1. Virginia united states history
3rd nine weeks review

2. He developed the first
central electric light power station:

3. Thomas Edison

4. How was Henry Ford able to reduce the price of automobiles?

5. He put the assembly line into practice.

6. He is most directly associated with the railroad industry

7. Cornelius Vanderbilt

8. The ongoing effort to increase production through the use of machines is called

9. Industrial revolution

10. The rapid industrial growth of the late 1800s was made possible by all of the following except-

11. A. a technological revolution b. financial investments c
A. a technological revolution b. financial investments c. improved transportation systems d. public welfare programs

12. Which amendment granted women the right to vote?

13. 19th

14. Carrie C. Catt, Lucretia Mott, Eliz
Carrie C. Catt, Lucretia Mott, Eliz. Cady Stanton and Susan B Anthony were all

15. Women’s Rights Leaders

16. HE hoped that education would provide leadership for African Americans in their fight for Equal rights

17. W.E.B. DuBois

18. This was the first national labor organization

19. Knights of Labor

20. The American Federation of Labor combined many separate …

21. skilled craft unions.

22. Why did factory workers feel they had no choice but to accept harsh working conditions in the late 19th century?

23. Immigrants provided an ample supply of replacement workers

24. Ida Tarbell, Jacob Riis, and Upton Sinclair were part of a group of writers who exposed graft, corruption, and dishonesty in business. What was the popular name given to this group?

25. Muckrakers

26. What was the result of political reforms sought by the Progressives?

27. government became more responsive to the people

28. This group was helped the LEAST by the Progressive Movement

29. blacks

30. The Pullman Strike of 1894 is a turning point because it led to intervention of ______________ into labor unions.

31. government

32. Most supporters of this policy
Most supporters of this policy believed that minimal government interference in business was best.

33. laissez-faire

34. President Taft urged American banks and businesses to invest in Latin America. This was known as

35. Dollar Diplomacy

36. All of the following are examples of the United States abandonment of its isolationist foreign policy except:

37. a. Open Door Policy b. Roosevelt Corollary c
a. Open Door Policy b. Roosevelt Corollary c. transcontinental railroads d. Dollar Diplomacy

38. In 1899 the United States suggested an Open Door policy with which of the following countries?

39. China

40. Which of the following is not an example of U. S
Which of the following is not an example of U. S. involvement in Latin America:
a. Spanish American War b. Panama Canal c. Annexation of Hawaii d. Puerto Rico

41. Because of the explosion on the U. S. S
Because of the explosion on the U.S.S. Maine, President _______ called for a declaration of war on ________.

42. McKinley; Spain

43. the Philippines were annexed by the United States, the United States asserted the right to intervene in Cuban affairs, Cuba became independent

44. effects of the Spanish American War:

45. These were acquired by the United States as a result of the Spanish-American War:

46. Puerto Rico and The Philippines

47. The most immediate cause of World War I was the

48. assassination of the heir to the Austrian-Hungarian throne

49. What was NOT an advantage of building the Panama Canal: a
What was NOT an advantage of building the Panama Canal: a. American businesses saved money when they shipped goods b. Travel time between the East Coast and West Coast was reduced c. It allowed for a strong u.s. military presence in central America d. It strengthened ties between Columbia and the u.s.

50. It strengthened ties between Colombia and the United States.

51. All of the following are part of President Wilson’s Fourteen Points Plan except: a. mandate system b. self determination c. league of nations d. socialism

52. League of Nations Self-determination Mandate system

53. _______was defined in President Wilson’s Fourteen Point Plan as freedom from a group of people to decide their own political status

54. “Self-determination”

55. In 1917 President Wilson delivered a speech to Congress declaring “The world must be made safe for democracy.” What was he asking for?

56. He was encouraging Congress to vote for the U. S
He was encouraging Congress to vote for the U. S. to officially enter the war.

57. How did the terms of the Versailles Peace Treaty increase the likelihood of future war?

58. They punished Germany too severely

59. All of the following convinced the United States to enter World War I except:

60. a. the German use of submarine warfare b
a. the German use of submarine warfare b. commercial ties with Great Britain c. revolution in Russia d. the british naval blockade on the u.s.

61. At the end of the war, President Wilson and Congress disagreed most over

62. the League of Nations.

63. Which of the following pieces of legislation was a response to muckraking?

64. The Pure Food and Drug Act (1906)

65. The Interstate Commerce Act gave the right to supervise railroad activities to the

66. federal government

67. The development of the Bessemer process allowed architects to design

68. skyscrapers

69. Ida Wells, WEB DuBois, and Booker T Washington were all

70. African American leaders

71. believed that equality could be gained by Vocational education and economic success

72. Booker T. Washington

73. The NAACP called for full political equality for African-Americans
The NAACP called for full political equality for African-Americans. Which of the following men is responsible for its founding?

74. W.E.B. Du Bois

75. In the Jim Crow Era, how were African Americans legally prevented from voting?

76. Requiring them to pay a poll tax

77. The main purpose of the Jim Crow laws was to …

78. Separate the races

79. In the case of Plessy v. Ferguson, the Supreme Court decided that segregation was

80. legal

81. The Clayton Anti-Trust Act: expanded the _______ Anti-Trust Act.

82. Sherman Anti-Trust Act.

83. The 19th Amendment guaranteeing women suffrage was most directly a result of women participating in

84. industrial production for World War I.

85. The ________aided reformers by exposing conditions that needed to be changed

86. muckrakers

87. Growth in international trade occurred from the late 1800s to WWI making this era a

88. global Economy

89. Which belief was held by most Progressives?.

90. The government should intervene in unfair business practices

91. How did the building of the Panama Canal support United States efforts to become a world power?

92. By providing a short cut between the Atlantic Ocean and Pacific Ocean, it opened up new trading opportunities.

93. the Scopes “Monkey” Trial, prohibition and the rise of a “new” KKK

94. Major events of the 1920s:

95. homelessness, the closure of banks, and the foreclosure of farms

96. The Great Depression

97. President Roosevelt addressed the nation frequently through talks called

98. “fireside chats”

99. the highest tariff ever passed led to retaliatory tariffs from foreign countries

100. The Hawley-Smoot Tariff

101. The excessive use of credit was a major factor in...

102. the stock market crash of 1929 and the start of the Great Depression

103. “The only thing we have to fear is fear itself” was a phrase used by Franklin Roosevelt to describe

104. the Great Depression

105. Once the stock market crashed in 1929, people began to panic and tried to…

106. withdraw their money from the bank.

107. Buying stocks with borrowed money that cannot be repaid is called

108. overspeculation

109. The ____ ____was designed to bring the country out of the Depression gradually over a period of time

110. New Deal

111. designed to offer safeguards (retirement and joblessness) for workers

112. The Social Security Act