Vocab 145-150

Great Britain and other European countries maintained spheres of influence leading to the Boxer Rebellion. What is a sphere of influence?

• A strong military unit

• A group of countries that are friends and work together

• A new type of war technology

• A territorial area where a weaker country can only trade with one stronger country

What was the same of the first artificial Earth satellite that led to the creation of NASA and the space race?

• Destroyer

• Sputnik

• Solarik

• SpaceSat

Some people believe that only the fittest humans survive during political and economic struggle. This belief is know as...

• Communism

• Social Darwinism

• Socialism

• The Theory of Evolution

Susan B. Anthony was an early leader of the women's anti-suffrage movement, which opposed women's suffrage

• True

• False

During the 1920s, many Americans were involved in risky business transactions hoping to make a quick or large profit. This is known as...

• Socialism

• Great Depression

• Laissez Faire

• Speculation

A system for buying and selling stocks in corporations is known as...

• The sales market

• The black market

• The corporation market

• The stock market

Famous case in which two immigrants were accused of murder even though there was no evidence. This case showed how much Americans distrusted foreigners 

• Brown v Board of Education

• Sacco-Vanzetti

• Prohibition

• World War I

Harmful and unsanitary working conditions led to workers refusing to work until owners improve conditions. This is known as a...

• Sit-in

• Monopoly

• Strike

• Draw

What is the act that provides balance of power between union and management by designating certain union activities as unfair labor practices

• The Union Act

• Civil Rights Act

• Dawes Act

• Taft Hartley Act

A requirement that citizens pay a tax in order to register to vote is known as...

• The taxation law

• Voting ban

• A poll tax

• The social justicee tax