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US History Fall Final Review

Total questions: 45

Worksheet time: 27mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

SELECT ALL the causes of the Great Depression.

a)

There was a small, minimal gap between rich and poor

b)

The stock market crashed

c)

There was a decrease in purchasing of consumer goods

d)

People purchased excessively using credit during the 1920s

2.

SELECT ALL the causes of the Great Depression.

a)

Prohibition was repealed

b)

Banks failed

c)

The Dust Bowl forced many to flee

d)

The Hawley Smoot Tariff

3.

Which of the following New Deal programs was designed to prevent bank collapse caused by people losing their deposits

a)

FDIC

b)

CCC

c)

WPA

d)

TVA

4.

This type of investing is very risky because people didn't consider the possible outcomes and they used credit to make the investments

a)

Speculation

b)

Court-packing

c)

Bank Holiday

d)

Fair Labor Standards Act

5.

To help alleviate the amount of assistance needed, some Americans were repatriated back to...

a)

Mexico

b)

Canada

c)

California

d)

Oklahoma

6.

This president was unwilling to give direct relief to the needy because he believed in rugged individualism

(a)  

7.

What was the highest unemployment climbed during the Depression? (just the number)

(a)  

8.

Most often, people blamed __ for their situation

a)

Themselves

b)

Roosevelt

c)

FDIC

d)

Mobsters

9.

Country areas had a lot of food that was being wasted while in (a)   , many people were starving

10.

SELECT ALL of the causes of the Dust Bowl

a)

A replanting of prairie grasses

b)

Drought

c)

Wind

d)

Overproduction of crops

11.

The group travelled to DC to insist on receiving their WWI bonus ahead of the 1945 distribution date

a)

Bonus Army

b)

CCC

c)

WPA

d)

Hooverville

12.

Which of the following was NOT a goal of New Deal legislation?

a)

Repeal

b)

Relief

c)

Recovery

d)

Reform

13.

This president attempted to add justices to the Supreme Court after his programs were declared unconstitutional. This possibly would have violated the separation of powers

a)

Roosevelt

b)

Hoover

c)

Coolidge

d)

Harding

14.

Roosevelt's declaration of this helped to restore confidence in banks as the only ones who could reopen were the stable ones

a)

Bank Holiday

b)

Bonus Army

c)

Speculation

d)

Repeal of Prohibition

15.

This ended because the government needed tax revenue

a)

Prohibition

b)

Okies

c)

FDIC

d)

Bank Holiday

16.

Many Dust Bowl refugees ultimately ended up in...

(a)  

17.

Production for __ pulled us out of the Depression

a)

World War II

b)

Bonus Army

c)

Court-packing

d)

Bank Holiday

18.

This act created a minimum wage

a)

Fair Labor Standards Act

b)

Social Security Act

c)

Tennessee Valley Authority

d)

Works Progress Administration

19.

This act provides a financial safety net for elderly and unemployed

a)

Social Security Act

b)

Fair Labor Standards Act

c)

Tennessee Valley Authority

d)

Works Progress Administration

20.

This act constructed in dams and hydroelectric plants in the South

a)

Tennessee Valley Authority

b)

Fair Labor Standards Act

c)

Social Security Act

d)

Works Progress Administration

21.

The rebirth in African American culture, including literature, music, and acting

a)

Harlem Renaissance

b)

Ku Klux Klan

c)

Palmer Raids

d)

Dawes Plan

22.

This series of events resulted from our fear that communists would take over

a)

Palmer Raids

b)

Harlem Renaissance

c)

Ku Klux Klan

d)

Prohibition

23.

Taft's foreign policy that stressed American investments instead of sending troops to other countries

a)

Dollar Diplomacy

b)

Roosevelt Corollary

c)

Open Door Policy

d)

Moral Diplomacy

24.

Wilson's foreign policy that the US would promote human rights and opportunity

a)

Moral Diplomacy

b)

Roosevelt Corollary

c)

Open Door Policy

d)

Dollar Diplomacy

25.

The assertion of America that we be allowed to trade with China

a)

Open Door Policy

b)

Boxer Rebellion

c)

Roosevelt Corollary

d)

Moral Diplomacy

26.

To support democracy, the Zimmerman Note, and unrestricted submarine warfare are all reasons

a)

The United States joined the fight in WWI

b)

World War I broke out

c)

World War I ended

d)

World War II began

27.

Militarism, (a)   , Nationalism, Imperialism, Assassination

28.

This amendment allows women to vote in the United States

a)

19th

b)

18th

c)

16th

d)

21st

29.

This amendment allows the the government to collect taxes on our income

a)

16th

b)

19th

c)

18th

d)

21st

30.

The author of this Gilded Age book hoped to draw attention to working conditions, but instead exposed the gross conditions in which food was produced

a)

The Jungle

b)

The Grapes of Wrath

c)

Snow White

d)

The Jazz Singer

31.

When a business buys out the business of a competitor

a)

Horizontal Integration

b)

Vertical Integration

c)

Trust

d)

Corporation

32.

This philosophy was used to justify the success of big business, the reduced number of small businesses, and the existence of poverty

a)

Social Darwinism

b)

Americanization

c)

New Immigrants

d)

Political Machines

33.

Followers of this movement felt compelled by the Christian religious beliefs to try to end poverty

a)

Social Gospel Movement

b)

Social Darwinism

c)

Americanization

d)

Political Machines

34.

(a)   Immigrants primarily came from Southern and Eastern Europe

35.

The goal of this movement was to assimilate immigrants into one cohesive American identity

a)

Americanization

b)

Social Gospel

c)

Social Darwinism

d)

Prohibition

36.

Power is shared between state governments and the federal government

a)

Federalism

b)

Republic

c)

Democracy

d)

Americanization

37.

SELECT ALL of the features of the Great Compromise

a)

Bicameral legislature

b)

The lower house would have representation based on population

c)

The upper house would have equal representation

d)

Unicameral legislature

38.

SELECT ALL Jefferson's unalienable rights

a)

Life

b)

Liberty

c)

Pursuit of Happiness

d)

Property

e)

Prohibition

39.

A form of government in which the people rule through the use of elected officials

a)

Republic

b)

Democracy

c)

Federalism

d)

Locke

40.

This type of segregation results from laws that are created to enforce the separation of the races

a)

De Jure

b)

De Facto

c)

Republic

d)

Federalism

41.

Laws designed to restrict the rights of African Americans

a)

Black Codes

b)

Jim Crow

c)

Articles

d)

Reconstruction

42.

The worth of the individual, the consent from the governed, equality, rights are all features of...

a)

Democracy

b)

Communism

c)

Capitalism

d)

Articles of Confederation

43.

This era ended when Hayes removed troops from the South after being declared President

a)

Reconstruction

b)

Civil War

c)

Gilded Age

d)

WWI

44.

We didn't ratify (pass) the treaty to end WWI because the Senate didn't want their power to declare war to be limited

a)

Versailles

b)

Paris

c)

Guadalupe Hidalgo

d)

Spain

45.

The United States encouraged an independence movement in this country so they would later give us permission to build a canal

a)

Panama

b)

Argentina

c)

Columbia

d)

Mexico