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USH 1 Summer School 2020 Final Exam Review

Total questions: 65

Worksheet time: 56mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

a policy of extending a country's power and influence through diplomacy or military force

a)

imperialism

b)

nationalism

c)

isolationism

d)

progressivism

2.

What policy is demonstrated in this image?

a)

imperialism

b)

nationalism

c)

progressivism

d)

isolationism

3.

What was the Lusitania?

a)

Ship sunk by German torpedoes

b)

Ship sunk by Spanish naval mines

c)

Airplane that dropped the first atomic bomb

d)

Automobile created by Henry Ford

4.

This was a secret communication issued by Germany in January 1917 that proposed a military alliance between Germany and Mexico in World War I.

a)

Wilson Telegram

b)

Zimmerman Telegram

c)

Kaiser Pledge

d)

Wilhelm Pledge

5.

issued by the U.S. government during World War I to raise money for the war

a)

bonds

b)

propaganda

c)

scrap drives

d)

reparations

6.

What is pictured?

a)

trench warfare

b)

guerrilla warfare

c)

chemical warfare

d)

amphibious warfare

7.

movement of millions of African Americans out of the rural South to the urban Northeast, Midwest, and West during World War I and the 1920s

a)

Great Migration

b)

Harlem Renaissance

c)

Reconstruction

d)

Progressive Era

8.

president during World War I

a)

Woodrow Wilson

b)

Theodore Roosevelt

c)

Warren Harding

d)

Calvin Coolidge

9.

president when the stock market crashed in 1929

a)

Herbert Hoover

b)

Franklin Roosevelt

c)

Theodore Roosevelt

d)

Calvin Coolidge

10.

president who proposed the League of Nations

a)

Abraham Lincoln

b)

Woodrow Wilson

c)

Franklin Roosevelt

d)

Thomas Jefferson

11.

blamed Germany for World War I and charged the country $33 billion in reparations

a)

League of Nations

b)

War Guilt Clause

c)

Fourteen Points

d)

Olive Branch Petition

12.

Treaty of Versailles

a)

ended World War I

b)

ended the Civil War

c)

ended the War of 1812

d)

ended the Spanish-American War

13.

Which country never joined the League of Nations?

a)

Britain

b)

France

c)

U.S.

d)

Italy

14.

Emergency Quota Act of 1921

a)

forbid Americans from traveling to Germany

b)

restricted the number of European immigrants to the U.S. (quota set at 3%)

c)

provided funds to Germany so they could pay reparations to Britain and France

d)

prohibited consumption of alcohol in the U.S.

15.

Protestant Christian movement grounded in a literal interpretation of the Bible

a)

Fundamentalism

b)

Creationism

c)

Evolutionism

d)

Progressivism

16.

a flourishing of African American culture made possible by the Great Migration

a)

Harlem Renaissance

b)

Progressive Era

c)

Civil Rights Movement

d)

Abolition Movement

17.

acquisition of goods in ever-increasing amounts

a)

consumerism

b)

advertising

c)

assembly line

d)

mass production

18.

system in which buyers can take and use goods by paying a percentage of the price as a deposit and pay the rest as a series of regular payments

a)

installment plan

b)

stock

c)

margin call

d)

interest

19.

What is a flapper?

a)

young woman of the 1920s who defied societal norms

b)

woman of the early 1900s who protested for suffrage

c)

woman who worked in a factory during World War I

d)

woman who served on the battlefields during World War I

20.

share of ownership in a company

a)

stock

b)

margin

c)

dividend

d)

corporation

21.

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

a)

stock market speculation

b)

overproduction of goods

c)

safe lending policies of banks

d)

availability of easy credit

22.

when many depositors decide to withdraw their money from a bank at one time

a)

bank run

b)

bank fund

c)

margin call

d)

bull run

23.

What was happening to the stock market throughout most of the 1920s?

a)

Stock prices were rising beyond their true value.

b)

Stock prices were falling beyond their true value.

c)

Investors bought stock at full price.

d)

Stockbrokers were selling stock with little risk.

24.

What happened when banks failed following the stock market crash of 1929?

a)

People lost their entire savings.

b)

The federal government insured deposits up to $250,000.

c)

The federal government insured deposits up to $2,500.

d)

People received direct relief from the government.

25.

What was the term for the shantytowns that emerged during the Great Depression?

a)

Hoovervilles

b)

Roosevilles

c)

Shackvilles

d)

Salvagevilles

26.

______ believed the economy would fix itself if people worked hard enough; ______ believed that the federal government should take direct action to provide relief to its people.

a)

Hoover; Roosevelt

b)

Roosevelt; Hoover

27.

What was used by families on the Great Plains to move west during the Dust Bowl?

a)

Transcontinental Railroad

b)

Route 66

c)

National Road

d)

Oregon Trail

28.

What medium was used by FDR to provided regular updates during the Great Depression?

a)

radio

b)

television

c)

newspaper

d)

internet

29.

What is the term for when the government spends more money than it is taking in?

a)

direct relief

b)

stimulus check

c)

deficit spending

d)

bull market

30.

Which of the following was NOT a result of FDR's New Deal?

a)

Decrease in the unemployment rate

b)

Increase in the federal debt

c)

Increase in the public's trust in banks

d)

Complete economic recovery

31.

Which of the following ended the Great Depression?

a)

World War I

b)

World War II

c)

The New Deal

d)

The Second New Deal

32.

plan under which Native Americans would give up their culture and become part of white culture

a)

assimilation

b)

abolitionism

c)

imperialism

d)

Manifest Destiny

33.

movement to end slavery

a)

abolitionism

b)

Reconstruction

c)

Harlem Renaissance

d)

assimilation

34.

determined that "separate but equal" facilities for blacks and whites were legal

a)

Plessy v. Ferguson

b)

Dred Scott v. Sandford

c)

Munn v. Illinois

d)

Brown v. Board of Education

35.

the policy of protecting the interests of native-born inhabitants against those of immigrants

a)

nativism

b)

nationalism

c)

imperialism

d)

Americanization

36.

What is depicted in white?

a)

Louisiana Purchase

b)

Missouri Purchase

c)

Gadsden Purchase

d)

Mexican Cession

37.

national policy of avoiding political or economic entanglements with other countries

a)

imperialism

b)

isolationism

c)

nativism

d)

nationalism

38.

passed in order to draft soldiers for World War I

a)

Selective Service Act

b)

Volstead Act

c)

Wagner Act

d)

Sedition Act

39.

Which of the following was NOT an impact of the transcontinental railroad?

a)

implementation of time zones

b)

linked East and West

c)

allowed for rapid industrialization

d)

increased demand for slaves

40.

civil rights organization

a)

NAACP

b)

WPA

c)

CCC

d)

FDA

41.

created to limit the powers of the federal government and protect the rights of citizens

a)

Bill of Rights

b)

Articles of Confederation

c)

Emancipation Proclamation

d)

Gettysburg Address

42.

period during which the U.S. began to rebuild after the Civil War

a)

Reconstruction

b)

Progressivism

c)

Imperialism

d)

Industrialization

43.

enacted Prohibition

a)

15th Amendment

b)

18th Amendment

c)

19th Amendment

d)

21st Amendment

44.

repealed Prohibition

a)

18th Amendment

b)

19th Amendment

c)

20th Amendment

d)

21st Amendment

45.

extended the right to vote to women

a)

15th Amendment

b)

18th Amendment

c)

19th Amendment

d)

20th Amendment

46.

series of programs, public work projects, financial reforms, and regulations enacted by FDR to address the Great Depression

a)

New Deal

b)

Fair Deal

c)

Square Deal

d)

Best Deal

47.

Which areas was the U.S. most interested in having control over in the late 1800s and early 1900s?

a)

islands in the Pacific, islands in the Caribbean, Central America

b)

islands in the Caribbean, Africa, and South America

c)

Canada and Mexico

d)

Europe and Africa

48.

What was the primary reason for U.S. imperialism in the Pacific Ocean?

a)

naval bases for easy access to Asia

b)

naval bases for easy access to Africa

c)

source of new slave labor

d)

place for a high-profile prison

49.

Which of the following was NOT an outcome of the Great Migration?

a)

competition between races for employment

b)

increased black population in farming communities

c)

race riots

d)

resurgence of KKK activity

50.

What was Wilson's main goal for the peace treaty ending World War I?

a)

prevent another world war

b)

punish Germany

c)

gain territory for the United States

d)

spread communism

51.

Nickname for the day the stock market crashed in October 1929

a)

Armistice Day

b)

Black Tuesday

c)

Black Friday

d)

Black Monday

52.

Focuses of FDR's New Deal

a)

Reconstruction, Recovery, Relief

b)

Relief, Recovery, Reconciliation

c)

Relief, Recovery, Reform

d)

Recovery, Reform, Reconstruction

53.

What does the political cartoon imply about FDR's New Deal?

a)

It was funded through loans from European countries.

b)

It was funded through deficit spending.

c)

It was funded through selling government bonds.

d)

It was funded through taxes.

54.

The picture depicts...

a)

the Dust Bowl of the Great Plains.

b)

Hoovervilles.

c)

bank runs.

55.

The picture depicts...

a)

the Dust Bowl of the Great Plains.

b)

Hoovervilles.

c)

bank runs.

56.

The picture depicts...

a)

the Dust Bowl of the Great Plains.

b)

Hoovervilles.

c)

bank runs.

57.

Which country had the greatest number of casualties during World War I?

a)

Austria-Hungary

b)

Germany

c)

Russia

d)

United States

58.

What happened to suicide rates during the Great Depression?

a)

It was the lowest it's been in the past 90 years.

b)

It was the highest it's been in the past 90 years.

c)

It was relatively similar to the rate during World War II.

d)

It was lower than the rate during World War II.

59.

What was the unemployment rate when the Second New Deal was initiated?

a)

~5%

b)

~15%

c)

~20%

d)

~35%

60.

One major outcome of FDR's New Deal was...

a)

a decrease in federal debt.

b)

an increase in the power of state governments.

c)

a decrease in the power of the federal government.

d)

an increase in the power of the federal government.

61.

Which two organizations were created to restore faith in financial institutions during the Great Depression?

a)

AAA and CCC

b)

CCC and WPA

c)

FDIC and SEC

d)

TVA and AAA

62.

Which of the following was NOT provided under the Social Security program?

a)

support for those 65+

b)

support for the unemployed

c)

support for the disabled

d)

debt forgiveness

63.

What was the goal of prohibitionists?

a)

eliminate alcohol from society

b)

raise the legal drinking age

c)

gain rights, such as suffrage, for women

d)

decrease child labor in dangerous workplaces

64.

True or False? Trench warfare resulted in a stalemate on the western front of World War I.

a)

True

b)

False

65.

All of the following worked to enforce segregation and discrimination and limit the rights of African Americans EXCEPT...

a)

Black codes

b)

Jim Crow laws

c)

Literacy tests

d)

Grandfather clauses

e)

Poll taxes