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US/VA Final Exam

Total questions: 60

Worksheet time: 45mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

After WW2, which two countries emerged as WORLD POWERS?

a)

US and France

b)

US and Great Britain

c)

Germany and the Soviet Union

d)

the Soviet Union and the US

e)

Germany and Great Britain

2.

What was America's #1 concern during the Cold War?

a)

civil rights

b)

women rights

c)

pollution and rising sea levels

d)

communism

e)

green house gas

3.

This was a landmark 1954 Supreme Court case in which the justices ruled unanimously that racial segregation of children in public schools was unconstitutional.

a)

Roe v. Wade

b)

Loving v. Virginia

c)

Brown v. Board of Education

d)

Plessy v. Ferguson

4.

What was the first permanent English settlement in the New World?

a)

Baltimore

b)

Boston

c)

Plymouth

d)

Jamestown

e)

Roanoke

5.

Which of the following was NOT one of the original 13 colonies?

a)

Virginia

b)

Maine

c)

Massachusetts

d)

Maryland

e)

Pennsylvannia

6.

What was Common Sense?

a)

a pamphlet written in 1775–76 advocating independence from Great Britain to people in the Thirteen Colonies

b)

adopted by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776, the 13 American colonies severed their political connections to Great Britain.

c)

the first written constitution of the United States

d)

a collection of 85 articles and essays written by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay under the pseudonym "Publius" to promote the ratification of the United States Constitution.

7.

What was the document that established the first government of the United States?

a)

Treaty of Versailles

b)

Common Sense

c)

the Declaration of Independence

d)

the Articles of Confederation

e)

the Federalist Papers

8.

Federalists supported the ratification of ___________, while anti-federalists did NOT.

a)

the Declaration of Independence

b)

the Treaty of Paris

c)

the Articles of Confederation

d)

the Constitution

9.

In 1863, Lincoln delivered the Emancipation Proclamation, what did it do?

a)

Officially gave women the right to vote

b)

announced the secession of the south from the north

c)

temporarily allowed men under the age of 18 to vote

d)

freed slaves across the entire country

e)

freed slaves in the rebelling South states

10.

During the Civil War, ___________ was president of the Union, while ___________, was president of the Confederacy.

a)

Abraham Lincoln; Ulysses S Grant

b)

Abraham Lincoln; Thomas Jefferson

c)

Ulysses S Grant; Robert E. Lee

d)

Andrew Johnson; Jefferson Davis

e)

Abraham Lincoln; Jefferson Davis

11.

This is one of the Civil War Amendments, it gave African-American men the right to vote

a)

19th Amendment

b)

12th Amendment

c)

13th Amendment

d)

14th Amendment

e)

15th Amendment

12.

Ratified in 1865 in the aftermath of the Civil War, this amendment formally abolished slavery in the United States

a)

13th amendment

b)

14th amendment

c)

15th amendment

d)

16th amendment

e)

17th amendment

13.

What act motivated many people to move out West?

a)

Jayhawker Act

b)

Homestead Act

c)

Free Land Act

d)

Indian Removal Act

e)

Quartering Act

14.

What was the main purpose of the Transcontinental Railroad?

a)

To make China more powerful.

b)

To help with transportation, communication, and to connect the nation.

c)

To make Native Americans move off their land.

d)

To give immigrants a job, to feel important, and needed in America.

15.

A large number of workers for the Transcontinental Railroad, especially for the Central Pacific Company, came from

a)

Italy

b)

Germany

c)

Japan

d)

China

e)

Greece

16.

Henry Ford's most important innovation was the

a)

telephone

b)

automobile

c)

assembly line

d)

steam engine

17.

Which president's foreign policy could best be described as "big stick"?

a)

Franklin D Roosevelt

b)

Abraham Lincoln

c)

Woodrow Wilson

d)

Theodore Roosevelt

e)

William Taft

18.

Which of the following was the MOST immediate cause for the U.S. to enter war with Spain in 1898?

a)

Hitler invaded Poland

b)

Sinking of the U.S.S. Maine

c)

the attack on Pearl Harbor

d)

the Zimmerman telegraph

e)

Terrorist attacks of September 11th

19.

Journalists who exposed corruption and abuses of power in business and government practices. Helped bring publicity to the dishonesty of monopolies and big business

a)

Gump Mushers

b)

Muckrakers

c)

Scalawags

d)

Dirt Diggers

e)

Yellow Journalists

20.

Which of the following is another word for the right to vote?

a)

partisan

b)

suffrage

c)

muckraking

d)

gerrymandering

21.

Which of the following individuals helped found the NAACP, or the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People?

a)

Frederick Douglass

b)

Ida B Wells

c)

Booker T. Washington

d)

W.E.B. DuBois

e)

Martin Luther King Jr.

22.
Which Amendment gave women the right to vote?
a)
16th
b)
17th
c)
18th
d)
19th
23.

What were the names of the two alliances in World War I?

a)

Axis Powers vs. Warsaw Pact

b)

Alliance of God vs. Nazis

c)

Axis Powers vs. Allies

d)

Allies vs. Central Powers

24.

What was the name of FDR's plan to reconstruct America following the Great Depression?

a)

The Square Deal

b)

The New Deal

c)

Reconstruction

d)

FDR's Plan

e)

The War on Poverty

25.
What event led the United States to become invovled in World War 2 ?
a)
The Discovery of Auschwitz
b)
The Battle of Britain
c)
The Sinking of the Lusitania
d)
The Attack on Pearl Harbor
26.
This was a new type of warfare that the Germans used to run through France and Poland in the early parts of WWII. It is also known as Lightning War.
a)
Hitler bombing
b)
Blitzkrieg
c)
Ran-sacking
d)
Nuclear Warfare
27.
In 1941, the ______________________passed, allowing the president to lend or lease arms and other supplies to "any country whose defense was vital to the US."
a)
Lend-Lease Act
b)
Trade Embargo
c)
Atlantic Charter
d)
Neutrality Act
28.
Which of the following formed the axis powers?
a)
France, Germany and Japan
b)
Great Britain, Germany and Italy
c)
Japan, Russia, and China
d)
Italy, Germany, and Japan
29.
Which of the following formed the Allied powers?
a)
Italy and Great Britain
b)
France and Germanyv
c)

France, Soviet Union, The United States and Great Britain
d)
Japan and Germany
30.

What is the name for the time period in Europe during the 17th & 18th centuries that saw the development of new ideas about peoples' rights & relationships with their rulers?

a)

Protestant Reformation

b)

The Enlightenment

c)

Common Sense

d)

Proclaimation of 1763

31.

Which philosopher believed all were equal with natural rights of life, liberty & property?

a)

Hobbes

b)

Locke

c)

Hamilton

d)

Jefferson

32.

Who was the primary author of the Declaration of Independence?

a)

James Madison

b)

Thomas Paine

c)

Thomas Jefferson

d)

John Locke

33.

New England colonies developed their economy based on all of the following EXCEPT:

a)

shipbuilding

b)

small scale farming

c)

fishing

d)

lumbering

e)

manufacturing from the beginning

34.

Which colonies incorporated a number of democratic principles that reflected basic rights of Englishmen?

a)

New England

b)

Midwestern

c)

Middle

d)

Southern

35.

Which colonies maintained stronger ties with Great Britain?

a)

Northern

b)

Southern

c)

New England

d)

Middle

36.

What group settled in New England seeking freedom from religious persecution?

a)

Puritans

b)

Quakers

c)

Huguenots

d)

Dutch

37.

What was the term for early Virginia settlers who received large land grants in eastern Virginia from the King of England?

a)

Tories

b)

Loyalists

c)

Colonists

d)

Cavaliers

38.

What was the 1st elected assembly in the New World?

a)

Mayflower Compact

b)

General Assembly

c)

House of Burgesses

d)

House of Representatives

39.

What was the main cash crop for Virginia?

a)

Indigo

b)

Tobacco

c)

Rice

d)

Corn

40.

Who is known as the "Father of the Constitution"?

a)

James Madison

b)

George Washington

c)

Thomas Jefferson

d)

George Mason

41.

What Virginian & Supreme Court Chief Justice contributed to the growth of the Supreme Court's power in relation to the other branches of national government?

a)

John Marshall

b)

John Jay

c)

Clarence Thomas

d)

Ruth Bader Ginsburg

42.

What political group was led by Alexander Hamilton & John Adams?

a)

Federalists

b)

Anti-Federalists

c)

Democratic-Republicans

d)

Loyalists

43.

What is the term for the belief that America was suspposed to stretch from the Atlantic to the Pacific?

a)

Monroe Doctrine

b)

Marshall Plan

c)

Declaration of Independence

d)

Manifest Destiny

44.

What was the name of the forced removal of several American Indian tribes from the Atlantic coast states to Oklahoma called?

a)

Trail of Good Tears

b)

Trail of Sorrows

c)

Trail of Tears

d)

Trail of Hope

45.

Who was considered our first "common man" president?

a)

James Madison

b)

Thomas Jefferson

c)

Andrew Jackson

d)

J.Q. Adams

46.

Who was the former enslaved person who became a prominent black abolitionist who urged Lincoln to recruit former enslaved to fight for the Union?

a)

WEB DuBois

b)

Booker T. Washington

c)

Frederick Douglass

d)

Rosa Parks

47.

Which amendment prohibited states from denying equal rights to any American?

a)

13th

b)

14th

c)

15th

d)

16th

48.

What type of music became popular via radio in the 1920s?

a)

Folk

b)

Pop

c)

Rock n Roll

d)

Jazz

49.

What year was the stock market crash?

a)

1929

b)

1939

c)

1921

d)

1918

50.

What treaty ended WWI?

a)

Treaty of Versailles

b)

Treaty of Paris

c)

Treaty of Tordesillas

d)

Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

51.

What international organization was created at the Treaty of Versailles?

a)

NATO

b)

League of Nations

c)

League of Extraordinary Men

d)

United Nations

52.

What was the name of the African American pilots who served in Europe with distinction?

a)

Nisei regiments

b)

Tuskegee Airmen

c)

Navajo Code Talkers

d)

21st Airborne

53.

Who were targeted by the Nazis?

a)

Gypsies

b)

Jews

c)

"Undesirables"

d)

Poles

e)

All of these groups

54.

What movement was caused by the excesses of the Gilded Age & working conditions for labor?

a)

Socialist

b)

Federalist

c)

Progressive

d)

Capitalist

55.

What legislation outlawed literacy tests as a requirement to vote?

a)

Civil Rights Act of 1964

b)

Civil Rights Act of 1965

c)

Voting Rights Act of 1965

d)

Brown v Board

56.

What was used to maintain supplies of essential products needed for the war effort?

a)

US government

b)

Rationing

c)

Ratios

d)

War bonds

57.

What was used during WWII to provide personnel for the military?

a)

Physical & mental testing

b)

Draft/Selective Service

c)

Rationing

d)

War bonds

58.

What areas have contributed to the new/increasing immigration to the US?

a)

eastern Europe & Latin America

b)

Asia & Latin America

c)

Asia & eastern Europe

d)

Latin America & western Africa

59.

Reasons for _______________ include political freedom & economic opportunity.

a)

Immigration

b)

Population

c)

Nationalism

d)

Socialism

60.

The Patriot Act is an example of the US response to

a)

Nationalism

b)

Nazism

c)

Terrorism

d)

Capitalism

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