final semester 2

Question 1

Who was Andrew carnegie?

Answer 1

he was a steel tycoon and gained his money by the main parts of the steel making process

Question 2

Who was Thomas Edison?

Answer 2

he was a famous inventor. He created the phonograph, motion picture projector, the storage battery, and is most famous for creating the light bulb

Question 3

Who was archduke Franz Ferdinand?

Answer 3

He was archduke of Austria-Hungary and his assassination sparked WWI

Question 4

Who was Henry ford?

Answer 4

He was the creator of ford as well as the assembly line.

Question 5

Who was James Garfield?

Answer 5

He was the 20th president of the U.S. He supported civil service reform and the idea of testing the qualification of civil service (government) employees. A government job seeker killed him

Question 6

Who was Herbert Hoover?

Answer 6

He was president of the U.S. at the start of the great depression. He believed in Laissez fair government, and the ideas that private charities should help those in need. He started the RFC.

Question 7

Who was John D. Rockefeller?

Answer 7

He was an oil tycoon who gained his profits by underselling his oil to run other oil business’ out.

Question 8

Who was Franklin D Roosevelt?

Answer 8

He was president during the great depression, he created the new deal.

Question 9

who was Theodore roosevelt?

Answer 9

He was 26th president of the U.S. he was president from 1901 thru 1909

Question 10

Who was Woodrow Wilson?

Answer 10

He was a U.S. president. He was president during WWI and came up with the 14 points plan. He originally planed to keep us out of the war but then he changed his mind after the sinking of the Lusitania, the Zimmerman Telegram, and the Russian Revolution.

Question 11

Who were the Wright brothers?

Answer 11

They were brothers who were inventors. They invented, built and flew the worlds first airplane.

Question 12

What did the 18th amendment do?

Answer 12

It prohibited the sale, usage, and consumption of drinking alcohol.

Question 13

what did the 19th amendment do?

Answer 13

It gave women the right to vote.

Question 14

What is an assembly line?

Answer 14

It’s a line of workers who do one thing all in line to create one product. This was created by Henry Ford famous for making cars using this method.

Question 15

What is armistice?

Answer 15

It is an agreement to stop fighting for ___ amount of time. It was also a time to make peace statements.

Question 16

What was black Tuesday?

Answer 16

It was the day the stock market crashed. October 29, 1929

Question 17

What is communism?

Answer 17

The idea that everyone is at the same level of riches but in reality the government rules over everyone else.

Question 18

what is corporation?

Answer 18

Type of business or organization owned by many people but treated by laws as though it were a person. Owned by many investors

Question 19

What was the FDIC?

Answer 19

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. It insured all the money that people put into banks.

Question 20

What is imperialism?

Answer 20

Nations are building empires when the engage in imperialism. imperialism helps the U.S. expand over seas at the end of the 1800s and the beginning of the 1900s. It was one of the main causes of WWI.

Question 21

What is a monopoly?

Answer 21

It is when one company is in total control over the section of business. Caused by one company gaining riches and running others out of business by underselling their product then raising the price.

Question 22

What is a muckraker?

Answer 22

Investigative reporters who exposed corruption.

Question 23

What is populism?

Answer 23

Populism is “the appeal to common people” the populists were usually farmers and laborers who supported limitations on big business, government railroads, and free coinage of silver. They wanted power out of the hands of the rich and privileged and in the hands of the average worker.

Question 24

What is propaganda?

Answer 24

To falsely influence peoples opinions using advertisement such as posters.

Question 25

What was the Russian revolution?

Answer 25

There were several revolution in Russia. The two that occur in the 1917 are referred to as the White/ Democratic Revolution. And the Red/ Communist revolution. The first one puts a Ws supported government in a place temporarily. The second one puts a non US supported government in place and leads to Russia’s exit from Ww1.

Question 26

What was Social Security?

Answer 26

It is a system that the government sets up for people with inadequate or no income. Mostly for the retired or disabled.
The program removes money from the paychecks of worker and gives it to retired citizens in the form of a pension.

Question 27

What was the spoils system?

Answer 27

the practice of a successful political party giving public office to its supporters. Rewarded party members who supported a winning candidate by giving them government jobs.

Question 28

What was stalemate?

Answer 28

A conflict in which neither side advances.

Question 29

What is trench warfare?

Answer 29

It’s when during a battle each side digs trenches and fights along from there. Neither side advances for long periods of time.

Question 30

What were key inventions discussed in class, and who invented them?

Answer 30

Light bulb - Thomas Edison
Telephone- Alexander graham bell
Telegraph- Samuel Morse
Assembly line - Henry ford

Question 31

What were the primary goals of labor unions?

Answer 31

Better working conditions, higher pay wages, and a shorter work day.

Question 32

What were push factors

Answer 32

Getting a new job, starting over, war, poverty, lack of available land, lack of job opportunities

Question 33

What were the results of the new deal?

Answer 33

Success: restored Americans faith in the government, millions became employed, the banking crisis ended, the stock market was reformed, and working condition improved.
Failures: too much government interference in people’s lives,

Question 34

what was the treaty of Versailles and how did it affect Germany?

Answer 34

It declared the Germany had to take the blame for the war, pay repairments , and get rid of their military, and give up their colonies and some of their surrounding territory.