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Building this opened the West up to settlers.
The Transcontinental Railroad
Who was the founder of the Standard Oil Trust?
John D. Rockefeller
Western nations gained special trading rights in China known as?
The Spheres of Influence
1920's movement that shed light on African American contributions to American culture.
The Harlem Renaissance
Which New Deal agency was set up to provide unemployment insurance and pensions for retired workers?
The Social Security Administration (SSA)
The part of the West mainly occupied by Native Americans.
The Frontier
What was the goal of the Seneca Falls Convention held in 1848?
Promote the need for Women's Rights
Before 1919, most of the states that had granted full voting rights to women were located in?
The West
Legal ban on alcohol imposed by the 18th Amendment.
A major cause of the stock market crash of 1929 was?
Buying stocks on margin
Why did many Europeans immigrants come to the US from 1890 to 1910?
Factory jobs for unskilled workers
Writers who exposed corruption in American society were known as?
Muckrakers
The United States claim of rights to interfere in the affairs of Latin American countries?
The Roosevelt Corollary
Manufacturing of large quantities of a product quickly and cheaply.
Mass Production
Series of radio talks in which Franklin D. Roosevelt explained his policies in a casual style.
Fireside Chats
The largest population of immigrants came from what countries between 1840 - 1940?
Great Britain and Ireland
Yellow Journalism
This agreement forced Germany to accept full blame for World War I.
The Treaty of Versailles
A "return to normalcy" after World War I meant.
Going back to life as it was before the war.
The battle of Saratoga, Gettysburg, and Normandy were all similar because?
All three were considered turning points in the wars.
What is the main economic system of the United States?
Capitalism
Who joined the 1912 presidential race as a candidate for the new, progressive Bull Moose Party?
Theodore Roosevelt
President Woodrow Wilson's goals for peace after World War I.
The Fourteen Points
Republican president who failed to halt the Great Depression.
Herbert Hoover
Government agency set up during World War II to coordinate the production of military.
War Production Board