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100
The act of breaking up monopolies
What is Trustbusting
100
A. Book that led to the Meat Inspection Act and Pure Food and Drug Act. B. Extra 100 points if you name the author
A. The Jungle B. Upton Sinclair
100
Favoritism toward native-born Americans and bias against immigrants
What is Nativism
100
An association of countries established in 1945 to promote international cooperation and peace.
What is United Nations
100
What was it called when FDR addressed the public through the radio?
What is Fireside Chat
200
The large-scale introduction of manufacturing and industry in an area that used to be based on agriculture.
What is Industrialization
200
An organized group that offered services to voters and businesses in exchange for political or financial support.
What is Political Machine
200
Name the action that President Truman took to advance civil rights.
Desegregated armed forces
200
Did the US join the League of Nations after WWI? Why or why not?
No. Wanted to be isolationist, stay out of foreign affairs.
200
Offered 160 acres of land free to any citizen who would live on it and improve it for five years.
What is Homestead Act
300
Monetary system that would make more money available with less value per dollar, making debts easier to pay off.
What is Bimetallism
300
The "movement of the people" that started in 1892 and ended in 1896.
What is Populism
300
A. Supreme Court case that tested the constitutionality of segregation. Established the doctrine of "separate but equal." B. Supreme Court case that desegregated schools
A. Plessy v. Ferguson B. Brown v Board of Education
300
What was detente? Give a specific example.
Nixon's policy of easing Cold War tensions. Ex: visiting China, SALT
300
A. What does laissez faire mean? B. In what era was this idea most prominent? C. What were the results?
A. Government doesn't intervene in economy B. Gilded Age C. Huge business growth, poor treatment of workers
400
Gave the U.S. greater access to trade in Asia
What is Open Door Policy
400
A. President who signed Civil Rights Act of 1964. B. Two protected statuses under this law. C. Public reaction to law
A. Johnson B. Race, religion, national origin, sex. C. Southerners refused to uphold it
400
The nickname of the Scopes Trial of 1925 and the names of the prosecuting and defending lawyers
What is Monkey Trial, William Jennings Bryan, Clarence Darrow
400
DOUBLE POINTS! Describe the Roosevelt Corollary
What is An extension of the Monroe Doctrine, announced by Roosevelt in 1904, under which the U.S. claimed the right to protect its economic interests by means of military intervention in the affairs of nations in the Western Hemisphere
400
A. What prohibited literacy tests? B. What prohibited poll taxes?
A. Voting Rights Act of 1965 B. 24th Amendment
500
Name two labor unions and briefly describe their goals/beliefs. Extra 300 points if you name and describe a third union!
What is American Federation of Labor (better hours, wages, working conditions), Knights of Labor (membership open to all workers, more big picture focus, equal pay for men and women), Industrial Workers of the World (socialist, government control of businesses)
500
Name SIX constitutional amendments (that we have studied) and briefly describe what they did.
What is 16th (graduated federal income tax), 17th (direct election of senators), 18th (Prohibition), 19th (women's suffrage), 21st (repealed Prohibition), 22nd (term limits for president), 24th (prohibited poll taxes), 26th (lowed voting age to 18)
500
Name FOUR New Deal acts and describe how they helped people.
EBRA, FDIC, CCC, AAA, TVA, NIRA, SEC, SSA, RELA, WPA
500
President _________ announced his plan for peace after World War I, called the __________ Points. His most important point was the creation of the _____________, which was rejected by a senator named ____________.
What is Wilson; Fourteen; League of Nations; Henry Cabot Lodge
500
Name and describe THREE civil rights court cases (not related to black civil rights movement).
Miranda v Arizona, Hernandez v Texas, Mendez v Westminster, Wisconsin v Yoder, Tinker v Des Moines
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