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US-DCA#2 Review

Total questions: 59

Worksheet time: 31mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What are: MILITARISM- ALLIANCES - IMPERIALISM - NATIONALISM - ETHNIC GROUPS

a)

Causes of Spanish American War

b)

Causes of WWI

c)

Causes of WWII

d)

Causes of the Cold War

2.

Which of the following was NOT a reason we got into WWI?

a)

Zimmerman Telegram (Germany tried to get Mexico to attack us)

b)

Germany sunk the Lusitania

c)

unrestricted submarine warfare by Germany

d)

Japan attacked us at Pearl Harbor

3.

Which of the causes of WWI is pictured here?

a)

Militarism

b)

Alliance System

c)

Imperialism

d)

Nationalism

4.

The Espionage & Sedition Acts of WWI restricted what constitutional right?

a)

movement

b)

speech

c)

religion

d)

state's rights

5.

Which was NOT part of World War ONE?

a)

trench warfare

b)

atomic bomb

c)

machine guns

d)

poison gas

6.

Which WWI weapon is NOT pictured?

a)

atomic bomb

b)

stealth fighter jet

c)

poison gas

d)

aircraft carrier

7.

The Bolshevik Revolution of 1917 occurred in what country?

a)

Germany

b)

Italy

c)

Russia

d)

Great Britain

8.

What was the MAIN reason America didn't join the League of Nations?

a)

it would cost America too much money

b)

it forced Germany to pay war reparations

c)

Wilson didn't want to

d)

it could drag America into European wars

9.

Which President (after WWI) was the 1st of 3 straight Republicans and called for a "Return to Normalcy"?

a)

Warren Harding

b)

Herbert Hoover

c)

Franklin Roosevelt

d)

Harry Truman

10.

Which TWO parts of Europe were considered the "bad" parts where anarchists/socialists/& Reds come from?

a)

North

b)

East

c)

South

d)

West

11.

Immigration laws of the 1920s tried to...

a)

INCREASE immigration from Asia

b)

INCREASE immigration from Russia

c)

DECREASE immigration from North & West Europe

d)

DECREASE immigration from South & East Europe

12.

The executed duo of Sacco & Vanzetti were primarily victims of what?

a)

nativism

b)

capitalism

c)

racism

d)

religion

13.

Which of the following deals with the rising fear of immigrants?

a)

Scopes Monkey Trial

b)

Red Scare

c)

Return to Normalcy

d)

Limiting the size of the navy

14.

What is the anarchist holding in his left hand?

a)

bowling ball

b)

candle

c)

Christmas ornament

d)

bomb

15.

This picture is about:

a)

restricting free speech

b)

restricting immigration

c)

restricting weapons during war

d)

restricting foreign trade

16.

Headline: "200 radicals seized in Raids"

What event does this paper refer to?

a)

USA rejecting the League of Nations after WWI

b)

Scopes Monkey Trial in Dayton, TN

c)

Hitler attacking the Jews

d)

Attorney General Palmer arresting "Reds"

17.

After the anarchists sent bombs to government offices, what was the government's response?

a)

increase immigration

b)

arrest & deport suspected radicals

c)

increase labor unions

d)

withdraw from the League of Nations

18.

Which of the following doesn't fit with the others?

a)

fear of foreigners

b)

Red Scare

c)

nativism

d)

Scopes Monkey Trial

19.

The music and art of the Harlem Renaissance focused on what?

a)

African American life

b)

immigration

c)

Western expansion

d)

industrialization

20.

The Scopes Trial was about what TWO things??

a)

religion vs science

b)

communism vs socialism

c)

traditional vs modern values

d)

immigration vs nativism

21.

Which of the following is a CAUSE of the Great Depression and not an EFFECT of the Great Depression?

a)

homelessness

b)

increased competition for jobs

c)

foreclosures

d)

Bank failures

22.

Since the Steel Plow & Reaper and other farm technologies, farmers have produced ________, which leads to food prices going down.

a)

TOO MUCH FOOD

b)

TOO LITTLE FOOD

23.

Overspeculation refers to....

a)

buying too much stock on credit

b)

planting too many crops

c)

believing in evolution

d)

diet related illnesses

24.

__________________ was big on rugged individualism, a belief that people need to make it through life on their own without government help.

a)

Franklin Roosevelt (Democrat)

b)

Herbert Hoover (Republican)

25.

_______________ wanted the government to take more of an active role in managing (regulating) the economy.

a)

Roosevelt (Democrat)

b)

Hoover (Republican)

26.

__________________ believed that private charities and churches should give direct aid to people...not the federal government.

a)

Roosevelt (Democrat)

b)

Hoover (Republican)

27.

This pictures fits with what era?

a)

World War 1 (1914-1918)

b)

Great Depression (1929-1941)

c)

The Roaring 1920s

d)

World War 2 (1939-1945)

28.

Who was ultimately blamed for the Great Depression?

a)

Warren G Harding

b)

Calvin Cooledge

c)

Herbert Hoover

d)

Franklin Roosevelt

29.

Who here is being called a dictator for trying to change the Supreme Court by adding more members?

a)

Calvin Coolidge

b)

Herbert Hoover

c)

Franklin Roosevelt

d)

Harry Truman

30.

Huey Long's "Share the Wealth" idea was about...

a)

helping America get out of the Great Depression

b)

helping Russia during the Bolshevik Revolution

c)

helping England fight against Hitler

d)

helping Roosevelt implement the New Deal

31.

A lasting result of The New Deal programs signaled the federal government taking _____________ of a role in managing the economy

a)

MORE

b)

LESS

32.

In the late 1930s, what was the view of most Americans re: WWII?

a)

we should enter the war

b)

we should stay out of the war

33.

Before Hitler invaded Poland to officially start WWII, he invaded 3 regions. Which was NOT one of those first 3 BEFORE 9-1-1939?

a)

The Rhineland

b)

Czechoslovakia

c)

France

d)

Austria

34.

Which was NOT one of the ways America tried to help the Allies without actually getting into the war.

a)

Lend-Lease Act

b)

Neutrality Acts

c)

"Cash & Carry" sales

d)

D-Day Invasion

35.

This cartoon was drawn by someone who....

(hint:....what are the neutrality acts doing in this picture?)

a)

supported the Neutrality Acts

b)

opposed the Neutrality Acts

36.

What caused the "Great Migration"?

a)

increased immigration from Italy

b)

new job openings in war factories

c)

free land from the Homestead Act

d)

The Harlem Renaissance

37.

Who was "appeased" at the Munich conference?

a)

Chamberlain (Britain)

b)

De Gaulle (France)

c)

Roosevelt (USA)

d)

Hitler (Germany)

38.

In the Pacific, what strategy did we use to defeat Japan that combined land, sea and air attacks under Admiral Nimitz??

a)

leapfrogging

b)

island hopping

c)

land invasions thru Soviet Union

d)

strictly air bombing

39.

Which is NOT true about minorities & women in WWII?

a)

The Tuskegee Airmen was an all black fighter squad

b)

Japanese Americans were used as "code talkers"

c)

Women worked in factories and served in the WAAC.

d)

Many Japanese Americans were locked in internment camps after Pearl Harbor.

40.

What is the message of this cartoon?

a)

Immigrants are welcome

b)

Immigrants come to work

c)

Immigrants are dangerous

d)

Immigrants enjoy life in America

41.

What do the trees represent?

a)

people

b)

countries

c)

famous battles

d)

natural resources

42.

What's the message here? (HINT: The author is using sarcasm in the text)

a)

America can't isolate. The Nazi are coming.

b)

The Nazis can't hurt America.

c)

Nazis hate the environment

d)

America needs to stay neutral.

43.

What caused this big migration pictured in this map?

a)

The Homestead Act

b)

women's suffrage

c)

need for new farm workers up north

d)

job opportunities

44.

Which of these occurred LAST in WWII?

a)

Japan attacks the USA at Pearl Harbor

b)

USA signs Neutrality Acts

c)

USA starts the Lend-Lease Program

d)

Germany starts unrestricted submarine warfare

45.

The Bolshevik Revolution made Americans afraid of...

a)

blacks

b)

immigrants

c)

Nazis

d)

public schools

46.

The Zimmerman Telegraph was ______'s idea for ______ to attack _______.

a)

Russia / Germany / Belgium

b)

Germany / Mexico / USA

c)

France / Britain / Germany

d)

Japan / Germany / Russia

47.

Desire for nations to expand their territory, exert their power over other nations, exploit foreign countries for their resources.

a)

Nationalism

b)

Communism

c)

Totalitarianism

d)

Imperialism

48.

Schenck vs USA (1919) was a WWI court case about what issue?

a)

free speech

b)

immigration

c)

lynching laws

d)

joining the League of Nations

49.

Sacco & Vanzetti & The Palmer Raids were part of a historical period known as the....

a)

Industrial Revolution

b)

Race Riots

c)

Harlem Renaissance

d)

Red Scare

50.

The sinking of the Lusitania...Zimmerman Note...unrestricted sub warfare... were all associated with....

a)

WWI

b)

WWII

51.

Government led efforts for recycling programs, resource allocation, halting inflation, and rationing were part of...

a)

WWI

b)

WWII

c)

both wars

52.

The Treaty of Versailles ended.....

a)

WWI

b)

WWII

c)

both wars

53.

The __________ was created after WWI while the ___________ was created after WWII.

a)

United Nations / League of Nations

b)

Justice League / League of Nations

c)

Legion of Doom / League of Nations

d)

League of Nations / United Nations

54.

Which early civil rights leader promoted the ideas of "Twoness" and the "Talented Tenth"?

a)

W.E.B. Dubois

b)

Booker T. Washington

c)

Marcus Garvey

d)

A. Philip Randolph

55.

Which early civil rights leader promoted the "Back to Africa" movement?

a)

W.E.B. Dubois

b)

Booker T. Washington

c)

Marcus Garvey

d)

A. Philip Randolph

56.

Consumer purchasing of home appliances did what during the 1920s?

a)

increased

b)

decreased

c)

didn't change from the 1910s

d)

oh lawd this test gonna kill me...

57.

The Hawley-Smoot Tariff Act had the greatest impact on which event?

a)

WWI

b)

WWII

c)

Great Depression

58.

The Civilian Conservation Corp....Tennessee Valley Authority....Agricultural Adjustment Administration were created during what event?

a)

WWI

b)

The Roaring 1920s

c)

The Great Depression

d)

WWII

59.

The Munich Agreement...Double V Campaign...Korematus vs USA.... were major parts of what?

a)

WWI

b)

The 1920s

c)

The Great Depression

d)

WWII