HIST 405 Week 7 DQ 2 Terrorism in the 21st Century

HIST 405 Week 7 DQ 2 Terrorism in the 21st Century 1. Question : (TCO 10) Many immigrants came to the U.S. to avoid Student Answer: inexpensive land. political revolutions. religious freedom. plentiful employment. Instructor Explanation: Chapter 17 Question 2 . Question : (TCO 2) The primary reason that people moved to cities was to Student Answer: learn English. find a job. open a store. join a settlement house. Instructor Explanation: Chapter 17 Question 3 . Question : (TCO 6) One justification for the new social and economic order of the North was based on Student Answer: Marxism. Social Darwinism. Utilitarian doctrine. None of the above Instructor Explanation: Chapter 16 Question 4 . Question : (TCO 10) How did the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire affect industrial reforms? Student Answer: Managers began locking the exits of factories. Progressives began to focus on other areas for reforms. Congress passed laws that increased the work day to 12 hours. Cities and states began passing laws to make workplaces safer. Instructor Explanation: Chapter 18 Question 6 . Question : (TCO 7) The decisive battles in World War I were fought Student Answer: in Alsace-Lorraine. in Austria-Hungary. on the eastern Front. on the western Front. Instructor Explanation: Chapter 20 Question 9 . Question : (TCO 11) What brought the Harding Administration to an end? Student Answer: President Harding was impeached. President Harding was defeated in the 1924 election. Instructor Explanation: President Harding died of a heart attack. President Harding resigned in response to the Teapot Dome scandal. Chapter 21 Question 10 . Question : (TCO 11) Which economic factors led to the Great Depression? Student Answer: Underproduction, disparity of wealth, low interest rates, and low stock speculation Underproduction, high consumption, low interest rates, and high stock speculation Overproduction, disparity of wealth, limited money supply, and high stock speculation Overproduction, high consumption, limited money supply, and low stock speculation Instructor Explanation: Chapter 22 Question 11 . Question : (TCOs 6 and 7) Identify and explain at least one cause of World War I. Then analyze the events that drew the United States into World War I. Evaluate America’s contribution to the war effort and to what extent America’s entry contributed to the end of the war. Make sure you use enough details to support your answer. Student Answer: Some of the causes of World War Two included: a) the harsh provisions of the Treaty of Versailles b) the Great Depression c) the rise of fascism in Germany and Italy d) inability of the League of Nations to deal with major international issues Personally World War Two causes can be divided into two: long-term causes and short term causes; There can be little hesitancy that one of the long term causes of the war was the anger felt in Weimar Germany that was caused by the Treaty of Versailles. Another long term cause was the obvious inability of the League of Nations to deal with major international issues. In the 1930’s these would have been in Manchuria and Abyssinia. In both conflicts the League showed that it was unable to control those powers that worked outside of accepted international