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WorksheetsUS History Milestone Review pt. 2
Total questions: 106
Worksheet time: 53mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What was America's position on World War I when it began?
a)
Containment
b)
Isolation/Neutrality
c)
Allied
d)
Central
2.
What did the Germans promise America after killing more than 100 Americans who were on board the British ship, the Lusitania?
a)
write a letter apologizing for their actions
b)
attack America
c)
abandon unrestricted submarine warfare
d)
They would only attack only with notice
3.
What was the name for the movement of African Americans to norther cities?
a)
The Great Migration
b)
The Exodus
c)
The African American Movement
d)
The Civil Rights Movement
4.
What was the name of the WWI law which made it illegal to speak out against the government or the war effort?
a)
The 18th Amendment
b)
Anti-Terror Act
c)
Silent Act
d)
Espionage Act
5.
What socialist labor leader was convicted of violating the Espionage Act?
a)
Upton Sinclaire
b)
Eli Whitney
c)
Eugene V. Debs
d)
Rosa Parks
6.
What was the 18th Amendment?
a)
Prohibited the manufacture, sale, or transportation of intoxicating liquors."
b)
women have the right to vote
c)
separate but equal
d)
the right to vote shall not be denied or abridged on the account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude
7.
What was the 19th Amendment?
a)
Prohibited the manufacture, sale, or transportation of intoxicating liquors."
b)
women have the right to vote
c)
separate but equal
d)
the right to vote shall not be denied or abridged on the account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude
8.
What was the name for Wilson's ideas that he felt were the keys to avoiding the future wars?
a)
Wilson's 14 points
b)
Wilson's 10 points
c)
League of Nations
d)
United Nations
9.
What was the name for the international peacekeeping organization that Wilson Proposed? I was created by America never joined it.
a)
Wilson's 14 points
b)
League of Nations
c)
United Nations
d)
NATO
10.
What is the name for the political ideology where a single party government is ruled by a dictator and all property is owned by the government?
a)
Fascism
b)
Socialism
c)
Communism
d)
Capitalism
11.
What country turned to communism in 1919 and what did the fear of communism cause in America?
a)
Germany and the Black Scare
b)
Italy, Green Bandit
c)
Britain, Red Scare
d)
Russia, Red Scare
12.
In the 1920's why did America place restrictions on immigration?
a)
Red Scare
b)
America was superior to immigrants
c)
America should keep its traditions intact
d)
All of the Above
13.
What were two popular forms of entertainment in the 1920's?
a)
Phones and Electricity
b)
Radio and Movies
c)
Telegraph and Radio
d)
Televison and Movies
14.
What was the original American art form of music that became popular in the 1920s?
a)
Rap
b)
Pop
c)
Country
d)
Jazz
15.
What was the name for the African American culture creativity movement that was celebrated in the 1920s?
a)
Harlem Renaissance
b)
Tin Pan Alley
c)
The Great Migration
d)
Jazz
16.
Who is the most famous poet of the Harlem Renaissance?
a)
Louis Armstrong
b)
Langston Hughes
c)
Florece and the Machine
d)
Bill O'Riley
17.
Who was the greatest trumpet player and one of the biggest stars of the Harlem Renaissance?
a)
Louis Armstrong
b)
Usher
c)
Langston Hughes
d)
Keith Urban
18.
What was the name for the musical movement that referred to the place in Manhattan and the group of writers and publisher who worked there? One of its more famous composers was Irving Berlin.
a)
Tin Pan Alley
b)
Singing in the Rain
c)
South Pacific
d)
The Music Man
19.
What method did Henry Ford use to produce the Model T car? It made affordable for the common people.
a)
specialization
b)
factory workers union
c)
assembly line
d)
Mass Production
20.
In the 1920's, while the working class wage stayed the same, what happened to the price of consumer goods? (this is one of the causes of the Depression).
a)
prices rose
b)
prices stayed the same
c)
prices rose and workers were aid the same
d)
prices stayed the same and the workers were paid less
21.
What two new methods of buying goods encouraged consumers to buy more than they could actually afford in the 1920's?
a)
debit cards and installment plans
b)
buying on the margin and credit
c)
installment plans and credit
d)
debit cards and buying on the margin
22.
What is the term for buying stocks with credit?
a)
buying on margin
b)
installment plan
c)
credit
d)
peny stocks
23.
What happened to the price of stocks in 1929? This resulted in the stock market crash.
a)
inflation
b)
deflation
c)
stock prices stayed the same
d)
stock prices decreased
24.
What is the name for the severe economic recession of the 1930's in which business profits, tax revenues, and personal incomes greatly declined?
a)
The Great Migration
b)
The Great Depression
c)
The Great Exodus
d)
The Great Night
25.
What happened to the price of their products when the farmers over produced? This led to many farms being foreclosed upon by the banks.
a)
Prices went down
b)
Prices went up
26.
What is the name for the drought and severe dust storms on the Great Plains in the 1930's?
a)
Fiesta Bowl
b)
Rose Bowl
c)
Dust Bowl
d)
Peach Bowl
27.
What was a Hooverville?
a)
President Hoover's Home
b)
A subdivision in D.C.
c)
President Hoover's Camp for Boys
d)
Homeless and Unemployed Camps
28.
What was the name for FDR's program to help the country recover from the Depression?
a)
The New America
b)
The New Deal
c)
The New Awakening
d)
The New USA
29.
What was the New Deal program which built dams, power plants and parks and created hundreds of jobs for unemployment workers?
a)
CCC
b)
CWA
c)
PWA
d)
TVA
30.
What was the Second New Deal?
a)
Programs President Hoover created to fix the depression
b)
Programs FDR instituted after his original New Deal failed to completely fix.
c)
Programs Eleanor Roosevelt created to go along with FDR's New Deal
d)
Programs that President Truman created for the Depression
31.
Name the law which established collective bargaining rights for workers and prohibited unfair labor practices.
a)
Miranda Act
b)
Wagner Act
c)
Civil Rights Act
d)
Voting Act
32.
Name the law which provided for retiree insurance, unemployment compensation and aid for the disabled.
a)
Medicare
b)
Medicade
c)
Social Security
d)
Unemployment
33.
Which Presidential wife was very instrumental in keeping her husband informed on condition in America?
a)
Nancy Reagan
b)
Barbra Bush
c)
Martha Washington
d)
Eleanor Roosevelt
34.
Who was the critic of Franklin Roosevelt's who proposed a home, food, clothes, and an education for every American?
a)
Joseph McCarthy
b)
Joseph Kennedy
c)
Huey Long
d)
Shirley Temple Black
35.
What was the name for the laws that sought to keep America out of WWII by making it illegal to sell arms to or make loans to nations at war?
a)
Neutrality Act
b)
Court-Packing Bill
c)
Wagner Act
d)
Social Security Act
36.
What was FDR's plan to add New Deal friendly justices to the Supreme Court? (it failed)
a)
Neutrality Act
b)
Court-Packing Bill
c)
Wagner Act
d)
Social Security Act
37.
Whose proposed to protest discrimination in the military and industry resulted in FDR issuing an executive order to end discrimination in industries related to defense?
a)
Huey Long
b)
A. Philip Randolph
c)
Joseph McCarthy
d)
Shirley Temple Black
38.
How did America respond to the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, HI?
a)
Declared War on Japan
b)
Declared War On Soviet Union
c)
Declare War on Germany and Japan
d)
Declare War on Germany
39.
Where were Japanese-Americans forced to live during WWII?
a)
Interment Camps
b)
Refugee Camps
c)
Boy Scout Camp
d)
Concentration Camps
40.
What were some of the ways Americans conserved resources during WWII?
a)
wartime conservation
b)
rationing
c)
nation wide drives
d)
all of these
41.
What is the name for the act which allowed America to lend military equipment to any nation whose defense was vital to our defense?
a)
Mabury - Madison
b)
Lend-Lease
c)
Supply-Demand
d)
None of these
42.
What battle is regarded as the most important naval engagement in the Pacific? It was a huge morale boost for America. The Japanese Navy never recovered from its defeat.
a)
Battle of Iwo Jima
b)
Battle of the Buldge
c)
Battle of Stalingrad
d)
Battle of Midway
43.
What is the name for the Allied invasion of Nazi-occupied France? from there, American and British forces began to push the Germans westward.
a)
Operation Woodall
b)
Battle of Midway
c)
D-Day
d)
Battle of Stalingard
44.
What was the final battle in Europe which resulted in the surrender of Germany?
a)
Battle of Stalingrad
b)
D-Day
c)
The Fall of Belin
d)
Battle of Midway
45.
How did America avoid having to invade Japan?
a)
Dropped the atomic bomb
b)
Island Hopping
c)
D-Day
d)
Rapid bombing
46.
What was the Manhattan Project?
a)
A plan to rebuild New York City
b)
The creation of the atomic bomb
c)
The creation of the hydrogen bomb
d)
A Plan to rebuild Hawaii
47.
What was the name for the money given to democratic European countries for the purpose of stopping the spread of communism?
a)
Domino
b)
COMECON
c)
Marshall Plan
d)
Warsaw Plan
48.
What was the name for the American alliance created with western European countries for the purpose of stopping the spread of communism?
a)
North Atlantice Treaty Organization
b)
Warsaw Pact
c)
United Nations
d)
League of Nations
49.
What was the name for the Soviet Union's communist alliance of eastern European countries?
a)
North Atlantice Treaty Organization
b)
Warsaw Pact
c)
United Nations
d)
League of Nations
50.
What was the name for the U.S. foreign policy of stopping the spread of communism?
a)
Truman Doctrin
b)
Marshall Plan
c)
Monroe Doctrin
d)
Treaty of Versilles
51.
What was the Truman Doctrine?
a)
United States would supply any nation with economic and military aid to prevent its falling under the Soviet sphere of influence.
b)
United States would supply any nation with economic help to prevent its falling under the Soviet sphere of influence.
c)
Give military aid to prevent the fall to capitalism
d)
Give economic aid to prevent the fall to capitalism
52.
Why did the U.S. send troops to South Korea?
a)
When China invaded North Korea
b)
When the Soviet Union invaded South Korea
c)
When North Korea invaded South Korea
d)
When South Korea invaded North Korea
53.
Who aided North Korea?
a)
U.S.
b)
France
c)
Iraq
d)
China
54.
What was the name of the 1950's Red Scare led by a Senator who said that communists had infiltrated the government and the Army? Many rights were violated as people were falsely accused.
a)
Hitlerism
b)
Communism
c)
Stalinism
d)
McCarthyism
55.
What was the name for the failed Cuban exiles invasion of Cuba tp overthrow Castro? It was backed by the U.S. and planned by the CIA.
a)
Cuban Missile Crisis
b)
Bay of Pigs
c)
Bay of Hogs
d)
McCarthy Plan
56.
What was the name for the showdown when the Soviets attempted to build missiles in Cuba?
a)
Cuban Missile Crisis
b)
Bay of Pigs
c)
Bay of Hogs
d)
McCarthy Plan
57.
Who did the U.S. Support in Vietnam?
a)
Vietcong
b)
North Vietnam
c)
South Vietnam
d)
Vietnam
58.
What event made many Americans question whether we could win the war in Vietnam?
a)
D-Day
b)
Stalingrad
c)
Tet Offensive
d)
Operation Iraqi Freedom
59.
What is the name for the post-WWII birth rate increase?
a)
Generation X
b)
Millennials
c)
Baby Makers
d)
Baby Boomers
60.
What was the name for the first master-planned community in the suburbs? It was built faster, cheaper, and more efficiently than traditional housing.
a)
Hoovervilles
b)
Levitown
c)
Subdivision
d)
Reagan Towns
61.
What was the purpose of the Interstate Highway Act?
a)
"Connect Every City in America"
b)
easy to mobilize troops
c)
give jobs to those that needed one
d)
all of these
62.
By the 1950's what brought news and entertainment into living rooms of most Americans?
a)
Television
b)
Radio
c)
Movies
d)
Telephone
63.
Why was John Kennedy's performance in the first televised Presidential debates perceived as more favorable than Nixon's considering that Nixon was more knowledgeable about foreign policy and other topics?
a)
Nixon wasn't feeling well so he looked really bad on T.V.
b)
Kennedy was better looking than Nixon
c)
"He looked and spoke more forcefully because he had been coached by television producers."
d)
Kennedy's day paid everyone to vote for him
64.
How did TV news coverage help civil rights movement?
a)
It helped everyone see the reality of segregation
b)
It aired white supremacists in good standing
c)
It showed court cases and how people voted
65.
How did air conditioning change business?
a)
Made everyone riot in the streets
b)
Made it easier to work in skyscrapers
c)
Made kids want to go to school
d)
Made it harder to shop
66.
How did the Soviet launch of Sputnik, the first artificial satellite, affect America?
a)
We lost the Cold War
b)
America didn't care because we had already put a moneky in space
c)
America had Fallen Behind
d)
We could care less
67.
Who was the first African American to play in the major league?
a)
Hank Aaron
b)
Willie Mays
c)
Ernie Banks
d)
Jackie Robinson
68.
What did Harry Truman do to further civil rights?
a)
He encouraged separate but equal
b)
integrated the military
c)
passed the equal rights amendment
d)
integrated the schools
69.
What Supreme Court case declared an end to the "Separate but Equal" laws?
a)
Plessey v. Ferguson
b)
Brown v. Board of Education
c)
Brown v. Brown
d)
Roe v. Wade
70.
What did President Eisenhower do to force integration at Central High School in Little Rock, AK?
a)
Sent Federal Troops to Integrate the shools
b)
Declared martial law everwhere
c)
told the African Americans good luck
d)
Vetod Brown v. Board of Education
71.
What was the message in MLK Jr. 's "Letter from Birmingham Jail"?
a)
He explained why it was necessary to continue
b)
He told everyone her loved them
c)
He wrote his "I have a dream" Speech
d)
a love letter to his wife
72.
What law prohibited discrimination based on race, religion, national origin, & gender?
a)
Civil rights Act of 1950
b)
Civil Rights Act of 1964
c)
Civil Rights Act of 1968
d)
Civil Rights Act of 1999
73.
What law prohibited the literacy test as a requirement for voting?
a)
Civil Rights Act of 1964
b)
15th Amendment
c)
Voting Rights Act of 1965
d)
16th Amendment
74.
What Supreme Court case established the police must inform suspects of their constitutional rights at the time of an arrest?
a)
Brown v. Board of education
b)
Roe v. Wade
c)
Plessey v. Ferguson
d)
Miranda v. Arizona
75.
What is the name for President Johnson's program to give all Americans a better standard of living and greater economic opportunities regardless of their background? Medicare (healthcare for the poor) was part of
a)
Return to Normalcy
b)
The Great Migration
c)
The New Deal
d)
the Great Society
76.
Killed the night he won the California and SD presidential primaries
a)
Tet Offensive
b)
Assassination of MLK, Jr.
c)
Assassination of Robert Kennedy
d)
Democratic National Convention
77.
Coordinated Vietcong attack on South Vietnamese towns, American air bases and the U.S. embassy
a)
Tet Offensive
b)
Assassination of MLK, Jr.
c)
Assassination of Robert Kennedy
d)
Democratic National Convention
78.
Police violently beat antiwar protesters on live TV outside this meeting
a)
Tet Offensive
b)
Assassination of MLK, Jr.
c)
Assassination of Robert Kennedy
d)
Democratic National Convention
79.
Caused riots in over 100 cities but resulted in the passage of Civil Rights Act of 1968, which prevented discrimination in housing
a)
Tet Offensive
b)
Assassination of MLK, Jr.
c)
Assassination of Robert Kennedy
d)
Democratic National Convention
80.
What was/is the purpose of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)?
a)
To carry on nonviolent crusades against the evils of second-class citizenship
b)
To speed up changes mandated by Brown v. Board of Education
c)
The bring peace to the world
d)
Militancy and violence; “black power” and African American pride
81.
SNCC's (Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee) original goal was change through nonviolence. What was their later philosophy?
a)
To carry on nonviolent crusades against the evils of second-class citizenship
b)
To speed up changes mandated by Brown v. Board of Education
c)
The bring peace to the world
d)
Militancy and violence; “black power” and African American pride
82.
What were some of the methods used to protest the war in Vietnam?
a)
sit-ins
b)
marches
c)
demonstrations
d)
all of these
83.
What were the goals of the National Organization of Women?
a)
equality in employment, political and social equality, and the passage of the equal rights amendment.
b)
equality in employment, political and social equality
c)
equality in employment
d)
political and social equality
84.
Name the organization and its leader that created a nationwide boycott of California grapes in the 60s. It forced the grape growers to negotiate a contract with workers.
a)
Workers Union Ted Bundy
b)
Cesar Chavez and the United Farm Workers' Movement
c)
Civil Rights Movement and Martin Luther King Jr.
d)
Environmental Movement and Rachel Carson
85.
What was the name of Rachel Carson's 1962 book that exposed dangers to the environment and helped to create the environmental movement?
a)
Silent Auction
b)
The Jungle
c)
Silent Spring
d)
Environmental Movement
86.
Name the government organization set up to set limits on pollution, conduct environmental research, and assist in the cleanup of polluted sites.
a)
NRA
b)
NOW
c)
EPA
d)
GPA
87.
What yearly event was created to help raise awareness on environmental issues?
a)
Sibling Day
b)
Star Wars Day
c)
Red Ribbon Week
d)
Earth Day
88.
Name the Senator and 1964 Presidential candidate that led the conservative movement. He believed that the federal government should not try to fix social and economic problems.
a)
Barry Goldwater
b)
Joesph McCarthy
c)
Robert Kennedy
d)
John F. Kennedy
89.
Name the conservative elected President in 1968. He wanted to replace Johnson's Great Society with New Federalism which gave responsibility for social programs to the state and local governments.
a)
Barry Gold Water
b)
Richard Nixon
c)
Ronald Reagan
d)
George Bush
90.
What 1973 Supreme Court case legalized abortion?
a)
Brown v. Board of Education
b)
Miranda v. Arizona
c)
Roe v. Wade
d)
Roe v. Woodall
91.
What 1978 Supreme Court case ruled that race can be used when considering applicants to colleges but racial quotas cannot? It also protected affirmative action programs.
a)
Brown v. Board of Education
b)
Miranda v. Arizona
c)
Roe v. Wade
d)
Regents of University of California v. Bakke
92.
Why did Nixon resign from Presidency?
a)
Watergate scandal, which centered on his administration’s attempt to cover up a burglary of the offices of the Democratic Party
b)
He lied under oath
c)
He was too old
d)
He was impeached instead
93.
Who pardoned Nixon and succeeded him in the Presidency?
a)
President Regean
b)
President Bush
c)
President Ford
d)
President Clinton
94.
What was the name for the peace agreement between Egypt and Israel and negotiated by President Carter in 1978?
a)
Iranian revolution
b)
Treaty of Paris
c)
Treaty of Versilles
d)
Camp David Accords
95.
What did Iranian Revolutionaries do when President Carter let their former Shah enter America for medical treatment?
a)
Took over the American embassy for 444 days
b)
Sent him a thank you letter
c)
took over the Iranian Embassy in America
d)
Attacked America
96.
What conservative economic policy included budget cuts, tax cuts, and increased defense spending in the 1980's?
a)
Nixoneconomics
b)
Reaganomics
c)
The New Deal
d)
Medicare Act
97.
What happened to the Soviet Union when Reagan was President?
a)
Fall of the Soviet Union
b)
There were riots in the streets
c)
Germany invaded
d)
America invaded
98.
What was the name for scandal where Reagan officials sold weapons to Iran and then used the profits to fund a rebellion in Nicaragua?
a)
Afghan-Contra Scandal
b)
Iraqi-Contra Scandal
c)
Iran-Contra Scandal
d)
America-Contra Scandal
99.
What was the the name for the American and Canadian agreement with Mexico which encouraged trade?
a)
NATO
b)
SEATO
c)
ASEAN
d)
AMCO
100.
What was the result (verdict) of President Clinton's impeachment (charges of perjury and obstruction of justice)?
a)
Guilty
b)
Innocent
101.
What was unusual about 2000 Presidential Election (Gore v. Bush)?
a)
Bush lost the Electoral college
b)
Bush won the electoral college
c)
No one voted
d)
There was a recall in the state of Gerogia
102.
Who attacked America on September 11, 2001?
a)
Isis
b)
Afghanistan
c)
Iraq
d)
al-Qaeda
103.
What cabinet department was created during the Bush administration?
a)
Department of Homeland Security
b)
Department of Health
c)
Department of Education
d)
Department of Agricultural
104.
What was the name for the American military invasion of Afghanistan to defeat al-Qaeda which was being protected by the Taliban (Afghan government)?
a)
Operation Iraqi Freedom
b)
Operation Overload
c)
Operation Enduring Freedom
d)
Operation D-Day
105.
What was the name for the American military invasion of Afghanistan to defeat al-Qaeda which was being protected by the Taliban (Afghan gov't)
a)
Operation Iraqi Freedom
b)
Operation Overload
c)
Operation Enduring Freedom
d)
Operation D-Day
106.
What was the name for the American and British military invasion of Iraq? Were were looking for WMD that we feared Saddam Hussein would sell to terrorists.
a)
Operation Iraqi Freedom
b)
Operation Overload
c)
Operation Enduring Freedom
d)
Operation D-Day
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