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American History: Exam Review Pt. 2

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 25mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What event sparked the beginning of World War I?

a)

German U-Boats sinking the Lusitania

b)

the political assassination of the Archduke Ferdinand of Austria Hungary

c)

the communist revolution in Russia

d)

Hitler's rise to power in Germany

2.

Many people viewed Sacco and Vanzetti with suspicion because they were

a)

German immigrants and anarchist

b)

German immigrants and socialist

c)

Italian immigrants and anarchist

d)

Italian immigrants and democrats

3.

What dramatic event happened in October of 1929?

a)

first crossing of the Atlantic by air

b)

World War II began

c)

prohibition was repealed

d)

stock market crashed

4.

Which of the following was NOT a cause of the Great Depression?

a)

overproduction of goods and services

b)

High tariffs that blocked international trade

c)

a decline in the status of agriculture

d)

strict banking regulations that restricted lending

5.

What was the 20th amendment to the Constitution about?

a)

repealed prohibition

b)

eliminated lame duck officials

c)

added members to the supreme court

d)

set up the FDIC to guarantee money placed in banks

6.

What was the name of the policies that Franklin Roosevelt campaigned on?

a)

Square Deal

b)

New Deal

c)

Fair Deal

d)

Raw Deal

7.

These Roosevelt programs helped to provide jobs by improving public infrastructure

a)

CCC

b)

PWA

c)

WPA

d)

TVA

8.

Which jobs program helped to create many national parks and conservation projects during the Depression?

a)

TVA

b)

AAA

c)

CCC

d)

NRA

9.

Which Roosevelt program was designed to provide jobs and electricity to NC and TN?

a)

TVA

b)

NRA

c)

WPA

d)

AAA

10.

What book of the era was written about the Dust Bowl?

a)

Mickey Mouse

b)

Grapes of Wrath

c)

Gone with the Wind

d)

Great Gatsby

11.

Which of the following was NOT a cause of the Great Depression?

a)

overproduction of goods

b)

agricultural surplus

c)

underwood Tariff passed under Wilson

d)

too much consumer debt

12.

John T Scopes was put on trial for

a)

violating Prohibition laws

b)

being a leader of the KKK

c)

teacher creationism

d)

teaching evolution

13.

The 21st amendment

a)

established Prohibition

b)

repealed Prohibition

c)

guaranteed women the right to vote

d)

guaranteed African Americans the right to vote

14.

The flowering of African American arts in the 1920s became known as the

a)

Great Migration

b)

Great Awakening

c)

South Side Renaissance

d)

Harlem Renaissance

15.

The Zimmerman Note tried to convince which country to declare war on the US during WWI?

a)

Cananda

b)

Russia

c)

Japan

d)

Mexico

16.

What did the Selective Service Act put into effect?

a)

it drafted private ships into the American navy

b)

it declared that any war service would be richly rewarded

c)

it required all men to register for military service if drafted

d)

it nationalized many industries to product needed war materials

17.

Which court case supported the government's suppression of criticism during the war?

a)

Gideon vs. Wainwright

b)

Sims vs. Reynolds

c)

Schenck vs. US

d)

Furman vs. Georgia

18.

According to the treaty that ended the Spanish American War, the US would

a)

annex Guam, Puerto Rico and Cuba

b)

free Cuba, annex Guam and Puerto Rico

c)

free Guam and Cuba and annex Puerto Rico

d)

free Guam, Puerto Rico and Cuba

19.

The Hawaiian monarchy was overthrown by

a)

a group of Hawaiian peasants, upset over the islands economic troubles

b)

an invasion by the US military

c)

a group of Hawaiian planters supported by the US Marines

d)

a group of Hawaiian peasants supported by the US marines

20.

The purpose of the Open Door policy in China was to

a)

end the Boxer Rebellion

b)

gain leaseholds

c)

establish spheres of influence

d)

ensure trading rights for all nations

21.

Which of the following did NOT keep African Americans from voting?

a)

literacy test

b)

grandfather clause

c)

poll tax

d)

15th amendment

22.

What was the name given to the refomers of the early 1900s?

a)

grangers

b)

populists

c)

progressives

d)

socialist

23.

Susan B Anthony was known for her reform efforts in?

a)

women's suffrage

b)

tenements

c)

temporance

d)

city government

24.

This government agency was the result of the book, "The Jungle"

a)

Social Security

b)

Center for Disease Control

c)

Food and Drug Administration

d)

Housing and Urban Development

25.

Which African American leader promoted higher education (liberal arts education) rather than vocational education

a)

Booker T Washington

b)

Frederick Douglass

c)

George Washington Carver

d)

WEB DuBois

26.

Which Supreme Court case made segregation a fact of life in the nation?

a)

Plessy vs. Ferguson

b)

Muller vs. Oregon

c)

Schenck vs. US

d)

Brown vs. Board of Education

27.

The main goal of Booker T Washington's Tuskegee Institute was to provide African Americans with training in which of the following?

a)

fine arts

b)

trade skills/vocational skills

c)

the sciences

d)

military

28.

Most liberty ships were hard to sink because they were

a)

made of steel rather than iron

b)

made with thick hulls

c)

faster than other ships

d)

welded rather than riveted

29.

As a result of a presidential order allowing the miltary to declare any part of the US to be a military zone during WWII,

a)

many areas of the West became off-limits to civilians

b)

many Japanese Americans were moved to internment camps

c)

much of the Nevada desert became a weapons testing ground

d)

many military installations sprang up along the West coast

30.

Over a third of all military equipment made during WWII was manufactured by the

a)

steel industry

b)

ship-building industry

c)

automobile industry

d)

aircraft industry

31.

In the case, "Koramatsu vs. US" the Supreme Court ruled that relocation of Japanese Americans was

a)

constitutional, but the government had to pay them for property losses

b)

unconstitutional and they had to be release at once

c)

constitutional because it was based on military urgency

d)

unconstitutional because it was based on race

32.

V-J Day celebrates victor in Japan; What day is a celebration of victory in Europe (during WWII?)

a)

D-Day

b)

V-G Day

c)

Double V Day

d)

V-E Day

33.

During WWII, the Army enlisted women for the first time, although they were barred from

a)

combat

b)

basic training

c)

the barracks

d)

clerical positions

34.

The promise to abolish they attracted many people to communist ideology

a)

poverty

b)

welfare

c)

military conflict

d)

nuclear weapons

35.

At the end of WWII, the allies split control of what city?

a)

Paris

b)

Rome

c)

Berlin

d)

Moscow

36.

This policy stated that the US would try to stop the spread of communism

a)

Monroe Doctrine

b)

Roosevelt Corollary

c)

Truman Doctrine

d)

Teller Amendment

37.

What organization was created by Western allies to oppose the Soviets

a)

North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)

b)

ASEAN

c)

United Nations

d)

Warsaw Pact

38.

In 1950, Senator Joseph McCarthy was accusing people of what?

a)

Criticizing the Congress

b)

helping the communist

c)

plotting to kill the president

d)

evading taxes

39.

The move to suburban life was typified by

a)

automation

b)

isolation

c)

individualism

d)

conformity

40.

Cold War refers to tensions between

a)

China and Japan

b)

Egypt and Israel

c)

Britain and Germany

d)

SU and the US

41.

During the space race, Kennedy's goal for the nation was to be the first to

a)

put a man into space

b)

put a man into orbit

c)

land a man on the moon

d)

build

42.

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:

a)

remove missiles from Florida

b)

remove missiles from Alaska

c)

remove missiles from China

d)

remove missiles from Turkey

43.

Where did a group of black students gain national attention trying to go to school?

a)

Montgomery

b)

Birmingham

c)

Little Rock

d)

Greensboro

44.

What was the name of Lyndon Johnson's domestic program?

a)

Fair Deal

b)

Great Society

c)

New Frontier

d)

Camelot

45.

Who was the assassin of JFK?

a)

John Wilkes Booth

b)

Sirhan Sirhan

c)

Lee Harvey Oswald

d)

John Wayne Gacy

46.

When the French left Vietnam, the US stepped in to

a)

make sure free elections were held, as specified by the Geneva Accords

b)

protect the pro-democracy government in South Vietnam

c)

act as a peacekeeper along the border between North and South Vietnam

d)

try to cause a popular uprising the Communist ruler in North Vietnam

47.

With the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, Congress

a)

declared war on North Vietnam

b)

committed to a limited war only

c)

increased aid to South Vietnam

d)

gave its war powers to the President

48.

After the Tet Offensive, the mainstream American media began to

a)

appeal to American patriotism to support the war effort

b)

give less air time to antiwar protesters

c)

give more air time to antiwar protesters

d)

openly criticize the war effort

49.

Evidence on Watergate seems to show that Nixon

a)

was never directly involved in it

b)

ordered the break-in

c)

ordered the cover up

d)

ordered the break-in and the cover up.

50.

Terrorist carried out their attacks on September 11, 2001, by

a)

using truck bombs

b)

hijacking airplanes

c)

planting bombs on airplanes

d)

attaching bombs to their targets.