WorksheetsUS History Final Review
Total questions: 60
Worksheet time: 30mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
This U.S. President was blamed for causing the Great Depression.
a)
Abraham Lincoln
b)
Dwight Eisenhower
c)
Herbert Hoover
2.
This U.S. President created the New Deal and attempted to fix the problems of the Great Depression.
a)
John F. Kennedy
b)
John Quincy Adams
c)
Franklin D. Roosevelt
3.
This Act provided pensions for retired workers and benefits for the elderly and disabled.
a)
Social Security Act (SSA)
b)
Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA)
c)
Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)
4.
This agency provided insurance for all bank deposits up to $5,000.
a)
Federal Conservation Board (FCB)
b)
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
c)
Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)
5.
What happens during the first 100 days of President Roosevelt’s Presidency?
a)
He passed 15 new laws and regulations
b)
Declared a war on drugs
c)
Declared the Great Depression was over
6.
What are the 3 R’s that FDR focuses on in his first 100 days?
a)
Reform, Respect, Rest
b)
Relief, Rest, Recovery
c)
Relief, Recovery, Reform
7.
What term is used to describe the “four day period in which all banks closed to review their policies”?
a)
Vacation Day
b)
Bank Holiday
c)
Bank Break
8.
The Fair Labor Standards Act setting a maximum number of hours that could be worked in a week. What was the maximum number of hours that someone could work in a week?
a)
12
b)
35
c)
44
9.
The Fair Labor Standards Act also created the first minimum wage. What was the minimum wage first set at?
a)
$2.50 per hour
b)
$0.25 (25 cents per hour)
c)
$1.00 per hour
10.
This term was used to describe the group of unofficial African-American advisers to President Roosevelt.
a)
The "Black Cabinet"
b)
The "Brain Trust"
c)
The "New Deal"
11.
This term describes a government that takes responsibility for the welfare of children, the poor, elderly, sick, disabled, and unemployed.
a)
Welfare State
b)
Communist State
c)
Military State
12.
What did President Roosevelt do to help communicate his New Deal plans to the American people?
a)
Internet memes
b)
Daily phone calls to citizens
c)
Fireside chats
13.
President Roosevelt was elected to a total of how many terms in office?
a)
3 terms
b)
2 terms
c)
4 terms
14.
Which amendment to the Constitution limits the President to only two terms in office?
a)
24th amendment
b)
22nd amendment
c)
19th amendment
15.
What is a dictatorship?
a)
A government where one person takes absolute power
b)
A form of censorship
c)
A government program that takes power by force
16.
Which communist dictator was responsible for killing close to 10 million of his own people.
a)
Adolf Hitler
b)
Joseph Stalin
c)
Emilio Gorbachev
17.
This Italian dictator, also known as, “Il Duce”, promised to, “Make Italy great again.”
a)
Valerio Gnocci
b)
Franco Pisscato
c)
Benito Mussolini
18.
This German dictator rose to power as the leader of the Nazi Party.
a)
Franz Himmler
b)
Josef Kautz
c)
Adolf Hitler
19.
Why was the League of Nations unable to stop the aggressive actions of Germany and Italy?
a)
They didn't have a strong leader
b)
They were not aware that Germany and Italy were becoming aggressive
c)
They had no standing army or real power
20.
What was Hitler’s main goal?
a)
World destruction
b)
To unify all Germany people
c)
End the suffering of South America
21.
This was an agreement between Great Britain, France, and Germany which required Hitler to stop his aggressive actions. In exchange the Sudetenland would be given to Hitler.
a)
Atlantic Charter
b)
Munich Pact
c)
Versailles Treaty
22.
Hitler signed a Non-Aggression Pact with this country to prevent fighting a two-front war.
a)
Soviet Union
b)
France
c)
Great Britain
23.
This German word is a term used to describe a, “sudden attack with speed and firepower”.
a)
Schlitzen
b)
Blitzkrieg
c)
Deutschland
24.
On September 1st, 1939, Germany invaded this country and started World War II.
a)
Soviet Union
b)
Great Britain
c)
Poland
25.
Which countries made up the Axis Powers?
a)
Germany, Italy, Bulgaria
b)
Italy, France, Germany
c)
Germany, Italy, Japan
26.
Which countries made up the Allied Powers?
a)
Great Britain, France, Germany
b)
France, Italy, Spain, United States
c)
Great Britain, France, Soviet Union, United States
27.
As Hitler was attacking most European countries, the United States decided that they were going to…
a)
Immediately join the war against the Axis powers
b)
Immediately join the war against the Allied powers
c)
Remain neutral
28.
What series of acts did the United States pass in an attempt to stay out of World War II
a)
Armistice Act
b)
Neutrality Act
c)
War Act
29.
What act officially made Germany, Italy, and Japan, members of an alliance
a)
Axis Act
b)
Tripartite Act
c)
Triple Alliance Act
30.
This act created a peace-time draft in the United States to increase the size of the military.
a)
Army & Navy Act
b)
Draft Registration Act
c)
Selective Service Act
31.
In 1941, ____________________ became Prime Minister of Japan?
a)
Hideki Tojo
b)
Kagima Horohito
c)
Junta Nasagi
32.
Japan planned a secret attack against this U.S. naval base located in Hawaii.
a)
Easter Island
b)
Maui Harbor
c)
Pearl Harbor
33.
Who was the commander of the U.S. army in Asia?
a)
General Derrek Von Himmelburger
b)
General Davis Love
c)
General Douglass MacArthur
34.
75,000 Allied soldiers in the Philippines were forced to surrender to the Japanese and then march 55 miles to a prisoner of war camp. What was this forced march known as?
a)
March of the Philippines
b)
Bataan Death March
c)
March of Defeat
35.
Hitler’s forces attacked deep into the Soviet Union; however, they are “turned back” at the Battle of ____________.
a)
Kirk
b)
Stalingrad
c)
Midway
36.
This group of African-American fighter pilots were important in protecting bombers flying over Germany.
a)
Tuskegee Airmen
b)
Rough Riders
c)
Bracero Airmen
37.
This female figure became a symbol for women working in factories and other jobs usually done by men.
a)
Rosie the Riveter
b)
Florence the Machine
c)
April the Nurse
38.
In 1942, __________ were forced from their homes and into detention camps because Americans were afraid they would help the enemy.
a)
African-Americans
b)
Japanese-Americans
c)
Irish-Americans
39.
On the Homefront, Americans began to ________________ food, to help feed soldiers fighting overseas.
a)
Eat more
b)
Throw away
c)
Ration
40.
____________ was the Allied invasion of Normandy, France.
a)
A-Day
b)
C-Day
c)
D-Day
41.
As the Allies fought their way into Germany, Hitler ___________________ and Germany surrendered in May of 1945.
a)
Fled Germany to escape the Allies
b)
Was killed by Soviet soldiers
c)
Committed suicide
42.
What strategy did the United States use to fight against the Japanese in the Pacific?
a)
Island Hoping
b)
Thunder Bombing
c)
Blitzkrieg
43.
These type of Japanese pilots, used planes as weapons and crashed their planes into Americans ships.
a)
Kamikaze pilots
b)
Hirohito pilots
c)
Shinto pilots
44.
This was the name given to the program designed to build the atomic bomb
a)
The Manhattan Project
b)
The Tennessee Project
c)
The Nuclear Project
45.
The United States dropped the atomic bomb on which two Japanese cities?
a)
Tokyo and Beijing
b)
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
c)
Nagasaki and Kyoto
46.
46 year struggle between the U.S. and the Soviet Union.
a)
The Cold War
b)
World War II
c)
War of 1812
47.
Countries under the control of the Soviet Union were known as.
a)
Short Nations
b)
Eastern Nations
c)
Satellite Nations
48.
Policy that threatened all-out war to confront communist aggression.
a)
Liberalism
b)
Nationalism
c)
Brinkmanship
49.
U.S. policy that attempted to prevent the spread of communism.
a)
Containment
b)
Nationalism
c)
Totalitarianism
50.
Policy that stated the U.S. would help any country fighting against communism.
a)
Big Stick Diplomacy
b)
Truman Doctrine
c)
Liberalism
51.
After World War II, what did Stalin do in Eastern Europe?
a)
Stalin kept Eastern European countries under control of the Soviet Union
b)
Stalin provided free elections to all European countries
c)
Stalin invaded France and Great Britain
52.
What did the Truman Doctrine state?
a)
The U.S. would help any country fighting against communism
b)
The U.S. would join the communist cause
c)
The U.S. refused to help in the fight against communism
53.
The U.S. sent over 13 billion dollars in aid to Europe under this new policy.
a)
Marshal Plan
b)
Trinity Doctrine
c)
Luther Plan
54.
How did the U.S and other democratic allies fight back against Stalin’s blockade of Western Berlin?
a)
Berlin Shipments
b)
Berlin Airlift
c)
Berlin Routes
55.
Communist leader who comes to power after winning the Chinese civil war.
a)
Xing Pi
b)
Kim Jung Un
c)
Mao Zedong
56.
After World War II, Korea is divided between North and South along this line.
a)
29th Parallel
b)
38th Parallel
c)
65th Parallel
57.
How did the Korean War end in 1953?
a)
North Korea conquered South Korea
b)
South Korea conquered North Korea
c)
Ends in cease-fire
58.
After learning that the Soviet Union had developed an atomic bomb, President Truman ordered the Atomic Energy Commission to build
a)
A nuclear warhead
b)
A plasma gun
c)
A hydrogen bomb
59.
After Stalin’s death this man becomes the leader of the Soviet Union.
a)
Vladimir Putin
b)
Opie Resnick
c)
Nikita Krushchev
60.
_____________ can be described as a widespread fear that communists “are everywhere”.
a)
The Red Scare
b)
The Nazi Invasion
c)
The Communist Revolution
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