APUSH - Princeton Review Quiz, 1890-1945

The ________________ achieved greater success than the Populists because they were primarily urban middle-class reformers.

Journalists who aided the reform movements by exposing corporate greed and misconduct using sensationalized articles were nicknamed ____________________.

W.E.B Du Bois headed an early civil rights organization that was established during this period to confront racial injustice. It was called ___________________________________(__________)

_______________ faced wide opposition for promoting the use of contraceptives.

The female journalist, ________________, wrote articles about the “mother of all trusts”, Standard Oil.

The Wisconsin Governor, __________________, led the way in state reform. His program was called the “Wisconsin Idea”.

Using ______________ voters could directly propose new laws, getting around the power of the legislature.

The European allies wanted a peace settlement that punished Germany. The final agreement did not include the ideas of “peace without victory” of Wilson’s plan. Instead the _________________ included harsh treatment of Germany and high war payments.

The _________ gave voters the power to remove officials from office.

The most powerful progressive president was ______________ who became president after William McKinley was assassinated by an anarchist.

Roosevelt broke up a powerful railroad trust using the _____________________ a law that had been rarely enforced before this time.

In response to the novel ______________ by Upton Sinclair, the federal government passed the Meatpacking Act/

William Howard Taft, won the presidential election in 1908 and spearheaded the drive to pass two constitutional amendments; the ___________ which created a national income tax and the 17th amendment which required the direct election of __________.

Taft’s foreign policy which focused on securing favorable trade relations in Latin America and East Asia was called “_____________”

A split in the Republican Party led to Theodore Roosevelt running as the nominee of the “Bull Moose Party” in 1912. This resulted in the election of ______________ the first Democratic President in many terms.

Roosevelt’s foreign policy was referred to as “New Nationalism” focusing on American imperialism and aggressive foreign policy. Wilson’s foreign policy was called ___________ focusing on greater government involvement in regulating business and lowering tariffs.

The Roosevelt Administration strong armed Cuba into accepting the ___________________, which forbid Cuba from making treaties with foreign powers and made Cuba a protectorate of the United States.

Roosevelt spearheaded the building of a ____________ in Panama by encouraging a rebellion by the Panamanians against the country of Columbia.

Roosevelt’s assertion that the United States had the right to intervene in Latin America in order to protect American interests is called the ________________ to the Monroe Doctrine or the Big Stick Policy.

When World War I broke out in Europe, Woodrow Wilson immediately declared the U.S. policy of ____________. American will treat all belligerents fairly and with our favoritism.

When Great Britain place a blockade on German ports, the Germans responded with a new type of vessel, _____________, or U-boat. They attacked without warning in violation of international law.

Because they believed that passenger ships were carrying war supplies, the Germans sank _______________, a ship with a small number of Americans on board. This led to a crisis between the United States and Germany.

In 1916, Woodrow Wilson ran for reelection with the slogan “________________”.

In 1916 American policy towards the war changed to one of “_______________” which began to increase the supply and size of the armed forces.

In 1917, the British intercepted a telegram from the German Foreign minister to Mexico in an attempt to get Mexico to attack the United States, this was called the _______________.

The US Government mobilized for war by creating agencies and commissions to control industry and labor. The main agency was the ________________________ __(____)

The government curtailed civil liberties during the war. The two laws that limited the rights of Americans were the _______________ and ____________________.

A draft was established for the war based on a lottery. It was instituted under the legislation passed in 1917 called the _______________________________.

The Supreme Court upheld the restriction on civil liberties in the case _________________ that established the standard of a “clear and present danger”.

The ______________ in 1917 increased American paranoia about communism and gave Wilson another reason to agree to enter the war.

The ___________ were a series of organized raids on suspected radical groups that ignored civil liberties and resulted in a large number of deportation of immigrants.

The ____________________________ (CPI) was a propaganda agency during WWI that created sensationalized matter that was designed to spur American hatred of the Germans and support for the war effort.

During WWI and leading into WWII, many African Americans in the South moved from the South to Northern urban areas to take advantage of wartime manufacturing. This movement was called the __________________.

After the United States entered the war, the Allies were victorious and Germany and its allies surrendered on 11/11/1918. Woodrow Wilson traveled to the Peace Conference with his plan for world peace called _______________.

The Senate of the United Staes failed to _____________ the peace treaty.

The Senate primarily objected to the creation of ____________________, an international organization to avoid future conflict. The primary opponent to this treaty was a Republican rival of Wilson, Henry Cabot Lodge.

In the 1920s, three Republican presidents all pursued _________________ policies and surrounded themselves with likeminded advisors.

William Harding had corrupt advisors who participated in scandals such as the __________________ over brides to the secretary of the interior for oil leases.

A temporary decline in labor union popularity was connected to efforts of businesses to woo workers with greater benefits and wages. This called ________________________.

The popularity of the automobile led workers to move farther from city centers to the _______________.

A new __________________ industry grew up around consumer culture to hype the new products and encourage purchases.

In the largest Black neighborhood in New York City, cultural clubs, newspapers, and theaters sprang up leading to the _______________________.

Among the great African American poets of the time were ________________________________, Countee Cullen, and Zora Neale Hurston.

The ______________________ had a resurgence during this period, attacking African Americans but also other groups that it felt deviated from its ideas of America.

Two Italian immigrants, __________________________, were accused of murder. Their trial spotlighted what some saw as immigrant bias in the legal system.

Clarence Darrow and William Jennings Bryan argued over evolution in the _______________________ Trial.

___________________________ the outlawing of alcohol was implemented by the passing of the 18th amendment.

In October of 1929, the prices of stock declined rapidly, wiping out large amounts of wealth in the _______________________.

Herbert Hoover, failed to understand the magnitude of the Great Depression. The homeless camps that arose because of the loss of jobs and houses were named ________________________.

A severe drought in the Midwest turned the area into a giant __________________. This led to the migration of a large number of people west.

Hoover tried to help American manufacturers by imposing the __________________________ on imports, but the retaliation by other countries made the economy worse.

Angry army veterans marched on Washington to lobby for early bonus payments. They called themselves the ___________________ and were forcibly removed from the capital by Douglas MacArthur.

In 1932, Herbert Hoover lost his bid for reelection to Democrat ________________________________. The main issue of the election was the depression.

FDR’s program to end the depression was called the __________________________.

Roosevelt’s economic response of the government spending to reverse and economic downturn was based on the work by economist ______________________________.

The ___________________________ put poorly managed banks under the control of the Treasury department and gave licenses to the solvent ones in order to regain public trust in the banking system.

The ____________________________ regulated the stock market to prevent speculation and another market crash.

Roosevelt received opposition from the Supreme Court over some of his legislation and in an attempt to weaken their power he proposed a __________________________________________ bill that would add six new judges. It was rejected by Congress.

In 1928, 62 nations signed the ________________________ which condemned war as a type of foreign policy.

In 1941, Roosevelt forced the ________________________ through Congress which permitted the US to lend armaments to England without payments.

Roosevelt and Winston Churchill met at the ___________________________________ declaring the Allies war aims and securing closer ties.

On December 7th, 1941, the Japanese attacked ___________________ and brought the United States into WWII.

The _____________________ is the alliance between Japan, Italy, and Germany in WWII.

In 1943, the United States, Great Britain, and their allies launched a massive invasion of continental Europe called ________________.

After a steady stream of hard-fought victories in the Pacific, the United States island-hopped its way toward the Japanese home islands. On August 5, 1945, President Truman ordered the dropping of the ___________________ on the city of _________________. After a second bomb was dropped, Japan surrendered.

In a blow to civil liberties, the United States created _____________________________ to house Japanese-Americans during the war.

In February 1945, the Allied leaders met at __________________ to redraw the world map for after the war.

The Soviet Union broke its agreement and instead took control of Eastern Europe created the __________________.

An assembly of nations was created after the war which included the United States. This is called the _______________________.

The result of the bombing of Japan was its _______________________________ in 1945.