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2nd 6 weeks Exam

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 17mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who promoted U.S. Expansion by advocating for a stronger Navy and the acquisition of overseas colonies?

a)

Alfred Thayer Mahan

b)

Sanford B. Dole

c)

Theodore Roosevelt

d)

Franz Ferdinand

2.

Who contributed to U.S. expansion by overthrowing the Queen of Hawai'i and leading to its annexation by the U.S. in 1898?

a)

Alfred Thayer Mahan

b)

Sanford B. Dole

c)

Theodore Roosevelt

d)

Franz Ferdinand

3.

Select THREE causes of the Spanish-American War

a)

Cuban Revolution

b)

Yellow Journalism

c)

USS Maine explosion

d)

sinking of the Lusitania

e)

Alliance System

4.

Which event led to the U.S. gaining the territories of Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines?

a)

Cuban revolution

b)

World War I

c)

Treaty of Versailles

d)

Spanish-American War

5.

Select TWO causes of U.S. entry into World War I

a)

Sinking of the USS Maine

b)

Assassination of Franz Ferdinand

c)

Zimmerman note/telegram

d)

Unrestricted submarine warfare

e)

Cuban Revolution

6.

Which technology in World War I made it difficult to cross defended ground due to tactics such as trench warfare?

a)

Machine guns

b)

Airplanes

c)

Tanks

d)

Poison gas

7.

What was the U.S. position at the beginning of World War I?

a)

Neutrality

b)

Alliance with the Allied powers

c)

Alliance with the Central powers

d)

Support for Germany

8.

What was the main goal of Woodrow Wilson's Fourteen Points?

a)

To create a framework for lasting peace

b)

To impose harsh penalties on Germany

c)

To expand American territories

d)

To promote military alliances

9.

Select the FOUR causes of the outbreak of WWI in Europe.

a)

Militarism

b)

Nationalism

c)

Isolationism

d)

Alliance Systems

e)

Imperialism

10.

What impact did improved weapons technology (machine guns & poison gas) have on World War I?

a)

increased casualties

b)

ended the war more quickly

c)

protected civilians

d)

had no impact

11.

Why did the U.S. Senate reject the Treaty of Versailles?

a)

it violated our neutrality & isolationism

b)

it gave too much territory back to Germany

c)

it punished France too harshly

d)

Japan wasn't given any territory

12.

What was the importance of the Espionage & Sedition Acts during World War I?

a)

U.S. government limited the rights of citizens

b)

U.S. government forced men to register for the draft

c)

Women gain the right to vote

d)

citizens must pledge their loyalty to the U.S.

13.

What was the Supreme Court's decision in Schenck v. United States?

a)

1st Amendment protects all forms of speech, including those that create a clear and present danger.

b)

1st Amendment only protects political speech, not other forms of expression.

c)

1st Amendment does not protect speech that creates a clear and present danger of a significant evil that Congress has the power to prevent.

d)

1st Amendment does not apply to cases involving national security.

14.

What impact did tanks have on World War I?

a)
Tanks were primarily used for transportation in World War I.
b)
Tanks were responsible for the majority of casualties in World War I.
c)
Tanks had no impact on World War I.
d)
Tanks provided protection for soldiers and allowed for breakthroughs in enemy lines.
15.

What was the purpose of the League of Nations?

a)
Promote economic cooperation among member countries
b)
Establish a global currency
c)
Maintain world peace and prevent future wars.
d)
Enforce international trade agreements
16.

Select TWO causes of the Red Scare of the 1920s.

a)

Bolshevik Revolution in Russia

b)

Prohibition of alcohol

c)

The Great Migration

d)

The Harlem Renaissance

e)

immigration

17.

How did the Scopes Monkey Trial represent traditional vs. modern values?

a)

teaching of evolution vs. the religious view of creation

b)

changing role of women

c)

prohibition of alcohol

d)

discrimination against immigrants

18.

Which of the following was an effect of race relations during the 1920's?

a)

discrimination & the return of the Ku Klux Klan

b)

increase in organized crime

c)

push for social & political reform to end discrimination

d)

increase in immigration

19.

an attempt to improve the human race through selective breeding; led to discrimination towards those that were "unfit"

a)
welfare capitalism
b)
eugenics
c)
disillusionment
d)
radicalism
20.

What was the effect of the 18th Amendment?

a)

rise in organized crime

b)

increase in immigration

c)

development of eugenics

d)

the Scopes Monkey Trial

21.

Select FOUR effects of the changing role for women

a)

women became social & political reformers

b)

women worked outside the home

c)

women voted & participated in government

d)

flappers challenged the traditional roles of women

e)

women left the workplace & focused on the home

22.

What was the result of the Palmer Raids during the Red Scare?

a)

arrest & deportation of suspected communists

b)

arrests of bootleggers & organized gangs

c)

immigration quotas were abolished

d)

forced sterilizations of undesireables

23.

Black Nationalist & civil rights leader; "Back to Africa" movement

a)

W.E.B. DuBois

b)

Charles Lindbergh

c)

Booker T. Washington

d)

Marcus Garvey

24.

Select TWO causes of the Great Migration.

a)

escape segregation & racism

b)

take advantage of factory jobs

c)

become farmers in the Great Plains

d)

to become bootleggers

25.

The National Origins Act of 1924 limited immigration from what TWO regions?

a)

Southern Europe

b)

Eastern Europe

c)

Western Europe

d)

Northern Europe

e)

Central Europe

26.
President Harding's "return to normalcy" really meant a return to what?
a)
Gilded Age laissez-faire policies
b)
Expansionist policies
c)
Pre-Civil War policies
d)
Manifest Destiny
27.

Select THREE causes of economic prosperity in the 1920's.

a)

reduced taxes

b)

increased efficiency of production

c)

Teapot Dome Scandal

d)

laissez-faire government policies

e)

Harlem Renaissance

28.

Which of the following led Americans to distrust the government?

a)

Teapot Dome Scandal

b)

National Origins Act

c)

Harlem Renaissance

d)

Scopes Monkey Trial

29.
Who first used the moving assembly line to make automobiles more affordable for the average American?
a)
Henry Ford
b)
Walter Chrysler
c)
Horace & John Dodge
d)
Louis Chevrolet
30.

What cultural movement produced African American literature, art, music, and dance, and later influenced the Civil Rights Movement?

a)

Harlem Renaissance

b)

Tin Pan Alley

c)

The Lost Generation

d)

"Back to Africa"