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WorksheetsU.S. History A Review
Total questions: 56
Worksheet time: 30mins
Gangster who controlled Chicago's underworld of crime
Al Capone
Theodore Roosevelt
Booker T. Washington
Andrew Carnegie
Progressive President that offered a "Square Deal" and followed a foreign policy known as Big Stick diplomacy
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt
Woodrow Wilson
Herbert Hoover
Industrialist who sold his steel business and became one of the wealthiest men in the world
Susan B. Anthony
W.E.B. Du Bois
John D. Rockefeller
Andrew Carnegie
Industrialist who gained control of the oil industry
Susan B. Anthony
W.E.B. Du Bois
John D. Rockefeller
Andrew Carnegie
African American leader who urged African Americans to slowly gain equality and recognition of rights through hard word and education
Susan B. Anthony
W.E.B. Du Bois
John D. Rockefeller
Booker T. Washington
African American leader who urged African Americans to demand immediate recognition of their rights
Susan B. Anthony
W.E.B. Du Bois
John D. Rockefeller
Booker T. Washington
Fought for women's right to vote
Susan B. Anthony
W.E.B. Du Bois
John D. Rockefeller
Booker T. Washington
Republican president that was blamed for the Great Depression when his slow response and trickle-down economic policies did not work
Herbert Hoover
Woodrow Wilson
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt
The United States physical geography/natural resources
decreased farming opportunities for Americans
limited the amount of production possible
halted the industrial expansion of the United States
helped the industrial expansion of the United States
Did industrialization cause people to move to more urban or more rural areas?
Urban
Rural
Reducing competition through the formation of trusts/monopolies often
increased productivity, maximized profits, and decrease costs
decreased productivity, minimized profits and increased costs
During the Gilded Age most poor, working-class Americans
Became middle class
Moved to the country
Usually remained poor
Succeeded in achieving great wealth
What law outlawed monopolies and trusts?
Sherman Antitrust Act
End of Monopolies Act
Protection of Trusts Act
Hoover Monopolies Act
religious persecution and political oppression is a
Push Factor
Pull Factor
What supreme court case upheld racial segregation in public facilities?
Marbury v. Madison
Brown v. Board of Education
Plessy v. Ferguson
U.S. v. Lopez
The late 19th century was called the _____ because under the surface of prosperity lurked extremes of wealth and poverty.
Populist Age
Golden Age
New Age
Gilded Age
Used their wealth and influence in society to take advantage of immigrants and remain in power.
Political Machines
Hooverville
Bonus Army
Rough Riders
People from more rural areas were attracted to cities because of jobs & modern lifestyles
True
False
State and local laws introduced in the Southern United States in the late 19th and early 20th centuries that enforced racial segregation
Press Laws
Jim Crow Laws
Monopolies
Term for hands off government
Communism
Socialism
Rough Riders
laissez-faire
________ sought to make government more responsive to people, especially the working class.
Conservatives
Capitalists
Progressives
Libertarians
Industrial workers often labored
with unsafe machinery.
under ideal conditions.
for high wages.
in well-ventilated factories.
Raised concerns about the negative effects of industrialization
muckrackers
Rough Riders
Industrialists
Capitalists
What caused American Imperialism?
Nationalism, Religion , Religion (Manifest Destiny), Social Darwinism
Militarism, Alliances, Nationalism, Social Darwinism
The Spanish attacked Hawaii
The building of the Panama and Suez Canals
The United States wanted overseas territories because the territories had access to raw materials and customers who would buy U.S. products
True
False
Social Darwinists believed that
a large empire was the key to economic success
the best country would win any international competition
each nation should come together and unite as one world
military might was the most important measure of a nation
Spain ceded Puerto Rico and Guam to the United States following what war?
Spanish American War
World War I
World War II
Civil War
What policy was meant to protect United States trading opportunities in China
Closed Door Policy
Isolationist Policy
Open Borders Policy
Open Door Policy
Pride and loyalty to one's nation known as _________, was a major underlying cause of World War I.
Alliances
Nationalism
Militarism
Imperialism
Territorial Rivalries between countries were caused by the increase in ______________ in the late 19th century, and directly contributed to the rise of tensions prior to World War I.
Alliances
Nationalism
Militarism
Imperialism
Great Britain, France, Russia, and eventually Italy and the United States
The Triple Entente nations or Allies
Central Powers
At the outbreak of WWI in 1914, most Americans believed that
the government should immediately declare war against Germany
the government should be more concerned with conditions in the Far East than with those in Europe
sending direct aid to Russia was necessary and desirable
their country should stay out of the war
After WWI Women had more opportunities
True
False
These helped pay for the war effort in WWI
Food
Charity
Liberty Bonds
Donations
How did World War I contribute to the African American Great Migration?
by creating jobs in the North
by forcing African American men to become soldiers
by ending segregation in the military
by improving the South’s economy
In 1918, lack of supplies led
United Kingdom to surrender.
Germany to surrender.
United States to surrender.
Provided new hope for Germany
The League of Nations was ineffective because the United States was not involved following the Senate's refusal to approve the Treaty of Versailles.
True
False
Which nation was the world’s economic leader after World War I?
Soviet Union
Germany
Great Britain
United States
The women's suffrage movement benefited from women's efforts and sacrifices during which war?
War of 1812
Civil War
Spanish American War
World War I
During and following World War I the power of the government
expanded
shrank
remained the same
Which group faced major discrimination during the 1920s in the South where Jim Crow Laws were in effect?
Native Americans
Mexican Americans
African Americans
German Americans
By making it easier for bootleggers to branch into other types of illegal activity, Prohibition led to the growth of Organized Crime
True
False
A young woman known for wearing short dresses and bobbed hair and for embracing freedom from traditional societal constraints
Flappers
Doe Boys
Rough Riders
Bootlegers
As a result of Henry Ford’s innovative manufacturing techniques, what happened to the price of cars?
Increased
Decreased
Remained the Same
What is a car?
In the 1920s there was a high demand for ______, which stimulated growth in many other industries and the U.S. Economy boomed.
Television
Toys
Planes
Automobiles
Falling prices for crops and livestock led to an early depression for
Farmers
Movie Producers
Automobile makers
Business tycoons
Many Americans began to purchase consumer goods on credit during the 1920s which helped hide ______.
Farming Problems
Economic Problems
Big Foot
Aliens
In 1929, the stock market crashed because
depositors tried to withdraw all of the savings from banks.
Germany ceased reparations payments to the United States.
Investors lost confidence in the market and rushed to sell their shares.
the Federal Reserve increased the money supply.
When too many depositors tried to withdraw all their money at once it led to the collapse of what?
Banks
Farms
Auto Industry
Military Power
Choose the New Deal program that best fits each description
This program paid artists to paint large murals in order to give them a job
Federal Art Project
Program aimed to reduce destructive competition and to help workers with a minimum wage and maximum hours. Supreme Court ruled it unconstitutional
NRA
Created to financially help those to old or sick to work
SSA (Social Security Administration)
Provided cheaper home loans so people would start building houses and putting people back to work
HOLC
Public works program to build dams in in order to create electricity and control water. Created jobs for poor rural southerners.
TVA
Choose the New Deal program that best fits each description
Federal program that insures deposits in banks so bank runs cannot happen again. This was also meant to encourage people to start depositing money in banks again.
FDIC
Provided cheaper home loans so people would start building houses and putting people back to work
HOLC
Program created to control the costs of crops to help farmers during the Depression
AAA
Which of the following is not a goal of the New Deal
Relief
Recovery
Reform
Defense spending
Putting young men to work building dams, campgrounds and planting trees was the objective of what New Deal program?
CCC (Civilian Conservation Corps)
Federal Art Project
HOLC (Home Owners Loan Corporation)
FDIC (Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation)
The __________ employed millions of jobseekers to carry out public work projects.
Work Progress Administration
Federal Art Project
HOLC (Home Owners Loan Corporation)
FDIC (Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation)
True or False: Some opponents of the New Deal believed it threatened individual freedom.
True
False
The policy the United States followed in the 1920s and 1930s was called
Imperialism
Protectionism
Militarism
Isolationism
