WorksheetsQuarter 2 Review
Total questions: 23
Worksheet time: 12mins
Why did the United States abandon neutrality and join World War I? (choose 2)
German submarines sunk the Lusitania killing 128 Americans
Germany sent Zimmerman telegram to Mexico asking them to join the war
United States wanted to help their allies Great Britain and France
Italy asked the United States to help in the war
What did Wilson’s Fourteen Points focus on?
A new addition to the Monroe Doctrine
Plans for world leaders to work together for world peace in a League of Nations
Plans for a new economy in postwar America
A vision of the US being a world power after the war.
Why did the US not ratify the Versailles Treaty after WWI? (Choose 2)
Fear of the U.S being infiltrated by communists
They felt the League violated their constitutional powers
Fear of U.S. population taking in too many refugees
They did not want the U.S. entangled in foreign affairs
Why did the US choose isolationism after World War I? (Choose 2)
They didn't want to be a part of European affairs
Immigration numbers became too large for people to accept
The US was worried by the rise of communism
People were shocked by losing 110,000 soldiers in just 11 months of fighting
What ended the social problems caused by alcohol abuse?
16th Amendment: Creates an income tax- people pay taxes based on their wealth
17th Amendment: Allows for people to directly elect senators
18th Amendment: Banned the sale and manufacture of alcohol- created Prohibition
19th Amendment: Granted women's suffrage (the right to vote)
Why did people support Warren Harding’s “Return to Normalcy?”
They wanted things to go back to how they were before World War I?
They wanted the US to take a position as a world power
They regretted the US not joining the League of Nations
The US would be cut off from international trade
What caused companies to lay off employees at the end of the 1920s?
Too much wealth being spent caused the economy to shrank
The President closed all the banks in a Bank Holiday
The US was forced to join World War II
An overproduction of mass produced goods caused prices to fall and not stop
What was the significance of the Flappers in the 1920s?
They were women who were fired from traditionally male occupations
They were women who were elected to national political office
They were women who rejected traditional feminine gender roles
They were women who felt the power of women was equal to that of men in the same occupation
Why were Sacco and Vanzetti executed?
Sacco owned a gun similar to the murder weapon
they were Italian immigrants and possible anarchists/communists that scared nativists
they were members of the Ku Klux Clan
they looked funny
The Scopes Monkey Trail showed the social fight between what two things?
The case reversed a previous Supreme Court decision on free speech (Federalism v Modernism)
The case upheld the right of veterans to protest in Washington, D.C. (Republicanism v Traditionalism)
The case revealed the extent of prejudice against immigrants (Nativism v Pluralism)
The case represented a conflict between modern science and religion (Modernism v Traditionalism)
What was the effect of prohibition?
A decline in immigration rates
The rise of organized crime and speakeasies
A growing fear of communsm
The expansion of the consumer economy
What caused the Palmer Raids?
Women being displaced into secretarial jobs in the North
The ratification of the 18th amendment in Washington, D.C.
A fear of the immigrants bringing in communism to overthrow the government
African Americans migrated back to the South for sharecropping jobs
How did the assembly line and standardization change industry?
They line allowed workers to work less.
They line increased the price of goods
They stopped labor unions from striking.
The assembly line produced goods at a faster and more efficient page
How did the stock market crash lead to the Great Depression?
It marked the end of US isolationism
It began an era of new prosperity for all Americans
The stock market crashed hurting people's faith in banks and stocks starting the path to the Great Depression
Banks began to print more money causing prices to rise uncontrollably
What were the major causes of the Great Depression? (Choose 3)
Speculation and risky bets on the stock market
Employment reached an all time high and couldn't last
Trade declines due to high tariffs
Banks began to fail and collapse
How did bank failures contribute to the Great Depression?
Banks hoarded money preventing people with withdrawing any funds
Banks issues too little credit to keep people satisfied with banking businesses
People took money out of unregulated banks causing the system to collapse, people lost faith in banks
It caused massive riots leading to mass violence in major cities
How did New Deal agencies change the role of the Federal Government?
It decreased its power
It made a fourth branch of the government
It made people expect the federal government to help them with social and economic problems and create jobs if needed
It made the federal government distance itself from the free market leaving it open to monopolies
What was the goal of the TVA (Tennessee Valley Authority) Program?
It provided a pension for retired workers and their spouses and the unemployed.
It created jobs to build dams and provide power to rural areas in Tenessee
It established rules for new government agencies
It insured bank deposits
What were major effects of the Great Depression?
It remained at low levels until World War II
As many as 25% to 33% of Americans did not have a job and could not spend
The government was able to get unemployment to 0%
It never went above 10% of the country's working population
What was the purpose of the Social Security Administration?
It provided a pension for retired workers and their spouses and the unemployed.
It created jobs for government projects
It established rules for new government agencies
It insured bank deposits
Why did the Japanese attack the US naval base at Pearl Harbor?
They were angry that Japanese citizens were in internment camps
They wanted to expand into Hawaii to control the Pacific Ocean.
They were angry over the US oil embargo and wanted to cripple the US navy
They were upset over being kicked out of the League of Nations
What was the effect of the Pearl Harbor attack?
After Sept 1 1939 the US declared war on Germany and joined WW2
After Dec 7, 1941 the US declared war on Japan and joined WW2
After Dec 7 1941 the US still did not join the war and remained neutral
After June 2 1941 the US gave aid to the Soviet Union
Why did the US restrict immigration in the 1920s?
Fears of communism and the power of nativists and the Klan
Fears of infiltration by Nazi spies after World War I
