American History

What were some unique aspects of Roosevelt's childhood?

What were some hardships 'Teedie' overcame?

How did Roosevelt's struggles most likely shape his personality?

How did Roosevelt show his love and respect for the wilderness when he returned to the
East?

What caused the Spanish-American War?

What were results of the Spanish-American War?

What was Roosevelt's war experience and rise to presidency?

For centuries before Europeans and Americans came to the Hawaiian Islands, Hawaiian culture was characterized by....?

What is the correct order of these events?
A. Hawaii became the 50th state in the United States.
B. The monarch abolished the old religion and the people were left without rules or laws.
C. Queen Liliuokalani tried to restore power to the Hawaiian people.
D. The United States annexed Hawaii as a territory.

True or False?
Hawaii was a territory of the United States for more than 50 years before becoming the 50th state.

The United States acquired outlying areas by all of the following means except:

A.
fighting a war

B.
purchasing the land

C.
engineering a takeover

D.
acquiring the land

True or False
In 1912 Theodore Roosevelt was supported by the Republican conservatives, or “Old Guard.”

True or False
Theodore Roosevelt’s Progressive party appealed to some Republicans and others who wanted change and reform.

True or False
Republicans split their votes between William Howard Taft and Theodore Roosevelt, and therefore the Democratic candidate, Woodrow Wilson, won the election of 1912.

During the Gilded Age, why did the government pass legislation?

What are some facts about Woodrow Wilson?

As president, what did Woodrow Wilson do little if anything about?

What difficulty did Woodrow Wilson have to overcome to succeed in politics?

True or False
Wilson’s ideas on foreign affairs were no different from those of the presidents who came just before him. He believed the United States should help other nations become democratic, and he became deeply involved with foreign affairs.

What are some reforms that President Wilson promoted?

True or False
World War I was like no other war because both sides used new inventions such as deadly poison gas, heavily armed vehicles called tanks, and machine guns that could fire 600 bullets a minute.

Which of the following is the most accurate statement about United States' involvement in World War I?

A.
The United States fought from the beginning of the war to the end, suffering only light casualties.

B.
The United States fought from the beginning of the war to the end, suffering heavy casualties.

C.
The United States sent supplies to Europe, but never soldiers.
D.
The United States stayed out of the war for more than two and a half years.

In a speech before Congress, Woodrow Wilson announced that the United States was joining the Allies in Europe in order to make the world safe for something. What did he want to make the world safe for?

What prompted the United States to join the fighting in World War I?

What statement best describes Woodrow Wilson's attitude at the beginning of World War I?

Which nation's legislature refused to join the League of Nations?

What did President Wilson consider the most important of his Fourteen Points?

The signers of the peace treaty supported the creation of the League of Nations. What happened that prevented the United States from joining the league?

What does not describe a cause of the Spanish-American War in 1898?

What describes a result of the Spanish-American War?

What describes a major reason that America entered World War I on the Allied side?

Which statements accurately describe results of America's entry into World War I?

Choose all answers that are correct.

A.
Russia emerged as the strongest country in Europe.

B.
France was forced to give up its overseas empire.

C.
Germany was defeated and made to pay reparations.

D.
The United States became a world power.

Which U.S. territory acquired during the Spanish-American War is directly east of the Philippines and is home to an important U.S. air and naval base?

Which U.S. territory was acquired during World War I?

What important civil right is not granted to people living in U.S. territories?

What group did not benefit from Woodrow Wilson's progressive policies?

What position did William Howard Taft want more than the presidency of the United States?

What accurately describes an aspect of Theodore Roosevelt's presidency?

What term describes a person who believes a nation should expand by taking over foreign lands?

What was the Bull Moose Party?

Which of the following statements about Herbert Hoover is not true?

A.
He had been an engineer and businessman.

B.
He had been the governor of New York.

C.
He had helped provide food to starving people after WWI.

D.
He managed a gold mine in the Australian desert.

The Ku Klux Klan ran an anti-Catholic, anti-city, anti-immigrant hate campaign against the Catholic candidate in the 1928 presidential election. They said the Catholic pope would be ruling America from Rome if that candidate were elected. Who was the candidate?

Which of the following statements is true about a person who acquires stock in a company? That person...?

If you buy stock, you hope that in the next few years there will be...?

One problem with the stock market right before the crash was that people were buying "on margin." When you buy on margin...?

True or False
Low crop prices reduced farmers' incomes so they lost their homes and farms because they were unable to pay their loans and mortgages.

Natural causes of the Dust Bowl included all of the following except

A.
floods

B.
erosion

C.
light soil

D.
drought

describe the Bonus March

President Herbert Hoover believed the government should...?

What foreign dictator did this American think had good ideas?