Unit 2 Assessment: Turning Points – Flashcards
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get those A'S GUYS!
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Which is an example of an argument in support of American imperialism?
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businessmen urging the United States to compete with other nations for natural resources.
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Identify one argument in opposition to American imperialism.
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American principles traditionally opposed colonization.
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What group could be described for the first time in the 1920s with the terms flappers, wage earners, and voter?
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Women
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Both yellow journalism and the explosion on the battleship Maine contributed to the U.S. decision to go to war against Spain. What was another reason for going to war?
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To protect U.S. investments in Cuba
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What conflict was exemplified by the Scopes Trial?
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The teaching of evolution versus religious fundamentalism
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which place did *not* play a role in the Spanish-American War?
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Mexico City
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What did nativists and the Ku Klux Klan have in common?
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Both objected to immigration and believed in the supremacy of white protestants
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Which group lists outcomes of the Spanish-American War?
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• Treat of Paris • Cuban Independence • The Philippines and Puerto Rico become U.S territories
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What changes did the 18th Amendment bring to Americans?
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Prohibition of the sale of alcohol brought bootleggers and an increase in organized crime.
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The United States acquired several territories as a result of the Spanish-American War. Which one resisted American rule?
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The Philippines
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What was the name for the 1920s African American cultural movement that included literature, drama, music, art, and dance?
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Harlem Renaissance
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Both Alaska and Hawaii became states in 1959. What else do they have in common?
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Both became U.S. territories during the late 1800s.
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Why did the automobile have a major impact on the United States in the twenties?
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By the end of the decade automobile ownership had increased dramatically.
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which became a U.S. territory in the late 1800s
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Puerto Rico
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Why are the twenties sometimes called an "age of prosperity"?
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The GNP rose dramatically and the United States changed from a debtor nation to a creditor nation.
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Which group contains Key element of Woodrow Wilson's Fourteen Points.
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• Open diplomacy • Freedom of the seas • An association of nations • An end to economic barriers between countries.
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Which U.S president made the following proposal? "A general association of nations must be formed under specific covenants for the purpose of affording mutual guarantees of political independence and territorial integrity to great and small states alike"
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Woodrow Wilson
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What was a major reason for the U.S. Senate's failure to ratify the Treaty of Versailles?
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They objected to the League of Nations, fearing that it would supersede U.S. authority.
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Which U.S. president wrote the following in his autobiography, "By far the most important action I took in foreign affairs during the time I was president was related to the Panama Canal?"
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Theodore Roosevelt
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key points of the Treaty of Versailles stripped Germany of its overseas colonies and required Germany to pay reparations. What else did the treaty require?
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Germany would accept blame for the war.
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what is the name given to the extension of the Monroe Doctrine that one U.S. president used to justify intervention in Latin American affairs
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Roosevelt Corollary
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Which policies kept the United States from entering World War I in its first three years?
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Isolationism and neutrality
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What was a government response to the debates over U.S participation in World War I?
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passed the Espionage and Sedition Acts
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what was the chief result of us participation in world war i
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U.S. forces ended the stalemate and let to an Allied Victory
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What impact did the U.S entry into World War I have on labor and production?
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With men drafted to serve in the military, jobs opened for women and minorities
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Which was *not* a limit on post-World War I prosperity?
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assembly line jobs.
