WorksheetsU.S. History Final Exam
Total questions: 62
Worksheet time: 37mins
the purchasing of stocks by paying only a small percentage of the price and borrowing the rest
Hawley-Smoot Tariff Act
Credit
Speculation
Buying on Margin
Black Tuesday
a name given to October 29, 1929, when stock prices fell sharply
Hawley-Smoot Tariff Act
Credit
Speculation
Buying on Margin
Black Tuesday
a period, lasting from 1929 to 1940, in which the U.S. economy was in severe decline and millions of Americans were unemployed
Great Depression
Shantytown
Soup Kitchen
Bread Line
Dust Bow
region, including Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas,Colorado, and New Mexico, that was made worthless for farming by drought and dust storms during the 1930s
Great Depression
Shantytown
Soup Kitchen
Bread Line
Dust Bowl
All of the following were causes of World War II EXCEPT
The rise of communism, fascism, and Nazism in Europe
Adolf Hitler's aggression in Eastern Europe
The division of Korea into two governments: democratic and communist
The ramifications of the Treaty of Versailles
Harry S Truman, Dwight Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy, and Lyndon B. Johnson practiced which foreign policy when dealing with the Cold War?
Containment of communism
Detente with the Soviet Union and China
Destruction of communism
Isolationism from communist countries
The closest that the United States came close to total war with the Soviet Union during the Civil War was
the Cuban Missile Crisis
the Korean War
the Vietnam War
Reagan's attempt to militarize against communism
Urban riots in the late 1960s such as the one pictured were caused by
The assassination of John F. Kennedy
Integration of public transportation
The murder of four Freedom Riders
Police brutality on African-Americans
The Civil Rights Act (1964)
Outlawed literacy tests and other discriminatory stipulations for voting
Outlawed discrimination in the workforce based on race, religion, nationality, and sex
Integrated public schools
Integrated the United States Armed Forces
the systematic murder—or genocide—of Jews and other groups in Europe by the Nazis before and during World War II
Holocaust
Kristallnacht
Genocide
Ghetto
Concentration camp
a prison camp operated by Nazi Germany in which Jews and other groups considered to be enemies of Adolf Hitler were starved while doing slave labor or were murdered
Holocaust
Kristallnacht
Genocide
Ghetto
Concentration camp
a law, passed in 1941, that allowed the United States to ship arms and other supplies, without immediate payment, to nations fighting the Axis powers
Axis Powers
Lend Lease Act
Atlantic Charter
Allies-
a name given to May 8, 1945, “Victory in Europe Day”on which General Eisenhower’s acceptance of the unconditional surrender of Nazi Germany marked the end of World War II in Europe
V-E Day
Rationing
Manhattan Project
(WAAC)
V-J Day
the U.S. program to develop an atomic bomb for use in World War II
internment
Rationing
Manhattan Project
(WAAC)
kamikaze
symbol of the working woman during WWII
A. Phillip Randolph
Rosie the Riveter
General Eisenhower
F.D.R.
September 2, 1945 was known as ______ Day when the Japanese surrender
V-J
Yalta
Potsdam
V-E
Which man first successfully flew an airplane across the Atlantic Ocean?
Clarence Thomas
Dodge Brothers
Orval Wright
Charles Lindberg
Who was the Supreme Commander of the U.S. forces in Europe?
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Douglas MacArthur
George Marshall
George Patton
What was the goal of the Marshall Plan?
Marshall felt that the U.S. should use atomic weapons on all communist countries
to give economic aid to Europe so that they could rebuild after WWII
to build a 20 ft. electrified fence between communist and non-communist countries
to create one large capitalist free state in Eastern Europe
What was the purpose of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)?
They would loan each other money to combat inflation
They would be the only organization authorized to make treaties between communist organizations
Members pledged military support to one another in case any member was attacked
Each country would share the responsibility of patrolling the North Atlantic looking for U-boats
What event started the Korean War?
The Soviet Union detonated an atomic bomb in North Korea
China became a Communist nation
North Korea invaded South Korea
South Korea invaded North Korea
What was the Soviet's response to NATO?
the creation of the Berlin Pact
the creation of the Moscow Pact
the creation of the Prague Pact
the creation of the Warsaw Pact
What enabled North Vietnam to send troops to South Vietnam?
Ho Chi Minh Trail
the fall of Diem Bien Phu
the strategic hamlet programs
Operating Rolling Thunder
Who was the first woman to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court?
Sonia Sotomayor
Sandra Day O'Conner
Miriam Ferguson
Hilary Clinton
What is the name of President Obama's healthcare reform law?
Affordable Health Care Act
Title V Health Reform
Health Care Reform Law
Legacy Reform
What is the name of the first Hispanic and third woman to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court?
Sonia Sotomayor
Sandra Day O'Conner
Miriam A. Ferguson
Esperanza Andrade
10. The ideal young woman of the 1920s was the
a. Gibson girl
b. flapper
c. fashion lady
d. suffragists
11. This music was created by African American migrants from New Orleans
a. blues
b. waltz
c. Charleston
d. jazz
56. The Soviet launching of this satellite began the Space Race between the USSR and US.
a. Sputnik
b. Explorer I
c. Molotov
d. Khruschev
65. The 1960 election between Nixon and Kennedy was the first to hold a
a. televised debate
b. train campaign
c. statewide vote
d. radio debate
68. This planned event was begun by the refusal the give up a seat by Rosa Parks.
a.School Integration
b. Sit Ins
c. Montgomery Bus Boycott
d. March on Washington
69. The first African American to be named to the Supreme Court was
a. Martin Luther King Jr.
b. Malcolm X
c. Jesse Jackson
d. Thurgood Marshall
What did the passing of the 13th Amendment do?
ended slavery
citizenship to all people born or naturalized in the U.S.
right to vote could not be denied by race, color, or previous condition of servitude.
What did the passing of the 14th Amendment do?
ended slavery
citizenship to all people born or naturalized in the U.S.
right to vote could not be denied by race, color, or previous condition of servitude.
What did the passing of the 15th Amendment do?
ended slavery
citizenship to all people born or naturalized in the U.S.
right to vote could not be denied by race, color, or previous condition of servitude.
In November 1979, revolutionaries stormed the American embassy in Tehran and held 52 Americans hostage. The Carter administration tried unsuccessfully to negotiate for the hostages release. On January 20, 1981, the day Carter left office, Iran released the Americans, ending their 444 days in captivity.
Iran Contra Affair
OPEC Hostage Crisis
Iran Hostage Crisis
Tehran Hostage Crisis
Which of the following resulted from McCarthyism during the 1950s?
Membership in the U.S. Communist Party increased
U.S. citizens were arrested for being suspected communists
Recruitment procedures for the U.S. military branches were reformed
U.S. diplomats began to express dissenting political viewpoints more freely
Which term means "tracts of land set aside to contain Native Americans?"
subsidies
reservations
Selective Service Act
monopoly
How did the Homestead Act encourage people to move West?
It set up reservations for freed African Americans.
It offered free land to those willing to farm it.
It offered land to gold prospectors.
It promised protection from Native Americans.
For most of their history, how did the Plains Native Americans meet their needs for food, clothing, shelter, and tools?
farming
fishing and mining
hunting buffalo
raising cattle and horses
What was the most important effect of using the assembly line for automobile production?
Manufacturers could produce more luxury cars for the wealthy.
Millions of Americans could afford automobiles.
Female workers were hired for factory work for the first time.
Manufacturers produced cars with more mechanical defects.
How did workers hope that labor unions would help to improve their lives?
by breaking up trusts
by creating a laissez-faire style of government
by demanding better pay and working conditions
by creating turmoil in the workplace
Which term is referred to as sensational, biased, and often false reporting?
Roosevelt Corollary
Moral Diplomacy
Dollar Diplomacy
Yellow Journalism
Under which policy did the United States claim the right to intervene in the domestic affairs of Latin American nations?
Roosevelt Corollary
dollar diplomacy
Monroe Doctrine
moral diplomacy
What group benefitted from the passage of the 19th amendment in 1920?
women
temperance supporters
the "Ohio Gang"
labor union organizers
What issue surrounded the Scopes Trial?
Whether two foreign-born radicals were guilty of murder.
Whether management could force workers to join company unions
Whether police officers had the right to go on strike.
Whether the theory of evolution could be taught in public school.
Group of students attempting to integrate a high school in Arkansas; Governor Faubus orders National Guard to bar their entry.
Little Rock 9
Montgomery 11
Brown 3
Selma 5
President during the 9/11 attacks; authorizes the creation of the Department of Homeland Security
George H.W. Bush
Bill Clinton
George W. Bush
Barack Obama
