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hodge podge
100
What was the main goal of the Dawes Act of 1887?
to encourage Native Americans to assimilate into American culture
100
Before the 16th Amendment, Congress received their revenue from
What are TARIFFS
100
The settlement house movement and Jacob Riis’s photographs drew attention to the plight of which group/situation?
immigrants
poverty in urban areas
100
The practice of yellow journalism had the greatest influence on the entry of the United States into which war?
Spanish American War
100
New forms of mass media in the 1920s, such as radio and movies, had what effect on the culture of America?
What is a standardization of the culture as people had access to the same information.
100
Which country was not permitted to join the League of Nations?
What is Germany
200
During the era of westward expansion, what two groups of people were most often driven from their lands?
Native Americans and Mexican Americans
200
What message about Boss Tweed was Nast conveying in this political cartoon?
Boss Tweed had power and influence over legal authorities.
200
What role did “muckrakers” play in the Progressive Era?
They exposed industrial abuses and instances of government corruption.
200
The Open Door Policy announced by the United States in 1899 was aimed at controlling trade in which country?
What is China
200
In 1925, the Scopes Trial that took place in Dayton, Tennessee, represented a clash between what two ideas?
fundamentalist religious beliefs and scientific research
creation v. evolution
200
Which constitutional issue was at the center of the Supreme Court case Schenck v. United States?
freedom of speech
300
To each head of a family, one-quarter of a section;
To each single person over eighteen years of age, one-eighth of a section;
To each orphan child under eighteen years of age, one-eighth of a section;
To each other single person under eighteen years now living, or who may be born
prior to the date of the order of the President directing allotment of the lands
embraced in any reservation, one-sixteenth of a section.
Based on this excerpt, why was the Dawes Act a significant event in the lives of Native Americans?
It ended the Native American practice of communal holding of tribal land.
300
During the Industrial Age, opponents of laissez-faire capitalism believed it caused what condition? (3)
an income gap between rich and poor
allowing the formation of monopolies and trusts
It minimized regulations on working conditions.
300
How did westward expansion in the late 19th century contribute to the expansion of democracy?
Women gained the right to vote in many western territories.
300
how did the Roosevelt Corollary impact American foreign policy?
It strengthened the Monroe Doctrine, expanding America’s role to include intervention.
300
explain the relationship between technological innovations and leisure time during the 1920s?
Technology enhanced the quantity and the quality of leisure time.
300
This is the text of Article X of the Covenant of the League of Nations.
Why did some Senators object to this provision and refuse to ratify it?
They believed it was in conflict with Congress' constitutional right to declare war.
400
The Dawes Act went against what fundamental belief of the Native Americans?
Land belonged to everyone and not any one individual.
400
The message of this cartoon is reflective of what situation during the late 1800s?
Political machines used their influence to control the agendas of political parties.
400
These reforms accomplished what goal of Progressives?
increasing the influence of citizens in the democratic process
400
In addition to providing a coaling station for naval vessels in the Pacific, why did America annex Hawaii in 1898?
to protect American sugar plantations
400
What was the main goals of the Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s and 1930s? (3)
to celebrate the unique culture of African Americans
to promote the work of African American artists and musicians
to bring attention to the issues of discrimination and injustice
400
title: _________________________
- Creation of the Pure Food and Drug Act
- Breakup of Trusts in the RR Company
- Passage of the Meat Inspection Act
- Conservation of National Lands and Forests for public use
Teddy Roosevelt's Progressive accomplishments
500
What was the government's main motivation for enacting the Homestead Act of 1862?
to encourage settlement in the western territories
500
example of vertical integration
Andrew Carnegie owns all of the companies that produce goods needed to make steel.
500
What was one important difference between the Progressives and the Populists?
Populists focused on farmers and government regulation of railroads
500
Which action did the Allies take in response to Germany’s policy of unrestricted submarine warfare in World War I?
convoy system
500
What is a direct cause of the Harlem Renaissance?
Great Migration
500
The actions of League of Nations members would lead to future conflicts
600
What ultimate goal did the Populists want to achieve
to raise crop prices by increasing the amount of money in circulation (bimetallism)
600
Who created monopolies and raised prices to unfair levels (label-not a person's name)
robber barons
600
- __________________ (title of this list)
- New York City's Boss Tweed was jailed in 1876.
- The Pure Food and Drug Act passed in 1906.
- The supreme Court ruled that Standard Old Company violated the Sherman Antitrust Act in 1911.
successes of muckrakers
600
"A free, open-minded, and absolutely impartial adjustment of all colonial claims, based upon a strict observance of the principle that in determining all such questions of sovereignty the interests of the populations concerned must have equal weight with the equitable claims of the government whose title is to be determined."
In this point, President Wilson was advocating for which concept?
What is self determination?
600
In this quote, Fitzgerald expressed what theme addressed by writers of the “Lost
Generation”?
the postwar disillusionment of the 1920s
critique of the materialism of the 1920s
600
What was unique about the Presidential Election of 1912?
A former president campaigned under a 3rd party
700
what did Populists believe about the role of the federal government?
The federal government should regulate and limit businesses for the good of the people.
opposite of laissez faire
700
Government does not protect workers
workers are working long hours with little pay
working conditions were dangerous
wealthy are corrupt
tenements were only affordable housing option
What are reasons unions were needed?
700
What do the Interstate Commerce Commission, the Federal Trade Commission, and the Drug Administration have in common?
They are a result of the belief that government regulation is sometimes necessary to get rid of corruption
700
Why did the United States issue war bonds during World War I?
to raise money
700
Based on this cartoon, what impact did the rise of Bolshevism and the First Red Scare have on labor unions in the 1920s?
Unions were linked to anarchy and violence, and were unpopular.
700
What changed for Jacob Riis that finally made it possible for him to put together his photo expose' of Urban Slums?
flash photography allowed him to take pictures in the dark tenement apartments