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WorksheetsUS History II Review
Total questions: 54
Worksheet time: 27mins
"Let us all join in doing the acts necessary to restoring the proper practical relations between the States and the Union." Based on the quote, what did Lincoln believe about how the South should be treated during Reconstruction?
The South should be forced to secure voting rights for all Americans
The South should be welcomed back into the Union as though they never left.
The South should be punished for their role in starting the war.
The North should send money to the South to help rebuild after the war.
In which city did the steel industry develop?
Pittsburgh
New York City
Philadelphia
Chicago
Increased labor needs and greater access to consumer goods happened because of-
Telephones
Electricity
Industrialization
Who co-founded the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)?
Frederick Douglass
Booker T. Washington
Langston Hughes
W.E.B. Du Bois
There is a sign that says REX THEATRE FOR COLORED PEOPLE. What allowed places like this to exist?
Jim Crow laws
13th and 14th Amendments
Civil Rights Act of 1866
18th and 21st Amendments
The right of citizens of the United States to VOTE shall not be DENIED or abridged by the U.S. or by any state on the account of sex (gender). This text is from which amendment to the United States Constitution?
21st
18th
20th
19th
What was NOT a result of the Spanish American War?
The United States took control of Guam and Puerto Rico
The United States became a world power.
Cuba became an independent nation
The Philippines gained independence from the United States
Which TWO fascist countries had dictators who contributed to the start of World War II?
Great Britain
France
Germany
Italy
Soviet Union
Which of the following people were active contributors to the Harlem Renaissance?
Duke Ellington
John Steinbeck
Bessie Smith
Langston Hughes
Louis Armstrong
Speakeasies were no longer necessary after the passage of the-
18th Amendment
20th Amendment
21st Amendment
22nd Amendment
Who was the fascist military of Japan during World War II?
Mao Tsetung
Adolf Hitler
Benito Mussolini
Hideki Tojo
Which of these events happened the earliest in World War II?
The U.S. dropped an atomic bomb on Japan.
Germany invaded Poland.
The U.S. won the Battle of Midway.
The Allies completed the D-DAY Invasion
Which of these turning points of World War II occurred second?
The Allies completed the D-DAY invasion.
The U.S. dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima
Japan bombed Pearl Harbor.
Germany invaded Poland.
The U.S. won the Battle of Midway.
What group of World War II Americans are best represented by the image of Rosie the Riveter?
Japanese Americans who served in the armed forces
Women who took jobs in the defense plants
Families who conserved and rationed resources
African Americans who worked in defense plants
At the end of World War II, which countries did the United States spend a lot of time rebuilding?
Japan
East Germany
Soviet Union
West Germany
How did the Cuban Missile Crisis end?
Cuba was bombed with nuclear weapons.
The Soviet Union removed its missiles from Cuba.
The U.S. recovered the Soviet missiles in a land raid
Cuban rebels surrendered after the U.S. sent in troops.
Cause: The U.S. Senate didn't join the League of Nations-Effect?_____________________________________
The stock market crashed
America returned back to isolationism
The U.S shrunk its military capacity.
Select the following reasons why African Americans participated in the Great Migration in the early 20th century.
African Americans could vote and participate in the political process in the South.
Jobs in the South were scare and low paying
Racial discrimination was practiced
Land in the west was claimed by homesteaders
Segregation under Jim Crow laws created unfair practices.
Occupied by Soviet Troops, Governed by the Soviet Union, and the Berlin Wall was built to keep people from leaving. Which post World War II location is best described?
West Germany
Italy
East Germany
Japan
Which terms below describe the communist ideology during the Cold War between the U.S. and Soviet Union?
Capitalism-free market
Dictatorship
Government controlled economy
Free elections
Individual rights and freedoms are protected
The G.I. Bill of Rights were designed to help what group?
Immigrants
Veterans
African Americans
Women
What Supreme Court case overturned Plessy v. Ferguson?
Bolling v. Sharpe
Dred Scott v. Sanford
Cherokee Nation v. Georgia
Brown v. Board of Education
This invention was important in the settling of which region of the United States?
Rocky Mountain
Pacific
Northeast
Great Plains
What geographic region of the United States are Alaska and Hawaii group into?
Southwest
Western (Rocky Mountain)
Pacific
Non-Contiguous
Which states border an ocean?
Arizona
Florida
Virginia
Colorado
Oregon
What discovery drew many settlers to move west after the Civil War in hopes of becoming wealthy?
Gold and silver
Oil
Buffalo
Coal
Land eroded by wind and water, low rainfall, dust storms, and flat lands that rise gradually to the west are physical features of the-
Rocky Mountains
Coastal Plains
Great Plains
Great Lakes
What amendment guarantees equal protection under the law and grants citizenship to those born and naturalized in the United States?
15th
21st
18th
14th
What did Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal use to help the nation recover from the Great Depression?
Foreign Loans
War production
Stock investments
Government programs
What allowed the entertainment industry to grow during the early 20th century?
Advances in transportation
Movement to suburban areas
The rise in mechanization
The development in electrification
Following the Civil War, urbanization and increased immigration into cities resulted in-
concentration camps
reservations
interment camps
tenements and ghettos
The assembly line used by Henry Ford resulted in-
the mass production of affordable cars for the average American
caused Americans to move to urban areas for industrial jobs
the greater use of public transportation services
What American policy discouraged international trade, leading to the Great Depression?
Over-speculation
Installment plans
High tariffs
High interest rates
What Native American leader led the Lakota Sioux in opposition to westward expansion?
Chief Joseph
Geronimo
Sitting Bull
Chief Yellowbird
Based on the image, what transportation resource was important to the growth of industry in Pittsburgh?
Interstates
Rivers
Railroads
Airplanes
In the years after the Civil War, the U.S. broke many treaties with Native Americans which led to-
better protection on reservations
violence in most American western states
reduced American Indian homelands
increased desire for assimilation
Which Cold War conflict were Americans sharply divided over U.S intervention?
Berlin Airlift
Cuban Missile Crisis
Korean War
Vietnam War
What allowed businesses to convert from producing war materials to making consumer goods after World War II?
Rationing ended.
Men returned to the workforce.
Labor unions grew.
International trade resumed.
What has allowed Americans to obtain goods and services from other countries?
Isolationism
Globalization
High tariffs
Protectionism
Which twentieth-century technology allowed Americans to live in uncomfortable environments?
Satellite systems
Air Conditioning and heating systems
Interstate highway systems
Jet engine
Which of these countries listed in the choices was NOT a democratic nation?
Canada
United States
Great Britain
Soviet Union
France
What inventor was responsible for the electrical device like the phonograph featured?
Thomas Edison
Henry Ford
Alexander G. Bell
Garrett Morgan
Which event occured first?
American Indians Gain Citizenship
Civil War
Reconstruction Ends
Spanish American War
The Hull House, a settlement house in Chicago, was founded by-
Susan B. Anthony
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Jane Addams
Georgia O'Keefe
At the end of World War II, what was the United States' relationship with Europe?
To punish the Soviet Union for not helping to rebuild Europe
It felt it was in its best interest to rebuild Europe to prevent political and economic instability
It wanted to punish Germany for causing so much pain to Europe's citizens
It felt that it was up to each country in Europe to rebuild its own political and economic system
Which event marked a turning point for the war in eastern Europe during WW2?
Invasion of Normandy
Invasion of Poland
Battle of Midway
Battle of Stalingrad
In 1929, the Federal Reserve system-
failed to prevent bank failures
discouraged international trade
protected bank deposits
provided loans to homeless people
Which artist is known for painting urban scenes?
Georgia O'keefe
Jacob Lawrence
Bessie Smith
Augusta Vaughn
F.Scott Fitzgerald is to novelist as __________: composer
John Steinbeck
Georgia O'Keefe
Aaron Copeland
Zora Neal Hurston
Who is the artist of this painting?
Jacob Lawrence
Georgia O'Keefe
Bessie Smith
Duke Ellington
At the start of WWI, Austria -Hungary declared war on Serbia, and then France and Great Britain declared war on Austria Hungary, and last Germany declared war on Great Britain and France. This reflects what immediate cause of World War One?
Imperialism
Nationalism
Militarism
Alliances
During Woodrow Wilson's 1916 reelection for President, he had a slogan "He Kept Us Out of War." This reflects what idea?
Segregation
Isolationism
Imperialism
Alliances
In regards to westward expansion after the Civil War, which of the following statements are TRUE?
The Transcontinental Railroad did not transport goods and resources across the United States.
Settlers moving west favored the relocation of Native Americans to reservations
African Americans migrated to the North instead of out west
The Gold and Silver rush were push factors for only Irish immigrants out west.
"I think it wrong that big businesses hire workers under the age of 18 in order to save money; It needs to come to an end!" This statement would best be made by-
a captain of industry
a leader of a political machine
a progressive reformer
a supporter of women's suffrage
