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1st Semester Review CP US History Part 1

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 25mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

During World War II the government took which measures to ensure the fair distribution of scarce goods?

a)

Issue ration books

b)

Host can food drives

c)

Cancel all income taxes

d)

Allow banks to be open for 24 hours

2.

Which of the following helped in assimilating recent immigrants?

a)

W.E.B. Dubois and the NAACP

b)

Charles Lindbergh and the Spirit of Saint Louis

c)

Ida B. Wells and Anti-Lynching Crusade

d)

Jane Addams and Hull House

3.

President Roosevelt added on to the Monroe Doctrine in response to…

a)

The Panama Canal

b)

To prevent European intervention in Central-South America

c)

Spanish efforts to get rid of rebels in Cuba

d)

A special treaty with Japan

4.

Which group gained political support by supporting improvements in urban infrastructure during the 19th century in cities?

a)

Women’s Christian Temperance Union

b)

Suffrage Movement

c)

Political Bosses

d)

Union Movement

5.

What did the Selective Service Act do for Word War I?

a)

It forced all immigrants into camps

b)

It created the Veterans Administration

c)

It increased the amount of people eligible for military service

d)

It divided the Armed Service into 5 branches

6.

Which of the following was a result of publication of Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle?

a)

Government regulations requiring meat and food inspections.

b)

Federal troops would be called out to break strikes

c)

Railroads would be controlled by the government

d)

Laws required private businesses to diversify hiring

7.

Which of the following resulted in a stalemate during the first world war?

a)

Airplanes & Submarines

b)

Trenches & Machine Guns

c)

Tanks & Chemical Attacks

d)

Militarism and Imperialism

8.

How did FDR try to reassure the American Public during the Great Depression?

a)

Walk-on cameos in Hollywood Films

b)

Radio speeches called fireside chats

c)

Town hall meetings for government leaders

d)

A reduction in all taxes including the income tax

9.

Which age had the most government support for the growth of big business?

a)

Gilded Age

b)

Progressive Age

c)

Imperialism

d)

1920s

10.

A direct cause of Japanese surrender during WWII

a)

The invasion of Normandy beach

b)

The US dropped two atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki

c)

The Soviet Union helped the US attack Japan for an extra 2 years

d)

US sanctions against Japan led to their surrender

11.

During WWI, the federal government was willing to suspend freedom of expression by passing:

a)

The FDIC

b)

The Espionage Act

c)

The Sherman Antitrust Act

d)

The New Deal

12.

The Dust Bowl was mainly caused by…

a)

flash flooding and intense deforestation.

b)

prolonged drought and poor farming practices.

c)

high winds and railroad construction.

d)

severe heat and rapid suburban development.

13.

What role did Navajo soldiers play during WWII?

a)

Radar technology inventions

b)

Encryption of radio transmissions

c)

Spying on the Japanese

d)

German soldier exchange program

14.

Which agency was created to conserve natural, historic, and scenic objects and wildlife throughout our country in 1916?

a)

U.S. Geological Survey

b)

National Park Service

c)

Bureau of Reclamation

d)

U.S. Border Patrol

15.

Which amendments protecting rights were violated when the Japanese Americans were searched and citizens were put into internment camps during WWII?

a)

Fourth and Fourteenth Amendments

b)

Second and Third Amendments

c)

Tenth and Twenty-Sixth Amendments

d)

First and Seventh Amendments

16.

State level reformers wanted to promote the principle of direct democracy during which era?

a)

Imperialism

b)

Progressive Era

c)

Gilded Age

d)

1920s

17.

Which of the following is true about Puerto Rico?

a)

It became a state.

b)

Promised independence as a part of Wilson’s Fourteen Points.

c)

Ceded to the United States as a result of the Spanish-American War.

d)

Became a territory of the US because of the World War I.

18.

What area was settled mostly because of a series of federal land grants?

a)

California Territory

b)

Puerto Rico Territory

c)

Hawaii Territory

d)

Great Plains Territory

19.

Why did “bread lines” occur in the 1930s?

a)

Military pensions were not being paid

b)

Increase in agriculture exports

c)

Widespread business failures

d)

Selective Service participation

20.

Consequence of the Teapot Dome Scandal:

a)

Nixon resigns

b)

Communists witch hunts during the Red Scare

c)

The 21st amendment was passed

d)

Cabinet members were jailed for corruption

21.

The Food and Drug Administration was partially a response to what events?

a)

Muckrakers like Upton Sinclair’s book The Jungle

b)

Laissez-Faire policies

c)

Populist Movement Reforms

d)

Theodore Roosevelt’s Big Stick Policy

22.

To provide resources for a growing population is a main reason for which of the following:

a)

Federal government building the Hoover Dam.

b)

Charles Lindbergh’s Journey Across the Atlantic.

c)

The closing of banks.

d)

The building of the Statue of Liberty.

23.

Which of the following is the main reason why the federal government practiced repatriation in the 1930s?

a)

To protect the homeland

b)

Treaty obligations

c)

To reduce workers looking for jobs

d)

To promote citizenship

24.

How were US troops involved in the invasion of Normandy during WWII?

a)

Flying support planes shooting down Nazi blimps.

b)

Landing on the beaches to fight against Nazis on the European mainland.

c)

Bombing runs over Japanese controlled islands

d)

Fighting Italian troops in Northern Africa.

25.

Which group would oppose social Darwinism because it promoted the idea that people in the lower classes were not capable of economic success?

a)

Progressives

b)

Imperialists

c)

Eugenics Promoters

d)

Populists