US History Unit 4 Test Review

Which of the following groups was most affected by the establishment of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC)?

• big business

• American troops in Europe

• the Central Powers

• the temperance movement

Which statement is TRUE of a capitalist economy?

• the people share ownership of everything

• it is run by a dictator

• the economy is controlled by the government

• people can own their own businesses

The fall of the Soviet Union also marked the end of what?

• the Vietnam War

• the Cold War

• arms control

What was one of the first places to come under US control during American imperialism?

• Hawaii

• Alaska

• Cuba

• Japan

What kept President Herbert Hoover from stopping the Great Depression?

• the stock market was closed

• prices were too high

• farmers charged too much for what they produced

• he did not believe in government intervention

The Marshall Plan was passed by Congress in response to what?

• the breakup of the Soviet Union

• the need for economic aid in Europe

• Joseph Stalin's threats

Why did President George W. Bush order troops into Afghanistan after September 2001?

• Afghanistan had declared war on the US

• there were terrorist training camps there

• Afghanistan was preparing to invade its neighbor, Iran

• Afghanistan was trying to build nuclear weapons

What countries were called the Central Powers in World War I?

• all of the European nations

• Germany and Austria-Hungary

• Germany and Russia

• Italy, Russia, and Germany

Which of the following statements about World War II is NOT true?

• over 6 million Jews were killed in the Holocaust

• the US emerged as a world power after the war

• much of the continental US lay in ruins at the end of the war

• millions of soldiers died in World War II

Into which nation did President Bush send troops in 2003?

• North Korea

• Iran

• Israel

• Iraq