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WorksheetsPeriod #7 APUSH
Total questions: 124
Worksheet time: 1hrs 25mins
What cities were affected by the Great Migration?
California, Texas, Idaho, New Mexico
Washington, Oregon, Texas, Utah
Chicago, Detroit, Pittsburgh, New York
LA, Coachella, Seattle, Portland
Who were the four main memebers of the League of Nations?
Britain, Mexico, Japan, Korea
France, Italy, U.S, Mexico
Germany, Poland, Wakanda, Mexico
Britain, France, Italy, Japan
Which one was not a part of Wilson’s Fourteen Points?
Freedom of Trade
Open Diplomacy
Ending of Slavery
Arms Reduction
Who won the presidential election of 1928?
Herbert Hoover
Woodrow Wilson
Franklin Roosevelt
Calvin Coolidge
“Today the United States is practically sovereign on this continent and its fiat is law upon the subjects to which it confines its interposition.”
--Secretary of State Richard Olney, note to Great Britain, 1895
Q: The quote above is an interpretation of:
Big Stick Diplomacy
The Monroe Doctrine
Missionary Diplomacy
Good Neighbor Policy
“We have pacified some thousands of the islanders and buried them; destroyed their fields; burned their villages, and turned their widows and orphans out-of-doors; subjugated the remaining ten millions by Benevolent assimilation. … And so, by these Providences of God – and the phrase is the government’s, not mine – we are a World Power.”
Q: The statement above was most probably made in reference to United States policy in the:
opening of Japan.
acquisition of Puerto Rico and Cuba.
annexation of the Hawaiian islands.
occupation of the Philippines.
Q: A key goal of the Progressive movement was to:
eliminate class differences in the United States.
use gov't power to regulate industrial production and labor conditions.
transform the U.S. into an agrarian republic.
bring about racial integration in public accommodations.
Q: Around 1920, the number of children aged 10 to 15 in the industrial workforce began to decline for which of the following reasons?
States began to require children to attend school until a certain age and to limit the ages at which they could be employed.
The American birth rate declined, thus reducing the number of children available to work.
Introduction of the minimum wage made child labor uneconomical.
The Supreme Court sustained laws barring the interstate sale of goods produced by child labor.
Q: During the presidency of William H. Taft, United States policy in Latin America was driven primarily by...
the administration’s desire to benefit from European colonial inroads in the region.
Congress’ determination to ameliorate the hostility engendered by Theodore Roosevelt’s Big Stick policy.
concern for the development of democracy and the protection of civil rights in the region.
concern for United States economic and strategic interests in the region.
What is the belief that it was the United States' role to "civilize" locations filled with "inferior" races? (Select all that apply)
Social Darwinism
Social Gospel
Gospel of Wealth
White Man's Burden
What country declared their independence from Spain, which eventually started the Spanish-American War?
Cuba
The Philippines
Guam
Puerto Rico
This man was a revolutionary and fought for his country's independence in the Philippines. Who was he?
Manny Pacquioa
Emilio Aguinaldo
William McKinley
George Lopez
In the United States, the belief in manifest destiny was most similar to later demands for
restrictions on immigration
a laissez-faire economic policy
regulation of interstate
commerce
imperialistic expansion
Which of the following was not a main cause of the outbreak of WWI?
Militarism
Nativism
Alliances
Imperialism
Nationalism
These two controversial laws were designed to prevent civilians from attempting to obstruct the military or draft, and/or making “disloyal” or “abusive” remarks about the U.S. government during World War I
Alien & Sedition Act
Dawes Act & Selective Service Act
Espionage & Sedition Act
Homestead Act & Morill Land Grant Act
Clayton Anti-Trust & Sherman Anti-Trust Act
1917 law provided for the registration of all American men between the ages of 21 and 30 for a military draft. By the end of WWI, 24.2 million men had registered and 2.8 million had been drafted into the army.
Big Stick Diplomacy
Selective Service Act
Morril Act
Dawes Severalty Act
Dollar Diplomacy
All of the following contributed to the US involvement and entry into WWI EXCEPT:
moral outrage at the violation of Belgium's neutrality
economic investment in the Allied nations by US merchants and bankers
loss of American lives in the sinking of ships by German submarines
the effectiveness of the British propaganda in depicting the Germans as Huns
outrage over Austria-Hungary attacking Serbia without provocation
A common reason for the US entry to both the War of 1812 and World War I was the desire to:
safeguard freedom of the seas for neutral nations and enforce international law
prove its military might to take its place among the great nations of the world
acquire new territorial possessions for capitalist investment
provide a climate in the world in which liberty and democracy could flourish
have a training ground for military forces so they could get ready for future wars
Which individual is NOT paired with his correct description regarding WWI?
William S. Sims - initiated the convoy system of sending merchant ships across the Atlantic
Alvin York - became an American hero by killing 20 Germans and capturing 132 more in one battle
George Creel - organized the US mind for war by heading the Committee of Public Information
J.P. Morgan - his Wall Street firm made 2.3 billion in credit available for the Allies
Henry Cabot Lodge - his leadership in the Senate provided political support for the League of Nations
All of the following are true regarding the League of Nations EXCEPT:
It was designed to promote international cooperation
It would maintain peace by settling disputes peacefully and by reducing armaments
Russia and the US would be the dominant members of the Security Council
If a member nation broke an agreement the League could break diplomatic relations
Economic sanctions could be used to force compliance with League policies
During times of war what is the "home front"?
The site of military action and where major battles are conducted.
Location where troops are loaded on to carrier ships along with supplies.
The civilian population and their activities. Any aspect of wartime life.
"Safe zone" from enemy attack. Usually reserved for elderly, women, and children to escape conflict.
Selective Service Act of 1917
Process of obtaining volunteer women and children to perform non-threatening wartime functions.
Forced military service, or conscription.
Passed by Congress in 1917 to legitimately choose best candidates for promotion to officer corp.
The fairest way possible to allocate scarce materials during military build up.
Common roles performed by women during WWI
Aircraft delivery pilots. First time women flew military planes.
Butchers, Bakers, and Candlestick makers.
Dentists, Doctors, and animal keepers.
Clerks, pharmacists, photographers, and nurses.
One way children could aid the war on the "home front" was to
Save scrap aluminum, rubber, and plastic.
Join a sheep club or pig club sponsored by the US Food Administration
Slaughter their own sheep and make uniforms and boots for soldiers
Learn how to weld, use a rivet-gun, and drive heavy equipment
By buying Liberty Bonds, Americans were
loaning the government money that would be repaid with interest in a specified number of years
forcing government to set aside future shares in construction of ships, planes, tanks, and weapons for safekeeping
sacrificing the ability to stay out of debt in order to win the war
able to justify the extravagant meals and comfortable clothes our soldiers were promised when they went to France.
Henry Ford made use of what to make cars faster and cheaper?
Immigrant Labor
Laissez-Faire Economics
The Assembly Line
Glenn Curtiss was a pioneer in which industry?
The Aviation Industry
The Automobile Industry
Agriculture
The Fashion Industry
What economic policy did the Harding Administration pursue?
Reducing Taxes
Increasing Tariffs
Increasing Regulation of Industry
Decreasing Tariffs
What did Warren G Harding mean by "Return to Normalcy"
A Policy of Imperialism
A Policy of Collective Society
A Policy of Internationalism
A Policy of Isolationism
The economy grew in the 1920s in part due to consumers _________
Buying Goods on Credit
Investing Money in Government Bonds
Ignoring Advertisements
Conserving Electricity
What were some household products introduced during the 1920s?
Washing Machines
Refrigerators
Radios
All of the Above
Glenn Curtiss was a pioneer in which industry?
The Aviation Industry
The Automobile Industry
Agriculture
The Fashion Industry
Can you recall what the 18th amendment is
Made it illegal to make or sell alcohol
Gave women the right to vote
Led to a decrease in crime
Gave African Americans the right to vote
The Harlem Renaissance was a movement of African American artists who
Worked in the South
Calling for segregation
Urged African Americans to leave the country
Exploring their heritage and encouraging African Americans to be prideful of black culture.
A “return to normalcy” after World War I meant….
Increased US involvement in Europe
No longer selling alcohol in the United States
Going back to life as it had been before the war
Limiting immigration
Henry Ford produced a more affordable car primarily because his company….
Paid workers lower wages than his competitors.
Used foreign-made parts.
Developed a faster and less expensive method of production called the assembly line.
Offered a variety of options to buyers
During the 1920s, controversies concerning national Prohibition and the behavior of “flappers” were all signs of disagreement over…
The return to normalcy
Changing culture and lifestyles
Causes of the Great Depression
The benefits of new technology
The Great Migration of African Americans to the North during the 1920s was mainly the result of…
Political corruption
Nativism
Racism and discrimination of African Americans in the South
Success of military desegregation
What was one effect of the Harlem Renaissance?
Prohibition ended for African Americans
African-American cultural pride flourished in the cities
The formation of multiracial corporations
Unemployment
The __________________________ ended prohibition and was passed in 1933.
18th Amendment
19th Amendment
20th Amendment
21st Amendment
Which of the following was NOT a reason for the relative economic prosperity in the 1920s?
increased consumer buying aided by easy credit
increased savings by most Americans
availability of oil for fuel and innovations for its use
the development of the assembly line
pent up demand from the war which had to be satisfied by material goods
The most important change that the census of 1920 showed in America was that:
the frontier was closed
urban dwellers now outnumbered rural ones
most people had electricity
population had doubled in a decade
a majority of the people owned automobiles
Business leaders who wanted to promote a higher level of consumption of their products and get rid of the old ideas of thrift developed:
advertising
installment buying
scientific management
consumer savings
retail selling
After the Scopes "Monkey Trial" in Dayton, Tennessee:
Fundamentalist religion remained the undisputed dominant force in American spiritual life
John Scopes was sentenced to serve time in jail
Christians found it increasingly difficult to reconcile the revelations of religion with modern science
The gap between theology and biology began to close
The conflict between evolution and creationism was finally settled in America
Which of the following became a symbol for corruption of the Harding administration?
Muscle Shoals
Sacco-Vanzetti
Teapot Dome
McNary-Haugen
Greenwich Village
What did the Kellogg-Briand Pact that was signed by 35 nations including the US do?
provided for arms limitation
put the signatures on the gold standard
made it illegal to travel on a ship going into a war zone
kept countries from the further colonization of Africa
outlawed offensive war
Langston Hughes was a leading figure in which of the following?
bootlegging
"Ash Can" painting
immigration restriction movement
Harlem Renaissance
efforts to promote efficiency by eliminating wasted motion
Symbolic of the popular fears of immigrants, communism, change, and diversity, this group became very powerful during the 20s with a reputed 5 million members and hatred for anyone who was foreign, Catholic or Jewish, liberal or different. What was the group?
American Legion
NAACP
Ku Klux Klan
Mafia
American First Committee
The Immigration Act of 1924 was written to specifically favor the arrival of which of the following groups to US shores?
Asians
Africans
Southern Europeans
Northern Europeans
South Americans
Herbert Hoover chose which motto as his personal campaign slogan during the 1928 presidential election to stress his dedication to the bootstrap theory and self-reliance?
"The Buck Stops Here"
"The New Nationalism"
" The New Deal"
"Rugged Individualism"
"The New Frontier"
What were the 3 Rs of the New Deal?
Relent, Release, Recoil
Relief, Resume, Resolve
Reform, Relieve, Remove
Relief, Recovery, Reform
Who was the Louisiana senator who proposed the "Share Our Wealth" program?
Henry Cabot Lodge
Huey Long
Charles Evans Hughes
Henry Morganthau, Jr.
What statement best describes the reasons for FDR's "court packing scheme"?
The Supreme Court was regularly siding with New Deal programs
Federal judges were taking bribes to rule in favor of New Deal programs
Several Supreme Court decisions had ruled New Deal programs unconstitutional
According to the chart, when did unemployment reach its peak during the Great Depression?
1929-1930
1931-1932
1933-1934
1935-1936
Which of the following best describes Hoover's initial approach to handling the Great Depression
voluntarism and rugged individualism
direct relief through government assistance
limited government assistance of banking systems
bailout of failing businesses
Where did Franklin Roosevelt first introduce the idea of the New Deal?
in his acceptance speech at the Democratic Convention
in his 1st inaugural address
in his first Fireside Chat
in his Four Freedoms Speech
Which Progressive Era amendment was repealed with the passage of the 21st amendment?
16th amendment
17th amendment
18th amendment
19th amendment
The Scopes Trial (1925) involved
conspiracy on the part of labor to restrain trade.
the teaching of Christianity in Tennessee schools.
teaching of the communist doctrine in Tennessee schools.
a conflict in values between traditional fundamentalism and modernism.
A major cause of the economic depression of 1929 was
a return to the gold standard.
decline in consumer purchasing power.
increased number of public works projects.
government programs designed to reduce agricultural production.
Which of these resulted form the prohibition of alchohol during the 1920s?
a decline in immigration rates
a growing fear of communism
the expansion of the consumer economy
the rise of organized crime
One common theme in many of the writings of Ernest Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald, and Langston Hughes was
the benefits of mass production
the need to regulate business
dissatisfaction with American culture of the 1920s
optimism for reforms promised by the Great Society
Which time frame is associated with the interwar years?
1776-1783
1861-1865
1919-1939
1950-1953
Installment Plan is the original version of:
A War Declaration
A Bank Account
The Credit Card
Corporate Greed
What does "Inter" mean in Interwar Years?
Before
Between
After
Coinciding With
"It is the duty and the ability of the US to correct what we see as wrong in the world, by force if necessary."
This statement is best described as:
Internationalist
Isolationist
Interventionist
Which was NOT a part of Wilson's 14 Points?
Eliminating all existing borders
Supporting self-determination for former colonies
Freedom of the seas and ease of trade
Creating an international peace keeping organization
The Neutrality Acts of the 1930s made what overarching argument?
If the US did not join the League of Nations, it would not be called upon to defend anyone.
If the US only traded with neutral Switzerland, they could avoid war.
The US had to be free to trade with anyone, even nations at war, so they could keep profiting in Asia.
The US should not deliver goods, sell weapons, loan money, or otherwise enter into business arrangements with nations at war.
The Neutrality Act of 1939 allowed the US to sell arms to countries at war--but on what basis?
cash and carry
lend and lease
lend and carry
cash and lease
Congress passed three Neutrality Acts between 1935 and 1937. What was the overall purpose of those acts?
To prevent American involvement in any foreign conflict.
To push the United States in to the war.
To help the United States recover from the Great Depression
To enforce US trading rights in China.
The ______ outlawed war as a tool of foreign policy and called for a limitation of arms. However, there was no way to enforce it.
1937 Neutrality act
Kellogg-Briand Pact
Dawes Plan
Good Neighbor Policy
The _______ included a system of percentages that determined exactly how many immigrants from which source country could come to the US.
Five Power Agreement
Quota Acts
Dawes & Young Plan
Neutrality Acts
FDR's foreign policy of promoting better relations w/Latin America by using economic influence rather than military force in the region was known as the __________.
Good Neighbor Policy
Platt Amendment
FDR Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine
Stimson Doctrine
"The US must place the concerns of its own citizens above any other consideration. It has spent enough money and lives on other people's problems." This statement is:
Isolationist
Interventionist
Internationalist
This document laid the foundation for the United Nations
Atlantic Charter
Cash and carry
Lend-Lease Act
Use the cartoon by Theodor Geisel (Dr. Seuss) from May 15, 1941, to answer the questions that follow. The captain reads, “Ho Hum! No chance of contagion.”
The cartoon by Theodor Geisel expresses
support for the arguments of isolationists
confidence that the war in Europe would not reach the United States
mockery of those who argued that the war in Europe could not reach the United States
opposition to policies such as FDR’s Quarantine speech and Lend-Lease
Throughout most of the 1930s, the American people responded to the aggressive actions of Germany, Italy, and Japan by:
retreating further into isolationism
assisting their victims with military aid
giving only economic help to the targets of aggression
demanding an oil embargo on all warring nations
sending personal packages of munitions to the allied nations
All of the following are true about the Holocaust EXCEPT:
NAZI death camps were established throughout Europe under the supervision of the SS
The Allied powers including the US had no knowledge of what was going on in the concentration camps
Germany killed approximately 6 million Jews and maybe as many as 6 million others in camps
Dacau, Auschwitz, Buchenwald, Belsen-Bergen, and Treblinka were the main death camps
To Hitler's way of thinking this would be a "Final Solution" to what he saw as the Jewish problem throughout Europe
The final straw, when Britain and France declared war on Germany, was after the German invasion of what nation in 1939?
Denmark
Poland
Belgium
Finland
Sweden
In July 1941 wat nation unexpectedly became an ally against Nazi Germany?
Britain
France
Soviet Union
Austria
Japan
The Double V campaign aimed at victory at home and abroad. What did victory at home look like?
remove Axis spies
become the "arsenal for democracy"
eliminate racial prejudice and segregation
eliminate restrictions based on gender
share the profits gained from wartime production
Which was NOT one of the universal freedoms for all humans declared by FDR?
from want
from fear
of religion
of speech
of protest
Which of the following is NOT a member of the Allies in WWII?
France
USSR
Italy
USA
Canada
Which of the following is LEAST relevant to the War in the Pacific?
Manhattan Project
Island Hopping
Kamikaze
Pearl Harbor
Fascism
What does HUAC stand for?
House Un-American Activities Committee
How Unbelieveable Are Communists
History Understands American Culture
House Un-American Against Communists
People built expensive bunkers and bomb shelters because they were afraid of what?
Flooding caused by climate change
The Soviet Union invading the United States
Germany starting another Holocaust
Nuclear war with the Soviet Union
Why was there a baby boom after World War II?
Many babies were born after soldiers returned home
Less babies were born after soldiers returned home
Many babies were adopted from overseas
Children were forced to work in factories
What did the GI Bill do?
provide resources to veterans to go to college and buy a house
allow soldiers to leave the military early
give families of veterans free medical care
allow veterans to get a free car
What did "The Feminine Mystique" discuss?
women should stay at home and take care of kids
women were not smart enough to work like men
women would be happier if they had to rely on men for money
women would be happier if they could work outside of the home
Who wrote "The Feminine Mystique"?
Betty Friedan
Barbara Streisand
Virginia Woolf
Margaret Thatcher
