U.S Hist Interim Study Guide

Barack Obama became the first African American elected president in which significant election year?

• 1918

• 1934

• 2008

• 1894

Which of the following best describes the Environmental Protection Agency?

• addressing climate change and pollution

• Ensuring fair markets and stock regulation

• Protecting America from terrorists

• Running national parks and regulating animals

Increased federal involvement in labor disputes was one effect of what late 1800s event?

• The Space Race

• The Louisiana Purchase

• Major labor strikes such as the Pullman Strike

• The Civil Rights Movement

Which battle halted the progress of Japanese expansion during WWII?

• The Battle of Midway

• Iwo Jima

• Pearl Harbor

• The Battle at Yorktown

An increase in settlers moving west was one result of which government action?

• Prohibition

• The Homestead Act

• Social Security

• The Fourteen Points

Creating conditions to prevent future wars was the purpose of what plan?

• Truman Doctrine

• Monroe Doctrine

• Wilson’s Fourteen Points

• Marshall Plan

New Deal art programs were meant to do what during the Great Depression?

• Expand overseas empire

• Encourage segregation

• Promote optimism and national pride

• End immigration

Fear of the Soviet Union and Communism led to -

• The Warsaw Pact

• The Creation of NATO

• The Axis Alliance

• Cooperation between the U.S and U.S.S.R

Which of the following reforms were passed during the Progressive Era?

• The Anti trust Act

• The 18th amendment

• The Pure Food and Drug Act

• All of these are correct

Which household items made daily life easier in the early 1900s?

• The electric vacuum

• The electric Kettle

• The electric icebox

• All of these are correct