US Final

Question 1

To take possession of a territory of country

Answer 1

Annex

Question 2

A narrow Strip of land connecting two larger areas

Answer 2

Isthmus

Question 3

A violent rebellion against a government or political authority

Answer 3

Insurrection

Question 4

A policy similar to imperialism,
focuses on increasing a country’s territory

Answer 4

Expansionism

Question 5

A policy of exerting economic, political, or military control over weaker nations

Answer 5

Imperialism

Question 6

A country that is partly governed by a more powerful country

Answer 6

Protectorate

Question 7

An American proposal that aimed to establish equal access to ports among countries trading with China in 1900

Answer 7

Open Door Policy

Question 8

A voiding entanglements in foreign countries

Answer 8

Isolationism

Question 9

The granting of the rights of citizenship, especially the right to vote

Answer 9

Enfranchisement

Question 10

A preliminary election in which voters choose the party candidates to run in a later election for public office

Answer 10

Direct Primary

Question 11

A procedure by which citizens can propose new laws to be voted on by the public or by the legislature

Answer 11

Initiative

Question 12

A person who supports women’s rights to vote

Answer 12

Suffragist

Question 13

A period from 1890 to 1920 that sought to correct many social economic, and political inequalities and injustices in the U.S

Answer 13

Progressive Era

Question 14

A type of Warfare in which long ditches dug deep in the ground provided protection for soldiers

Answer 14

Trench Warfare

Question 15

The Germans plan to take control of France

Answer 15

Schlieffen Plan

Question 16

A strong belief in one’s own country and its superiority to others

Answer 16

Nationalism

Question 17

Agreements of mutual support

Answer 17

Alliance

Question 18

The belief that a government must create a strong military and be prepared to use it to achieve the country’s goals

Answer 18

Militarism

Question 19

individual rights protected by law from government interference

Answer 19

Civil liberties

Question 20

A formal announcement made by a country’s leader of the intention to wage war

Answer 20

Declaration of war

Question 21

A board that oversaw manufacturing in the U.S during WWI

Answer 21

War Industries Board

Question 22

A government bond sold to individuals to help support U.S involvement in WWI

Answer 22

Liberty Bond

Question 23

A person who refuses to fight in a war for religious reasons

Answer 23

Conscientious objector

Question 24

An individual who made, transported, or supplied alcohol illegally to saloons or “Speakeasies” where city dwellers congregated in the evening

Answer 24

Bootlegger

Question 25

An economic system in which private individuals or groups own the resources and produce goods for a profit

Answer 25

Capitalism

Question 26

Period in 1919-1920 when federal governments targeted suspected communists, anarchists

Answer 26

Rec Scare

Question 27

The belief that some races were superior to others and that breeding should be controlled so that populations of superior races increase

Answer 27

Eugenics

Question 28

An illegal drinking club where people secretly gathered in the evenings during prohibition

Answer 28

Speakeasy

Question 29

A style of music originally among African Americans musicians that contains lively rhythms, sounds from a variety of instruments and improvisation

Answer 29

Jazz

Question 30

A group of citizens that has elected, or is entitled to elect, a representative to the government

Answer 30

Constituency

Question 31

A modern artistic and literary style, featuring a hard, realistic tone and a tendency to reject or avoid artistic and literacy practices of the past

Answer 31

Modernism

Question 32

Young women in the 1900s who embraced a freer style of dress and the use of cosmetics

Answer 32

Flapper

Question 33

A movement headed by Marcus Garvey that encouraged African Americans to leave the U.S. and return to Africa

Answer 33

Back-To- African Movement

Question 34

A movement in the early 1900s that sought to unify people of African descent

Answer 34

Pan-Africanism

Question 35

A cultural movement that originated in Harlem in the 1990s and promoted African- Americans writers, artists, and musicians

Answer 35

Harlem Renaissance

Question 36

An index of the stock of leading companies, tracked daily and used as a measure of general stock market trends

Answer 36

Dow Jones Industrial Average

Question 37

The total goods and services produced by the nation plus the income earned by its citizens

Answer 37

Gross National Product

Question 38

Worldwide economic downturn in the 1930s, market by poverty and high unemployment

Answer 38

Great Depression

Question 39

Money borrowed from a bank in order to pay for an investment, such as stocks

Answer 39

Margin

Question 40

Taking on a business rick, such as buying stocks on margin even though there is no guarantee that they will increase in value

Answer 40

Speculation

Question 41

The thousands of veterans, determined to collect promised cash bonuses early, who came to Washington during the summer of 1932 to listen to congress debate the bonus proposal

Answer 41

Bonus Army

Question 42

A political movement based on extreme nationalism, militarism, and racism promoting the superiority of a particular people over all others

Answer 42

Fascism

Question 43

Makeshift villages for the homeless Americans, usually at the edge of a city with shelters, made of cardboard, scrap metal, or whatever wad cheap and available

Answer 43

Hooverville

Question 44

Court orders that demand or forbid certain actions

Answer 44

Injunction

Question 45

to take on the financial responsibility- including the risks of a set of assets

Answer 45

Underwrite