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US History Mid-Term Review Part 2

Total questions: 86

Worksheet time: 43mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
In the 1930s, what made farmers migrate from the Great Plains?
a)
high farm prices
b)
new technologies 
c)
Dust Bowl
d)
baby boom
2.
Nickname for Stock Market Crash of 1929
a)
Black Tuesday
b)
Dooms Day
c)
Black Thursday
d)
Dooms Friday
3.
Roosevelt's collection of laws and programs to help the nation deal with the Depression was known as
a)
the New Deal.
b)
the Square Deal.
c)
the Hundred Days.
d)
Public Works.
4.
During the 1930's what event was taking place?
a)
Civil War
b)
World War 2
c)
Great Depression
5.
In the 1930's _____ was the easiest access to music, sports, news, and shows
a)
Broadway
b)
Radio 
c)
Concerts
6.
This Republican candidate for President was elected in 1928. 
a)
John J. Pershing
b)
Alfred T. Mahan 
c)
Herbert Hoover 
d)
George Washington Carver
7.
What event occurred on October 29th, 1929? 
a)
Joseph Stalin was elected President of the Soviet Union
b)
The Stock Market crashed 
c)
The U.S.S. Maine sank in Manilla Bay 
d)
Members of Congress signed the US Constitution
8.
What happened during the banking crisis? 
a)
Banks ran out of money and closed.
b)
Banks stop lending money for auto loans.
c)
The President declared that banks must close on Columbus Day.
d)
Banks began giving out free money.
9.
Many people reduced the amount they spent on products. What did businesses do because of "reduced consumer spending"? 
a)
Hired more workers and increased production of goods.
b)
Fired and laid-off workers or reduced the number of hours they worked.
c)
Paid employees more. 
d)
Opened new factories and offices.
10.
Many Americans lost their homes during the Great Depression. Where did many of them end up living? 
a)
Muckvilles 
b)
Hoovervilles 
c)
Harleysville 
d)
Hoopertown
11.
Farmers also experienced difficult times. What happened to the price of their crops? 
a)
The price of crops increased
b)
The price of crops decreased
c)
The price of crops stayed the same
d)
All crops died
12.
What major event affected many farmers in the Midwest states?
a)
The Super Bowl 
b)
The Farmers Bowl 
c)
The Cotton Bowl 
d)
The Dust Bowl
13.
What happens to families during the Great Depression? 
a)
Families remained unchanged during the Great Depression
b)
All children were given away to orphanages
c)
Many men abandoned their families
d)
There were no new marriages
14.
Who did Americans blame for the problems of the Great Depression? 
a)
Germany and the Central Powers
b)
Franklin D. Roosevelt
c)
Themselves 
d)
Herbert Hoover 
15.
What was one of the goals of the New Deal?
a)
Relief, Recovery, Reform
b)
Create collectivism
c)
Increase deflation
d)
Voluntary action
16.
What was the name of FDR's plan to reconstruct America following the Great Depression?
a)
No Deal
b)
New Deal
c)
Reconstruction
d)
FDR's Plan
17.
Charities that provided bread and soup to homeless and jobless people during the Depression were called _______?
a)
Priest Palace
b)
Soup and Salad Bowls
c)
Soup Kitchens
d)
Goodwill
18.
What were the 3 main programs President Roosevelt established to help reconstruct the U.S. economy?
a)
WPA, CCC, TAV
b)
CCC, TVA, WPA
c)
WAP, COP, WWW
d)
TVA, WPA, UGA
19.
Who was an Atlanta native who won a Pulitzer Prize for Gone With the Wind, a novel set in the South during the Civil War?
a)
Mrs. Santos
b)
Jesse Owens
c)
Margaret Mitchell
d)
Robert E. Lee
20.

Migrants from the Great Plains headed west in search of better lives were called

a)

Okies

b)

Speculators

c)

Wagners

d)

Hoosier

21.

To regulate the stock market, Congress created the

a)

Public Works Administration

b)

Tennessee Valley Authority

c)

Securities & Exchange Commission

d)

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

22.

People who took a chance on the stock market were called

a)

Speculators

b)

Okies

c)

Bailiffs

d)

Republicans

23.

Buying on margin was a method of buying stocks

a)

with mostly borrowed money.

b)

without any risk.

c)

without using a broker.

d)

by pooling money with others.

24.

The first feature-length animated film was

a)

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington.

b)

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.

c)

The Wizard of Oz.

d)

Mickey Mouse Club.

25.

During the 1930s, why did many Americans partake in popular entertainment like movies & radio?

a)

It focused on homelessness and unemployed.

b)

evoked anger at social injustice.

c)

created thrills with new special effects.

d)

provided a release from daily worries.

26.

The Triple Entente included

a)

Germany, Bulgaria, and Italy

b)

Germany, Austria-Hungary, and the Ottoman Empire

c)

Britain, France, and Russia

d)

Britain, France, and the US

27.

What was the name of President Wilson's plan for peace?

a)

Zimmerman Telegram

b)

Sussex Pledge

c)

Treaty of Versailles

d)

Fourteen Points

28.

Which event sparked the beginning of WWI?

a)

the Zimmerman telegram

b)

assassination of Archduke Ferdinand

c)

sinking of the Lusitania

d)

Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism, Nationalism

29.

To conserve energy during WWI, which of the following was introduced?

a)

longer days

b)

daylight savings time

c)

Hooverizing

d)

corn-based fuels corn-based fuels

30.

What was formed by the gov't to freeze prices and wages and control production of war goods?

a)

National War Labor Board

b)

War Industries Board

c)

Committee on Public Information

d)

League of Nations

31.

What was the ruling in Schenck v. US?

a)

separate but equal is okay

b)

free speech can be limited with "clear and present danger"

c)

right to bear arms could be limited for immigrants

d)

Sedition Act was unconstitutional

32.

What country had to admit guilt for WWI according to the Treaty of Versailles?

a)

Germany

b)

Russia

c)

Austria-Hungary

d)

Italy

33.

The Triple Alliance included

a)

Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy

b)

Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Russia

c)

Britain, France, and Russia

d)

Britain, France, US

34.

Which country was encouraged to attack the US in the Zimmerman Telegram?

a)

Germany

b)

Italy

c)

Mexico

d)

Russia

35.

Whose job was to encourage American support for WWI?

a)

J. Edgar Hoover

b)

War Propaganda Board

c)

War Industries Board

d)

Committee on Public Information

36.

Which legislation silenced criticism of the war at home?

a)

Committee on Public Information

b)

Espionage and Sedition Acts

c)

The Red Scare

d)

Palmer Raids

37.

What was the name of battles in the air between aircrafts?

a)

zeppelins

b)

trench warfare

c)

no man's land

d)

dog fights

38.

What group took power in Russia during WWI and established a communist regime?

a)

Bolsheviks

b)

Serbs

c)

Slovenes

d)

Bosnians

39.

Who led the Food Administration during WWI?

a)

Hebert Hoover

b)

Bernard Baruch

c)

George Creel

d)

J Edgar Hoover

40.

What is a method of citizens loaning money to the government to pay for war?

a)

propaganda

b)

sussex pledge

c)

espionage

d)

war bonds

41.

What was the name of the peace-keeping organization proposed by Wilson?

a)

Fourteen Points

b)

League of Nations

c)

United Nations

d)

Sussex Pledge

42.

What was the name of the area between the trenches that contained barbed wire and land mines?

a)

no man's land

b)

danger zone

c)

ground zero

43.

What is the name for information designed to influence opinion?

a)

yellow journalism

b)

media

c)

muckraking

d)

propaganda

44.

Which of the following countries was not one of the Allies?

a)

Germany

b)

Great Britain

c)

USA

d)

France

45.

What is the name for a cease-fire?

a)

armistice

b)

propaganda

c)

treaty

d)

espionage

46.

Bosnian revolutionary behind assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand

a)

Gavrilo Princip

b)

Lusitania

c)

Vladimir Lenin

d)

Four-Minute Men

47.

British ship sunk by Germany, killing over 1,000 passengers

a)

Gavrilo Princip

b)

Lusitania

c)

Vladimir Lenin

d)

Four-Minute Men

48.

gave patriotic speeches urging support of war effort

a)

Gavrilo Princip

b)

Lusitania

c)

Vladimir Lenin

d)

Four-Minute Men

49.

Bolshevik leader

a)

Gavrilo Princip

b)

Lusitania

c)

Vladimir Lenin

d)

Four-Minute Men

50.

goods prohibited from shipment to Germany or its allies

a)

Liberty Bonds

b)

espionage

c)

propaganda

d)

contraband

51.

spying to acquire government secrets

a)

Liberty Bonds

b)

espionage

c)

propaganda

d)

contraband

52.

method of loaning money to the government to pay for war

a)

Liberty Bonds

b)

espionage

c)

propaganda

d)

contraband

53.

information designed to influence opinion

a)

Liberty Bonds

b)

espionage

c)

propaganda

d)

contraband

54.

To prevent strikes from disrupting the war effort, the government established the

a)

Committee on Public Information.

b)

League of Nations.

c)

National War Labor Board

d)

War Industries Board.

55.

The Great Migration during World War I was the flow of

a)

African Americans moving from the South to Northern cities.

b)

European immigrants fleeing to the United States to escape the war in Europe.

c)

French refugees fleeing to Britain ahead of the German onslaught.

d)

Mexicans fleeing to the American Southwest to escape political turmoil.

56.
One reason for US fears of communism in the 1920's was that
a)
millions of Bolsheviks were migrating to the US
b)
the Bolsheviks had taken over Russia during World War I
c)
a Bolshevik army was sailing to the US
d)
Bolshevik spies were found in the US government
57.
The fear of communism taking over the US during the 1920's was called the
a)
Red Menace
b)
Bolshevik Revolution
c)
Red Scare
d)
Palmer Revolt
58.
The move to arrest & deport supposed communists in 1919 & 1920 was called the
a)
Red Scare
b)
Palmer Raids
c)
Red Menace
d)
Emergency Quota Act
59.
One of the reasons the KKK revitalized during the 1920's was
a)
the start of the civil rights movement in the South
b)
the increasing role of black figures in society
c)
the large numbers of immigrants coming into the US
d)
the increasing role of women in society
60.
Nativism is
a)
the idea that Native Americans should have more land
b)
the distrust of immigrants by Americans
c)
a fear of radical ideas
d)
hatred of all people by Native Americans
61.
Nativists in the 1920's had a particular dislike for
a)
mobsters & gangsters from Italy
b)
Irish & German immigrants
c)
Catholics, Jews, & immigrants from southern & eastern Europe
d)
poor immigrants
62.
The director of the FBI during the 1920's was
a)
Elliot Ness
b)
J. Edgar Hoover
c)
John Dillinger
d)
Enoch Johnson
63.
Who are Sacco & Vanzetti
a)
a company
b)
random people
c)
??????
d)
Two anarchist arrested and killed
64.
Coolidge became president in 1923 because ____.
a)
the people impeached Harding
b)
John Wilkes Booth assassinated Harding
c)
the US went to war
d)
Harding died while touring the US
65.

Which was the name of a scandal during Harding's presidency?

a)

Business Boom Scandal

b)

Supplemental Draft Scandal

c)

Toaster Scandal

d)

Teapot Dome Scandal

66.

a system that sets limits on how many immigrants from various countries a nation will admit each year

a)

Nativism

b)

Quota System

c)

Ohio Gang

d)

Teapot Dome Scandal

e)

Urban Sprawl

67.

a set of regulations, enacted by Congress in 1922, that raised taxes on imports to record levels in order to protect American businesses against foreign competition

a)

Installment Plan

b)

Isolationism

c)

Fordney-MCcumber Tariff

d)

Communism

e)

Anarchist

68.

Debate over the ______ ___ ________divided America

a)

League of Nation

b)

Communism

c)

Ku Klux Klan

d)

The Red Scare

69.

renounced war as a means of national policy

a)

Kellogg-Briand Pact

b)

Dawes Plan

c)

Teapot Dome Act

d)

Emergency Quota Act

70.

By the mid 20’s, the average Americans disposable income

a)

increased

b)

decreased

c)

stayed the same

71.

Two factors that transformed the nation

a)

Electricity

b)

Automobile

c)

Boston Police Strike

d)

The Coal Miners Strike

72.

3 issues in the 20s that'd would led to problems in the future

a)

Businesses expanded recklessly.

b)

Farms nationwide suffered losses due to overproduction

c)

Too much was bought on credit including stocks

d)

All of these

e)

None of these

73.

Major flaw of the Kellogg-Briand Pact

a)

it was difficult to enforce

b)

no nations signed it

c)

it increased the likelihood of war

d)

President Harding didn't support it

74.
The goal of the National Origins Act of 1924 was to
a)
reduce immigration from the United States to European Countries
b)
revive the Ku Klux Klan
c)
reduce immigration to the United States from the European countries
d)
create more jobs
75.
What was the name of the 1924 agreement with America which helped German economic stability?
a)
Dawes Plan
b)
Locarno Plan
c)
Treaty of Versailles
d)
Young Plan
76.

What did the 18th Amendment do?

a)

It gave all women the right to vote

b)

It gave African American men the right to vote

c)

It made drinking alcohol illegal

d)

It made selling, making, and distributing alcohol illegal

77.

Which Amendment gave all women the right to vote?

a)

15th

b)

19th

c)

17th

d)

16th

78.
The federal law that actually put Prohibition into effect was called the
a)
National Origins Act
b)
Emergency Quota Act
c)
Volstead Act 
d)
Dawes Act
79.
The Harlem Renaissance refers to:
a)
A literary and artistic movement celebrating African-American culture
b)
A struggle for civil rights by the NAACP
c)
A program to promote African-American owned businesses
d)
A population increase in Harlem during the 1920s
80.

A new breed of young women who wore short skirts, cut their hair into a "bob", and listened and danced to jazz music.

a)

Suffragists

b)

Flappers

c)

Idols

d)

Models

81.

Which factory model did Henry Ford adopt to make his automobiles more quickly?

a)

Individual artisan

b)

Assembly Line

c)

Dis-Assembly Line

82.
Which person accepted social separation and believed racial equality could be achieved through vocational education?
a)
 Booker T. Washington
b)
Martin Luther King, Jr. 
c)
. W.E.B. Du Bois                               
d)
William Lloyd Douglas
83.
Which of the following believed in full political, civil, and social rights for African Americans?
a)
William Lloyd Douglas
b)
W.E.B. Du Bois
c)
George Washington     
d)
Booker T. Washington
84.

In 1909, who helped found the NAACP?

a)

Booker T Washington

b)

Alexander Graham Bell

c)

WEB DuBois

d)

Thomas Edison

85.
In 1895, DuBois became the first African American to receive a doctoral degree from the University of
a)
None
b)
Harvard
c)
Buffalo
d)
Oxford
86.

The Rosewood Massacre was an attack on the predominantly African American town of Rosewood, Florida, in 1923 by large groups of white aggressors.

a)

True

b)

False

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