U.S. History Fall Semester Exam Review

According to natural rights philosophy, what is the main purpose of government?

• Force citizens to migrate West

• Protect citizens

• Provide citizens with money

• Control citizens by forcing them to work for the government

What did Charles Lindberg do?

• He was a sniper in WWII

• He hit 60 home runs in 1923

• He flew solo across the Atlantic

• He was elected President in 1932

How did Henry Ford contribute to industrialization?

• He created the first car

• He invented the steel making process

• He opened many textile factories across the U.S.

• His factories used the assembly line and he provided his workers with a middle class wage.

What is the correct order of eras: 1920s, Industrial Revolution, WWI, Progressive Era?​ Earliest on the left, #1 to latest on the right, #2.

Describe the US economically in the 1920s.

Why were speakeasies illegal in the 1920s?

• Prohibition

• The Red Scare

• The 21st Amendment

• They were unsanitary

How did nativism influence the 1920s?​ ​

• Immigration Quotas
• the U.S. was focused on increasing immigration
• rise of the KKK
• People were more accepting of non-Americans
• Old traditions were being forgotten

What was the significance of the Harlem Renaissance?

• Jazz music

• African American culture

• African American pride

• African Americans moving from the North to the South

What was the significance of the Scopes Trial?

How did the Spanish-American War affect the US?

• Rise of imperialism

• Lost land in the West

• Germany was a U.S. ally

• Gained the Philippines, Guam and Puerto Rico