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US History II Final Review Part 1

Total questions: 37

Worksheet time: 19mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Settlement houses were created because of increasing -

a)

Immigrant populations

b)

Urban employment

c)

Educational opportunities

d)

Government regulation

2.

What was a Carpetbagger?

a)

Westerner who moved South for factory jobs

b)

Northerner who enforced African-American rights

c)

Southerner who taught in African-American schools

d)

Northerner who took advantage of Southern hardships

3.

Jane Addams is most recognized for her work with which type of organization?

a)

Large corporations

b)

Labor unions

c)

Political machines

d)

Settlement houses

4.

The negative effects of industrialization were made better by which reform movement?

a)

The Civil Rights Movement

b)

The Temperance Movement

c)

The Progressive Movement

d)

The Suffrage Movement

5.

Which African-American man believed that equality could be gained through vocational education?

a)

Jacob Lawrence

b)

Martin Luther King, Jr.

c)

W.E.B. DuBois

d)

Booker T. Washington

6.

What did President Abraham Lincoln's plan for Reconstruction include?

a)

Placing Southern leaders in government prisons

b)

Allowing Southern states back into the Union

c)

Taxing Southern states for Union damages

d)

Allowing Southern citizens to vote on slavery

7.

Which of these had the greatest impact on American life in the late-1800s?

a)

New inventions

b)

Loss of labor

c)

Climate changes

d)

Loss of land

8.

The growth of organized crime during the 1920s was most closely related to which factor?

a)

Collapse of the stock market

b)

Rise of labor unions

c)

Laws against making alcohol

d)

Increase in unemployed workers

9.

What was the purpose of the Roosevelt Corollary?

a)

Promote Big Stick Diplomacy

b)

Encourage European aid to the Western Hemisphere

c)

Reject the Monroe Doctrine

d)

Discourage United States trade with South America

10.

At the end of World War I, President Wilson proposed the establishment of which organization?

a)

United Nations

b)

League of Nations

c)

American Federation of Labor

d)

North Atlantic Treaty Organization

11.

Political and economic ties to which country led the United States to involvement in World War I?

a)

France

b)

Germany

c)

Great Britain

d)

Austria-Hungary

12.

Which event led to an independent Cuba and the United States as a world power?

a)

World War I

b)

Roosevelt Corollary

c)

Spanish-American War

d)

Yellow Journalism

13.

The liberation of Europe began with the D-Day invasion of which location?

a)

Sicily

b)

Poland

c)

Normandy

d)

Stalingrad

14.

Which area is NOT matched with its industry?

a)

Pittsburgh-Steel

b)

Detroit-Automobile

c)

New England-Textile

d)

Noncontiguous-Railroad

15.

Which group of people were forced into internment camps along the West Coast?

a)

German-Americans

b)

Japanese-Americans

c)

Italian-Americans

d)

Russian-Americans

16.

During the 1920s, the literary and artistic movement centered on African-American culture was the-

a)

Great Migration

b)

Civil Rights Movement

c)

Harlem Renaissance

d)

Prohibition Era

17.

This photograph illustrates one way that women-

a)

Received equal pay for equal work

b)

Were members of a trade union

c)

Were an important part of the war effort

d)

Worked overtime for extra pay

18.

When President Roosevelt signed the G.I. Bill of Rights he was-

a)

Ending segregation in the military

b)

Increasing benefits for veterans

c)

Reducing the size of the army

d)

Creating pensions for veterans

19.

What is the best title for this map?

a)

Europe During the Cold War

b)

Europe After World War I

c)

Europe During World War II

d)

Europe After the Collapse of Communism

20.

Military advancements in jet technology led to an increase in-

a)

Domestic and international travel

b)

Convenience of communications

c)

Electrification and urbanization

d)

Access to information sources

21.

Westward Expansion had the most negative impact on which group of people?

a)

European immigrants

b)

Native Americans

c)

Southern Farmers

d)

African-Americans

22.

Which statement best describes the Cold War?

a)

Fighting between communist North Korea and free South Korea

b)

A state of tension between the U.S. and Germany after WWII

c)

Fighting between Cuba and the United States over missiles

d)

Tension between U.S. & Soviet Union without actual fighting

23.

What did the United States established to help rebuild the economies of Europe after World War II?

a)

Marshall Plan

b)

Warsaw Pact

c)

Manhattan Project

d)

North Atlantic Treaty Organization

24.

Montgomery Bus Boycott, Civil Rights Act of 1964, and the Voting Rights Act of 1965 were-

a)

Milestones of the Women's Right Movement

b)

African-American Crusade for Equality

c)

Milestones of the Civil Rights Movement

d)

The Conservative Revolution

25.

Which term best replaces the question mark? United States = Capitalism, Soviet Union = ?

a)

Monarchy

b)

Communism

c)

Imperialism

d)

Democracy

26.

Why was this type of housing was common on the Great Plains during the late-1800s?

a)

Industrial demand for trees was high

b)

Materials to build a shelter were limited

c)

Region's weather conditions were calm

d)

Trees in this region had been destroyed

27.

Why was Japan forced to surrender in 1945?

a)

United States gave Britain war supplies and old warships

b)

United States was victorious over Japan in Battle of Midway

c)

United States dropped two atomic bombs on Japan

d)

American and Allied troops landed in Normandy on D-Day

28.

Why are the dictatorships of Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini described as fascist?

a)

Each gave power and individual freedoms to the people

b)

Each assumes total power and individual freedoms were denied

c)

Each shared power with leaders and had individual freedom

d)

Each gave total power to wealthy men and denied freedoms

29.

Which was NOT an effect of building the Transcontinental Railroad?

a)

Increased commerce and transportation of goods across U.S.

b)

Expanded the growth of towns and cities throughout the U.S.

c)

Increased wealth in more common American neighborhoods

d)

Expanded communication from the Atlantic to Pacific Oceans

30.

Where were factories in the late-1800s located near?

a)

Deep canals

b)

Cattle ranches

c)

Areas with large farms

d)

Areas with a large population

31.

Which invention had the greatest impact on the settlement of the Great Plains?

a)

Steel plow

b)

Cotton gin

c)

Water wheel

d)

Oil drill

32.

Communication with other countries shows how the world is changing as a result of-

a)

Integration

b)

Migration

c)

Globalization

d)

Conservation

33.

The Civilian Conservation Corps was a New Deal program to-

a)

Build an electric dam

b)

Improve the environment

c)

Place railroad tracks

d)

Guarantee high wages

34.

Foreign goods sold in America after World War II resulted in an increase of which factor?

a)

Immigrants from various countries

b)

Trade with foreign nations

c)

Productivity from local factories

d)

Taxes on locally produced goods

35.

One major advantage of the assembly line is that it increased the-

a)

Cost of production

b)

Prices of goods

c)

Speed of production

d)

Wages of workers

36.

Why is the 13th Amendment important?

a)

Expanded the power of the legislative branch

b)

Increased the voting rights of citizens

c)

Limited the power of the judicial branch

d)

Outlawed the practice of owning slaves

37.

Which economic practice had the greatest effect on the economy after World War II?

a)

Rent control

b)

Savings accounts

c)

Buying on credit

d)

Trading between states