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Grade 8 Final Exam Review

Total questions: 173

Worksheet time: 4hrs 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
A source that is original, from the time period & a first hand account
a)
Primary 
b)
Secondary 
2.
Mona Lisa 
a)
Primary 
b)
Secondary
3.
Movie about WW2
a)
Primary 
b)
Secondary
4.
Egyptian Pyramid
a)
Primary 
b)
Secondary
5.
A source that comes later, second hand account
a)
Primary 
b)
Secondary
6.
Which is not a type of primary source? 
a)
Text
b)
Recordings
c)
Object
d)
Food
7.
What was Lincoln's main goal throughout the Civil War?
a)
to abolish slavery
b)
to end British control of the Western territories
c)
to make a profit selling war supplies
d)
to preserve the Union
8.

Which of the following did the Emancipation Proclamation do?

a)

Freed all slaves in the Confederate states that were not currently under Union control.

b)

Laid the groundwork for a future constitutional amendment to outlaw slavery.

c)

Allowed for African American men to fight in the Union army.

d)

All of the above

9.

True or False: The Emancipation Proclamation immediately set all the slaves in the United States free?

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

10.

What president gave the order for the Emancipation Proclamation?

a)

Abraham Lincoln

b)

George Washington

c)

Thomas Jefferson

d)

Confederate president Jefferson Davis

e)

Andrew Johnson

11.

The Emancipation Proclamation paved the way for what constitutional amendment that outlawed slavery in the United States?

a)

The thirteenth amendment

b)

The nineteenth amendment

c)

The fifth amendment

d)

The first amendment

e)

The twenty-first amendment

12.

Another name for the South?

a)

Union

b)

Confederacy

13.

Who had a war strategy that called for fighting a defensive war until the other side grew tired of fighting?

a)

Union

b)

Cinfederacy

14.
At Lincoln's Inaugural Speech, he stated his main goal was?
a)
end slavery
b)
keep the country united
c)
keep the country  divided
d)
stop the spread of slavery
15.
What was one of the North's main advantages during the war?
a)
more cotton fields
b)
more slaves
c)
more population
d)
better military leaders
16.
What was a major advantage of the South during the Civil War?
a)
heavy industrial development
b)
a network of railway lines to transport supplies and troops
c)
superior military leadership
d)
an alliance with Britain and France
17.
Which of the following was an advantage that the Union had?
a)
Smarter Generals
b)
Defensive Strategy
c)
More Troops
d)
Highly Motivated
18.

The Ku Klux Klan was started by a group of former ________ as a social club, but quickly grew into a terrorist group.

a)

Europeans

b)

Union officers

c)

Confederate soldiers

d)

African Americans

19.

The goal of the KKK was to use violence and intimidation to keep African-Americans from exercising their rights under the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendment and therefore, allow the southern whites

a)

the right to vote

b)

to achieve some economic independence

c)

the ability to continue to use African American labor

d)

to regain control of the state and local governments

20.

A major way the KKK intimidated African-Americans and supporters of reconstruction was by _______.

a)

burning homes and churches

b)

sending hate mail

c)

public lynchings

d)

public debates

21.

Which was NOT used to keep African Americans from voting?

a)

sharecropping

b)

literacy tests

c)

poll taxes

d)

grandfather clause

22.
What best describes Lincoln's 10 Percent Plan?
a)
Creating an income tax
b)
Creating a larger military
c)
Re-uniting the United States
d)
Conquering 10% of the South
23.
This Reconstruction plan said a state could rejoin if 10% of its population swore an oath of loyalty
a)
Lincoln's Plan
b)
Johnson's Plan
c)
Radical Republican's Plan
d)
Grant's Plan
24.
This was the government's plan to rebuild the South and reunite the United States.
a)
Reconstruction
b)
Progressive Era
c)
Gilded Age
d)
Urbanization
25.
Which plan required a 50% oath of loyalty, creation of the Freedman's Bureau, and punishment of the South
a)
Johnson
b)
Lincoln
c)
Radical Republicans
d)
Democrats
26.
What aspect helped Radical Reconstruction change the South?
a)
Strong government leadership
b)
Military control
c)
White Southern support
d)
Lincoln's leadership
27.
Why was Lincon's 10 Percent Plan not put in to effect?
a)
The war wasn't finished yet
b)
He became Secretary of State
c)
He was assassinated
d)
He lost the war
28.
What is one word that best describes Lincoln's Plan for Reconstruction?
a)
Harsh
b)
Punitive
c)
Lenient
d)
Unfair
29.
Who wanted to punish the South during Reconstruction?
a)
Democrats
b)
Radical Republicans
c)
Scalawags
d)
Carpetbaggers
30.

What was the Freedmen's Bureau?

a)

a radical group in Congress

b)

a government agency created during Reconstruction

c)

the group that brought Southern states back in the Union

d)

the new name for the South during Reconstruction

31.

Who did the Freedmen's Bureau help? (CHECK ALL THAT APPLY)

a)

newly freed African Americans

b)

poor southern whites

c)

Confederate generals

d)

Native American groups

32.
Which amendment abolished slavery in 1865?
a)
13th Amendment
b)
14th Amendment
c)
15th Amendment
33.
Which amendment gave African-Americans the right to vote in 1869?
a)
13th Amendment
b)
14th Amendment
c)
15th Amendment
34.
Which amendment said anyone born in United States is a citizen in 1868?
a)
13th Amendment
b)
14th Amendment
c)
15th Amendment
35.
What does abolish mean?
a)
to get rid of
b)
to make shiny
36.
What did Homer Plessy do that got him arrested?
a)
Sat in the white only part of the bus.
b)
Took a seat in the white only car of a train.
c)
Sat at a white only section of a lunch counter.
d)
All of the above
37.

Plessy and the other members of his organization were trying to challenge

a)

the Brown v. Board of Education case

b)

Segregation and the Jim Crow laws

c)

Reconstruction

d)

equal pay for equal work

38.

The basis of the 14th amendment was to give all U.S. citizens what?

a)

equal protection under the law

b)

due process (the right to have the gov't the respect all your rights)

c)

citizenship by birth on U.S. land

d)

all of the above

39.

These were any type of law that discriminated against people based on race.

a)

14th Amendment

b)

state laws

c)

federal laws

d)

Jim Crow laws

40.

Homer Plessy and the other people from his organization wanted to try to get the courts to say that Jim Crow laws were _____________________________.

a)

separate but equal

b)

legal

c)

constitutional (in accordance with the 14th Amendment)

d)

unconstitutional (a violation of the 14th Amendment)

41.

Which branch of government has the power to declare laws unconstitutional (and therefore abolish certain laws)?

a)

Legislative Branch

b)

Executive Branch

c)

Judicial Branch

42.

True or False: the U.S. Supreme court sided with Homer Plessy. They said his 14th Amendment rights were being violated by having to sit in a separate train car.

a)

true

b)

false

43.
What was the result of the case?
a)
The Supreme Court ruled in favor of Plessy saying segregation was illegal.
b)
The Supreme Court never made a ruling.
c)
The Supreme Court ruled that segregation was legal.
d)
Plessy never took the case to the Supreme Court.
44.
What famous phrase came out of the Plessy case?
a)
"Separate but equal"
b)
"Give me liberty or give me death."
c)
"May the force be with you."
d)
"I'll be back."
45.

The Plessy v. Ferguson case had what impact on the U.S.?

a)

It legalized Jim Crow Laws throughout the U.S.

b)

It made Jim Crow Laws illegal throughout the U.S.

c)

It created more equality

d)

It repealed the 14th Amendment

46.
The Plessy decision was not overturned until what famous case was decided by the Supreme Court?
a)
Worcester v. Georgia
b)
Marbury v. Madison
c)
Dred Scott
d)
Brown v. Board of Education
47.

Which of the following is true about sharecropping

a)

Sharecropping favored the freeedmen.

b)

Many freedmen were able to buy new homes through sharecropping

c)

Most sharecroppers remained in debt or in a cycle of poverty

d)

Many state governments offered loan for sharecropping farmers.

48.

Which region of the United States was most directly affected by the passage of the Homestead Act?

a)

Great Plains

b)

Atlantic Coast

c)

Appalachian Mountains

d)

Rocky Mountains

49.

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

50.

What were towns called that grew rapidly when gold was discovered nearby?

a)

Rush towns

b)

Cities of gold

c)

Boomtowns

d)

Golden towns

51.

Where was gold first discovered in California?

a)

Los Angeles

b)

Sutter's Mill

c)

San Francisco

d)

Lowell Mills

52.
The amendment that freed all slaves. 
a)
12th
b)
13th
c)
14th
d)
15th
53.
The amendment that granted African-American men the right to vote. 
a)
12th
b)
13th
c)
14th
d)
15th
54.
renting farm land and paying for that land with a share of the crops. 
a)
sharecropping
b)
scalawaging
c)
carpetbagging
d)
reconstruction
55.
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
56.
What took land from Indian tribes and promoted assimilation?
a)
Homestead Act
b)
Morril Act
c)
Dawes Act
d)
Reconstruction Act
57.
What gave settlers 160 acres of land in exchange for the settlers "improving" their new land?
a)
Homestead Act
b)
Dawes Act
c)
Morril Act
d)
Reconstruction Act
58.
What took land from Indian tribes and promoted assimilation?
a)
Homestead Act
b)
Morril Act
c)
Dawes Act
d)
Reconstruction Act
59.

What did the Homestead Act offer?

a)

a new home for travelers

b)

a stop along the Oregon Trail

c)

free land after 5 years of living on it.

60.
How did people move west?
a)
Horse and Wagon
b)
Railroad
c)
Steamship
d)
all of the above
61.
The transcontinental railroad ______
a)
connected east and west
b)
connected north and south
62.
As settlers moved onto the Great Plains in the 1800s, they needed to build shelters. One way that many settlers met this need was by building sod houses. Why did many settlers build houses made out of sod?
a)
Sod houses would typically last longer than houses made out of other materials.
b)
Sod houses cost little to build because sod was widely available.
c)
Sod houses were more fashionable than other types of buildings
d)
Sod houses were better suited for cold weather than other buildings.
63.
This act forced Native American tribes to give up their ancestral land holdings and move to reservation lands elsewhere. 
a)
Homestead Act 
b)
Morrill Act 
c)
Dawes Act 
d)
Fort Laramie Treaty, 1868
64.
The Dawes Act...
a)
Allowed the Plains indians to continue their tribal traditions of following the buffalo herds
b)
divided the plains Indians tribal lands into family plots as a way to encourage assimilation
c)
provided 160 acres of free land to white settlers
d)
established the route for the Transcontinental railroad
65.
What act gave 160 acres to any family who would live on the land and farm it for 5 years?
a)
The Homestead Promise
b)
The Homestead Neighborhood
c)
The Homestead Act of 1862
d)
The Homestead farmland
66.
This was created to regulate railroads
a)
Sherman Anti-Trust Act
b)
Interstate Commerce Commision
c)
Railway Regulation Firm
d)
Clayton Anti-Trust Act
67.
This was created to regulate monopolies
a)
Interstate Commerce Commission
b)
Sherman Anti-Trust Act
c)
Roosevelt Anti-Trust Act
d)
Slayton Anti-Trust Act
68.
What nickname did Roosevelt get after breaking up monopolies with the Sherman Anti-Trust Act?
a)
Trustbuster
b)
Monopolybuster
c)
Theodore Roosevelt Destroyer of Trusts
d)
Slayer of trusts and eradicator of monopolies
69.
The Jungle--by muckraker Upton Sinclair--exposed the unsanitary conditions in the meatpacking industry and led to this law
a)
Sherman Anti-Trust Act
b)
Meat Inspection Act
c)
Food Cleanliness Act
d)
Clayton Anti-Meat Act
70.
This law banned harmful medical products and false medical claims.
a)
Pure Food and Drug Act
b)
Food Inspection Act
c)
Meat Inspection Act
d)
Pure Food Analysis Act
71.
What type of business did the Sherman Antitrust Act try to break up?
a)
Monopolies
b)
Small Business
c)
Meat Packaging
d)
Joint-Stock Companies
72.
Book by Upton Sinclair that led to more regulation of food by the government?
a)
Pride and Prejudice
b)
Red Badge of Courage
c)
The Jungle
d)
Capital
73.
Who started a civil rights group called the NAACP?
a)
Booker T Wahsington
b)
Ida Wells
c)
WEB DuBois
d)
Susan B Anthony
74.
What is the word used for getting the right to vote?
a)
Ratify
b)
Appeal
c)
Suffrage
d)
Equality
75.
Which law pushed to break up the monopolies and ensure competition?
a)
Interstate Commerce Act
b)
Pure Food and Drug Act
c)
Sherman Anti-Trust Act
d)
Child Labor Act
76.
Which Amendment gave women the right to vote?
a)
16th
b)
17th
c)
18th
d)
19th
77.
Who fought for women's suffrage?
a)
Ida Wells
b)
Susan B Anthony
c)
Booker T Washington
d)
Jane Addams
78.
What is the word for adapting to a new culture and fitting in?
a)
Integration
b)
Assimilation
c)
Mixing
d)
Adaptation
79.
Involved privately hired Pinkerton detectives who became involved in an altercation with strikers
a)
The Great Strike of 1877
b)
The Haymarket Affair
c)
The Homestead Strike
d)
The Pullman Strike
80.
One protester threw a bomb into a crowd, killing police officers
a)
The Great Strike of 1877
b)
The Haymarket Affair
c)
The Homestead Strike
d)
The Pullman Strike
81.
Samuel Gompers was the leader
a)
National Labor Union
b)
Knights of Labor
c)
American Federation of Labor
d)
American Railway Union
82.
Which of the following groups were NOT allowed to join the Knights of Labor?
a)
women
b)
African Americans
c)
unskilled workers
d)
children
83.
Which labor union only accepted skilled workers?
a)
Knights of Labor
b)
American Federation of Labor
c)
Telephone Union
d)
Textile Union
84.
What tactics did labor unions use in order to get what they wanted?
a)
strikes, boycotts, collective bargaining
b)
strikes, armed fights
c)
boycotts, burning factories
85.
Workers formed labor unions in order to gain all of the following EXCEPT:
a)
longer hours
b)
higher wages
c)
safer working conditions
d)
health care
86.
What did workers form in order to get better working conditions?
a)
Collective Groups
b)
Labor Unions
c)
Wage Unions
d)
Treatment Groups
87.
What were Rockefeller, Carnegie and Morgan were sometimes negatively referred to as?
a)
Greenbacks
b)
Political Machines
c)
Robber Barrons
d)
Philanthropists
88.
What group of people were most negatively impacted by railroads?
a)
Native Americans
b)
The "New Immigrants"
c)
Monopolists
d)
Robber Barrons
89.
What business strategy did Rockefeller use to dominate the OIL industry?
a)
Healthy Competition
b)
Horizontal and Vertical Integration
c)
Voluntary and friendly mergers
90.
John D. Rockefellar is associated with what company?
a)
Carnegie Steel
b)
Pullman Car
c)
Standard Oil
d)
Rockefellar Rail
91.

what was the impact of monopolies on consumers

a)

higher prices that consumers were forced to pay

b)

lower prices and too many choices for consumers

c)

Longer production time so less items available to consumers

92.

what was the impact of monopolies on workers

a)

low wages, unsanitary dangerous conditions, long hours

b)

a lot of wages

c)

dangerous conditions

d)

short hours

93.
The government took this philosophy when dealing with monopolies during the Gilded Age
a)
Laissez Faire
b)
Heavy Regulation
c)
Busted the Trusts
d)
Broke up Monopolies
94.
a)
This cartoon shows the danger of trusts.
b)
This cartoon shows the rise of a national consumer culture.
c)
This cartoon shows the deskilling of labor.
d)
This cartoon shows the danger of pollution.
95.

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

a)

competition

b)

monopoly

c)

standard business practice

96.

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

97.
The ___________________Aimed to promote hatred of African Americans as well as Jews, Catholics and immigrants. 
a)
Ku Klux Klan
b)
Nativist
c)
Imperialist
d)
NAACP
98.
A scientist named ________________ created the Theory of Natural Selection.
a)
W.E.B. DuBois
b)
Thomas Edison
c)
Charles Darwin
d)
Calvin Coolidge
99.
Most immigrants on the East Coast were processed where?
a)
Washington, D.C.
b)
Ellis Island
c)
Angel Island
d)
Baltimore
100.
What is the term for the mixture of people of different cultures and races together into Americans?
a)
Mixing Bowl
b)
Angel Food Cake
c)
Fish Tank
d)
Melting Pot
101.
19th century Chinese immigrants are known for what?
a)
Work in building the Transcontinental Railroad
b)
Work in New York factories
c)
Contributions to the steel industry
d)
Contributions to John D. Rockefeller
102.
What processing station did Immigrants go through on the WEST coast?
a)
Ellis Island
b)
Angel Island
c)
Devil Island
d)
Alcatraz
103.
War, poverty, and discrimination are all examples of.......
a)
Pull Factors
b)
Push Factors
c)
Jump Factors
d)
Falling Factors
104.
Economic opportunities, religious freedom, and political and social equality are all examples of...
a)
Push Factors
b)
Pull Factors
c)
Falling Factors
d)
Jump Factors
105.
Which idea led to a rise in anti-immigrant groups and a demand for immigration restrictions?
a)
Melting Pot
b)
Birds of Passage
c)
Nativism
d)
All of the above
106.
 Which factor contributed to the shifting of population from rural to urban areas from 1870-1900?
a)
Not enough families took advantage of the Homestead Act
b)
Great Plains Indians left their reservations to buy new farmland
c)
Houses in cities were less expensive than those in the counttryside
d)
 Better jobs in industry attracted farmers and laborers to cities
107.
What amendment provided suffrage for women (1920)?
a)
16th
b)
17th
c)
18th
d)
19th
108.
Who wrote the expose piece of literature that revealed the extensive corrupt monopolistic business practices of Standard Oil?
a)
Ida Tarbell
b)
Lewis Hines 
c)
Jacob Riis
d)
Upton Sinclair
109.
Which Progressive President used Big Stick Diplomacy and was known as a Trust buster?
a)
Teddy Roosevelt
b)
Taft
c)
Woodrow Wilson
d)
Luke Skywalker
110.
Writers that dig up the bad things going on in society
a)
Suffragists
b)
Muckrakers
c)
Students
d)
Chaffinators
111.
Banned people from making, drinking or selling alcohol
a)
17th Amendment
b)
18th Amendment
c)
19th Amendment
d)
21st Amendment
112.

Book written by Jacob Riis

a)

How the Other Half Lives

b)

The Jungle

c)

History of Standard Oil

d)

McClure's Magazine

113.

Subject of How the Other Half Lives

a)

Problems faced by those living in the inner city, such as poverty and poor living conditions

b)

Haphazard practiced in Chicago meat packing plants, such as rats running along the meat

c)

Political corruption in big cities where politicians were more concerned with profit and politics

d)

Abuses on farmers committed by the railroad company

114.

Legislation enacted as a result of "How the Other Half Lives

a)

Pure Food & Drug Act

b)

Tenement Housing Act

c)

17th Amendment

d)

18th Amendment

115.

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

116.

What event in U.S. history is synonymous with William Randolph Hearst and Yellow Journalism?

a)

The Spanish-American War

b)

The Civil War

c)

The New York Mafia Wars

d)

World War I

117.
What US President was most influential in starting the Panama Canal?
a)
FDR
b)
JFK
c)
Teddy Roosevelt
d)
Taft
118.
What 2 oceans does the Panama Canal connect?
a)
Atlantic Ocean and Indian Ocean
b)
Pacific Ocean and Indian Ocean
c)
Atlantic Ocean and Pacific Ocean
d)
Lake Michigan and Mississippi River
119.
______________ is a name for false or exaggerated reporting.
a)
Red-top
b)
Government
c)
Newspaper lying
d)
Yellow Journalism
120.
Yellow Journalism is....
a)
The Loudoun Sun Times
b)
Exaggerated News Reports
c)
Yellow Paper Reports
d)
Nonfiction News Reports
121.
Why did the U.S build the Panama Canal?
a)
to reduce travel time
b)
to speed up trade
c)
to protect from invaders
d)
for fishing
122.
Why did the US want to build a canal in Panama?
a)
to help the Panamanian people in their Revolution.
b)
to provide jobs for people
c)
to make it easier to move ships around the world
d)
to stop the invasion of South America
123.
Made America the world's policeman
a)
Monroe Doctrine
b)
Roosevelt Corollary
c)
Domestic Policy
d)
Imperialism
124.
Threatening use of force in Latin America if need be
a)
Dollar Diplomacy
b)
Moral Diplomacy
c)
Big Stick Diplomacy
d)
Shuttle Diplomacy
125.
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
126.
The poem, The White Man's Burden, by Rudyard Kipling, represents the belief that European culture was _______.
a)
superior to other cultures
b)
misunderstood by Americans
c)
the oldest culture in the world
d)
a replica of Ancient Greek culture
127.
The building up of a nation's army is called
a)
Militarism
b)
Nationalism 
c)
Imperialism 
d)
Alliances
128.
What were the causes of WWI?
a)
Militarism, Alliances, Nationalism, Imperialism
b)
Militarism, Alliances, Nationalism, Isolationism
c)
Militarism, Against, Nice, Iguanas
d)
Militarism, Alliances, Nationalism, Impractical
129.
What sparked World War I?
a)
Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
b)
Assassination of Archduke Marmaduke
c)
Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdahand
d)
Assassination of Archduke Kaiser Wilhelm
130.
What country was neutral at the beginning of the war?
a)
France
b)
United States
c)
Russia
d)
Germany
131.
What type of fighting was used in WWI?
a)
Guerrilla Warfare
b)
Total Warfare
c)
Subwarfare
d)
Trench Warfare
132.
What nation did not sign the Treaty of Versailles?
a)
France
b)
Great Britain
c)
United States 
d)
Germany
133.
Which 14 point did Wilson create to prevent future wars?
a)
League of Nations
b)
No secret alliances
c)
Removal of economic barriers
d)
Absolute freedom of seas
134.
What are two ways the Treaty of Versailles punished Germany severely?
a)
It divided Germany into four separate, occupied zones.
b)
It supported economic help given to Germany by the U.S.
c)
It took away German territory in Spain and Russia.
d)
It forced Germany to accept blame for the war and to pay reparations.
135.
Which decade saw the rise of the automobile, the red scare, and Scopes Trial?
a)
1910s
b)
1920s
c)
1930s
d)
1940s
136.
Which decade saw bank failures, the Dust Bowl, and the New Deal?
a)
1910s
b)
1920s
c)
1930s
d)
1940s
137.
What was a result of Prohibition?
a)
Increased Immigration 
b)
Fear of Communism
c)
Rise of organized crime
d)
Growth of the economy
138.
Prohibition was implemented by passage of the
a)
17th Amendment
b)
18th Amendment
c)
19th Amendment
d)
21st Amendment
139.
Prohibition created which one of the following?
a)
Reduction in crime.
b)
Reduction in alcohol related deaths
c)
Organized Crime.
d)
More money being made.
140.
All are examples associated w/ Flappers EXCEPT
a)
Smoking
b)
Skin Showing
c)
Lipstick 
d)
Ankle length dresses.
141.
Henry Ford is credited with mastering 
a)
Modern day filming.
b)
Use of the Assembly Line.
c)
Flying aeroplanes.
d)
Radio Broadcasting.
142.

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

143.

One goal of the Harlem Renaissance writers was to

a)

support existing racial barriers

b)

increase pride in African American culture

c)

encourage African Americans to create their own political party

d)

cut off connections with mainstream American values

144.

The Harlem Renaissance influenced American society by

a)

establishing government programs to assist African Americans

b)

encouraging urban renewal projects in major American cities

c)

ending racial segregation of public facilities

d)

increasing awareness of African American contributions to American culture

145.
What were the 3 causes of the Great Depression?
a)
FDR, The New Deal, The Second New Deal
b)
Herbert Hoover, Hobos, Riding the Rails
c)
Credit, Stock Market Crash, Corruption
146.
Which of the following statements best describes what happened on Black Tuesday?
a)
Stock prices fell and the stock market crashed.
b)
Bank runs forced many banks to close their doors.
c)
Federal troops attacked the Bonus Army marchers.
d)
The Supreme Court ruled that the NRA was unconstitutional.
147.

When companies produce too much of a product & can't sell it:

a)

Underconsumption

b)

Overproduction

c)

Regulations

148.

Buying products with money loaned from a bank; Makes it possible to buy expensive items without saving up for them.

a)

Debit

b)

Finance

c)

Credit

149.

When banks loaned money to people to buy stocks:

a)

Buying on margin

b)

Buying on credit

c)

Stock forgiveness

150.

What environmental factor played a part in the cause of the Dust Bowl?

a)

Snow

b)

Drought

c)

Hurricane

d)

Rain

151.

What group of people had the worst consequences from the Dust Bowl?

a)

Farmers in the Great Plains

b)

Doctors up North

c)

People on the East Coast

d)

People out West

152.

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

153.
The Dust Bowl took place in the
a)
Pacific Northwest
b)
Northeast
c)
Southern Great Plains
d)
Mid-Atlantic States
154.
What was a major result of FDR’s New Deal programs?
a)
The national deficit declined for most U.S. citizens
b)
The suffrage rights for women changed
c)
The power of the federal government was expanded
d)
The federal government lowered taxes for most Americans
155.
What was created to protect bank deposits up to $5,000?
a)
WPA
b)
CCC
c)
TVA
d)
FDIC
156.
This man was president at the beginning of the Great Depression and relied on "rugged individualism" to fix it
a)
Herbert Hoover
b)
Theodore Roosevelt
c)
Franklin Roosevelt
d)
Sherbert Hoover
157.
This man was elected after Hoover with the hopes that he would end the Great Depression
a)
Theodore Roosevelt
b)
Franklin Roosevelt
c)
Warren Harding
d)
Calvin Coolidge
158.
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
159.
This was created to regulate the stock market and prevent a future stock market crash
a)
Securities and Exchange Committee
b)
Public Works Administration
c)
Works Progress Administration
d)
Agricultural Adjustment Act
160.
This was created to protect the money people had deposited in the bank
a)
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
b)
Securities and Exchange Committee
c)
Tennessee Valley Authority
d)
National Recovery Administration
161.
This was designed to provide assistance to the elderly, disabled, and poor
a)
Social Security
b)
Securities and Exchange Committee
c)
Wagner Act
d)
National Recovery Act
162.
Who were the Axis Powers?
a)
Germany, Great Britain, and France
b)
Germany, Italy and the Soviet Union
c)
Germany, Italy and Japan
d)
Germany, Italy and the United States
163.
Who was the leader of Germany?
a)
Joseph Stalin
b)
Adolf Hitler
c)
Benito Mussolini
d)
Winston Churchill
164.
Which day was Franklin Roosevelt referring to when he said, "a day which will live in infamy".
a)
The day the US dropped a nuclear bomb on Japan.
b)
The day Japan attacked Pearl Harbor.
c)
D-Day, the day the US fought Italy at Normandy, France.
d)
The day the US joined the Allied forces.
165.
Where was the atom bomb dropped?
a)
Hirtimo and Pearl Harbor
b)
Pearl Harbor and Hiroshima
c)
Hiroshima and Normandy
d)
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
166.
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
167.
By 1938, Hitler rebuilt his military in Germany.  What treaty did he violate with this action?
a)
The Munich Agreement
b)
Treaty of Versailles
c)
Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
d)
Treaty of Paris
168.
The practice of giving in to aggression in order to avoid war.
a)
Genocide
b)
Mein Kampf
c)
Appeasement
d)
Blitzkrieg
169.
Which most contributed to the rise of the Nazi party?
a)
Great Depression
b)
The new democratic government of Germany
c)
Rise of fascism in Italy
d)
Isolationism practiced in America
170.
Why did France and Britain use appeasement to stop Hitler
a)
They wanted to avoid another World War
b)
Prevent a Nazi invasion of Russia
c)
To prevent the fall of the league of Nations
d)
Didn't want to anger Germans
171.
Why did East Germany build the Berlin Wall?  
a)
To keep people from escaping to West Germany  
b)
To keep people from West Germany coming into East Germany 
c)
As a fortification to keep enemies out of the city 
d)
All of the above
172.
What country had control over the government of East Germany?      
a)
Soviet Union
b)
China 
c)
Poland 
d)
Hungary
173.
The Wall....
a)
divided Europe
b)
divided Berlin
c)
separated Germany from Russia

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