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United States History review

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 25mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which Amendment to the Constitution allows the government to take people's property (as long as it pays for it!)

a)

First Amendment

b)

Second Amendment

c)

Fourth Amendment

d)

Fifth Amendment

2.

What important United States document led to other colonies breaking from their colonial powers?

a)

Articles of Confederation

b)

Declaration of Independence

c)

Constitution

d)

Bill of Rights

3.

This means "hands off" in French and was a favored economic policy in the U.S. in the late 19th century.

a)

savoir faire

b)

bon appetit

c)

laissez faire

d)

c'est domage

4.

Extreme prejudice against immigrants is also known as:

a)

Social Darwinism

b)

eugenics

c)

nativism

d)

socialism

5.

The U.S. government created the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 out of fears that Chinese immigrants were:

a)

demanding too much money

b)

competing for jobs

c)

bringing gangs and drugs into the country

d)

being forced onto internment camps

6.

The decision in Plessy vs. Ferguson can be summarized with the phrase:

a)

stop and frisk

b)

accused have rights

c)

separate but equal

d)

states have rights

7.

What group was favored by the government during the Gilded Age?

a)

farmers

b)

factory workers

c)

big business

d)

immigrants

8.

The Populist Party was closely associated with what group of workers?

a)

factory workers

b)

white collar

c)

farmers

d)

doctors

9.

Populists wanted free coinage of silver because it would create more money in circulation and _________

a)

cause deflation of the dollar

b)

ease pressure on farmers' debts

c)

there is more gold than silver

d)

help the mining industry create jobs

10.

The Sherman Antitrust Act was a tool government could use to break up _______________.

a)

Native American tribes

b)

immigrants

c)

muckrakers

d)

monopolies

11.

The movement of people into cities is called:

a)

urbanization

b)

emigration

c)

assimilation

d)

cultural diffusion

12.

The purpose of the Dawes Act can be summarized with what word?

a)

diffusion

b)

assimilation

c)

immigration

d)

nativism

13.

The United States government passed this in 1862 to encourage settlement in western areas.

a)

Dawes Act

b)

Homestead Act

c)

Emancipation Act

d)

Pendleton Act

14.

Giving money away to causes that helped public welfare (such as was done by Andrew Carnegie) was known as __________.

a)

anthropology

b)

sociology

c)

philanthropy

d)

malignity

15.

What resource was scarce on the Great Plains, causing settlers to use materials such as sod and dirt to build their homes?

a)

lumber

b)

oil

c)

steel

d)

brick

16.

In 1898, the United States acquired what territory with the help of the U.S. Marines overthrowing their monarch?

a)

Puerto Rico

b)

Philippines

c)

Guam

d)

Hawaii

17.

Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines were acquired by the United States as a result of the ______________.

a)

Mexican American War

b)

first World War

c)

Spanish American War

d)

second World War

18.

This area became important for both trade and the United States Navy to travel quickly between oceans:

a)

the Suez Canal

b)

the Erie Canal

c)

the Panama Canal

d)

the Straits of Magellan

19.

The idea that President Teddy Roosevelt would use the threat of military action to prevent problems in the Western Hemisphere

a)

Big Stick Diplomacy

b)

Dollar Diplomacy

c)

Moral Diplomacy

d)

Duplo Diplomacy

20.

Who wrote the book The Influence of Sea Power upon History (that affected the U.S. following the Spanish American War)?

a)

Alfred Mahan

b)

Upton Sinclair

c)

John Steinbeck

d)

Sinclair Lewis

21.

This person created settlement houses, places where immigrants could learn skills in the United States, and was a pioneer in social work.

a)

Susan B, Anthony

b)

Jane Addams

c)

Katy Stanton

d)

Ida B. Wells

22.

What was the response of the United States government to rapid immigration from Europe in the early 20th century?

a)

opening new immigration centers in other East Coast cities

b)

restricting immigration through quota laws

c)

encouraging immigration to West Coast cities

d)

building a system of walls and fences on the Southern border

23.

Exposure of problems written about in Upton Sinclair's The Jungle led to the adoption of what law?

a)

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

b)

Sherman Antitrust Act

c)

Pure Food and Drug Act

d)

Interstate Commerce Act

24.

Women were granted suffrage under which Amendment?

a)

18th Amendment

b)

19th Amendment

c)

20th Amendment

d)

21st Amendment

25.

The term "Americanization" means the same thing as:

a)

immigration

b)

emigration

c)

naturalization

d)

assimilation

26.

The message sent from Germany to Mexico proposing an alliance in exchange for land was known as the ____________.

a)

Anschluss Agreement

b)

Prospero Proposal

c)

Zimmerman Telegram

d)

Auf Wiedersehen Accord

27.

The Selective Service Act, a form of conscription, is also known as _________.

a)

a tariff

b)

the draft

c)

prohibition

d)

repeal

28.

The Espionage Act, passed by the United States in 1917, violated rights found under which amendment?

a)

First Amendment

b)

Second Amendment

c)

Fourth Amendment

d)

Eighth Amendment

29.

The development and widespread use of __________________ led to huge casualty rates, trench warfare, and stalemates during World War I.

a)

tanks

b)

machine guns

c)

submarines

d)

airplanes

30.

Warren G. Harding ran for President in 1920 on the slogan "__________________" , an idea that we should return to a time of peace and prosperity.

a)

Make America Great Again

b)

Hope and Change

c)

Return to Normalcy

d)

A Time For Greatness

31.

The movement that celebrated African American culture in the 1920s which was led by writers such as Langston Hughes was known as the _____________.

a)

Emancipation Celebration

b)

Harlem Renaissance

c)

Brooklyn Pride Movement

d)

Jazz Jamboree

32.

Clarence Darrow and William Jennings Bryan argued over the teaching of evolution versus creationism in public schools. What was the nickname of the trial?

a)

The Scopes Monkey Trial

b)

Fundamental Differences

c)

Social Darwinism

d)

Cross of Gold Debate

33.

The mass production of automobiles changed the way Americans lived. Who was famous for putting the assembly line into car factories?

a)

Timothy Toyota

b)

Walter Chrysler

c)

James Durango

d)

Henry Ford

34.

Because many Americans lost their homes during the Great Depression, shanty-towns (or _____________) became common on the outskirts of U.S. cities.

a)

Coolidgeboroughs

b)

Rooseveltowns

c)

Hoovervilles

d)

Hardingburgs

35.

Because the 1920s were a period of social and cultural change, this period of time is sometimes known as the ______________.

a)

Twerking Twenties

b)

Rapid Twenties

c)

Roaring Twenties

d)

Transforming Twenties

36.

Many nativist groups did not like assimilation programs. A more infamous nativist group that gained popularity in the 1920s was the ____________.

a)

National Association of the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)

b)

United Auto Workers (UAW)

c)

Ku Klux Klan (KKK)

d)

American Federation of Labor (AFL)

37.

Women gaining the right to vote was especially important because it meant:

a)

politicians needed to address women's issues

b)

men could now have women vote on their behalf

c)

children had to now honor their mothers and fathers

d)

they could no longer work outside theirs homes

38.

Severe drought and poor farming methods played a large role in the creation of the __________ in the 1930s.

a)

Rose Bowl

b)

Black Plague

c)

Wizard of Oz

d)

Dust Bowl

39.

A series of radio broadcasts given by President Roosevelt to explain the Great Depression and government response:

a)

Fireside Chats

b)

Depression Talks

c)

Saturday Evening Post

d)

Infamous Information

40.

This New Deal program was designed to build dams, provide power, and create jobs in parts of rural Appalachia.

a)

Civilian Conservation Corps

b)

Tennessee Valley Authority

c)

Works Progress Administration

d)

Social Security Administration

41.

This new deal program, aimed as restoring Americans faith in banks, provided assurance that people would not lose money deposited in banks.

a)

Security and Exchange Commission

b)

Works Progress Administration

c)

Social Security Administration

d)

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

42.

The collective name for the programs the President Franklin Roosevelt used to help Americans recover from the Great Depression and which made government more active in people's lives.

a)

Square Deal

b)

New Deal

c)

Raw Deal

d)

Let's Make a Deal

43.

Which of the following was NOT a cause of the Great Depression?

a)

oversupply of consumer goods

b)

high tariffs and reduced international trade

c)

severe drought

d)

bank failures

44.

This event caused the United States to enter World War II:

a)

Sinking of the Lusitainia

b)

attack on a U.S. ship in the Gulf of Tonkin

c)

Germany's invasion of Poland

d)

Japan's attack at Peal Harbor

45.

This group of soldiers helped in the war effort by sending and receiving messages in a code that the Japanese could not break.

a)

Buffalo Soldiers

b)

Tuskegee Airmen

c)

Navajo Code Talkers

d)

Flying Tigers

46.

This event caused Germany to have to fight a two-front war and ultimately led to the end of World War II.

a)

the Judgement at Nuremberg

b)

the seige of Stalingrad

c)

the Battle of Normandy

d)

the Battle of Midway

47.

This was collectively known as the work that went into the United States developing atomic weapons.

a)

the Manhattan Project

b)

the Alamogordo Analysis

c)

the Trinity Tribunal

d)

Project Zeus

48.

Addressing ideas such as recruiting new soldiers, buying war bonds, planting Victory Gardens, and conserving resources, _______________ played an important visual role in both World War I and II.

a)

the internet

b)

radio

c)

television

d)

propaganda posters

49.

How did the United States government violate the Constitutional rights of some Americans during World War II?

a)

prohibiting German or Italian to be spoken in federal buildings

b)

placing Japanese Americans into internment camps

c)

freezing all assets of Nazi officers in Swiss bank accounts

d)

forcibly closing all Italian restaurants

50.

The role of what group changed dramatically during World War II as they filled factory jobs, performed clerical work, and took non-combat roles in the military?

a)

African Americans

b)

children

c)

women

d)

retired Americans