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Finals Review

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 25mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The U.S. government promoted settlement west by giving land grants for

a)

Conestoga Wagons

b)

Railroad Construction

c)

Automobiles

d)

Industry

2.

The Indian Wars were mainly a result of

a)

the movement of settlers to the West.

b)

the rise of Industry.

c)

cultural differences.

d)

the Ghost Dance religion.

3.

What caused the end of open range cattle ranching?

a)

cattle towns

b)

barbed wire

c)

drought

d)

a bovine disease

4.

Laissez-faire means

a)

goodbye in French.

b)

government "hands off" business.

c)

growth of agriculture.

d)

supporting labor unions

5.

Social Darwinism means

a)

growth of programs to help the people.

b)

a mannerly approach to business.

c)

survival of the fittest in business.

d)

a communist state.

6.

Who had a monopoly on oil during the Gilded Age?

a)

James Duke

b)

E.C. Knight

c)

Andrew Carnegie

d)

John Rockefeller

7.

Where did most of the immigrants settle during the "New Immigration"?

a)

mining areas of the Far West

b)

urban centers of the Northeast

c)

farming regions of the West

d)

plantations of the South

8.

This law prevented large corporations from forming a monopoly on a product.

a)

Taft Hartley Act

b)

Washington Tariff Treaty

c)

Graham Rudman Act

d)

Sherman Antitrust Act

9.

Progressives believed

a)

there should be more government involvement by the people.

b)

agriculture was the way of the future.

c)

private schools were needed to promote prosperity.

d)

monopolies were essential to the growth of the economy.

10.

The Open Door Policy had to do with what nation.

a)

Russia

b)

Vietnam

c)

China

d)

Great Britain

11.

The explosion of the Maine is associated with what conflict?

a)

World War I

b)

World War II

c)

Spanish American War

d)

Civil War

12.

President Roosevelt secured land to build what canal making the time shorter to cross between the Pacific and Atlantic oceans.

a)

Suez

b)

Panama

c)

Gibralter

d)

Aswan

13.

The US tried to avoid involvement in World War I by following a policy of

a)

neutrality

b)

jingoism

c)

imperialism

d)

boycotts

14.

What did Social Security provide for?

a)

old age insurance

b)

job security

c)

the building of dams

d)

securing the stock market

15.

Drought and poor farming techniques led to this disaster in the 1930s.

a)

New Deal

b)

San Francisco earthquake

c)

Agnes Flood

d)

Dust Bowl

16.

Prohibition is

a)

the taxation of foreign goods

b)

limiting of immigration

c)

the ban of the manufacture and sale of alcohol.

d)

banning of the right to vote for women

17.

A flapper is

a)

a modern woman of the 1920s

b)

new dance of the 1920s

c)

shutter in the new kodak camera

d)

new style of men's fashion in the 1920s

18.

President Hoover's public image was severely damaged by the . . . ?

a)

principle of rugged individualism

b)

"Hoovervilles" of the homeless

c)

handling of the Bonus Army

d)

All of the above

19.

What was the reason for the migration of many African Americans to the North?

a)

to start the Harlem Renaissance

b)

increased job opportunities

c)

the ending of racial discrimination

d)

federal job training programs

20.

The Red Scare caused

a)

ratification of the women's suffrage amendment

b)

the formation of the Populist Party

c)

demand for limits on immigration

d)

the start of the Great Depression

21.

What happened on December 7, 1941?

a)

Germany invaded Poland

b)

Japan attacked Pearl Harbor

c)

Italy declared war on the United States

d)

the United States dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima

22.

The cross-channel invasion of Normandy is known as

a)

Battle of Midway

b)

D-Day

c)

Battle of the Bulge

d)

Battle for Guadalcanal

23.

President Truman's decision to use atomic weapons against Japan was due to

a)

the belief that an invasion would result in high casualties

b)

the belief that Germany would refuse to surrender in Europe

c)

the belief that an alliance would develop between Japan and the USSR

d)

the belief that Japan had atomic weapons

24.

The capture of high ranking Nazis led to

a)

the division of Germany

b)

the Tokyo War Crimes Trials

c)

the Nuremberg Trials

d)

the creation of NATO

25.

The cause for the rise of fascism in Europe was due to

a)

collectivization

b)

genocide

c)

economic hardship

d)

secret treaties

26.

The goal of the U.S. after World War II was to

a)

return to isolationism

b)

stop the spread of communism

c)

gain territories in Latin America

d)

overthrow all dictatorships

27.

The responsibility of starting the Cold War lies with

a)

Zimbabwe

b)

France

c)

Soviet Union and Great Britain

d)

United States and the Soviet Union

28.

The Marshall Plan was part of the foreign policy of

a)

isolationism

b)

detente

c)

colonialism

d)

containment

29.

The first satellite was launched by what nation?

a)

United States

b)

France

c)

China

d)

Soviet Union

30.

The first man in space was

a)

Yuri Gagarin

b)

John Glenn

c)

Neil Armstrong

d)

Michael Collins

31.

Korea remained divided at this parallel.

a)

17th

b)

42nd

c)

21st

d)

38th

32.

Fidel Castro removed this dictator from power.

a)

Adolf Hitler

b)

Bahn Ki Moon

c)

Fulgencio Batista

d)

Emmanuel Macron

33.

This was the failed invasion of Cuba by the U.S.

a)

U-2 Crisis

b)

Operation T-4

c)

Bay of Pigs

d)

Missiles of October

34.

Name the pilot whose U-2 spy plane was shot down over the Urals.

a)

Francis Gary Powers

b)

Jonathan Allen Thomas

c)

Carl Allen Anderson

d)

James Earl Ray

35.

The Berlin Wall was built to

a)

divide East and West Germany

b)

stop the skilled workers and professionals from leaving East Germany

c)

stop nuclear missiles from reaching Cuba

d)

aid the NATO alliance

36.

The most famous conscientious objector of Vietnam was

a)

Billy Irvin

b)

Marc Fallon

c)

Muhammad Ali

d)

Leonard Spinx

37.

Eisenhower justified involvement in Vietnam by what proclamation

a)

Geneva Accord

b)

Camp David Accords

c)

Domino Theory

d)

Massive Retaliation

38.

This term means a relaxation of tensions in the Cold War

a)

Glasnost

b)

Perestroika

c)

Detente

d)

Laissez Faire

39.

What has come to symbolize the end of the Cold War

a)

improving United States relations with China

b)

tearing down of the Berlin Wall

c)

establishing the Peace Corps

d)

achieving a truce in Vietnam

40.

Perestroika is

a)

a return to capitalism

b)

a return to Marxism

c)

an openness

d)

an embargo

41.

A right to privacy was achieved by this Supreme Court ruling.

a)

Sweatt v. Painter

b)

Miranda v. Arizona

c)

Roe v. Wade

d)

Penobscot v. U.S.

42.

Allegations of communist influences in government were conducted by

a)

George Marshall

b)

Harry Truman

c)

Joseph McCarthy

d)

Chesty Puller

43.

The most damaging evidence in the Watergate scandal was

a)

bugging devices

b)

hi fi photographic equipment

c)

false testimony

d)

the tapes

44.

Sameness

a)

detente

b)

conformity

c)

avant garde

d)

allegiance

45.

The Civil Rights leader who advocated non violence.

a)

Malcolm X

b)

Huey P. Newton

c)

Stokely Carmichael

d)

Martin Luther King Jr.

46.

The Civil Rights Act of 1965 involved

a)

banning sit-ins

b)

voting rights

c)

eliminating segregation in public facilities

d)

labor unrest

47.

Name the Civil Rights leader who advocated black separatism.

a)

Martin Luther King Jr.

b)

Rosa Parks

c)

Malcolm X

d)

Ralph Abernathy

48.

VISTA is similar to what international program?

a)

NATO

b)

Habitat for Humanity

c)

CORE

d)

Peace Corps

49.

Youngest elected president

a)

Theodore Roosevelt

b)

John F. Kennedy

c)

James Earl Carter

d)

Thomas Jefferson

50.

Mexican-American who advocated for migrant workers.

a)

Marco Hugo

b)

Cesar Chavez

c)

Russell Means

d)

Maurice Ferre