U.S. History EOC Review

People

100

This American inventor is known  for inventing the Light Bulb.

 Thomas Edison

200

He revolutionized the automobile industry by inventing the assembly line, leading to mass production and made the car more affordable for the average American.

Henry Ford

300

What was the significance of the Cuban Missile Crisis?

The world came close to nuclear war.

400

What New Deal constructed a several dams?

Tennessee Valley Authority TVA

500

What ideology favored self-governing over organized government?

Anarchism

Vocabulary

100

This means the right to vote

suffrage

200

When a country stays out of world affairs.

 isolationism

300

This is the period in which there was a heightened sense of fear of communism.

Red Scare

400

This term is often used to describe investigative journalists during the Progressive Era.

muckracker

500

This term describes the movement of African Americans from rural areas to the urban North.

Great Migration

Wars

100

Reasons for U.S. entry into this war include German unrestricted submarine warfare, sinking of the Lusitania, and the Zimmerman Telegram.

World War I

200

This war became increasingly unpopular in the United States following the Tet Offensive.

 Vietnam War.

300

What war ended with the United States gaining the territories of Guam and Puerto Rico.

What is the Spanish American War.

400

Giving into the demands of a potential enemy. 

Appeasement

500

Who was the supreme commander of the Allied forces in Europe during World War II

Dwight D. Eisenhower 

Policy/ Acts

100

This policy of isolation helped to ensure that America would not become entangled in foreign affairs again.

 Neutrality Act

200

This was the main policy during the Cold War

 Containment policy

300

This Act prohibited all immigration of Chinese.

Chinese Exclusion Act

400

This act gave people residing in a territory the right to decide whether or not to allow slavery (popular sovereignty)

Kansas-Nebraska Act

500

This was Theodore Roosevelt's foreign policy that involved peaceful negotiations while showing might.

Big Stick Diplomacy "Speak softly and carry a big stick"

Amendments

100

This reconstruction amendment provided African American men the right to vote

15th Amendment

200

This amendment prohibited the production and sale of alcohol

18th amendment

300

This amendment gave women the right to vote

What is the 19th Amendment

400

This Amendment abolished slavery.

 13th Amendment

500

This amendment allowed for the direct election of senators.

17th Amendment