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19th Amendment

Women's suffrage amendment

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17th Amendment

Direct election of senators

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18th Amendment

Prohibition amendment

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Edgar Hoover was an agent in the Bureau of investigation and

  1. Ignored people's civil rights

  2. invaded homes and businesses

  3. Jailed suspects without legal counsel

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Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti were two Italian immigrants who were

Victims of prejudice

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Many Americans believed that immigrants were

Communist trying to undermine the government

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Most labor disputes were over

Pay raises

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Massachusetts governor, Calvin Coolidge, called the national guard to end the

Boston police strike

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General Attorney A. Mitchell Palmer got a court order to force workers to go back to work during the

Coal miner strike

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One reason that union membership slowed was

  1. They were viewed as being communist

  2. Immigrants were willing to work in poor conditions and for little money

  3. Did not allow African Americans to join

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Immigration restrictions in 1924 applied to

Europeans

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The _____ used anti-communism as an excuse to harass anyone they felt was inferior

Ku Klux Klan

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Ended the prohibition of alcohol

21st amendment

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Money loaned to Germany by the U.S. to pay Great Britain and France who would then pay the US: we were (the US) just paying ourselves back

Dawes plan

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Football coach teaching evolution

John T. Scopes

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When this strike ended, workers were NOT allowed to go back to work, they were replaced

Boston police strike

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Outlawed the manufacture, sale, and transportation of alcoholic beverages

18th Amendment

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Albert Fall had oil rich land transferred to the interior department and received kickbacks; he went to jail for bribery

Tea Pot Dome scandal

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After this strike, working conditions did not change until a report was published and people were shocked

Steel mill strike

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Started the theory of evolution

Charles Darwin

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The US president who was known for lacking good judgement

Warren G. Harding

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Law preventing the teaching of evolution in Tennessee

Butler law

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These workers received a 27% pay increase after their strike

Coal miner strike

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Places where people went to drink alcohol

Speakeasies

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16th Amendment

National income tax amendment

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Jane Adams

Founder of Hull House which provided services to its community

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Florence Kelly

Advocate for women and fought to end child labor

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One of the founders of National Women's Suffrage Association

Elizabeth Candy Stanton

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Carry Nation

Marched into saloons to destroy bottles of booze and legs of beer

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Temperance

Abstinence from alcoholic drink

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Prohibition

Ban of the production, transportation, and sale of alcohol

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Which belief was held by most Progressives?

The government should be more accountable for its citizens

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Who published the book about the urban poor in New York City called, How the Other Half Lives?

Jacob Riis

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Progressive authors who exposed political and corporate corruption with investigative reporting were called

Muckrakers

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Election is which voters cast ballots to select nominees for upcoming elections is called

Direct primary

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Citizens can propose new laws through the _____ process

initiative

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Voters can remove public officials from office before the next election through the ____ procedure.

recall

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What action did President Roosevelt take in the Inited Mine Workers' strike in 1902?

Insisted that labor and management submit the dispute to arbitration

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Roosevelt led the effort to reform the meatpacking industry after reading

The Jungle

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The law that required truthful labels was the

Pure Food and Drug Act

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President Roosevelt's progressive record included all the following except

establishment of the Federal Reserve System

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The Allied Invasion of ________ was given the code name D-Day.

Nazi-occupied Europe

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The Battle of the Bulge was significant because it marked the

last German offensive

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V-E Day, or May 8, 1945, was the day when ___.

Germany surrendered

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What was the Manhattan Project?

the plan to develop the atomic bomb

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When forced to abandon the Philippines, ___ made the vow, "I shall return."

Douglas MacArthur

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Truman's main reason in deciding to drop the atomic bomb was to

end the war and save American lives

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Where did the United States drop the atomic bomb?

Hiroshima and Nagasaki

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With respect to finding better jobs, the war years marked a period of ___ for African Americans.

stagnation

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Roosevelt's decision to remove people of Japanese ancestry to internment camps was a response to

strong anti-Japanese sentiment

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Which of the following leaders did not attend the Yalta Conference?

-Joseph Stalin

-Winston Churchill

-Harry S. Truman

-Franklin D. Roosevelt

Harry S. Truman

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52

Hitler signed a Nonaggression Pact with

Soviet Union

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The federal government initiated the bracero program during World War II in an effort to

address the urgent need for agricultural laborers

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54

The meeting at Yalta and Potsdam were focused upon

postwar issues

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Which group of people suffered 6 million deaths during the Holocaust?

Jews

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He was the dictator of the Soviet Union during WWII

Stalin

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Italy invaded this country in 1935 in an attempt at becoming an imperialist world power.

Ethiopia

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This banned discrimination in defense industries and Government.

Executive Order 8802

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What ruled that discrimination against Japanese Americans was constitutionally legal by forcing them into internment camps?

Korematsu v. US

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What country's attack is considered the beginning of World War II?

Germany's attack on Poland

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US strategy in the Pacific which slowly took territory, suffering huge casualties.

island hopping

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What is a global confrontation between the Soviet Union and the US where there is an avoidance of direct war, but battles fought through smaller countries?

Cold War

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Which of the following was NOT a goal of the United Nations?-to settle problems peacefully-to form strong allies in Western Europe-to promote justice-to solve international problems

to form strong allies in western Europe

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Border nations between the U.S.S.R. and the west that served as a buffer zone against attacks were called

Satellite Nations

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Although Mao Zedong won the hearts of the Chinese peasants, he failed to win American support because he

was a Communist

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The main goal of the ___ was to stop the spread of communism.

Truman Doctrine

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The Soviet Union set up the _______ in response to efforts from the West to reunify Germany.

Berlin blockade

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The Berlin airlift was President Truman's response to the ________.

Soviet blockade of West Berlin

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The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) was based on the principle of

collective security

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The ________ were defeated in the civil war in China despite 2 billion dollars in aid sent to them from the United States.

Nationalists

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_______ was the leader of the Communists in China

Mao Zedong

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_______ is best known for investigating communism in the film industry.

HUAC

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The 38th parallel became an important dividing line between

North and South Korea

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Of the following participants in the Korean War, which fought on the side of the Communists

-China

-South Korea

-the United States

-the United Nations

China

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General Douglas MacArthur argued that the Korean War

Should be extended into a war against China

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The Hollywood Ten was ordered to prison because they were convicted of

being Communists

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The _____ appeared to be winning the Korean War until China actively entered the conflict

South Koreans

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To label someone's activities as ___ would be to suggest that the person is making unsupported accusations.

McCarthyism

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When the Soviet Union exploded an atomic bomb, the United States responded by intensifying efforts to develop

a hydrogen bomb

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The first satellite launched into space was

Sputnik

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Following World War II, the United States instituted an aid program to help rebuild western Europe's economy known as

The Marshall Plan

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The Soviet Union's goal during the Cold War was to

Spread Communism

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Which of the following was NOT a member of NATO?

-Britain

-France

-US

-Soviet Union

Soviet Union

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The alliance between the Soviet Union and its allies during the Cold War was called

Warsaw Pact

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After World War II, Germany was split in four by the US, Great Britain, France, and

Soviet Union

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Julius Rosenberg and his wife Ethel were convicted of

containing Communism

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Which was a major contributor to Woodrow Wilson's winning the presidency in 1912?

Roosevelt's splitting the Republican vote

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As a measure to prevent bank failures, President Wilson helped create the

Federal Reserve System

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One goal of the Federal Reserve Act was to

regulate interest rates

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Who gained most from the ratification of the 17th Amendment?

ordinary citizens

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Which of the following best states the primary goal of Prohibitionist?

to eliminate the use of alcohol in society

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Theodore Roosevelt's conservation program included

national parks

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The major reason for American opposition to the League of Nations was:

Fear of being required to get involved in future European wars.

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Which of the following was the biggest factor in the United States' decision to enter World War 1?

Germany's unrestricted submarine warfare

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The spark that started World War 1 was:

1. The sinking of the Lusitania

2. The death of the King of France

3. Germany invaded neutral Belgium

4. None of the above

None of the above is true

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This was a request by the Imperial government of Germany to the government of Mexico in which Germany requested that Mexico attack the U.S. of America declared war on Germany

Zimmermann Note

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The British ship ________ was sunk off the coast of Ireland by the German navy and 128 Americans died in the attack

Lusitana

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The type of welfare that was used during World War 1 was known as:_______

Trench Warfare

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The treaty drawn up after World War 1 that punished Germany severely

Treaty of Versailles

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German Submarines aimed to attack ships carrying: ______

Weapons to the Allies

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