CHST 202 Final Exam Study Guide || Detailed Solutions.
The Compromise of 1877 correct answers Ended Reconstruction. Republicans promise
1) Remove military from South,
2) Appoint Democrat to cabinet (David Key postmaster general),
3) Federal money for railroad construction and levees on Mississippi river
The "Jim Crow" System correct answers System of rigid competitive race relations in the
American South that lasted from the 1880s until the 1960s
Plessy vs. Ferguson correct answers (1896) The Court ruled that segregation was not
discriminatory (did not violate black civil rights under the Fourteenth Amendment) provide
that blacks received accommodations equal to those of whites.
Ida B. Wells correct answers African American journalist. published statistics about lynching,
urged African Americans to protest by refusing to ride streetcards or shop in white owned
stores
Booker T. Washington correct answers Prominent black American, born into slavery, who
believed that racism would end once blacks acquired useful labor skills and proved their
economic value to society, was head of the Tuskegee Institute in 1881. His book "Up from
Slavery."
Battle of Little Bighorn correct answers Sioux forces led by Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull
surrounded and defeated Custer and his troops
Thomas Edison correct answers American inventor best known for inventing the electric light
bulb, acoustic recording on wax cylinders, and motion pictures.
John D. Rockefeller correct answers Was an American industrialist and philanthropist.
Revolutionized the petroleum industry and defined the structure of modern philanthropy.
"new immigration" correct answers The second major wave of immigration to the U.S.;
betwen 1865-1910, 25 million new immigrants arrived. Unlike earlier immigration, which
had come primarily from Western and Northern Europe, the New Immigrants came mostly
from Southern and Eastern Europe, fleeing persecution and poverty. Language barriers and
cultural differences produced mistrust by Americans.
The U.S.S. Maine correct answers Ship that explodes off the coast of Cuba in Havana harbor
and helps contribute to the start of the Spanish-American War
Filipino Insurrection correct answers Emilio Aguinaldo led a Filipino movement for
independence in 1896, and wrote constitution when Spain surrendered. When US received
Philippines, they tried to fight again, but quickly gave up.
"Roosevelt Corollary" correct answers Roosevelt's 1904 extension of the Monroe Doctrine,
stating that the United States has the right to protect its economic interests in South And
Central America by using military force
, Panama Canal correct answers a ship canal 40 miles long across the Isthmus of Panama built
by the United States (1904-1914)
Immigration restriction correct answers Restrictions on immigration in the early 20th century,
amidst fears of immigrant radicalism, included limits on the numbers of European
immigrants and the barring of people eligible for naturalized citizenship. (let in in the same
ratio that nationalities already lived in US)
women's sufferage correct answers Women's right to vote, white women get it in 1920
WWI's Western Front correct answers The Western Front was one of the main theatres of war
during the First World War. Following the outbreak of war in August 1914, the German
Army opened the Western Front by invading Luxembourg and Belgium, then gaining
military control of important industrial regions in France.
Submarine Warfare correct answers Used during World War I mainly between German U-
Boats and Atlantic supply convoys for Great Britain
The Wall Street Crash correct answers 29th October 1929, caused by overinflated shares,
growing bank loans, agricultural overproduction, panic selling, stocks purchased on margin,
higher interest rates, and a negative media industry.
"banking holiday" correct answers (FDR) Roosevelt-declared closing of all U.S. financial
institutions on March 6-10, 1933, in order to stop panic and prepare reforms.
work relief (CCC/WPA) correct answers President Franklin Delano Roosevelt created
emergency relief agencies, such as the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) and the Works
Progress Administration (WPA), to address the severe economic problems of the early 1930s.
Hired and trained the unemployed.
Social Security Act correct answers (FDR) 1935, guaranteed retirement payments for
enrolled workers beginning at age 65; set up federal-state system of unemployment insurance
and care for dependent mothers and children, the handicapped, and public health
Lend-Lease correct answers Legislation proposed by FDR and adopted by congress, stating
that the U.S could either sell or lease arms and other equipment to any country whose
security was vital to America's interest -> military equipment to help Britain war effort was
shipped from U.S
Atlantic Charter correct answers 1941-Pledge signed by US president FDR and Winston
Churchill not to acquire new territory as a result of WWII and to work for peace after the war
Pearl Harbor correct answers Base in hawaii that was bombed by japan on December 7, 1941,
which eagered America to enter the war.
Japanese-American Internment correct answers Roosevelt signed a document Feb. 19,1942
stating that all people of Japanese ancestry from California and parts of Washington, Oregon,
and Arizona, needed to be removed. Put them in internment camps because of their fear for
another attack by the Japanese.
The Compromise of 1877 correct answers Ended Reconstruction. Republicans promise
1) Remove military from South,
2) Appoint Democrat to cabinet (David Key postmaster general),
3) Federal money for railroad construction and levees on Mississippi river
The "Jim Crow" System correct answers System of rigid competitive race relations in the
American South that lasted from the 1880s until the 1960s
Plessy vs. Ferguson correct answers (1896) The Court ruled that segregation was not
discriminatory (did not violate black civil rights under the Fourteenth Amendment) provide
that blacks received accommodations equal to those of whites.
Ida B. Wells correct answers African American journalist. published statistics about lynching,
urged African Americans to protest by refusing to ride streetcards or shop in white owned
stores
Booker T. Washington correct answers Prominent black American, born into slavery, who
believed that racism would end once blacks acquired useful labor skills and proved their
economic value to society, was head of the Tuskegee Institute in 1881. His book "Up from
Slavery."
Battle of Little Bighorn correct answers Sioux forces led by Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull
surrounded and defeated Custer and his troops
Thomas Edison correct answers American inventor best known for inventing the electric light
bulb, acoustic recording on wax cylinders, and motion pictures.
John D. Rockefeller correct answers Was an American industrialist and philanthropist.
Revolutionized the petroleum industry and defined the structure of modern philanthropy.
"new immigration" correct answers The second major wave of immigration to the U.S.;
betwen 1865-1910, 25 million new immigrants arrived. Unlike earlier immigration, which
had come primarily from Western and Northern Europe, the New Immigrants came mostly
from Southern and Eastern Europe, fleeing persecution and poverty. Language barriers and
cultural differences produced mistrust by Americans.
The U.S.S. Maine correct answers Ship that explodes off the coast of Cuba in Havana harbor
and helps contribute to the start of the Spanish-American War
Filipino Insurrection correct answers Emilio Aguinaldo led a Filipino movement for
independence in 1896, and wrote constitution when Spain surrendered. When US received
Philippines, they tried to fight again, but quickly gave up.
"Roosevelt Corollary" correct answers Roosevelt's 1904 extension of the Monroe Doctrine,
stating that the United States has the right to protect its economic interests in South And
Central America by using military force
, Panama Canal correct answers a ship canal 40 miles long across the Isthmus of Panama built
by the United States (1904-1914)
Immigration restriction correct answers Restrictions on immigration in the early 20th century,
amidst fears of immigrant radicalism, included limits on the numbers of European
immigrants and the barring of people eligible for naturalized citizenship. (let in in the same
ratio that nationalities already lived in US)
women's sufferage correct answers Women's right to vote, white women get it in 1920
WWI's Western Front correct answers The Western Front was one of the main theatres of war
during the First World War. Following the outbreak of war in August 1914, the German
Army opened the Western Front by invading Luxembourg and Belgium, then gaining
military control of important industrial regions in France.
Submarine Warfare correct answers Used during World War I mainly between German U-
Boats and Atlantic supply convoys for Great Britain
The Wall Street Crash correct answers 29th October 1929, caused by overinflated shares,
growing bank loans, agricultural overproduction, panic selling, stocks purchased on margin,
higher interest rates, and a negative media industry.
"banking holiday" correct answers (FDR) Roosevelt-declared closing of all U.S. financial
institutions on March 6-10, 1933, in order to stop panic and prepare reforms.
work relief (CCC/WPA) correct answers President Franklin Delano Roosevelt created
emergency relief agencies, such as the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) and the Works
Progress Administration (WPA), to address the severe economic problems of the early 1930s.
Hired and trained the unemployed.
Social Security Act correct answers (FDR) 1935, guaranteed retirement payments for
enrolled workers beginning at age 65; set up federal-state system of unemployment insurance
and care for dependent mothers and children, the handicapped, and public health
Lend-Lease correct answers Legislation proposed by FDR and adopted by congress, stating
that the U.S could either sell or lease arms and other equipment to any country whose
security was vital to America's interest -> military equipment to help Britain war effort was
shipped from U.S
Atlantic Charter correct answers 1941-Pledge signed by US president FDR and Winston
Churchill not to acquire new territory as a result of WWII and to work for peace after the war
Pearl Harbor correct answers Base in hawaii that was bombed by japan on December 7, 1941,
which eagered America to enter the war.
Japanese-American Internment correct answers Roosevelt signed a document Feb. 19,1942
stating that all people of Japanese ancestry from California and parts of Washington, Oregon,
and Arizona, needed to be removed. Put them in internment camps because of their fear for
another attack by the Japanese.
