WorksheetsAmerican History Final Semester II
Total questions: 24
Worksheet time: 12mins
This legislation prohibits discrimination based on race, religion, national origin, and gender--
The Voting Rights Act of 1965
The Civil Rights Act of 1964
The 13th Amendment
The 24th Amendment
These individuals endured abuse of the worst kind-- including life-threatening injury-- in order to integrate interstate bus travel.
the Black Panthers
the Freedom Riders
SNCC
Earth Firsters
This legislation made a number of practices used to keep African-Americans from voting illegal.
The Civil Rights Act of 1964
The Equal Opportunity Act
The 13th Amendment
The Voting Rights Act of 1965
This constitutional amendment made poll taxes illegal.
The 13th Amendment
The 19th Amendment
The 18th Amendment
The 24th Amendment
What is the name for the German tactic (used in WWII) of overwhelming an enemy with airplanes and armor, followed by infantry?
blitzkrieg
anschluss
lebensraum
Stoltzfuss
What woman served as the "poster girl" for the effort to get women to join the workforce in order to help the war effort?
Betty Grable
Rosie the Riveter
Ariana Grande
Marlene Dietrich
Which death camp was the site where the most people were murdered by the Nazis?
Majdanek
Treblinka
Sobibor
Auschwitz
What was the common name for the last offensive the Nazis attempted in western Europe, in December of 1944?
Operation Sealion
Operation Overlord
The Battle of the Nations
The Battle of the Bulge
What fighter squadron entirely comprised of African-American pilots helped pave the way for equal rights in the armed forces?
92nd Infantry Div.
82nd Airborne Div.
The Flying Tigers
The Tuskegee Airmen
What battle is widely considered to be the point at which the Pacific War turned in favor of the United States?
Midway
Coral Sea
Leyte Gulf
Marianas Turkey Shoot
What Supreme Court case upheld the constitutionality of the internment of Japanese Americans as a potential threat to national security?
Namu Amida Butsu
Korematsu v. U.S.
Plessy v. Ferguson
Dredd Scott v. Sandford
What was one of the NEGATIVE effects of the Smoot-Hawley tariff?
protected U.S. industry
reduced U.S./European trade by about 40%
increased prices for U.S. steel
slowed the Chinese economy
Which of the following was NOT an effect the Great Depression had on families?
lowered the instance of alcohol abuse
caused malnutrition in children
caused people to marry later or not at all
raised suicide rates
Which of the following is the term to describe cash payments or food donation by the government?
WPA
Social Security
direct relief
CCC
What did the Bonus Army want?
to overthrow the government
early payout of its "bonus" for serving in WWI
$ payments to all American males
health insurance
How high was unemployment by 1933?
10%
40%
25%
3%
Which of the following is NOT one of the causes of the Great Depression?
too much credit too easily available
inequality of wealth (rich getting richer; poor getting poorer)
key industries struggling to be profitable
too much welfare
Which of the following is NOT a goal of the New Deal?
relief
reconciliation
recovery
reform
What was a negative consequence of the New Deal?
loss of public confidence in the government
too much power given to state governments
deficit spending and government debt
high unemployment
How did the New Deal change the Federal government?
it gave more power to the states
it made the federal government bigger and more powerful
it made the government more conservative
it made the government communistic
If the flapper were to be compared with women today, she might resemble ________________________ most.
conservatives
feminists
socialists
environmentalists
Al Capone, like the majority of gangsters of his time, primarily owed his power to
anti-Communism
socialism
nativism
Prohibition
The most powerful and influential of the gangsters of Prohibition was arguably
Al Capone
Meyer Lansky
John Gotti
Sam Giancana
Who were the "inventors" of NASCAR, since they "souped up" their cars to outrun the law?
bootleggers
the Mafia
the Dukes of Hazzard
Richard and Kyle Petty
