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DA 2 21/22

Total questions: 55

Worksheet time: 31mins

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Class
Date
1.

Which of the following were causes of the Spanish-American War? Choose all that apply.

a)

Yellow Press

b)

Spanish Aggression in Florida

c)

The explosion of the U.S.S. Maine

d)

U.S. Economic interests in Spanish territories like Cuba and the Philippines.

e)

Queen Lili's Militarism towards the United States

2.

The Zimmerman Note was written from this country to this country.

a)

Germany to England

b)

Germany to America

c)

Germany to Mexico

d)

Germany to Japan

3.

Which of these was a reason that the United States got involved in World War I?

a)

a song called "Over There"

b)

the Zimmermann Telegram

c)

Food Shortages

d)

Belleau Wood

4.

Which of the following is a result of The Treaty of Versailles?

a)

Germany's thriving economy

b)

Germany and Austria-Hungary had parts of their territory removed and turned into a new country.

c)

Hitler became an elite businessman.

d)

The United States became more involved in European affairs.

5.

Which of the following challenged the United States policy of neutrality during WWI? (Choose all that apply)

a)

The Sinking of the Lusitania

b)

The assassination of Archduke Francis Ferdinand.

c)

Unrestricted Submarine Warfare

d)

The Zimmerman Telegram

6.

U.S. policy of using the nation’s economic power to exert influence over other countries.

a)

Dollar Diplomacy

b)

Moral Diplomacy

c)

Big Stick Policy

d)

Roosevelt Corollary

7.
Roosevelt's _________ depended on a strong military to achieve U.S. goals.
a)
Roosevelt Corollary
b)
"big stick" diplomacy
c)
"moral diplomacy"
d)
"dollar diplomacy"
8.
Threatening use of force in Latin America if need be
a)
Dollar Diplomacy
b)
Moral Diplomacy
c)
Big Stick Diplomacy
d)
Shuttle Diplomacy
9.
What was the main purpose of the Open Door Policy?
a)
To appease opponents of total imperialism by maintaining Chinese sovereignty.
b)
To keep the U.S. in control of trade in China. 
c)
To split China into different sections with different economic leaders. 
d)
To keep Russia out of China. 
10.
What was is the Open Door Policy? 
a)
Document stating America's control over China.
b)
Principles stating that all countries have equal acess to Chinese Ports. 
c)
Document explaining the intense competion between world powers. 
d)
Document explaing the "spheres of influence." 
11.
14. Policy that said the U.S. can intervene in Latin America any time.
a)
Dollar Diplomacy
b)
Open Door Policy
c)
Oriental Policy
d)
Roosevelt Corrolary/Big Stick Diplomacy
12.
This is the process of taking money borrowed from the bank or a broker, and putting it into the stock market
a)
Buying on Margin 
b)
Speculation 
c)
Buying on Credit 
d)
Overconsumption 
13.
This is making a very risky investment in the stock market, in hopes of earning a large profit
a)
Speculation 
b)
Buying on Margin 
c)
Bank Run 
d)
Bull Stock 
14.

When companies produce too much of a product & can't sell it:

a)

Underconsumption

b)

Overproduction

c)

Regulations

15.

When the public is unable to buy enough to keep up with how much is being produced:

a)

Overproduction

b)

Underconsumption

c)

Regulations

16.

Which of the following was a major cause of the Great Depression?

a)

overproduction and underconsumption

b)

a decrease in the supply of consumer goods

c)

an increase in demand for imported products

d)

an increase in the price of wheat on the world market

17.

Which of the following was NOT a cause of the Great Depression?

a)

overproduction

b)

buying on margin/speculation

c)

rise of consumer savings

d)

restricted international trade

18.

What was Franklin Roosevelt's response to the Great Depression.

a)

To move away from Laissez-Faire policy and begin instituting more governmental restrictions.

b)

By instituting Laissez-Faire policies.

c)

To maintain the same political policies as Herbert Hoover.

d)

He let banks make all the rules.

19.

What was Herbert Hoover's response to the Great Depression?

a)

To maintain unrestrictive policies.

b)

To move towards restrictive government policies.

c)

To institute Laissez-Faire policies.

d)

He gave everyone money.

20.

What human activity was a part of the cause of the Dust Bowl?

a)

Driving

b)

Building

c)

Baseball

d)

Overplowing

21.

Identify a negative consequence of the Dust Bowl on farmers.

a)

Farmers had no consequences

b)

Farmers didn't have to work very hard anymore

c)

Farmers could't pay their bills and possibly lost their farms

d)

Farmers were worried there was too much rain

22.
During the Great Depression, there was a severe drought in the Great Plains. Strong prairie winds picked up the topsoil and spread dust everywhere. Many farm families packed everything up and moved west. What was this event called?
a)
Dust Bowl
b)
Salad Bowl
c)
Great Plains Panic
d)
Depressing Dust
23.

Which term is synonymous with Labor Unions?

a)

Temperance

b)

Textile

c)

Organized Labor

d)

Communism

24.

What was Teddy Roosevelt's foreign policy?

a)

Moral Diplomacy

b)

Big Stick Diplomacy

c)

Dollar Diplomacy

d)

Ding Dong Diplomacy

25.

Flappers did which of the following?

a)

Reject old social norms.

b)

Advance technology.

c)

Encouraged tobacco use.

d)

Made it hard for young women to find jobs.

26.

The Bonus Army was a group of ______ veterans who marched to Washington

D.C. to demand their bonus pay. Their march and the government’s reaction

was a major event of the Great Depression.

a)

WWI

b)

Revolutionary War

c)

The Spanish-American War

d)

The Vietnam War

27.
What was is the Open Door Policy? 
a)
Document stating America's control over China.
b)
Principles stating that all countries have equal acess to Chinese Ports. 
c)
Document explaining the intense competion between world powers. 
d)
Document explaing the "spheres of influence." 
28.
Why was the Open Door Policy created?
a)
To establish American interest in China 
b)
Keep trade in China equal with ohter world powers
c)
To help American trade by finding new markets 
d)
All of the above
29.

Policy among Germany, Russia, Great Britain, France, Italy, and Japan in which these countries would not interfere with U.S. trading rights in China

a)

Roosevelt Corollary

b)

Dollar Diplomacy

c)

Open Door Policy

d)

Big Stick Diplomacy

30.

The Scopes Monkey Trial of 1925 had to do with teaching of Fundamentalism and ______.

a)

school

b)

Evolution

c)

life

d)

religion

31.

A trend that emphasized science and secular values over traditional religious ideas.

a)

Fundamentalism

b)

Social Darwinism

c)

Modernism

d)

Propagandalism

32.
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
33.
14. Policy that said the U.S. can intervene in Latin America any time.
a)
Dollar Diplomacy
b)
Open Door Policy
c)
Oriental Policy
d)
Roosevelt Corrolary/Big Stick Diplomacy
34.
Addition to the Monroe Doctrine that states the US will be a police power within Latin America
a)
Monroe Doctrine
b)
Roosevelt Corollary
c)
Yellow Journalism
d)
Industrialization
35.

What is the Harlem Renaissance?

a)

A travelling basketball team

b)

A rebirth of African American culture in art, music, and literature

c)

A medieval game

d)

Time period of around 1210 a.d. when the games of jousting and art became popular

36.
The artists during the Harlem Renaissance most wanted to
a)
document the experiences of their people
b)
show off their talents (dancing, singing, writing, etc)
c)
Go back to their ancestors' homeland
d)
Separate completely from the rest of America
37.
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
38.
What was the impact of the Harlem Renaissance? 
a)
promoted the growth of New York cities
b)
promoted culture identity of African Americans 
c)
it fought discrimination in southern cities
d)
it established programs such as the NAACP
39.

Where is Harlem?

a)

New York

b)

Chicago

c)

Detroit

d)

San Francisco

40.
Why Was The Assembly Line Invented ?
a)
So Slaves Can Be Free 
b)
 To Make America Great Again
c)
To Reduce The Time It Took To Make One Car
d)
For Women To Vote
41.

A method of production that uses a standardized process of creating interchangeable parts in large quantities for a low price.

a)

technique

b)

micro production

c)

mass production

d)

cottage industry

42.

In 1913, Henry Ford began using the ________________ to bring the product to the workers, allowing each one to do their specific task, before the product moved to the next employee. What is this thing called?

a)

plant

b)

assembly line

c)

division of labor

d)

consumption

43.

Another word that we use for "work"

a)

consumption

b)

process

c)

standard

d)

labor

44.

If businesses/companies can reduce the cost of production for the the item/service, that can ____________________ the cost of the item for consumers.

a)

increase

b)

decrease

c)

neither

45.
A law enacted in 1930, that established the highest protective tariff in US history, worsening the depression in America and abroad.
a)
Hawley-Smoot Tariff Act
b)
Federal Home Loan Bank Act
c)
Reconstruction Finance Corporation (RFC)
d)
Bonus Army
46.
What was FDR’s plan to add justices to the Supreme Court called?
a)
The Yes Man Trials
b)
Court Packing Scheme
c)
Operation Puppet
d)
Court Repatriation
47.
Which trial saw the conflict between Modernism and Traditionalism?
a)
Sacco and Vanzetti 
b)
Scopes Trial
c)
Schenck vUnited States
d)
Korematsu v. United States
48.
Why did FDR want to take over the Supreme Court?
a)
They wanted to enter WWII
b)
They declared parts of the New Deal illegal 
c)
They did not support isolationism 
d)
They banned new immigrants
49.
This was a major innovation found in most homes by the end of the 20s.
a)
Radio
b)
Television
c)
Telephone
d)
Microwave.
50.
Laissez-faire means...
a)
natural rights
b)
iron law of wages
c)
let it happen
d)
tabula rasa
51.

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

52.
Volstead Act
Woodrow Wilson
Fourteen Points
a)
1900s
b)
1910s
c)
1920s
d)
1890s
53.
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
54.

Which of the following inventions increased the spread of shared music and mass culture in the 1920s & 1930s?

a)

Radio

b)

T.V.

c)

Phonographs

d)

Spotify

55.

Henry Cabot Lodge was opposed to Congress ratifying the Treaty of Versailles after WWI.

a)

True

b)

False