1. Midterm Review

2. Questions: 1. Rockefeller sold: Oil 2. Carnegie sold: Steel 3. When workers stop working to get better pay etc it is called a: Strike 4. Workers form a group to fight for better rights and pay called: Labor Unions 5. When there is only one seller of a product or service the company has a: Monopoly

3. Questions: 6. What impact did Thomas Edison have on society? Electricity made things like refrigeration and new inventions possible 7. When a stronger country takes over a weaker country politically, economically, socially, religiously, and militarily: Imperialism 8. Why did the U.S. want to expand? New markets for their goods, naval bases 9. The purchase of which state was called “Seward’s Folly”? Alaska 10. Why was it called Seward's Folly? Americans thought it was too expensive and a waste since gold had not yet been discovered.

4. Questions: 11. Why did the Chinese rebels have the Boxer Rebellion? They wanted to get rid of foreigners in China 12. What Secretary of State got the Open Door Policy? John Hay 14. Why was the Open Door policy important? The U.S. gained the ability to trade with China and get new customers for their goods 15. What event led to the Spanish American War? The blowing up of the U.S.S. Maine

5. Questions: 16. What was the result of the Spanish American War? The U.S. gained Puerto Rico, the Philippines and Guam 17. Why did the U.S. want to build the Panama Canal? To make trade faster between the Atlantic and pacific Oceans 18. What is yellow journalism? When a story is exaggerated 19. Pulitzer & Hearst used yellow journalism for what reason? To gain sympathy for the Cuban rebels 20. Who said “Speak Softly, But Carry a Big Stick’? Teddy Roosevelt

6. Questions: 21. Why did the Americans want control of Hawaii? For a naval base *22. What is the name of the naval base the U.S. gained on Hawaii? Pearl Harbor *23. When a country takes over a wekaer country and makes it a part of their country it is called: Annexation *24. Who led a revolt against the queen of Hawaii? Sanford Dole *25. Who was the U.S. admiral in charge of eth Pacific Fleet? George Dewey

7. Questions: *26. What was the distribution of welth like in the early 1900’s? A handful of people were rich, but most people were very poor *27. Why was it hard for workers to get the rights they wanted? There were too many immigrants willing to take their jobs *28. What is the Melting Pot Theory? Immigrants should assimilate and speak English 29. Give four work conditions in the factory in the early 1900’s. Low pay, poor conditions, unsafe, long hours, no benefits

8. Questions: 30. What event led to the outbreak of WWI? The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand 31. What was the nickname for U.S. soldiers in WWI? Doughboys 32. Why did the U.S. finally join WWI? They were anger at Germany’s unrestricted submarine warfare 33. True/False Women could fight in combat in WWI. False 34. True/ False African American troops were segregated from white troops in WWI. True 35. What date was the armistice signed? November 11 th, 1918

9. Questions: 36. What was the Schlieffen Plan? The German plan to attack France through neutral Belgium 37. Name four countries who were the Central Powers. Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, Ottoman Empire 38. Name four countries who were part of the Allied Powers. U.S., France, Great Britain, Italy, Russia 39. What could Americans do to support the war? Buy bonds, cut back on wheat, meat and gas 40. How did the U.S. raise money for the war? Taxes and victory and liberty bonds

10. Questions: *41. Payments made for damages in war are called: Reparations 42. Give three demands that were mad eon Germany by the Treaty of Versailles. They had to pay reparations, take full blame, reduce their military *43. The international body created to stop future wars was called? League of Nations *44. What was the act that drafted men 21-30 during WWI? Selective Service Act 45. True/False New technology like machine guns, poisonous gas, tanks, and planes were used in WWI. True 46. What year did the U.S. enter WWI? 1917-not immediately when the war started in 1914

11. Questions: 47. What did the Sacco and Vanzetti case show in the 1920’s? Discrimination against immigrants in the court system 48. Who made the first solo flight form NY to Paris? Charles Lindbergh 49. True/False Baseball players like Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig made sports popular in the 1920’s. True 50. What was the biggest form of entertainment in the 1920’s? Radio *51. What is shell shock? When soldiers go crazy from war *52. Rotting of the feet because of being in water for too long during war is called: Trench Foot

12. Questions: *53. Salvation Army women who served donuts to the troops during WWI were called: Donut Dollies 54. When you buy something now but pay it back in monthly payments it is called: Installment Plans 55. People who make illegal alcohol were called: Bootleggers 56. The Scopes Trial showed the argument between: Science v. Religion 57. Illegal bars in the 1920’s were called: Speakeasies

13. Questions: 58: Flappers were: Rebellious women who wear short dresses and hair and smoked cigarettes in the 1920’s 59. The Great Migration was when African Americans moved from ______ to ______. South to North 60. The rebirth of the African American culture was known as: Harlem Renaissance 61. How did Henry Ford make cars more affordable? He invented the assembly line

14. Questions: *62. Who was the first communist leader of the Soviet Union after WWI? Vladimir Lenin *63. Women who were radio operators during WWI were called: Hello Girls 64. What were the 4 MAIN causes of WWI? Militarism, Alliance System, Imperialism, Nationalism Define each *65. What countries made up the Big Four during the Treaty of Versailles? U.S. (Wilson), Great Britain (Georges), France (Clemeneau), Italy (Orlando) 66. Did the U.S. Congress sign the treaty of Versailles? No 67. Why? They did not want to join the League of Nations or get involved in a future war *68. What was the Zimmerman note? A telegram Germany sent Mexico to try to get them to join WWI *69. Why did Russia pull out of WWI early? They had a lot of casualties