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Worksheets1st Semester Review CP US History Part 2
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 25mins
Which person would most likely fight racism by establishing a civil rights group founded to fight for civil rights called the NAACP?
Booker T. Washington
Marcus Garvey
W.E.B. DuBois
Ida B. Wells
Which of the following has the closest tie to an issue during the Great Depression?
Two million child workers under sixteen years
Children not allowed to go to a school due to segregation
Immigration at Ellis Island & Angel Island
Union strikes turning deadly with anarchists
Investing in Liberty Bonds were meant to persuade people to finance which of the following?
World War I (The Great War)
Spanish American War
Great Depression Unemployment
Progressive State Initiatives
With passage of the Espionage Act which of the following was brought up as a criticism?
Not enough money was being raised to help the American Expeditionary Force (AEF)
There was no standard time for the railroads.
Liberty/Freedom was being taken by the government
Anarchists and Communists were free to join together
The US Government began to take on a principal role in protecting economic stability during which event?
The Great Depression
Spanish American War
The Red Scare
Gilded Age
The US had trade sanctions causing oil, gas, and rubber shortages in Japan which contributed to…
Japan siding with Nazi Germany and fascist Italy.
Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.
the dropping of the atomic bomb.
the Russo-Japanese War.
The argument that this event gives the executive branch too much power would best fit with…
Franklin D. Roosevelt’s plan to increase the number of Supreme Court Justices
passage of the Social Security Act.
Civilian Conservation Corps recruitment.
closing of banks for a bank holiday.
At the end of the Gilded Age government began to change from laissez faire to a regulation of business with the passage of…
Interstate Commerce Act.
Federal Jobs Reform Initiatives.
an income tax bill.
19th Amendment.
Which of the following is the best example for a belief about Wilson’s Fourteen Points?
Countries should be allowed to invade other countries
International organizations should control all immigration
The US should be allowed to spend the most on defense
International leaders need to work cooperatively to maintain peace
Which of the following was a direct result of the Spanish American War?
Congress voted to reduce the size and funding of the military
Dollar Diplomacy was abandoned as a national policy
Territories were not allowed to become states anymore
The US began to take on imperial powers
The Seneca Falls Convention was linked closely with…
the signing of the Civil Rights Act.
Prohibition laws in the states.
the 19th Amendment ratification.
Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps creation.
Which of the following is a characterization of the 1920s?
the first use of the atomic bomb
the failure of banks, New Deal, and massive breadlines
flappers, Prohibition, and installment plans
Brinkmanship, McCarthyism, containment policy
One major criticism of the government’s reaction to the Great Depression was…
the Supreme Court refusing to rule on congressional actions.
the expansion of executive power during the Great Depression.
Congress declaring war on Germany to end the Great Depression.
Presidential pardons of all of the stock brokers responsible for Black Tuesday.
Alexis de Tocqueville had four values: liberty, populism, laissez-faire, and egalitarianism. Which of the those is represented through the ability to meet with other people without any restrictions?
Liberty
Populism
Laissez-faire
Egalitarianism
How did the Soviet Union react to the dropping of the atomic bomb in Japan?
They welcomed the quick end to the conflict in Europe.
The US and the Soviet Union signed a joint agreement never to use those weapons.
The Soviet Union began an arms race with the United States.
Japan and the Soviet Union signed a nonaggression pact.
The ability of the federal government to dissolve business monopolies was an effect of which of the following?
19th Amendment
Sherman Antitrust Act
Interstate Commerce Act
17th Amendment
After the Spanish American War, president Theodore Roosevelt demanded that ___________ be created to ensure that the American navy and shipping be protected.
the maritime protection law of 1902
a canal across Panama
dreadnoughts and aircraft carriers
the naval academy
Some groups believed that adding silver coinage (supplementing gold with silver) to the money supply would help with prices and purchasing. Which political party advocated for this?
Republican
Populist
Progressive
Dixiecrat
African American novels, poems, and short stories as well as the genre of music called jazz were all major contributions from…
immigration from around the world
Jim Crow laws
Great Migration
Harlem Renaissance
Which of the following was a major effect of the Hawley-Smoot Tariff?
ended major unemployment
decreased American trade with the rest of the world
caused massive amounts of inflation
created the Federal Reserve system
Making an ethnically homogeneous population, where immigration was massively restricted, was a goal of which group?
Progressives
Democrats
Republicans
Nativists
The growing political influence of women, temperance organizations, and religious groups all contributed to…
the ratification of the 18th Amendment.
passage of the Hawley-Smoot Tariff.
declaration of war against Germany.
the ratification of the 16th Amendment.
The fact that people today depend more on the Federal Government in times of economic crisis is linked to…
events leading up to imperialism.
ongoing results of the New Deal.
the cultural changes from the 1920s.
state government initiatives and recall elections.
Which of the following were direct ways the regular citizen could participate and hold their state governments more responsible?
Initiative, referendum, and recall
Vote, serve in foreign armies, and give money to the poor
Report for jury duty, run for president, and refuse to testify as a witness
Ignore the news, complain, and only vote for president
The US gaining control of the Philippines, Guam, and Puerto Rico while Cubans receiving their independence all fit with the following statement:
The 1914 opening of the Panama Canal encouraged international trade
The 1898 Spanish American War led to world power status for the United States
The 1929 stock market crash set off the Great Depression in the United States
The 1919 Treaty of Versailles contributed to the start of World War II in Europe
