US History Semester Exam Review

This newspaper headline describes an event that occurred in 1894.

What was one effect of the event described in this headline?

• Increased support for gender equality in labor union membership

• Decreased support for socialism by labor union members

• Increased federal government involvement in labor union activities

• Decreased federal government surveillance of labor union leaders

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.

This list describes selected features of the Homestead Act of 1862.

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

• The population of settlers in the American West increased.

• The debt of the federal government increased.

• The number of conflicts with American Indians decreased.

• The demand for natural resources decreased.

This list provides a partial summary of presidential plan.

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

his 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?

• 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

Read the list and answer the question that follows.

In which historical time period were these laws enacted?

• The Great Society

• The Progressive Era

• The Great Depression

• The Jazz Age

This image shows an advertisement from 1920.

The image supports which statement about U.S. 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.

Study the diagram and answer the question that follows.

Which trend of the late 1800s correctly replaces the question mark in this cause-and-effect diagram?

• The number of immigrants from Europe declined.

• The government passed laissez-faire laws.

• People moved from rural to urban areas.

• Settlement houses lost federal funding.

Read the excerpt and answer the question that follows.

Which issue was discussed in the writing of Jacob Riis?

• Discrimination against African Americans in U.S. cities

• Harsh conditions of tenement housing in U.S. cities

• Growing conflict between rural regions and U.S. cities

• Increasing efforts to reduce Chinese immigration to U.S. cities

The demographic structure of the United States changed in the late nineteenth century with the arrival of —

• immigrants from southern and eastern Europe seeking industrial jobs

• political refugees coming to the United States from the former Spanish colonies

• migrants from Mexico seeking agricultural jobs during a worldwide depression

• German immigrants fleeing Europe prior to the outbreak of the First World War