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WorksheetsU.S. History Midterm Review 2 (WWI-New Deal)
Total questions: 64
Worksheet time: 29mins
Which is not a cause of the Great Depression?
Stock Market Crash of 1929
Buying on credit during the 1920s
Speculation and buying on margin
agricultural under production
Women's suffrage
16th Amendment
17th Amendment
18th Amendment
19th Amendment
Direct Relief describes
giving payments or food to the poor by the government
having a substitute ready to work when a worker is sick or injured
giving the required medicine in a timely manner when someone is sick.
giving out loans to businesses to help them get started.
Which of the following would have been directly related to the U.S. entry into WWI?
unrestricted German submarine warfare
bombing of Pearl Harbor
the Russian withdrawal from WWI
The use of the blitzkrieg against the British by the Germans
What limited freedom of speech during WWI?
Neutrality Acts
Committee of Public Information
Espionage and Sedition Acts
American Expeditionary Forces
The Treaty of Versailles punished which country?
Britain
Austria-Hungary
Serbia
Germany
Germany had to do all of the following after WWI except
pay reparations
give back territory
change leadership
downsize military
Which legislation required men to register for military services?
Espionage and Sedition Acts
Selective Service Act
American Expeditionary Forces
Neutrality Act
What was President Wilson's plan for organizing post WWI Europe and for avoiding future wars?
Fourteen Points
Treaty of Versailles
League of Nations
Cease Fire
Nationalism
What was America's position on WWI prior to 1917?
To get fully involved
They were a part of the alliance so they jumped right in
They remained Neutral
They didn't know anything about the war
Why did the United States get involved in WWI?
Propaganda, Sinking of the Lusitania, Zimmerman Telegram
William McKinley died
Bombing of Pear Harbor
Propaganda and Sussex Pledge
Which was not a new technology invented during WWI?
Grenades
Bullets
Mustard Gas
Tanks
The role of women during WWI was
to be sent to the front to fight in the trenches with men.
encouraged to remain in the home and care for children and the sick.
to work jobs they were never allowed to before.
to lose rights to the men fighting the war.
Promoted support for the war among the American People?
Committee of Public Information
Selective Service Act
War Industries Board
Council of National Defense
African Americans went and fled to the North for factory jobs and to escape Jim Crow in what became known as the
exodusters
Great Migration
Okies
immigrants
African American fighters in WWI
Harlem Hell Fighters
Tuskegee Airmen
11th Infantry Regiment
Rough Riders
A person who morally opposes fighting in a war
Conscientious objector
enlistee
marine
clergy
Someone that wanted to enter WWI would have been referred to as a(n)
isolationist
pacifist
socialist
interventionist
Who rejected joining Wilson's League of Nations for fear of getting involved in world affairs?
Central Powers leadership
the Germans
the U.S. Senate
The League of Nations
The prosperity of the U.S. in the mid 1920s resulted from
increased demand for new consumer goods.
high wage contracts negotiated by labor unions
record high farm prices
increased government regulation of the economy
How did consumers begin to buy new items in the 20s?
checks
credit
cash
bitcoin
Which had the greatest impact on American life in the 20s?
radio
washing machine
automobiles
sewing machine
Nativist who found fault with Quota Acts of the 1920s would have been most like to say which of these things?
It did not restrict immigration enough
it threatened industry with a labor shortage
it discriminated against the wrong immigrants
it violated U.S. principals by restricting immigration
Which trial was about the struggle between science and religion in public schools?
Plessy v. Ferguson
Scopes Trial
Schenck v. United States
Miranda v. Arizona
The Harlem Renaissance centered on literature, poetry and art that drew heavily from
transcendentalism
rationalism
African American culture
Midwestern culture
African American cultural figure from Memphis, Tennessee during the 1920s who was referred to as the "Father of the Blues"
W.C. Handy
Louis Armstrong
Bessie Smith
Alvin C. York
A live country show that started on WSM radio and started in Nashvillle
Opryland
Country Mornings
Grand Ole Opry
Music City USA
Which allowed for popular culture to spread through the country during the 1920s?
the automobile
color newspapers
Amateur photography
the radio and movies
This man was president at the beginning of the Great Depression and relied on "rugged individualism" and volunteerism to fix it
Herbert Hoover
Theodore Roosevelt
Franklin Roosevelt
Sherbert Hoover
How did FDR plan to change the role of the federal government?
He wanted to increase the role of the executive branch and its power over Congress and the Supreme Court
He wanted to put Congress in charge of the Supreme Court
He wanted to follow the direction of Congress to solve the Great Depression
He wanted to reduce the overall power of the federal government over the states
Why did many midwestern farmers migrate from the Great Plains to California?
There was no unemployment on the West Coast
California was experiencing a gold rush
The Dust Bowl pushed farmers out of the Great Plains
The Stock Market crash led farmers to lose their homes on the Great Plains
How did Americans feel about Hoover's approach to the Great Depression?
They accepted his "hands-off" approach and policy of "rugged individualism"
They were glad that Hoover did not increase federal programs and therefore increase taxes
They expected Hoover and the federal government to help them, and nicknamed shantytowns "Hoovervilles" in anger
They began promoting radical communism in an attempt to overthrow Hoover's capitalist policies
Which of the following is NOT a long-term impact of FDR's New Deal?
Reformed the economy with a "safety net" for economic crises
Recovered the economy with employment through public projects
Provided relief to Americans and increased political participation from the working classes
Removed private ownership of major industries in favor of state ownership
What is the significance of FDR's "court-packing" plan?
He successfully increased his influence over the Supreme Court
The Supreme Court came to pass all New Deal policies
Congress upheld the separation of powers and shut down FDR's plan to pack the court with his supporters.
Congress granted FDR total control over the federal government, creating uproar among the American people
What philosophy did the New Deal follow?
Laissez-Faire policies should guide our economy
"rugged individualism" will get us through the Great Depression
the federal government should work to help Americans in poverty
capitalism is a natural cure for economic crisis
Which of the following did NOT cause the Dust Bowl?
drought
lack of crop rotation
overproduction
reduction of farming
What does it mean to "buy on the margin?"
Buy stocks when prices are low, then sell when prices are high
Buy stocks without having to take out a loan
Using an installment plan to purchase goods
Buying goods at the lowest price, then selling for a higher profit
What was NOT an impact of the Great Depression on Americans?
Farmers have no market to sell their crops
unemployment rises
rise of shantytowns/hoovervilles
poverty was about the same for minorities and white
Americans
Which president's administration was marred by scandal?
Woodrow Wilson
Herbert Hoover
Calvin Coolidge
Warren G. Harding
During the 1920s, the most severe prejudice was against African Americans and:
poor factory workers
poor sharecroppers
fundamentalists
immigrants
which of these New Deal Programs is still around today?
Social Security Act
Agricultural Adjustment Act
Works Progress Administration
Civilian Conservation Corps
The Palmer Raids during the 1920's were a result of the Red Scare which is a fear of what?
democracy
monarchy
communism
socialism
A person who believes in no organized government is a(n)
nativist
immigrant
racist
anarchist
A long term increase in tariffs such as the Hawley-Smoot tariff caused the Great Depression how?
caused world trade to increase.
caused the Stock Market to crash
caused a demand for American made products
caused world trade to decrease.
Group of people who protested in Washington to get their pensions early and President Hoover used the military disband them?
American Expeditionary Force
Conscientious Objectors
Bonus Army
Civilian Conservation Corps
