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WorksheetsAmerican History Final Exam Review
Total questions: 70
Worksheet time: 2hrs 22mins
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1.
Which of the following occurred as a result of the Sherman Antitrust Act?
a)
Workers secured a greater share of company profits
b)
The influence of labor unions on factory owners was reduced
c)
The federal government could dissolve business monopolies
d)
Businesses were required to pay fees to open overseas locations
2.
Which of the following occurred between 1865 and 1900 as a result of the rapid industrialization of the US?
a)
Social and economic class divisions began to disappear.
b)
Concerns about air pollution led to stricter environmental regulations.
c)
Union membership increased as workers sought better pay and conditions.
d)
Factory owners introduced wage-equality policies for women in the workplace.
3.
What is a pull factor?
a)
Something that forces someone to move
b)
Something that attracts someone to move to a new place
c)
The motion of a see saw
d)
A refugee
4.
What is a push factor?
a)
Something that attracts someone to move
b)
Something that forces someone to move to a new country
c)
The process of moving to another country
d)
A refugee
5.
Which of the following is an example of a push factors?
a)
Religious Freedom
b)
War
c)
Better opportunity for a job
d)
Better education
6.
Which factor contributed to the shifting of population from rural to urban areas from 1870-1900?
a)
Not
enough families took advantage of the Homestead Act
b)
Great
Plains Indians left their reservations to buy new farmland
c)
Houses
in cities were less expensive than those in the counttryside
d)
Better jobs in industry attracted
farmers and laborers to cities
7.
In late nineteenth century America, recent immigrants made up a large portion of the population of big cities, such as New York and San Francisco. Which of the following best describes why immigrants in these cities established their own separate neighborhoods, such as New York's Little Italy and San Francisco's Chinatown?
a)
They did so in order
to ensure that they were able to receive high wages and benefits for factory work.
b)
They did so in order
to establish their
own political parties
that could influence both local and state government.
c)
They did so in order to continue practicing the traditions that they brought
over from their
home countries.
d)
They did so in order
to build and open their
own factories that could compete
with others in the city.
8.
Which statement best describes working conditions in many American factories in the late nineteenth century?
a)
The work was challenging but laborers were generally paid well and offered benefits
by the companies for which they worked.
b)
The work was typically performed by skilled, experienced workers, many of whom belonged
to trade unions.
c)
The work was hard, dirty,
often dangerous, and typically was performed by unskilled workers
for little pay.
d)
The work consisted primarily of low-paying jobs, but all workers were awarded an opportunity to advance.
9.
Where was Angel Island located?
a)
San Antonio, Texas
b)
New York, New York
c)
San Francisco, California
d)
Los Angeles, California
10.
Where was Ellis Island located?
a)
San Antonio, Texas
b)
New York, New York
c)
San Francisco, California
d)
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
11.
The cartoon satirizes which of the following problems that developed in the late nineteenth century due to the rapid growth of urban areas?
a)
the corruption of urban political machines
b)
crime and violence in crowded cities
c)
disease and pollution in urban areas
d)
the separation of classes in growing cities
12.
In public schools, immigrant children learned English and were taught about American history and culture, a process known as
a)
Americanization
b)
assimilation.
c)
industrialization.
d)
urbanization.
13.
Most urban working-class families lived in multifamily apartment buildings called
a)
suburbs.
b)
skyscrapers.
c)
tenements.
d)
work houses
14.
What Supreme Court case ruled "separate but equal" was legal?
a)
Redskins vs Giants
b)
Aylor vs Byrd
c)
Brown vs Board of Education
d)
Plessy vs Ferguson
15.
What best describes Jim Crow laws?
a)
better opportunities for women
b)
African Americans gaining full civil and political rights
c)
discrimination laws focused on Native Americans
d)
unequal opportunities for African Americans in housing, jobs, and education
16.
1868, makes all persons born in the United States—including former slaves— citizens of the country and guarantees equal protection of the laws.
a)
13th Amendment
b)
14th Amendment
c)
15th Amendment
17.
What was the biggest reason why the U.S. was involved in foregin affairs during this time?
a)
responsibility
b)
slavery
c)
to help people
d)
money/economic
18.
What was Roosevelt's policy called?
a)
dollar diplomacy
b)
Speak softly, carry a big stick policy
c)
sphere of influence
d)
Pan-Americanism
19.
Which territory did the United States NOT gain direct control of after the Spanish-American War?
a)
Puerto Rico
b)
Cuba
c)
Philippines
d)
Guam
20.
Social Darwinism:
a)
was used by Anti-Imperialists to promote imperialism
b)
was used to argue some races and nations are naturally superior to others
c)
was used to defend a policy of neutrality and isolationism
d)
was promoted by Frederick Jackson Turner
21.
The poem, The White Man's Burden, by Rudyard Kipling, represents the belief that European culture was _______.
a)
superior to other cultures
b)
misunderstood by Americans
c)
the oldest culture in the world
d)
a replica of Ancient Greek culture
22.
What was the purpose of the Open Door Policy in China?
a)
End the Boxer Rebellion
b)
Ensure trading rights with China
c)
Win leaseholds in China
d)
Establish a sphere of influence
23.
Which of these is NOT one of the reasons why the U.S. got involved in World War I?
a)
The Zimmerman Telegram
b)
Unrestricted Submarine Warfare
c)
The Russian Revolution
d)
Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
24.
President Wilson's fourteen points
a)
initiated U.S. involvement in World War I
b)
laid out his goals for peace
c)
ended World War I
d)
called for Germany to accept blame for the war
25.
Prior to 1917, the policy of the U.S. can be best described by which of the following terms
a)
neutral, but extensively traded with the Allied Powers
b)
neutral, but extensively traded with the Central Powers
c)
complete neutrality with no involvement on either side.
d)
nationalist
26.
What are the name of the acts that made it illegal to criticize the U.S. involvement in the war or encourage draft resisters
a)
Espionage and Sedition Acts
b)
Treaty of Versailles and the Fourteen Points
c)
the Yalta Agreement and the Treaty of Versailles
d)
The Espionage Act and the Fourteen Points
27.
The Harlem Renaissance was focused on the writing and music related to
a)
African Americans
b)
Immigrants
c)
Communists
d)
Republicans
28.
The 1920s were characterized by
a)
Economic depression
b)
Wars
c)
Economic Prosperity
d)
none of the above
29.
What did Clarence Darrow represent in the Scopes Trial?
a)
Evolution was incorrect
b)
Creationism had no place in schools
c)
The Bible was always right
d)
Science would support the Bible
30.
The Scopes Monkey Trial of 1925 had to do with teaching of Fundamentalism and ______.
a)
school
b)
Evolution
c)
life
d)
religion
31.
_______________ were young women who rebelled against traditional ways of thinking and acting.
a)
Expatriates
b)
Jazzers
c)
Flappers
d)
Scats
32.
What was the cause of the Harlem Renaissance?
a)
The Great Gatsby
b)
Immigration
c)
The Great Migration
d)
Integration
33.
President Franklin Roosevelt asked Congress to pass a series of acts called the New Deal. Which is one way the New Deal helped people during the Great Depression?
a)
It gave all people the right to vote.
b)
It created programs to put people back to work.
c)
It let all new immigrants become American citizens.
d)
It let people travel around the country freely.
34.
This natural disaster served to worsen the effects of the Great Depression on Farmers in the Midwest
a)
Tornados
b)
Dust Bowl
c)
Black Tuesday
d)
Hurricanes
35.
The name given to the programs enforced by FDR to ensure relief, recovery and reform.
a)
Stock Market
b)
Great Depression
c)
Margin
d)
New Deal
36.
During the Great Depression, many people did lose their homes because they couldn't pay for them. They either had to live with family members or in makeshift "houses" made out of cardboard or whatever they could find. These were called "Hoovervilles" or ________________.
a)
shanty towns
b)
neighborhoods
c)
Hoover Wagons
d)
clubs
37.
Paying a small % of a stock's price & borrowing the rest is known as what?
a)
buying on margin
b)
speculation
c)
fiat money
d)
price supports
38.
What was the Allied strategy in the Pacific known as?
a)
island-hopping
b)
island-jumping
c)
appeasement
d)
rationing
39.
Where did the largest land-sea-air invasion in world history take place?
a)
Hiroshima, Japan
b)
Normandy, France
c)
Nagasaki, Japan
d)
Berlin, Germany
40.
What was rationing?
a)
growing a garden to help with food supplies in your backyard
b)
donating money to the government to help in the war effort
c)
a practice of limiting the amount of food or resources people could buy
d)
used to show support of the war effort (usually posters or movies)
41.
Who were the first African-American fighter pilots?
a)
Tuskegee Boys
b)
Tuskegee Airmen
c)
Birmingham Airmen
d)
Tuskegee Tough Guys
42.
What was the Manhattan Project?
a)
radio beams used to determine location of objects
b)
the world's first computer
c)
effort by the US to build the first atomic bomb
d)
a complicated code machine used by German military
43.
Which ethnicity group was sent to internment camps?
a)
Japanese
b)
Chinese
c)
Russians
d)
Germans
44.
What US policy allowed the sale, loan, or lease of war materials to any country whose defense was necessary for US security?
a)
Lend Lease
b)
Neutrality Act
c)
Cash and Carry
d)
Borrow and Pay
45.
What two nations were in competition with each other during the Cold War?
a)
Spain and Portugal
b)
England and France
c)
Germany and Italy
d)
United States and Soviet Union
46.
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?
a)
To expand trade with Europe
b)
To limit the build up of nuclear weapons
c)
To stop the spread of communism
d)
to send financial aid to Europe
47.
The United States got involved in conflicts like Korea and Vietnam because they were afraid of the domino theory. What is the domino theory?
a)
If one country fell to democracy, others would follow
b)
If one country fell to communism, others would follow
48.
Why did the United States become involved in the Korean War?
a)
to contain communism
b)
to colonize Korea
c)
to spread communism
d)
to Christianize Koreans
49.
How did the US respond to finding out that the Soviets had missiles in Cuba?
a)
They sent the Air Force to bomb Cuba
b)
They began placing missiles in the Soviet Union.
c)
They placed a naval blockade around Cuba.
d)
They invaded Cuba and the Soviet Union.
50.
Who was the Senator who started rumors of the Red Scare?
a)
John F. Kennedy
b)
Joseph Stalin
c)
Neil Armstrong
d)
Joseph McCarthy
51.
Which Amendment gave women and NOW groups the right to vote?
a)
Twenty-eighth Amendment
b)
Equal Rights Amendment
c)
Fifteenth Amendment
d)
Nineteenth Amendment
52.
MLK Jr organized a __________ of buses in Montgomery after Rosa Parks was arrested for not giving her seat up to a white man.
a)
strike
b)
boycott
c)
slow-down
d)
sabotaging
53.
Which act banned segregation in public places and outlawed discrimination in the workplace?
a)
The Freedom Summer Act
b)
The Montgomery Bus Boycott
c)
The Civil Rights Act of 1964
d)
The Voting Rights Act of 1965
54.
What Amendment did the Supreme Court rule "separate but equal" violated?
a)
Plessy vs. Ferguson
b)
The Fourteenth Amendment
c)
The Declaration of Independence
d)
The First Amendment
55.
During the 1950s, how did the United States Supreme Court become involved with segregation in public schools?
a)
by allowing the president of the United States to declare segregation in public schools illegal
b)
by writing laws to prohibit discrimination
c)
by supporting an amendment to the Constitution to make segregation in public schools illegal
d)
by ruling in several cases that segregation in public schools was illegal
56.
This law banned all literacy tests that kept many African Americans from voting.
a)
Civil Rights Act
b)
Voting Rights Act
c)
Civil Rights Movement
d)
24th Amendment
57.
Vietnam was a colony of what prior to WWll?
a)
United States
b)
China
c)
France
d)
Japan
58.
The idea that if South Vietnam fell to communism, other nations would soon follow...
a)
Vietnamization
b)
Communism
c)
Domino Theory
d)
Imperialism
59.
What provided congressional support for escalating military action in Vietnam?
a)
Cuban Missile Crisis
b)
Battle Of Midway
c)
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
d)
Bay of Pigs Invasion
60.
The ________ were communist rebels in South Vietnam.
a)
Japan
b)
Veitcong
c)
Soviet Union
d)
Germany
61.
What event caused a negative shift in U.S. public opinion during the Vietnam War?
a)
The Geneva Accords
b)
Operation Rolling Thunder
c)
The Tet Offensive
d)
Gulf of Tonkin
62.
The result of the discrepancy in government and television reports concerning the Vietnam War?
a)
Apathy towards gov't issues
b)
Greater support for the President
c)
Growing support for the war
d)
Credibility Gap
63.
Shifting the burden of actual combat from American troops to S. Vietnamese forces.
a)
Vietminization
b)
Vietcong
c)
Internationalism
d)
Linkage
64.
Limits the power of the President during a time of conflict
a)
Voting Rights Act
b)
Economic Opportunity Act
c)
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
d)
War Powers Act
65.
In Vietnam the fighters used a irregular warfare tactic that made it difficult for our soldiers to be successful...it was called?
a)
Vietnamese Warfare tactics
b)
Cheetah Warfare
c)
Hidden Warfare
d)
Guerrilla warfare
66.
Which strong feature of the Articles of Confederation created a method for territories to become states?
a)
The ability to sign peace treaties
b)
Shays' Rebellion
c)
Northwest Ordinance
d)
60,000 Ordinance
67.
In the Articles of Confederation, where was most of the government power placed?
a)
The States
b)
The National Government
c)
The Continental Congress
d)
The Legislative Branch
68.
During the years 1788-91, Americans debated whether to ratify the constitution. During this time, the Anti-Federalists engaged in many activities to express their viewpoint of the Constitution. Which of the following is a direct outcome of the Anti-Federalist's activities?
a)
The AoC were revised
b)
Women were given the right to vote
c)
A bill of rights was added to the Constitution
d)
New amendments were added to the Magna Carta
69.
The Federalist Papers were a series of newspaper articles published in 1787 and 1788 to win support for the
a)
right of the colonies to rebel against Great Britain
b)
right of a state to secede from the Union
c)
ratification of the United States Constitution
d)
construction of an interstate canal system
70.
According to the Declaration of Independence, where does government get its power?
a)
From the King
b)
From the Supreme Court
c)
From God
d)
From the people
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