Where did Tammany Hall (political machine) get most of its support? - Answer poor
immigrants and ethnic communities in the inner cities. they promised
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for votes.
European Musical Influence+African=a 1890s New Orleans originated musical genre... -
Answer Jazz
Tet Offensive - Answer failed attacks by the Vietcong guerillas and North Vietnamese,
but it simultaneously ended US hopes for an early end to the Vietnam War
What even triggered the Truman Doctrine? - Answer The Greek Civil War
What was the Greek Civil War about? - Answer Greece was torn between Communism
and democracy and they could not have defeated communism without western help.
Cause of the Spanish-American War: - Answer American expansionism and support for
the Cuban nationalism.
US Senate reaction to the 1918 Treaty of Versailles? - Answer The senate was angry at
Wilson for the way he handled the negotiations and for the treaty that the peace
conference produced. Wilson refused to compromise on various treaty provisions and
the senate rejected the treaty both times it was sent to them.
The Lost Generation - Answer young writers disillusioned by the materialism,
decadence, and conformity dominating 1920s America
Boss Tweed - Answer Leader of the Democratic Tammany Hall, New York political
machine (greedy)
Name four factors that contributed to the Great Depression - Answer excessive stocks
and securities speculation//protectionist trade measures//huge farm debts resulting from
collapsed crop prices//imbalance of distribution of wealth in which the rich controlled far
too much of the available income
Indian Reorganization Act of 1934 - Answer This Act reversed previous Indian policy by
guaranteeing religious freedom and tribal self-government and providing economic
assistance.
Lyndon Johnson's Great Society Program - Answer aimed to secure civil rights for all
Americans and eliminating poverty
Jim Crow Laws - Answer established separate segregated facilities for blacks and
whites
Smoot-Hawley Tariffs long term effect: - Answer Europe retaliated and our economy as
well as theirs weakened.
Smoot-Hawley Tariffs - Answer raised US tariffs on imported goods. second highest
raise in US history...decreased our exports and imports by half
Why was the Iran-Contra affair upsetting? - Answer we traded arms to Iran for the
release of our hostages
what area of the US saw the greatest percentage of population increase between 1860
and 1910? - Answer the great plains
why was the 14th amendment important? - Answer guaranteed equal protection under
the law for every American citizen.
who was president for the 14th amendment? - Answer Andrew Johnson
13th amendment - Answer prohibited slavery
15th amendment - Answer guaranteed voting rights
19th amendment - Answer women could vote
16th amendment - Answer authorized income tax
Why did watergate lead to Nixon's impeachment? - Answer because of his role of
covering it up
Atlantic Charter - Answer set collective war strategy and long-term war goals for Britain
and the United States
Dawes Severalty Act of 1887 - Answer Sponsored by Senator Henry L Dawes, this act
dissolved many tribes as legal entities, wiped out tribal ownership of land, and set up
individual Indian family heads with 160 free acres. If the Indians behaved like "good
white settlers" then they would get full title to their holdings as well as citizenship. The
Dawes Act attempted to assimilate the Indians with the white men.
Marshall Plan - Answer a United States program of economic aid for the reconstruction
of Europe (1948-1952)
Truman Doctrine - Answer President Truman's policy of providing economic and military
aid to any country threatened by communism or totalitarian ideology
W.E.B. Du Bois - Answer fought for African American rights. Helped to found Niagra
Movement in 1905 to fight for and establish equal rights. This movement later led to the
establishment of the NAACP
John Dewey - Answer He was a philosopher who believed in "learning by doing" which
formed the foundation of progressive education. He believed that the teachers' goal
should be "education for life and that the workbench is just as important as the
blackboard."
dumbarton oaks conference - Answer In a meeting near Washington, D.C., held from
August 21 to October 7, 1944, U.S., Great Britain, U.S.S.R. and China met to draft the
constitution of the United Nations.
worst unemployment rate during depression - Answer 25%
Turning Point in Pacific war between U.S. and Japan - Answer Midway
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka - Answer ordered the desegregation of public
schools, prohibiting the practice of segregation via "separate but equal" schools for
blacks and whites
One of the major effects of the Industrial Revolution - Answer emphasis on speed over
quality of work
American hostage crisis in Iran - Answer American gov allowed the deposed Iranian
Shah to come to the U.S. for cancer treatment
Roosevelt's "Good Neighbor" Policy - Answer retreat from the military interventionism
and blatant economic domination, which had characterized previous American policy
toward Latin America
Reaganomics - Answer "trickle down" theory- supply side economic policies. cut federal
spending on domestic programs and cut taxes for the wealthy and corporations. he
thought this would help create new jobs.
Fourteen Points - Answer Woodrow Wilson's 1918 proposal to convince Germans they
would be treated fairly if they surrendered.
U.S. presidents between 1876-1900 had little influence and were considered weak.
why? - Answer they considered themselves caretakers, not dynamic initiators of new
legislation.
How did muckrackers contribue to the rise of Progressivism? - Answer exposes of
government and business corruption, abuse, and mismanagement led to widely
supported public demands for effective reform.
New Deal - Answer the historic period (1933-1940) in the U.S. during which President
Franklin Roosevelt's economic policies were implemented
Name some New Deal agencies - Answer Civil Works Administration, Civilian
Conservation Corps, Works Progress Administration, National Youth Administration
Most important factor in the Plains Indians' societies: - Answer the destruction of the
buffalo herds by whites
What did the sharecropping system do after the Reconstruction? - Answer pushed
tenant farmers and poor independent farmers into deep levels of debt to large
landowners and merchants.
Interstate Commerce Act of 1887 - Answer curbed abusive pricing and hauling policies
by the nation's railroads.
Knights of Labor - Answer the only dominant broad-based labor union in the united
states from 1870-1890
why did the US refuse to participate in the 1980 Moscow olympics? - Answer the
Soviets had invaded Afghanistan
who was betty friedan? - Answer wrote "the feminine mystique" about feminism. women
can do anything men can do.
voting rights act of 1965 - Answer outlawed discrimination toward african-american
voters
what did Reagan's economic recovery act of 1981 do? - Answer reduced federal income
taxes for all taxpayers
Reagan ordered the invasion of what small island in order to prevent it from becoming
communist? - Answer Grenada
what group of voters did Nixon appeal to in 1968? - Answer the silent majority. nixon's
slogan was "law and order"
what was the silent majority? - Answer the citizens who weren't really involved in the
violent anti-war Vietnam protests. they didn't involve themselves in race riots or
activism. the silent majority was the average citizen. hard working middle class
conservative.
Bush wanted to invade Kuwait...what was the result of that vote? - Answer slim majority,
but it gave the approval for the war enough edge to win out. (gulf war) [Show Less]