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SOL Review Quiz #2
History SOL review quiz #2
Question | Answer |
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Name the laws that made discrimination practices legal | Jim Crow Laws |
Describe the Jim Crow laws | unequal housing, work, eduction, government |
He believed equality through education; social separations | Booker T. Washington |
He believed in full political, civil and social rights for African Americans | W.E.B DuBois |
Who was known for the oil industry? | John D. Rockefeller |
Who was known for the steel industry? | Andrew Carnegie |
Who was known for the automobile industry? | Henry Ford |
Known for reducing cost of production (vocab word) | assembly line |
name the negative effects of Big Business | child labor, low wages, long hours, conditions |
A group of trade unions unite and form what? | American Federation of Labor |
American Federation of Labor represented whom? | skilled workers at various crafts |
Name the strike that Steel workers went on strike because of cut wages | Homestead Strike |
Name changes made by the Progressive movement | safety, reduced work hours, limit child labor |
women gained the right to vote with. . . | 19th amendment |
She worked hard for women's suffrage | Susan B. Anthony |
Movement opposed to the making and consuming of alcohol | Temperance Movement |
This amendment prohibited the manufacture and sale of alcohol. | 18th amendment |
What ended the great depression? | The United States involvement in WWII |
REASONS for the Spanish American War | protection of business, support of rebels, USS Maine, Yellow journalism |
RESULTS of the Spanish American War | US is a world power, Cuba independence, US gained land |
Name the land gained from the Spanish American War | Philippines, Guam, Puerto Rico |
Reasons for US involvement in WWI | inability to remain neutral, submarine warfare, ties to Great Britain |
Name the Allies during WWI | Great Britain, France, Russia, Serbia, Belgium, USA |
Name the Central Powers during WWI | Germany, Austria-Hungary, Blugaria, Ottoman Empire |
Who prepared a peace plan called the 14 points? | Woodrow Wilson |
Name the peace-keeping organization after WWI | League of Nations |
What country did not join the league of nations? | United States |
List results of improved transportation | greater mobility, createion of jobs, movement to suburbs |
Who is responsible for the invention of the airplane? | Wright Brothers |
Who is responsible for the assembly line? | Henry Ford |
Who is responsible for the development of the radio? | Guglielmo Marconi |
Who is responsible for the broadcast industry? | David Sarnoff |