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USH - Term 1 Final Review

Total questions: 98

Worksheet time: 49mins

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Class
Date
1.

For historical study skills, which skill cross-checks material and considers details and evidence across multiple sources to strengthen and support a historical claim?

a)

corroboration

b)

multiple perspectives

c)

close reading

d)

contextualization

e)

sourcing

2.

For historical study skills, what is thoughtful, critical analysis of a text that focuses on significant details or patterns in order to develop a precise understanding of a text?

a)

corroboration

b)

multiple perspectives

c)

close reading

d)

contextualization

e)

sourcing

3.

For historical study skills, which skill asks, who wrote a document as well as the circumstances of its creation, when? for what purpose? are they a credible source?

a)

corroboration

b)

multiple perspectives

c)

close reading

d)

contextualization

e)

sourcing

4.

For historical study skills, which skill is locating a document in time and place in order to understand how these factors shape its content / message?

a)

corroboration

b)

multiple perspectives

c)

close reading

d)

contextualization

e)

sourcing

5.

For historical study skills, which skill requires students to evaluate the different viewpoints of an event?

a)

corroboration

b)

multiple perspectives

c)

close reading

d)

contextualization

e)

sourcing

6.

The federal law that split Indian reservation lands among individual Indians and promised US citizenships, resulted in many tribes losing reservation lands to settlers is called the...

a)

Patriot Act.

b)

Dawes Act.

c)

Morrill Act.

d)

Homestead Act.

7.

This Act granted land to the states to sell and use monies for colleges to teach agricultural sciences is known as the...

a)

Patriot Act.

b)

Dawes Act.

c)

Morrill Act.

d)

Homestead Act.

8.

The time period of 1860-1890, rapid growth in wages, but high poverty and inequality for many, wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, materialistic excess & extreme poverty is known as the...

a)

Progressive Age.

b)

Great Depression.

c)

Roaring 20s.

d)

Gilded Age.

9.

Areas of federal land set aside for American Indians exclusively are...

a)

national parks.

b)

places where students learn American values.

c)

reservations.

d)

entrepreneurs.

10.

The Act granting 160 acres of land available to free males over 21 in exchange for a fee and live 5 years on the land is known as...

a)

the Dawes Act.

b)

the Homestead Act.

c)

the Morrill Act.

d)

the Patriot Act.

11.

The belief in the power of regular people and their right to have control over their government is...

a)

Populism.

b)

republicanism.

c)

assimilation.

d)

socialism.

12.

Farmers wanted to remain on the gold standard in order to keep inflation low.

a)

True

b)

False

13.

Nebraskan, Democratic presidential candidate in 1896 and 1900, famous for "Cross of Gold" speech that argued for the silver standard is known as...

a)

Andrew Carnegie.

b)

John Bunyan.

c)

William Randolph Hearst.

d)

William Jennings Bryan.

e)

John D. Rockefeller.

14.

An economic system in which there is competition between businesses, little government control or interference is known as...

a)

mercantilism.

b)

free enterprise.

c)

socialism.

d)

anarchy.

15.

People who assume the financial risks and rewards of starting and operating a business are known as...

a)

crazy.

b)

entrepreneurs.

c)

corporations.

d)

socialists.

16.

Businesses that sell ownership shares, the money invested in the business, investors receive shares of the profits made by the business as known as...

a)

mercantilism.

b)

crazy.

c)

corporations.

d)

socialists.

17.

Farmers wanted inflation to increase so that...

a)

the gold standard would remain in place.

b)

they could increase the amount of their debt.

c)

they could repay their debts easier.

d)

silver would be used instead of gold.

18.

Farmers organized socially by forming...

a)

the Farmers' Alliance.

b)

the Democratic Party.

c)

the Populist Party.

d)

the National Grange.

19.

Farmers organized economically by forming...

a)

the Farmers' Alliance.

b)

the National Grange.

c)

the Democratic Party.

d)

the Populist Party.

20.

After selling his company for $447 million, Andrew Carnegie used his wealth by...

a)

donating to entrepreneurs.

b)

donating to libraries, church organs, educational research, and spelling reform.

c)

developing department stores.

d)

encouraging the discoveries of Thomas Edison.

21.

John D. Rockefeller improved the lives of consumers worldwide by...

a)

integrating horizontally.

b)

lowering the price of steel, which increased the American standard of living.

c)

lowering the price of kerosene, which provided cheap light and heat.

d)

paying his workers high wages.

22.

Andrew Carnegie improved the lives of consumers worldwide by...

a)

integrating horizontally.

b)

lowering the price of steel, which increased the American standard of living.

c)

lowering the price of kerosene, which provided cheap light and heat.

d)

paying his workers high wages.

23.

Andrew Carnegie hired the best employees he could find and paid them well.

a)

True

b)

False

24.

Under the Pendleton Civil Service Act, potential government employees were required to take an exam to determine their skill and ability to perform the job.

a)

True

b)

False

25.

Teddy Roosevelt helped create the national parks system in the United States.

a)

True

b)

False

26.

Teddy Roosevelt did more harm to the Progressive movement than any other US President.

a)

True

b)

False

27.

Supporters of women's suffrage also supported...

a)

settlement houses.

b)

increasing child labor.

c)

lower wages and unsafe working conditions.

d)

slavery.

e)

male only colleges.

28.

The Pendleton Civil Service Act improved government by...

a)

abolishing the spoils system.

b)

requiring a physical fitness test of all applicants.

c)

encouraging the use of political machines.

d)

reducing paperwork at the Department of Motor Vehicle.

e)

making all medical records available on computers.

29.

The Pendleton Civil Service Act required potential government employees to...

a)

donate money to a candidate's political campaign.

b)

donate money to a political machine.

c)

take an exam to determine their qualifications.

d)

vote for a particular candidate.

e)

enlist in the military.

30.

President T. Roosevelt held big business responsible by...

a)

instituting the square deal.

b)

instituting a trust busting campaign.

c)

using the bully pulpit.

d)

creating the Roosevelt Corollary.

31.

President T. Roosevelt protected consumers by...

a)

allowing the sale and manufacturing of medicine and food containing harmful ingredients.

b)

forbid shipping companies from giving rebates.

c)

setting rates for railroads.

d)

requiring federal inspection of meat shipped across state lines.

32.

Constitutional amendment banning manufacturing, sale, and distribution of alcoholic beverages is known as the...

a)

16th Amendment.

b)

17th Amendment.

c)

18th Amendment.

d)

19th Amendment.

33.

The campaign of legal assault on trusts and monopolies is known as...

a)

muckraking.

b)

anti-trust.

c)

square deal.

d)

bully pulpit.

34.

He became President when McKinley was assassinated, increased presidential power, and used his political power to advocate for Progressive reforms.

a)

Teddy Roosevelt

b)

Woodrow Wilson

c)

Booker T. Washington

d)

WEB DuBois

35.

What was the reform movement concerned with curing problems of cities and industry?

a)

Populism

b)

Progressivism

c)

New Freedom

d)

Atlanta Compromise

36.

What is the use of the presidency to speak out on vital issues?

a)

New Freedom

b)

Square Deal

c)

Bully Pulpit

d)

muckraking

37.

What was the 1895 speech by Booker T. Washington declaring its OK for African Americans to experience freedom slowly and calmly?

a)

New Freedom

b)

Jim Crow

c)

Progressivism

d)

Atlanta Compromise

38.

What was Wilson's plan to keep government limited and out of the economy, use reforms that would alter market rules, and focused on tariffs, banks, and trusts?

a)

New Edition

b)

New Jack City

c)

New Freedom

d)

New World Order

39.

What was the 1896 Supreme Court decision finding states could segregate as long as the accommodations are separate but equal?

a)

Plessy v. Ferguson

b)

Brown v. Board

c)

Holiday Inn v. Kansas

d)

Ohio v. Miranda

40.

What is the constitutional amendment granting women the right to vote?

a)

16th Amendment

b)

17th Amendment

c)

18th Amendment

d)

19th Amendment

41.

What created the modern-day merit-based system under which federal employees take a test and are selected for jobs based on their test performance?

a)

New Freedom

b)

Pendleton Civil Service Act

c)

Pure Food and Drug Act

d)

19th Amendment

42.

This was known as Roosevelt's balance of business, consumer, and labor interests.

a)

Square Deal

b)

New Deal

c)

Atlanta Compromise

d)

Bully Pulpit

43.

He argued for African American educational and political rights immediately, attacked racism, and helped found the NAACP.

a)

Booker T. Washington

b)

WEB DuBois

c)

Teddy Roosevelt

d)

Woodrow Wilson

44.

Investigative journalists who wrote articles to bring about reform in an industry or government.

a)

progressivism

b)

muckrakers

c)

square deal

d)

anarchists

45.

He led the Tuskegee Institute, argued that African Americans should use education and business to advance equality of the races.

a)

Booker T. Washington

b)

WEB DuBois

c)

Teddy Roosevelt

d)

Woodrow Wilson

46.

Who was the Democratic candidate who won the 1912 Presidential election due to a 3 way race dividing Republican votes?

a)

Booker T. Washington

b)

WEB DuBois

c)

Teddy Roosevelt

d)

Woodrow Wilson

47.

This is a ship canal cut across the Isthmus of Panama by France and the United States.

a)

Dollar Diplomacy

b)

Roosevelt Corollary

c)

Great White Fleet

d)

Panama Canal

48.

What means did the United States use between 1890-1914 to exert influence around the world?

a)

Great White Fleet

b)

Wilson's Fourteen Points

c)

Roosevelt Corollary

d)

Dollar Diplomacy

49.

What is the policy of extending a country's power and influence through diplomacy or military force?

a)

Yellow Journalism

b)

Wilson's Fourteen Points

c)

Roosevelt Corollary

d)

Dollar Diplomacy

e)

imperialism

50.

What is the type of sensational, biased, and often false reporting for the sake of attracting readers?

a)

Yellow Journalism

b)

Wilson's Fourteen Points

c)

Roosevelt Corollary

d)

Dollar Diplomacy

e)

imperialism

51.

What is the use of a country's financial power to extend its international influence?

a)

Yellow Journalism

b)

Wilson's Fourteen Points

c)

Roosevelt Corollary

d)

Dollar Diplomacy

e)

imperialism

52.

What is the US battleship that exploded and led to the Spanish American War?

a)

Yellow Journalism

b)

Great White Fleet

c)

USS Maine

d)

Dollar Diplomacy

e)

imperialism

53.

What was the addition to the Monroe Doctrine asserting America's right to intervene in Latin American affairs?

a)

Great White Fleet

b)

Dollar Diplomacy

c)

Roosevelt Corollary

d)

imperialism

e)

Panama Canal

54.

What were the 16 American battleships, painted white, that was sailed around the world to display American naval power?

a)

Spanish American War

b)

Yellow Journalism

c)

USS Maine

d)

Great White Fleet

e)

Dollar Diplomacy

55.

What were the reasons for the United States to fight Spain in the Spanish American War?

a)

USS Maine exploded in Cuba

b)

alliances

c)

sinking of the Lusitania

d)

Zimmermann Note

e)

Yellow Journalism

56.

What is the conflict between the US and Spain, in which the US supported the Cuban's fight for independence?

a)

Spanish American War

b)

Great White Fleet

c)

Panama Canal

d)

USS Maine

e)

Roosevelt Corollary

57.

Who urged government officials to build up the American navy to compete with other nations?

a)

Teddy Roosevelt

b)

Alfred Mahan

c)

Franking D. Roosevelt

d)

Teddy Ruskspin

e)

Jahan Mahan

58.

Who was the leader of the American Expeditionary Force who insisted US soldiers fight independently from the Allies?

a)

John Adams

b)

John Kerry

c)

John Pershing

d)

Adam Lavigne

e)

Lusitania Zimmermann

59.

What were the causes of World War One?

a)

the Zimmermann Note

b)

the sinking of the Lusitania

c)

nationalism

d)

the USS Maine exploded in Cuba

e)

alliance

60.

What was the message asking Mexico to attack the US in return for money and land?

a)

Zimmermann Note

b)

the Annexation of Puerto Rico

c)

the USS Maine exploded

d)

nationalism

e)

Musical Notes

61.

What were the causes for US entry into World War One?

a)

the Zimmermann Note

b)

the sinking of the Lusitania

c)

nationalism

d)

the USS Maine exploded in Cuba

e)

alliance

62.

Select the MAJOR Allied Powers in World War One from the list.

a)

Austria-Hungary

b)

England

c)

France

d)

Germany

e)

Russia

63.

Select the MAJOR Central Powers in World War One from the list.

a)

Austria-Hungary

b)

England

c)

France

d)

Germany

e)

Russia

64.

What were the US law enacted to impose hard penalties on anyone interfering with or speaking against US participation in World War One?

a)

Prohibition

b)

19th Amendment

c)

Espionage and Sedition Acts

d)

Neutrality Acts

e)

Kellogg-Briand Pact

65.

What was the pandemic that spread around the world in 1918, killing more than 50 million people?

a)

Chicken Pox

b)

Pox Romano

c)

Pox Americano

d)

Spanish Flu

e)

Bubonic Plague

66.

What was President Wilson's purpose for the League of Nations?

a)

punish the Germans

b)

given up US land gained during the war

c)

to have teams for an international recreational softball league

d)

to end all war

e)

to not hurt the German's feelings

67.

Wilson's peace proposal in 1918 that stressed national self-determination, the rights of small countries, freedom of the seas, and free trade.

a)

Treaty of Versailles

b)

Wilson's Fourteen Points

c)

League of Nations

d)

United Nations

e)

Jedi Council

68.

Why was the Treaty of Versailles not ratified by the United States?

a)

the US feared it would result in a loss of independence and sovereignty

b)

the US did not want the Germans to feel slighted

c)

the US did not want to stop fighting the war

d)

the US feared it would have to give up its land gained during World War One

69.

An organization of nations formed after World War One to promote cooperation and peace.

a)

Treaty of Versailles

b)

Wilson's Fourteen Points

c)

League of Nations

d)

United Nations

e)

Jedi Council

70.

During the 1920s Red Scare, Americans feared...

a)

anarchists and Democrats.

b)

communists and capitalists.

c)

capitalists and entrepreneurs.

d)

Democrats and Republicans.

e)

communists and anarchists.

71.

To counter the Red Scare, the Emergency Quota Act...

a)

limited European immigrants to the US at 3% of the nationality currently in the US.

b)

limited African American immigrants to the US at zero.

c)

set the total number of Japanese immigrants at 1 million.

d)

limited communist and anarchist immigrants to the US at 5%.

e)

prohibited the manufacture, sale, and distribution of alcoholic beverages.

72.

Sacco and Vanzetti were an example of which 1920s issue?

a)

fundamentalism

b)

Prohibition

c)

Pan-Africanism

d)

immigration

e)

consumerism

73.

The Palmer Raids were opposed because of...

a)

support for consumerism.

b)

the violations of constitutional rights.

c)

the Bombing of Wall Street.

d)

Schenck v. US

e)

Prohibition

74.

What was the scandal during the Harding administration involving the granting of oil-drilling rights on government in return for money?

a)

Sacco and Vanzetti

b)

Red Scare

c)

Ku Klux Klan

d)

Teapot Dome

e)

eugenics

75.

In 1920, Warren G. Harding won the US Presidential election with the campaign slogan of...

a)

"Back to the Future."

b)

"Return to Normalcy."

c)

"It's the Economy, Stupid!"

d)

"He Kept US out of the War!"

e)

"Nebraska, It's Not for Everyone."

76.

The Republican economic policies of the 1920s led to...

a)

prosperous farmers.

b)

more labor unions.

c)

increasing tax rates.

d)

World War One.

e)

economic growth.

77.

The US Supreme Court "OK'd" the Palmer Raids in which case?

a)

Bush v. Gore

b)

The United States v. Larry Flint

c)

Schenck v. United States

d)

Plessy v. Ferguson

e)

Dred Scott v. Sanford

78.

The Johnson-Reed Act prohibited immigration from the Middle East, East Asia, and Indians.

a)

True

b)

False

79.

The Johnson-Reed Act and the Emergency Quota Act are examples of...

a)

nativism.

b)

fundamentalism.

c)

consumerism.

d)

speakeasies.

e)

Pan-Africanism.

80.

The battle between evolution and fundamentalism played out on the national stage in the...

a)

Harlem Renaissance.

b)

Scopes Monkey Trial.

c)

Sacco and Vanzetti.

d)

Cotton Club.

e)

OJ SImpson Trial.

81.

In the 1920s, young American women that wore skirts, bobbed their hair, and flaunted disdain for acceptable behavior were known as...

a)

speakeasies.

b)

Sacco and Vanzetti.

c)

the Harlem Renaissance.

d)

the Return to Normalcy.

e)

flappers.

82.

Which constitutional amendment banned the manufacture, sale, and distribution of alcoholic beverages?

a)

16th Amendment

b)

17th Amendment

c)

18th Amendment

d)

19th Amendment

e)

20th Amendment

83.

The Cotton Club was an example of the...

a)

Return to Normalcy.

b)

speakeasies.

c)

nativism.

d)

Harlem Renaissance.

e)

fundamentalism.

84.

One of the primary advocates of Pan-Africanism was...

a)

Marcus Garvey.

b)

Warren G. Harding.

c)

A. Mitchell Palmer.

d)

Sacco and Vanzetti.

e)

the Ku Klux Klan.

85.

The junk science of breeding humans is known as...

a)

fundamentalism.

b)

eugenics.

c)

nazism.

d)

nativism.

e)

consumerism.

86.

What were economic problems the US faced in the late 1920s?

a)

high amounts of personal savings

b)

high debt due to credit

c)

profitable farming

d)

paying cash instead of using credit

e)

too many wars

87.

In October 1929, what event plunged the stock market prices?

a)

Stock Market Crash

b)

World War One

c)

Great Depression

d)

Treaty of Versailles

88.

Many historians and economists consider the Stock Market Crash the beginning, not the cause, of what time period?

a)

Great Depression

b)

New Deal

c)

Roaring Twenties

d)

World War One

89.

What were the shantytowns that appeared all over the United States as the Great Depression deepened?

a)

Hoovervilles

b)

Rooseveltvilles

c)

Spartanvilles

d)

Knightsvilles

90.

In 1932, US veterans of World War One travelled to Washington, D.C., to lobby Congress to pay out early pensions promised for their military service, but the bill was defeated. What was this lobbying effort known as?

a)

Bonus Army March

b)

March on Washington

c)

The Ides of March

d)

The March of Dimes

91.

President Franklin D. Roosevelt's series of programs to end the Great Depression became known as...

a)

the Great Depression.

b)

the New Deal.

c)

the Real Deal.

d)

a total failure.

92.

President Franklin D. Roosevelt talked directly to the American population, via radio, in what became known as...

a)

FDR's Radio Program.

b)

commercial radio.

c)

Fireside Chats.

d)

ESPN.

93.

What did In response President Franklin D. Roosevelt consider as his move to fight Supreme Court opposition?

a)

court packing

b)

meat packing

c)

vacation packing

d)

night court

94.

What restructured German war reparations by loaning Germany money to repay the Allies so the Allies could repay the United States?

a)

Dawes Plan

b)

Dawes Act

c)

Von Schlieffen Plan

d)

Planning to Fail

95.

What was the agreement to attempt to outlaw war, but had it had no provisions for enforcement if the agreement was broken?

a)

Kellogg-Briand Pact

b)

Dawes Plan

c)

Washington Naval Disarmament Conference

d)

Neutrality Acts

96.

What was US attempt to put its southern neighbors as ease by using economic influence rather than military forces?

a)

Good Neighbor Policy

b)

Roosevelt Corollary

c)

Monroe Doctrine

d)

imperialism

97.

What was the agreement to limit the number and size of military ships?

a)

Kellogg-Briand Pact

b)

Dawes Plan

c)

Washington Naval Disarmament Conference

d)

Neutrality Acts

98.

What was the name for US restriction of aid to any foreign country involved in a war?

a)

Kellogg-Briand Pact

b)

Dawes Plan

c)

Washington Naval Disarmament Conference

d)

Neutrality Acts