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U.S. History Review-5

Total questions: 47

Worksheet time: 25mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the purpose of the third amendment?

a)

We have to house soldiers in times of peace.

b)

Citizens will not be forced to house soldiers in times of peace.

c)

Soldiers can do whatever they want.

d)

Citizens can tell soldiers what to do.

2.
During the Industrial Revolution, who invented the cotton gin? 
a)
Whitney Young
b)
Hugo Whitney
c)
Eli Whitney
3.
This act forced Native American tribes to give up their ancestral land holdings and move to reservation lands elsewhere. 
a)
Homestead Act 
b)
Morrill Act 
c)
Dawes Act 
d)
Fort Laramie Treaty, 1868
4.

What was the Act that gave pioneers a way to buy land?

a)

The Homebound Act

b)

The Homeward Bound Act

c)

The Homestead Act

d)

The Home Sick Act

5.
What two ideas were being fought over in the Scopes Trial?
a)
Nazism vs Communism
b)
Capitalism v Communism
c)
Modernism vs Traditionalism
d)
Modernism v Classicalism
6.

International economic disputes in the 1930s were caused by which of the following?

a)

Glass-Steagall Act

b)

Hawley-Smoot Tariff

c)

The New Deal

d)

Plessy vs. Ferguson

7.
The Harlem Renaissance was remarkable because
a)
it was the first time African-Americans published their art
b)
African-American artists were taken seriously 
c)
So many African-Americans moved to that one neighborhood
d)
That's when the first African-American won an Oscar
8.
Which law expanded competition and eliminated trusts and monopolies?
a)
Interstate Commerce Act 
b)
Homestead Act
c)
Sherman AntiTrust Act
d)
Dawes Act
9.
What is the main idea of this cartoon?
a)
The Standard Oil Company was a harmful monopoly.
b)
The best way to support the Standard Oil Company was to form proprietorships.
c)
Foreign competition with the Standard Oil Company was hurting American companies.
d)
Government regulations were strangling the Standard Oil Company.
10.
1904 - Exposed corruption in city and state gov’t in his book, “The Shame of the Cities.”
a)
Lincoln Steffens 
b)
Jacob Riis 
c)
Upton Sinclair 
d)
WEB DuBois 
11.

The Progressive Era presidents were considered trustbusters because they

a)

used presidential power to promote business competition

b)

supported the elimination of trade barriers

c)

encouraged more voter participation

d)

canceled treaties with other nations

12.

Mississippi field secretary for the NAACP who was murdered at his home in 1963.

a)

James Farmer

b)

Medger Evers

c)

Rosa Parks

d)

Fannie Lou Hamer

13.

Why did 80% of New Orleans flood after Hurricane Katrina hit in 2005?

a)

It was a Category 3 Hurricane

b)

The levees holding back the water failed

c)

It was a Category 5 Hurricane

d)

Because New Orleans is 500 ft above sea level

14.

Which event did NOT occur during George W. Bush's presidency?

a)

9/11 Attacks

b)

Fall of the Berlin Wall

c)

Hurricane Katrina

d)

Iraq War (2003)

15.

Why did the US and UN invade Iraq in 2003?

a)

The Iraqi government was hiding Osama bin Laden

b)

The Iraqi government masterminded 9/11

c)

Saddam Hussein was allegedly hiding weapons of mass destruction

d)

Iraq has just invaded Kuwait for its oil reserves

16.

Based on the information provided by the cartoon, President Theodore Roosevelt’s goal was to

a)

Persuade businesses to accept nationalization.

b)

Assist businesses in resisting interference by investors.

c)

Establish worker safety regulations in factories.

d)

Use federal power to control monopolies.

17.

Which New Deal agency had the creation of new jobs as its primary goal?

a)

Agricultural Adjustment Administration (AAA)

b)

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)

c)

Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)

d)

Works Progress Administration (WPA)

18.

After World War I, a “return to normalcy” was most clearly demonstrated by

a)

opposition to joining the League of Nations

b)

ending farm subsidies under the Agricultural Adjustment Act

c)

reducing tariff rates on imported goods

d)

rejection of disarmament agreements

19.

What was President Harding’s reaction to the Teapot Dome Scandal?

a)

He was saddened and resigned

b)

He refused to believe it was true and pardoned his appointee.

c)

He ordered a full investigation and sent his appointee to prison.

d)

No reaction, he died before the scandal developed.

20.

The Red Scare, the growth of the Ku Klux Klan, and the murder convictions of Sacco and Vanzetti were influenced by

a)

the rise of organized crime

b)

the passage of immigration quota acts

c)

a distrust of foreigners

d)

an effort to stop fascism

21.

What was the purpose of the Palmer Raids?

a)

To lock up anti-war protesters.

b)

To seek out possible communists

c)

To enforce socialist policy

d)

To discourage illegal immigration

22.

Which invention contributed to the rise of mass culture during WW1 and the 20s?

a)

The Piano

b)

Radio

c)

Television

d)

Video Games

23.

What sort of precedent was set by Schenck vs. U.S.?

a)

It allowed for freedom of press.

b)

It allowed for civil liberties to be curtailed during a time of national crisis.

c)

The press were able to tell lies to support the government.

d)

Every citizen could be a member of the press.

24.

What was the name of the group of appointed officials under Harding that were known for corrupt behavior?

a)

The Ohio Gang

b)

The California Mafia

c)

The Pepperoni Parade

d)

The Mississippi Thugs

25.
A phrase spoken by  presidential candidate George H. W. Bush at the 1988 Republican National Convention in which he pledge not to tax the American people further. 
a)
Taxes are OVER
b)
Read my lips, no new taxes
c)
Don't Ask, Don't Tell
d)
Tax Reduction- Guaranteed 
26.
How was the Iran Hostage Crisis resolved?
a)
the hostages were all killed
b)
the hostages were released as part of the agreement ending the Vietnam War
c)
the hostages were freed upon Reagan's inauguration
d)
the Camp David Accords led Israel to release the hostages
27.
The belief that some societies are better than others
a)
Social Darwinism
b)
expansionism
c)
militarism
d)
colonialism
28.

What event in U.S. history is synonymous with William Randolph Hearst and Yellow Journalism?

a)

The Spanish-American War

b)

The Civil War

c)

The New York Mafia Wars

d)

World War I

29.

This list includes characteristics of life and work found in many large U.S. cities during the early 1900s.

*Child Labor

*Tenement Living

*High Infant Mortality Rates

*Dangerous Working Conditions

Which factor led to an increase in the characteristics shown in the list?

a)

An increase in trade among North American countries.

b)

An increase in the number of immigrants from southern and eastern Europe.

c)

An increase in job opportunities along the western coast of the United States

d)

An increase in the standard of living among immigrants from northwestern Europe.

30.

This summary describes the FBI's Racial Matters program.

"Racial Matters was a secret program in which J. Edgar Hoover's FBI used covert surveillance and counterintelligence programs to follow, wiretap and investigate African American leaders such as Martin Luther King Jr. during the 1960s."

Why did J. Edgar Hoover use the program described in the summary?

a)

He suspected that civil rights leaders were adversaries of his political party, and he hoped to intimidate them.

b)

He considered civil rights leaders to be allies in the war against drugs and hoped to recruit them to be agents.

c)

He considered civil rights leaders to be dangerous intellectuals who held too much influence over political machines.

d)

He suspected that civil rights leaders has communist sympathies, but he lacked evidence to charge them with a crime.

31.

During the late 19th and early 20th centuries, American farmers faced new problems. Choose which of the following were problems faced by farmers.

a)

Crop Overproduction

b)

Government Regulation of Railroads

c)

Inflated Freight Rates

d)

High Protective Tariffs

e)

Increased Currency in Circulation

32.

Which factor best explains why the United States entered into the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) in 1994?

a)

To reduce trade restrictions with neighboring countries.

b)

To Standardize wages across the participating countries.

c)

To increase job opportunities for immigrants in the United States.

d)

To allow for the elimination of national borders with Canada and Mexico.

33.
This act gave states federal lands to construct colleges and universities.
a)
Dawes Act 
b)
Missouri Compromise 
c)
Compromise of 1850
d)
Morrill Act 
34.
This act have federal lands to railroad companies to complete a transcontinental railroad connecting the East and West coast of the United States 
a)
Kansas-Nebraska Act 
b)
Pacific Railway Act 
c)
Dawes Act 
d)
Homestead Act 
35.
•Clinton impeachment
•NAFTA
•Bosnia & Serbia airstrikes
•“don’t ask don’t tell” policy
a)
1980s
b)
1990s
c)
2000s
d)
1970s
36.
•“long, hot summers”
•Freedom Summer
•Greensboro sit-ins
•U-2 incident
Détente 
a)
1960s
b)
1950s
c)
1970s
d)
1940s
37.
•Osama bin Laden killed
•End of “don’t ask, don’t tell”
•SOPA Internet Protest
•Benghazi Embassy attacked
a)
1980s
b)
1990s
c)
2000s
d)
2010s
38.
•Seward’s Folly
•Sharecropping
•Tenure of Office Act
•Scalawags
•Redeemers
a)
1850s
b)
1860s
c)
1870s
d)
1790s
39.
Works Progress Administration
Cash and Carry
Sit-Down Strike
John Steinbeck- Grapes of Wrath
Social Security Act
a)
1910s
b)
1920s
c)
1930s
d)
1940s
40.
William Randolph Hearst
Pullman Strike
JP Morgan
Cross of Gold Speech
Plessy v. Ferguson
a)
1840s
b)
1860s
c)
1890s
d)
1900s
41.
War Powers Act
Equal Rights Amendment
OPEC
Kent State
Helsinki Accords
a)
1950s
b)
1960s
c)
1970s
d)
1940s
42.
Volstead Act
Woodrow Wilson
Fourteen Points
a)
1900s
b)
1910s
c)
1920s
d)
1890s
43.

Underwood Simmons Tariff

Bull Moose Party

Federal Reserve Act

"he kept us out of war"

Triangle Shirtwaist Fire

a)

1900s

b)

1910s

c)

1880s

d)

1890s

44.
The Grange
Credit Mobilier Scandal
Cattle drives
Horatio Alger
Chief Joseph and the Nez Perce
a)
1870s
b)
1880s
c)
1890s
d)
1900s
45.
Spanish-American War
Booker T Washington
Gospel of Wealth
Yellow Journalism
a)
1890s
b)
1900s
c)
1910s
d)
1880s
46.
Social Gospel
Knights of Labor
Jim Crow Laws
Social Darwinism
Helen Hunt Jackson- A Century of Dishonor
a)
1870s
b)
1880s
c)
1910s
d)
1920s
47.
Peace Corps
Betty Friedan- The Feminine Mystique
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
Stokely Carmichael (Black Power)
Great Society
a)
1940s
b)
1950s
c)
1960s
d)
1970s