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Leader of the Civil Rights Movement, known for his “I Have a Dream” speech?

MLK

Accusing people of being communists

McCarthyism

Racism

dicrimination

Which executive order allowed the U.S. government to place Japanese Americans in relocation camps during World War II?

Executive Order 9066

Executive Order 8802

Executive Order 8102

Executive Order 9981

Which leader was President of the United States for most of WWII and led the country after the attack on Pearl Harbor?

FDR

What type of ruler has absolute control over their nation?

dictator

Monarch

President

senator

Which two countries were involved in the Cold War?

U.S. and Soviet union

What happened to the U.S. economy after World War II?

increased

Which treaty officially ended World War I?

The Treaty of Versailles

The Treaty of Paris

The Treaty of Ghent

The Treaty of Tordesillas

How did Americans help finance the war?

Buying war bonds

paying higher taxes

Donating gold to the government

What was the main reason the United States finally entered World War I?

Zimmerman Telegram and unrestricted submarine warfare

A message from Germany to Mexico proposing an alliance against the U.S.

Zimmerman's Telegram

What are the M.A.I.N causes of WWI?

Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism, nationalism

What event is considered the "spark" that started World War I in Europe?

The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand

How did FDR help get America out of the Great Depression

Created New Deal Programs

Shanty towns built by homeless people during the Depression

Hoovervilles

What happened on Black Tuesday (October 29, 1929)?

The stock market crashed, wiping out investments

Banks gave out massive loans to farmers

Stock prices soared to record highs

President Hoover declared a bank holiday

young women who challenged traditional rules in the 1920s

Flappers

Factory workers

muckrakers

politicians

Goal of the Progressive movement

To fix social, economic, and political problems

a novel that exposes the poor conditions of tenements in NYC

How the other half lives

A book written by Upton Sinclair that exposed the details of the meat packing industry

The Jungle

Political and social reform

Progressivism

Muckraker who shocked the nation when he published photos and gruesome details about the meat packing industry in Chicago

Upton Sinclair

Jacob Riis

A journalist who uncovers abuses and corruption in a society

Muckraker

Amendment that gave women the right to vote

19th

What amendment prohibited alcohol in America

18th

Which group was most affected by the creation of tenements in crowded urban areas?

Immigrants and factory workers

Factory owners

Government officials

Wealthy families

John D Rockefeller is associated with what industry?

Oil

What term is used to describe a company that eliminates competition and controls an entire industry?

Monopoly

What were working conditions like for most immigrants in the US dueing the industrial revolution?

Long working hours, low pay, and unsafe conditions

High wages and excellent working conditions

Excessive vacation time

Guaranteed sick days

What is the term used to describe the growth of cities due to industrialization?

Urbanization

What was the first stop for European immigrants?

Ellis Island

Who were Carpetbaggers?

Northerners who moved South

White Southerners who joined the Republican party

Freedman who moved North

Northerners who worked in factories

Which Amendment abolished slavery in the United States?

13th

14th

15th

16th

This states that the rights of the citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of race, color, or previous conditions of servitude

15 Amendment

16th amendment

13th amendment

14th amendment

The purpose of the Freedman’s Bureau was to

Provide work, education, and relief for former slaves.

Gain the vote for millions of former slaves.

Get radical Republicans in positions of power in the South.

Provide 40 acres and a mule for each slave.