Final 5a

Multiple Choice

Based on the excerpt and your knowledge of U.S. history, how did World War II affect the workforce?

• Women remained unemployed for the duration.

• Women gained more opportunities in industry.

• Employers prioritized experience in manufacturing.

• Employers provided access to opportunities in higher education.

Multiple Choice

Which reason has the U.S. government given for supporting Israel?

• Israel provided NATO with the majority of its oil.

• Israel was one of the few democracies in the Middle East.

Multiple Choice

Based on the excerpt, which idea is important to the success of a constitutional republic?

• Citizens writing bills that eventually become laws

• Citizens electing capable individuals to make laws

Multiple Choice

What goals do organizations like the AFL-CIO seek to achieve in the United States?

• Improving working conditions and opportunities for union workers

• Finding labor sources for manufacturing in regions outside of the United States

• Deregulating businesses and reducing corporate taxes

• Decreasing the political influence of labor union leaders.

Multiple Choice

What was one additional way that urban political machines "controlled access to political power"?

• By requiring candidates to pass civil service exams

• By introducing referendum and recall elections

• By securing jobs and contracts for supporters

Multiple Select

What actions did the federal government take during the Pullman Strike of 1894 that affected private businesses and workers?

• Ruling against boycotts

• Sending troops to break the strike

• Making Labor Day a national holiday

• Arresting union officials

Multiple Choice

Based on the excerpt, how might population growth affect the environment?

• Less farming will lead to cleaner waterways.

• Extensive reforestation will lead to cleaner air.

• Alternative fuel usage will pollute the air.

• Habitat destruction will disrupt ecosystems.

Multiple Choice

Which effect is the result of the information shown in the graph?

• A decreased need for computer automation

• An increased need for human supervision

• An increase in production efficiency

Multiple Choice

Goal 1: Addressing Climate Change and Improving Air Quality

Goal 2: Safeguarding America’s Waters

Goal 3: Cleaning Up Communities and Advancing Sustainable Development

Goal 4: Ensuring the Safety of Chemicals and Preventing Pollution

Which government entity is responsible for achieving these goals?

• National Park Service

• Department of Homeland Security

• Environmental Protection Agency

• Federal Emergency Management Agency

Multiple Choice

1.                      In serious labor disputes, which arose before 1900, the U.S. government

• usually supported the owners.      

• tended to support the organized workers.

• usually remained strictly neutral, refusing to mediate the disputes

• sometimes supported the workers and other times supported the owners

Multiple Choice

How did the Great Depression affect American society?

• The price of agricultural goods decreased, causing an increase in demand for farm labor.

• Manufacturing wages increased, causing businesses to concede to labor union demands.

• Demand for luxury goods increased, causing overproduction in manufacturing.

• Businesses were forced to close, causing widespread unemployment.

Multiple Choice

What was Isoroku Yamamoto main goal at the Battle of Midway?

• Take Midway Island to use as an airstrip to send planes to bomb Hawaii

• Whip out a major amount of U.S. troops located on the Island of Midway

• Take out U.S. Aircraft Carriers

• Use Midway to cut off U.S. supplies to other islands in the area

Multiple Choice

Selected features of the Homestead Act of 1862:

• Adult citizens were granted 160 acres of public land.

• People claiming the land were required to improve the land by building a home and farming the land.

• After 5 years on the land, the person claiming the land paid a registration fee and officially owned the land.

What was one effect of the act described in this list?

• The debt of the federal government increased.

• The population of settlers in the American West increased.

• The number of conflicts with American Indians decreased.

• The demand for natural resources decreased.

Multiple Choice

Which statement describes the purpose of this plan?

• To establish a new era of isolationism

• To punish countries that are defeated in war

• To prevent multinational countries from breaking apart

• To create conditions that prevent future global conflicts

Multiple Choice

This excerpt is from an 1868 amendment to the U.S. Constitution.

No State shall make or enforce any law which shall [violate] the privileges or immunities of citizens . . . nor . . . deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law.

—Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution

Based on the excerpt and your knowledge of U.S. history, how did the application of this amendment support the Civil Rights Movement?

• Its improper interpretation by courts of law limited the ability of citizens to sue for damages.

• It established a council of citizens with veto power over federal laws deemed discriminatory.

• Its inconsistent enforcement led to the passage of additional laws to protect the liberties of citizens.

• It provided a set of guidelines for citizens to ask the courts to review federal laws deemed biased.

Multiple Choice

Which medal were soldiers awarded when injured or killed in action?

¿Qué medalla recibieron los soldados cuando resultaron heridos o muertos en combate?

• Purple Heart
• Bronze Shield
• Silver Cross
• Golden Star

Multiple Choice

This photograph shows an event that took place in 1997.

What was the significance of the event depicted in the photograph?

• The U.S. government created a new military commendation for veterans of foreign wars.

• The U.S. government honored an African American veteran for bravery during World War II.

• The U.S. government officially desegregated the armed forces

• The U.S. government extended veterans benefits to African Americans

Multiple Choice

What was the significance of the event depicted in the photograph?

• The U.S. government officially desegregated the armed forces.

• The U.S. government extended veterans benefits to African Americans.

• The U.S. government honored an African American veteran for bravery during World War II.

• The U.S. government created a new military commendation for veterans of foreign wars.

Multiple Choice

Selected Accomplishments of Dolores Huerta:

1. Secured disability insurance for California farmworkers

2. Directed a national grape boycott to protest the dangers of pesticides for farmworkers

3. _____________________

Which accomplishment correctly completes this list?

• Organized armed resistance to protest police brutality against farmworkers

• Negotiated to secure better working conditions for farmworkers

• C Filed a federal lawsuit to fight segregation against farmworkers in public facilities

• Seized corporate farmland to protest discrimination against farmworkers

Multiple Choice

Which idea reflected in these remarks formed the basis for U.S. involvement in Vietnam?

• Nuclear deterrence

• Flexible response

• Domino theory

Multiple Choice

This photograph shows a 1934 painting by an artist with the Public Works of Art Project during the Great Depression.

What is the MOST LIKELY reason the Public Works of Art Project commissioned this painting?

• A To promote optimism for U.S. economic progress during the Great Depression

• To demand federal worker safety laws during the Great Depression

• To encourage competition for U.S. technological superiority during the Great Depression

• To question the success of nationalizing industries during the Great Depression

Multiple Choice

NATO was created in response to concerns about —

• the Soviet Union and Communism

• the rise of fascism

• the Cold War

• global terrorism

Multiple Choice

Name the Act that was created after the publication of The Jungle by muckraker Upton Sinclair.

• Meat Inspection Act

• Pure Food and Drug Act

• Victory Garden Act

• Dawes Act

Multiple Choice

The image supports which statement about US society during the early 1900s?

• New technologies made daily life easier for consumers.

• Consumers resisted change in favor of traditional products.

• Harmful economic cycles caused consumers to resist new technology.

• The manufacture of new products encouraged consumers to stay home.

Multiple Select

According to this image, what impacts did factories have on living conditions? Check ALL that apply

• better housing

• pollution

• disposal of waste

• lack of fresh water

Multiple Choice

The photo demonstrates one of the problems with

• overcrowding urban tenements.
• labor union activism in urban areas.
• the overproduction of consumer goods.
• the growth of political machines.

Multiple Choice

This list describes the nineteenth-century experiences of immigrants from

• Italy

• China

• Germany

• Japan

Multiple Choice

Which factor has MOST contributed to the improvement of cell phone technology?

• Competition between cell phone companies to gain new customers

• Government tariffs to reduce sales of imported cell phones

• Sales taxes on cell phone equipment to generate revenue

• Long-term contracts from cell phone service providers to reward customer loyalty