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Worksheets5th SS Benchmark
Total questions: 39
Worksheet time: 3hrs 13mins
Which of the following was a goal of the Ku Klux Klan?
A.
help freed African Americans get education
B.
ensure the well-being of all citizens
C.
prevent African Americans from exercising their rights
D.
protect the rights of African Americans
Which Supreme Court case ruled in favor of segregation stating that facilities could be separate but equal?
A.
Plessy vs. Ferguson
B.
Brown vs. Board of Education
C.
Dred Scott
D.
Civil Rights Act
Which of the following was a common reason for people to migrate to the United States?
A.
to work on a farm
B.
to find political and religious freedom
C.
to live in a bigger city
D.
to fulfill a desire to live in a tenement
Which of the following was a factor that pushed many people from their home countries?
A.
equal rights
B.
poverty
C.
rich farmland
D.
religious freedom
What best explains why Native-born Americans were prejudiced against immigrants?
A.
Americans believed that immigrants would try to convert them to Catholicism.
B.
Americans believed that immigrants would make new inventions.
C.
Americans believed that immigrants were morally corrupt.
D.
Americans believed that immigrants would take land from them.
What was the effect of big business on immigration?
A.
Big business caused immigration to decrease because they offered jobs.
B.
Big business caused immigration to increase because they were paying large wages.
C.
Big business caused immigration to decrease because they only offered jobs to "native" Americans.
D.
Big business caused immigration to increase because they offered jobs to immigrants.
How are Ellis Island and Angel Island similar?
Both were located on the West Coast.
Both were located on the East Coast.
Both held immigrants until they could prove they had relatives living in the country.
Both were main immigration stations for immigrants arriving in the country.
What happened to the U.S. economy as industries grew?
It changed from an agrarian economy to an industrial economy.
It changed from a tolerant economy to a prejudiced economy.
It changed from an obvious economy to a specific economy
It changed from an industrial economy to an agrarian economy.
Why did many African Americans leave the South for cities in the Midwest and Northeast?
to become sharecroppers
to find family members
to find jobs and escape Jim Crow Laws
to join labor unions
Which economic class was mostly responsible for promoting the Progressive Movement?
Lower class
Middle Class
Upper middle class
Upper class
What was the goal of Prohibition?
To protect child labor
To outlaw the sale and production of alcohol
To eliminate the use of new machines
To buy stocks in large corporations
Which of the following did NOT lead to U.S. involvement in WWI in 1917?
wartime propaganda
unrestricted submarine warfare by Germans
disputes over land
explosion of the battleship Lusitania
Why did the U.S. Senate refuse to ratify the Treaty of Versailles which included the League of Nations?
They wanted to be the most superior country.
They did not want to keep peace.
They wanted to end the war.
They thought it would compromise their right to declare war.
The economic boom period of the 1920s was known as the ________
Industrial Twenties
Roaring Twenties
Standardized Twenties
Electrical Twenties
The term ________________ was used during the 1920s to describe a time of great interest and activity in the arts, especially among the African American artists living in the New York neighborhood of Harlem.
Harlem Renaissance
Harlem Shuffle
Harlem Reconstruction
Harlem Globetrotters
Which of the following groups targeted and committed violent acts against African Americans, Jewish immigrants, and Catholics?
Jim Crow Laws
Ku Klux Klan
Freedmen's Bureau
Sons of Liberty
Which of the following contributed to the Great Depression?
Many banks opened.
Low wages and overproduction of goods by factories
Workers' salaries increased.
Companies gave more loans than ever.
The worst drought in U.S. history lengthened the Great Depression and was called the _________.
Dust Bowl
Dirt Bowl
Dry Bowl
Depression Bowl
All of the following were goals of Pres. Roosevelt's New Deal EXCEPT _________
Relief
Recovery
Ratification
Reform
_____________________________
Social Security
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Civilian Conservation Corps
Tennessee Valley Authority
What is the best title for the list above?
Jim Crow Laws
New Deal Programs
Reconstruction Plans
Square Deal Programs
Select all of the countries that were a part of the CENTRAL POWERS
Germany
Ottoman Empire
Austria-Hungary
Great Britain
Select all of the countries that were a part of the ALLIED POWERS.
Great Britain
France
Russia
Germany
United States
A lasting result of the New Deal in the United States has been the...
reduction of the national debt
control of stock prices by the Federal Government
joint effort of business and labor to strengthen the Presidency
the Federal Government taking greater responsibility for the nation's well-being
What was the cause of many of the bank "runs" during the early 1930's?
Banks were giving out free toasters so people had to RUN to the bank to get one before the bank ran out of toasters.
Many Americans withdrew their money so they could play the lottery.
People feared that the banks would fail, so they rushed to withdraw their money.
People withdrew their money so they could give more money to charity.
Buying items using an amount borrowed from the bank is
debit
credit
installments
stock
What 3 factors contributed to the Dust Bowl?
People spent too much money.
People moved to cities because they didn't want to farm anymore.
Crop prices had fallen during the Depression.
The farmers added too much fertilizer to the soil.
Crop prices had fallen during the Depression.
The assassination of ultimately sparked the fighting of WWI.
Winston Churchill
Kaiser Wilhelm II
Archduke Franz Ferdidnand
Tzar Nicholas II
What was the name of Woodrow Wilson's program for peace that he proposed after WWI?
Wilson's 14 Points
Geneva Convention
Warsaw Pact
Central-Allied Treaty
What was President Wilson's initial attitude toward the US involvement in World War One?
He wanted to remain neutral
He wanted to enter the war on the side of Britain and the Allies
He wanted to support Germany and the Central Powers
He wanted to pressure Germany to make peace with The Ottoman Empire
A country that builds up its armed forces is using what policy?
Big Stick Diplomacy
Militarism
Aggression Policy
Defense Policy
One's country's culture is better than another's is the belief in
Nativism
Rudism
Xenophobia
Nationalism
A country avoids any international conflict by not getting involved is called:
Isolationism
Neutrality
Exclusion
Detachment
What was the Zimmerman Telegram?
Hitler's speech about the Jews
Note about the sinking of the Lusitania
Note asking Mexico to fight the U.S.
Britain's letter of surrender
What was a major result of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal?
a decline in the federal deficit
an increase of the power of the federal government
a change in the voting rights of women
return of the gold standard for U.S. currency
Which New Deal program regulated the stock market?
SEC (Securities and Exchange Program)
FDIC (Federal Deposit Insurance)
SSA (Social Security Act)
TVA (Tennessee Valley Authority)
Which New Deal program insured bank deposits so people wouldn't lose their savings?
TVA (Tennessee Valley Association)
FDIC (Federal Deposit Insurance)
CCC (Civilian Conservation Corps)
SSA (Social Security Acts)
Which New Deal program established old-age pensions and benefits for unemployed people & welfare?
CCC (Civilian Conservations Corps)
TVA (Tennessee Valley Association)
SSA (Social Security Association)
FDIC (Federal Deposit Insurance)
Which New Deal program developed water power & dams in the Tennessee River Valley?
FDIC (Federal Deposit Insurance)
SEC (Securities and Exchange Commission)
SSA (Social Security Association)
TVA (Tennessee Valley Authority)
Which New Deal Program put young men to work improving national parks, planting trees, building roads, trails & campgrounds?
CCC (Civilian Conservation Corps)
SEC (Securities and Exchange Commission)
SSA (Social Security Association)
FDIC (Federal Deposit Insurance)
