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APUSH period 7 review

Total questions: 44

Worksheet time: 5hrs 33mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who won the presidential election of 1928?

a)

Herbert Hoover

b)

Donald Trump

c)

Franklin Roosevelt

d)

Abraham Lincoln

2.

What was the most famous product of the Harlem Renaissance?

a)

Rock

b)

Jazz

c)

Poetry

d)

Shuffling

3.

Xenophobia meant what?

a)

Fear of war

b)

Fear of guns

c)

Fear of alcohol

d)

Fear of foreigners

4.

The two atomic bombs dropped in Japan were in what cities?

a)

Hiroshima & Nagasaki

b)

Tokyo & Hiroshima

c)

Yokohama & Osaka

d)

Rio & Tokyo

5.

”The Jungle” directly contributed to the passage of the

a)

Glass-Steagall Act

b)

Agricultural Adjustment Act

c)

Wagner Act

d)

Meat Inspection Act

6.

The prohibition movement was a ban on

a)

Immigrants

b)

Weapons

c)

Alcohol

d)

Slavery

7.

The Bonus Army was a group of

a)

Women

b)

Slaves

c)

Japanese

d)

Unemployed WWI veterans

8.

Executive Order 9066 affected which of the following groups?

a)

Japanese Americans

b)

Mexican Americans

c)

African Americans

d)

Americans

9.

Who sent the Zimmerman telegraph to whom?

a)

Britain to Mexico

b)

Germany to Mexico

c)

Australia to Panama

d)

Germany to Colombia

10.

What was the name given to FDR’s intimate radio broadcasts?

a)

Chewing the fat

b)

Good for thought

c)

At the White House

d)

Fireside Chats

11.

What was part of the full blown modern consumer culture emerging in the 1920’s?

a)

radio, car, Hollywood

b)

television and comic books

c)

phones and computers

d)

All of the above

12.

What were the Zoot Suit Riots?

a)

A mob

b)

A fancy suit

c)

Riots against the ban of alcohol

d)

Conflicts with American servicemen against Mexican American youth.

13.
Which country was imperializing Cuba before the US took it over?
a)
France
b)
Spain
c)
Colombia
d)
Mexico
14.
What was Roosevelt's policy called?
a)
Dollar Diplomacy
b)
Big Stick Diplomacy
c)
Sphere of Influence
d)
Pan-Americanism
15.

This type of foreign policy encourages stronger nations to extend their influence over weaker ones.

a)

Imperialism

b)

Isolationism

c)

Globalism

d)

Communism

16.
President William McKinley's belief that Cuba deserved to be free and independent from Spain led to which event?
a)
France sold Cuba to the United States
b)
The construction of the Panama Canal began.
c)
The United States issued a boycott of trade with Spain
d)
The Spanish American War began.
17.
Which boat was sunk by the Germans?
a)
U.S. Maine
b)
Lusitania
c)
Titantic
d)
Princess
18.
Who was president of the United States during World War I?
a)
Abraham Lincoln
b)
Theodore Roosevelt
c)
Bill Clinton
d)
Woodrow Wilson
19.
Prohibition created which one of the following?
a)
Reduction in crime.
b)
Reduction in alcohol related deaths
c)
Organized Crime.
d)
More money being made.
20.
Which decade saw bank failures, the Dust Bowl, and the New Deal?
a)
1910s
b)
1920s
c)
1930s
d)
1940s
21.
Which New Deal program targeted the problem faced by bank failures?
a)
AAA
b)
FDIC
c)
Social Security
d)
SEC
22.

Muckraker Upton Sinclair wrote a book called The Jungle that...

a)

exposed the unclean/unsanitary processes of the meat-packing industry.

b)

told readers what the Amazon Jungle was really like,

c)

gave people a glimpse into what animals are like in the wild.

23.
• Became President after Herbert Hoover
• Pushed for many new programs called “The New Deal”
• President during World War II  

 The list above refers to which person?
a)
Duke Ellington
b)
Abraham Lincoln
c)
Theodore Roosevelt
d)
Franklin Roosevelt
24.
What is one way the New Deal was supposed to help the economy out of the Great Depression?
a)
by eliminating trading on the stock market
b)
by encouraging war with Germany and Japan
c)
by creating jobs through various new programs
d)
by giving people money through new bank laws
25.

What event changed the role of the US and led to us declaring war and sending troops into battle?

a)

attack on Pearl Harbor

b)

Lend-Lease Act

c)

Operation Torch

26.

Which WWII leader became President after FDR passed, wanted to save American lives in the Pacific, and decided to drop the atomic bombs?

a)

Franklin D. Roosevelt

b)

Winston Churchill

c)

Harry S. Truman

d)

Joseph Stalin

27.
The need for workers in the Southwest led to the ____________ Program that allowed the recruitment of Mexicans to work in the U.S. during World War II.
a)
Bracero
b)
Navajo
c)
Barrio
d)
None of these are correct
28.

Who were the Tuskegee Airmen

a)

African-American military pilots

b)

Navy seals

c)

Brave foot soldiers

d)

Silent and Sneaky snipers

29.

The Great Migration refers to

a)

The movement of African Americans from the south to the north

b)

The movement of African Americans from the north to the south

c)

The spread of African culture after slavery ended

d)

The advocacy of political union of all the indigenous inhabitants of Africa

30.

What is the most likely reason that Truman dropped the atomic bombs?

a)

The Japanese started the war, so the U.S. would end it

b)

To prevent additional loss of life that might accompany a prolonged war

c)

It would be cheaper than a land war in Japan

d)

To promote American business interests

31.

Which of the following groups contributed most directly to exposing economic, social, and political evils in the Progressive era?

a)

activist policemen

b)

populist farmers

c)

muckraking journalists

d)

immigrant anarchists

32.

Which of the following did Woodrow Wilson propose after World War I in order to establish a lasting peace?

a)

the UN

b)

the League of Nations

c)

NATO

d)

Alliance for Progress

33.

Why were certain groups of immigrants—British, German, and Scandinavian—less restricted than those from other countries?

a)

There was substantial ethnic prejudice in the U.S. against Southern Italians, as well as Jewish and Catholic immigrants from Russia and Eastern Europe.

b)

Britain and Germany, which both had huge overpopulation problems, put substantial pressure on the United States to admit a large number of immigrants.

c)

Legislators were unaware of the potentially discriminatory aspects of the law until it had been passed.

d)

Legislators believed that people who spoke English and other Germanic languages would make better citizens.

34.

Which of the following most directly reflects how World War II impacted American women?

a)

A number of women gained practical combat experience.

b)

The first woman was awarded the Medal of Honor.

c)

More women entered the workforce than ever before and did jobs that had been previously only open to men.

d)

Women learned how to organize for political action after the war.

35.

Two constitutional amendments, adopted in part because of World War I, were the Eighteenth, which dealt with ____, and the Nineteenth, whose subject was ____.

a)

prohibition; an income tax

b)

direct election of senators; woman suffrage

c)

prohibition; woman suffrage

d)

women suffrage; prohibition

36.

The Ku Klux Klan of the 1920s was a reaction against

a)

capitalism.

b)

new immigration laws passed in 1924.

c)

the Nativist movements that had their origins in the 1850's.

d)

the forces of diversity and modernity that were transforming American culture.

37.

The immediate outcome of the 1925 Scopes Trial was that

a)

attorney Clarence Darrow got the charges against John Scopes dropped.

b)

the state of Tennessee modified its anti-evolution law.

c)

the public gained a favorable view of American fundamentalists.

d)

biology teacher John Scopes was found guilty of teaching evolution and fined.

38.
Which 3 countries made up the Axis Powers?
a)
American, England, and Russia
b)
Sweden, Germany, and Denmark
c)
Italy, Russia, and Austria
d)
Italy, Germany, and Japan
39.
Who was the prime minister of England?
a)
Roosevelt
b)
Churchill
c)
Hitler
d)
Truman
40.
When was Pearl Harbor attacked?
a)
December 7, 1941
b)
September 1, 1939
c)
October 31, 1941
d)
December 25, 1941
41.
Who was president of the United States when WW2 ended?
a)
Franklin D. Roosevelt
b)
Harry Truman
c)
John F. Kennedy
d)
Jefferson DAvis
42.
World War 2 helped America come out of _________________ by providing jobs for people. 
a)
The Cold War
b)
The Dust Bowl
c)
The Great Depression
43.
Codename for building of atomic bomb
a)
operation overlord
b)
manhattan project
c)
blair witch project 
d)
project 832
44.

The agreement where the US agreed to allow nations whose defense was vital to ours to use our war equipment was:

a)

Cash and Carry

b)

Lend Lease

c)

Destroyer Base Deal

d)

Munich Pact