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Final Review
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1. Yellow Journalism>exaggerated/sensationalized news stories (U.S.S. Maine Was Attacked By Spain!)
2. What lands did the United States want to take over during/after the Spanish American
War?
>Cuba, Puerto Rico, the Philippines, and Guam
3. Reasons for Imperialism
a. New markets
b. Spreading our culture
c. Christianize
d. Military Bases
e. Raw materials
4. How did the Filipinos react to the American presence after the Spanish American War?
>They resisted and rebelled
5. What doctrine did the Roosevelt Corollary add to?
>Monroe Doctrine
6. The destruction of the USS Maine energized Americans to do what?
>Start the Spanish American War
7. Identify the two different regions of the world in which the Spanish
American War was fought.
>The Philippines (Pacific Ocean) and Cuba (Atlantic Ocean)
8. How did the United States become a world power after the Spanish
American War?
>We acquired territory and other countries were taking notice
9. What was President Roosevelt’s style of diplomacy called?
>Big Stick Diplomacy
10. What were the different types of diplomacy used in Central America?
>Dollar, Moral, and Big Stick Diplomacy
11. Why could the construction of the Panama Canal be considered part of
imperialism?
>U.S. could have economic influence in Latin America
12. What type of diplomacy did Woodrow Wilson support?
>Moral Diplomacy
13. Document Based Questions (DBQ)- you will be given a document to
analyze and will find the answer there.
14. Why did the Ku Klux Klan focus the majority of its efforts on the hatred of
African Americans?
>African Americans were an easy target at this time (couldn’t fight back)
15. Why did the workforce drop when the United States entered WWI?
>The workers joined the military
16. DBQ
17. Why did women gain the right to vote after WWI?
>They contributed during WWI
18. In the 1920s, people had access to new products and easy
credit; so what happened as a result?
>there was an increase in consumerism
19. DBQ
20. Isolationism>America didn’t want to get involved in foreign wars
21. What were some effects of the Harlem Renaissance?
>Increased recognition of African-American writers and musicians
22. What are the 3 reasons African Americans moved to the North? (The
Great Migration)
>Escape Jim Crow Laws, avoid lynching (being killed), better job
opportunities
23. DBQ
24. Which of the Fourteen Points introduced the idea of the League of
Nations?
>14
25. What was the purpose behind the introduction of the Fourteen Points?
>To promote free and open trade, while maintaining world peace
26. What was the ruling of the Schenck v. United States Supreme Court
Decision?
>There are limits to free speech (can’t yell fire in a theatre)
27. What were some of the leisure time activities that Americans
participated in during the 1920s?
>Radio, movies, dancing, driving in their car
28. Which form of entertainment helped to create a nation-wide mass
culture in the 1920s?
>radio
29. DBQ
30. What Amendment gave women the right to vote?
>19th
31. Why did some American workers begin to support increased government
control over the economy during the early 1900s?
>Working-class people felt like capitalism placed unfair burdens on them
32. The booming economy of the 1920s was, in part, supported by Americans’
new attitude towards buying on credit. How had America’s attitude towards
credit changed from the past?
>They accepted it, thinking they could pay their debt over time
33. What year during the Great Depression did the greatest number of banks
fail?
>1933
34. DBQ
35. What is “Black Tuesday”?
>The day the stock market collapsed
36. What were two causes of the Stock Market Crash of 1929?
>Speculative buying and loss of confidence in the economy
37. Where did most farmers migrate to during the Dust Bowl?
>Western cities
38. What was a Hooverville?
>Shanty town full of homeless people
39. How did the unequal distribution of the nation’s wealth lead to the Great
Depression?
>People weren’t spending enough money to keep the economy booming
40. Why were banks one of the first institutions to feel the effects of the
Stock Market Crash?
>Frightened investors began withdrawing their money from the banks
41. DBQ
42. What was the effect of New Deal legislation on government
participation in the economy?
>Increased government participation
43. What political idea did Huey Long try to support?
>socialism
44. What was the main purpose of the Reconstruction Finance
Corporation?
>Provide government aid to struggling banks and businesses
45. What were the three goals of Roosevelt’s New Deal?
>Relief, recovery, and reform
46. What was the purpose of the Civilian Conservation Corps?
>To employ young men
47. Which program provided income to older Americans and unemployment
insurance to those that lost their jobs?
>Social Security
48. What was one effect of the Rural Electrification Act?
>Increased the number of rural homes with electricity
49. What had President Hoover done that directly led to the Bonus Army
March in 1932?
>Vetoed(blocked) a bill that allowed for early payment of bonuses to out-ofwork WWI Veterans
50. DBQ
51. What was the name of the artistic and cultural
movement among African Americans during the
1920s?
>The Harlem Renaissance
52. How did Marcus Garvey encourage African
American pride?
>Said U.S. was a place of exploitation for blacks,
called for universal brotherhood among blacks, called
for separation of races