B. unit 5 Q.3

Question 1

large-scale business with many “owners”

Answer 1

corporation

Question 2

own a share in a corporation

Answer 2

stockholders

Question 3

a strong country dominates a weak one

Answer 3

protectorate

Question 4

patriotic feelings

Answer 4

nationalism

Question 5

temporary peace

Answer 5

armistice

Question 6

slowdown of business activity

Answer 6

depression

Question 7

has absolute authority

Answer 7

dictator

Question 8

first spacecraft

Answer 8

Sputnik

Question 9

declaring laws illegal

Answer 9

nullification

Question 10

leaving the Union

Answer 10

secession

Question 11

preventing trade

Answer 11

blockade

Question 12

not using or buying products

Answer 12

boycott

Question 13

The steady progress of industry in the United States was possible because

Answer 13

man’s creative mind
new sources of energy
improvements of transportation & communication

Question 14

An abundant supply of natural resources, technical knowledge, and skilled labor led to

Answer 14

rapid growth of corporations

Question 15

Big corporations helped to:

Answer 15

improve the national economy

Question 16

A guarantee against European intervention was stated in the:

Answer 16

Monroe Doctrine

Question 17

The Spanish-American War:

Answer 17

gave the United States Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines

Question 18

The Great Depression began when

Answer 18

the stock market crashed in 1929

Question 19

Hoover believed that:

Answer 19

economic conditions would correct themselves if business was left alone

Question 20

Franklin D. Roosevelt’s plan to end the Depression was called:

Answer 20

the New Deal

Question 21

did not deal with the issue of slavery?

Answer 21

Connecticut Plan

Question 22

The war sometimes called the Second War for Independence was:

Answer 22

the War of 1812

Question 23

What are the functions of the Security Council of the United Nations?

Answer 23

maintain peace
stop aggression
settle disputes

Question 24

Why did America enter World War I?

Answer 24

German attacks on American shipping

Question 25

built the first airplane

Answer 25

Wright Brothers

Question 26

invented the incandescent light bulb

Answer 26

Thomas Edison

Question 27

first used an assembly line

Answer 27

Henry Ford

Question 28

first sailed around the world

Answer 28

Magellan

Question 29

discovered the Pacific Ocean

Answer 29

Balboa

Question 30

invented the reaper

Answer 30

McCormick

Question 31

first used mass production

Answer 31

Eli Whitney

Question 32

was the President who authorized the Panama Canal

Answer 32

Theodore Roosevelt

Question 33

built the Panama Canal

Answer 33

Col. George Goethals

Question 34

found cause for yellow fever

Answer 34

Col. William Gorgas

Question 35

said "a house divided against itself cannot stand"

Answer 35

Abraham Lincoln

Question 36

World War I.

Answer 36

Wilson's Fourteen Points Versailles Treaty began with the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand

Question 37

World War II.

Answer 37

December 7, 1941 ended September 2, 1945

Question 38

the Cold War.

Answer 38

Mikhail Gorbachev reforms Korean conflict detente to prevent the spread of Communism