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WorksheetsUS History 1 - Final Exam
Total questions: 98
Worksheet time: 49mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What happened to the two young men who were pulled over (in Watts, CA) by law enforcement?
a)
Unstable
b)
Forcing open new markets, such as China, and acquiring territory to further economic goals
c)
Beaten and Arrested
d)
A political machine
2.
What is Laissez-Faire capitalism?
a)
Illinois
b)
He knew that overtly invading Cuba would have political consequences both at home and around the world
c)
Germany
d)
A government policy of "hands off" or letting business take care of itself.
3.
What is white flight?
a)
Julian and Ethel Rosenberg
b)
when white people moved out of cities towards suburbs
c)
Michigan, Pennsylvania, and New York
d)
Marshall Plan
4.
Homosexuality was illegal in all states EXCEPT which by 1962?
a)
Strike down laws banning interracial marriage
b)
in the air
c)
Illinois
d)
done or acting according to a fixed plan or system; methodical
5.
The goal of Cointelpro against the Black Panthers was to
a)
The Cold War
b)
World War I
c)
re-distributing the lands of former Confederates to give them to slaves
d)
neutralize / weaken the Black Panthers.
6.
North Vietnam was under Communist control and South Vietnam was a free republic.
a)
Truman Doctrine
b)
True
c)
shantytowns filled with homeless people
d)
Tense
7.
During the Great Migration what states did African Americans begin to move to?
a)
Poverty
b)
18th Amendment
c)
Mississippi
d)
Michigan, Pennsylvania, and New York
8.
Which word best describes South Vietnam's government after Diem was assassinated?
a)
False
b)
Unstable
c)
Southerners used violence and poll taxes to restrict blacks from voting.
d)
in the air
9.
What was the real reason President Johnson sent ground troops to Vietnam?
a)
Mississippi
b)
That they would win the war quickly and with very few casualties.
c)
private businesses
d)
To avoid humiliation
10.
What word best describes the U.S. nation during the Vietnam War?
a)
The Double V Campaign in World War II
b)
It blew up by accident but the American press and public blamed it on the Spanish.
c)
More people needed cars because more people were moving to the suburbs and buying houses, so they needed to drive to work
d)
Tense
11.
How did Martin Luther King Jr. feel about a possible boycott of the 1968 Olympics by black athletes
a)
Robert Kennedy and Anatoly Dobrynin
b)
Beaten and Arrested
c)
California
d)
He supported the possible idea of a boycott.
12.
Integration of black athletes into professional sports took place before the end of segregation.
a)
Scalawags
b)
Population of African Americans in the South decreased and increased in the North.
c)
True
d)
A government policy of "hands off" or letting business take care of itself.
13.
What helped rebuild Europe?
a)
The Volstead Act
b)
Southerners used violence and poll taxes to restrict blacks from voting.
c)
Marshall Plan
d)
private businesses
14.
The Black Power Conference argued that...
a)
when white people moved out of cities towards suburbs
b)
True
c)
21,000
d)
people should use any means possible to force the government to address institutionalized racism
15.
Which event was the basis for the Bay of Pigs Invasion?
a)
Dred Scott v. Sandford
b)
School facilities could be separate as long as they were equal.
c)
The U.S.-backed government in Cuba was overthrown by communist Fidel Castro.
d)
After over 30 years, laws were passed that put a stop to redlining.
16.
Which government individuals negotiated the end of the Crisis on October 27?
a)
New York City, June 1969
b)
One Day
c)
He supported the possible idea of a boycott.
d)
Robert Kennedy and Anatoly Dobrynin
17.
What ruined the element of surprise in the Bay of Pigs invasion?
a)
Mississippi
b)
40%
c)
accrue (gain) wealth
d)
A major U.S. newspaper printed stories about the CIA training a Cuban-exile army.
18.
What put a stop to redlining?
a)
After over 30 years, laws were passed that put a stop to redlining.
b)
Betty Friedan
c)
Beaten and Arrested
d)
Massive Unemployment
19.
What was the first major civil rights protest Martin Luther King Jr. was involved in?
a)
Russia
b)
Dred Scott v. Sandford
c)
Taxes
d)
The Montgomery Bus Boycott
20.
The 1950's was called the Consensus Decade, however why is that not a great thing?
a)
A government policy of "hands off" or letting business take care of itself.
b)
He supported the possible idea of a boycott.
c)
pass their wealth to their children & families
d)
It was really about the needs and ideas of white men
21.
Where did the Civil Rights Movement reach its greatest national prominence in 1963?
a)
Birmingham, Alabama
b)
Southerners used violence and poll taxes to restrict blacks from voting.
c)
Strike down laws banning interracial marriage
d)
accrue (gain) wealth
22.
What, other than Vietnam, did Lyndon Johnson go to war on?
a)
interstate buses
b)
Poverty
c)
A political machine
d)
Anti-war
23.
Where were the worst racially motivated riots in the 1960s?
a)
Watts, California
b)
A black man was (falsely) accused of assaulting a white woman.
c)
A blockade is an act of war; a quarantine is not.
d)
Poverty
24.
Why did JFK have doubts about the success of Operation Bumpy Road (the Bay of Pigs invasion)?
a)
He knew that overtly invading Cuba would have political consequences both at home and around the world
b)
False
c)
interstate buses
d)
Russia
25.
The American feminist movement is often seen to have started with the publication of of the feminine Mystique in 1963, written by
a)
18th Amendment
b)
Betty Friedan
c)
98%
d)
To avoid humiliation
26.
Where did Freedom Summer workers register people to vote in 1964?
a)
Strengthened it
b)
did not trade as much with many other countries
c)
Mississippi
d)
Russia
27.
What did the US Supreme Court do in the 1967 case,
a)
That they would win the war quickly and with very few casualties.
b)
Population of African Americans in the South decreased and increased in the North.
c)
Forcing open new markets, such as China, and acquiring territory to further economic goals
d)
Strike down laws banning interracial marriage
28.
What was the U.S. policy called to stop the spread of communism called?
a)
Containment
b)
Tense
c)
California
d)
in the air
29.
What was created to help "free peoples" fight communism? It first targeted Greece and Turkey.
a)
in the air
b)
Booker T, Washington
c)
He knew that overtly invading Cuba would have political consequences both at home and around the world
d)
Truman Doctrine
30.
Where did the Stonewall Riots take place and when?
a)
The Montgomery Bus Boycott
b)
Russia
c)
18th Amendment
d)
New York City, June 1969
31.
1949 is often called the year of shocks. What two things happened that year?
a)
Soviets get an atomic bomb and China becomes communist.
b)
neutralize / weaken the Black Panthers.
c)
School facilities could be separate as long as they were equal.
d)
re-distributing the lands of former Confederates to give them to slaves
32.
Who was executed for giving the U.S.S.R. atomic secrets?
a)
Legislative - Congress : House of Representatives and the Senate
b)
interstate buses
c)
Julian and Ethel Rosenberg
d)
North Africa
33.
The Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) in 1961 sought to integrate
a)
World War I
b)
interstate buses
c)
Scalawags
d)
Containment
34.
What was different about the rise in the economy than in previous periods of prosperity?
a)
Germany
b)
Ordinary people saw better times and even saw their wages rise
c)
It blew up by accident but the American press and public blamed it on the Spanish.
d)
Illinois
35.
Why was Detroit growing in this time period (1950s)?
a)
Birmingham, Alabama
b)
equal opportunity
c)
A black man was (falsely) accused of assaulting a white woman.
d)
More people needed cars because more people were moving to the suburbs and buying houses, so they needed to drive to work
36.
Which of the following is NOT one of the states significantly impacted by the Dust Bowl?
a)
40%
b)
California
c)
Legislative - Congress : House of Representatives and the Senate
d)
typically had less seniority
37.
Why did the US call the blockade a quarantine?
a)
A blockade is an act of war; a quarantine is not.
b)
To uphold a court order and show states they had to abide by the courts decisions
c)
Population of African Americans in the South decreased and increased in the North.
d)
when white people moved out of cities towards suburbs
38.
What were Americans said to have believed in, but didn't necessarily provide?
a)
He spread the word through churches.
b)
They advised him on Civil Rights policies
c)
equal opportunity
d)
Forcing open new markets, such as China, and acquiring territory to further economic goals
39.
What is de facto segregation?
a)
A government policy of "hands off" or letting business take care of itself.
b)
Segregation by custom
c)
He knew that overtly invading Cuba would have political consequences both at home and around the world
d)
The Double V Campaign in World War II
40.
During the 1950s what made African-American jobs less stable?
a)
typically had less seniority
b)
neutralize / weaken the Black Panthers.
c)
re-distributing the lands of former Confederates to give them to slaves
d)
Soviets get an atomic bomb and China becomes communist.
41.
What was one of the earliest Civil Rights efforts?
a)
Land
b)
The Double V Campaign in World War II
c)
Yellow journalism
d)
After over 30 years, laws were passed that put a stop to redlining.
42.
What did the Supreme Court case Plessy vs. Ferguson say?
a)
School facilities could be separate as long as they were equal.
b)
A political machine
c)
Illinois
d)
The Cold War
43.
What did some counties do to solve the problem of having to follow the law?
a)
North Africa
b)
New York City, June 1969
c)
They just closed the schools
d)
More people needed cars because more people were moving to the suburbs and buying houses, so they needed to drive to work
44.
How did Martin Luther King get the word out and create a following?
a)
Betty Friedan
b)
He spread the word through churches.
c)
language that requires STATES to respect life, liberty, and property, too
d)
Strike down laws banning interracial marriage
45.
Why did Eisenhower have the army walk African American kids to school for a year?
a)
To uphold a court order and show states they had to abide by the courts decisions
b)
Russia
c)
Yellow journalism
d)
It blew up by accident but the American press and public blamed it on the Spanish.
46.
What does "systematic" mean? Redlining systematically prevented them (non-Whites) from getting home loans.
a)
Dred Scott v. Sandford
b)
pass their wealth to their children & families
c)
neutralize / weaken the Black Panthers.
d)
done or acting according to a fixed plan or system; methodical
47.
The ____ movement overshadowed the rest by the end of the 1960s
a)
interstate buses
b)
equal opportunity
c)
Anti-war
d)
Taxes
48.
What percentages of home loans were given to White families from 1934-1968 (34 years of redlining)?
a)
Southern and Eastern Europe
b)
people should use any means possible to force the government to address institutionalized racism
c)
98%
d)
Michigan, Pennsylvania, and New York
49.
Redlining: An advantage compounded over time for families in the green (redlined map), or White neighborhoods,
a)
accrue (gain) wealth
b)
shantytowns filled with homeless people
c)
That they would win the war quickly and with very few casualties.
d)
when white people moved out of cities towards suburbs
50.
Because of redlining policies, white families were able to...
a)
pass their wealth to their children & families
b)
The Cold War
c)
A major U.S. newspaper printed stories about the CIA training a Cuban-exile army.
d)
World War I
51.
Even though redlining became illegal, why was it still hard for families to move from "red" to "green"
a)
The extermination of millions of Poles and Jews
b)
Michigan, Pennsylvania, and New York
c)
neutralize / weaken the Black Panthers.
d)
it was already too late so families in the "red" couldn't afford the rising price in the "green"
52.
What was the ultimate goal of the "Hunger Plan"?
a)
The extermination of millions of Poles and Jews
b)
North Africa
c)
Birmingham, Alabama
d)
Beaten and Arrested
53.
Where did the first American troops fight the Nazis?
a)
The Supreme Court
b)
Anti-war
c)
North Africa
d)
After over 30 years, laws were passed that put a stop to redlining.
54.
In World War I, 10% of the estimated population of Civilians were killed. In World War II _______ was the percentage
a)
Dred Scott v. Sandford
b)
A black man was (falsely) accused of assaulting a white woman.
c)
They advised him on Civil Rights policies
d)
40%
55.
Much of the war (WWII) was paid for by
a)
Taxes
b)
False
c)
Robert Kennedy and Anatoly Dobrynin
d)
They just closed the schools
56.
How many Jews were allowed to come to America during the War (WWI)?
a)
Beaten and Arrested
b)
21,000
c)
One Day
d)
Booker T, Washington
57.
What impact did WWII have on the power of the government?
a)
accrue (gain) wealth
b)
It led to the 19th Amendment
c)
African Americans
d)
Strengthened it
58.
The death toll of 140,000+ Japanese civilians was greater than American fatalities in the entire Pacific War
a)
True
b)
A blockade is an act of war; a quarantine is not.
c)
18th Amendment
d)
The Volstead Act
59.
With the Lend-Lease act, the US lent weapons out to which country?
a)
40%
b)
It was really about the needs and ideas of white men
c)
The Volstead Act
d)
Russia
60.
How was the US isolationist?
a)
private businesses
b)
did not trade as much with many other countries
c)
21,000
d)
To avoid humiliation
61.
What does "lebensraum" require?
a)
Land
b)
Beaten and Arrested
c)
re-distributing the lands of former Confederates to give them to slaves
d)
When the entire country is involved in the military effort, not just the army and navy
62.
The Battle of Britain mostly took place
a)
in the air
b)
Massive Unemployment
c)
Southerners used violence and poll taxes to restrict blacks from voting.
d)
It blew up by accident but the American press and public blamed it on the Spanish.
63.
What were Hoovervilles?
a)
shantytowns filled with homeless people
b)
It was really about the needs and ideas of white men
c)
Land
d)
The Supreme Court
64.
The Depression in the US did not impact other parts of the global economy.
a)
Marshall Plan
b)
False
c)
It led to the 19th Amendment
d)
The Cold War
65.
What does it mean to be in a "total war"?
a)
When the entire country is involved in the military effort, not just the army and navy
b)
To uphold a court order and show states they had to abide by the courts decisions
c)
The Volstead Act
d)
18th Amendment
66.
Who inspired Garvey to raise money and open his own school and then later own a newspaper to educate the black community?
a)
A government policy of "hands off" or letting business take care of itself.
b)
Ordinary people saw better times and even saw their wages rise
c)
Taxes
d)
Booker T, Washington
67.
What was the name of the act that became known as Prohibition?
a)
That they would win the war quickly and with very few casualties.
b)
The extermination of millions of Poles and Jews
c)
One Day
d)
The Volstead Act
68.
What helped the influenza spread so easily?
a)
He knew that overtly invading Cuba would have political consequences both at home and around the world
b)
calling up more troops
c)
Birmingham, Alabama
d)
World War I
69.
Why did Democrats regain power in the South?
a)
Southerners used violence and poll taxes to restrict blacks from voting.
b)
The Cold War
c)
Population of African Americans in the South decreased and increased in the North.
d)
The extermination of millions of Poles and Jews
70.
The New Deal changed the way Americans view the government, they no longer expect the government to intervene when times are bad.
a)
He supported the possible idea of a boycott.
b)
pass their wealth to their children & families
c)
neutralize / weaken the Black Panthers.
d)
False
71.
What did the "Black Cabinet" help President FDR with?
a)
Yellow journalism
b)
it was already too late so families in the "red" couldn't afford the rising price in the "green"
c)
They advised him on Civil Rights policies
d)
Watts, California
72.
What was the biggest indication that the nation was in a "Great Depression"?
a)
Massive Unemployment
b)
Unstable
c)
did not trade as much with many other countries
d)
Poverty
73.
What did Herbert Hoover blame the Great Depression on?
a)
Strengthened it
b)
To uphold a court order and show states they had to abide by the courts decisions
c)
World War I
d)
He supported the possible idea of a boycott.
74.
Which of the following proved to be the biggest obstacle to Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal?
a)
The Supreme Court
b)
Containment
c)
Massive Unemployment
d)
land ownership
75.
During the Great Depression, who did President Hoover rely on to improve the economy?
a)
pass their wealth to their children & families
b)
Forcing open new markets, such as China, and acquiring territory to further economic goals
c)
private businesses
d)
True
76.
Which branch of the government put the new deal into effect?
a)
The Volstead Act
b)
Legislative - Congress : House of Representatives and the Senate
c)
A blockade is an act of war; a quarantine is not.
d)
Julian and Ethel Rosenberg
77.
By the 1890s, where did many immigrants come from?
a)
Marshall Plan
b)
When the entire country is involved in the military effort, not just the army and navy
c)
Soviets get an atomic bomb and China becomes communist.
d)
Southern and Eastern Europe
78.
What did Marcus Garvey notice as a child?
a)
Scalawags
b)
Black people often made up the lowest social class in most nations
c)
Massive Unemployment
d)
A black man was (falsely) accused of assaulting a white woman.
79.
What Amendment ended the manufacture and sale of alcohol in America?
a)
North Africa
b)
It led to the 19th Amendment
c)
A major U.S. newspaper printed stories about the CIA training a Cuban-exile army.
d)
18th Amendment
80.
What type of news source distorted the story and reported it as fact?
a)
Michigan, Pennsylvania, and New York
b)
Yellow journalism
c)
A blockade is an act of war; a quarantine is not.
d)
To avoid humiliation
81.
Southerners who cooperated with the Union, opposed secession, and worked with blacks were called:
a)
Scalawags
b)
Taxes
c)
More people needed cars because more people were moving to the suburbs and buying houses, so they needed to drive to work
d)
private businesses
82.
Like many incidents of racial violence at that time, the Tulsa Race Riot was started by which event?
a)
A black man was (falsely) accused of assaulting a white woman.
b)
equal opportunity
c)
Population of African Americans in the South decreased and increased in the North.
d)
private businesses
83.
What type of organization did Stephenson turn the Klan into?
a)
A political machine
b)
Betty Friedan
c)
Yellow journalism
d)
private businesses
84.
Charles Lindberg is famous for flying solo across the U.S. from coast to coast without stopping.
a)
The Montgomery Bus Boycott
b)
A major U.S. newspaper printed stories about the CIA training a Cuban-exile army.
c)
False
d)
Segregation by custom
85.
The Treaty of Versailles placed blame for the war directly on who?
a)
Germany
b)
False
c)
Soviets get an atomic bomb and China becomes communist.
d)
A blockade is an act of war; a quarantine is not.
86.
How did the war affect American women?
a)
Scalawags
b)
land ownership
c)
African Americans
d)
It led to the 19th Amendment
87.
True or False: The United States joined the League of Nations
a)
False
b)
He knew that overtly invading Cuba would have political consequences both at home and around the world
c)
School facilities could be separate as long as they were equal.
d)
After over 30 years, laws were passed that put a stop to redlining.
88.
What was the significance of the Great Migration?
a)
Marshall Plan
b)
Population of African Americans in the South decreased and increased in the North.
c)
pass their wealth to their children & families
d)
North Africa
89.
How quickly could people die from the influenza (during the epidemic of 1918)?
a)
A major U.S. newspaper printed stories about the CIA training a Cuban-exile army.
b)
Beaten and Arrested
c)
Soviets get an atomic bomb and China becomes communist.
d)
One Day
90.
Despite not having a lot of territory, what made the US an imperial powerhouse?
a)
people should use any means possible to force the government to address institutionalized racism
b)
Forcing open new markets, such as China, and acquiring territory to further economic goals
c)
Soviets get an atomic bomb and China becomes communist.
d)
To avoid humiliation
91.
What did the US promise when they declared war on Spain
a)
It was really about the needs and ideas of white men
b)
That they would win the war quickly and with very few casualties.
c)
Poverty
d)
The Supreme Court
92.
What happened to the USS Maine?
a)
They advised him on Civil Rights policies
b)
It blew up by accident but the American press and public blamed it on the Spanish.
c)
accrue (gain) wealth
d)
equal opportunity
93.
Which is NOT part of the 14th amendment?
a)
It led to the 19th Amendment
b)
language that requires STATES to respect life, liberty, and property, too
c)
The Montgomery Bus Boycott
d)
Strengthened it
94.
An important task of the Freedmen's Bureau, which was:
a)
it was already too late so families in the "red" couldn't afford the rising price in the "green"
b)
typically had less seniority
c)
A blockade is an act of war; a quarantine is not.
d)
re-distributing the lands of former Confederates to give them to slaves
95.
African Americans believed the real key to their freedom was:
a)
Birmingham, Alabama
b)
To uphold a court order and show states they had to abide by the courts decisions
c)
land ownership
d)
accrue (gain) wealth
96.
In which Supreme Court case had they already ruled that blacks could never be citizens?
a)
neutralize / weaken the Black Panthers.
b)
He spread the word through churches.
c)
Dred Scott v. Sandford
d)
Population of African Americans in the South decreased and increased in the North.
97.
What occupied much of President Kennedy's time, including the Bay of Pigs and the Cuban Missile Crisis?
a)
Southern and Eastern Europe
b)
The Cold War
c)
Segregation by custom
d)
Germany
98.
What group of people felt the greatest change during WWII?
a)
Watts, California
b)
The Cold War
c)
African Americans
d)
The extermination of millions of Poles and Jews
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