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U.S. History Fall Semester Exam 2018

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11th Grade

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

Speakeasies in the 1920s were an unintended consequence of which federal government action?

tax on imported luxury goods

deportation of suspected communist sympathizers

the prohibition of the sale of alcoholic beverages

The implementation of immigration restrictions

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

Nativism is most closely associated with which of the following concepts?

immigration

democracy

innovation

imperialism

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

During the 1920s, Clarence Darrow and William Jennings Bryan were most closely identified with the-

increased use of credit by U.S. consumers

development of new forms of popular entertainment

decline of public support for Progressive reform

conflict between modernism and traditionalism

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

Which pull factor contributed to the Great Migration

The availability of land grants for homesteaders

Economic opportunities in industrialized cities

Better soil conditions in previously uncultivated areas

The lower cost of living in urban areas

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

Why did the "Return to Normalcy" agenda of U.S. presidential candidate Warren G. Harding appeal to many voters in the 1920 election?

The public wanted to help rebuild war-torn countries

There were significant shortages of military supplies

There was a decrease in demand for consumer goods.

The public wanted to concentrate on domestic economic issues.

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

Media Image

This 1924 cartoon satirizes a scandal that led to-

public disappointment over revelations of government corruption

widespread dissatisfaction with a lack of economic development

public frustration with government neglect of the working class

widespread anger over excessive partisan politics

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

There was music from my neighbor's house through the summer nights...The halls and...verandas are gaudy with primary colors and hair shorn in strange new ways and shawls beyond the dreams of Castile...There was dancing now on the canvas in the garden...By midnight the hilarity had increased.


-F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby


How does this excerpt reflect a significant turning point in American history?

It depicts the reaction to victory in the Spanish-American War.

It portrays the changing social norms of the Jazz Age

It describes the experiences of immigrant workers during the Gilded Age

It details the industrial progress of the post-World War I era.

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