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GILDED AGE
PROGRESSIVE ERA
ROARING TWENTIES
GREAT DEPRESSION
MISCELLANEOUS
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IN WHAT YEAR DID THE FOLLOWING TAKE PLACE? USS MAINE SINKS SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR BEGINS US ACQUIRES PUERTO RICO & GUAM * 1865 * 1898 * 1914 * 1929
1898
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WHY DID PRESIDENT THEODORE ROOSEVELT ESTABLISH 150 NATIONAL FORESTS, 51 FEDERAL BIRD RESERVATIONS, 4 NATIONAL GAME PRESERVES, 5 NATIONAL PARKS, 18 NATIONAL MONUMENTS, AND 24 RECLAMATION PROJECTS? * TO EXPAND THE POWERS OF THE FEDERAL AND STATE EXECUTIVE BRANCHES * TO CREATE POLITICAL ALLIES WITHIN BOTH PARTIES FOR THE UPCOMING ELECTION * TO MANAGE WILDLIFE & OTHER NATURAL RESOURCES & PRESERVE THEM FROM URBAN EXPANSION * TO PROVIDE FEDERAL MONEY TO STATES TO FUND GREEN SPACES IN URBAN AREAS
TO MANAGE WILDLIFE & OTHER NATURAL RESOURCES & PRESERVE THEM FROM URBAN EXPANSION
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THE PROSPERITY OF THE 1920s BROUGHT AN OVERCONFIDENCE IN THE ECONOMY -- WHAT WAS ONE RESULT OF THIS? * GOVERNMENT INCREASED REGULATION OF BUSINESS * AMERICANS PURCHASED GOODS ON CREDIT * FEWER AMERICANS INVESTED IN THE STOCK MARKET * INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION DECLINED DRASTICALLY
AMERICANS PURCHASED GOODS ON CREDIT
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WHICH NEW DEAL PROGRAM STILL AFFECTS LIVES OF AMERICANS? * CIVILIAN CONSERVATION CORPS * SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION * NATIONAL RECOVERY ADMINISTRATION * AGRICULTURAL ADJUSTMENT ACT
SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION
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"We will not submit to the prosperity that is obtained by lowering the wages of working men and charging an excessive price to consumers, not to that other kind of prosperity obtained by swindling investors or getting unfair advantages over business rivals." -President Theodore Roosevelt, 1912 THIS STATEMENT WAS MADE DURING WHAT HISTORICAL PERIOD? * PROGRESSIVE ERA * GILDED AGE * RECONSTRUCTION * GREAT DEPRESSION
PROGRESSIVE ERA
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WHAT WAS A RESULT OF THE HOMESTEAD ACT OF 1862? * THE GREAT PLAINS BECAME THE MOST POPULATED REGION OF THE UNITED STATES * THE GREAT PLAINS BECAME THE LOCATION OF THE COUNTRY'S LARGEST URBAN AREAS * THE GREAT PLAINS WAS PRESERVED THROUGH CONSERVATION MEASURES * THE GREAT PLAINS WAS DEVELOPED INTO A MAJOR AGRICULTURAL AREA
THE GREAT PLAINS WAS DEVELOPED INTO A MAJOR AGRICULTURAL AREA
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1. A PRIMARY GOAL OF TEDDY ROOSEVELT 2. HAY-PAUNCEFOTE TREATY AUTHORIZED CONSTRUCTION 3. SWAMPS DRAINED IN 10-MILE-WIDE STRIP LEASED TO THE USA 4. A SERIES OF LOCKS BUILT TO RAISE AND LOWER SHIPS THESE DESCRIBE WHICH CONSTRUCTION... * HOOVER DAM * GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE * PANAMA CANAL * TRANSCONTINENTAL RAILROAD
PANAMA CANAL
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HOW DID THE AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY HELP STIMULATE THE ECONOMY? * IT INCREASED DEMAND FOR RUBBER, STEEL, & GAS * IT STARTED THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION IN AMERICA * IT ENDED THE DEPENDENCE ON FOREIGN-MADE CARS * IT INCREASED EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR FEMALE ENGINEERS
IT INCREASED DEMAND FOR RUBBER, STEEL, & GAS
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WHICH NEW DEAL MEASURE HELPS PEOPLE TODAY FEEL THEIR MONEY IS SECURE IN THE BANK? * FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION (FDIC) * SECURITIES EXCHANGE COMMISSION (SEC) * NATIONAL BANKING ACT * WORKS PROGRESS ADMINISTRATION (WPA)
FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION (FDIC)
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HOW DID FOREIGN POLICY CHANGE AFTER ATTACKS ON SEPTEMBER 11, 2001? * ADMINISTRATION ANNOUNCED A PROGRAM TO REDUCE MILITARY BASES & PERSONNEL IN EUROPE * ADMINISTRATION AUTHORIZED PREEMPTIVE STRIKES AGAINST NATIONS SPONSORING TERRORISM * ADMINISTRATION IMMEDIATELY CUT OFF ALL AID TO AFGHANISTAN & PAKISTAN * ADMINISTRATION ABANDONED DIPLOMATIC EFFORTS TO NEGOTIATE PEACE BETWEEN ISRAEL & PALESTINE
ADMINISTRATION AUTHORIZED PREEMPTIVE STRIKES AGAINST NATIONS SPONSORING TERRORISM
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WHAT WAS THE PURPOSE OF THE OPEN DOOR POLICY IN 1899? * PROTECT US INTERESTS BY ESTABLISHING TRADING RIGHTS WITH CHINA * ESTABLISH TRADE EMBARGO WITH JAPAN UNTIL THEY WITHDRAW FROM KOREA * FORM A MILITARY ALLIANCE WITH COUNTRIES OPPOSED TO RUSSIAN EXPANSION * ENCOURAGE ASIAN NATIONS TO FORM AN ECONOMIC COALITION
PROTECT US INTERESTS BY ESTABLISHING TRADING RIGHTS WITH CHINA
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IN 1913, WOMEN MOST LIKELY MARCHED IN A PARADE FOR WHAT PURPOSE... * TO DEMONSTRATE THEIR RIGHT TO PROMOTE POLITICAL CHANGE * TO CAUSE A RIOT AGAINST PROTECTED SPEECH * TO ILLEGALLY CHALLENGE GOVERNMENT AUTHORITY * TO INCREASE AWARENESS OF THE IMMORALITY OF SLAVERY
TO DEMONSTRATE THEIR RIGHT TO PROMOTE POLITICAL CHANGE BONUS - WHAT WAS THE POLITICAL CHANGE THEY WANTED?
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+ GROWTH OF LARGE CORPORATIONS + INCREASED PARTICIPATION IN THE STOCK MARKET + MASS PRODUCTION TECHNIQUES IN MANUFACTURING THESE ARE ALL .. * CAUSES OF THE US PARTICIPATION IN WW1. * RESULTS OF THE COMPLETION OF THE PANAMA CANAL * CAUSES OF AN ECONOMIC BOOM * EFFECTS OF EARLY 20th CENTURY POLITICAL REFORMS
CAUSES OF AN ECONOMIC BOOM
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THE ECONOMIC DECLINE OF THE 1930s WAS ACCELERATED BY ... * RISING STOCK PRICES * LABOR DEMANDS * LOW TARIFFS * BANK FAILURES
BANK FAILURES
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PUT THESE TIME PERIODS IN PROPER ORDER: 1. COLD WAR 2. ROARING TWENTIES 3. GREAT DEPRESSION 4. GILDED AGE
4 - 2 - 3 - 1
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INDUSTRIALIZATION IN THE LATE 18OOs CONTRIBUTED TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF ORGANIZED LABOR BY ... * CREATING LOW-WAGE, LOW-SKILL JOBS THAT MADE EMPLOYEES EASY TO REPLACE * ALLOWING INDIVIDUALS TO ACCUMULATE HUGE FORTUNES * REDUCING THE DEMAND FOR HOURLY WAGE EARNERS * CONTRIBUTING TO THE GROWTH OF COLLEGE BUSINESS PROGRAMS
* CREATING LOW-WAGE, LOW-SKILL JOBS THAT MADE EMPLOYEES EASY TO REPLACE
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WHY WAS IT NECESSARY TO FUMIGATE FOR MOSQUITOES DURING THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE PANAMA CANAL? *TO DRIVE THE NATIVE POPULATION AWAY * TO PRESERVE THE CROPS IN ORDER TO FEED WORKERS * TO PREVENT THE SPREAD OF YELLOW FEVER * TO PROTECT THE NATURAL VEGETATION IN THE AREA
TO PREVENT THE SPREAD OF YELLOW FEVER
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WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING OCCURRED DURING THE ROARING TWENTIES? (may be more than one answer) 1. EUROPEAN IMMIGRATION INCREASED 2. RADIO BECAME POPULAR FORM OF ENTERTAINMENT 3. FIRST TALKING MOVIE RELEASED 4. CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS
2 AND 3
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WHAT EFFECT DID THE ECONOMIC HARDSHIPS HAVE ON VOTERS' ATTITUDES TOWARD THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT? * THEY LOOKED TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FOR SOLUTIONS * THEY SUPPORTED THE IDEA OF TERM LIMITS * THEY WERE UNINTERESTED BECAUSE ONLY THE FARMERS REALLY SUFFERED ECONOMICALLY * THEY THOUGHT THE STATES SHOULD FIX THE DAMAGED ECONOMIC INSTITUTIONS
THEY LOOKED TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FOR SOLUTIONS
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IN WHICH TIME PERIOD DID THE FOLLOWING ALL OCCUR? NAACP WAS FORMED PURE FOOD & DRUG ACT PASSED 19th AMENDMENT RATIFIED CLAYTON ANTITRUST ACT PASSED * THE PROGRESSIVE ERA * THE GILDED AGE * THE COLD WAR * RECONSTRUCTION
THE PROGRESSIVE ERA
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IN 1989, THE USS MAINE EXPLODED IN HAVANA HARBOR STARTING THE ... * MEXICAN-AMERICAN WAR * CIVIL WAR * SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR * RUSSO-JAPANESE WAR
SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR
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SEE MAP ...WHICH STATEMENT IS BEST SUPPORTED BY THE MAP? * CONSERVATIONISM WAS A MAJOR CONCERN FOR PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT * PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT PARTICIPATED IN BIG GAME HUNTING * PRESERVATION OF LAND FOR NATIVE AMERICANS WAS A PRIORITY FOR PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT * PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT SUPPORTED THE RECLAMATION OF LAND FOR AGRICULTURAL USE
CONSERVATIONISM WAS A MAJOR CONCERN FOR PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT
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THE END OF THE ROARING TWENTIES (1914-1919) SAW WHAT OCCUR? * THE POPULIST MOVEMENT * THE KOREAN WAR * WORLD WAR 1 * WORLD WAR 2
WORLD WAR 1
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IN 1929, OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES SAID "[We must protect] not free thought for those who agree with us, but freedom for the thought we hate." WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING WAS HE SUPPORTING? * DEVELOPMENT OF NEW IDEAS * ENDORSING POPULAR OPINIONS * TOLERATING UNPOPULAR VIEWS * SILENCING VOCAL DISASTERS
TOLERATING UNPOPULAR VIEWS
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1929 IS SIGNIFICANT BECAUSE IT MARKS THE START OF... * WORLD WAR 1 * THE GREAT DEPRESSION * THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION * THE PROGRESSIVE ERA
THE GREAT DEPRESSION