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WorksheetsU.S. History A Review-Day Two
Total questions: 36
Worksheet time: 18mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
John Hay promoted this plan in order to promote a plan to strengthen the American position to gain control over specific regions in China.
a)
League of Nations
b)
Open Door Policy
c)
Open Window Policy
d)
Sherman Antitrust
2.
United States-German relations deteriorated in 1915 when...
a)
the Germans broke through the British blockade.
b)
German submarines attacked the Lusitania.
c)
Germany refused to follow through on trade agreements with the United States.
d)
neutral Belgium was attacked.
3.
France at Versailles following World War I did not want to
a)
allow Germany the right to have observers at the peace negotiations
b)
occupy an industrial region of Germany for 15 years
c)
establish reparations commission to assess money to be paid by Germany for French losses
d)
win back its northeastern territory of Lorraine and Alsace
4.
The Roosevelt Corollary expanded...
a)
The Fourteen Points
b)
Clayton Antitrust
c)
The Monroe Doctrine
d)
Sherman Antitrust
5.
The United States intervention in Mexico in 1916 was in response to...
a)
the raid by Pancho Villa on a town in New Mexico.
b)
the collapse of the Huerta regime.
c)
attacks on Catholic churches there.
d)
the arrest of American sailors in Tampico, Mexico.
6.
According to the Zimmermann note sent to the German ambassador in Mexico in 1917,
a)
Mexico would fight on the side of Germany.
b)
Mexico was willing to plot the assassination of President Wilson.
c)
Germany would help Mexico regain some of the region that it lost to
the United States in 1848 if Mexico allied itself with Germany.
d)
the Mexican government would lease bases to Germany.
7.
How long did American troops fight in Europe during World War I?
a)
about two years
b)
about a year
c)
about three years
d)
about four years
8.
Which of these countries was NOT one of the Big Four that negotiated the Treaty of Versailles?
a)
Britain
b)
France
c)
Germany
d)
The United States
9.
Irreconcilables refused to vote for the League of Nations because they believed that the United States
a)
should focus on politics abroad.
b)
should put aside the Progressive movement.
c)
should be completely indifferent to affairs outside the United States.
d)
would be put in an immoral position of defending the colonial activities of European powers.
10.
Before 1890 most immigrants to the United States came from
a)
southern and eastern Europe.
b)
southern and western South America.
c)
northern and western Europe.
d)
eastern and northern Asia.
11.
Most progressives in the early years of the twentieth century were
a)
white, middle-class, college-educated professionals.
b)
Americans opposed to equal rights for women.
c)
wealthy owners of large corporations.
d)
recent immigrants to America.
12.
After the stock market crash, the Federal Reserve system followed a policy that
a)
dried up credit.
b)
made it easy to get credit.
c)
left too much money in circulation.
d)
printed more money than consumers could spend.
13.
Many people purchased stocks by paying only a fraction of the stocks value and paying back the broker with their gains, this was called buying on ______________.
a)
Credit
b)
Layaway
c)
Margin
d)
Time
14.
An economic depression is characterized by a sharp
a)
decline in unemployment.
b)
rise in unemployment.
c)
increase in farmers' incomes.
d)
increase in consumer spending.
15.
The stock market crashed on
a)
September 11, 1918
b)
July 14, 1926
c)
October 29, 1929
d)
January 15, 1933
16.
The final blow to President Hoover's political career was the
a)
passage of the Agricultural Marketing Act.
b)
routing of the bonus army.
c)
establishment of the Farm Board.
d)
passage of the Emergency Relief Act.
17.
Hoover advocated which of the following as the solution to the economic crisis of the early 1930s?
a)
voluntary action by business and local governments
b)
replacement of the Federal Reserve System Chairperson
c)
direct financial relief to farmers
d)
widespread government programs
18.
The stock market was an attractive gamble for thousands of Americans during the late 1920s because
a)
banks did not pay interest on savings accounts then.
b)
there was a dramatic difference between the return on a savings account and the return on stocks.
c)
most people were out of work.
d)
there was a shortage of goods to buy and people did not know what else to do with their money.
19.
When the stock market crashed in 1929,
a)
stock prices dropped sharply in late-summer selling.
b)
stock bought on margin lost value, leaving investors unable to pay brokers.
c)
brokers' investments were secure.
d)
only savings in banks were safe.
20.
Before the stock market crash of 1929, many economists and politicians of the late 1920s believed that the United States had entered a new era in which
a)
everyone would be rich.
b)
no one would be rich.
c)
all people would have the same amount of money.
d)
most people would be very poor.
21.
During the 1920s, it is safe to say that
a)
movie actors and athletes were of national hero status
b)
most Americans disliked athletes
c)
prominent writers were celebrated and adored by most Americans
d)
tennis was not popular
22.
Which group of people in the United States refused to obey Prohibition?
a)
the middle class
b)
the fundamentalists
c)
the lower class
d)
the Protestants
23.
Prohibition was difficult to enforce because
a)
The United States offered more than 10,000 miles of coastlines and land borders to smugglers.
b)
Hundreds of ships anchored in international waters dispensed legal liquor to anyone who came out by boat.
c)
Thousands of druggists sold alcohol using doctors' prescriptions.
d)
all of these
24.
Fundamentalists believe that
a)
people should study the Bible to determine their own interpretation.
b)
the Bible tells the literal truth.
c)
evolution is a loose interpretation of the creation of the earth according to the Bible.
d)
evolution should be studied even though they do not believe in the creation theory.
25.
The Harlem Renaissance was
a)
the lost generation of white writers.
b)
a New York City train going uptown.
c)
a jazz club in New Orleans.
d)
the African American literary and artistic movement of the 1920s.
26.
How did jazz come to Northern cities?
a)
It was brought by immigrants from western Europe.
b)
It was brought by immigrants from southern Europe.
c)
It was brought by African Americans from New Orleans when they migrated.
d)
It was brought by Mexican Americans when they migrated to the cities.
27.
During the 1920s, many American citizens purchased items
a)
with cash
b)
by trading a personal item of value
c)
on credit
d)
on lay-a-way
28.
Most Americans in the 1920s regarded installment buying as
a)
an easy way to raise their standard of living.
b)
shameful.
c)
an easy road to ruin.
d)
a passing fad.
29.
During the 1920s some prominent American writers and artists moved to Europe partly because
a)
they felt that American society did not value their work.
b)
there was too much competition among writers in the United States.
c)
they were mobbed by fans wherever they went.
d)
they felt that there was nothing in the United States to inspire them to write.
30.
Babe Ruth was
a)
a popular baseball player
b)
President in 1924
c)
the first to fly solo across the Atlantic
d)
the inventor of the assembly line.
31.
In 1925 John Scopes was tried for breaking the law under the Butler Act because he had
a)
taught from a textbook that had not been approved by the state.
b)
taught evolution.
c)
taught religion in his public school classroom.
d)
read The Great Gatsby to his students.
32.
Hoover presented himself as which one of the following in the 1928 election?
a)
big-city governor
b)
spokesperson for immigrants
c)
anti-business crusader
d)
self-made Iowa farm boy
33.
______________ combined careful research, vivid writing, and moral outrage to motivate the public to get on board with Progressive changes.
a)
muckrakers
b)
politicians
c)
political machines
d)
trusts
34.
During the late 1800s, American cities
a)
experience rapid growth
b)
became overcrowded
c)
experienced technological advances in transportation
d)
all of these
35.
How were populists and progressives alike?
a)
mostly made up of farmers
b)
generally lived in cities
c)
feared the concentration of power in the hands of a wealthy few
d)
focused on the ability of knowledgeable experts to analyze and solve problems
36.
All of the following were progressive reforms in the early 1900s EXCEPT
a)
passing child labor laws
b)
winning civil rights for African Americans
c)
regulating public utilities
d)
enacting workers’ compensation laws
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