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US History STAAR Review

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 23mins

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Class
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1.

Which of the following is considered a major turning point in the Vietnam War?

a)

Gulf of Tonkin incident

b)

Battle of Saigon

c)

Tet Offensive

d)

My Lai massacre

2.

The term "muckraker", as used during the progressive age, means

a)

a journalist who exposed corruption and scandal

b)

a farmer with a lot of livestock

c)

a politician that favored imperialist policies

d)

a business owner of a monopoly

3.

Also known as D-day, this took place on June 6th, 1944

a)

Doolittle's raid on Tokyo

b)

Munich Conference

c)

Atomic bombing of Nagasaki

d)

Normandy Invasion

4.

The Bay of Pigs invasion was

a)

a success for President Kennedy

b)

a failure for President Kennedy

c)

the beginning of the Cuban Missile Crisis

d)

in response to the failure of the Berlin airlift

5.

Medicare/Medicaid, the War on Poverty, and Head start were all

a)

a part of Kennedy's "New Frontier" domestic policy

b)

a part of Johnson's "Great Society" domestic policy

c)

eliminated during Jimmy Carter's administration

d)

components of Roosevelt's "New Deal"

6.

After World War I, President Harding promised a _______

a)

Red Scare

b)

"Return to Normalcy"

c)

Prohibition movement

d)

Detente

7.

What happened on December 7, 1941?

a)

German Blitzkrieg of Poland

b)

Japanese massacre of Nanjing

c)

Surprise attack on Pearl Harbor

d)

Executive order 9066 signed

8.

The Spanish-American War

a)

helped Cuba get independence

b)

gave the Philippines their independence

c)

awarded the US control of the Panama Canal

d)

allowed Spain to take control of Florida

9.

This piece of legislation banned discrimination based on race in public

a)

Civil rights act of 1968

b)

24th amendment

c)

Affirmative Action

d)

Civil rights act of 1964

10.

True or false: The United States joined the League of Nations after World War I.

a)

True

b)

False

11.

This man founded the NAACP

a)

Martin Luther King Jr.

b)

Marcus Garvey

c)

W.E.B DuBois

d)

Booker T. Washington

12.

The 19th amendment guaranteed

a)

directed election of Senators

b)

the right to a free and appropriate public education

c)

Women the right to vote

d)

a federal minimum wage

13.

"The Jungle", written by Upton Sinclair, exposed

a)

the horrible conditions in the meat-packing industry

b)

the plight faced by child laborers in coal mines

c)

the harsh treatment of Cubans by the Spanish

d)

the living conditions in tenements

14.

Plessy vs. Ferguson reinforced what segregation policy?

a)

"Don't ask, Don't tell"

b)

"Social Darwinism"

c)

"Separate but equal"

d)

"Executive Privilege"

15.

"Boss" Tweed was head of what Gilded age political organization?

a)

Democratic Party

b)

Tammany Hall

c)

Republican Party

d)

Knights of Labor

16.

After the Korean War, Korea was divided by the

a)

Seoul Wall

b)

Demilitarized Zone (DMZ)

c)

Pyongyang Blockade

d)

17th Parallel

17.

Promontory Point completed which project?

a)

Transcontinental Railroad

b)

Hoover Dam

c)

Interstate Highway System

d)

Statue of Liberty

18.

What was the purpose of the Sherman anti-trust act?

a)

Broke apart monopolies and trusts

b)

Outlawed labor unions

c)

Imposed tariffs on imports

d)

Outlawed immigration from China

19.

What did the Pendleton Service Act do?

a)

established a merit system for jobs in the government

b)

provided benefits for WWI veterans

c)

created the Great White Fleet

d)

Made home loans easier to get

20.

Nixon's strategy for exiting the Vietnam War was known as

a)

tactical withdraw

b)

ceasefire of Saigon

c)

domino theory

d)

Vietnamization

21.

Which court case ended segregation in schools?

a)

Brown vs. Board

b)

Scopes "monkey" Trial

c)

Tinker vs. Des Moines

d)

Hernandez vs. Texas

22.

This group was known for using violent or militant actions to achieve civil rights

a)

The Black Panthers

b)

Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)

c)

The Dixiecrats

d)

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)

23.

Which of the following best describes "Manifest Destiny"?

a)

America will always welcome immigrants

b)

America will end racial segregation

c)

America will help other places get independence

d)

America will reach from the Atlantic coast to the Pacific coast

24.

What did the 24th Amendment do?

a)

Banned segregation

b)

Ended the grandfather clause

c)

Eliminated the poll tax

d)

Lowered the voting age to 18

25.

This was a "blank check" for Johnson to escalate the Vietnam War

a)

War Powers Act

b)

Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

c)

26th Amendment

d)

Tinker vs. Des Moines

26.

All of the following were causes of the Great Depression EXCEPT

a)

overproduction

b)

speculation

c)

buying on credit

d)

rise of nationalism

27.

He had a monopoly on the oil industry with his company Standard Oil

a)

Andrew Carnegie

b)

John D. Rockefeller

c)

JP Morgan

d)

Cornelius Vanderbilt

28.

Detente is

a)

relaxing of tensions with China

b)

easing relations with the USSR

c)

preventing the spread of communism

d)

building up defenses to protect the US

29.

Who was the first woman in the Supreme Court?

a)

Sonia Sotomayor

b)

Thurgood Marshall

c)

Nancy Reagan

d)

Sandra Day O'Connor

30.

The Great Migration was the

a)

movement of African Americans from the South to the North

b)

influx of new immigrants from Asia and Eastern Europe

c)

process of moving from cities to the suburbs

d)

movement of people from the Rust Belt to the Sun Belt