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U.S. History Final Exam Review

Total questions: 120

Worksheet time: 2hrs 42mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Name the court case that ruled segregation was constitutional or legal.

a)

Brown vs. Board of Education

b)

Plessy vs. Ferguson

c)

Miranda vs. Arizona

d)

Dred Scott vs. Standford

2.

Name the court case that overturned segregation.

a)

Brown vs. Board of Education

b)

Plessy vs. Ferguson

c)

Miranda vs. Arizona

d)

Dred Scott vs. Stanford

3.

Literacy tests were an instrument to keep blacks from:

a)

Learning

b)

Working

c)

Voting

d)

Driving

4.

Laws that were established to keep the races separated were called:

a)

Jim Crow Laws

b)

Segregation

c)

The Constitution

d)

States Rights

5.

Governor of Alabama who claimed, "Segregation now, segregation tomorrow, segregation forever.":

a)

W. E. B. Dubois

b)

George Washington

c)

Booker T. Washington

d)

George Wallace

6.

Compare Booker T. Washington, W. E. B. Dubois, and Marcus Garvey in terms of equality.

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7.

City and state where Rosa Parks bus boycott took place:

a)

Washington, D. C.

b)

Montgomery, Alabama

c)

Chicago, Illinois

d)

York, PA

8.

Nickname given to Central High School students who integrated in 1957:

a)

Montgomery 9

b)

Central 9

c)

Little Rock 10

d)

Little Rock 9

9.

Who gave the "I Have a Dream" speech?

a)

Martin Luther King Jr.

b)

John F. Kennedy

c)

Abraham Lincoln

d)

George Washington

10.

When was the "I Have a Dream" speech given?

a)

January 1, 2000

b)

August 28, 1963

c)

November 28, 1963

d)

September 11, 2001

11.

Where was the "I Have a Dream" speech given?

a)

Ellis Island

b)

Knoxville

c)

Chicago

d)

March on Washington

12.

Identify Black Power: Who came with it? Who supported it?

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13.

Compare and contrast segregation, desegregation, and integration.

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14.

Identify SNCC: What did they do?

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15.

Identify SCLC: Why was it set up?

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16.

The first African American Supreme Court Justice was:

a)

Booker T. Washington

b)

Martin Luther King Jr.

c)

W. E. B. Dubois

d)

Thurgood Marshall

17.

Immigration station in NYC where most European immigrants were processed:

a)

Liberty Island

b)

Coney Island

c)

Ellis Island

d)

Angel Island

18.

Immigration station in San Francisco where most European immigrants were processed:

a)

Liberty Island

b)

Coney Island

c)

Ellis Island

d)

Angel Island

19.

What man introduced the idea of the Assembly Line?

a)

Jim Crow

b)

Henry Ford

c)

Thurgood Marshall

d)

Abraham Lincoln

20.

Define a muckraker:

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21.

Define the Progressive Movement:

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22.

Degine Flapper:

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23.

The name of FDR's plan to get America out of the Great Depression:

a)

The Old Deal

b)

The New Deal

c)

The Government Deal

d)

The Green Deal

24.

The U.S. president at the time of the stock market crash in 1929 was:

a)

Herbert Hoover

b)

JDR

c)

Teddy Roosevelt

d)

Franklin Roosevelt

25.

The "King" of Rock and Roll in the 1950's was:

a)

Queen

b)

Michael Jackson

c)

Prince

d)

Elvis Presley

26.

Define the New Deal plan of Social Security:

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27.

Define suburbia:

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28.

Define automania:

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29.

Why did JFK win the Election of 1960 over Richard Nixon? What was the main reason?

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30.

The first man to walk on the moon:

a)

David Scott

b)

Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin

c)

Neil Armstrong

d)

Harrison Schmitt

31.

Three day rock festival in Bethel, New York in 1969:

a)

Lollapalooza Music Festival

b)

New York Music Festival

c)

Woodstock Music Festival

d)

Coachella Music Festival

32.

This man assassinated JFK in Dallas, Texas on November 22, 1963

a)

Sirhan Sirhan

b)

Andrew Johnson

c)

John Wilkes Booth

d)

Lee Harvey Oswald

33.

Popular book published by Betty Friedan examining "The Problem with No Name":

a)

The Feminine Mystique

b)

The Bible

c)

The Challenge

d)

The Problem

34.

Examine the significance of Roe vs. Wade in 1972:

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35.

Define the Watergate Scandal:

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36.

Name the only two presidents to be impeached:

a)

Andrew Johnson

b)

Bill Clinton

c)

Abraham Lincoln

d)

Donald Trump

37.

This man assassinated Robert F. Kennedy:

a)

Neil Armstrong

b)

John Wilkes Booth

c)

Lee Harvey Oswald

d)

Sirhan Sirhan

38.

The official name of Barack Obama's 2010 healthcare expansion plan:

a)

Expansion

b)

Health Care Law

c)

Comprehensive Health Care Reform Law

d)

Obamacare

39.

The name of the Space Shuttle that exploded in 1986:

a)

Shuttle Challenger

b)

Apollo 11

c)

Sputnik

d)

Apollo 12

40.

The worst nuclear accident in U.S. history occurred here is 1979:

a)

Susquehanna Nuclear Power Plant

b)

Chernobyl

c)

Peach Bottom

d)

Three Mile Island

41.

Identify Charles Manson:

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42.

This immigrant group came to America to help build the Transcontinental Railroad and then stayed:

a)

Chinese

b)

Scottish

c)

German

d)

Irish

43.

Define Nativism:

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44.

Give at least two reasons why immigrants came to America:

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45.

What are some benefits to immigration to American culture?

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46.

A symbol of women in the workforce during WWII:

a)

Betty White

b)

Joan of Arc

c)

Rosie the Riveter

d)

Housewife

47.

This made it illegal to discriminate on the basis of race or sex in education:

a)

Title IX

b)

Title X

c)

Title V

d)

Title XI

48.

Define the Salad Bowl Theory:

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49.

Define the Melting Pot of America:

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50.

The absorption of a minority group into the main culture body is called:

a)

Desegregation

b)

Segregation

c)

Assimilation

d)

Integration

51.

Define prohibition:

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52.

Explain the 18th Amendment:

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53.

Explain the 21st Amendment:

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54.

Explain the 19th Amendment:

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55.

Energetic dance craze in the 1920s:

a)

Waltz

b)

Tango

c)

Jazz

d)

Charleston

56.

Define Scientific Management:

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57.

Illegal bars in the 1920's were called:

a)

Bootlegging

b)

Pubs

c)

Speakesies

d)

Bars

58.

A fight over evolution and religion in public schools in the 1920's:

a)

The Scopes Trial

b)

Plessy vs. Ferguson

c)

Brown vs. Board

d)

Salem Witch Trial

59.

List the four goals of Progressivism:

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60.

Define the Harlem Rennaissance:

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61.

Define Temperance:

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62.

Identify Bootleggers during the Prohibition:

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63.

A company that offers similar products or services in many locations is called a:

a)

Office

b)

Service

c)

Store

d)

Franchise

64.

THe unprecedented population explosion after WWII was called:

a)

Millennials

b)

The Baby Boom

c)

The Bomb

d)

Post WWII

65.

Creating new and improved products each year is a marketing strategy known as:

a)

Product Development

b)

Development

c)

Building

d)

Creating

66.

Identify the Beat Movement: What is a beatnick?

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67.

Identify Black Tuesday:

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68.

What new form of music was formed in the 1950's?

a)

Rock

b)

Jazz

c)

Pop

d)

Rap

69.

By 1953, 2/3 of American families had at least one of these is their homes:

a)

Pool

b)

TV

c)

Radio

d)

Bed

70.

Define the Dow Jones Industrial Average:

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71.

Who did the American people blame for the Great Depression?

a)

JDR

b)

JFK

c)

Hoover

d)

Roosevelt

72.

Define Shantytown or Hooverville:

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73.

Define Bonus Army (during the Depression):

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74.

Identify Jim Jones:

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75.

Identify David Koresh:

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76.

The site of the Olympic Massacre of 1972:

a)

Munich, West Germany

b)

London, England

c)

Tokyo, Japan

d)

Berlin, Germany

77.

Identify Jackie Robinson:

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78.

Identify Jesse Owens:

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79.

Identify Emmett Till:

4 lines
80.

Define the Unabomber:

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81.

Identify the Unabomber:

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82.

Who coined the phrase "Black Panther"?

a)

W. E. B. Dubois

b)

Stokley Carmichael

c)

Booker T. Washington

d)

Martin Luther King Jr.

83.

Controversial boxer who was stripped of his title for his stance against Vietnam:

a)

Mahammad Ali

b)

Floyd Mayweather

c)

John Cena

d)

Mike Tyson

84.

One of the most devastating natural disasters in the U.S. occurring in 2003:

a)

Hurricane John

b)

Hurricane Abby

c)

Hurricane Katrine

d)

Hurricane Ida

85.

Most decorated sports star of 90's with six NBA championships:

a)

LeBron James

b)

Kobe Bryant

c)

Michael Jackson

d)

Michael Jordan

86.

Most decorated Olympic athlete of all time:

a)

Michael Phelps

b)

Nathan Chen

c)

Simone Biles

d)

Chloe Kim

87.

Winner of the historic 2008 Presidential election:

a)

Donald Trump

b)

Hillary Clinton

c)

Barack Obama

d)

Bill Clinton

88.

Name at least three popular musicians from the 90's:

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89.

The 2016 Presidential election was a race between (two names):

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90.

Name two fads from the 1970's:

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91.

The U.S. President for most of the 1980's:

a)

Jimmy Carter

b)

George Bush

c)

Bill Clinton

d)

Ronald Reagan

92.

The U.S. President from 2009-2017:

a)

Bill Clinton

b)

Ronald Reagan

c)

Barack Obama

d)

Joe Biden

93.

Name two fads from the 1980's:

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94.

Name three musicians/groups from the 2000's:

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95.

The U.S. President during the TMI Nuclear Energy Crisis who visited the site:

a)

President Ford

b)

President Carter

c)

President Clinton

d)

President Bush

96.

The U.S. President who took over for Richard Nixon and granted him a full pardon:

a)

President Reagan

b)

President Bush

c)

President Ford

d)

President Carter

97.

How did Henry Ford bring about efficiency in the workplace?

a)

Roads

b)

Automobiles

c)

Ford Model T

d)

Assembly Line

98.

Popular Hippie hang out in California in the late 60's:

a)

Chicago

b)

Washington, D. C.

c)

New York City

d)

San Francisco

99.

Name two fads of the 00's:

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100.

Which organization promoted black rights?

a)

Salvation Army

b)

NAACP

c)

NOW

d)

ERA

101.

Who was one of the most influential Black Muslim speakers in the 1960's?

a)

Louis Farraken

b)

Huey Newton

c)

Medgar Evers

d)

Malcolm X

102.

Which of the following was opposed to immigration of certain groups?

a)

NAACP

b)

Salvation Army

c)

Nativists

d)

Women's Christian Temperance Union

103.

List the main reasons why undocumented immigrants come to the U.S.:

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104.

Which of the following founded the National American Women's Suffrage Association?

a)

Alice Paul

b)

Jane Addams

c)

Susan B. Anthony

d)

Carrie Chapman Catt

105.

One of the most famous gangsters of Organized Crime who ruled Chicago was:

a)

Bugs Moran

b)

Lucky Luciano

c)

Al Capone

d)

Dutch Schultz

106.

FDR's radio broadcasts were known as:

a)

the three R's

b)

commercial broadcasts

c)

fireside chats

d)

State of the Union Address

107.

During the 1950's people began moving at a record pace into the:

a)

sunbelt

b)

suburbs

c)

cities

d)

north

108.

Out of the 1950's came a new generation called the:

a)

flappers

b)

teenagers

c)

"me" generation

d)

gen z

109.

During the 1920's the main goal of the Ku Klux Klan was to:

a)

teach evolution

b)

ban alcohol

c)

prevent women from voting

d)

promote white supremacy

110.

The movie "Birth of a Nation" was influential because it showed the American public:

a)

how evil lynching was

b)

a glorified version of the KKK

c)

the need for African Americans to be integrated with whites

d)

an honest version of the future of race in America

111.

First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt defied tradition by:

a)

serving as one of her husband's cabinet members

b)

refusing most public appearances

c)

actively supporting African American civil rights

d)

organizing opposition to many of her husband's programs

112.

Civil Disobedience by virtue of 1960's civil rights activists was an illustration of:

a)

lynching

b)

non-violent protest

c)

force

d)

legislation

113.

Bull Connor is the law enforcement official who is best known for:

a)

arresting the killer of Medgar Evers

b)

using police dogs and fire hoses on African Americans

c)

enforced desegregation at Central High School in Little Rock

d)

killing Malcolm X

114.

The "Back the Africa Movement" was promoted by:

a)

Marcu Garvey

b)

Booker T. Washington

c)

W. E. B. Dubois

d)

Jack Johnson

115.

Immigrants can legally enter the U.S. if:

a)

they will work for low pay

b)

they have a small family

c)

they seek political office

d)

they have needed job skills

116.

Name the three goals of the New Deal:

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117.

This New Deal agency today insures saving up to $250,000 preventing bank failures from happening on a wide scale:

a)

FDIC

b)

NIRA

c)

FERA

d)

HOLC

118.

Which U.S. President became the third president to be impeached in the U.S.?

a)

Bill Clinton

b)

Donald Trump

c)

Barack Obama

d)

Hillary Clinton

119.

This movement started with a tweet and a hashtag in 2012 and has since become a rallying call for Civil Rights equality:

a)

Black Lives Matter

b)

Blue Lives Matter

c)

All Lives Matter

d)

None of the above

120.

The global pandemic that interrupted life as we knew it beginning in January of 2020 and reached most of the U.S. by March of 2020:

a)

COVID-19

b)

Coronavirus

c)

Stupic Rona

d)

All of the above

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