HS History Semester Final

Charles Lindbergh was the first person to

• fly an airplane

• patent the airplane

• successfully reach the South Pole

• fly across the Atlantic Ocean solo and without stopping.

The Founding Fathers gained support for the Constitution by promising that

• all free males would be able to vote

• the President would be from the South

• a Bill of Rights would be established

• citizens would not be required to pay taxes.

According to this map, which part of the country did women have the least voting rights in 1919?

• West

• Midwest

• Southeast

• Northeast

The Louisiana Purchase of 1803

• was a major cause of the Spanish-American War

• pushed the Spanish below the Rio Grande in North America

• resulted in increased conflict between the U.S. and France

• almost doubled the area of the U.S. and gave it control of the Mississippi River.

Herbert Hoover's solution to easing the Great Depression was primarily to

• lower foreign tariffs and thus increase foreign trade

• provide no help at all for American citizens or businesses

• provide bonus checks to all American citizens, paid for from the Federal Treasury

• provide some federal help to bankers, but leave relief for the poor to private charities.

The 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution could be considered a "Progressive" amendment because it

• allowed all people the right to vote

• allowed citizens 18 and older voting rights

• guaranteed suffrage to all races regardless of income

• granted suffrage to all American citizens, regardless of sex.

The men in the picture shown are gathering in their opposition to the ratification of what amendment?

• 1st Amendment

• 10th Amendment

• 19th Amendment

• 26th Amendment

Which of these was a factor in the U.S. entry in World War I?

• the halt of the German army

• the sinking of the Lusitania

• the signing of a peace agreement

• the death of the heir to the Italian throne

The U.S. President who campaigned to "keep us out of war" and then had to lead the country through World War I was

• Herbert Hoover

• Woodrow Wilson

• Calvin Coolidge.

• Franklin Roosevelt.

Many historians consider Theodore Roosevelt's greatest achievement to be

• making banking reforms

• preserving the gold standard

• his role in the annexation of Texas.

• promoting the conservation of natural resources