | Henry Ford |
| Who is responsible for the development of the radio? | Guglielmo Marconi |
| Who is responsible for the broadcast industry? | David Sarnoff |