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Midterm for AS2
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History
11th Grade
01/12/2012

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Term
During the progressive era, who published books and articles in order to expose the problems of society?
Definition
Upton Sinclair; Frank Norris; Ida Tarbell
Term
During which time periods did the president have his powers expanded?
Definition
Progressive era and WW1
Term
What was President Wilsons opinion as to how to best serve the Progressive movement?
Definition
Stay out of war; continue the peace
Term
What Act was responsible for controlling the Nation's money supply?
Definition
The Federal Reserve Act of 1913
Term
Conservatism was a long time tradition in America and was challenged by what time period?
Definition
Progressive
Term
What two groups of people were benefited fro economic opportunities in the 1920's.
Definition
women and minorities
Term
How did the US benefit by being bordered by the Atlantic Ocean?
Definition
It allowed the Americans to protect the US from attack during WW1
Term
What types of events usually increase the power of the federal government and take away civil liberties?
Definition
Wars, crisis, and scares
Term
What court ruling determined that constitutional rights are not absolute?
Definition
Schenck v. United States 1919
Term
How did President Wilson try to set goals for peace following WW1?
Definition
14 points
Term
What was the reason that many senators did not support The League of Nations?
Definition
Senators were concerned that membership in this league would involve the US in future foreign conflicts.
Term
What did the Treaty of Versailles require Germany to do?
Definition
Take responsibility for the war and pay war reparations.
Term
Following WW1, what event demonstrated the US intention to return to a policy of isolationism?
Definition
The US Senate refused to approve the Treaty of Versailles.
Term
"return to normalcy" refers to what US policy?
Definition
Isolationism
Term
What event led to the reduction of cost of the automobile?
Definition
The invention of the assembly line.
Term
What trial illustrated the basic conflict between Protestant fundamentalism and science?
Definition
The Scopes Trial.
Term
The following individuals are associated with the creative arts and The Harlem Renaissance?
Definition
Langston Hughes and Duke Ellington
Term
The immigration laws that were passed in the 1902's were developed primarily to limit immigration from what countries?
Definition
Southern and Eastern Europe.
Term
What concept was demonstrated by the conviction of Sacco and Vanzetti .
Definition
The increase of nativist attitudes
Term
The following characteristics referred to what policy? Stimulate economic growth; risky banking bad business practices; more liberty to the consumer and producer; increase employment and consumer
Definition
Laissez-Faire policies
Term
In the 1920's what happened as a result of over priced agricultural goods?
Definition
The US farmers did not benefit from the economic prosperity of the 1920's.
Term
Unequal distribution of wealth in the US caused ….
Definition
The Great Depression
Term
What event led to the START of the great depression?
Definition
The Stock Market Crash (1929)
Term
What even caused the lack of farming profits and productivity and migration?
Definition
The Dust Bowl.
Term
In what area of the US did the Dust Bowl occur?
Definition
The Great Plains
Term
Define Works Progress Administration
Definition
A program developed to employ out of work people to build large scale public projects.
Term
What is most notable about the 1932 election?
Definition
It was a pivotal turning point for national politics.
Term
What were two ways the New Deal programs tried to stimulate the economy?
Definition
By Creating public works jobs and funding public works relief programs
Term
How did the New Deal programs affect the strength of the Federal Government?
Definition
The Federal government became stronger
Term
Which of the New Deal programs was related to socialism?
Definition
The Tennessee Valley Authority
Term
What act protected works and allowed them to form unions and bargain collectively?
Definition
The National Labor Relations Act of 1935 (Wagner Act)
Term
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation was created by what Act?
Definition
The Glass Steagall Act
Term
Why were legislators upset by President Roosevelt's proposal to increase the number of Justices to the Supreme Court?
Definition
There was a concern that increasing the number of Justices would threaten the system of checks and balances
Term
What is demonstrated by the passing the Neutrality Acts in the 1930's?
Definition
The US foreign Policy of being neutral
Term
What election led to the establishment of presidential term limits?
Definition
Roosevelt's election of 1940
Term
How did Great Britain and France demonstrate a policy of appeasement prior to WW2?
Definition
When they allowed Germany to expand it's territories
Term
Define Lend-Lease
Definition
When the US supplied war materials to allies prior to the US entry into the war
Term
What major events led to US entry to WW2?
Definition
The neutrality Acts; Lend-Lease Act; Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor; United States declaration of war on Japan
Term
The idea that civil liberties could be limited during was came from what 2 cases?
Definition
Schenck v. US and Korematsu v. US
Term
What phrase best describes the US relationship with the Soviet Union during WW2?
Definition
"The enemy of my enemy is my friend"
Term
Which wartime decision was most controversial in terms of ending the war?
Definition
The decision that the surrender must be UNCONDITIONAL
Term
What was the purpose of the Yalta Conference?
Definition
To settle the wartime issues of the Allied Powers
Term
Which two battles were vital in the decision to launch an atomic strike against Hiroshima and Nagasaki>
Definition
Okinawa and Iwo Jima
Term
Why did many women give up their factory jobs after WW2 ended?
Definition
They were forced to give up their jobs to returning war veterans.
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