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Chapters 19-22 &24 Semester 2 History Final Review

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How did war between Austria-Hungaty and Serbia turn into a war that involved all of Europe?
Alliances were activated, drawing other countries into the war
What is the name of the policy that kept the U.S. out of the war for three years?
neutrality
What was the most compelling reason for the U.S. to enter the war?
The outrage of American citizens over German submarine warfare
Why did the Zimmerman note alarm the U.S. government?
In the Zimmerman note, Germany asked Mexico to fight against the U.S.
How did the U.S. raise an army for the war?
Congress passed the Selective Service Act
The convoy System, was a strategy too?
Use warships to escort groups of merchant ships across the Atlantic
What did Russia's withdrawl from WWI mean for the Allies?
Germany no longer had to fight the Allies in two fronts
What was the battle that U.S. troops helped the Allies win, which become the turning point is?
The Second Battle of the Marne
Which was a way the Federal Government controlled the U.S. economy during WWI?
It limited people's ability to buy and use certain items
How did the National War Labor Board aid the war effort?
It settled disputes between workers and employees to ensure that war production did not stop
Why did the Espionage and Sedation Acts affect freedom of speech
It forced the government to silence ideas that challenged its authority
What were the 14 points?
President Wilson's goals for the peace treaty to end WWI
What did the Treaty of Versailles overlook the importance of?
including powerful nations like the United States in international peace-keeping organizations
What reason did senators give for the opposing U.S. membership in the League of Nations?
It wold drag the U.S. into European conflicts
Which was a way that the U.S. was transformed by WWI?
The U.S. emerged from the war as one of the world's greatest industrial powers
What was one reason thatanti-immigrant attitudes grew in the U.S. after World War I?
Many people believed that immigrants were taking jobs away from Americans
What were the Palmer Raids?
The roundup and arrest of suspended communists in the U.S.
Why was the Kellogg-Briand Pact considered ineffective?
It provided no means of enforcing the "NO WAR" agreement
What was the Fordney-McCumber Tariff meant to do?
To help Britain and France pay off their war debts
What was one effect of the Teapot Scandal?
When he assumed the presidency, Coolidge had to work to restore people's faith in government when he assumed the presidency
What was the main cause of the Urban Sprawl in the U.S. in the 1920's?
The growing popularity of the automobile
How was Henry Ford able to build cars that people could afford?
He built cars faster by using an assembly line
What factor contributed to the economic prosperity of the U.S. in he 1920's?
Businesses produced more goods at a lower cost
Which was one sign that the prosperity in the U.S. in the 1920's was superficial?
Consumers bought goods on credit
Which was the largest of the growing big cities in the 1920's?
New York City
To obtain liquor illegslly, drinkers went underground to hidden nightclubs known as:
speakeasies
What caused a rise in organized crime in the 1920's?
Prohibition
What did Fundamentalists believe?
The Bible should be taken literally
John T. Scopes challenge a Tennessee law that forbade the teaching of:
evolution
What was an emancipated young woman who embraced new fashions and urban attitudes of the 1920's called?
A flapper
What does a "Double Standard" refer to:
Stricter social and moral standards for women than for men in the 1920's
What did women in the workplace, in the 1920's found that:
They could find work as teachers, nurses, and clerical workers
What did women in the home, in the 1920's found that:
They experienced greater equality in marriage
The behavior of adolescents resisting parental controls was similar to:
Flappers resisting societal control
Charles Lindbergh was a famous:
pilot
What had doubled movie attendance by 1930?
sound
F. Scott Fitzgerald described the 1920's as the:
Jazz age
What marked the works of many famous writers of the 1930's?
Critical views of American culture
The "Great Migration" of 1910-1920 refers to the movement of:
African Americans from the south to northern cities
Who fought for legislation to protect African-American rights under the leadership of the NAACP?
James Weldon Johnson
The Harlem Renaissance refers to:
A celebration of African American culture in literature and art
Jazz music was born in New Orleans and was spread to the North by such musicians as:
Louis Armstrong
He became the highest paid black artist in the world in 1927
Bessie Smith
What increased in the 1920's?
Farmer's debts
When consumers agree to buy now and pay later for purchases, often on an installment plan that includes intrest charges it is called:
Buying on credit
What does buying a stock on margin mean?
Borrowing money to help pay for the stock
The time period from 1924 to 1940 in which the economy plummented and unemployment skyrocketed is called
The Great Depression
What did the Hawley-Smoot Tariff Act lead to?
A dramatic drop in world trade
Where could people get free or low-cost food during the Great Depression?
Soup kitchens
What casued the Dust Bowl?
Overproduction of crops
Herbert Hoover's approach to the Depression economy was based on what belief?
Voluntary cooperation
What Herbert Hoover approved project allowed California's agricultural ecoomy to grow?
The Boulder Dam
The aim of the Federal Home Loan Bank Act was to:
Prevent farmers and homeowners from losing their property
Who made up the Bonus Army that marched on Washington?
WWI veterans and their families
Which describes Stalin's leadership of the Soviet Union?
He started to form a model communist state but in his drive to purge all threats he became ruthless totalitarian dictator
Which describes Benito Mussolini's leadership of Italy?
He was a fascist leader who stressed nationalism and placed the intrests of the state above those of the individual
Which best describes Adolf Hitler's leadership of Germany?
His government was based on extreme nationalism, racial purity, and the need dor territorial expansion
Why did Japanese militarists invade Manchuria in 1913?
To acquire a large territory rich in natural resources
In the 1930s, growing isolationism in America led to what?
led to congress to pass a seris of Neutrality Acts
What were the first two countries that Hitler "annexed" into the Third Reich?
Austria and Czechoslovakia
Why did Neville Chamberlain sign the Munich Agreement after Hitler annexed the Sudetenland?
France wanted to avoid war and believd it would be Hitler's last territorial demand
What is the meaning of Blitzkrieg?
A suprise attack using advanced military technology to crush all oposition with overwhelming force
What happened to Charles de Gaulle after the fall of France?
He fled to England and set up a government in exile
How was Britan able to hold off German forces in the Battle of Britain?
They used submarines to destroy German ships
What happened during Kristallacht?
Nazi storm stroopers attacked Jewish homes, buisnesses, and synagogues, across Germany and Austria
Why didn't the U.S. want to accept Jewish refugees?
Americans thought the refugees would take U.S. citizens jobs and threaten the economic recovery.
What was the goal of Hitler's "Final Solution"?
It was the genocide of people the nazis considered inferior
What were the Nuremburg Laws?
They were German Laws that stripped Jews of their citizenship, jobs, and poverty
What was te final stage of the Final Solution of Hitler's plan?
Mass exterminations of Jews and other groups that were not part of the "master race"
What was the purpose of the Tripartite pact?
It was a mutual defense treaty signed by Germany, Italy, and Japan to keep the United States out of the war
What was the purpose of the Lend-Lease Plan?
It allowed Roosevelt to get arms and supplies to countries whose defense was vital to the U.S.
What was the Atlantic Charter?
It was a joint decleration of war aims between Britain and the U.S.
What event prompted the U.S. to declare war on Japan?
The bombing of Pearl Harbor
Who was the Prime Minister of Japan throughout most of World War II?
Hideki Tojo
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