History Final

Two pioneers in skyscraper architecture in the late 19th and early 20th centuries were:

Two bicycle manufacturers from Dayton, Ohio who had their first successful airplane flight on December 17, 1903 at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina were

The prominent African American educator who believed that racism would end once blacks acquired useful labor skills and proved their economic value to society was:

The African American teacher, journalist, and activist who fought against lynching was:

The novelist and humorist that inspired a host of other young authors when he declared his independence of “literature and all that bosh” even though “The Adventure of Huckleberry Finn” continue to be an American classic was:

Turn of the century technology included all of these EXCEPT:

One goal of public education for immigrants was to:

The expansion of education had all these effects EXCEPT:

Southern legislation that separated the blacks and the whites was:

Turn of the century leisure activities included all these EXCEPT:

_______ is the policy in which stronger nations extend their economic, political, or military control over weaker territories.

_______ is a sensational style of writing, which exaggerates the news to lure and enrage readers.

A _______ is a country whose affairs are partially controlled by a stronger power.

_______ was the policy of having private loans backed by the United States government.

American support for the Cuban revolt peaked with the news of _______.

His notes protected US access to China.

Led revolts against the Mexican government.

Established “Big Stick” US diplomacy.

Activist for Cuban independence.

Filipino rebel leader.

Throughout the 19th century, politics in the Western world were deeply influenced by the concept of _______ - a devotion to the interests and culture of ones nation.

Passed in May 1917, this act required men to register with the government in order to be randomly selected for military service.

Passed in 1917 and 1918, these acts allowed people to be fined up to $10,000 and sentenced to 20 years in jail for interfering with the war effort or saying anything disloyal, profane, or abusive about the government or the war effort.

President Woodrow Wilson insisted that the United States join the _______ at the close of WWI.

A policy of pulling away from involvement in world affairs.

Adopted in 1922, the _______ raised taxes on some US imports to 60% - the highest level ever.

The _______ enabled people to buy goods over an extended period with having to put down much money at the time of purchase.

The eighteenth amendment launched an era known as _______, during which the manufacture, sale, and transportation of alcoholic beverages was illegal.

During the twenties, a new ideal emerged for some women: the _______, an emancipated young woman who embraced the new fashions and urban attitudes of the day.

The decade of the 1920’s had this slogan for a nickname.

His assassination sparked the beginning of WWI.

He led the American Expeditionary Force (AEF) as it included men from widely separated parts of the country.

He was the muckraking journalist who led the Committee of Public Information.

This President of the United States suffered from scandal.

This American president said, “The chief business of the American people is business.”

He was the most famous mobster of all time as he headed a criminal empire by the age of 26.

Hired by the ACLU to defend John T Scopes in the Scopes Trial, he was the most famous trial lawyer of his day.

He made the first non-stop solo flight across the Atlantic ocean.

He coined the term “Jazz Age” to describe the 1920’s and he wrote The Great Gatsby.

He was a trumpet player who went to become perhaps the most influential musician in the history of jazz.

The first president of the United States of America.

The decline in new housing impacted such industries as:

An effect of the Great Depression was an increase in:

For children, the great depression meant:

Hoover’s pledge of “A Chicken in Every Pot” promised a:

Hoover’s political life ended as a result of the:

Roosevelt and Congress helped restore faith in banks by:

All these measures helped to regulate the stock market EXCEPT:

All these were indicators that a second new deal was needed EXCEPT

The organization started by whites and blacks but ignored by new deal programs was the:

Movies were popular during the depression because they: