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WorksheetsAPUSH Semester 2 Review Quiz (Periods 6-9)
Total questions: 120
Worksheet time: 2hrs 0mins
The public’s response to Upton Sinclair’s novel The Jungle helped bring about
Antitrust legislation
The Pure Food and Drug Act
The Mann Act
A strengthening of the power of urban political machines
The Panic of 1907
In 1954 the Supreme Court ruled in the case of Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka that
Busing to achieve racial balance in public schools was constitutionally acceptable
Local school boards had no right to censor reading materials in school libraries
Prayer in public schools was contrary to the principle of separation of church and state
Racial segregation in public schools was a denial of the equal protection of the laws
Schools could teach the theory of evolution without also teaching the creationist account of the origin of life
Which of the following accurately describes the Ku Klux Klan in the 1920’s?
Its activities were limited to the South
It favored immigration restriction as well as White supremacy
It repudiated fundamentalist Protestantism
Many of its members were elected to Congress
It appeared for the first time during this decade
The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor occurred after
Diplomatic negotiations with the United States reached a stalemate
The United States declared war on Japan
Japan invaded the Philippines
Japanese-Americans were forcefully evacuated from the West Coast
Germany declared war on the United States
Which of the following would have been most likely to support the presidential campaign of William Jennings Bryan in 1896?
A Kansas farmer
A Chicago industrial worker
A Philadelphia merchant
A university professor of economics
A New York Republican party member
The principle foreign policy issue confronting the Wilson administration between the outbreak of the First World War in 1914 and the United States involvement in the conflict in 1917 was the
Future of United States overseas possessions
Territorial and political integrity of Poland
Freedom of the seas
Question of a Pan-American collective security organization
Issue of war debt repayment by the Allies
An important factor contributing to the Great Depression in the United States in the 1930’s was the
Large military expenditure in the 1920’s
Decline in farm prosperity during the 1920’s
Rapid depletion of the nation’s mineral resources
Increased importation of foreign goods
Increase in population due to immigration
Which of the following statements is true about immigration to the United States during the last two decades of the nineteenth century?
United States immigration laws sharply reduced the numbers of eligible immigrants
Irish immigrants came in larger numbers than earlier in the century
Nativist agitation brought about a decline in immigration
The United States government entered into a “gentlemen’s agreement” to ban immigrants from certain countries
Southern and Eastern European came in large numbers than earlier in the century
All of the following were factors in the failure of the United States to join the League of Nations after the First World War EXCEPT
Fear of further involvement in foreign wars
Personal and political rivalries between President Woodrow Wilson and Senator Henry Cabot Lodge
President Woodrow Wilson’s illness
A group of United States senators who opposed American participation on any terms
The influence of the Soviet Union within the League
Which of the following celebrated trials best illustrates the cultural conflict in the 1920’s between fundamentalism and modernism?
The Scottsboro trial
The Leopold-Loeb trial
The John T. Scopes trial
The Albert B. Fall trial
The Sacco-Vanzetti trial
Which of the following accurately describe(s) the Harlem Renaissance?
I. It flourished in the 1920’s
II. It was centered around Blacks in the South
III. It consisted of a period of dramatic Black intellectual and artistic creativity
IV. It brought about significant gains in civil rights
I only
I and III only
II and IV only
I, II, and IV only
I, III, and IV only
The main purpose of the Wagner Labor Relations Act of 1935 was to
End the sit-down strike in Flint, Michigan
Settle the struggle between the AFL and the CIO
Guarantee the workers a minimum age
Ensure workers’ rights to organize and bargain collectively
Exempt organized labor from the Sherman Antitrust Act
The principle reason for the economic boom in the United States after the Second World War was
Full employment, because the United States kept ten million men in the armed services as a precautionary measure
The continued production of was materials on a round-the-clock basis
A shortage of consumer goods combined with a reserve of purchasing power in the form of accumulated savings
The continuance of the federal government’s operation of some basis industries, such as railroads
Strong action by the federal government in behalf of organized labor
Which of the following is correct about United States involvement in the Vietnam War?
It was justified by an appeal to the Open Door policy
It was the exclusive responsibility of the Johnson and Nixon administrations
It came about only after a formal declaration of war
It was primarily anti-Soviet in purpose
It grew out of policy commitments and assumptions since the Second World War
Which of the following is true about the Kellogg-Briand Pact of 1928?
It created an alliance between the United States and France
It was a bilateral pact for naval disarmament
It was rejected by the Senate
It was a multilateral pact condemning recourse to war
It contained provisions (“teeth”) for enforcement of peace
Following the Second World War, President Truman was unable to expand significantly his predecessor’s New Deal Programs primarily because of
The domination of Congress by Republicans and conservative Democrats
The need to maintain a large military force in Asia
Budget expenditures required to rebuild Europe
Controversy surrounding the Truman Doctrine
The continuation of the Great Depression
Which of the following contributed the LEAST to the growth of McCarthyism in the early 1950’s?
Fears over Soviet development of an atomic weapon
Revelations about Soviet spies in Great Britain and the United States
President Truman’s use of anti communism to build support for his foreign policy
A large influx of immigrants following the Second World War
Political recriminations over the success of the Chinese Communist revolution
Which of the following is a correct statement about the Gilded Age?
The average real wages of blue-collar workers declined
The average number of hours people worked increased
Prices of farm products rose sharply, causing the cost of living to rise steeply
Business activity expanded and contracted frequently
The federal debt from the Civil War required heavy federal taxes
During the New Deal, President Franklin D. Roosevelt recommended legislation to achieve all of the following EXCEPT
Nationalization of the banks
Legal protection for workers who sought collective bargaining
Government to farmers who plowed up their crops
The development of public power-generating facilities
Government-business cooperation in formulating “codes” of fair competition
President Eisenhower’s economic policy can be best characterized as
the adoption of deficit financing to promote economic growth, but the repudiation of the progressive income tax
the rejection of the New Deal and an attempt to restore laissez-faire policies
the acceptance of the New Deal, but moderation in the expansion of governmental social programs
a vigorous effort to increase defense spending and federal funds for health care
a continuation of his predecessors’ efforts to expand the role of the federal government
Which of the following has NOT been offered by historians as an explanation for the United States entry into the war with Spain in 1898?
President McKinley was too weak to withstand the multitude of pressures forcing him toward a decision for war
Yellow journals created an irresistible war fever by publicizing atrocities allegedly being committed by the Spanish in Cuba
American businessmen wanted to protect their investments in Cuba and assure a Cuban market for their products
By the late 1890’s the United States has assumed a world role that made it seem necessary to dominate the Caribbean
Spain was blatantly interfering with United States maritime rights as a nonbelligerent power
In the twentieth century the largest American cities were characterized by all of the following EXCEPT
Corrupt alliances between machine politicians and transit and utility interests
Neighborhoods that were increasingly mixed in their economic composition
Transportation systems that expanded the distance people could live from their work
Settlement houses and institutional churches that addressed the problems of the urban poor
Municipal reform movements based on “scientific” government
During the Manchurian crisis of 1931-1932, the Hoover administration did which of the following?
Levied an embargo on Japanese goods
Banned the sale of arms to either side
Ordered United States ground forces to Mukden
Withdrew diplomatic representation from Tokyo
Refused to recognize Japan’s new conquests
With the outbreak of World War I in 1914, the great majority of Americans
earnestly hoped to stay out of the war
favored entering the war in support of the Allies
supported the Central Powers
wanted to form a military alliance of neutral nations
Which of the following British passenger liners was sunk by German submarines?
Lusitania
Arabic
Sussex
None of these were American ships.
The Zimmermann note involved a proposed secret agreement between
Britain and France
Russia and Germany
Mexico and Germany
Mexico and Russia
Two constitutional amendments, adopted in part because of World War I, were the Eighteenth, which dealt with ____, and the Nineteenth, whose subject was ____.
prohibition; an income tax
direct election of senators; woman suffrage
prohibition; woman suffrage
women suffrage; prohibition
The movement of tens of thousands of Southern blacks north during World War I resulted in
better race relations in the South.
racial violence in the North.
fewer blacks willing to be used as strikebreakers
a new black middle class
Woodrow Wilson's ultimate goal at the Paris Peace Conference was to
stop the spread of communism.
blame no one for starting the war.
force Germany to pay reparations for the war.
establish the League of Nations.
The red scare of 1919-1920 was provoked by
the wartime migration of rural blacks to northern cities.
urban immigrants' resistance to prohibition.
public anger at evolutionary science's challenge to the biblical story of the Creation.
the public's fear that labor troubles were sparked by communist and anarchist revolutionaries.
The Ku Klux Klan of the 1920s was a reaction against
capitalism.
new immigration laws passed in 1924.
the Nativist movements that had their origins in the 1850's.
the forces of diversity and modernity that were transforming American culture.
The Immigration Act of 1924 discriminated directly against
Canadians and West Indians.
northern and western Europeans.
Latin Americans.
Jews and Muslims.
southern and eastern Europeans and Japanese.
During the 1920s and after, many American immigrant ethnic groups
rapidly assimilated into the mainstream of American life.
sought to escape urban poverty by migrating to rural areas.
lived in neighborhoods with their own churches or synagogues, newspapers, and theaters.
maintained a greater loyalty to the old country than to the United States.
sought political autonomy and official recognition by the U.S. government.
In response to the need to develop greater and greater mass markets for their products, American business in the 1920s relied especially on the new techniques of
developing a large range of product variation.
price competition.
direct selling through catalogs and door-to-door solicitation.
consumer advertising.
The 1920 census revealed that, for the first time, most
men worked in manufacturing.
adult women were employed outside the home.
Americans lived in cities.
Americans lived in the trans-Mississippi West.
families had fewer than four children.
The Harlem Renaissance can best be described as
a celebration of black culture and creative expression
the migration of Southern blacks to northern sections of New York City
the movement led by Marcus Garvey
the effort to resist racism and segregation in the North.
None of these
The 1928 Kellogg-Briand Pact
formally ended World War I for the United States, which had refused to sign the Treaty of Versailles.
set a schedule for German payment of war reparations.
established a battleship ratio for the leading naval powers.
condemned Japan for its unprovoked attack on Manchuria.
officially outlawed war as a solution to international rivalry and conflict.
The term "Hoovervilles" refers to
industrial sections of cities where poor workers lived.
shantytowns filled with shacks created by homeless people during the Great Depression.
picket lines erected by the Bonus Army in their protest against Washington D.C.
breadlines and soup kitchens that fed the hungry during the Great Depression.
The Democratic party platform on which Franklin Roosevelt campaigned for the presidency in 1932 called for
extensive social reforms and a balanced budget.
deficit spending and a higher military budget.
higher tariffs and support for American manufacturers.
breaking up monopolistic corporations and supporting small business.
The group that had experienced the worst suffering as a result of the Great Depression was
women.
factory workers.
African Americans.
skilled men.
immigrants.
The Glass-Steagall Act
took the United States off the gold standard.
empowered President Roosevelt to close all banks temporarily.
created the Securities and Exchange Commission to regulate the stock exchange.
permitted commercial banks to engage in Wall Street financial dealings.
created the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation to insure individual bank deposits.
All of the following are true statements about the effect of Executive Order No. 9066 on Japanese living in the U.S. except
they were put in internment camps.
they were victims of anti-Japanese prejudice.
they lost hundreds of millions of dollars in property and lost wages.
The U.S. Supreme Court declared the Japanese relocation unconstitutional.
The U.S. government officially apologized four decades later and gave each camp survivor $20,000.
The impact of World War II on many of the New Deal programs launched during the Great Depression was that they
were expanded to gear up for wartime production
were retired due to wartime production.
provided much-needed jobs for the poor.
became an established fixture of U.S. government programs
None of these
Truman wanted to intervene in ________ to avoid what happened in China in 1949.
Vietnam
Korea
Greece
Turkey
The overall strategy of the US during the Cold War
Truman Doctrine
Containment
Marshall Plan
Domino Theory
What organization was formed to pursue world peace in 1945?
United Nations
NATO
Warsaw Pact
League of Nations
What effect did the Pentagon Papers have on society?
It increased the Credibility Gap
It exposed government corruption
It increased the pressure on Nixon to resign
It created the public know about government plans
Which of the following lead to Carter's downfall as a president?
Stagflation
Watergate
Iran-Contra
Bay of Pigs
Nixon's policy of relaxing tensions with the USSR
Detenté
Containment
Domino Theory
Brinksmanship
The Civil Rights process of registering black voters in Mississippi in 1964.
Freedom Summer
Freedom Rides
Sit-Ins
March on Selma
The controversial event that led to the US directly intervening in Vietnam.
Gulf of Tonkin
Tet Offensive
Operation Rolling Thunder
My Lai Massacre
President Truman adopted a new foreign policy during the Cold War know as the Truman Doctrine. What was the main goal of the Truman Doctrine?
To expand trade with Europe
To limit the build up of nuclear weapons
To stop the spread of communism by sending military aid
To stop the spread of Communism by sending financial aid to Europe
The top goal of the Reagan presidency included
eliminating all social programs and balancing the federal budget
reducing the size of the federal government and increasing defense spending
using the federal government to enforce civil rights and reducing U.S. influence in Central America
increasing income tax rates and strengthening environmental regulations
During the 1990s, President George H.W. Bush
signed the welfare reform bill
persuaded Anwar Sadat and Menachem Begin to sign the Camp David Accords
sent troops to fight in the Persian Gulf War
lowered taxes (more than Reagan)
Which of the following actions by the Clinton administration was most harmonious with Liberal Democrat values?
Military peacekeeping interventions in the Balkans and Somalia
Welfare benefit to encourage young mothers to reenter the work force
Free trade agreements such as NAFTA and GATT
The effort to pass a universal health care legislation in the Congress
Which of the following describes the New Right in 1980?
The New Right was controlled by religious leader Billy Graham
The New Right never gained any support at the federal level
Its leaders sought a strong government to ameliorate the problem of poverty
Its leaders opposed big government and feared declining social morality
What were Reaganomics also known as?
New Deal Economics
Supply Side Economics
Moral Majority
Progressive Economics
What country did Iraq invade in 1990 to the dismay of the United Nations?
Kuwait
Saudi Arabia
Iran
Israel
Who did President Clinton task with creating a program for universal health coverage?
Al Gore
Ross Perot
Dan Quayle
Hillary Clinton
Which conservative legislative program in the 1990s intended to shrink the size of the federal government and balance the budget?
American Reinvestment Act
Affordable Care Act
Contract with America
Great Society
What was Reagan's strategy to prevent aggression from other countries?
Reduce military spending
Increase military defense spending
Invade before invaded
Drone strikes
The fall of the Berlin Wall marked...
End of the Cold War
Start of the Soviet Union
End of the Great Depression
End of the Gulf War
Sweeping 2010 health-care reform bill championed by President Obama that established nearly universal health insurance by providing subsidies and compelling larger businesses to offer coverage to employees.
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act
Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA)
Obamacare Act
