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Worksheets652 Fall Final Practice Exam
Total questions: 67
Worksheet time: 34mins
The League of Nations chief purpose was to
maintain world peace.
punish Germany.
make new territorial boundaries.
ensure American superiority.
"Big Bertha" is best described as
a canon large enough to hurl 1800lb shells for miles.
a machine gun.
a submarine.
a tank.
The 3 major countries that comprised the Allied Powers in WWI were
Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Russia.
Great Britain, France, and the United States.
Italy, Spain, and Germany.
Germany, Russia, and Italy.
Germany and Austria-Hungary were the heart of the
Triple Crown.
Central Powers.
Allies.
Gestapo
Under the Treaty of Versailles, the peace treaty for WWI, ________________ was made to take the blame for the war.
Austria-Hungary
Italy
Russia
Germany
The Germans were very successful at using _____________ during the war.
tanks
cannons
submarines (u-boats)
airplanes
Which country was not invited/present at the Versailles Peace Treaty talks?
United States
Russia
Great Britain
France
What years did World War I take place?
1914-1918
1925-1930
1920-1925
1900-1904
President Wilson's plan for peace was called the
Fourteen Points.
League of Nations.
Peace Plan.
New Deal.
As a part of the peace treaty to end WWI, _____________________ was ordered to pay $33 billion in war reparations.
United States
Austria-Hungary
France
Germany
All of the following were NEW weapons used in WWI, EXCEPT
Big Bertha.
tanks.
poison gas.
rifles.
All of the following have been considered a CAUSE of the World War I, EXCEPT
militarism.
nationalism.
anarchism.
alliance systems.
The sinking of the _____________ cost 128 U.S. lives and help to lead the United States into WWI.
Sussex
U.S.S. Maine
Lusitania
Titanic
The President of the United States during World War I was
President Woodrow Wilson
President Theodore Roosevelt
President Herbert Hoover
President Andrew Jackson
Which country lost the MOST territory after WWI, even though they were part of the winning side?
Germany
France
Austria
Russia
_____________ is the belief that we should limit or isolate our concern to domestic considerations not European problems. It's what Americans supported when the war first broke out.
Imperialism
Nationalism
Patriotism
Isolationism
Which country was NOT invited to the peace conference at end of World War I?
Russia
United States
Great Britain
France
One trend of the 1920s was _______________________, the movement of people from the country to the city areas.
urbanization
migration
immigration
imperialism
During the 1920s, the KKK expanded their hatred to include all of the following groups, EXCEPT
Catholics.
"Foreigners".
Jews.
Farmers.
Sacco and Vanzetti were convicted of a payroll robbery largely due to the fact that they were all of the following, EXCEPT
Communists
Italian
Anarchists
Immigrants
When the Stock Market crashed on October 29, 1929, it was known as
Black Tuesday.
Manic Monday.
Red Friday.
Blue Tuesday.
The movement of African Americans from the south to the north was known as the
Harlem Renaissance.
Jazz Age.
Great Migration.
Roaring 20s.
The most famous club in New York City's Harlem neighborhood in the 1920s was the
Studio 54.
Flappers.
Hot Spot.
Cotton Club.
One trend that began in the 1920s was the use of __________________ by consumers.
subway.
personal credit.
coupons.
scatting.
The 1920s explosion of creativity in arts, literature, music, etc by African Americans became known as the
Cotton Club.
Harlem Renaissance.
Great Migration.
Jazz Age.
One of the unintended consequences of Prohibition was
increased drunkeness.
the rise of organized crime.
an increase of homelessness.
a decrease in divorce rates.
This artist was a famous pianist and composer of the 1920s.
Cab Calloway
Josephine Baker
Duke Ellington
Louis Armstrong
The Scopes Trial can be best described as
a trial about fair trade practices
.a trial about immigration policies.
a trial about the kidnapping of a child.
a trial about science vs religion and spirituality.
One of the greatest accomplishments of the decade was the passage of the 19th Amendment, which did the follow?
Prohibited alcohol
Repealed a previous amendment
Provided for the direct election of senators
Gave women the right to vote
This man made the first transatlantic flight from America to France.
Orville Wright
Al Capone
Duke Ellington
Charles Lindbergh
This was the name given to women who dared to shorten their hair and their skirts.
The Scopes
The Pink Ladies
The Flapper
The Lady Bugs
One of the new business of the 1920s was
advertising.
steel making.
iron making.
farming.
Many Americans started to enjoy watching sports the 1920s. The most athlete of the time was
Charles Lindbergh.
Duke Ellington.
Babe Ruth
Cab Calloway.
The good fortune of the 1920s came to a screeching halt when
women got the right to vote.
the Stock Market crashed in 1929.
organized crime gangs started wars in the cities.
the government started illegally searching people's homes.
Some of the new inventions/breakthroughs of this time period were all of the following EXCEPT
electricity in homes.
the radio.
the television.
the refrigerator.
_________________________ was a famous football player, who happened to play at the University of Illinois.
Babe Ruth
Jack Dempsey
Duke Ellington
Red Grange
President Hoover's political philosophy that stated that it was NOT the job of the government to give "hand-outs" to the needy, but that people/charities needed to help those in need. This philosophy was called
direct relief.
Reconstruction Finance Corporation.
Rugged Individualism.
Bonus Army.
What were the names given to the shack houses set up outside of many cities during the Great Depression?
Ghettos
Boulder Dams
Hoovervilles
Frankensteins
Franklin Delano Roosevelt won the presidency in 1932 by campaigning with the promise of a ______ _________ for the American people.
Square Deal
Full Meal Deal
New Deal
Inside Deal
The following conditions existed to create the Dust Bowl
converted grasslands to flat farm land
drought
wind
all of the above
What was the Bonus Army?
a group of Civil War veterans
a group of Spanish-American War Veterans
a group of World War I veterans
a group of World War II veterans
Why did the Bonus Army march on Washington in 1932?
they wanted their army health benefits
they wanted their bonus checks they were promised (to be paid in 1945)
they wanted to be released from their army duties
they wanted to serve in the Civilian Conservation Corps
One of the strategies of the Agricultural Adjustment Administration was to
take farm land out of production to increase farm prices.
give industrial jobs to farmers.
fix high farm prices of 10% above the market
limiting machinery farmers could use.
President Franklin Roosevelt communicated with the American people by issuing radio broadcasts called
Fireside chats.
Campfire talks.
Reflections.
Stadium chants.
The Civilian Conservation Corps tried to eliminate the possibility of another Dust Bowl by
building dams in the Tennessee Valley area.
limiting machinery farmers could use.
planting trees in the Great Plains area.
taking farm land out of production.
The New Deal legislation came to be known as
Super Help.
The Plan for a New Generation.
Mr. Roosevelt Plan.
Alphabet Soup.
Which government agency was created to regulate the Stock market?
National Relief Administration
Social Security Administration
Civilian Conservation Corps
Securities and Exchange Commission
One of the most important results of President Roosevelt's New Deal legislation was
a more direct and dependent relationship between the federal government and the people.
a more distant relationship between the federal government and the people.
What event in America sparked another downward spiral of the German economy?
the United States stock market crash
the election of Franklin Roosevelt
the invention of the Ford Model T
the passage of the Volstead Act
This ecological disaster served to worsen the effects of the Great Depression on Farmers in the Midwest
What was the "New Deal" of the 1930s?
a government program that gave free land to homesteaders
a government program that helped women get the vote
a government program that spread civil rights throughout the country
a government program designed to help people during the depression
