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APUSH Period 7: 1898-1945

Total questions: 85

Worksheet time: 43mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

1) What caused the United States to increase the size and power of its navy?

a)

A desire to outdo the British Navy

b)

To match the strength of Germany's fleet

c)

Alfred Thayer Mahan's book Influence of Sea Power on History

d)

A desire to reach Japan and China for trade

2.

1) Why did the United States want a canal built in Panama?

a)

To have a permanent colonial base in Latin America

b)

To get to the Pacific Ocean easier and lower prices of goods

c)

To begin colonization efforts of Latin America

d)

To assist Panamanians in their war against Colombia

3.

1) Choose 3: Why did the United States want Hawaii?

a)

New sugar and pineapple plantations

b)

Wanting Pearl Harbor as a naval base in the Pacific Ocean

c)

U.S. settlers had overthrown the monarchy

d)

To protect it from being colonized by Great Britain

4.

2) Choose 3:What territories did the US gain from Spain? (1898)?

a)

Guam

b)

Puerto Rico

c)

The Phillipines

d)

Hawaii

5.

2) Choose 3: What were the causes of the Spanish American War

a)

Yellow journalism (fake news) encouraged war

b)

The USS Maine exploded (blamed on Spain)

c)

To get access to new territories Spain owned

d)

To gain access to African colonies

6.

1) Who helped annex Hawaii into the United States?

a)

William McKinley

b)

Teddy Roosevelt

c)

William Howard Taft

d)

Sanford B Dole

7.

2) Why was the Spanish American War a turning point for the United States after 1898?

a)

It gained access to new markets and became a world power

b)

It became the world's only superpower

c)

It became a leading member of the League of Nations

d)

It became the largest country in the world

8.

3) Which describes Open Door Policy (What it says and why)

a)

The US can use military intervention in Latin America when it wants/ stop European intervention and takeover of Latin America

b)

All countries should be able to trade with China/stop Europe from closing China to the U.S.

c)

The US will donate money to Latin America in exchange for some power/ help fix Latin American countries and not use military force

9.

3) Which describes the Roosevelt Corollary? (What it says and why)

a)

The US can use military intervention in Latin America when it wants/ stop European intervention and takeover of Latin America

b)

All countries should be able to trade with China/stop Europe from closing China to the U.S.

c)

The US will donate money to Latin America in exchange for some power/ help fix Latin American countries and not use military force

10.

3) Which describes the Dollar Diplomacy? (What it says and why)

a)

The US can use military intervention in Latin America when it wants/ stop European intervention and takeover of Latin America

b)

All countries should be able to trade with China/stop Europe from closing China to the U.S.

c)

The US will donate money to Latin America in exchange for some power/ help fix Latin American countries and not use military force

11.

4) What was the Spark that caused World War I?

a)

Germany invading Poland

b)

Japan attacking Pearl Harbor

c)

The assasination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand

d)

Germany invading Russia

12.

5) What was the U.S. position at the beginning of the war?

a)

To side with the Allies

b)

To side with the Central Powers

c)

Neutrality: not helping or joining any side

d)

Secretly supplying Germany and Great Britain

13.

6) Which technology of World War I caused the stalemate that made it last 4 years?

a)

Trench warfare to protect from machine guns

b)

Poison Gas and Flamethrowers

c)

Tanks and Airplanes

d)

Submarines and Sonar technology

14.

6) Who caused WWI according to the Treaty of Versailles? Why was this done?

a)

Austria-Hungary- to make them a colony

b)

Russia- to end communism

c)

Serbia- because they started the war

d)

Germany- to weaken them against the other world powers

15.

(6) What's the importance of the battle of the Argonne Forest?

a)

Germany was held off in Austria-Hungary

b)

The first use of American aircraft in WW1

c)

It showed the power of trench warfare

d)

It broke though the German defenses and lead to their surrender

16.

6) What was John J Pershing's accomplishment in World War I?

a)

He was awarded the Medal of Honor for his bravery

b)

He turned new recruits into well trained soldiers

c)

He assassinated the Kaiser of Germany

d)

He lead the country as President from 1912-1920

17.

6) What was Alvin York's accomplishment in World War I?

a)

He was awarded the Medal of Honor for his bravery

b)

He turned new recruits into well trained soldiers

c)

He assassinated the Kaiser of Germany

d)

He lead the country as President from 1912-1921

18.

7) What was the purpose of the Espionage and Sedition Acts?

a)

To limit the amount of immigrants entering the United States

b)

To raise money for the war effort

c)

Protect the country by taking away the right to free speech

d)

To enlarge the army by creating the draft

19.

7) What was the purpose of war bonds?

a)

To limit the amount of immigrants entering the United States

b)

To raise money for the war effort

c)

Protect the country by taking away the right to free speech

d)

To enlarge the army by creating the draft

20.

7) What was the Great Migration?

a)

The movement of Hispanic immigrants into the U.S. during WWI

b)

African Americans going to Northern cities for jobs

c)

The movement of Asian immigrants to the East Coast

d)

White Americans moving out of the cities to the suburbs

21.

7) What were the 14 Points? What was its purpose?

a)

President Teddy Roosevelt's addition to the Monroe Doctrine

b)

President Woodrow Wilson's plans for safer world after WWI including the League of Nations

c)

President Herbert Hoover's plans for postwar America

d)

President Taft's vision for U.S. supremacy in world affairs

22.

7) What were two reasons Congress rejected the League of Nations?

a)

Fear of the U.S being infiltrated by communists

b)

They felt the League violated their constitutional powers

c)

Fear of U.S. population taking in too many refugees

d)

They did not want the U.S. entangled in foreign affairs

23.

7) What is isolationism?

a)

Wanting to stay involved in foreign alliances and affairs.

b)

Wanting to stay out of foreign alliances and affairs, focus on domestic things.

24.

Which President’s ideas would an isolationist support for staying out of the League of Nations?

a)

Woodrow Wilson

b)

Theodore Roosevelt

c)

George Washington

d)

Thomas Jefferson

25.

7) How did WW1 affect the US economy?

a)

It caused rapid inflation that increased the cost of living.

b)

It increased job growth and lowered unemployment.

c)

It increased job growth and lowered unemployment.

d)

It lowered the cost of goods that had previously been rationed.

26.
Who was targeted for discrimination during the Red Scare?
a)
Immigrants
b)
African Americans
c)
Jews
d)
Migrant Workers
27.
Who invented the assembly line and made production more efficient?
a)
FDR
b)
Thomas Edison
c)
Eli Whitney
d)
Henry Ford
28.
What is the word for anti-immigrant attitudes?
a)
isolationism
b)
Neutrality
c)
Nativism
d)
Federalism
29.
What is a tax on imports?
a)
Payroll Tax
b)
tariff
c)
Trust
d)
Pension
30.
What scandal during Warren Harding led a member of his cabinet to go to jail?
a)
Cabaret Scandal
b)
Speakeasy Scandal
c)
Teapot Dome Scandal
d)
Big Oil Scandal
31.
What did Harding promise America in the election of 1920?
a)
No income tax
b)
lower wages
c)
no immigrants
d)
Return to Normalcy
32.
What did people want the Return to Normalcy to focus on
a)
Social Issues
b)
Foreign Policy
c)
Domestic Economic Issues
d)
International Trade
33.
What was the fear of Communist infiltration of America?
a)
red Scare
b)
Mexican Repatriation
c)
Prohibition
d)
Domino Theory
34.
Who caused African Americans to reexamine their African heritage?
a)
Eli Whitney
b)
Willard Filmore
c)
Marcus Garvey
d)
Francis Willard
35.
What was the awakening of African-American identity, art and culture in NYC called?
a)
Tin Pan Alley
b)
Harlem Renaissance
c)
Back to Africa
d)
Garveyism
36.
What group was most influential in the passage of Prohibition?
a)
Immigrants
b)
Women
c)
Children
d)
Laborers
37.
What was first mass-manufactured in the 1920’s and changed society?
a)
Guns
b)
Radios
c)
Automobiles
d)
Television
38.
What was the name of the migration of African-Americans to the North called?
a)
Great Migration
b)
Racial Riots
c)
Back to Africa
39.
What did the 18th Amendment do?
a)
Income Tax
b)
Women;s Suffrage
c)
Prohibition.ban alcohol
d)
lowers voting age to 18
40.
What was one major result of Prohibition?
a)
No one drank in USA
b)
Lower immigration rates
c)
Rise in organized crime or mafia
d)
increased taxes for government
41.
What were the secret clubs that sold alcohol called?
a)
Markets
b)
Bootleggers
c)
Speakeasies
d)
Hideaways
42.
What did the 21st Amendment do?
a)
Ended prohibition/18th Amendment
b)
Created the draft
c)
Women's sffrage
d)
Presidents get 2 terms of foffice
43.
Who were the women who fought traditional values during the 1920s?
a)
Flappers
b)
Suffragettes
c)
Temperance Women
d)
Brothel Owners
44.
What factors led African-Americans to migrate North in the Great Migration?
a)
Racism in the North, Opportunity in Canada
b)
Decrease in immigration
c)
Persecution in the South, Economic opportunity in the North
45.
What music was created by the Harlem Renaissance?
a)
Swing
b)
Blues
c)
Jazz
d)
Reggae 
46.
What is the name of an extended economic downturn?
a)
Depression
b)
Collapse
c)
Failure
d)
Stock Collapse
47.
What year did the Great Depression start?
a)
1932
b)
1936
c)
1929
d)
1926
48.
What is a tax on imports?
a)
Penchant
b)
Corollary
c)
Back Tax
d)
Tariff
49.
Poor land usage and drought in the West led to what environmental disaster?
a)
Great Oil Spill
b)
Dust Bowl
c)
Great Well Dry Up
d)
The Great Burning
50.
What is it called when a lot of people take their money out of the bank and it runs out?
a)
Bank Failure
b)
Bank Run
c)
Bank Blitz
d)
Bank Closure
51.
What was FDR’s plan to make the government more responsible for peoples economic welfare called?
a)
Square Deal
b)
Fair Deal
c)
Great Society
d)
New Deal
52.
What organization insures bank deposits?
a)
SEC
b)
FHA
c)
TVA
d)
FDIC
53.
Entitlement program that gives the elderly and the disabled money.
a)
FDIC
b)
SEC
c)
TVA
d)
Social Security
54.
What was FDR’s plan to add justices to the Supreme Court called?
a)
The Yes Man Trials
b)
Court Packing Scheme
c)
Operation Puppet
d)
Court Repatriation
55.
What was the main criticism of the Court-Packing Scheme?
a)
Congress allowed it
b)
Too much of an expansion of executive power
c)
The Court would be too small
d)
Only state governments could pack the court
56.
What program provides money to the elderly when they retire?
a)
SEC
b)
FHA
c)
Social Security
d)
AARP
57.
What form of technology did FDR use to give his “fireside chats”?
a)
Film
b)
television
c)
Newspaper
d)
Radio
58.
New Deal program that continued to watch the Stock Market to stop another collapse.
a)
Tennessee Valley Authority
b)
Securities and Exchange Commission SEC
c)
Federal Housing Administration (FHA)
d)
Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)
59.
What is it called to send someone back to their home country?
a)
Repatriation
b)
A Send Back
c)
Export
d)
Exonerate
60.
What effect do high tariffs have on trade?
a)
Increase Trade
b)
Decrease Trade
61.
What is “betting on the stock market” called? But low, sell high!
a)
Buying on Margin
b)
Speculation
62.
Who became President in 1932?
a)
Hoover
b)
Harding
c)
Collidge
d)
FDR
63.
 What were FDR’s radio speeches called?
a)
Short Talks
b)
State of the Union
c)
Provisional Talks
d)
Fireside Chats
64.
What was the main goal of the New Deal?
a)
Increase control of state governemnts
b)
increase immigrant population
c)
reduce unemployment
d)
create a fourth branch of government
65.
Whose job is it to maintain economic stability after the New Deal?
a)
Federal Government
b)
State Government
66.
Where were the Japanese placed during World War Two?
a)
Internment Camps/ Relocation Centers
b)
Cities
c)
Countryside
d)
Military Prisons
67.
What is it called when limited supplies have to be distributed fairly?
a)
Cutting Cost
b)
Raionting
c)
Dividing
d)
Parsing
68.
What event led America to enter WW 2?
a)
Pearl Harbor
b)
Invasion of Poland
c)
Assassination of Archduke Ferdinand
d)
Italy invades Ethiopia
69.
What is the mass killing of a group  of people?
a)
Sequester
b)
Genocide
c)
Homicide
d)
Fratricide
70.
What event ended World War Two?
a)
The atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
b)
D-Day
c)
Berlin Airlift
d)
Invasion of Berlin
71.
The first African American air force fighter pilots?
a)
Flying Tigers
b)
Tuskegee Airmen
72.
What decade did World War Two start in?
a)
1940s
b)
1930s
c)
1950s
d)
1920s
73.
What did the Navajo contribute to World War 2?
a)
Created new airplanes
b)
worked in factories
c)
created a new code for military transmissions
74.
What was the name for the growing of crops by people at home during WW 2?
a)
War Bonds
b)
Victory Gardens
c)
Freedom Farms
d)
Liberty Lanes
75.
What beach did America invade on D-Day to enter Europe in World War Two?
a)
Normandy
b)
Pas da Calais
c)
Dover Coast
d)
Sicily
76.
What ethnic group was put in internment camps during WW 2?
a)
Native Americans
b)
Mexican Americans
c)
Japanese Americans
d)
Polish Americans
77.
Tuskegee Airmen helped to end this practice in the military.
a)
Court Marshalling
b)
Solitary Confinement
c)
Segregation
d)
Hazing
78.
Only living African-American to win the Medal of Honor for WW II?
a)
Vernon Baker
b)
Alvin York
c)
Omar Bradley
d)
George Mardhall
79.
After World War Two, what event was the dropping off of supplies by America in a blockaded city?
a)
Berlin Airlift
b)
Paris Blockade
c)
Moscow Offensive
d)
Battle of Britain
80.
What year did World War Two end?
a)
1939
b)
1942
c)
1944
d)
1945
81.
What weapon ended World War Two?
a)
Tanks
b)
Jet Bombers
c)
Nuclear/Atomic Bombs
d)
Ballistic Missiles
82.
What does the 22nd amendment do?
a)
Bans Alcohol
b)
Repeals 18th Amendment
c)
Women's suffrage
d)
limits President to two terms
83.
What event during World War Two most represented a violation of Americans constitutional rights?
a)
Rationing
b)
War Gardens
c)
OWI Propaganda
d)
The internment of Japanese Americans in camps.
84.
What group sent coded messages for America during WW 2?
a)
Mexican Immigrants
b)
Japanese Americans
c)
Navajo Indians
d)
German Americans
85.
Who was President during most of World War Two?
a)
Truman
b)
Colidge
c)
Hoover
d)
FDR

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