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Worksheets2nd 6 weeks Exam
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 17mins
Who promoted U.S. Expansion by advocating for a stronger Navy and the acquisition of overseas colonies?
Alfred Thayer Mahan
Sanford B. Dole
Theodore Roosevelt
Franz Ferdinand
Who contributed to U.S. expansion by overthrowing the Queen of Hawai'i and leading to its annexation by the U.S. in 1898?
Alfred Thayer Mahan
Sanford B. Dole
Theodore Roosevelt
Franz Ferdinand
Select THREE causes of the Spanish-American War
Cuban Revolution
Yellow Journalism
USS Maine explosion
sinking of the Lusitania
Alliance System
Which event led to the U.S. gaining the territories of Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines?
Cuban revolution
World War I
Treaty of Versailles
Spanish-American War
Select TWO causes of U.S. entry into World War I
Sinking of the USS Maine
Assassination of Franz Ferdinand
Zimmerman note/telegram
Unrestricted submarine warfare
Cuban Revolution
Which technology in World War I made it difficult to cross defended ground due to tactics such as trench warfare?
Machine guns
Airplanes
Tanks
Poison gas
What was the U.S. position at the beginning of World War I?
Neutrality
Alliance with the Allied powers
Alliance with the Central powers
Support for Germany
What was the main goal of Woodrow Wilson's Fourteen Points?
To create a framework for lasting peace
To impose harsh penalties on Germany
To expand American territories
To promote military alliances
Select the FOUR causes of the outbreak of WWI in Europe.
Militarism
Nationalism
Isolationism
Alliance Systems
Imperialism
What impact did improved weapons technology (machine guns & poison gas) have on World War I?
increased casualties
ended the war more quickly
protected civilians
had no impact
Why did the U.S. Senate reject the Treaty of Versailles?
it violated our neutrality & isolationism
it gave too much territory back to Germany
it punished France too harshly
Japan wasn't given any territory
What was the importance of the Espionage & Sedition Acts during World War I?
U.S. government limited the rights of citizens
U.S. government forced men to register for the draft
Women gain the right to vote
citizens must pledge their loyalty to the U.S.
What was the Supreme Court's decision in Schenck v. United States?
1st Amendment protects all forms of speech, including those that create a clear and present danger.
1st Amendment only protects political speech, not other forms of expression.
1st Amendment does not protect speech that creates a clear and present danger of a significant evil that Congress has the power to prevent.
1st Amendment does not apply to cases involving national security.
What impact did tanks have on World War I?
What was the purpose of the League of Nations?
Select TWO causes of the Red Scare of the 1920s.
Bolshevik Revolution in Russia
Prohibition of alcohol
The Great Migration
The Harlem Renaissance
immigration
How did the Scopes Monkey Trial represent traditional vs. modern values?
teaching of evolution vs. the religious view of creation
changing role of women
prohibition of alcohol
discrimination against immigrants
Which of the following was an effect of race relations during the 1920's?
discrimination & the return of the Ku Klux Klan
increase in organized crime
push for social & political reform to end discrimination
increase in immigration
an attempt to improve the human race through selective breeding; led to discrimination towards those that were "unfit"
What was the effect of the 18th Amendment?
rise in organized crime
increase in immigration
development of eugenics
the Scopes Monkey Trial
Select FOUR effects of the changing role for women
women became social & political reformers
women worked outside the home
women voted & participated in government
flappers challenged the traditional roles of women
women left the workplace & focused on the home
What was the result of the Palmer Raids during the Red Scare?
arrest & deportation of suspected communists
arrests of bootleggers & organized gangs
immigration quotas were abolished
forced sterilizations of undesireables
Black Nationalist & civil rights leader; "Back to Africa" movement
W.E.B. DuBois
Charles Lindbergh
Booker T. Washington
Marcus Garvey
Select TWO causes of the Great Migration.
escape segregation & racism
take advantage of factory jobs
become farmers in the Great Plains
to become bootleggers
The National Origins Act of 1924 limited immigration from what TWO regions?
Southern Europe
Eastern Europe
Western Europe
Northern Europe
Central Europe
Select THREE causes of economic prosperity in the 1920's.
reduced taxes
increased efficiency of production
Teapot Dome Scandal
laissez-faire government policies
Harlem Renaissance
Which of the following led Americans to distrust the government?
Teapot Dome Scandal
National Origins Act
Harlem Renaissance
Scopes Monkey Trial
What cultural movement produced African American literature, art, music, and dance, and later influenced the Civil Rights Movement?
Harlem Renaissance
Tin Pan Alley
The Lost Generation
"Back to Africa"
