History of the Americas Questions
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During the 1932 election, Franklin Roosevelt promised to embark on a program of "___________" to address the economic woes of the nation.
The Bolshevik Revolution caused Russia to drop out of World War 1. T or F?
In his Fourteen Points plan a postwar settlement, Woodrow Wilson advocated the creation of __________.
According to Dr.McClay, the _________ Civil War was a precursor to the kind of conflicts that characterized the Second World War.
The United States entered World War 1 due to a change in public opinion that resulted from the sinking of merchant vessels by German __________.
The vast majority of Southerners did not own slaves. T or F?
The __________ Idea held that universities could help reform government by conducting scientific investigations aimed at making public administration more efficient, fair-minded, and expert.
According to the historian Frederick Jackson Turner, the disappearance of _________ would prove to be a major challenge to American democracy.
According to Dr.McClay, the Spanish-American War marked the end of the Spanish empire as any kind of coherent entity. T or F?
___________ was an influential movement in Christianity that encouraged imperialism through the argument that Christian nation had a moral obligation to spread their institutions and beliefs to the rest of the world.
In his "Farewell Address," George Washington urged his successors to avoid ___________ alliances with foreign powers.
The Progressive movement began at the national level before influencing state and city politics. T or F?
Whether or not annex __________ proved to be one of the defining questions of American imperialism.
The Platt Amendment pledged that the United States would not intervene in Cuban affairs. T or F?
Abraham Lincoln argued that because secession was illegal, the Confederate states had never left the Union. T or F?
The 14th Amendment began a process called incorporation which culminated in the 1920s. Incorporation __________.
In his Second Inaugural, Lincoln argued that slavery should be understood as ________ sin.
In 1890, __________ out of five New York city residents were foreign-born.
The _________ industry was the first big business in the United States, and it helped spur the development of a national marketplace.
The explosion of the USS Maine in Havana Harbor pushed the United States towards war with ________.