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US History Exam
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Social Studies
10th Grade
05/20/2014

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Term
which of the following was not an underlying cause for ww1?
Definition
a)aggressive nationalism
b)Imperialism
C)communism
d)rival alliance systems
Term
all of the following are reasons why this war was different except ?
Definition
a)15 million people died
b)total cost was over 350 billion
c)involved people from 51 countries and 6 continents
d)80% of deaths were caused by diseases and starvation
Term
Triple entente when ww1 started?
Definition
Britain France and Russia
Term
Great Powers
Definition
Germany, Austria-HUngary and Italy
Term
Schlieffen Plan?
Definition
the defeat of france and then russia
Term
canon that could fire 1,800lb shell as far as 9 miles?
Definition
big bertha
Term
New tech introduced in ww1
Definition
gases, tanks, subs, flamethrowers
Term
what were the reasons for the us entering ww1?
Definition
-sinking of lusitania
-exposure of the zimmerann note
-sinking of unarmed us ships
Term
Versailles Peace conference?
Definition
woodrow wilson, premier georges clemenceau, prime minister david lloyd george
Term
Fourteen Points?
Definition
-remove the causes of war
-establish fair territorial boundaries
-to establish a League of Nations that would encourage world peace
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convoy
Definition
group of ships traveling for mutual protection
Term
contraband
Definition
illegal shit that can be seized by a warring nation
Term
atrocities
Definition
bad things done to good peeps
Term
murdered franz ferdinand
Definition
gavril princips
Term
reperation
Definition
compensation paid by defeated country for damage done in war
Term
Ho Chi Minh
Definition
popular leader of french colony that lacked a constitutional government
Term
Mandates
Definition
temp. colonies administered by larger nations while they prepared for self-rule
Term
John J. Pershing
Definition
Commander of american troops in europe ww1
Term
another name given to ww1?
Definition
the great war
Term
Triple Entente
Definition
triple alliance, the allies
Term
fiercest competition between navies
Definition
britain and germany
Term
purpose of blackhand?
Definition
to unite serbia
Term
Why did US stay out Ww1?
Definition
far away
did not directly affect americans
Term
2 main issues of the 1916 pres election
Definition
peace and progressivism
Term
type of fighting in ww1?
Definition
trench warfare
Term
2 main ways america financed the war?
Definition
war bonds
taxes
Term
how did the us resolve shortage of men how many?
Definition
draft, 4.2 million
Term
black soldiers did?
Definition
menial shit cooking cleaning
Term
why did vlad lenin pull out of ww1?
Definition
to end revolution in russia
Term
how many killed in battle, how many died from disease?
Definition
48,000 klled in battled, 56,000 died from disease
Term
what year did ww1 end?
Definition
1918
Term
what happened to the us population in the 1920's
Definition
majority was urban
black poulation shifted from south to north
black population beacem more urban
Term
main issue of the scopes trial?
Definition
evolution
Term
18th amendment
Definition
prohibition
Term
19th amendment
Definition
women's suffrage
Term
modern women of the 20's
Definition
the proportion of women in the labor force remained at 20%
number of girl cooks, dressmakes,servants, and farmhands dropped
number of doctors bankers lawyers police and probation officers social workers and hairdressers rose
Term
21st amendment
Definition
repealed prohibition
Term
Naacp
Definition
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
Term
Main areas that changed in the 20's
Definition
education, recreation, communication
Term
jack dempsey
Definition
heavyweight boxing champion
Term
Harlem renaissance poet and NAACP lawyer
Definition
James WEldon Johnson
Term
Clarence Darrow
Definition
defended the scopes trial
Term
DW Griffith
Definition
introduced the close-up,the moving camera
Term
ACLU
Definition
american civil liberty union
Term
results of prohibition
Definition
increased taxes,organized crime
Term
Mason Dixon Line
Definition
boundary line between Pennsylvania and maryland
Term
first weekly magazine
Definition
Time
Term
bobby jones
Definition
golfer
Term
charles lindbergh
Definition
sailed across the atlantic by himself
Term
charlie chaplin
Definition
the little tramp
Term
babbit and main street?
Definition
sinclair lewis
Term
all of the following are reasons why this war was different except ?
Definition
a)15 million people died
b)total cost was over 350 billion
c)involved people from 51 countries and 6 continents
d)80% of deaths were caused by diseases and starvation
Term
ford motor company
Definition
introduced assembly line
electric conveyer belt
workers received $5 a day
Term
nickname for 1st automobile?
Definition
tin lizzie
model T
Horseless Carriage
Term
Changes brought on by the car?
Definition
building of roads
gas stations
public garages
Term
michigan cities the was used to create cars
Definition
detroit
flint
pontiac
Term
what made skyscrapers possible?
Definition
escalators, earthquake proof tech, fire sprinkler system
Term
first shoppping mall was located
Definition
cleveland ohio
Term
settlement houses?
Definition
social services
food to the poor
sent nurses to the sick
Term
educational oppurtunities
Definition
number of women in college increased
elementary education became mandatory
college education for blacks was developed
Term
theatrical entertainment
Definition
serious dramas, vaudeville, melodramas
Term
pres wilson's missionary policy applied to
Definition
all nations in the western hemisphere
Term
Mexico's prez?
Definition
Porifirio Diaz
Victoriano Huerta
Venustiano Carranza
Term
landmarks during this time
Definition
the wainwright bldg
the brooklyn bridge
the navy pier
fenway park
Term
first great heavyweight
Definition
john sullivan
Term
transportation contributors
Definition
Henry Ford, Orville Wright
Term
president of mexico after 1910
Definition
francisco madero
Term
developed urban park system
Definition
frederick law olmstead
Term
founded tuskegee institute
Definition
booker t
Term
kodak
Definition
george eastman
Term
revolutionized southern agriculture
Definition
george washington carver
Term
waged guerilla warfare against mex gov't
Definition
emiliano zapata
Term
top speed for fords car
Definition
15miles/hr
Term
how long did fords car take to build b4 and after the line?
Definition
12.5 hours, 1.5 hours
Term
where did wilbur wright live and what did he do b4 airplanes?
Definition
dayton, bike maker
Term
the first flight took place?
Definition
nc
Term
HOW DID THE us first use the airplain?
Definition
armed forces
Term
first department store
Definition
marshall fields,chicago
Term
america's first chain store?
Definition
woolworth's
Term
first amusement park
Definition
coney island
Term
dw griffith movie
Definition
birth of a nation
Term
the new industrial age was based on power supplied by
Definition
the electric engine
Term
was the first to use electtic power
Definition
manufacturing
Term
least important resource
Definition
wood
Term
thomas edison inventions
Definition
phonograph
light bulb
motion picture camera
Term
factory worker
Definition
only job available to imigrant women
Term
unmarried white women
Definition
benefitted most ffrom the inventions of the telephone and typewriter
Term
railroad responsible for building to transcontinental railroad?
Definition
central pacific and union pacific
Term
who built it?
Definition
irish and chinese
Term
sherman antitrust act
Definition
practically impossible to enforce
Term
invented typewriter
Definition
christopher sholes
Term
invented railroad sleeping car
Definition
george M Pullman
Term
the name givent to rockerfeller, carnegie
Definition
social darwinist
Term
granger
Definition
farmer who is in favore of dereasing railroad rates
Term
developed standard time zones
Definition
cf dowd
Term
negative label for industrialists
Definition
robber barons
Term
drilled ifrst oil well in us
Definition
edwin l drake
Term
rebates
Definition
Term
telegraph
Definition
morse
Term
telephone
Definition
alex graham bell
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