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WorksheetsAmerican History: Exam Review Pt. 2
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 25mins
What event sparked the beginning of World War I?
German U-Boats sinking the Lusitania
the political assassination of the Archduke Ferdinand of Austria Hungary
the communist revolution in Russia
Hitler's rise to power in Germany
Many people viewed Sacco and Vanzetti with suspicion because they were
German immigrants and anarchist
German immigrants and socialist
Italian immigrants and anarchist
Italian immigrants and democrats
What dramatic event happened in October of 1929?
first crossing of the Atlantic by air
World War II began
prohibition was repealed
stock market crashed
Which of the following was NOT a cause of the Great Depression?
overproduction of goods and services
High tariffs that blocked international trade
a decline in the status of agriculture
strict banking regulations that restricted lending
What was the 20th amendment to the Constitution about?
repealed prohibition
eliminated lame duck officials
added members to the supreme court
set up the FDIC to guarantee money placed in banks
What was the name of the policies that Franklin Roosevelt campaigned on?
Square Deal
New Deal
Fair Deal
Raw Deal
These Roosevelt programs helped to provide jobs by improving public infrastructure
CCC
PWA
WPA
TVA
Which jobs program helped to create many national parks and conservation projects during the Depression?
TVA
AAA
CCC
NRA
Which Roosevelt program was designed to provide jobs and electricity to NC and TN?
TVA
NRA
WPA
AAA
What book of the era was written about the Dust Bowl?
Mickey Mouse
Grapes of Wrath
Gone with the Wind
Great Gatsby
Which of the following was NOT a cause of the Great Depression?
overproduction of goods
agricultural surplus
underwood Tariff passed under Wilson
too much consumer debt
John T Scopes was put on trial for
violating Prohibition laws
being a leader of the KKK
teacher creationism
teaching evolution
The 21st amendment
established Prohibition
repealed Prohibition
guaranteed women the right to vote
guaranteed African Americans the right to vote
The flowering of African American arts in the 1920s became known as the
Great Migration
Great Awakening
South Side Renaissance
Harlem Renaissance
The Zimmerman Note tried to convince which country to declare war on the US during WWI?
Cananda
Russia
Japan
Mexico
What did the Selective Service Act put into effect?
it drafted private ships into the American navy
it declared that any war service would be richly rewarded
it required all men to register for military service if drafted
it nationalized many industries to product needed war materials
Which court case supported the government's suppression of criticism during the war?
Gideon vs. Wainwright
Sims vs. Reynolds
Schenck vs. US
Furman vs. Georgia
According to the treaty that ended the Spanish American War, the US would
annex Guam, Puerto Rico and Cuba
free Cuba, annex Guam and Puerto Rico
free Guam and Cuba and annex Puerto Rico
free Guam, Puerto Rico and Cuba
The Hawaiian monarchy was overthrown by
a group of Hawaiian peasants, upset over the islands economic troubles
an invasion by the US military
a group of Hawaiian planters supported by the US Marines
a group of Hawaiian peasants supported by the US marines
The purpose of the Open Door policy in China was to
end the Boxer Rebellion
gain leaseholds
establish spheres of influence
ensure trading rights for all nations
Which of the following did NOT keep African Americans from voting?
literacy test
grandfather clause
poll tax
15th amendment
What was the name given to the refomers of the early 1900s?
grangers
populists
progressives
socialist
Susan B Anthony was known for her reform efforts in?
women's suffrage
tenements
temporance
city government
This government agency was the result of the book, "The Jungle"
Social Security
Center for Disease Control
Food and Drug Administration
Housing and Urban Development
Which African American leader promoted higher education (liberal arts education) rather than vocational education
Booker T Washington
Frederick Douglass
George Washington Carver
WEB DuBois
Which Supreme Court case made segregation a fact of life in the nation?
Plessy vs. Ferguson
Muller vs. Oregon
Schenck vs. US
Brown vs. Board of Education
The main goal of Booker T Washington's Tuskegee Institute was to provide African Americans with training in which of the following?
fine arts
trade skills/vocational skills
the sciences
military
Most liberty ships were hard to sink because they were
made of steel rather than iron
made with thick hulls
faster than other ships
welded rather than riveted
As a result of a presidential order allowing the miltary to declare any part of the US to be a military zone during WWII,
many areas of the West became off-limits to civilians
many Japanese Americans were moved to internment camps
much of the Nevada desert became a weapons testing ground
many military installations sprang up along the West coast
Over a third of all military equipment made during WWII was manufactured by the
steel industry
ship-building industry
automobile industry
aircraft industry
In the case, "Koramatsu vs. US" the Supreme Court ruled that relocation of Japanese Americans was
constitutional, but the government had to pay them for property losses
unconstitutional and they had to be release at once
constitutional because it was based on military urgency
unconstitutional because it was based on race
V-J Day celebrates victor in Japan; What day is a celebration of victory in Europe (during WWII?)
D-Day
V-G Day
Double V Day
V-E Day
During WWII, the Army enlisted women for the first time, although they were barred from
combat
basic training
the barracks
clerical positions
The promise to abolish they attracted many people to communist ideology
poverty
welfare
military conflict
nuclear weapons
At the end of WWII, the allies split control of what city?
Paris
Rome
Berlin
Moscow
This policy stated that the US would try to stop the spread of communism
Monroe Doctrine
Roosevelt Corollary
Truman Doctrine
Teller Amendment
What organization was created by Western allies to oppose the Soviets
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
ASEAN
United Nations
Warsaw Pact
In 1950, Senator Joseph McCarthy was accusing people of what?
Criticizing the Congress
helping the communist
plotting to kill the president
evading taxes
The move to suburban life was typified by
automation
isolation
individualism
conformity
Cold War refers to tensions between
China and Japan
Egypt and Israel
Britain and Germany
SU and the US
During the space race, Kennedy's goal for the nation was to be the first to
put a man into space
put a man into orbit
land a man on the moon
build
What led to an end of the Cuban Missile Crisis? 1. Khrushchev promised to remove Soviet missiles from Cuba, 2. Kennedy promised publicly not to invade Cuba, 3. Kennedy promised to privately to:
remove missiles from Florida
remove missiles from Alaska
remove missiles from China
remove missiles from Turkey
Where did a group of black students gain national attention trying to go to school?
Montgomery
Birmingham
Little Rock
Greensboro
What was the name of Lyndon Johnson's domestic program?
Fair Deal
Great Society
New Frontier
Camelot
Who was the assassin of JFK?
John Wilkes Booth
Sirhan Sirhan
Lee Harvey Oswald
John Wayne Gacy
When the French left Vietnam, the US stepped in to
make sure free elections were held, as specified by the Geneva Accords
protect the pro-democracy government in South Vietnam
act as a peacekeeper along the border between North and South Vietnam
try to cause a popular uprising the Communist ruler in North Vietnam
With the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, Congress
declared war on North Vietnam
committed to a limited war only
increased aid to South Vietnam
gave its war powers to the President
After the Tet Offensive, the mainstream American media began to
appeal to American patriotism to support the war effort
give less air time to antiwar protesters
give more air time to antiwar protesters
openly criticize the war effort
Evidence on Watergate seems to show that Nixon
was never directly involved in it
ordered the break-in
ordered the cover up
ordered the break-in and the cover up.
Terrorist carried out their attacks on September 11, 2001, by
using truck bombs
hijacking airplanes
planting bombs on airplanes
attaching bombs to their targets.
