Ch 19-20 Study Guide
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- Causes of WWI?
- Nationalism, Imperialism, Militarism, Alliance System
- Where did the assassination that triggered WWI occur?
- Sarajevo, Capital of Bosnia
- What did the British blockade cause in Germany?
- Caused 750,000 Germans to starve to death.
- How did the U.S. overcome the threat of German U-boats?
- Used convoys to get merchant ships across the ocean.
- What were men required to do as a result of the Selective Service Act?
- Register with the government in order to be randomly selected for military service.
- Which weapons of mechanized warfare were introduced in WWI?
- Tanks, and airplanes.
- Which nations suffered the fewest casualties during WWI?
- The U.S, Italy, and Turkey.
- Who rejected Wilson's "Fourteen Points" peace plan?
- Congress.
- What reasons did Senators give for opposing U.S. membership in the League of Nations?
- It would interfere with free trade agreements.
- Who were Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti and what were they charged, and why were they convicted?
- They were 2 foreigners thrown into jail, their charges were robbery and murder, and they were convicted because they were a foreigner.
- To expand its membership, the Ku Klux Klan did not except?
- Anybody but whites.
- The immigration policies of the 1920's limited immigration from all of the following countries except?
- Those in the Western Hemisphere.
- Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer believed that he needed to protect the American people from what threat?
- Communism.
- During the 1920's, what happened to the union membership?
- It doubled during the war, and declines after the war.
- The first practical peacetime use of airplanes was for what reasons?
- Mail carrying service for the U.S. post office.
- What was the main factor causing urban sprawl in the 1920's?
- The automobile.
- Details of the Teapot Dome scandal...
- The government set aside oil-rich public lands at Teapot dome for use by the U.S. Navy.
- Reason(s) for the Fordney-McCumber Tariff?
- Protected U.S. businesses from foreign competition.
- To protect their own interests, employers often accused striking workers of being?
- Communists.
- What nations were members of the "Big Four"?
- The U.S, France, Great Britain, and Italy.