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WorksheetsVUS SOL Review
Total questions: 109
Worksheet time: 59mins
VUS.5 Which Supreme Court case established Judicial Review
Marbury v. Madison
McCulloch v. Maryland
Gibbons v. Ogden
Cohen v. Virginia
VUS.8 What did the Supreme Court rule in the Plessy v. Ferguson case?
that labor strikes that interrupted trade were unconstitutional
that separate facilities for blacks and whites were constitutional
American Indians were not technically citizens
that Congress' taxes were unconstitutional
VUS.5 Federalists and Anti-Federalists argued the most about...
how to admit new states into the union
how much power the president and Congress got
the electoral college
how much power the national and state governments got
VUS.8 What law gave people up to 160 acres of land at a low cost if they agreed to live on it for 5 years?
The Free Land Act
The Home on the Range Act
The Homestead Act
The Government Land Act
VUS.6 Which of these Civil War compromises admitted 1 slave state, 1 free state and made a line dividing north and south at the 36th Parallel?
Compromise of 1850
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Missouri Compromise
Election of Lincoln
VUS.7 This battle was the turning point of the Civil War.
the Battle of Bull Run
the Battle of Gettysburg
the Battle of Cold Harbor
the Battle of Fort Donelson
VUS.8 The ___________ was when African Americans left the south for the North and Midwest in search of jobs and better treatment?
Exodus
Great Leap Forward
Northwest Passage
Great Migration
VUS.4 The Declaration of Independence states that...
the king has the power to make all decisions
a council has the right to make all decisions
the people have ultimate power to make all decisions
the military has the power to overrule any decisions
VUS.9 What effect did the Panama Canal have on the western hemisphere?
it linked the Caribbean Sea with the Atlantic Ocean
it made the trip from the Atlantic to the Pacific longer
it linked the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans
it opened Cuba to the rest of the world
VUS.8 Where on the east coast were immigrants processed when they arrived to America?
Staten Island
Liberty Island
Ellis Island
Angel Island
VUS.9 At the end of WWI, Woodrow Wilson proposed his __________ that included a _____________.
5 Point Plan, United Nations
13 Point Plan, Nations Club
14 Points Plan, Nations of the World
14 Points Plan, League of Nations
VUS.10 Which of the following contributed to the Stock Market Crash of 1929?
European countries failing to pay WWI debt
Over-speculation in the stock market
new American Laws that changed capitalism
underproduction of industries
VUS.2&3 Before slaves, Southern colony labor needs were met by _____________, until their weren't enough anymore.
Animals
Indentured servants
Women
Children
VUS.2&3 NE colonies prospered partly due to the Puritan belief in hard work and _________
Good farm land
Prayer
Thrift
Cavaliers
VUS.4 Who's ideas were most influential in the American belief in self-government?
George Washington
John Locke
Thomas Jefferson
James Madison
VUS.4 The ____________ reflected ideas of John Locke and Thomas Paine.
Federalist Papers
Declaration of Independence
Treaty of Versailles
Silence Dogood Letters
VUS.4 Where was the brief skirmish that began the Revolutionary War? (Shot Heard 'Round the World)
Trenton
Saratoga
Yorktown
Lexington & Concord
VUS.5 What was the agreement to appease the southern states on the topics of slavery/population?
The Bill of Rights
3/5 Compromise
Great Compromise
The Constitution
VUS.5 What political party was led by John Adams and Alexander Hamilton and believed in a strong national government?
Federalists
Democratic - Republicans
Whigs
Know - Nothings
VUS.5 Who is known as the "Father of the Constitution"?
George Washington
Alexander Hamilton
James Madison
Benjamin Franklin
VUS.4 What was it called when the Sons of Liberty dressed like Indians to dump British tea out to boycott the tea tax?
Lexington & Concord
Battle of Trenton
Boston Tea Party
Boston Massacre
VUS.6 The belief that it was America's duty & right to stretch from the Atlantic to the Pacific was?
White privilege
The Mexican American War
The Commercial Revolution
Manifest Destiny
VUS.6 What was bought from France in 1803 & doubled the size of the United States?
The Mississippi River
The Louisiana Purchase
Mexico
California
VUS.6 What war gave America the Oregon Territory?
War of 1812
Revolutionary War
Civil War
Mexican American War
VUS.6 What was it called when several tribes were relocated from the Atlantic coast to Oklahoma?
Boston Massacre
3/5 Compromise
Wounded Knee Massacre
Trail of Tears
VUS.9 & 11 What document ended WWI and caused WW2 to happen?
Treaty of Versailles
14 Points
Northwest Passage
Middle Passage
VUS.6 True or False? A cause of the War of 1812 was British interference with American shipping (impressment)
True
False
VUS.7 Who favored high tariffs?
South
North
VUS.6 What repealed the Missouri Compromise and gave people in Kansas and Nebraska the right to vote on whether or not they wanted slavery (popular sovereignty)
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Compromise of 1850
Manifest Destiny
VUS.11 What happened on June 6,1944?
End of WWII
DDay
Battle of Stalingrad
Battle of Britain
VUS.4 New ______________ were levied to help pay for debt accrued during the French and Indian War.
Taxes
Crops
Rules
Regulations
VUS.7 "Fourscore and seven years ago our fathers brought forth, on this continent, a new nation, conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.
...that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom, and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth."
The Gettysburg address
The Constitution of the U.S.
Declaration of Independence
Emancipation Proclamation
VUS.7 Which three Amendments where designed to ensure equality for freedmen?
17th,18th,19th
13th,14th,15th
13th,14th,16th
8th,9th,10th
VUS.11 Where did American naval forces defeat a much larger Japanese navy to stop their advance across the Pacific in WWII?
Nagasaki
Okinawa
Midway
Iwo Jima
VUS.7 Which Supreme court case decided that slaves were property and had no right to sue in court
Plessy v Ferguson
Dred Scott
Brown v Board
Marbury v Madison
VUS.8 The ruling in Supreme Court case, Plessy v. Ferguson, was significant because it upheld:
That former slaves were not citizens
That States had the power to secede
That "Jim Crow" or segregation laws were Constitutional as long as things were equal.
That "Jim Crow" or segregation laws were unconstitutional.
VUS.5 The doctrine of implied powers was set forth in what court decision?
McCulloch v. Maryland
Marbury v. Madison
Gibbons v. Ogden
VUS.7 Laws limiting the rights of African Americans passed by Southern governments after the Civil War
Sovereign
Emancipation Proclamation
Juneteenth
Black Codes
VUS.9 USA reluctantly entered WWI due to what?
Unrestricted German submarine warfare
Italy's hatred of the Jews
The potato famine
Woodrow Wilson's stroke
VUS.2&3 What was the name of the trip from Africa to the New World referred to as?
The Middle Passage
The Long Leg
The Dungeon
The Nightmare
VUS.8 Who believed the way to equality was through vocational and economic success?
WEB Dubois
Ida B. Wells
Malcolm X
Booker T. Washington
VUS.8 Who believed education was meaningless without equality and helped start the NAACP?
WEB DuBois
Booker T. Washington
Martin Luther King Jr.
Ida B. Wells
VUS.12 During the Cold War, what bill did the U.S. Congress pass to provide financial assistance to western European countries?
Truman Doctrine
Open Door Policy
Marshall Plan
Domino Theory
VUS.8 The ____ Amendment is the prohibition amendment and it was repealed by the ____ Amendment
19th & 21st
18th & 21st
21st & 23rd
18th & 19th
VUS.9 What war resulted in the USA annexing Puerto Rico and intervening in Cuban affairs?
Spanish American War
Mexican American War
Civil War
WWI
VUS.8 Who are progressives whose investigative literature exposed abuses in economics, politics, and society
Muckrakers
Typeslitters
Tonguelashers
Gluespreaders
VUS.9 What was a key idea of the Fourteen Points? (MULTIPLE ANSWERS)
League of Nations
Freedom of the seas
Mandate System
Self-determination
VUS.9 True or False? America became a member of the League of Nations
False
True
VUS.11 War bonds and ______________ were used to finance the war.
Income Tax
Media
Rationing
VUS. 9 How did the Treaty of Versailles affect postwar Germany?
Left a legacy of hatred in the hearts of the German people.
It stabilized the German economy.
It left Germany in the same state as it was before the war.
It gave Germans the drive to rebuild their nation.
VUS.12 What ended the Cuban Missile Crisis?
The USSR removes missiles and the US leaves Cuba alone.
The US uses all of their missiles and destroys Cuba
Cuba forfiets
JFK got tired of fighting and just made a treaty
VUS.10 Which of the following caused the Great Depression?
Hitler invading Poland
Stock market crash of 1929
Storming of the Bastille
Assassination of the Archduke
VUS.11 Which of the following describes the "Final Solution"?
dropping atomic bombs on Japan
killing of the Jews
secret plan to invade Poland
the official end of World War 2
VUS.10 True or False? The roaring 20s challenged traditional values
True
False
VUS.10 What was FDR's plan called to bring America out of the Great Depression?
The Progressive Plan
The Homestead Act
The New Deal
The Square Deal
VUS.6 What allowed California to enter as a free state while SW territories from Mexico got to vote?
Compromise of 1850
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Missouri Compromise
VUS.6 Nat Turner and Gabriel Prosser led what?
Black troops in the War of 1812
Slave rebellions in VA
The Freedmen's Bureau
VUS.13 What law made it illegal to require a literacy test to vote?
Voter Registration act
15th amendment
Voting Rights act 1965
Civil rights act of 1964
VUS.13 What Supreme Court decision said segregated schools are not equal
Marbury V Madison
Brown V board of Education
Roe V Wade
Plessy V Ferguson
VUS.13 What was Virginia's response to Brown V. Board of Education?
Closing schools
creating private academies
all of these options are correct
White flight from Urban schools
VUS.11 Cases held 1945-1949 to prosecute Nazi leaders and members for war crimes and crimes against humanity.
Hideki Tojo
Nuremberg Laws
Final Solution
Nuremberg Trials
VUS. 11 Why couldn’t African American soldiers serve with white soldiers in the military?
They weren't good enough.
They did serve with white soldiers.
Segregation didn't allow it.
African American soldiers didn't want to.
VUS.9 Who said America wanted to "make the world safe for democracy?"
Ronald Reagan
Woodrow Wilson
William Howard Taft
Theodore Roosevelt
VUS.11 How did the white members of the US Army feel about the Tuskegee Airmen? (HINT- Think about the movie scene)
They were excited about the Tuskegee Airmen.
They wanted to join the Tuskegee Airmen.
They wanted the Tuskegee Airmen to do all the work.
They didn't believe the Tuskegee Airmen were any good.
VUS.12 Why were the US and Soviet Union on opposite side of the Cold War?
The US dropped bombs on the Soviet Union
The Soviet Union dropped bombs on the US
The two countries have different viewpoints of government and economy.
VUS.12 What organization formed to stop the spread of Communism?
NATO
NAFTA
WPA
USA
VUS.6 Which president made the Louisiana Purchase?
Thomas Jefferson
Abraham Lincoln
George Washington
John F. Kennedy
VUS.2&3 Which region did the Puritans / Pilgrims settle in the New World as they were seeking religious freedom?
New England
Middle
Southern
Western
VUS.2&3 The trade system developed by the colonies between Europe, the West Indies and Africa was called...
Salutary or Benign Neglect
Mercantilism
Triangular Trade
Navigation Acts
VUS.2&3 Africans were brought to North America __________.
Involuntarily
Voluntarily
In 1607
Across the Pacific
VUS.4 The Commander in Chief of the Continental Army was -
John Adams
Thomas Jefferson
George Washington
Robert E. Lee
VUS.5 How did the Federalists and Anti-Federalists "compromise" to ratify (approve) the U.S Constitution?
The added the Bill of Rights (First 10 Amendments)
They outlawed cruel and unusual punishment.
Ensured due process of the law.
The Federalists threatened the Anti-Federalists to war.
VUS.5 Which branch of government is responsible for enforcing the laws?
judicial
executive
legislative
international
VUS.5 Which statement is true about the legislative branch of the government?
Congress is made up of three parts
Congress is responsible for making the laws
The president appoints the members of Congress
The members of Congress decide what the law means
VUS.5 Which branch of the government decides:
a law is unconstitutional; an act by the president is unconstitutional; and a treaty is unconstitutional?
senators and representatives
the president and the cabinet
ambassadors and consuls
the justices of the Supreme Court
VUS.6&7 Which event was the immediate cause of the secession of several Southern states from the Union in 1860?
The Dred Scott decision by the U.S. Supreme Court
The election of President Abraham LIncoln
The enactment of the Missouri Compromise
The raid on the arsenal at Harpers Ferry by John Brown
VUS.7 Which of the following were impacts of the Civil War on African Americans
Served in the Union Army and Navy after the Emancipation Proclamation
Served as contraband in Union armies and on Union naval ships
Fought with distinction and were paid salaries
All of the the above!
VUS.6 The Fugitive Slave Act required.....
escaped slaves in free states to be forcibly returned to their owners in the South.
enslaved people to catch escaped slaves
the separation of blacks and whites in facilities
all slaves to be considered citizens
VUS.7 Which of the following events were symbolic of the end of Reconstruction?
Election of 1876
Removal of Federal troops from the South
Beginning of Jim Crow Laws
Sherman's March to the Sea
VUS.7 Choose the negative effects of Reconstruction in post-Civil War America.
More opportunities for African Americans
Economic improvements in the South
Emergence of the Ku Klux Klan
Emergence of Jim Crow Laws
VUS.8 Andrew Carnegie is to steel as John D. Rockefeller is to ___________
Oil
Steel
Finance
Railroads
VUS.8 The Transcontinental Railroad made it easier to transport people and goods from the East Coast to the West Coast
True
False
Whites Only Water Fountain
VUS.8 A sign with this label would be an example of what laws in the South
Racial Rules
Lincoln Laws
Black Codes
Jim Crow Laws
VUS.8 What is a suffragist?
a person who works to end slavery
a person who likes school
a person who supports women's right to vote
a person who suffers in rags
VUS. 9 What is the League of Nations?
An international organisation that helps to promote trade
An international organisation that aims to promote peace among the countries
An international organisation that will fight other countries
An international organisation that will bring hope and stability in the world
VUS. 10 What is the Harlem Renaissance?
A travelling basketball team
A rebirth of African American culture in art, music, and literature
A medieval game
Time period of around 1210 a.d. when the games of jousting and art became popular
VUS.10 What did men employed by the WPA or Works Progress Administration do?
Plant trees on public land
New built bridges, roads, schools, and parks
Farmers decrease production of crops
VUS. 10 T/F Reform measures of the New Deal were designed to correct problems with banking and investment policies.
True
False
VUS.10 Which government agency gives benefits to people when they are retired or unemployed?
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Securities and Exchange Commission
Tennessee Valley Authority
Social Security Admistration
VUS.11 T/F Germany was the most brutal to prisoners of war.
False, Japan was the most brutal to prisoners of war
True
VUS.12 After World War II, what area of Germany did the United States occupy?
Southeast Asia
West Germany
East Germany
North Africa
VUS.11 Germany and Austria-Hungary (Axis Powers) vs. ______, _______, and ______ (Allied Powers)
Britain, France, and Russia
Spain, Portugal, and France
Sweden, Denmark, and Finland
Italy, Greece, and Africa
VUS.11 Who were the dictators of the of Italy, Germany, and Japan
Pershing, Wilson, and Churchill
Mussolini, Hitler, and Tojo
Roosevelt, Wilson, and Hitler
Hitler, Eisenhower, and Churchill
VUS.11 Which military unit destroyed German planes and was awarded a Congressional Gold Medal
Airwomen
Nisei regiments
Tuskegee Airmen
Navajo Code Talkers
VUS.11 During World War II, Japanese-Americans were_______________
were executed by the government
rewarded for their loyalty
victims of prejudice and suspected of disloyalty
able to fight the war in the Pacific during WWII
VUS.12 The Truman Doctrine was concerned with —
fighting terrorism
ending the Cold War
containing communism
ending the nuclear arms race
VUS.12 The United States intervened to stop the spread of communism from North Vietnam into South Vietnam as a result of what?
the Domino Theory
the Marshall Plan
United Nations orders
Yellow Journalism
VUS.12 Why was Israel established in 1948?
To reconnect Jewish people to their ancient homeland
To cause cultural and religious disagreements
In reaction to the Zionism movement
To protect the Jewish population from anti-Semitism in Europe
VUS.12 What ended the Cold War?
The invasion of Kuwait
The collapse of the Soviet Union
Reunification of Germany
Germany surrendering
VUS.12 Which was the first of the Cold War events?
Korean War
Vietnam War
Battle of Stalingrad
Break up of the Soviet Union
VUS.12 The practice of making accusations of subversion or treason, especially when related to communism, without any proper regard for evidence.
McCarthyism
Trumanism
Hooverism
Trumpism
VUS.12 What resolution was passed that gave the president permission to send troops to Vietnam without a formal declaration of war?
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
Gulf of Vietnam
Geneva Conventions
USS Tonkin
VUS.12 Which was the policy gradually removed US troops from South Vietnam?
Vietnamization
Watergate
Bay of Pigs
Warsaw Pact
VUS.12 T/F The Bay of Pigs was the US attempt to overthrow Cuba's communist government?
True
False
What industry did John D. Rockefeller make his fortune in?
Railroads
Steel
Oil
Banking
Which minority unit is pictured here?
Nisei Regiment
Tuskegee Airmen
Navajo Code Talkers
Bracero Factory Workers
Which of the following people served on the NAACP Legal Defense Team? (2)
W E B DuBois
Oliver Hill
Thurgood Marshall
Booker T Washington
Which was the first case to become part of the Brown v. Board of Education case?
Davis v. Prince Edward County
Brown v. County School Board of Prince Edward
Brown v. Board of Education
Davis v. Board of Education
VUS.13 Which Virginia lawyer played a major role in the Brown v. Board of Education court case?
Oliver Hill
Barbra Johns
Harry F. Byrd
Prince Edward
