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CPA 5 Review 2019-20

Total questions: 26

Worksheet time: 52mins

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Class
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1.

In this photograph we see the need in 1943 for what?

a)

outlaw close-shop and collective-bargaining practices by labor unions

b)

increase federal funding for aviation

c)

maintain the country’s military and industrial production levels

d)

pass an amendment to protect women from discrimination

2.

What does this 1937 political cartoon make fun of?

a)

President Franklin D. Roosevelt threatened the principle of checks and balances

b)

Congress had given the federal government too much power over the states

c)

The Supreme Court wanted to abolished judicial review.

d)

Members of Congress violated the elastic clause of the Constitution

3.

What did the success of the Tuskegee Airmen help to encourage after the end of WWII?

a)

minorities to outnumber Whites for enlistment into the armed forces

b)

migration of African-Americans to military bases along the West Coast

c)

African-Americans to increase efforts to end racial discrimination

d)

southern states to adopt Jim Crow laws

4.

What earlier decision did Brown v Board of Education reverse?

a)

Worcester v. Georgia, which established that the federal government rather than individual

states had authority in American Indian Affairs

b)

Marbury v. Madison, which established the principle of justice review

c)

Dred Scott v. Sandford, which proclaimed that slaves could not be citizens

d)

Plessy v. Ferguson, which endorsed racial segregation laws

5.

What is the primary effect of this headline?

a)

Germany surrendered to the Allies and promised to help in the fight against Japan

b)

The United States initiated the Marshall Plan to help with the rebuilding of Japan.

c)

World War II ended with Japan surrendering to the Allies.

d)

The Soviet Union invaded Japan to gain access to natural resources.

6.

The settlement of the Great Plains was helped most by which of the following?

a)

The discovery of precious metals

b)

A series of federal land grants

c)

The availability of buffalo

d)

A decrease in agricultural production

7.

What was the purpose of the Civil Rights Act of 1957?

a)

people cannot be banned from public areas based on race

b)

all citizens had the right to vote

c)

discrimination for housing based on race is illegal

d)

women and minorities may hold elected office

8.

The Navajo words in this chart were used for what purpose during WWII?

a)

As signal words for Allied spies posing as civilians

b)

As a language of diplomacy for exchanges with enemy forces

c)

As propaganda to improve morale among Allied soldiers

d)

As a secret code for communicating battle plans between Allied units

9.

Why were Schenck v. United States during World War I, and Korematsu v. United States during World War II important rulings by SCOTUS?

a)

limited an individuals civil liberties during wartime

b)

limited an individual's freedom from unreasonable search and seizure

c)

limited the due process of the law for the accused during wartime

d)

limited an individual's religious freedoms

10.

What answer best completes this excerpt?

a)

founded a private hospital for children with polio

b)

developed a vaccine against the frightening disease

c)

identified the mode by which the disease was transmitted

d)

discovered a cure for infantile paralysis

11.

The sticker found in this illustration send what kind of a message to the people that use this bank?

a)

Limitations on the role of the federal government in providing home loans

b)

Restrictions on the federal government’s ability to set prime interest rates

c)

The federal government’s assurance of protection on individual bank deposits

d)

The power of the federal government to privatize the bank in order to stimulate economic

growth

12.

What did the launching of Sputnik by the Soviet Union cause the US to do?

a)

developing agencies to compete in space and grants encouraging students to study math

and science

b)

escalating the Cold War tensions by deporting Soviet Union citizens from colleges and

universities

c)

establishing nuclear defense stations positioned in strategic areas in eastern Europe

d)

compromising on denouncing the Soviet aggression in Afghanistan and China

13.

The locations on this map were established as a direct result of what?

a)

the U.S. internment of German American along the Eastern Coast of the U.S.

b)

President Franklin D. Roosevelt's Executive Order 9066

c)

the creation of the Office of War Information

d)

the Supreme Court ruling on Korematsu v. United States

14.

Which of the following is an ongoing result of the New Deal?

a)

State governments deny residency to persons working in other states.

b)

The federal government funds a space-exploration program

c)

People can rely more on the federal government during times of economic distress

d)

State governments use property taxes to fund social security programs.

15.

The population growth shown on this map is best attributed to which pull factor?

a)

The availability of land grants for homesteaders

b)

Better soil conditions in previously uncultivated areas

c)

The lower cost of living in urban areas

d)

Better economic opportunities with less discrimination

16.

What economic effect does the data on this graph represent?

a)

the federal domestic programs created as part of the Great Society

b)

incentives offered under the Bracero Program to temporary laborers

c)

assistance offered by the GI Bill to soldiers returning from World War II

d)

the rapid demobilization of U.S. defense industries after World War II

17.

The Dust Bowl was most impacted by which of these factors?

a)

Prolonged drought and poor farming practices

b)

Severe heat and rapid suburban development

c)

Flash flooding and intense deforestation

d)

High winds and railroad construction

18.

What was one way that political bosses gained voter support in the 19th century?

a)

advocating the use of poll taxes

b)

providing public assistance for former slaves

c)

making improvements in urban infrastructure

d)

campaigning for women’s suffrage

19.

In the early 1950s the US involvement in East Asia was primarily because---

a)

International groups needed help investigating North Korean officials charged with

corruption.

b)

Democratic reformers sought help from the U.S. military to overthrow dictatorial regimes in

Korea.

c)

Communities in Korea needed humanitarian aid due to a famine.

d)

North Korean attempts to unify the peninsula challenged the U.S. policy of containment.

20.

The campaign described in this Martin Luther King excerpt had this major result?

a)

There is a larger gap in the standard of living between rich and poor citizens.

b)

The national identity of the United States has become more inclusive.

c)

There are fewer citizens who support the practice of civil disobedience.

d)

The ideal of religious freedom is accepted throughout the United States.

21.

The troops being addressed by this order in 1944 were being sent to----

a)

transport weapons to Great Britain

b)

capture the Italian mainland

c)

repel an attack on Stalingrad

d)

invade the beaches of Normandy

22.

Why was Pearl Harbor attacked by Japan?

a)

the Japanese naval fleet had been defeated at the Battle of Midway

b)

the U.S. strategy of island hopping had disturbed Pacific trade routes

c)

U.S. trade sanctions had caused shortages of oil, gas, and rubber

d)

Japanese Americans had been relocated to internment camps

23.

The planes in this illustration were serving what purpose?

a)

To rescue concentration camp prisoners

b)

To invade countries left unprotected by Soviet forces

c)

To assist in the rapid deployment of additional forces

d)

To provide relief supplies to a city held hostage

24.

During the Progressive Era the creation of the recall, initiative, and referendum resulted in what?

a)

more sources of revenue for state governments

b)

the expansion of citizen's direct participation in the democratic process

c)

a redistribution of the tax burden among citizens

d)

a system of separate schools for new immigrants

25.

The Sherman Antitrust Act resulted in which of the following?

a)

The influence of labor unions on factory owners was reduced.

b)

Businesses were required to pay fees to open overseas locations

c)

Workers secured a greater share of company profits.

d)

The federal government could dissolve business monopolies

26.

The foreign policy shown in this cartoon was meant to do what?

a)

The Marshall Plan would provide military assistance to nations unable to defend themselves against Soviet aggression.

b)

The Truman Doctrine would provide money to help nations from becoming part of the Soviet-controlled Eastern Bloc.

c)

The Potsdam Conference would allow the U.S. to lead the democratization of nations formerly under Soviet control.

d)

The European Recovery Program would provide financial aid to countries that allowed U.S. bases to be built during the war.