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Worksheets2nd Semester Final 20-21
Total questions: 135
Worksheet time: 1hrs 8mins
As the Progressive moment gained momentum, many women realized that they needed the vote to
achieve equality in the workplace
promote reforms and pass labor laws
amend the Constitution
Who overthrew the Russian govt in Nov of 1917 and established a Communist government there?
Czar Nicholas II
Vittorio Orlando
Vladimir Lenin
"Selling" support for World War I to the American people was the task of
the War Industries Board
the Committee of Public Information
the War Propaganda Board
To protect themselves against artillery fire, troops in World War I began
throwing grenades
using bayonets
digging trenches
In addition to economic motives, many American supported overseas expansion because they believed
American military might should be unrivaled in the world
US was destined to expand overseas & spread its civilization
the US had much to learn from less-developed nations
In the election of 1912, Teddy Roosevelt became the presidential candidate of the newly formed
Populist Party
Progressive Party
Republican Party
Progressives believe industrialization & urbanization created social problems including poverty &
the filth and crime of urban society
the spread of violent racism
the failure of many businesses
Why did the Senate reject the Treaty of Versailles after WWI?
to increase United States military forces in Europe
to express opposition to harsh sanctions imposed on Germany
to keep the United States free from foreign entanglements
No American troop ships were sunk on their way to Europe during World War I, largely due to
steel-hulled ships
the convoy system
antisubmarine mines
Early in 1917, what division of the military authorized the enlistment of women?
Air Force
Navy
Army
On November 11, 1918, the fighting stopped because of the signing of an armistice, or
truce
reparation
acknowledgment of guilt
To ensure that all nations would have access to China's markets, the US pursued what policies?
Open Door policy
the Roosevelt Corollary
dollar diplomacy
As the US industrialized, many Americans concluded the nation needed new overseas markets to
provide inexpensive labor
keep its economy strong
protect its overseas investments
By the early 1900s, Americans had transformed the United States into the world's leading
industrial nation
laissez-faire country
gross national product
Under dollar diplomacy Taft supported Latin American industry to increase trade & profits for US business &
lift Latin Amer countries out of poverty & social disorder
exert influence over the govts of Latin American countries
prevent European countries from intervening in Latin America
When imperial powers allow territory to be independent with local rulers in control the territory was
a colony
an unincorporated territory
a protectorate
President Woodrow Wilson believed that lower tariff rates would lead American companies to
invest in foreign companies
improve products and lower prices
form larger trusts
To manage timber resources in the West, President Roosevelt established the
Department of Commerce and Labor
United States Forest Service
Bureau of Mines
Bureau of Mines monitored activities of mining co, protect waterpower sites from private develop &
create national seashores
expand the national forests
curb industrial pollution
The United States gained control over the Philippines as a result of
dollar diplomacy
the Open Door policy
the Spanish-American War
The right to self-determination means that countries
have the right to their own country and government
have the right to annex other nations
have the right to form alliances
Some Progressives advocated socialism, or
private ownership of business
government ownership of business
the absence of government
President Teddy Roosevelt used the West African saying "Speak softly & carry a big stick" to express his belief that
US has an obligation to promote development in other nations
imperialism violates fundamental American principles
displaying US power would deter nations from fighting
What country made an offer to Mexico proposing Mexico become its ally if the US entered the WWI?
Russia
France
Germany
in 1900 a group in China killed more than 200 foreigners in what came to be known as the
Secret Rebellion
Boxer Rebellion
Beijing Rebellion
In 1898 Pres McKinley faced pressure to go to war vs Spain including public anger over the Maine &
war fever within the US military
jingoism within the Republican Party
calls for assistance from Cuban rebels
What progressive reform allowed citizens to intro legislation & required legislatures to vote?
initiative
recall
referendum
T.Roosevelt believed a canal thru Central America would save time & money for commercial & military shipping &
would benefit the people of Central America
would establish a new market for US goods
was vital to US power in the world
President Wilson's peace plan was known as the
Fourteen Points
Zimmermann telegram
Sussex Pledge
As strikes erupted across the US in 1919, the fear that Communists might seize power led the
Red Socialism
Red Communism
Red Scare
One of the conditions of the Treaty of Versailles was that
Germany must adhere to all of the Fourteen Points
Germany must admit its guilt in causing World War I
Austria-Hungary must reduce the size of its military
In 1894 the United States caused an economic crisis in Cuba by
passing a tariff on sugar
preventing trade with Spain
blockading the island
The first declaration of war in World War I came after
Russia signed a treaty to support Austria
Germany invaded Russia
the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand
To help pay the costs of World War I, Congress
lowered taxes
sold Liberty Bonds
outlawed unions
Most Progressives shared a strong faith in
science and technology
the commitment of politicians to serve the people
foreign trade
What did the new morality of the 1920s place a high value on?
work
traditional values
personal freedom
wealth
What was Henry Ford's business philosophy to increase car sales based on?
providing consumers with a variety of styles and colors
advertising
lowering the cost per car
constantly improving his cars' mechanical reliability
What baseball player also became a national hero?
Jack Dempsey
Babe Ruth
Red Grange
Bill Tilden
How did Americans of the 1920s want to avoid future wars?
banning Japan from the League of Nations.
dividing Germany among the Allies.
avoiding involvement in world affairs.
forbidding Germany to rebuild its armed forces.
What was one of the NAACP's greatest political triumphs, that occurred in 1930?
signing of a law ending segregation in public schools
signing of a law banning discrimination in federal jobs
defeat of an allegedly racist judge nominated for the Supreme Court
appointment of an African American to the Supreme Court
Which amendment repealed Prohibition?
22nd Amendment
21st Amendment
19th Amendment
18th Amendment
What was the Scopes trial about?
enforcing Prohibition
curbing the Ku Klux Klan
controlling immigration
teaching evolution
What system of manufacturing adopted by Henry Ford divided operations into simple tasks and cut unnecessary motion to a minimum?
assembly line
product placement
construction design
apprentice system
Whose election demonstrated the voting power of African Americans?
W.E.B. DuBois
John J. Parker
Marcus Garvey
Oscar DePriest
Which event publicity debated the subjects of evolution and creationism and their place in education?
Billy Sunday's revivals
the Scopes trial
the Sacco-Vanzetti case
Aimee McPherson's faith healings
Which of the following statements about Andrew Mellon is true?
He believed in applying business principles to government.
He was the secretary of the treasury under Wilson.
He increased government spending.
He advocated an increase in income tax rates.
Who was President Harding's secretary of commerce (& not corrupt)?
Andrew Mellon.
Herbert Hoover.
Harry Daugherty.
John W. Davis.
Where was a center of creativity & freedom where many artists, writers, and intellectuals of the 1920s gathered?
Boston
Greenwich Village
Charlestown
Haight-Ashbury
Which of the following had become an accepted part of American life by the 1920s?
bathtubs
automobiles
computers
televisions
The flourishing of African American arts during the 1920s is known as what?
Great Transformation
Great Awakening
South Side Renaissance
Harlem Renaissance
What was a major development in popular culture during the 1920s?
a strong interest in Hollywood & "talking" pictures
a preference for watching television over listening to the radio
an increase in regional interests and a decline in mass media
a declining interest in sports and sports heroes
What did Albert B. Fall receive bribes for in the Teapot Dome Scandal?
allowing private interests to drill for oil in a national park.
preventing federal prosecution of a member of the Ohio Gang.
promising immunity to businesses who overcharged the U.S. Navy.
allowing private interests to lease lands containing U.S. Navy oil reserves.
What were characters who were flawed individuals but still had heroic qualities of mind and spirit called?
"heroic antiheroes"
"the lost generation"
"Hollow Men"
"Galloping Ghosts"
What was fascism?
a communist movement that emphasized state control of the economy
a populist movement that encouraged traditional values
an aggressive movement that believed the state was more important than the individual
a nationalistic movement that believed that the nation's problems could be traced to socialism
What was Rosie the Riveter a symbol of?
campaign to hire women to work in factories during the war
Japanese civilians who were sent to internment camps
women who joined the armed forces
female empowerment
As a result of a presidential order allowing the military to declare any part of the United States to be a military zone,
many areas of the West became off-limits to civilians
many Japanese Americans were moved to interment camps
much of the Nevada desert became a weapons testing ground
many military installations sprang up along the West Coast
Why could Liberty ships be produced quickly?
made of steel rather than iron
riveted rather than welded
made with thick hulls
assembled from prefabricated parts
What did the govt introduce to help farmers in the Southwest overcome the labor shortage?
Migrant Worker Program
Rosie the Riveter Program
Relocation Program
Bracero Program
Where did companies that wanted to convert their factories to war production received loans?
Office of War Mobilization
Cost-Plus System
Selective Service
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
By US & Britain opening a second front in the west on Germany, who would pressure be taken off?
Pacific war
Soviet Union
Italians
French
How did successes of Tuskegee Airmen & other African Amer units influence US military policy?
FDR ordered the military to recruit African Amer soldiers
Truman fully integrated the military in 1948 after the war
FDR desegregated the military in 1941
President Truman continued the policy of segregated armies
The "Double V" campaign meant victory
over Europe and victory in the Pacific
over the Nazis and victory over the Facists
over Hitler's racism abroad and victory over racism at home
on land and victory on the seas
On Nov 8, 1942, the Amer invasion of North Africa began under the command of what General?
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Douglas MacArthur
George Patton
Chester Nimitz
The US caused massive fires in Tokyo by dropping bombs filled with what substance?
amphtrac
dynamite
napalm
grease
During World War II, why did Americans buy over $150 billion worth of bonds?
donate part of their wages to the military
lend the government money to pay for the war
avoid paying taxes
finance public works projects
In the case Korematsu v. US, the Supreme Court ruled that relocation of Japanese Americans was
constitutional, but the govt had to pay for property losses
unconstitutional, and they had to be released at once
constitutional because it was based on military urgency
unconstitutional because it was based on race
How did the cost-plus system speed up war production?
imposing penalties on companies that didn't meet production quotas
allowing previously competing companies to work together
providing larger profits for companies that worked fast and produced a lot
providing bonuses for superior workmanship in war production
What was developed in response to attacks on American cargo ships by German submarines?
cost-plus system
liberty ship
convoy system
victory system
Where did the Bataan Death March occur?
the Philippines
Corregidor
North Africa
the Soviet Union
What were blue points and red points a system for?
rewarding American civilians
prioritizing targets for attack
rationing goods
mapping opposing forces
Why was the International Military Tribunal (IMT) created?
establish military rules of engagement for future wars
indict Japanese Emperor Hirohito for war crimes
set reparations dues for Germany and Japan
punish German and Japanese military leaders
In part, why did the US Marines had severe casualties at Tarawa?
they had no air support
the shallow reef prevented landing craft from reaching shore
the Japanese had the high ground of Mount Suribachi
the Japanese used kamikaze fighters against them
Where were people of Japanese ancestry ordered to relocate when the West Coast was declared a military zone?
Japan
interment camps
the Sunbelt
the East Coast
The Office of Price Administration rationed consumer products to make enough available for
military use
children
the elderly
schools
Where was the "Dust Bowl" located?
the Great Plains
the Midwest
the Pacific Northwest
the Southeast
In the 1920s, how did the Federal Reserve contribute to weaknesses in the stock market?
keeping interest rates low
lending to foreign companies
lending to speculators
speculating on market interest rates
Causing the Great Depression--5% of all Americans earned 30% of nation's income. this is an example of what?
a bull market
a recession
overproduction
an uneven distribution of income
What is a long period of rising stock prices known as?
bank run
bull market
foreclosure
margin call
What did thousands of World War I veterans go to Washington DC, in 1932 to lobby Congress for?
enact a bonus for war veterans and their families
provide military jobs for unemployed veterans
pass legislation giving veterans their promised bonuses early
provide public works jobs for unemployed veterans
What did the press call the WWI veterans who marched to Washington DC to demand early payment?
Bonus Army
Bonus Lobby
Bonus Rebellion
Bonus Veterans
What would the govt have to do to pay for public works jobs in the early 1930s?
borrow money
lay off federal employees
print money
reduce inflation
During GD, many farmers already under pressure from debt & falling prices were devastated by?
drought and the Dust Bowl
homelessness and Hoovervilles
migration and repatriation
unemployment and bank closures
Where were Dust Bowl penniless families headed to in order to find opportunities?
the Midwest
the South
Washington DC
California
During the Great Depression, who were farmers forced to turn their farms over to?
court officers
government agencies
banks that held their mortgages
nonpaying tenants
Who usually sponsored daytime radio dramas like The Guiding Light in the 1930s?
advertising companies
automobile manufacturers
Hollywood movie studios
makers of laundry soap
Who organized the Hunger Marches in Washington DC & other cities?
the Bonus Army
the American Communist Party
farm organizations
federal government agencies
Aside from the stock market crash, what was another key cause of the Great Depression?
deflation
inflation
overconsumption
overproduction
What happened during the Great Depression, when a bank collapsed?
depositors lost their savings
depositors were repaid if their accounts were insured
the government covered the bank's debts
the government stepped in to run the bank
In addition to the stock market crash of 1929, the economy was shaken by a slowdown in what?
farm production
mortgages
retail sales
tariff rates
Stock prices, before the late 1920s ___
did not change much
generally reflected the stocks' true value
were too high for most people to afford
had little to do with the economy
Why did many state governors declare bank holidays before FDR became president?
give bank employees time off
help the Federal Reserve
prevent bank runs
reduce the value of the dollar
Bank runs increased bc people feared FDR would abandon the gold standard & reduce the value of what?
farm crops
mortgages
the dollar
silver
The Civilian Conservation Corps offered unemployed young men the opportunity to work outdoors under the direction of what group?
environmental organizations
the forestry service
their state governments
the US Army
In addition to feeding recruits & instilling them with greater self-respect, Civilian Conservation Corps programs also
encouraged recruits to enlist in the military
helped 60,000 recruits secure loans for their 1st homes
provided recruits with permanent jobs in industry
taught more than 40,000 recruits to read and write
Some of FDR's advisers supported the "New Nationalism" of Teddy Roosevelt & wanted govt agencies to do what?
break up large companies
run key parts of the economy
set up welfare programs
work with business
What did FDR & his advisers see the Social Security act as?
an insurance measure
a relief measure
a retirement pension measure
a welfare measure
Two years into FDRs 1st term, New Deal progs had created 2million jobs but more than 10 mil American workers ___
could find only temporary employment
did not support Roosevelt
joined labor unions
remained unemployed
If it passed, the "court-packing" bill would have allowed President Franklin Roosevelt to do what?
appoint six new justices
bypass the Supreme Court
order justices to leave the court
refuse to enforce court orders
Which of the New Deal agencies insisted contractors couldn't discriminate against African Americans?
Civil Works Administration
Farm Credit Administration
National Recovery Administration
Public Works Administration
What action looked like FDR tried to interfere with the separation of power between branches of govt?
the broker state
the court-packing plan
cutting federal programs
the recession of 1937
After abandoning a balanced budge, what did FDR begin using to pay for New Deal programs?
binding arbitration
direct relief
deficit spending
the gold standard
The Glass-Steagall Act separated commercial from investment banking & also barred commercial banks from doing what?
handling everyday banking transactions
offering investment advice to depositors
risking depositors' money through stock speculation
providing government insurance for bank deposits
During the 1932 presidential campaign FDRs, confidence he could make things better contrasted with President Hoover's ___
apparent failure to do anything effective about the Great Depression
criticism of Democratic laissez-faire economic policies
limited but real success in addressing problems of the Great Depression
willingness to increase govt spending on a massive scale
High unemployment and economic recovery from the Great Depression would not be complete until___
after World War II
the end of the Second New Deal
deficit spending was stopped
the Wagner Act became law
Federal Number One, one of the Works Progress Administration programs of the New Deal, employed who?
displace tenant farmers
people in the arts
workers in the construction industry
young men ages 18 to 25
New Deal relief programs were based on the belief that the Great Depression's fundamental cause was what?
a crisis of confidence
high prices
a decline in export sales
low consumption
FDR won a landslide reelection victory in 1936 partly because millions of Americans___
believed the Great Depression had come completely to an end
hoped that FDR would appoint liberal judges to Supreme Court
owed their jobs & the safety of their bank accounts to the New Deal
supported FDR decision to fund programs with deficit spending
Where did Nazis mostly build extermination facilities within a number of concentration camps?
Germany
France
Poland
Austria
In presenting his "Four Freedoms," what did Roosevelt try to do?
justify America's neutrality
justify his call for speeding up America's military build-up
shift public opinion toward entering the war
shift public opinion toward helping Britain
The night of anti-Jewish violence became known as what?
blitzkrieg
Anschluss
Kristallnacht
Gestapo
What did Nazi leaders do at the Wannsee Conference?
planned the invasion of Poland
negotiated with Britain and France for the Sudentenland
planned the "final solution"
negotiated a nonaggression treaty with the Soviet Union
What were members of the Fascist militia who backed Mussolini known as?
storm troopers
the Gestapo
kamikazes
Blackshirts
What did Roosevelt use the Lend-Lease Act to do?
assure the return of borrowed American ships
get around the requirements of the Neutrality Act
bring in revenue needed for the American military buildup
spy on German U-boat activities
What was the first area that Hitler "unified" with Germany?
the Sudetenland
Czechoslovakia
Poland
Austria
An effect of the the Neutrality Act of 1937 was that Americans could no longer
join another country's military
ship non-military goods to nations at war
travel into war zones
join the Nazi or Fascist Party
To get resources, where did the Japanese military invade?
Taiwan
Korea
Tibet
Manchuria
What did Stalin believe that led him to agree to a nonaggression treaty with Germany?
it was the best way to protect Poland
that the Soviets and the Nazis had much in common
it would turn Germany against Britain & France & keep USSR safe
it would free him for a war against Britain and France
What country had the city of Danzig (more than 90% German) been a part of since WWI?
Austria
Poland
Czechoslovakia
France
What was the air battle between German Luftwaffe & British air force (RAF) in 1940 known as?
stizkrieg
the Battle of Britain
the Munich Crisis
the "Miracle at Dunkirk"
June 1941, in violation of a non-aggression treaty, where did Hitler launch a massive invasion?
Austria
France
the Soviet Union
Czechoslovakia
What did the Nuremberg Laws do?
took citizenship away from Jewish Germans
required all Jewish Germans to move to concentration camps
required all Jewish Germans to leave the country
authorized German police to shoot Jewish Germans
Few Americans wanted to raise immigration quotas, even to accommodate European ___
leaders
trade
peace
refugees
Who was a fervent anti-Communist and a great admirer of Benito Mussolini?
Adolf Hitler
Joseph Stalin
Francisco Franco
Vladimir Lenin
Trapped by Germans in Belgium at the beginning of WWII, where was the only port open for the British & French to evacuate troops?
Antwerp
Brussels
Dunkirk
Danzig
Who did Adolf Hitler blame Germany's defeat in World War I on?
weak German ruler
democratic form of government
Jews
Slavs
What did Hitler do that caused the British & French to realize appeasement had failed?
invaded Czechoslovakia
invaded Austria
invaded Poland
made demands for territory in Poland
What happened in the Battle of Britain?
British troops defeated the German ground invasion
the German air force destroyed the Royal Air Force
the Royal Air Force saved Britain from invasion
Brits sunk most of the German ships crossed the English Channel
When FDR & Churchill met near Newfoundland in 1941, they agreed on the text of what document?
Export Control Act
Atlantic Charter
Neutrality Act
Lend-Lease Act
In 1938 Britain & France agreed to Hitler's demand for the Sudetenland, an area of what country?
Czechoslovakia
Austria
Poland
Belgium
At Auschwitz, what immediately happened to elderly & disabled people, the sick, mothers & children?
forced to work as slave laborers
sent to another concentration camp
sent to the gas chambers
deported to Germany
The Fair Employment Practices Commission was created by FDR to do what?
mediated disputes between labor & management
end discrimination in hiring workers in defense industries
control wages & prices
coordinate all government housing projects
The bull market of the 1920s lasted only as long as what conditions were present?
banks continued to invest in stocks
investors continued putting new money into the market
the federal reserve continued to lower interest rates
stock brokers continued to make loans to investors
President Hoover was against ____ and wanted state and city governments rather than the federal government to provide money directly to impoverished families.
bonuses
credits
income
relief
What drove down prices during the stock market crash of October 1929?
banks being forced to close
companies being forced out of business
the government intervening in the market
investors selling stocks at a frenzied pace
What did 2 members of Congress introduce in response to the surrender of France to Germany in June of 1940?
War Production Board
Women's Army Auxiliary Corps
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Selective Service and Training Act
