WorksheetsUS History Final
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 37mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
The process of rebuilding the South after the Civil War.
a)
Reconstruction
b)
Amendments
c)
Black Codes
d)
Constitution
2.
Which three Amendments where designed to ensure equality for the slaves?
a)
17th,18th,19th
b)
13th,14th,15th
c)
13th,14th,16th
d)
8th,9th,10th
3.
Laws that made segregation and discrimination legal in the United States were called
a)
Klan Laws
b)
Blue Laws
c)
Granger Laws
d)
Jim Crow Laws
4.
The overall goal of President Wilson’s Fourteen Points was to
a)
Create a lasting peace after WWI
b)
Promote imperialism
c)
Force Germany to pay war reparations
d)
Preserve Europe’s system of alliance and the policy of colonialism
5.
Who was the Civil Rights Movement leader who believed in gaining equality through peaceful movements and demonstrations? (Hint: A very well respected preacher)
a)
Malcolm X
b)
George Wallace
c)
Martin Luther King, Jr.
d)
Ronald Reagan
6.
What international organization was proposed in Wilson’s Fourteen Points but was never accepted in the U.S.?
a)
NATO
b)
United Nations
c)
League of Nations
d)
Warsaw Pact
7.
In New York City, a flourishing African-American culture developed which prompted artists and writers like Langston Hughes, Countee Cullen, and Zora Neale Hurston to express themselves. This was known as
a)
Harlem Renaissance
b)
Tin Pan Alley
c)
The Awakening
d)
Motown
8.
The Truman Doctrine can be summed up in word, _________________________.
a)
Cooperation
b)
Containment
c)
Capitalism
d)
Conversion
9.
_______ made it illegal to buy, sell or manufacture alcohol in the US during the 1920s.
a)
Suffrage
b)
Feminism
c)
Isolationism
d)
Prohibition
10.
The American economic system is based on _____ which encourages free enterprise and open trade.
a)
industry
b)
laissez faire
c)
capitalism
d)
countercultures
11.
During the Great Migration, African Americans moved from the south into major US cities in the north and the east. What BEST explains why people moved to these regions?
a)
more college opportunites
b)
job opportunities in factories
c)
more people of their race
d)
more agriculture jobs
12.
What were the effects of the Brown vs Board of Education decisions?
a)
Black people attend poor schools
b)
Integration would allow all races equal opportunities to attend quality schools
c)
Integration forced white students to attend poor schools
d)
Racism was ended because of this court case
13.
Who was the communist leader of North Vietnam?
a)
Ho Chi Minh
b)
Mao Zedong
c)
Ngo Dien Diem
d)
Hideki Tojo
14.
Plan to replace US troops with Vietnamese troops to end US involvement in Vietnam
a)
Vietnamization
b)
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
c)
Maddox Resolution
d)
Agent Orange
15.
How many U.S. troops were killed in Vietnam?
a)
303,000
b)
400,000
c)
170380
d)
58,000
16.
Vietnam was divided along the...
a)
17th Parallel
b)
38th Parallel
c)
Yalu River
d)
49th Parallel
17.
What event caused a negative shift in U.S. public opinion during the Vietnam War?
a)
The Geneva Accords
b)
Operation Rolling Thunder
c)
The Tet Offensive
d)
Gulf of Tonkin
18.
In Vietnam the fighters used a irregular warfare tactic that made it difficult for our soldiers to be successful...it was called?
a)
Vietnamese Warfare tactics
b)
Cheetah Warfare
c)
Hidden Warfare
d)
Guerrilla warfare
19.
Which of the following congressional actions passed during the Vietnam conflict gave President LBJ the authority to send troops to Vietnam without a declaration of war?
a)
Treaty of Versailles
b)
The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
c)
The Atlantic Charter
d)
The War Powers Act of 1973
20.
Where was the atom bomb dropped?
a)
Hirtimo and Pearl Harbor
b)
Pearl Harbor and Hiroshima
c)
Hiroshima and Normandy
d)
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
21.
Why were Japanese Americans sent to internment camps?
a)
They threatened United States citizens
b)
They started fighting after the bombing of Pearl Harbor
c)
The government believed Japanese Americans were a threat
d)
The government wanted to kill all Japanese
22.
What was the name of FDR's plan to reconstruct America following the Great Depression?
a)
No Deal
b)
New Deal
c)
Reconstruction
d)
FDR's Plan
23.
People who could no longer afford their homes were forced to live in cardboard shacks that they built in public parks. What were these shacks called?
a)
Shantyshacks
b)
Town Homes
c)
Tenement Housing
d)
Hoovervilles
24.
What was a guiding principle of the New Deal economic policies?
a)
Pro-business tax breaks would solve the problems associated with urban poverty.
b)
Antitrust legislation would destroy the free market economy of the United States.
c)
Rugged individualism must be allowed to solve social inequality.
d)
Government must assume more responsibility for helping the poor.
25.
What is isolationism?
a)
The choice to remain neutral on foreign affairs
b)
When countries decide to defend each other.
c)
When countries agree to not fight in wars.
d)
The answer is not present.
26.
The federal law outlawing literacy tests, poll taxes, and other requirements that made it difficult for southern blacks to exercise their right for suffrage
a)
Civil Rights Act of 1964
b)
Voting Rights Act of 1965
27.
A form of nonviolent protest where people stop buying a product?
a)
march
b)
boycott
c)
sit in
d)
activist
28.
The March on Washington was most famous because . . .
a)
it caused race riots in the nation's Capital
b)
200,000 people worked together to help blacks get the right to vote
c)
the KKK became an illegal organization because of the march
d)
Martin Luther King, Jr. gave his "I have a Dream: speech, which inspired hundreds of thousands to help the Civil Rights Movement
29.
When protesters rode buses all across the South to protest segregation in train and bus stations, the bus trips were called ___________.
a)
Sit-ins
b)
Freedom Rides
c)
Boycott
d)
Integration Rides
30.
African Americans wanted segregation to end, so they started non-violent, peaceful protests which was the start of _________.
a)
End Segregation Movement
b)
Civil Rights Movement
c)
Malcolm X Movement
d)
Dr. Martin L. King, Jr. Movement
31.
What was the result of the Brown v. Board of Education case?
a)
Segregation in public schools became illegal
b)
African-Americans began playing profession sports
c)
Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on the bus
d)
MLK led a March on Washington
32.
What is it called when African Americans would sit at "whites-only" lunch counter to protest segregation?
a)
Boycott
b)
School
c)
Bus
d)
Sit-in
33.
How did newspapers and media play a role in the Civil Rights Movement?
a)
They showed how great Jim Crow laws were
b)
They showed how unfair Jim Crow laws were and helped convince people to join the Civil Rights Movement
c)
They made a lot of money following Martin Luther King Jr.
d)
All of the above
34.
The purpose of the Selma march was to campaign for...
a)
job rights for African Americans.
b)
voting rights for African Americans.
c)
new desegregation laws.
d)
voting rights for women.
35.
Who was the 14 year old African American boy from Chicago who was kidnapped and murdered for whistling at a white woman?
a)
George Winston Lee
b)
Emmit Till
c)
Medgar Evers
d)
Jimmie Lee Jackson
36.
The Thirteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution affected the lives of millions of African Americans by —
a)
A. providing them with voting rights
b)
B. guaranteeing their freedom of speech
c)
C. providing them with access to the court system
d)
D. guaranteeing their permanent freedom from slavery
37.
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.
38.
The Zimmerman Telegram can best be described by which of the following?
a)
Great Britain promised the U.S. that they would help them gain territories in Europe
b)
Mexico vowed to help the U.S. and the Allies in World War I
c)
Germany asked Mexico to declare war on the U.S. to regain lost territories
d)
Russia withdrew from the war due to the revolution that was occurring in the country
39.
What event led the United States to become invovled in World War 2 ?
a)
The Discovery of Auschwitz
b)
The Battle of Britain
c)
The Sinking of the Lusitania
d)
The Attack on Pearl Harbor
40.
Which US president began WW2 but died while in office before the end of the war?
a)
William McKinley
b)
Harry S. Truman
c)
Franklin D. Roosevelt
d)
Winston Churchill
41.
A period of time when social, economic and political problems caused by rapid industrialization were exposed and in some cases reformed
a)
Industrialization
b)
Progressive Era
c)
Reconstruction
d)
Prohibition
42.
Which of the following formed the Allied powers?
a)
Italy and Great Britain
b)
France and Germanyv
c)
France, Soviet Union, The United States and Great Britain
France, Soviet Union, The United States and Great Britain
d)
Japan and Germany
43.
Which civil rights leader advocated separation for African Americans and was opposed to integration ?
a)
Martin Luther King
b)
Medgar Evers
c)
Malcolm X
d)
Eldrige Cleaver
44.
Who was arrested for refusing to give up their seat on a bus?
a)
Charlayne Hunter
b)
Harriet Tubman
c)
Rosa Parks
d)
Rebecca L. Felton
45.
In 1950, Korea fought a civil war over the spread of communism. Communists from the north tried to take over the south. What role did the US play in this war?
a)
The US and its allies went to Vietnam to fight Korean Communists.
b)
The US and its allies joined the fight to keep communism from spreading.
c)
The US and its allies fought to defend the North.
d)
The US and its allies did not join the war.
46.
What is the "Domino Effect"?
a)
If one country falls to capitalism the rest will follow
b)
If one country falls to communism the rest will follow
c)
If one country falls to democracy the rest will follow
d)
If one country falls to rock 'n' roll the rest will follow
47.
Where is Korea divided?
a)
36th Parallel
b)
34th Parallel
c)
39th Parallel
d)
38th Parallel
48.
Which country aided South Korea after WWII
a)
Soviet Union
b)
United States
c)
Germany
d)
Japan
49.
What caused McCarthyism?
a)
President Truman making atomic bombs.
b)
Japanese spies.
c)
Bombing China.
d)
Increased fear of communism.
50.
What was the purpose of the G.I. Bill?
a)
Provide aid to mothers of soldiers killed during WWII
b)
Provide aid to help communities fight the spread of Communism throughout the U.S.
c)
Provide aid for returning veterans to help them with things like housing, cars and college tuition
d)
Provide aid and support only to veterans that were injured in combat during WWII
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