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US History II Review

Total questions: 54

Worksheet time: 27mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

"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?

a)

The South should be forced to secure voting rights for all Americans

b)

The South should be welcomed back into the Union as though they never left.

c)

The South should be punished for their role in starting the war.

d)

The North should send money to the South to help rebuild after the war.

2.

In which city did the steel industry develop?

a)

Pittsburgh

b)

New York City

c)

Philadelphia

d)

Chicago

3.

Increased labor needs and greater access to consumer goods happened because of-

a)

Telephones

b)

Electricity

c)

Industrialization

4.

Who co-founded the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)?

a)

Frederick Douglass

b)

Booker T. Washington

c)

Langston Hughes

d)

W.E.B. Du Bois

5.

There is a sign that says REX THEATRE FOR COLORED PEOPLE. What allowed places like this to exist?

a)

Jim Crow laws

b)

13th and 14th Amendments

c)

Civil Rights Act of 1866

d)

18th and 21st Amendments

6.

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?

a)

21st

b)

18th

c)

20th

d)

19th

7.

What was NOT a result of the Spanish American War?

a)

The United States took control of Guam and Puerto Rico

b)

The United States became a world power.

c)

Cuba became an independent nation

d)

The Philippines gained independence from the United States

8.

Which TWO fascist countries had dictators who contributed to the start of World War II?

a)

Great Britain

b)

France

c)

Germany

d)

Italy

e)

Soviet Union

9.

Which of the following people were active contributors to the Harlem Renaissance?

a)

Duke Ellington

b)

John Steinbeck

c)

Bessie Smith

d)

Langston Hughes

e)

Louis Armstrong

10.

Speakeasies were no longer necessary after the passage of the-

a)

18th Amendment

b)

20th Amendment

c)

21st Amendment

d)

22nd Amendment

11.

Who was the fascist military of Japan during World War II?

a)

Mao Tsetung

b)

Adolf Hitler

c)

Benito Mussolini

d)

Hideki Tojo

12.

Which of these events happened the earliest in World War II?

a)

The U.S. dropped an atomic bomb on Japan.

b)

Germany invaded Poland.

c)

The U.S. won the Battle of Midway.

d)

The Allies completed the D-DAY Invasion

13.

Which of these turning points of World War II occurred second?

a)

The Allies completed the D-DAY invasion.

b)

The U.S. dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima

c)

Japan bombed Pearl Harbor.

d)

Germany invaded Poland.

e)

The U.S. won the Battle of Midway.

14.

What group of World War II Americans are best represented by the image of Rosie the Riveter?

a)

Japanese Americans who served in the armed forces

b)

Women who took jobs in the defense plants

c)

Families who conserved and rationed resources

d)

African Americans who worked in defense plants

15.

At the end of World War II, which countries did the United States spend a lot of time rebuilding?

a)

Japan

b)

East Germany

c)

Soviet Union

d)

West Germany

16.

How did the Cuban Missile Crisis end?

a)

Cuba was bombed with nuclear weapons.

b)

The Soviet Union removed its missiles from Cuba.

c)

The U.S. recovered the Soviet missiles in a land raid

d)

Cuban rebels surrendered after the U.S. sent in troops.

17.

Cause: The U.S. Senate didn't join the League of Nations-Effect?_____________________________________

a)

The stock market crashed

b)

America returned back to isolationism

c)

The U.S shrunk its military capacity.

18.

Select the following reasons why African Americans participated in the Great Migration in the early 20th century.

a)

African Americans could vote and participate in the political process in the South.

b)

Jobs in the South were scare and low paying

c)

Racial discrimination was practiced

d)

Land in the west was claimed by homesteaders

e)

Segregation under Jim Crow laws created unfair practices.

19.

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?

a)

West Germany

b)

Italy

c)

East Germany

d)

Japan

20.

Which terms below describe the communist ideology during the Cold War between the U.S. and Soviet Union?

a)

Capitalism-free market

b)

Dictatorship

c)

Government controlled economy

d)

Free elections

e)

Individual rights and freedoms are protected

21.

The G.I. Bill of Rights were designed to help what group?

a)

Immigrants

b)

Veterans

c)

African Americans

d)

Women

22.

What Supreme Court case overturned Plessy v. Ferguson?

a)

Bolling v. Sharpe

b)

Dred Scott v. Sanford

c)

Cherokee Nation v. Georgia

d)

Brown v. Board of Education

23.

This invention was important in the settling of which region of the United States?

a)

Rocky Mountain

b)

Pacific

c)

Northeast

d)

Great Plains

24.

What geographic region of the United States are Alaska and Hawaii group into?

a)

Southwest

b)

Western (Rocky Mountain)

c)

Pacific

d)

Non-Contiguous

25.

Which states border an ocean?

a)

Arizona

b)

Florida

c)

Virginia

d)

Colorado

e)

Oregon

26.

What discovery drew many settlers to move west after the Civil War in hopes of becoming wealthy?

a)

Gold and silver

b)

Oil

c)

Buffalo

d)

Coal

27.

Land eroded by wind and water, low rainfall, dust storms, and flat lands that rise gradually to the west are physical features of the-

a)

Rocky Mountains

b)

Coastal Plains

c)

Great Plains

d)

Great Lakes

28.

What amendment guarantees equal protection under the law and grants citizenship to those born and naturalized in the United States?

a)

15th

b)

21st

c)

18th

d)

14th

29.

What did Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal use to help the nation recover from the Great Depression?

a)

Foreign Loans

b)

War production

c)

Stock investments

d)

Government programs

30.

What allowed the entertainment industry to grow during the early 20th century?

a)

Advances in transportation

b)

Movement to suburban areas

c)

The rise in mechanization

d)

The development in electrification

31.

Following the Civil War, urbanization and increased immigration into cities resulted in-

a)

concentration camps

b)

reservations

c)

interment camps

d)

tenements and ghettos

32.

The assembly line used by Henry Ford resulted in-

a)

the mass production of affordable cars for the average American

b)

caused Americans to move to urban areas for industrial jobs

c)

the greater use of public transportation services

33.

What American policy discouraged international trade, leading to the Great Depression?

a)

Over-speculation

b)

Installment plans

c)

High tariffs

d)

High interest rates

34.

What Native American leader led the Lakota Sioux in opposition to westward expansion?

a)

Chief Joseph

b)

Geronimo

c)

Sitting Bull

d)

Chief Yellowbird

35.

Based on the image, what transportation resource was important to the growth of industry in Pittsburgh?

a)

Interstates

b)

Rivers

c)

Railroads

d)

Airplanes

36.

In the years after the Civil War, the U.S. broke many treaties with Native Americans which led to-

a)

better protection on reservations

b)

violence in most American western states

c)

reduced American Indian homelands

d)

increased desire for assimilation

37.

Which Cold War conflict were Americans sharply divided over U.S intervention?

a)

Berlin Airlift

b)

Cuban Missile Crisis

c)

Korean War

d)

Vietnam War

38.

What allowed businesses to convert from producing war materials to making consumer goods after World War II?

a)

Rationing ended.

b)

Men returned to the workforce.

c)

Labor unions grew.

d)

International trade resumed.

39.

What has allowed Americans to obtain goods and services from other countries?

a)

Isolationism

b)

Globalization

c)

High tariffs

d)

Protectionism

40.

Which twentieth-century technology allowed Americans to live in uncomfortable environments?

a)

Satellite systems

b)

Air Conditioning and heating systems

c)

Interstate highway systems

d)

Jet engine

41.

Which of these countries listed in the choices was NOT a democratic nation?

a)

Canada

b)

United States

c)

Great Britain

d)

Soviet Union

e)

France

42.

What inventor was responsible for the electrical device like the phonograph featured?

a)

Thomas Edison

b)

Henry Ford

c)

Alexander G. Bell

d)

Garrett Morgan

43.

Which event occured first?

a)

American Indians Gain Citizenship

b)

Civil War

c)

Reconstruction Ends

d)

Spanish American War

44.

The Hull House, a settlement house in Chicago, was founded by-

a)

Susan B. Anthony

b)

Elizabeth Cady Stanton

c)

Jane Addams

d)

Georgia O'Keefe

45.

At the end of World War II, what was the United States' relationship with Europe?

a)

To punish the Soviet Union for not helping to rebuild Europe

b)

It felt it was in its best interest to rebuild Europe to prevent political and economic instability

c)

It wanted to punish Germany for causing so much pain to Europe's citizens

d)

It felt that it was up to each country in Europe to rebuild its own political and economic system

46.

Which event marked a turning point for the war in eastern Europe during WW2?

a)

Invasion of Normandy

b)

Invasion of Poland

c)

Battle of Midway

d)

Battle of Stalingrad

47.

In 1929, the Federal Reserve system-

a)

failed to prevent bank failures

b)

discouraged international trade

c)

protected bank deposits

d)

provided loans to homeless people

48.

Which artist is known for painting urban scenes?

a)

Georgia O'keefe

b)

Jacob Lawrence

c)

Bessie Smith

d)

Augusta Vaughn

49.

F.Scott Fitzgerald is to novelist as __________: composer

a)

John Steinbeck

b)

Georgia O'Keefe

c)

Aaron Copeland

d)

Zora Neal Hurston

50.

Who is the artist of this painting?

a)

Jacob Lawrence

b)

Georgia O'Keefe

c)

Bessie Smith

d)

Duke Ellington

51.

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?

a)

Imperialism

b)

Nationalism

c)

Militarism

d)

Alliances

52.

During Woodrow Wilson's 1916 reelection for President, he had a slogan "He Kept Us Out of War." This reflects what idea?

a)

Segregation

b)

Isolationism

c)

Imperialism

d)

Alliances

53.

In regards to westward expansion after the Civil War, which of the following statements are TRUE?

a)

The Transcontinental Railroad did not transport goods and resources across the United States.

b)

Settlers moving west favored the relocation of Native Americans to reservations

c)

African Americans migrated to the North instead of out west

d)

The Gold and Silver rush were push factors for only Irish immigrants out west.

54.

"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)

a captain of industry

b)

a leader of a political machine

c)

a progressive reformer

d)

a supporter of women's suffrage