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APUSH Period 8 Test

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What posed the greatest barrier to FDR's New Deal?

a)

Senate Republicans

b)

The Supreme Court

c)

Opposition from the American people

d)

Lack of money

2.

Taft's Dollar Diplomacy is based on the idea of:

a)

Expanding democracy though military intervention

b)

Establishing military bases in developing nations

c)

Using economics rather than the military to gain influence abroad

d)

Allowing free trade of goods to China

3.

Which amendment gave women the right to vote?

a)

15th

b)

16th

c)

18th

d)

19th

4.

The 16th amendment created -

a)

The Federal Reserve

b)

The Income Tax

c)

The FDIC

d)

The FDA

5.

The Harlem Renaissance is most closely associated with -

a)

Black music and literature that generated cultural pride

b)

Fear of racism and lynching in the South

c)

Racial separatism and black nationalism

d)

The writings of W.E.B. DuBois, such as The Souls of Black Folk

6.

Eugene Debs was

a)

A socialist

b)

A multi-time candidate for president

c)

The key labor leader in the Pullman Strike

d)

Convicted of violating the Sedition Act in WWI

7.

The Fourteen Points included:

a)

Freedom of the Seas

b)

Reduction of trade barriers

c)

Self-Determination

d)

League of Nations

8.

How was the US's involvement in WWI and WWII similar?

a)

The US attempted to stay neutral

b)

The US only joined after a direct attack on US soil

c)

The US played a decisive role in the victory

d)

The US was heavily involved in post-war peace deals

9.

How did WWII change the role of women in the US?

a)

Women took more roles in politics.

b)

Women were allowed to enlist in all branches of the military

c)

After the war women married older and had fewer kids

d)

Women took on key industrial jobs during the war

10.

The Pure Food and Drug Act created -

a)

The Federal Reserve

b)

The Department of Agriculture

c)

The Food and Drug Administration

d)

The IRS

11.

Two of the most important adovates for child labor reform were:

a)

Florence Kelley and Mother Jones

b)

Frances Perkins and Alice Paul

c)

Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Jane Addams

d)

Carry Nation and Margaret Sanger

12.

Though Progressives brought many changes, they failed to address:

a)

Monopolies

b)

Women's Rights

c)

Segregatation

d)

The issues of farmers

13.

Henry Luce's American Century was published during WWII and argues -

a)

That the US should play a more active role in the world

b)

That isolationism is the best long-term plan for the US

c)

The imperialism of the Progressive Era was against American values

d)

That the US should share its wealth with less fortunate nations

14.

John Scopes was put on trial for -

a)

Violating Prohibition laws

b)

His involvement with the KKK

c)

Being suspected of communist activity

d)

Teaching Evolution

15.

Fordism impacted the US by -

a)

Allowing for cheap mass production

b)

Increasing access to consumer goods

c)

Improving working conditions in factories

d)

Encouraging the assimilation of immigrants

16.

As a response to the problems or rural poverty and drought in the 1930s, many families -

a)

Moved out of the Great Plains

b)

Switched to the Republican party

c)

Joined the Populist Party

d)

Supported the New Deal

17.

How was the Second Ku Klux Klan of the 1920s different from the First Klan

a)

It was more secretive than the first klan

b)

There were fewer members in the second klan than the first

c)

The Second Klan targeted Jews, Catholics, and immigrants in addition to blacks.

d)

The Second Klan had little political influence, unlike the first klan

18.

Flappers did all of the following except:

a)

Wore revealing clothes

b)

Smoke and drank alcohol

c)

Took birth control

d)

Supported a fundamentalist worldview

19.

During WWII the US interned Japanse Americans under -

a)

Executive Order 8802

b)

Executive Order 9981

c)

Executive Order 9066

d)

Executive Order 8675

20.

The American Plan impacted labor by -

a)

outlawing the "closed shop"

b)

encouraging union membership

c)

reviving the Knights of Labor

d)

Advocating for strikes and work stoppages

21.

According to the Schenck v. US ruling, limits on the freedom of speech are -

a)

always unconstitutional

b)

constitutional, but only during wartime

c)

constitutional if the speech presents a "clear and present danger"

d)

constitutional since the Executive Branch has wide freedom to interpret the Constitution

22.

Woodrow Wilson's key goal of involvement in WWI was -

a)

to make the world safe for democracy

b)

to retaliate against repeated treaty violations

c)

to fight for an end to the imperialism of the era

d)

to improve the US's economic standing in the world

23.

Jane Addams' Hull House was a settlement house that -

a)

supported immigration quotas

b)

Americanized immigrants

c)

Offered services in exchange for immigrant votes

d)

exemplified the philosophy of the Social Gospel

24.

Why is the Spanish-American war referred to as the "Splendid Little War"?

a)

It ended quickly with few casualties

b)

Yellow Journalists wanted it to have a positive nickname to make it easier for the people to support

c)

It was a victory that gave the US control of colonies like Puerto Rico and Guam.

d)

The Spanish agreed to rules of engagement that made it more dignified than other conflicts

25.

People who support imperialism because they think it "civilizes" lesser peoples believe in -

a)

Social Darwinism

b)

The White Man's Burden

c)

The Gospel of Wealth

d)

The Social Gospel

26.

Why is the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire considered the most significant workplace disaster in US History?

a)

It was the only time immigrant workers died on the job in large numbers

b)

It led to new fire and safety regulations

c)

It mostly killed white men, which made society take the tragedy more seriously

d)

It led to the establishment of minimum wages and child labor laws

27.

Which of the following was not a muckraker of the Progressive Era?

a)

Upton Sinclair

b)

Jacob Riis

c)

Ida Tarbell

d)

Margaret Sanger

28.

The greatest scandal of Warren G. Harding's presidency was -

a)

his long-running affair

b)

the Teapot Dome Scandal in which a government official accepted bribes from an oil company

c)

his handling of the Bonus Army March, in which he deployed the military to end the protest

d)

his attempt to break into the offices of his political rivals during his reelection campaign

29.

The New Deal program that created the first federal safety net program was -

a)

The TVA

b)

The CCC

c)

Social Security

d)

The Wagner Act

30.

The turning point battle in the Pacific Theater of WWII was -

a)

Midway

b)

Guadalcanal

c)

Iwo Jima

d)

Okinawa