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U.S. History Review

Total questions: 129

Worksheet time: 3hrs 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
The 13th Amendment deals mostly with what topic?
a)
Abolishing Slavery
b)
Registering Voters
c)
Electing Vice Presidents
d)
Local Elections
2.
Which amendment gave African-Americans the right to vote in 1869?
a)
13th Amendment
b)
14th Amendment
c)
15th Amendment
3.

Which amendment gave women the right to vote?

a)

17

b)

18

c)

19

d)

20

4.
The 18th Amendment banned ___.
a)
drinking alcohol.
b)
selling alcohol.
c)
using cigarettes.
5.

21st Amendment

a)

Repeals 19th Amendment

b)

Repeals 18th Amendment

c)

Repeals 15th Amendment

d)

Repeals 17th Amendment

6.
Laws passed by southern states during Reconstruction that legalized segregation, forcing whites and blacks to use separate facilities. 
a)
Jim Crow Laws
b)
Black Codes
c)
Freedman's Bureau
d)
Reconstruction
7.
The Ku Klux Klan often resorted to violence to accomplish its goal. This violence was usually designed to:

a)
protect personal property.
b)
retaliate against previous acts of violence.
c)
intimidate the victims.
d)
prevent the spread of more violence.
8.
During Reconstruction, which of the following did the Southern states enact in order to restrict the rights of the freedmen?

a)
Slave Codes
b)
Civil Rights Laws
c)
Freedman's Bureau Bill
d)
Black Codes
9.
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
10.
Leader of the Back-to-Africa Movement
a)
Marcus Garvey
b)
Langston Hughes
c)
F. Scott Fitzgerald
d)
Clarence Darrow
11.
The fear of immigration is _______________________
a)
Nativism
b)
Social Darwinism
c)
Scopes Trial
d)
Racism
12.

The Homestead Act attempted to promote development of western lands by

a)

creating a system of dams for crop migration

b)

removing all restrictions on immigration

c)

placing Native Americans on reservations

d)

providing free land to settlers

13.
What was the main purpose of the Freedmen's Bureau?
a)
To help the Union soldiers
b)
To help Confederate soldiers receive medical care
c)
To help former slaves
d)
To help women obtain the right to vote in elections
14.
What took land from Indian tribes and promoted assimilation?
a)
Homestead Act
b)
Morril Act
c)
Dawes Act
d)
Reconstruction Act
15.

The belief that the rich were chosen by god to be rich and should therefore share their wealth.

a)

Gospel of Wealth

b)

laissez faire

c)

capitalism

d)

Social Darwinism

16.

Rockefeller wanted to control all of the oil business in the world this is called a

a)

competition

b)

monopoly

c)

standard business practice

17.

In 1890 the _______________ _____________ _____ was passed by the U.S. government to prevent monopolies from unfair business practices

a)

Better Business Bureau

b)

Savings and Loan Act

c)

Sherman Antitrust Act

18.
Which country gained freedom from Spain during the Spanish American War?
a)
Cuba
b)
France
c)
Canada
d)
Florida
19.
He was part of the Rough Riders during the Spanish American war. He was also the assistant Secretary of the Navy and a president during the progressive era. 
a)
Alfred T Mahan 
b)
Rough Riders 
c)
Theodore Roosevelt 
d)
Henry Cabot Lodge 
20.
What was the name of the book written by Upton Sinclair that led to changes in the food industry?
a)
The Jungle
b)
The Grinder
c)
The Rat Race
d)
Spoiled Rotten: The American Food Industry
21.
Journalists who exposed corruption and problems in society are called--
a)
Gump Mushers
b)
Muckrakers
c)
Scalawags
d)
Dirt Diggers
22.

What was the Temperance Movement?

a)

Pizza party

b)

The movement to make more people drink alcohol in the United States

c)

The movement to limit alcohol drinking in the United States and other countries

d)

When everyone started to pour alcohol on cats

23.
Who wrote about and exposed the corrupt monopolistic business practices of Standard Oil?
a)
Ida Tarbell
b)
Lewis Hines 
c)
Jacob Riis
d)
Upton Sinclair
24.
Allowed voters to start a law through a petition
a)
Referendum
b)
Initiative
c)
Recall
d)
Secret Ballot
25.
Allowed voters to remove a public official from office
a)
Referedum
b)
Impeachment
c)
Recall
d)
Initiative
26.
Allowed voters to accept/reject a legislature’s law
a)
Initiative
b)
Recall
c)
Referendum
d)
Direct Primary
27.
Imperialism is __________.
a)
when a powerful nation uses its resources to help a weaker nation
b)
when a weaker nation invites a powerful nation to help it industrialize
c)
when a powerful nation takes control of the economy and government of a weaker nation
d)
when weak nations join together to fight a strong nation
28.
sensationalized events in Cuba by American newspapers eager for war with Spain .
a)
Propaganda
b)
Dollar Diplomacy
c)
Spanish American War
d)
Yellow Journalism
29.
President Taft’s foreign policy toward Latin America advocating investment
a)
Monroe Doctrine
b)
Roosevelt Corollary
c)
Domino Theory
d)
Dollar Diplomacy
30.
gave equal trading rights to all countries in China
a)
Big Stick Diplomacy
b)
Open Door Policy
c)
Roosevelt Corollary
d)
Imperialism
31.

Roosevelt boasted he would “speak softly and carry a big stick”

a)

Big Stick Diplomacy

b)

Roosevelt Corollary

c)

Open Door Policy

d)

Imperialism

32.
the policy or practice of extending a nation's rule over other less powerful territories
a)
Imperialism
b)
Propaganda
c)
Protectorate
d)
Monroe Doctrine
33.

Germany sent the _________ Note to ___________ proposing to them to join them in the War?

a)

Zimmerman, Russia

b)

Zimmerman, Mexico

c)

Armistice, Italy

d)

Armistice, Mexico

34.

The Great Migration was

a)

when Europeans moved to New York in large numbers.

b)

when American citizens moved out West to build farms.

c)

African Americans moved North for better paying jobs.

35.

Which of the following statements about the Treaty of Versailles is true?

a)

Germany were invited to attend and negotiate the terms of the Treaty of Versailles.

b)

Germany were NOT invited to attend and negotiate the terms of the Treaty of Versailles.

36.

An American Socialist distributes pamphlets discouraging young men from signing up for the draft during WW1.

a)

Tinker v. Des Moines

b)

Brandenburg v. Ohio

c)

McDonald v. Chicago

d)

Schenck v. United States

37.
In the 1950's, Senator Joseph McCarthy won national attention when he...
a)
Was convicted as a spy.
b)
Claimed hundreds of government employees were communists.
c)
Helped Eisenhower become president.
d)
Went to Korea and said atomic weapons should be used to break the stalemate.
38.
The "Red Scare" means
a)
People were afraid of the color red.
b)
People thought Red's were friends. 
c)
People were afraid of Communists. 
d)
People were afraid of Democrats. 
39.

The Harlem Renaissance can best be described as

a)

an organization created to help promote African-American businesses

b)

a period of great achievement by African American writers, artists, and performers

c)

a movement that sought to draw people back to the inner cities

d)

a relief program to provide jobs for minority workers

40.

This Jazz Age Artist was known for playing the trumpet in songs like "When the Saints go Marching in" and "What a Wonderful World."

a)

Duke Ellington

b)

Bessie Smith

c)

Louis Armstrong

d)

George Gershwin

41.
Buying on margin means you are buying _____ with borrowed money. 
a)
Cars
b)
Homes
c)
Stocks
d)
Food
42.

____________________was the worst day in stock market history.

a)

Black Thursday

b)

Black Friday

c)

Black Tuesday

d)

Good Friday

43.
Hoovervilles were
a)
a great place to live
b)
shacks and tents made from anything people could find
c)
a wealthy neighborhood of SOHO
d)
cities with a lot of unemployment
44.

Choose the answer that best describes the Dust Bowl.

a)

When people get a lot of dust in their plates and bowls.

b)

A period of time where a large part of the US experienced drought and huge dust storms.

c)

When a dust storm came through Lubbock last year.

d)

A general term for when objects become dirty.

45.

What other major event was happening at the same time as the Dust Bowl?

a)

The Great Depression

b)

The Civil War

c)

World War 2

d)

Revolutionary War

46.
What were the people called who left the Dust Bowl area and went to other places?
a)
migrants
b)
travelers
c)
Okies
d)
loners
47.
Franklin Roosevelt used these to reassure Americans that they would be alright during the Great Depression
a)
FDR Hour
b)
Hangin' With Franklin
c)
Fireside Chats
d)
Around the Fire
48.
Shanty towns (make-shift) towns were named after this person due to the people’s dissatisfaction of the amount of help they were given after the Stock Market Crash?
a)
Franklin D. Roosevelt
b)
Herbert Hoover
c)
Theodore Roosevelt
d)
William McKinley
49.
This was the name for Roosevelt's plan to end the Depression
a)
New Deal
b)
Square Deal
c)
Depression Ender 6500
d)
Return to Normalcy
50.
Legislation that provided for old-age pensions for workers, unemployment insurance, and other welfare programs
a)
Federal Securities Act
b)
Social Security Act
c)
Wagner Act
d)
Federal Pension Act
51.
What was created to protect bank deposits up to $5,000?
a)
WPA
b)
CCC
c)
TVA
d)
FDIC
52.
Who promised to restore Germany to its former power?
a)
Joseph Stalin
b)
Benito Mussolini
c)
Adolf Hitler
d)
Napoleon Bonaparte
53.
A system of government that exerts complete control over its citizens; individuals have no rights and all opposition to the government is suppressed
a)
Monarchy
b)
Totalitarianism
c)
Democracy
d)
Communism
54.
What country was punished most severely by the Treaty of Versailles?
a)
Italy
b)
Japan
c)
Russia
d)
Germany
55.
Appealed to Italy's wounded pride and fear of communism, established the first Fascist Party, took over the Italian government after the march on Rome
a)
Adolf Hitler
b)
Benito Mussolini
c)
Francisco Franco
d)
Joseph Stalin
56.
What was the name of the work camps in Siberia where Stalin would send "enemies of the state"?
a)
Gulags
b)
Concentration Camps
c)
Internment Camps
d)
Veritags
57.
During which war did the U.S. create the atomic bomb? 
a)
World War I
b)
World War II
c)
Korean War
d)
Vietnam War
58.

What was the result of the atomic bomb being dropped on Nagasaki, Japan?

a)

World War II began

b)

People fled to Hiroshima

c)

Japan built a bomb

d)

Japan surrendered

59.

On August 6, 1945 where was the 1st atomic bomb dropped?

a)

Nagasaki

b)

Beijing

c)

Hiroshima

d)

Berlin

60.

This was the code name for secret research and development program to build atomic bomb?

a)

D-Day

b)

Manhattan Project

c)

Einstein

d)

Unicorn

61.
In which WWII event did Japan use the strategy of surprise attack to bomb the United States? 
a)
D-Day on the shores of France
b)
Pearl Harbor
c)
Invasion of Poland
d)
V-E Day
62.
Which countries belonged to the Axis Powers?
a)
U.S., Italy, and Great Britain
b)
U.S., Great Britain, and France
c)
Germany, Italy, and Japan
d)
Germany, France, and Japan
63.
What did allied forces do on D-Day, June 6, 1944?
a)
They sent thousands of troops to Berlin.
b)
They stormed the beaches of Normandy, France.
c)
The fought the Nazi troops in Russia.
d)
They took control of many Japanese islands.
64.
Which WWII leader declared war on Germany and Japan, and was loved by many Americans for the programs he developed ?
a)
Winston Churchill
b)
Franklin D. Roosevelt
c)
Harry S. Truman
d)
Adolf Hitler
65.
Which famous WWII leader was the dictator of the  Soviet Union that had an alliance with Germany at the beginning of the war but later joined forces with the allied powers.
a)
Benito Mussolini
b)
Adolf Hitler
c)
Winston Churchill
d)
Joseph Stalin
66.
Which WWII leader was the fascist dictator of Italy, believed  in nationalism, and was an Axis ally?
a)
Joseph Stalin
b)
Benito Mussolini 
c)
Winston Churchill
d)
Adolf Hitler
67.
Which WWII leader became President after FDR passed, wanted  to save American lives in the Pacific, and decided to drop the  atomic bombs?
a)
Franklin D. Roosevelt
b)
Winston Churchill
c)
Harry S. Truman
d)
Joseph Stalin
68.
What strategy did the United States develop to help defeat Japan?
a)
island hopping
b)
total war
c)
Anaconda plan
d)
blockade
69.
Who was Rosie the  Riveter?
a)
The first woman to work in a factory during WWII
b)
a representation of American women that went to work during WWII
c)
A pretty girl used for make-up advertisements
d)
A famous pilot
70.
Who were the Allied Countries during WWII?
a)
Great Britain, Germany, Japan
b)
Great Britain, US, and Italy
c)
US, Great Britain, Soviet Union
d)
Soviet Union, US, Japan
71.

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

a)

Cash and Carry

b)

Lend Lease Acts

c)

Neutrality Acts

d)

America First

72.

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.

a)

Cash and Carry

b)

Lend Lease Act

c)

Neutrality Acts

d)

New Deal

73.
On what date did the attack on Pearl Harbor occur?
a)
December 7, 2016
b)
December 7, 1916
c)
December 7, 1941
d)
December 14, 1971
74.
President Roosevelt said December 7, 1941 was a day that will live in 
a)
infirmary
b)
infamy
c)
infamous
d)
informal
75.

1944- declared that the government had the right to keep Japanese Americans in internment camps due to the idea of “national security threat”
a)
Korematsu v. United States
b)
Dred Scott v. Sandford
c)
Marbury v. Madison 
d)
Plessy v. Ferguson
76.

1919- freedom of speech can be denied when there is a “clear and present danger”
a)
Marbury v. Madison 
b)
Schenck v. United States
c)
Plessy v. Ferguson
d)
Brown v. Board of Education 
77.
Gave women a constitutional right to privacy, and the right to end a pregnancy in the first trimester. 
a)
Mendez v. Westminster
b)
Roe v. Wade
c)
Nixon v. United States
d)
Edgewood v. Kirby
78.

What is anti-semitism

a)

Discrimination against Christians

b)

Discrimination against Jews

c)

Allowing Jews into your home

d)

The movement of giving the Jews a homeland

79.
What type of American was interned due to Executive Order 9066?
a)
Japanese
b)
African American
c)
German
d)
Italian, Japanese, and German
80.
Hitler's plan to systematically kill are Jews was called ____ .
a)
Night of Broken Glass
b)
Kristallnacht
c)
The Final Solution
d)
Holocaust
81.
Jews from around Europe were placed in these camps during WWII
a)
concentration camps
b)
internment camps
82.
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
83.
Why was the United States involved in the Berlin Airlift?
a)
to airlift food to the people of West Berlin
b)
to bomb East Berlin
c)
to demolish the Berlin Wall
d)
to transport people out of East Berlin
84.
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
85.
Where was Korea divided?
a)
18 parallel
b)
34 parallel
c)
38 parallel
d)
15 parallel
86.
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.
87.
What was the name of the first satellite in space launched by the Soviet Union?
a)
Gagarin
b)
Apollo 11
c)
Sputnik
d)
Apollo 13
88.
During what event did U.S. airplanes drop food and supplies to the people in West Berlin?
a)
Berlin Airlift
b)
World War II
c)
British Air Raid
d)
Soviet Food Drive
89.
Why was the Cuban Missile Crisis one of the MOST important events of John Kennedy’s presidency?
a)
The US almost started a war with Cuba.
b)
The US and the USSR almost started a nuclear war.
c)
The US landed a person on the moon.
d)
The USSR broke apart into nation-states.
90.
Who built the Berlin Wall?
a)
Soviet Union
b)
NATO
c)
The UN
d)
China
91.
Why did the United States begin to send advisers and troops to Vietnam in the 1950s?
a)
to prepare for the United States invasion of Laos
b)
to defend American bases in the Gulf of Tonkin
c)
to help the South Vietnamese revolt against the French
d)
to prevent the spread of communism into South Vietnam
92.
What does the ‘Iron Curtain’ symbolize? 
a)
The division between East Germany and West Germany
b)
The division between East Berlin and West Berlin
c)
The division between communist Europe and noncommunist Europe 
d)
The division between North Korea and South Korea
93.
The Cold War was a time of tension between the United States and the former Soviet Union. In 1962, the United States was involved in
the Cuban Missile Crisis. Which was the importance of this event?
a)
•The United States wanted the former Soviet Union to provide aid to Cuba.
b)
•The United States attacked Cuba.
c)
•The United States wanted the former Soviet Union to remove missiles from Cuba.
d)
•The United Stated placed missiles in Cuba.
94.

What is the name for JFK's legislative agenda?

a)

New Deal

b)

New Frontier

c)

Great Society

d)

Fresh Start

95.

Which JFK program made up of volunteers included helping people in developing nations?

a)

Public Works Administration

b)

Space Exploration

c)

Peace Corps

d)

Special Olympics

96.

Who was the socialist revolutionary leader who took control of Cuba and had close ties to the Soviet Union?

a)

Benito Mussolini

b)

Nikita Krushchev

c)

Fulgencio Batista

d)

Fidel Castro

97.

Who was the first person to walk on the moon?

a)

Leika

b)

Yuri Gargarian

c)

Neil Armstrong

d)

Buzz Aldrin

98.

Who was JFK's vice-president who becomes president once he is assassinated?

a)

Lyndon B. Johnson

b)

Richard Nixon

c)

Ronald Reagan

d)

Bill Clinton

99.

Who was the 24 year-old ex-Marine accused of assassinating President Kennedy?

a)

Jack Ruby

b)

Earl Warren

c)

Neil Armstrong

d)

Lee Harvey Oswald

100.

What did the Warren Commission decide about President Kennedy's assassination?

a)

There had to be more than one shooter

b)

Oswald was the only shooter

c)

The CIA was involved

d)

The mafia was involved

101.

This law eliminated discrimination in all public places. It was passed in 1964. It was the

a)

Economic Opportunity Act

b)

Civil Rights Act

c)

Voting Rights Act

d)

Medical Care Act

102.

Lyndon Johnson's plan for improving America was called the

a)

New Frontier

b)

Fair Deal

c)

Great Society

d)

New Deal

103.
The establishment of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) was most influenced by the:
a)
Need to employ Nazis scientists to keep them from working for the Soviets
b)
Successful launch and orbit of Sputnik I by the Soviet Union
c)
United States' desire to develop a space station orbiting the Earth
d)
Increased global tension and insecurity due to the Cuban Missile Crisis
104.
This Federal program created in 1965 provides basic hospital insurance to most Americans over the age of sixty-five. 
a)
Medicaid
b)
Social Security 
c)
Medicare
d)
Welfare
105.
This Federal program created in 1965 provides low-cost health insurance to poor Americans of any age.
a)
Medicaid
b)
Social Security 
c)
Medicare
d)
Welfare
106.

Which of these cases resulted in law enforcement agencies reading a list of rights to suspects before questioning them?

a)

Gideon v. Wainwight

b)

Brown v. Board of Education

c)

Miranda v. Arizona

d)

Baker v. Carr

107.
The US and USSR built so many nuclear weapons that they could destroy each other...what is this called?
a)
Mutually Assured Destruction
b)
Appeasement
c)
Brinkmanship
d)
Red Scare
108.

What is a sit in?

a)

Sitting on a bus

b)

Sitting in an area where you are not allowed as a form of protest

c)

Sitting on the floor rather than a chair

d)

Sitting rather than standing at a lunch counter

109.

What does CORE stand for?

a)

Creating Other Racial Estates

b)

Counting on Racial Equality

c)

Congress of Racial Equality

d)

Changing Other Random Entities

110.
Brown v. Board of Education was famous because the court ruled that it is illegal
a)
allow children to work.
b)
to pay black people less than white people.
c)
to return a slave.
d)
to segregate schools.
111.
_______________ wrote "I Have a Dream" and delivered it to thousands in Washington, DC. 
a)
Harry Belafonte
b)
Barack Obama
c)
Martin Luther King, Jr. 
d)
Jesse Jackson
112.
 Martin Luther King Jr gave the famous “I Have A Dream” speech at what event?
a)
Freedom Rides
b)
Montgomery Bus Boycott
c)
March on Washington
d)
March from  Selma to Montgomery
113.
Which group advocated for the civil rights of African-Americans?
a)
NAACP
b)
LULAC
c)
ALEC
d)
OPEC
114.

One accomplishment of the __________ was bringing about a federal ban on segregation in all interstate travel facilities.

a)

Little Rock Nine

b)

Freedom Riders

c)

Black Panthers

d)

Montgomery Bus Boycott

115.

Who started the Black Panther Party?

a)

Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seale

b)

Eldridge Jackson and Nikki Giovanni

c)

Huey P. Newton and Eldridge Jackson

d)

Robert Kennedy and Jesse Jackson

116.

Malcolm X is shot by-

a)

a white Senator outraged by the militancy of the Nation of Islam

b)

his brother

c)

members of the Nation of Islam

d)

atheists trying to make a point about religion

117.
Thurgood Marshall became _______.
a)
a president of the United States.
b)
a principal in a school who fought racism.
c)
the first African American on the Supreme Court.
d)
one of the authors of the constitution.
118.
This type of segregation is created and maintained by laws.
a)
de facto
b)
de jure
119.
This type of segregation occurs without any laws forcing it
a)
de jure
b)
de facto
120.
Who wrote the Feminine  Mystique  ? 
a)
Gloria Steinem
b)
Betty Friedan 
c)
Sylvia Plath 
d)
Simone De Beauvoir
121.
What was the name of the hotel that Nixon allegedly sent people to break in to and spy on the DNC?
a)
Waterfront
b)
Watergate
c)
Wyndgate
d)
Waterfall
122.

Gorbachev‘s policy of openness in discussing problems in

the Soviet Union

a)

glasnot

b)

perestroika

c)

Tiananmen Square

d)

INF Treaty

123.

Gorbachev‘s policy of reforming the economy in the Soviet

Union

a)

INF Treaty

b)

Glasnot

c)

Perestroika

d)

Tianamen Square

124.
What caused the Persian Gulf War?
a)
The U.S was bombed by Saudi Arabia
b)
Iraq invaded Kuwait hoping to have control of the oil
c)
The Stock Market crashed
d)
The Japanese bombed North Korea
125.
Who was the Iraqi leader?
a)
Hunter Walker
b)
Saddam Hussein
c)
George H.W. Bush
d)
Adolph Hitler
126.
What reduced trade barriers among the United States, Mexico, and Canadia?
a)
NAFTA
b)
NATO
c)
OPEC
d)
FAFSA
127.
Timothy McVeigh detonated a bomb in an office building in what city in 1995?
a)
Oklahoma City
b)
Kansas City
c)
Jackson City
d)
Johnson City
128.
What happened to Clinton after he lied under oath about his relationship with White House intern Monica Lewinsky?
a)
He was fired
b)
He resigned
c)
He was impeached
d)
He was promoted
129.

What is the name of the agency responsible for border and domestic protection?

a)

Department of the Interior

b)

Homeland Security

c)

FEMA

d)

FBI