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WorksheetsU.S. History Review
Total questions: 129
Worksheet time: 3hrs 11mins
Which amendment gave women the right to vote?
17
18
19
20
21st Amendment
Repeals 19th Amendment
Repeals 18th Amendment
Repeals 15th Amendment
Repeals 17th Amendment
The Homestead Act attempted to promote development of western lands by
creating a system of dams for crop migration
removing all restrictions on immigration
placing Native Americans on reservations
providing free land to settlers
The belief that the rich were chosen by god to be rich and should therefore share their wealth.
Gospel of Wealth
laissez faire
capitalism
Social Darwinism
Rockefeller wanted to control all of the oil business in the world this is called a
competition
monopoly
standard business practice
In 1890 the _______________ _____________ _____ was passed by the U.S. government to prevent monopolies from unfair business practices
Better Business Bureau
Savings and Loan Act
Sherman Antitrust Act
What was the Temperance Movement?
Pizza party
The movement to make more people drink alcohol in the United States
The movement to limit alcohol drinking in the United States and other countries
When everyone started to pour alcohol on cats
Roosevelt boasted he would “speak softly and carry a big stick”
Big Stick Diplomacy
Roosevelt Corollary
Open Door Policy
Imperialism
Germany sent the _________ Note to ___________ proposing to them to join them in the War?
Zimmerman, Russia
Zimmerman, Mexico
Armistice, Italy
Armistice, Mexico
The Great Migration was
when Europeans moved to New York in large numbers.
when American citizens moved out West to build farms.
African Americans moved North for better paying jobs.
Which of the following statements about the Treaty of Versailles is true?
Germany were invited to attend and negotiate the terms of the Treaty of Versailles.
Germany were NOT invited to attend and negotiate the terms of the Treaty of Versailles.
An American Socialist distributes pamphlets discouraging young men from signing up for the draft during WW1.
Tinker v. Des Moines
Brandenburg v. Ohio
McDonald v. Chicago
Schenck v. United States
The Harlem Renaissance can best be described as
an organization created to help promote African-American businesses
a period of great achievement by African American writers, artists, and performers
a movement that sought to draw people back to the inner cities
a relief program to provide jobs for minority workers
This Jazz Age Artist was known for playing the trumpet in songs like "When the Saints go Marching in" and "What a Wonderful World."
Duke Ellington
Bessie Smith
Louis Armstrong
George Gershwin
____________________was the worst day in stock market history.
Black Thursday
Black Friday
Black Tuesday
Good Friday
Choose the answer that best describes the Dust Bowl.
When people get a lot of dust in their plates and bowls.
A period of time where a large part of the US experienced drought and huge dust storms.
When a dust storm came through Lubbock last year.
A general term for when objects become dirty.
What other major event was happening at the same time as the Dust Bowl?
The Great Depression
The Civil War
World War 2
Revolutionary War
What was the result of the atomic bomb being dropped on Nagasaki, Japan?
World War II began
People fled to Hiroshima
Japan built a bomb
Japan surrendered
On August 6, 1945 where was the 1st atomic bomb dropped?
Nagasaki
Beijing
Hiroshima
Berlin
This was the code name for secret research and development program to build atomic bomb?
D-Day
Manhattan Project
Einstein
Unicorn
This amendment of the Neutrality Acts in 1939 allowed for the sale of weapons to countries at war as long as they paid upon purchase and shipped the weapons on their own ships
Cash and Carry
Lend Lease Acts
Neutrality Acts
America First
The United States became the "Arsenal of Democracy" with this Act, when they began this program of shipping, producing, and renting armaments Arms to "democracies" in 1940.
Cash and Carry
Lend Lease Act
Neutrality Acts
New Deal
1944- declared that the government had the right to keep Japanese Americans in internment camps due to the idea of “national security threat”
1919- freedom of speech can be denied when there is a “clear and present danger”
What is anti-semitism
Discrimination against Christians
Discrimination against Jews
Allowing Jews into your home
The movement of giving the Jews a homeland
the Cuban Missile Crisis. Which was the importance of this event?
What is the name for JFK's legislative agenda?
New Deal
New Frontier
Great Society
Fresh Start
Which JFK program made up of volunteers included helping people in developing nations?
Public Works Administration
Space Exploration
Peace Corps
Special Olympics
Who was the socialist revolutionary leader who took control of Cuba and had close ties to the Soviet Union?
Benito Mussolini
Nikita Krushchev
Fulgencio Batista
Fidel Castro
Who was the first person to walk on the moon?
Leika
Yuri Gargarian
Neil Armstrong
Buzz Aldrin
Who was JFK's vice-president who becomes president once he is assassinated?
Lyndon B. Johnson
Richard Nixon
Ronald Reagan
Bill Clinton
Who was the 24 year-old ex-Marine accused of assassinating President Kennedy?
Jack Ruby
Earl Warren
Neil Armstrong
Lee Harvey Oswald
What did the Warren Commission decide about President Kennedy's assassination?
There had to be more than one shooter
Oswald was the only shooter
The CIA was involved
The mafia was involved
This law eliminated discrimination in all public places. It was passed in 1964. It was the
Economic Opportunity Act
Civil Rights Act
Voting Rights Act
Medical Care Act
Lyndon Johnson's plan for improving America was called the
New Frontier
Fair Deal
Great Society
New Deal
Which of these cases resulted in law enforcement agencies reading a list of rights to suspects before questioning them?
Gideon v. Wainwight
Brown v. Board of Education
Miranda v. Arizona
Baker v. Carr
What is a sit in?
Sitting on a bus
Sitting in an area where you are not allowed as a form of protest
Sitting on the floor rather than a chair
Sitting rather than standing at a lunch counter
What does CORE stand for?
Creating Other Racial Estates
Counting on Racial Equality
Congress of Racial Equality
Changing Other Random Entities
One accomplishment of the __________ was bringing about a federal ban on segregation in all interstate travel facilities.
Little Rock Nine
Freedom Riders
Black Panthers
Montgomery Bus Boycott
Who started the Black Panther Party?
Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seale
Eldridge Jackson and Nikki Giovanni
Huey P. Newton and Eldridge Jackson
Robert Kennedy and Jesse Jackson
Malcolm X is shot by-
a white Senator outraged by the militancy of the Nation of Islam
his brother
members of the Nation of Islam
atheists trying to make a point about religion
Gorbachev‘s policy of openness in discussing problems in
the Soviet Union
glasnot
perestroika
Tiananmen Square
INF Treaty
Gorbachev‘s policy of reforming the economy in the Soviet
Union
INF Treaty
Glasnot
Perestroika
Tianamen Square
What is the name of the agency responsible for border and domestic protection?
Department of the Interior
Homeland Security
FEMA
FBI
