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unit 8 quiz crippen
spanish american war to great depression
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The Roosevelt Corollary warned the European nations not to intervene in the affairs of? | Latin American nations |
| Eleanor Roosevelt was concerned about the nation’s social progress and tried to convince her husband to give women | government positions or jobs. |
| Who disagreed with President Roosevelt about the New Deal and ran against him for the presidency? | Huey Long |
| Why did America adopt the “cash and carry” policy as part of the Neutrality Acts? | Americans did not want their ships sunk by the Germans. |
| Which cause of the Great Depression is defined as the difficulties that Americans could no longer afford to buy the goods being made mass produced by the factories? | under consumption |
| Which cause of the Great Depression can best be explained as farmers growing more food than people could afford to buy? | over production |
| What is the nickname of the day that the stock market crashed? | black Tuesday |
| What region of the United States suffered severely due to drought and soil erosion? | Great Plains |
| What is the name of the shantytowns named in honor of President at the start of the Great Depression? | Hoovervilles |
| Where was the Spanish-American war fought? | Cuba and the Philippines |
| Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, and Bessie Smith made significant contributions to the Harlem Renaissance in the field of | music |
| Bootleggers and speakeasies are terms associated with what time period | prohibition |
| In the 1920s, the Sacco-Vanzetti case, the Red Scare, and the KKK all represented | threats to civil liberties |
| Which individual is most closely associated with the growth of automobile sales in the 1920s? | henry ford |
| A major cause of the migration of African Americans to northern cities during and after World War I (1914-1040) was the | increase in jobs opportunities in northern states |
| "It has been a splendid little war; begun with the highest motives, carried out with magnificent intelligence and spirit." - Secretary of State John Hay, 1898 | Spanish American WAR |
| ”…You furnish the pictures, I’ll furnish the war.” – William Randolph Hearst | Yellow Journalism |
| The Roosevelt Corollary was based on what earlier policy forbidding European colonization in the Americas? | Monroe Doctrine |
| The chief reason the U.S. built the Panama Canal was to | reduce travel time for merchant and military shipping |
| Imperialism was the cause of World War I mainly because it | created conflicts between the nations over colonies |
| In 1914, fighting increased rapidly from a local conflict in Europe to a world war because | powerful nations had opposing alliances |
| President Woodrow Wilson, in his Fourteen Points, proposed the establishment of | a league of nations |
| What was a major reason for United States entry into World War I? | maintain freedom of the high seas |
| 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 |
| According to the Treaty of Versailles, who was to blame for starting World War I? | Germany |
| Who had to pay reparations, give up land, and accept blame for starting World War I? | Germany |
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