According to the theory of supply side economics, descrive how paying less income taxes will improve the economy.
What is that more people will have money to spend on other items, thus causing people to spend more and drive the economy forward?
100
President Jackson and President Harding used this policy of promising jobs for political supporters
What is spoils system?
100
President Washington warned against this in his Farewell Address
What is partisan politics?
100
One reason for the tension in Europe before World War One was an intense pride in their homelands known as this
What is nationalism?
100
This process broke large tasks into smaller parts and used standardized tools, thus increasing the speed of production and efficiency
What is the assembly line?
200
These communities of shacks developed during the Great Depression
What are Hoovervilles?
200
Progressivism is a reaction to this type of economic system
What is laissez faire?
200
This congressional agreement was ruled unconstitutional in the Dred Scott Case
What is Missouri Compromise
200
After World War I, President Wilson called for the creation of a "general association of nations" known as this. Ultimately, Congress never ratified the Treaty of Versailles and this provision
What is the League of Nations?
200
The Jazz Singer was a significant movie because ________________
What is it was the first talking picture?
300
The Bonus Army came to demand this from Congress in 1932
What are bonus payments from fighting in World War I?
300
Describe the goals of the Platt Amendment
What is to allow independence for Cuba but give the United States the authority to protect it as deemed necessary?
300
Name the leader of the Federalist party before the ratification of the Constitution
Who is Alexander Hamilton?
300
The Espionage Acts and the Sedition Acts did this
What is effectively silenced any opposition to World War I.
300
Describe the effect of the automobile on American life
What is more freedom, more movement, affordability encouraged purchase?
400
Describe the cause of the Dust Bowl
What is a drought destroyed the soil?
400
Many groups wanted to restrict immigration and preserve traditional values. They were afraid that this "_______" was taking over the nation.
What is new morality?
400
President Jefferson issued this act after a British war ship fired on an American war ship in 1807 which ended all trade with Europe
What is the Embargo Act?
400
In 1922, the NAACP lobbied to get these laws passed to protect African Americans, especially in the South
What is anti-lynching legislation?
400
This art movement centered primarily around the African American experience in the United States
What is the Harlem Renaissance?
500
List the five causes of the Great Depression
What is overproduction, financial crisis (overspeculation, buying on margin), tariffs and debts, fiscal policy, unequal distribution of wealth?
500
This Native American chief led the Nez Perce Indians in a pursuit with the US Army before he eventually surrendered miles from the Canadian Border
Who is Chief Joseph?
500
Anti-federalists would not adopt the Constitution without this document that guaranteed liberties of Americans
What is the Bill of Rights?
500
After WWI, most Americans wanted to practice this type of policy when it came to involvement in foreign affairs.
What is isolationism?
500
Explain the differences in the lives of women before the Roaring Twenties and after the Roaring Twenties.
What is ability to work, birth control, changes in style and dress, drinking, dancing, etc?