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VAUS FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS 2023

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Since the 1960s, which immigrant group has played a prominent role in influencing United States foreign policy?

a)

Cubans

b)

Argentinians

c)

Haitians

d)

British

2.

Investigative journalists of the early 20th century who exposed social and political corruption were known as

a)

muckrakers

b)

exploiters

c)

progressives

d)

reformers

3.

All of the following are considered American Giants of Innovation except 

a)

Orville and Wilbur Wright

b)

Henry Ford

c)

Henry Bessemer

d)

Eugene V. Debs

4.

Which of the following did not occur as a part of the Compromise of 1877?

a)

Emancipation Proclamation

b)

Conclusion of Reconstruction

c)

Military occupation of the South

d)

Southern Democrats support the electoral college vote

5.

Which was NOT a result of the French and Indian War?

a)

Stamp Act and Sugar Act passed

b)

Proclamation of 1763 issued

c)

Convened the Second Continental Congress

d)

British gained new territory

6.

Martin Luther King, Jr.'s strategy during the Civil Rights Movement emphasized

a)

promoting self-help through education

b)

organizing non-violent mass protest

c)

creating a political coalition with organized labor

d)

challenging discrimination through the courts

7.

Which of the following was not a weakness of the government under the Articles of Confederation?

a)

Too much power given to the judicial branch

b)

inability to collect taxes

c)

inability to regulate trade

d)

lack of executive branch to enforce the law

8.

Which of the following factors contributed most to the growth of cities at the turn of the 20th century?

a)

industrialization in the North

b)

end of slavery in the South

c)

Growth of suburbs

d)

settlement of the frontier

9.

Which of the following was NOT an effect of the Great Depression?

a)

unparalleled economic growth

b)

high unemployment

c)

blank closing

d)

bankruptcies

10.

One result of the First Great Awakening was

a)

a renewed interest in religion

b)

a move to limit religious freedom

c)

the founding of new free Bible colleges

d)

the revival of the Salem witch hunts

11.

Following the Civil War, which event was most responsible for the spreading of westward movement?

a)

Completion of the Transcontinental Railroad

b)

Elimination of federal military forces

c)

Emancipation of slaves in the south

d)

Immigration from southern Europe

12.

George Washington was an effective military commander because he

a)

won more battles than he lost using well trained troops

b)

prevented attacks against major population centers

c)

negotiated alliance with the leaders of other nations

d)

preserved the army through his leadership skills

13.

The Geneva Convention established rules governing

a)

international trade

b)

production of atomic weapons

c)

the treatment of prisoners of war

d)

monetary exchange rates

14.

The United Nations was created with the hope of establishing

a)

political reformation

b)

global peace

c)

economic equality

d)

industrial development

15.

Which of the following best describes President Woodrow Wilson's foreign policy at the beginning of World War I?

a)

neutral

b)

imperialistic

c)

socialist

d)

militaristic

16.

What was the primary cause of the African-American migration to cities in the early 1940s?

a)

job opportunities in the war plants

b)

passage of the Civil Rights Act

c)

desegregation of the South

d)

crop failures from drought

17.

In 1896, the Supreme Court ruled in Plessy v. Ferguson that:

a)

separate but equal facilities for African Americans were legal

b)

American Indians MUST reside on reservations

c)

Congress did not have the authority to levy an income tax

d)

labor strikes which caused hardships for Americans were unconstitutional

18.

Conflict between American Indians (Native Americans) and European settlers most often resulted from the different ways each culture viewed

a)

religious practices

b)

political systems

c)

family relationships

d)

land ownership

19.

George Mason most influenced the Constitution of the United States by supporting the

a)

addition of the Bill of Rights

b)

provision for the District of Columbia

c)

Supremacy Clause

d)

3/5's Compromise

20.

The Missouri Compromise allowing Missouri's admission to the union started the debate over

a)

maintaining a balance of slave and free states

b)

the relocation of American Indians (Native Americans)

c)

funding for internal improvements

d)

the right of deposit at New Orleans

21.

After World War II the United States enacted a policy of containment meant to

a)

prevent the spread of communism

b)

eliminate the spread of deadly diseases

c)

reenact the policy of isolationism in the United States

d)

protect Western Europe from the spread of Judaism

22.

What was the result of the US Senate's refusal to approve the Treaty of Versailles?

a)

The League of Nations were never formed

b)

Germany was never held accountable for war damages

c)

Britain and France were no longer allies of the United States

d)

The League of Nations was ineffective

23.

What reform did the 19th Amendment enact?

a)

prohibition

b)

African American men received the vote

c)

women's suffrage

d)

ban on child labor

24.

Why did most new immigrants live in cities?

a)

because cities were welcoming

b)

to abandon traditions quicker and assimilated easier

c)

to be close to industrial jobs

d)

to meet other Americans

25.

Which nation brought the United States into World War II with an unprovoked attack on the territory of Hawaii?

a)

Japan

b)

Germany

c)

USSR

d)

China