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US History Final

Total questions: 58

Worksheet time: 53mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

From this image, who is in control of the US lawmakers.

a)

Large monopolies

b)

small private business

c)

political machines

d)

labor unions

2.

What legislation is this cartoon referring to?

a)

30 day waiting period for immigration

b)

Deportation after completion of Transcontinental Railroad

c)

Immigration Reduction Act

d)

Chinese Exclusion Act

3.

What concept does this image refer to?

a)

political machines

b)

nativisim

c)

labor unions

d)

graft

4.
complete control of a product or service; the elimination of fair competition
a)
Robber Barons
b)
Bessemer Process
c)
Monopoly
d)
Philanthropy
5.
theory that government should not interfere in the operation of the free market
a)
Cul-de-sac
b)
Laissez-Faire
c)
Fleur de Lis
d)
Achtung
6.

An increase in political corruption, big business, immigration, and urbanization took place during the-

a)

Progressive Era

b)

Gilded Age

c)

Roaring 20's

d)

Great Depression

7.

The government encouraged Native Americans and immigrants to adopt white culture in a process called ___________________.

a)

Assimilation/Americanization

b)

Nativistism

c)

Communism

d)

Vietnamization

8.

What is the "White Man's Burden"?

a)

A belief in "cultural superiority"

b)

A philosophy related to Manifest Destiny

c)

Taft's foreign policy approach

d)

A belief in white privilege

9.

An economic and political domination of a strong nation over other weaker nations.

a)

Colony

b)

Imperialism

c)

Annex

d)

Empire

10.

__________warned against the establishment of any additional European colonies in Latin America.

a)

Roosevelt Corollary

b)

Monroe Doctrine

c)

Woodrow Wilson

d)

William H. Taft

11.

Which president said “speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far.” The U.S. Navy is the “big stick” he is referring to.

a)

Woodrow Wilson

b)

William H. Taft

c)

Teddy Roosevelt

12.
The United States acquired Alaska from 
a)
Spain
b)
Great Britain
c)
Japan
d)
Russia
13.
Noninvolvement in world affairs is...
a)
expansionism
b)
isolationism
c)
imperialism
d)
annexation
14.

Which territory's annexation by the US happened through a lot of controversy that went all the way to the presidency?

a)

Hawaii

b)

Alaska

c)

Puerto Rico

d)

Cuba

15.

Fake news is the modern term for what during the 1890s?

a)

yellow journalism

b)

red journalism

c)

false advertising

d)

negative journalism

16.

What event led to the start of the Spanish-American War?

a)

sinking of the USS Maine

b)

sinking of the USS Lusitania

c)

attack on southern Florida by Cuba

d)

the coronation of Liliuokalani

17.
Who was the President of the United States during WWI?
a)
Woodrow Wilson
b)
Grover Cleveland
c)
Teddy Roosevelt
d)
Franklin D. Roosevelt
18.

Who is assassinated in 1914 to start WWI?

a)

Archduke Ferdinand

b)

Kaiser Wilhelm II

c)

Sultan Mehmed V

d)

Prince Henry of Wales

19.

What treaty is signed to end WWI?

a)

Treaty of Versailles

b)

Treaty of Paris

c)

Geneva Convention

d)

Paris Peace Accords

20.

Which country takes the blame of WWI and has to pay reparations (war debt)?

a)

Germany

b)

Austria-Hungary

c)

Russia

d)

Ottoman Empire

21.

Poster were used as a part of the war machine. What does this World War I poster represent?

a)

Imperialism

b)

Prohibition

c)

Neutrality

d)

Propaganda

22.

What is it called when the citizens of a country have a strong love or pride for their homeland?

a)

Allies

b)

Nationalism

c)

Propaganda

23.
This word means an agreement between countries to protect one another. 
a)
secede
b)
alliance 
c)
abolish
d)
segregate
24.

All of these were causes of WWI except

a)

Nationalism

b)

Sectarianism

c)

Imperialism

d)

Militarism

25.

Presidents Harding and Coolidge favored policies that

a)

supported the growth of business

b)

encouraged activism

c)

brought about social reform

d)

discouraged laissez faire

26.

At its heart, the Scopes Trial was a clash between

a)

religion and science

b)

biology and science

c)

evolution and science

d)

education and science

27.

How was Henry Ford able to reduce the sale price of the Model T?

a)

with the use of the assembly line

b)

changing locations

c)

importing all raw materials

d)

increasing the wages of his workers

28.

A nickname given to the 1920s because of the decade’s prosperity, technological advances, and cultural boom.

a)

roaring twenties

b)

silent twenties

c)

Jazz age

d)

Great Depression

29.

This increased because of the radio, advertisements, and use of credit.

a)

consumerism

b)

national debt

c)

immigration

d)

education

30.
The Great Depression began in
a)
1925
b)
1929
c)
1932
d)
1940
31.
Who was president at the time of the Stock Market Crash of 1929?
a)
Abraham Lincoln
b)
Franklin D. Roosevelt
c)
Theodore Roosevelt
d)
Herbert Hoover
32.
After the Stock Market Crash, many people lost their life savings because _______________.
a)
banks closed
b)
banks gave away their money
c)
they couldn't remember where they put it
d)
someone stole it
33.
What were the villages full of shacks located in cities filled with unemployed Americans called?
a)
Hoovervilles
b)
Okies
c)
Bonus Army Bases
d)
Rooseveltowns
34.
Which economic factor contributed most directly to the start of the Great Depression?
a)
low worker productivity
b)
high income taxes
c)
decreasing tariff rates
d)
buying stocks on margin
35.
What natural disaster of the 1930s added insult to injury?
a)
Flooding along the Mississippi River
b)
The Dust Bowl
c)
Tornadoes called the Helen Hunt Twisters
d)
Hurricanes along the Gulf Coast
36.
The president elected after Herbert Hoover who promised to give America a "New Deal" was _________________.
a)
Franklin Roosevelt
b)
Theodore Roosevelt
c)
Abraham Lincoln
d)
Grover Cleveland
37.

The American program to build an atomic bomb was known as the

a)

Manhattan Project

b)

Operation overlord

c)

New York Project

d)

Operation A-bomb

38.

The strategy of capturing some islands and going around others. That United States used in order to invade Japan.

a)

Double V

b)

Naplam

c)

Lend-Lease

d)

Island hopping

39.

What is another name for the Invasion of Normandy?

a)

Battle of France

b)

Battle of the Bulge

c)

D-Day

d)

V-E Day

40.
In 1939, France and Great Britain declared war on Germany as a direct result of the German...
a)
invasion of Poland
b)
seizure of the Sudetenland
c)
occupation of the Rhineland
d)
annexation of Austria
41.
Which of the following events during WWII brought the United States into the war?
a)
Germany's invasion of Poland
b)
D-Day invasion of Normandy
c)
Nazi Germany's treatment of the Jewish people
d)
Japan's bombing of Pearl Harbor
42.
Who was the leader of the Nazi party and was the leader of Germany?
a)
Stalin
b)
Roosevelt
c)
Mussolini
d)
Hitler
43.
Why was President Franklin Roosevelt hesitant to get involved in World War II?
a)
He considered Germany and Japan strong allies of the United States
b)
He wanted to maintain the U.S. foreign policy of isolationism
c)
He was opposed to the Lend-Lease Act
d)
He had supported the Japanese invasion of China in 1937
44.
Axis Powers during WWII included:
a)
Great Britain, Germany, and the Soviet Union
b)
Germany, Italy, and Japan
c)
Great Britain, France, and Japan
d)
Germany, Japan, and the Soviet Union
45.

Hitler, Stalin, and Russia all had what type of government?

a)

Democratic

b)

Totalitarian

c)

Communist

d)

Republic

46.
The United States essentially ended World War II by:
a)
bombing Tokyo
b)
launching the D-Day invasion
c)
capturing Hitler
d)
dropping atomic bombs on Japanese cities
47.

Britain and France had this policy toward Nazi Germany

a)

neutrality

b)

appeasement

c)

isolationism

48.
The Nazi program of exterminating Jews under Hitler
a)
Holocaust
b)
Fascism
c)
Rationing
d)
Nazism
49.
Japanese and Japanese Americans from the West Coast of the USA during WWII who were sent to camps called "War Relocation Centers" in remote portions of the nation's interior
a)
Cornelia Fort
b)
Japanese Internment
c)
Allied Powers
d)
Axis Powers
50.
A political system based on extreme national loyalty where the government controls the economy, culture, and all parts of people's lives. Usually the government is controlled by a dictator.
a)
Nazism
b)
Fascism
c)
Rationing
d)
Holocaust
51.
Alliance of Great Britain, Soviet Union, United States, and France during World War II
a)
axis powers
b)
rationing
c)
Japanese internment
d)
allied powers
52.

Who was the leader of Great Britain during WW II?

a)

Churchill

b)

Hitler

c)

Stalin

d)

Roosevelt

53.

Who was the dictator of the Soviet Union during WWII?

a)

Adolf Hitler

b)

Winston Churchill

c)

Josef Stalin

d)

Franklin Roosevelt

54.

Germany's approach to defeat enemies early in World War II was called _________, which means "lightening war".

a)

Lebensraum

b)

Anschluss

c)

Kristallnacht

d)

Blitzkrieg

55.

When referring to battles and events that happened in Europe during World War II, we use which of the following terms?

a)

The European Theatre

b)

The Pacific Theatre

c)

The Northern Theatre

d)

The Western Theatre

56.

The US declared a position of neutrality in World War II but indirectly participated by providing weapons and ammunition to Great Britain and other allies through a program called:

a)

Lend-Lease

b)

Appeasement

c)

Non-aggression

d)

Dollar Diplomacy

57.

What years did WWII take place?

a)

1939-1945

b)

1914-1918

c)

1945-1991

d)

1929-1939

58.

The United States president who made the decision to drop atomic bombs on Japan

a)

Franklin D. Roosevelt

b)

Harry Truman

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