WorksheetsFinals Review
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 25mins
The U.S. government promoted settlement west by giving land grants for
Conestoga Wagons
Railroad Construction
Automobiles
Industry
The Indian Wars were mainly a result of
the movement of settlers to the West.
the rise of Industry.
cultural differences.
the Ghost Dance religion.
What caused the end of open range cattle ranching?
cattle towns
barbed wire
drought
a bovine disease
Laissez-faire means
goodbye in French.
government "hands off" business.
growth of agriculture.
supporting labor unions
Social Darwinism means
growth of programs to help the people.
a mannerly approach to business.
survival of the fittest in business.
a communist state.
Who had a monopoly on oil during the Gilded Age?
James Duke
E.C. Knight
Andrew Carnegie
John Rockefeller
Where did most of the immigrants settle during the "New Immigration"?
mining areas of the Far West
urban centers of the Northeast
farming regions of the West
plantations of the South
This law prevented large corporations from forming a monopoly on a product.
Taft Hartley Act
Washington Tariff Treaty
Graham Rudman Act
Sherman Antitrust Act
Progressives believed
there should be more government involvement by the people.
agriculture was the way of the future.
private schools were needed to promote prosperity.
monopolies were essential to the growth of the economy.
The Open Door Policy had to do with what nation.
Russia
Vietnam
China
Great Britain
The explosion of the Maine is associated with what conflict?
World War I
World War II
Spanish American War
Civil War
President Roosevelt secured land to build what canal making the time shorter to cross between the Pacific and Atlantic oceans.
Suez
Panama
Gibralter
Aswan
The US tried to avoid involvement in World War I by following a policy of
neutrality
jingoism
imperialism
boycotts
What did Social Security provide for?
old age insurance
job security
the building of dams
securing the stock market
Drought and poor farming techniques led to this disaster in the 1930s.
New Deal
San Francisco earthquake
Agnes Flood
Dust Bowl
Prohibition is
the taxation of foreign goods
limiting of immigration
the ban of the manufacture and sale of alcohol.
banning of the right to vote for women
A flapper is
a modern woman of the 1920s
new dance of the 1920s
shutter in the new kodak camera
new style of men's fashion in the 1920s
President Hoover's public image was severely damaged by the . . . ?
principle of rugged individualism
"Hoovervilles" of the homeless
handling of the Bonus Army
All of the above
What was the reason for the migration of many African Americans to the North?
to start the Harlem Renaissance
increased job opportunities
the ending of racial discrimination
federal job training programs
The Red Scare caused
ratification of the women's suffrage amendment
the formation of the Populist Party
demand for limits on immigration
the start of the Great Depression
What happened on December 7, 1941?
Germany invaded Poland
Japan attacked Pearl Harbor
Italy declared war on the United States
the United States dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima
The cross-channel invasion of Normandy is known as
Battle of Midway
D-Day
Battle of the Bulge
Battle for Guadalcanal
President Truman's decision to use atomic weapons against Japan was due to
the belief that an invasion would result in high casualties
the belief that Germany would refuse to surrender in Europe
the belief that an alliance would develop between Japan and the USSR
the belief that Japan had atomic weapons
The capture of high ranking Nazis led to
the division of Germany
the Tokyo War Crimes Trials
the Nuremberg Trials
the creation of NATO
The cause for the rise of fascism in Europe was due to
collectivization
genocide
economic hardship
secret treaties
The goal of the U.S. after World War II was to
return to isolationism
stop the spread of communism
gain territories in Latin America
overthrow all dictatorships
The responsibility of starting the Cold War lies with
Zimbabwe
France
Soviet Union and Great Britain
United States and the Soviet Union
The Marshall Plan was part of the foreign policy of
isolationism
detente
colonialism
containment
The first satellite was launched by what nation?
United States
France
China
Soviet Union
The first man in space was
Yuri Gagarin
John Glenn
Neil Armstrong
Michael Collins
Korea remained divided at this parallel.
17th
42nd
21st
38th
Fidel Castro removed this dictator from power.
Adolf Hitler
Bahn Ki Moon
Fulgencio Batista
Emmanuel Macron
This was the failed invasion of Cuba by the U.S.
U-2 Crisis
Operation T-4
Bay of Pigs
Missiles of October
Name the pilot whose U-2 spy plane was shot down over the Urals.
Francis Gary Powers
Jonathan Allen Thomas
Carl Allen Anderson
James Earl Ray
The Berlin Wall was built to
divide East and West Germany
stop the skilled workers and professionals from leaving East Germany
stop nuclear missiles from reaching Cuba
aid the NATO alliance
The most famous conscientious objector of Vietnam was
Billy Irvin
Marc Fallon
Muhammad Ali
Leonard Spinx
Eisenhower justified involvement in Vietnam by what proclamation
Geneva Accord
Camp David Accords
Domino Theory
Massive Retaliation
This term means a relaxation of tensions in the Cold War
Glasnost
Perestroika
Detente
Laissez Faire
What has come to symbolize the end of the Cold War
improving United States relations with China
tearing down of the Berlin Wall
establishing the Peace Corps
achieving a truce in Vietnam
Perestroika is
a return to capitalism
a return to Marxism
an openness
an embargo
A right to privacy was achieved by this Supreme Court ruling.
Sweatt v. Painter
Miranda v. Arizona
Roe v. Wade
Penobscot v. U.S.
Allegations of communist influences in government were conducted by
George Marshall
Harry Truman
Joseph McCarthy
Chesty Puller
The most damaging evidence in the Watergate scandal was
bugging devices
hi fi photographic equipment
false testimony
the tapes
Sameness
detente
conformity
avant garde
allegiance
The Civil Rights leader who advocated non violence.
Malcolm X
Huey P. Newton
Stokely Carmichael
Martin Luther King Jr.
The Civil Rights Act of 1965 involved
banning sit-ins
voting rights
eliminating segregation in public facilities
labor unrest
Name the Civil Rights leader who advocated black separatism.
Martin Luther King Jr.
Rosa Parks
Malcolm X
Ralph Abernathy
VISTA is similar to what international program?
NATO
Habitat for Humanity
CORE
Peace Corps
Youngest elected president
Theodore Roosevelt
John F. Kennedy
James Earl Carter
Thomas Jefferson
Mexican-American who advocated for migrant workers.
Marco Hugo
Cesar Chavez
Russell Means
Maurice Ferre
