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American History Final Semester II

Total questions: 24

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

This legislation prohibits discrimination based on race, religion, national origin, and gender--

a)

The Voting Rights Act of 1965

b)

The Civil Rights Act of 1964

c)

The 13th Amendment

d)

The 24th Amendment

2.

These individuals endured abuse of the worst kind-- including life-threatening injury-- in order to integrate interstate bus travel.

a)

the Black Panthers

b)

the Freedom Riders

c)

SNCC

d)

Earth Firsters

3.

This legislation made a number of practices used to keep African-Americans from voting illegal.

a)

The Civil Rights Act of 1964

b)

The Equal Opportunity Act

c)

The 13th Amendment

d)

The Voting Rights Act of 1965

4.

This constitutional amendment made poll taxes illegal.

a)

The 13th Amendment

b)

The 19th Amendment

c)

The 18th Amendment

d)

The 24th Amendment

5.

What is the name for the German tactic (used in WWII) of overwhelming an enemy with airplanes and armor, followed by infantry?

a)

blitzkrieg

b)

anschluss

c)

lebensraum

d)

Stoltzfuss

6.

What woman served as the "poster girl" for the effort to get women to join the workforce in order to help the war effort?

a)

Betty Grable

b)

Rosie the Riveter

c)

Ariana Grande

d)

Marlene Dietrich

7.

Which death camp was the site where the most people were murdered by the Nazis?

a)

Majdanek

b)

Treblinka

c)

Sobibor

d)

Auschwitz

8.

What was the common name for the last offensive the Nazis attempted in western Europe, in December of 1944?

a)

Operation Sealion

b)

Operation Overlord

c)

The Battle of the Nations

d)

The Battle of the Bulge

9.

What fighter squadron entirely comprised of African-American pilots helped pave the way for equal rights in the armed forces?

a)

92nd Infantry Div.

b)

82nd Airborne Div.

c)

The Flying Tigers

d)

The Tuskegee Airmen

10.

What battle is widely considered to be the point at which the Pacific War turned in favor of the United States?

a)

Midway

b)

Coral Sea

c)

Leyte Gulf

d)

Marianas Turkey Shoot

11.

What Supreme Court case upheld the constitutionality of the internment of Japanese Americans as a potential threat to national security?

a)

Namu Amida Butsu

b)

Korematsu v. U.S.

c)

Plessy v. Ferguson

d)

Dredd Scott v. Sandford

12.

What was one of the NEGATIVE effects of the Smoot-Hawley tariff?

a)

protected U.S. industry

b)

reduced U.S./European trade by about 40%

c)

increased prices for U.S. steel

d)

slowed the Chinese economy

13.

Which of the following was NOT an effect the Great Depression had on families?

a)

lowered the instance of alcohol abuse

b)

caused malnutrition in children

c)

caused people to marry later or not at all

d)

raised suicide rates

14.

Which of the following is the term to describe cash payments or food donation by the government?

a)

WPA

b)

Social Security

c)

direct relief

d)

CCC

15.

What did the Bonus Army want?

a)

to overthrow the government

b)

early payout of its "bonus" for serving in WWI

c)

$ payments to all American males

d)

health insurance

16.

How high was unemployment by 1933?

a)

10%

b)

40%

c)

25%

d)

3%

17.

Which of the following is NOT one of the causes of the Great Depression?

a)

too much credit too easily available

b)

inequality of wealth (rich getting richer; poor getting poorer)

c)

key industries struggling to be profitable

d)

too much welfare

18.

Which of the following is NOT a goal of the New Deal?

a)

relief

b)

reconciliation

c)

recovery

d)

reform

19.

What was a negative consequence of the New Deal?

a)

loss of public confidence in the government

b)

too much power given to state governments

c)

deficit spending and government debt

d)

high unemployment

20.

How did the New Deal change the Federal government?

a)

it gave more power to the states

b)

it made the federal government bigger and more powerful

c)

it made the government more conservative

d)

it made the government communistic

21.

If the flapper were to be compared with women today, she might resemble ________________________ most.

a)

conservatives

b)

feminists

c)

socialists

d)

environmentalists

22.

Al Capone, like the majority of gangsters of his time, primarily owed his power to

a)

anti-Communism

b)

socialism

c)

nativism

d)

Prohibition

23.

The most powerful and influential of the gangsters of Prohibition was arguably

a)

Al Capone

b)

Meyer Lansky

c)

John Gotti

d)

Sam Giancana

24.

Who were the "inventors" of NASCAR, since they "souped up" their cars to outrun the law?

a)

bootleggers

b)

the Mafia

c)

the Dukes of Hazzard

d)

Richard and Kyle Petty