What was the goal of the Dawes Act?
By offering Natives land & U.S. citizenship, the goal was to help them assimilate into U.S. culture.
Which court case ruled that segregation was not permitted in public schools?
Brown v. Board of Education
What symbolic object split Europe into the Eastern & Western blocs, showing a difference in ideologies/influence between the two in the mid 1900s?
The Iron Curtain
Why were the Navajo Code Talkers beneficial during World War II?
They could communicate in their native language without being decoded by the enemy.
What title was given to African-American soldiers during Westward Expansion who protected settlers from Natives?
Buffalo Soldiers
What was Nixon's policy of the withdrawal of troops from Vietnam?
Vietnamization
Which technique of selling newspapers contributed to the outbreak of the Spanish-American war?
Yellow Journalism
Which policy was introduced by Sec. of State John Hayes that declared equal opportunities to trade with China in 1899?
Open Door Policy
Which militant group armed themselves and patrolled neighborhoods to ensure safety for African-Americans?
Black Panthers
Which captain of industry was responsible for the creation of General Electric & financial advising?
J. P. Morgan
What term describes the desire for one to blend into the mainstream culture of a society?
Assimilate
What territories did the U.S. acquire after the Spanish-American war?
Guam, Cuba, the Philippines, and Puerto Rico.
What title was given to African-American fighter pilots during World War II?
The Tuskegee Airmen
What was the goal behind Settlement Houses such as Jane Addam's Hull House?
To offer services & aid to immigrants as they settled into the U.S.
Why did the farmers desire the bimetal system to be put in place? (Gold & Silver)
They felt that crop prices would rise (inflation) and their burdens of debt would decrease.
What title was given to journalists/reporters who exposed the truth behind the corruption of big business/urban living?
Muckrakers
Which act repealed the Missouri Compromise and instead declared popular sovereignty?
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Which tariff was passed by Warren G. Harding following WWI, which raised tariffs over 37% in order to further isolationism?
Fordney-McCumber Tariff
What led to the widening of president Lyndon B. Johnson's credibility gap during the Vietnam War?
What he was sharing with the public did not align with what Americans were seeing on their televisions/what was being reported in the newspapers.
Which amendment did the U.S. pass stating that the U.S. would not annex Cuba after the Spanish-American war?
Teller Amendment
Upton Sinclair's 'The Jungle' exposed which industry during the late 1800s?
Meat-packing industry
Why was there a decline of Chinese Americans between the years of 1860 and 1920?
Congressional legislation passed during the 1880s banned any further immigration of workers from China.
Which court case ruled that women had protection under the 14th amendment to utilize abortion healthcare if desired?
Roe v. Wade
Which captain of industry was responsible for the control of the railroads?
Cornelius Vanderbilt
What scandal occurred during Warren G. Harding's presidency where his cabinet member stole land from the Navy and privately leased it to oil companies for kickbacks?
Teapot-Dome scandal
Which president introduces rigorous government intervention in an effort to get the U.S. out of the Great Depression?
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Which amendment followed the Teller Amendment, and did not allow immediate independence for Cuba after the Spanish-American war?
Platt Amendment
Which Civil Rights group turned to violence-in-response-to-violence under the leadership of Stokely Carmichael?
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)
What did the 'Feminine Mystique' by Betty Friedan expose to the American public?
That many housewives felt dissatisfied with their lives and perhaps wanted more/to be considered equal.
What was the Great Migration?
The movement of African-Americans from the south to the north to take over jobs men who went off to WWI left.
Which conference led to the split of Germany into four sections along with the city of Berlin after World War II?
Yalta Conference
Which court case declared the doctrine of 'separate but equal' as legal?
Plessy v. Ferguson
What does this cartoon demonstrate regarding the public's attitude towards banks following the Stock Market Crash?
That they did not trust putting their money into the banks.
Which captain of industry was responsible for the production of steel?
Andrew Carnegie
What was Britain doing to Germany during World War I that led to Germany resorting to the use of unrestricted submarine warfare?
Naval Blockade
What is the cartoonist's view about the power of Tammany Hall in New York City?
That Tammany Hall maintained its power by falsifying votes.
What event triggered fighting to begin for World War I?
The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
Which captain of industry was responsible for the production of oil?
John D. Rockefeller