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Mississippi- US History State Test Part 2 (US.5-8)

Total questions: 80

Worksheet time: 47mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Which movement made Jazz popular?
a)
Return to Normalcy
b)
Harlem Renaissance
c)
Nativism
d)
Great Migration
2.
What was a result of Prohibition?
a)
Increased Immigration 
b)
Fear of Communism
c)
Rise of organized crime
d)
Growth of the economy
3.
Who used the assembly line to mass produce automobiles? 
a)
Glenn Curtis
b)
Thomas Edision
c)
Henry Ford
d)
John Rockerfeller 
4.

Women who wanted independence and to exercise new freedoms were known as

a)

Rebels

b)

Flappers

c)

Suffragettes

5.
True or False: Prohibition was effective.
a)
True
b)
False
6.

A celebration of Black American culture, artistry, music, and writing during the 20s

a)

laissez-faire economics

b)

Teapot Dome Scandal

c)

Harlem Renaissance

d)

Temperance Movement

7.

The amendment that created the prohibition of the sale, manufacturing and consumption of alcohol

a)

18th Amendment

b)

19th Amendment

c)

21st Amendment

d)

22nd Amendment

8.

The amendment that granted women's suffrage was the

a)

18th Amendment

b)

19th Amendment

c)

21st Amendment

d)

22nd Amendment

9.

Most people loved to listen to games on the __________________.

a)

record player

b)

phonograph

c)

radio

d)

cassette player

10.
The _____ repealed prohibition.
a)
21st Amendment
b)
18th Amendment
c)
1st Amendment
d)
27th Amendment
11.
Places where people went to drink illegal alcohol and listen to Jazz were called:
a)
Night clubs
b)
Speakeasies
c)
Public houses
d)
Dive bars
12.
A great jazz musician who helped the 1920s become known as the "Jazz Age"
a)
Henry Ford
b)
Babe Ruth
c)
Louis Armstrong
d)
Langston Hughes
13.
Famous African American poet who lived in Harlem and was a part of the Harlem Renaissance
a)
Louis Armstrong
b)
Langston Hughes
c)
Charles Lindbergh
d)
Woodrow Wilson
14.
What is Charles Lindbergh most known for?
a)
Jazz musician from the 1920s
b)
One of the greatest professional baseball players of all time
c)
Pilot who became the first to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean
d)
Began mass production of automobiles on assembly lines
15.

Mass consumerism is

a)

purchasing a lot of products

b)

starting businesses that use the assembly line

c)

investing in the stock market

d)

indulging in jazz and speakeasies

16.

Mass consumerism was caused by all of the following except

a)

advertising

b)

new inventions

c)

popularity of baseball

d)

new ways of manufacturing

17.

This literary movement centered on disillusionment with American culture following World War II.

a)

The Harlem Renaissance

b)

The Feminist Movement

c)

The Lost Generation

d)

The McCarthy Movement

18.

a novelist who wrote The Great Gatsby

a)

Jacob Lawrence

b)

Langston Hughes

c)

John Steinbeck

d)

F. Scott Fitzgerald

19.

a novelist who wrote The Grapes of Wrath

a)

Jacob Lawrence

b)

Langston Hughes

c)

John Steinbeck

d)

F. Scott Fitzgerald

20.

Which group targeted African Americans, immigrants, Catholics and Jews?

a)

Ku Klux Klan

b)

Flappers

c)

Gangsters

d)

Fundamentalists

21.
The goal of the National Origins Act of 1924 was to
a)
reduce immigration from the United States to European Countries
b)
revive the Ku Klux Klan
c)
reduce immigration to the United States from the European countries
d)
create more jobs
22.

During the Red Scare, Americans often linked __________ with communism.

a)

workers

b)

criminals

c)

immigrants

d)

Progressives

23.
An Anti-immigration sentiment (feeling or fear) is called
a)
Fundamentalism
b)
Nativism
c)
Communism
d)
Modernism
24.
The fear of a communist takeover of the US during the 1920's became known as the
a)
Bad Times
b)
Red Scare
c)
Bolshevik Doom
d)
Communist Wave
25.

The Scopes trial was about whether _______ should be taught in schools?

a)

reading

b)

biology

c)

religion

d)

evolution

26.
This cause led many businesses to close, because they were producing more goods than consumers were willing to buy.
a)
Overproduction 
b)
Underconsumption 
c)
Buying on Credit 
d)
Stock Speculation 
27.
A sudden dramatic decline of stock prices, resulting in a significant loss of wealth.
a)
Bull Market 
b)
Speculation 
c)
Bank Run 
d)
Stock Market Crash 
28.
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 
29.

Buying products with money loaned from a bank; Makes it possible to buy expensive items without saving up for them.

a)

Debit

b)

Finance

c)

Credit

30.

When banks loaned money to people to buy stocks:

a)

Buying on margin

b)

Buying on credit

c)

Stock forgiveness

31.

When a large number of people began selling most of their stock; Caused panic & more people began selling their stock.

a)

The Great Recession

b)

Economic downturn

c)

Stock Market Crash of 1929

32.

Environmental disaster that hit farmers on the great plains; Large dust storms made it impossible to farm:

a)

Great Migration

b)

1930s Wind Storms

c)

Dust Bowl

33.

Camps of homeless people in homemade shacks:

a)

Hoovervilles

b)

Homeless shelters

c)

Soup kitchens

34.

Won the election of 1932 & began his New Deal programs to try & solve the problems of the Great Depression:

a)

Teddy Roosevelt

b)

Franklin D. Roosevelt

c)

Herbert Hoover

35.
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
36.
Which of these was a direction that people migrated during the Great Depression?
a)
Oklahoma to California
b)
California to Detroit
c)
cities to farms
d)
Detroit to the South
37.
The Works Progress Administration (WPA) was the largest program of the New Deal. It employed 8.5 million people. WPA programs included the creation of
a)
public buildings, roads, parks, and the arts
b)
electrical power plants in the Tennessee Valley
c)
kitchens to feed the hungry
d)
elevators in tall office buildings and shantytowns
38.
Which one of these were NOT a New Deal Program?
a)
ABA
b)
CCC
c)
TVA
d)
WPA
39.
The practice of giving in to aggression in order to avoid war.
a)
Genocide
b)
Mein Kampf
c)
Appeasement
d)
Blitzkrieg
40.
1.  America did not want to get involved in other country's conflicts. This was known as __________________________
a)
Imperialism
b)
Axis
c)
Isolationism
d)
Dictatorship
41.
The United States president at the beginning of WWII was
a)
Hirohito
b)
Harry Truman
c)
Franklin D. Roosevelt
d)
Winston Churchill
42.
What event caused the United States to enter WWII?
a)
Pearl Harbor
b)
Invasion of Poland
c)
Battle of Midway
d)
Attack on 9/11
43.

U.S. president who dropped atomic bombs

a)

FDR (Franklin D. Roosevelt)

b)

Harry Truman

c)

Dwight Eisenhower

d)

Douglas MacArthur

44.

WWII U.S. General in charge of European front

a)

FDR (Franklin D, Roosevelt)

b)

Harry Truman

c)

Dwight Eisenhower

d)

Douglas MacArthur

45.

strategically conquering easily defeated islands in order to gain control of the Pacific

a)

D-Day

b)

Liberate

c)

Island Hopping

d)

Genocide

46.

invasion of Normandy, France by Allied troops in an attempt to liberate them from Germans

a)

D-Day

b)

Pearl Harbor

c)

Third Reich

d)

Island Hopping

47.

the mass slaughter of European civilians and especially Jews by the Nazis during World War II

a)

Genocide

b)

Holocaust

c)

Kristallnacht

d)

Lebensraum

48.

forced march of captured American and Filipino troops

a)

John Sousa March

b)

MeToo March

c)

Bataan Death March

d)

island hopping

49.

"Lightning War"- that emphasized the use of speed and firepower to penetrate deep into the enemy's territory

a)

Blitzkrieg

b)

Total War

c)

Strategic Bombing

d)

Carpet Bombing

50.

government controlled limits on the amount of certain goods that civilians could buy during wartime.

a)

Rationing

b)

Trade Restrictions

c)

Neutrality

d)

Embargo

51.

Willful annihilation of a racial, political, or cultural group

a)

Genocide

b)

Suicide

c)

Internment

d)

Concentration Camp

52.

Camps designed by Nazi's to imprison "undesirable" members of society

a)

Death Camps

b)

Internment Camps

c)

Concentration Camps

d)

Hitler Youth Camps

53.

What is the government's purpose for this propaganda poster?

a)

For women to take on new roles

b)

To conserve supplies (not food)

c)

To get people to enlist in the military

d)

To stop careless talk

54.

What is the government's purpose for this propaganda poster?

a)

For women to take on new roles

b)

To conserve supplies (not food)

c)

To get people to enlist in the military

d)

To stop careless talk

55.

What is the government's purpose for this propaganda poster?

a)

To get people to buy war bonds

b)

To conserve supplies (not food)

c)

To get people to enlist in the military

d)

To stop careless talk

56.

In response to the attack on Pearl Harbor and growing distrust of Asian Americans, what did President FDR do?

a)

Required a "loyalty test" for all Americans

b)

Sent spies to Germany to find Hitler

c)

Kicked all Japanese Americans out of the United States

d)

Issued an Executive Order forcing Japanese Americans into internment camps

57.

What did the Supreme Court decide in Korematsu v. United States?

a)

Because the United States was at war, racial discrimination is constitutional

b)

Racial discrimination is unconstitutional

c)

The president should be impeached

d)

Korematsu was right to deny the executive order

58.
The _________ was the secret project in the United States that developed the atomic bomb
a)
The New York Project
b)
The Manhattan Project
c)
The Atom Splitting Project
d)
The Nuclear Project
59.
During which war did the U.S. create the atomic bomb?
a)
World War I
b)
World War II
c)
Korean War
d)
Vietnam War
60.
A form of economy that promotes free trade, reduced government intervention and entrepreneurism is ________
a)
Capitalism
b)
Communism
c)
Socialism
d)
Marxism
61.
Why were the US and Soviet Union on opposite side of the Cold War?
a)
The US dropped bombs on the Soviet Union
b)
The Soviet Union dropped bombs on the US
c)
The two countries have different viewpoints of government and economy.
62.
How is a Cold War different from a regular war?
a)
It's fought in the winter.
b)
It is a war that divides countries.
c)
It's fought in certain countries.
d)
It is a war of words and ideas instead of bullets and guns.
63.
What organization formed to stop the spread of Communism?
a)
NATO
b)
NAFTA
c)
WPA
d)
USA
64.
What did Winston Churchill say has descended (come down) over Europe?
a)
A Cloudy Day
b)
Iron Curtain
c)
Sunshine
d)
Brass Curtains
65.
How did President Truman respond to the blockade that prevented supplies from getting the West Europe?
a)
He sent troops to attack the Soviet blockade.
b)
He authorized the use of the atomic bomb.
c)
He organized the Berlin Airlift to fly supplies to them.
66.
Who was the US Senator that led investigations to expose communism in the US?
a)
Harry Truman
b)
Joseph McCarthy
c)
Nikita Khrushchev
d)
Douglas MacArthur
67.
The Korean War started because...
a)
Communist North Korea attacked South Korea
b)
the United Nations sent troops
c)
China invaded North Korea
d)
the Soviet Union attacked.
68.
What role did the United States play in the Korean War?
a)
The United States and its allies did not join the Korean War.
b)
The US and its allies fought to defend North Korea.
c)
The US joined its allies in the fight against North Korea to keep communism from spreading.
d)
The United States and its allies only sent supplies and weapons to Korea.
69.
What was the arms race?
a)
The US and Soviet Union began to race and see who could conquer more countries.
b)
The US and Soviet Union began building and storing powerful weapons.
c)
The US wanted to have peace with the Soviet Union
d)
The Soviet Union wanted to become allies with the United States
70.
Why was the Cuban Missile Crisis one of the MOST important events of JFK's presidency?
a)
The Soviet Union broke apart into nation states.
b)
The Soviet Union tried to prevent the US from creating more nuclear weapons.
c)
The US and Soviet Union signed a treaty of peace.
d)
The United States and Soviet Union almost started a nuclear war.
71.
What two nations were in competition with each other during the Cold War?
a)
Spain and Portugal
b)
England and France
c)
Germany and Italy
d)
United States and Soviet Union
72.
The United States sent troops to Vietnam
_________.
a)
to stop the spread of communism
b)
as a result of the Cuban Missile Crisis
c)
to set up a capitalist goverment
d)
because they bombed us
73.

The main purpose of the Truman Doctrine was:

a)

to help Europe recover from WWII

b)

to divide Germany in West and East Berlin

c)

to occupy Japan and help it recover from WWII

d)

to stop the spread of communism in the world

74.

Which of the following organizations was created by the Allied Forces to prevent future wars, protect human rights, and keep the peace in the world after WWII ended?

a)

The League of Nations

b)

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)

c)

The United Nations

d)

The Warsaw Pact

75.

The United Nations was created to improve and replace which organization?

a)

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization

b)

The League of Nations

c)

The Treaty of Versailles

d)

The Potsdam Treaty

76.

How did the US benefit from the Marshall Plan?

a)

Better produce coming from tropical locations

b)

Formed closer political and military connections with Europe

c)

Truman and Marshall became superpowers

d)

Soviet Union gave up spreading communism

77.

In this economic system, the government owns all property and means of production.

a)

communism

b)

capitalism

c)

socialism

d)

democracy

78.

Which of the following foreign policies gave financial aid to European nations to rebuild after WWII?

a)

Truman Doctrine

b)

Marshall Plan

c)

Warsaw Pact

d)

Domino Theory

79.

The organization whose members agreed to mutually defend other Communist nations is called--

a)

Korean Pact

b)

Warsaw Pact

c)

NATO

d)

Satellite Nations

80.

The Space Race officially began in 1957, when the USSR launched their satellite, (a)   into Earth's orbit.

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