US History Midterm 2024

Which statement BEST explains one factor that started the Great  Migration?

• the increased number of immigrants moving to urban areas 
• the need for workers during the Great Depression 
• the increased supply of skilled laborers due to industrialization
• the demand for workers in factories during World War I

Which statement is a criticism made by isolationists in the U.S. Senate  about the Treaty of Versailles? 

• Reparation payments would involve the United States in European economies.
• The League of Nations would involve the United States in future conflicts. 
• Stationing U.S. soldiers in Europe would be necessary to maintain peace. 
• The mandate system for colonial independence would result in loss of U.S. territory.

One of the reasons the KKK revitalized during the 1920's and grew in both the north and the south was

• the start of the civil rights movement in the South
• the increasing role of black figures in society
• They targeted the large numbers of immigrants coming into the US

• the increasing role of women in society

The two Italian immigrants who were executed due to fears of communist infiltration during the red scare are named:

• Galleani & Luigi
• Harding & Capone
• Sacco & Vanzetti
• Malone & Galleani

a settlement house in Chicago established in 1889 by Jane Addams.

• Ghetto

• Settlement Houses

• Tenement

• Hull House

Which statement best represents the events in the picture?

• Women wanted the president to support equal rights and the right to vote for females.
• Women wanted the U.S. president to back labor unions.
• Women did not like the president’s approach to civil rights.
• Women protested for homeless women and demanded equal job opportunities.

As a result of the Spanish- American War, the US became a political power in

• The Hawaiian Islands

• Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines

• Samoa

• Panama

Photographer who wrote "How the Other Half Lives" documenting the horrible living conditions of the lower class living in city tenament buildings

• Jacob Riis

• Jane Addams

• Clark Kent

• Teddy Roosevelt

Policy among Germany, Russia, Great Britain, France, Italy, and Japan in which these countries would not interfere with U.S. trading rights in China

• Roosevelt Corollary

• Dollar Diplomacy

• Open Door Policy

• Big Stick Diplomacy

Zora Neale Hurston, Langston Hughes, and Claude McKay were all famous _____ from the Harlem Renaissance that tried to celebrate black culture.

• Writers

• Artists

• Musicians

• Actors