Quarter 1 (Reconstruction, The West, Immigration, Industrialization)
The Homestead Act of 1862 encouraged westward migration by:
a) Offering free land to settlers
b) Establishing new territories
c) Building transcontinental railroads
d) All of the above
a) offering free land to settlers
One of the key goals of the Progressive movement was to:
a) Reduce the role of the federal government
b) Strengthen the power of political machines
c) Improve the lives of urban workers and immigrants
d) Limit the rights of women and minorities
c) Improve the lives of urban workers and immigrants
The Manhattan Project was the top-secret program that led to the development of:
a) The atomic bomb
b) The hydrogen bomb
c) The intercontinental ballistic missile
d) The guided missile
a) The atomic bomb
The Watergate scandal, which led to the resignation of President Richard Nixon in 1974, involved:
a) The illegal break-in and wiretapping of the Democratic National Committee headquarters
b) The Irangate arms-for-hostages scandal
c) The Iran-Contra affair
d) Both a and c
a) The illegal break-in and wiretapping of the Democratic National Committee headquarters
President Harding and his friend who he appointed were known as...
The Ohio Gang
The Gospel of Wealth philosophy, promoted by industrialists like Andrew Carnegie, encouraged:
a) Philanthropy and charitable giving
b) Unregulated business practices
c) Collective bargaining for workers
d) Government intervention in the economy
a) Philanthropy and charitable giving
The 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution granted:
a) The right to vote for African Americans
b) The right to vote for women
c) Grants equal protection under the law for all citizens
d) Prohibition of alcohol
b) The right to vote for women
The Dust Bowl was a period of severe drought and soil erosion that devastated:
a) The Great Plains region
b) The Appalachian Mountains
c) The Pacific Northwest
d) The New England states
a) The Great Plains region
The Marshall Plan, introduced in 1947, was designed to:
a) Provide economic aid to rebuild Western Europe
b) Contain the spread of communism in Eastern Europe
c) Establish the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
d) Both a and b
a) Provide economic aid to rebuild Western Europe
Match the activist with their movement: Malcom X, Betty Friedan, Rachel Carson
Malcolm X = Civil Rights, Betty Friedan = feminist, Rachel Carson = environmental
What are three barriers to voting for African Americans that emerged during Reconstruction?
Poll Taxes, Literacy Tests, Grandfather Clause
Supreme Court Case during WWI that set the precedent that government can limit freedoms during war.
Schenck v. US
Name the two immigrants who were sentenced to death for a robbery in which they maintained innocence and claimed they were targeted because of their ethnicities and political beliefs.
Sacco and Vanzetti
Provide two examples of how America followed the policy of containment
Korean War, Vietnam War, Truman Doctrine, Marshall Plan, Berlin Airlift
Match the Muckraker with their issue: Upton Sinclair, Jacob Riis, and Ida Tarbell, Lewis Hine
Sinclair = Meatpacking, Riis = Tenements/Immigrants, Tarbell = Standard Oil/Monopolies, Hine = Child Labor
List at least two reasons why someone would be called a ROBBER BARON and two reasons why someone would be called a CAPTAIN OF INDUSTRY
ROBBER BARON: monopolistic business practices, poor treatment of workers
CAPTAIN OF INDUSTRY: philanthropic acts, creating jobs
During the age of imperialism, William Seward was made fun of temporarily for this purchase. What was Seward's Folly (mistake)?
Purchase of Alaska
What was the Great Migration and what were two causes of it?
Movement of African Americans to Northern cities - job opportunities and to escape discrimination
Provide two examples of how America followed the policy of detente...
US Ping Pong team visit to China
Nixon's visit to China
Nixon's visit to the Soviet Union
Signing of SALT
Match the 4 with their business: JP Morgan, Andrew Carnegie, Cornelius Vanderbilt, and John D. Rockefeller
JP Morgan = Banking | Carnegie = Steel | Vanderbilt = Railroads | Rockefeller = Oil
What was the first group of people that were barred from the United States and what was the law that did so?
Chinese Exclusion Act
Who sent the Zimmerman Telegram? What did the telegram say?
Germany --> Mexico
Germany promised to help Mexico regain land in Southwest United Sates if they joined the war as an ally of Germany.
Why were Japanese Americans sent to internment camps?
What was the Supreme Court case that upheld the constitutionality of internment?
Because after Pearl Harbor, there was a fear that Japanese Americans were spying for the Japanese government
Korematsu v. US
What was the cause of the Iranian Hostage Crisis?
How did President Carter respond?
Cause: Anger at US because of CIA backed coup in 1953 of democratically elected leader
Response: embargo on oil from Iran --> Oil Crisis in US
Match the Harlem Renaissance figure with their what they did: Langston Hughes, Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington
Langston Hughes = poetry, Louis Armstrong = jazz (trumpet), Duke Ellington = jazz (piano)