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WorksheetsAP 2nd Semester Review
Total questions: 113
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Class
Date
1.
Former CIA agents were caught breaking in to the Democratic Party Headquarters in Washington, D.C. leading to the resignation of Pres. Nixon
a)
Iran Hostage Crisis
b)
Watergate Scandal
c)
Star Wars
d)
Camp David Accords
2.
OPEC was an organization that exported what?
a)
Weapons
b)
Drugs
c)
Water
d)
Petroleum
3.
Which president resigned after the Watergate scandal?
a)
Eisenhower
b)
JFK
c)
Nixon
d)
Johnson
4.
The Camp David Accords were between what two countries?
a)
USA and Vietnam
b)
Isreal and Egypt
c)
South Vietnam and North Vietnam
d)
USA and Isreal
5.
The incident illustrated by this cartoon increased cynicism toward the US government because
a)
the press secretary failed to keep the public informed of national policy changes
b)
the president directed a conspiracy to mislead the nation
c)
the Supreme Court overruled federal statutes that defined confidentiality
d)
Congress failed to pass legislation enforcing protection of privacy rights
6.
Why did gasoline prices spike during the 1970s and early 1980s?
a)
A natural disaster impeded offshore drilling for oil.
b)
Congress imposed new regulations on foreign energy companies.
c)
Conflicts in Middle East disrupted the distribution of oil.
d)
Congress introduced new legislation to increase the fuel efficiency of vehicles.
7.
What is the main idea of this cartoon from the Watergate era?
a)
The Supreme Court presides over a presidential impeachment trial
b)
Congress has to obey the Constitution
c)
The President has the final word on constitutional issues.
d)
No person or group is above the law
8.
Why did Phyllis Schlafly oppose the Equal Rights Amendment?
a)
She thought it discriminated against certain religious beliefs
b)
She thought the ERA violated women's freedom of speech
c)
she believed the ERA harmed women who preferred a more traditional lifestyle
d)
she claimed that more changes were needed than the ERA proposed
9.
FDR addressed the American public in weekly broadcasts known as:
a)
FDR Hour
b)
Hangin' With Franklin
c)
Fireside Chats
d)
Around the Fire
10.
Who proposed the Share-Our-Wealth program?
a)
Father Coughlin
b)
Franklin Roosevelt
c)
Huey Long
d)
Smedley Butler
11.
Which of the following New Deal laws/agencies regulated the buying and selling of stocks?
a)
Securities and Exchange Commission
b)
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
c)
Emergency Banking Act
d)
Home Owners Insurance Corporation
12.
What were the major goals of the New Deal?
a)
no gold standard and free coinage of silver
b)
abolition and suffrage
c)
relief, recovery, and reform
d)
expanding the size and economic influence of the United States
13.
This president thought the federal government should not get involved in the economy. As a result, many Americans blamed him for the Great Depression. This caused him to lose the election in 1932.
a)
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
b)
Theodore Rooselvelt
c)
Herbert Hoover
d)
Calvin Coolidge
14.
Which option below was one of the causes of the Great Depression?
a)
High Taxes
b)
Too much regulation of the stock market
c)
Equally distributed wealth between wealthy and unwealthy
d)
Unequal distribution of wealth
15.
A significant effect of the Smoot-Hawley Tariff was that:
a)
US consumers benefited from lower prices on goods and services
b)
American businesses benefitted while foreign trade decreased
c)
Labor unions gained legal protection for collective bargaining
d)
US manufacturers faced more competition from foreign nations.
16.
What provided for "separate but equal"?
a)
Plessy v. Ferguson
b)
Brown v. Board
c)
Scott v. Sanford
d)
Marbury v. Madison
17.
"Nurses: No person or corporation shall require any white female nurse to nurse in wards or rooms in hospitals, either public or private, in which negro men are placed. Alabama"
The above is an example of which of the following?
The above is an example of which of the following?
a)
Homer Plessy
b)
Dred Scott
c)
Thurgood Marshal
d)
Jim Crow
18.
What group funded the court challenges to segregation in the 1950s?
a)
ACLU
b)
NAACP
c)
KKK
d)
Congress
19.
What was the name of the case that ended segregation?
a)
Brown v. Board of Education
b)
Plessy v. Ferguson
c)
Marbury v. Madison
d)
Scott v. Sanford
20.
In the 1954 trial of Brown v Board of Education, the US Supreme Court ruled that
a)
private schools should be controlled by the federal government
b)
issues of racial segregation should be decided by the states.
c)
racially segregated public schools are unconstitutional
d)
the "separate but equal" doctrine should be contnued
21.
The Supreme Court decision in Plessy v Ferguson resulted in
a)
literacy test for blacks throughout the deep south
b)
equal protection for all citizens regardless of race or sex
c)
schools integration to occur with all deliberate speed
d)
racial segregation in the south
22.
The main goal of the freedom riders was to
a)
pressure the federal government to enforce the law banning segregation on interstate buses
b)
inspire students to protest in Birmingham against Jim Crow
c)
encourage Congress to pass Kennedy's civil rights agenda
d)
desegregate urban bus systems in the south
23.
Title IX (9) helped women because it...
a)
Gave them the right to vote
b)
Made pay equal for men and women working the same job
c)
Made it illegal to discriminate against women and girls in schools
d)
Made it legal for them to own property
24.
Who led the group organizing the migrant farm workers?
a)
Dr. King
b)
Caesar Chavez
c)
Eldridge Cleaver
d)
Jose Feliciano
25.
What was provided for in Loving v. Virginia?
a)
desegregation of all public facilities
b)
legality of interracial marriage
c)
support for sit-ins
26.
What was the major produce that the farm workers and their allies refused to purchase?
a)
lettuce
b)
grapes
c)
corn
d)
citrus fruits
27.
The migrant farm workers were primarily of what background?
a)
African
b)
Asian
c)
Mexican
d)
Native
28.
Title IX (9) helped women because it...
a)
Gave them the right to vote
b)
Made pay equal for men and women working the same job
c)
Made it illegal to discriminate against women and girls in schools
d)
Made it legal for them to own property
29.
What was the organization that helped women gain economic legal and social rights?
a)
NAACP
b)
Women of the World (WOW)
c)
AARP
d)
National Organization for Women (NOW)
30.
What did the Equal Rights Amendment do for women?
a)
Gave women the right to vote
b)
Gave African Americans the right to vote
c)
Provide for equal rights for women
d)
Gave women equal pay
31.
What is thought to have sparked the feminist movement.
a)
"A Streetcar Named Desire" by Tennessee Williams
b)
the increase of immigrants in the United States
c)
"The Feminine Mystique" by Betty Friedan
d)
"Uncle Tom's Cabin" by Harriet Beecher Stowe
32.
Which of the following was a direct result of the 1957 launch of Sputnik1?
a)
The US began a period of technology sharing with the USSR
b)
The US Gov't founded a Fed. Agency dedicated to space exploration
c)
The USSR was unable to collect images of the US from space
d)
The USSR collapsed because of economic competition
33.
Which of the following resulted from McCarthyism during the 1950s?
a)
Membership in the US Communist Party increased
b)
US Citizens were arrested for being suspected communists
c)
Recruitment procedures for the US military branches were reformed
d)
US diplomats began to express dissenting political viewpoints more freely
34.
Where was the Truman Doctrine first used?
a)
Berlin
b)
Hungary
c)
Czechoslovakia
d)
Greece
35.
What was the mutual defense alliance of non comminist nations?
a)
NATO
b)
Warsaw Pact
c)
Truman Doctrine
d)
Open Skies
36.
What was the mutual defense alliance of non communist nations?
a)
Korea
b)
Vietnam
c)
Berlin
d)
Hungary
37.
How did the United States respond to the Soviet Union’s Berlin blockade?
a)
airlifted supplies to the people of Berlin
b)
withdrew its troops from Germany
c)
sent troops into the Soviet zone of Germany
d)
built a wall between East Berlin and West Berlin
38.
What does NATO stand for?
a)
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
b)
North American Trade Organization
c)
Northern Alliance Trade Origins
d)
Native American Tribal Organization
39.
What was the Iron Curtain?
a)
the boundary between Western Europe and communist Eastern Europe
b)
the boundary between the United States and Mexico
c)
the boundary between the United States and Mexico
d)
the wall dividing East and West Berlin
40.
For what crime were Julius and Ethel Rosenberg found guilty and put to death?
a)
perjury
b)
murder
c)
espionage
d)
embezzlement
41.
Truman ordered the desegregation of this, known as Executive Order 9981?
a)
armed forces
b)
public schools
c)
public transportation
d)
automobile factories
42.
Manhattan Project developed the atomic bomb.
a)
True
b)
False
43.
Why did President Truman choose to drop the atomic bomb?
a)
protect lives of Japanese citizens.
b)
save American lives.
c)
become a superpower.
d)
prepare for a U.S. invasion of Japan.
44.
D-Day was an important step towards...
a)
Berlin
b)
Tokoyo
c)
North Africa
d)
Moscow
45.
What American President dropped the atomic bomb?
a)
Roosevelt
b)
Truman
c)
Wilson
d)
Stalin
46.
Man that campaigned against discriminatory practices in the United States.
a)
Dwight Eisenhower
b)
A. Philip Randolph
c)
Erwin Rommel
d)
Harry Truman
47.
What was the code name for the development of the Atomic Bomb?
a)
Captain Connery
b)
Manhattan Project
c)
Fat Boy
d)
Eye in the Sky
48.
What happened to Japanese Americans during World War II?
a)
They were executed
b)
They were placed in internment camps
c)
They were forced to serve in the military
d)
They were deported from the U.S.
49.
Who were the Tuskegee Airmen?
a)
African Americans who served in the military
b)
Native Americans who served in the military
c)
German Americans who served in the military
d)
Japanese Americans who served in the military
50.
How did the U.S. convince Japan to surrender?
a)
Through diplomatic negotiations
b)
By capturing their capital city
c)
By dropping two atomic bombs on them
d)
By surrounding Japan and allowing no one to leave
51.
Why was the United Nations founded?
a)
To ensure that Germany would never become powerful again
b)
To ensure that another Holocaust could never happen
c)
To try and preserve peace throughout the World
d)
To protect Europe against Russia
52.
What was this poster promoting?
a)
war production
b)
voting rights for women
c)
equality in pay
d)
sexism
53.
The Nuremberg Laws & Kristallnacht were the early stages of what?
a)
The Holocaust
b)
Anschluss
c)
Lebensraum
d)
Third Reich
54.
The Prime Minister of Great Britain during World War II was:
a)
Adolph Hitler
b)
Benito Mussolini
c)
Josef Stalin
d)
Winston Churchill
55.
What threat convinced the United States to sign several treaties with foreign countries to protect each other if an enemy attacked
a)
world communism and the threat of the Soviet Union
b)
outbreak of revolutions in the Soviet Union
c)
world democracy and the threat of Japan
d)
fear of democracy
56.
The Berlin Airlift allowed:
a)
The United States to get supplies across Soviet lines
b)
bombs to be spread over Berlin
c)
Stalin to control the airways
d)
enemies to attack Berlin
57.
Joseph McCarthy was a U.S senator that:
a)
helped the U.S win World War II
b)
became convinced that democracy was trying to be spread in the U.S government
c)
became convinced that communists were trying to gain control of the U.S government
d)
helped the U.S win the Cold War
58.
World War II began in Europe when:
a)
Germany invaded Poland
b)
Japan attacked
c)
Germany invaded Japan
d)
Poland invaded Germany
59.
Which of these was an effect of the Voting Rights Act?
a)
It changed the way senators are elected.
b)
It lowered the age at which people can vote.
c)
It provided protections for people registering to vote.
d)
It changed the way the president and vice president are elected.
60.
In 1946, Winston Churchill used the term "Iron Curtain" when describing conditions in Europe. What did he mean by this term?
a)
European nations needed to build more factories
b)
Peace had finally spread throughout the countries of Europe
c)
The militaries of Western Europe were becoming too powerful
d)
There was a division between communist Eastern Europe and Western Europe.
61.
Banning the sale of alcohol was the chief goal of
a)
National Women's Suffrage Association
b)
Women’s Christian Temperance Union
c)
Bull Moose Party
d)
Good Government League
62.
This gave women the right to vote.
a)
16th Amendment
b)
17th Amendment
c)
18th Amendment
d)
19th Amendment
63.
What do Ida Tarbell, Lincoln Steffens and Upton Sinclair have in common?
a)
They are all suffragist.
b)
They are all muckrakers.
c)
They are all part of the Bull Moose Party.
d)
They are all city "bosses"..
64.
Roosevelt was known as a trustbuster because
a)
he got rid of the Sherman Antitrust Act.
b)
he used the Sherman Antitrust Act on Northern Securities.
c)
he protected public lands.
d)
he protected big businesses.
65.
Looking at the map of Vietnam, the Gulf of Tonkin is closest to:
a)
Communist China
b)
Communist Vietnam
c)
The border between North and South Vietnam
d)
All of the above
66.
Gulf of Tonkin was an exaggerated event that made the U.S. look like it was under attack so that the U.S. could really go to war in Vietnam
a)
False
b)
True
67.
The Tet Offensive awoke Americans to the fact that Vietnam might not be a war that could be won and the Viet Cong were much stronger than they thought. It took place in:
a)
Rural locations
b)
Jungle villages
c)
Urban centers
d)
Coastal villages
68.
Why did America invade Cambodia even though we were trying to get OUT of the Vietnam War?
a)
To cut supply routes
b)
To stop Communism in Cambodia
c)
Both
d)
Neither
69.
What was the name of the Progressive Era incident (1911) that led to new state was improving working conditions and safety as well as shortening working hours?
a)
Pullman Strike
b)
Homestead Strike
c)
Triangle Shirtwaist
d)
Knights of Labor
70.
In what Supreme Court Case did the court allow a state to protect women with a restrictive hours work law (1908)?
a)
Adkins v. Children's Hoispital
b)
Muller v. Oregon
c)
Lochner v. New Yoork
d)
Marbury v. Madison
71.
What was the name of the Progressive Era incident (1911) that led to new state lwas improving working conditions and safety as well as shortening working hours?
a)
Pullman Strike
b)
Homestead Strike
c)
Triangle Shirtwaist
d)
Knights of Labor
72.
What antin monopoly law provided for regulation of the railroads (1887 - before the Progressive Era)
a)
Interstate Commerce Act
b)
Sherman Antitrust Act
c)
Clayton Antitrust Act
d)
Keller-Cefauver Act
73.
Name the Progressive Era suffragist who marched in Washington, picket the White House, and was arrested and
a)
Susan B. Anthony
b)
Carrie Chapman Catt
c)
Lucretia Mott
d)
Alice Paul
74.
Name the Progressive Era suffragist who marched in Washington, picket the White House, and was arrested and
a)
Alice Paul
b)
Margaret Sanger
c)
Judith Sargent Murray
d)
Carrie Chapman Catt
75.
What was the state law (Wisconsin) to remove officials before their term had expired called?
a)
initiative
b)
referndum
c)
recall
d)
nullification
76.
Who wrote the muckraking attack on Standard Oil?
a)
Ida Tarbell
b)
Lewis Hines
c)
Jacob Riis
d)
Upton Sinclair
77.
Whose book led to the direct passage of the Meat Inspection Act and indirect of the Pure Food and Drug Acts?
a)
Jacob Riis
b)
Lewis Hines
c)
Ida Tarbell
d)
Upton Sinclair
78.
What was the structure called when multiple companies gave power of their companies over to one board of dirctors so that the board of directos could run the multiple companies like one monopoly?
a)
monopoly
b)
vertical integration
c)
horizontal integration
d)
trust
79.
Who was the founder of Hull House, a settlement house?
a)
Elixabeth Cady Stanton
b)
Jane Addams
c)
Susan B. Anthony
d)
Belle Starr
80.
What is the Federal Reserve in charge of?
a)
Interest rates on loans
b)
Monitoring all of the countries banks to ensure they are making good decisions
c)
Creating the money that citizens of the US use
d)
Administering a test for potential bank employees
81.
What was the structure called when multiple companies gave power of their companies over to one board of directors so that the board of directors could run the multiple companies like one monopoly?
a)
Teddy Roosevelt
b)
Taft
c)
Woodrow Wilson
d)
Luke Skywalker
82.
What was the purpose of Muckrakers?
a)
Writers who wanted to make money by selling newspapers
b)
Writers who wanted to cause change with their writings
c)
Writers who supported big business and corruption in politics
d)
Writers who wrote patriotic short stories
83.
What was the Shame of the Cities about?
a)
The conditions in meat packing plants
b)
The link between big business and the government
c)
The corrupt monopoly John D Rockefeller had established
d)
The need in the US to go to war with Spain
84.
What happened in the Haymarket Square in Chicago?
a)
It was the location where Pullman's workers flipped a train over
b)
It was the town square where the Coal Creek workers held a protest
c)
It was where the workers of the McCormick Harvesting Company held a protest that turned violent
d)
Haymarket Square doesn't exist
85.
Which of the following New Deal laws/agencies regulated the buying and selling of stocks?
a)
Securities and Exchange Commission
b)
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
c)
Emergency Banking Act
d)
Home Owners Insurance Corporation
86.
Federal deposit insurance for banks stopped which of the following phenomena that was motivated by a lack of confidence in the financial industry?
a)
buying stock on margin
b)
robbing banks
c)
runs on banks
d)
selling short
87.
What natural calamity coincided with the New Deal and caused intensified and increased poverty throughout Oklahoma, Arkansas, and other parts of the south?
a)
the bank holiday
b)
the great flood of 1927
c)
the dustbowl
d)
increaded lynchings
88.
What was the culminating event that brought the country out of the Great Depression?
a)
the Bonus Army
b)
the building of the Hoover Dam
c)
going off of the gold standard
d)
World War II
89.
What was the name of FDR's plans and programs designed to meet the needs and problems of the Great Depression?
a)
New Deal
b)
Great Deal
c)
Social Security
d)
the New Liberalism
90.
What Supreme Court decision declared the Agricultural Adjustment Act unconstitutional because of its funding mechanism, taxing one group of people to specifically give the money to another group of people?
a)
US v. Butler
b)
US v. Schechter Poultry
c)
En Re Gault
d)
US v. Debs
91.
Which option below was one of the causes of the Great Depression?
a)
High Taxes
b)
Too much regulation of the stock market
c)
Equally distributed wealth between wealthy and unwealthy
d)
Unequal distribution of wealth
92.
A significant effect of the Smoot-Hawley Tariff was that:
a)
US consumers benefited from lower prices on goods and services
b)
American businesses benefitted while foreign trade decreased
c)
Labor unions gained legal protection for collective bargaining
d)
US manufacturers faced more competition from foreign nations.
93.
What was the name of the law, passed in 1883 during the Gilded Age, that sought to reform government? It required government applicants to take competitive exams so that they would be hired based upon merit rather than political affiliation. This law was passed in response to widespread political corruption and the assassination of President Garfield.
a)
Sherman Antitrust Act
b)
Pendelton Civil Service Act
c)
Underwood Tariff Act
d)
Celler-Kefaufer Act
94.
In 1886 in the Wabash Cases, during the Gilded Age, the Supreme Court limited the ability of the state to set railroad rates on interstate commerce (rail traffic crossing state boundaries). The court clarified that the ability to regulate interstate commerce was the province of the Congress. in 1887, Congress passed what law, in part, because of the Wabash Cases?
a)
Interstate Commerce Act
b)
Celler-Kefauver Act
c)
Clayton Antitrust Act
d)
Sherman Antitrust Act
95.
What Progressive Era Muckraker wrote about the terrible living conditions in cities in the book The Shame of the Cities that had been created during the Gilded Age?
a)
Lincoln Steffens
b)
Ida Tarbell
c)
Upton Sinclair
d)
Ray Stannard Baker
96.
What was a city government marked by corruption, bribery, and Kickbacks (common during the Gilded Age) called?
a)
credit mobilier
b)
political machine
c)
corrected democracy
d)
electoral politics
97.
Congressional action taken in 1890, during the Gilded Age, that made "contracts, conspiracies, and combinations" that restrained free trade illegal. This was done to stop the abusiv practices of organized trusts in oil, sugar, tobacco...
a)
Sherman Antitrust Act
b)
Celler-Kefauver Act
c)
Clayton Antitrust Act
d)
Interstate Commerce Act
98.
Congressional action taken in 1887, during the Gilded Age, to stop the unfair and abusive practices of railroad companies. That is, to stop railroad companies from giving low prices to large shippers (Corporations) and high prices to farmers who had no other shupping options.
a)
Sherman Antitrust Act
b)
Celler-Kefauver Act
c)
Clayton Antitrust Act
d)
Interstate Commerce Act
99.
A group of companies in the same industry giving day-to-day operation of their companies over to a single board of directors.
a)
monopoly
b)
corporation
c)
trust
d)
horizontal Integration
100.
Standard Oil was founded in 1870 by John d. Rockefeller (during the Gilded Age). Established as a trust, it gained monopolistic pricing power in oil and kerosene and was able to demand and receive exceptionally favorable shipping rates from railroads. In 1905, during the Progressive Era, who attacked Standard Oil as a too pwoerful monopoly?
a)
Ida Tarbell
b)
Upton Sinclair
c)
Harvey Wiley
d)
Andrew Carnegie
101.
In 1889, during the Gilded Age, a Settlement House called Hull House was opened in Chicago. It was designed to help working class women, many recent immigrants, move out of poverty and dependence on others. It sought to address some of the excesses of industry and business. Who founded Hull House?
a)
Margaret Sanger
b)
Jane Addams
c)
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
d)
Susan B. Anthony
102.
William Graham Sumner was a popular researcher and writer during the Gilded Age. He believed that government programs to help the poor were useless because, "...a drunkard in the gutter is just where he ought to be..." That is, Sumner believed that we all had a certin station or place that was rodained and could not be changed. This Gilded Age philosophy was called which of the following?
a)
Evolution
b)
Monetary Policy
c)
Social Darwinism
d)
Welfare Capitalism
103.
Described as a time marked by gross income inequality and corrupt practices by corporations and abuse of workers, the term "Gilded Age" was coined by what writer?
a)
Upton Sinclair
b)
Andrew Carnegie
c)
Mark Twian
d)
Henry George
104.
The United States joined the Allies in their fight against the Central Powers after …
a)
It looked like the Central Powers were winning
b)
Austria-Hungary invaded Mexico
c)
Germany invaded Canada
d)
German u-boats engaged in unrestricted submarine warfare
105.
A message from the German foreign secretary to the German ambassador to Mexico proposing a Mexican-German alliance in the case of war between the United States and Germany
a)
Wilson Note
b)
Lusitania Note
c)
Zimmermann Note
d)
Roosevelt Note
106.
President Wilson's ideas to keep world peace where outlined in his _____________.
a)
Fourteen Points
b)
League of Nations
c)
Zimmerman Note
d)
Sussex Pledge
107.
The most used fighting style in Europe during WWI was:
a)
Naval battles
b)
traditional calvaries
c)
Air Raids
d)
trench warfare
108.
What were the causes of World War I?
a)
alliances, socialism,communism, realism
b)
imperialism, capitalism, mercantilism, fascism
c)
militarism, alliances, imperialism, nationalism, Archduke assassination
d)
communism, nazism, racism, militarism
109.
The Sherman Antitrust Act was passed in response to the problem of
a)
companies refusing to hire minority workers
b)
businesses choosing to hire illegal immigrants
c)
unsafe working conditions in factories
d)
business combinations limiting competition
110.
What name was given to the journalists who exposed the public to corruption in the workplace during the Progressive Era?
a)
Yellow journalists
b)
Muckrakers
c)
Moguls
d)
Socialists
111.
What is the theory suggests that the wealthy are superior and society promotes survival of the fittest?
a)
Materialism
b)
Gospel of Wealth
c)
Social Darwinism
d)
Manifest Destiny
112.
The 19th Amendment was ratified to the US Constitution in 1920, what did it do?
a)
Give women the right to vote
b)
Legalized drinking alcohol
c)
Created the income tax
d)
Set term limits on the president
113.
Marcus Garvey would have been connected to what early 19th century movement?
a)
abolition
b)
suffrage
c)
asylum reform
d)
back to Africa
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