Unit 6 Test Review

UNIT 6 TEST REVIEWU.S. History

SSUSH 14U.S. History

Becoming a World Power

War 1899 that resulted from the U.S. helping Cuba win independence from Spain

Spanish-American War

Becoming a World Power

U.S. Ship that exploded in Cuba and blamed on Spain

U.S.S. Maine

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War in which the U.S. quickly defeated the Spanish Navy,

made the islands an American territory

War in the Philippines

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Americans were eager to spread democracy and open markets into Latin America

Expansionism

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Concept used to explain U.S. expansion into Latin America to

get raw materials and open economic markets

Imperialism

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The U.S. and President Theodore Roosevelt helped Panama separate from this

country?

Columbia

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REASON - The U.S. and President Theodore Roosevelt helped Panama separate from

Columbia

Access to Panama Canal

Becoming a World Power

Leader of the Rough Riders up San Juan Hill in the war in

Cuba against the Spanish

Theodore Roosevelt

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Extension of the Monroe Doctrine that said the U.S. would get involved in the affairs of Latin

American Countries to end intervention of European

Countries.

Roosevelt Corollary

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A manmade construction that made a faster sea route from the Atlantic to Pacific Oceans

Panama Canal

Becoming a World Power

Theodore Roosevelt’s foreign policy to implement the

Roosevelt Corollary

Big Stick Diplomacy

Becoming a World Power

Big Stick refers to what new weapon owned by the United

States

Great White Fleet (Steel NAVY)

SSUSH 15U.S. History

Becoming a World Power

War fought from 1914-1918 in Europe

WWI

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Incident that caused WWI to erupt in

Europe?

Assassination of Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand

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Year the U.S. Entered WWI

1917

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U.S. Policy of staying out of world wars to entering the war

as an allied power?

Neutrality to Engagement

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British cruise liner blown up by Germany without warning

killing 128 Americans?

Lusitania

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Telegram sent from Germany to Mexico to form an alliance against the U.S. during WWI?

Zimmerman Note

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German policy of attacking neutral vessels at sea

without warning?

Unrestricted Submarine Warfare

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This concept refers to issues in the U.S. homeland during

WWI?

Domestic Impact of WWI

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Movement of African Americans during WWI to the

Northern part of U.S. to fill Jobs?

Great Migration

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Law passed during WWI that made it illegal to speak out against the government or interfere with the military

during WWI

Espionage Act

Becoming a World Power

Socialist put in Jail for 10 years during WWI for

violating the Espionage Act?

Eugene Debs

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President of the U.S. during WWI?

Woodrow Wilson

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President Wilson’s plan to end all world Wars and create

a worldwide peace?

Fourteen Points

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International Peacekeeping Organization formed in the 14

points?

League of Nations

Becoming a World Power

Main Reason U.S. Senators did not approve the Treaty of

Versailles?

Isolationism

Becoming a World Power

Made it illegal to make, sell, or consumer Alcohol?

Eighteenth Amendment

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Era in U.S. History when drinking Alcohol was illegal?

Prohibition

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Extended Suffrage to women?

Nineteenth Amendment

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What does suffrage mean?

Right to Vote

SSUSH 16U.S. History

Becoming a World Power

Economic system that disallowed private property; USSR in 1917 become this?

Communism

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Economic system where business are owned and

controlled by the government?

Socialism

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Fear of the spread of communism and Socialism

spreading during WWI?

Red Scare

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Used Mass Production make automobiles?

Henry Ford

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Mass Production achieved this way by Henry Ford?

Assembly Line

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Mass Production had this affect on the Automobile?

Cheap & Affordable

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Major form of communication in peoples homes in the

1920s?

Radio

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American culture was influenced by clothing,

hairstyles, etc. seen in these?

Movies

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Artistic and Music movement that celebrated African

American culture?

Harlem Renaissance

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Famous Jazz Trumpet player during the Harlem

Renaissance?

Louis Armstrong

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Music based on old slave rhythms and music from new

Orleans and the South?

JAZZ

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Most prominent poet and writer during the Harlem

Renaissance?

Langston Hughes

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A row of music production and recording houses in Harlem;

also a concept that refers to a group of composers?

Tin Pan Alley

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Most famous composer and song writer in Tin Pan Alley?

Irving Berlin