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WorksheetsPMA 3 Review
Total questions: 130
Worksheet time: 2hrs 36mins
What was the policy used by the United States to justify its intervention in Latin America?
Big Stick Policy
Open Door Policy
Great Migration
Homestead Act
What event led to the United States entering World War II?
Pearl Harbor
Korean War
Truman Doctrine
Marshall Plan
Who was the leader of the Black Panthers movement?
Langston Hughes
Eugene Debs
Jim Crow Laws
Malcom X
Who was the poet associated with the Harlem Renaissance?
Espionage Act
Sedition Act
Langston Hughes
Credibility Gap
What was the purpose of the GI Bill of Rights?
Rights of the Accused
Freedom Riders
GI Benefits
Rainbow Coalition
Which statement best describes the economy during the 1920's?
the government followed a policy of laissez-faire economics
demand for products decreased and taxes went up
better machinery helped farmers earn more for their crops
What amendment was created as a result of the temperance movement?
18th
19th
21st
What did the NAACP try to protect?
the civil rights of African Americans
the right to teach evolution in public schools
both
What types of things did people do for entertainment in the 1920's?
they watched television and went to sporting events
they listened to the radio and went to the movies
they rode bicycles and listened to ragtime music
When investors purchase stock and don't pay the full price it is known as:
inflation
installment buying
on margin
The burst of creativity by African Americans in New York City was called the:
Harlem Renaissance
Lost Generation
Great Migration
What caused difficulty for farmers in the 1920's?
Better machinery caused overproduction of crops
fuel and electricity were cheap
lower taxes and less government regulation
The 1920's were called "The Roaring 20's" because:
young people rebelled against old values
women had less freedom and fewer rights
both
When people use ___________ they arrange for delayed payment of a purchase which puts them in debt.
credit
stock market
laissez-faire
Because of __________________________ people could afford to purchase products by making monthly payments.
installment buying
having a good credit score
capitalism
Another name for free enterprise is capitalism.
True
False
Last major “offensive” for Germany & their defeat set up the Allied capture of Germany
Battle of the Bulge
Stalingrad
2nd Battle of El Alamein
Normandy Landings
Largest amphibious landing ever; Allowed Allies to open a 2nd front against the Axis powers
Battle of the Bulge
Stalingrad
Dunkirk
Normandy (Operation Overlord)
Code name for the project to develop the 1st Atomic bomb:
Brooklyn Project
Manhattan Project
Los Alamos Project
Chicago Project
What ended the Cuban Missile Crisis?
The USSR removes missiles and the US leaves Cuba alone.
The US uses all of their missiles and destroys Cuba
Cuba forfiets
JFK got tired of fighting and just made a treaty
Who was the United States President during the Cuban Missile Crisis?
Harry Truman
Dwight Eisenhower
John F. Kennedy
Robert Kennedy
Kennedy approved an invasion plan called
Destroy Castro
Operation Cuba's Biggest Regret
The Bay of Pigs Invasion
The Soviet Nuclear Crisis
The failed US attempt to overthrow the communist Cuban government in 1961 was called the:
Bay of Pigs Invasion
Cuban Missile Crisis
Project to Eliminate Cuban Communism (PECC)
Cuban Invasion
How did the US discover that nuclear missile sites were being built in Cuba?
from American CIA spies in Cuba posing as farmers
from US spy satellites
from listening in on secret Soviet-Cuban radio transmissions
from photographs taken from an American U-2 spy plane
As a part of the agreement that ended the Cuban Missile Crisis, the U.S. agreed to ____.
be friends with the Soviet Union
remove their missiles from Italy and Turkey
allow USSR to keep missiles in Cuba
not complain about the missiles anymore
Economic growth for the readers
Public opinion for the war increased
Public outcry against the war increased.
US won the Spanish American War
Yellow journalism impacted the opinions of many American citizens in the months leading up to the Spanish-American War.
Which words best describe yellow journalism reporting?
Exaggerated and misleading
Fair and balanced
Private and confidential
Positive and encouraging
During the Industrial Revolution, what was significant about the use of canals?
The Romans used them to transport their military.
They helped economies grow by making trade faster and easier.
They helped to prevent trade between countries, ensuring that the industries would get richer by having no competition.
They stopped boat traffic from traveling between two bodies of water which was good because it then took longer to trade so people became richer due to longer hours.
Which of the following was NOT an obstacle to the construction of the Panama Canal?
Disease
Government interference
Terrain
Number of workers needed
What happens to farmers during demobilization?
farmers start making more money than
farmers can only sell their crops to soldiers returning
the government gives loans to farmers to help them out
farmers struggle to sell crops and have to lower prices
What happen to the workforce when soldiers came back home?
soldiers were welcomed back and given jobs for their service
soldiers came home to no jobs and high unemployment
soldiers came home and started businesses
soldiers came home to government jobs
Why would the U.S. want to be isolated?
the U.S. can get richer if they just keep trade "in house"
the U.S. thinks Europe is the ghetto and wants nothing to do with them
the U.S. is standing on business
the U.S.. doesn't want to get dragged into foreign affairs.
What is a tariff and how does it affect American goods?
a tariff is a tax on imported goods which influences Americans to buy American
a tariff is a tax on exported goods which makes it easier to trade with other countries
a tariff is a low that makes trade illegal
a tariff a shirt you wear when making business deals
Areas of a country where foreign nations control trade and natural resources.
protectorates
spheres of influence
Open Door Policies
annexation
A rebellion led by a group of Chinese nationalists who were angered by foreign involvement in China.
The Revolutionary War
The Mexican Revolution
Boxer Rebellion
Filipino Rebellion
A war resolution amendment stating that the U.S. had no interest in taking control of Cuba
Teller Amendment
Platt Amendment
18th Amendment
19th Amendment
Amendment to Cuba's constitution that limited Cuba's rights and kept the U.S. involved in Cuban affairs.
Platt Amendment
Cuba Amendment
13th Amendment
Teller Amendment
A canal built to shorten the passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific oceans.
The Panama Canal
The Suez Canal
the canal behind your neighborhood
The Great Canal
The Monroe Doctrine stated that ______ nations should stay out of the Western Hemisphere.
Asian
European
African
American
President Roosevelt's warning that nations in the Western Hemisphere should pay their debts and "behave"
Moral Diplomacy
The Monroe Doctrine
Dollar Diplomacy
The Roosevelt Corollary
President Taft's policy of influencing governments through economic intervention rather than military intervention.
The Monroe Doctrine
Big Stick Diplomacy
Moral Diplomacy
Dollar Diplomacy
What were the defining characteristics of Civil Rights?
Increased participation of minorities in the political process, Protests, Boycotts, Marches, Desegregation, Integration, Struggle for equality, due process strengthened.
Communism, containment, Arms Race/Space Race, Red Scare, McCarthyism
OPEC oil problems, conflict in the Middle East, Reaganomics, large military, Cold War ends, NAFTA
Economic instability, Unemployment, Breadlines, Poverty
What court case made segregation of schools illegal in the 1950s?
Guzman V. School
Brown V. Board of Education
Miranda V. Arizona
Plessy V. Ferguson
Which leader of the civil rights movement used non-violent civil disobedience to oppose segregation in the south?
Dolores Huerta
Malcom X
Martin Luther King Jr.
Ceaser Chavez
What organization created by W.E.B. Dubois sought immediate equality for minorities?
WAC
HUAC
NAACP
SNCC
What group during the Civil Rights Movement allowed members to use all necessary means to defend and provide for their community?
Southern Peace Corps
NAACP
SNCC
Black Panthers
What acts of protest during the Civil Rights Movement encouraged the government to expand political and economic opportunities for minority citizens?
March on Washington, Freedom Rides, Greensboro Sit-In, Montgomery Bus Boycott
Black Panthers
Mass Support Demonstrations
Little Rock Nine
What happened as a result of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Voting Rights Act of 1965, and the 24th Amendment?
Expanded the political and economic opportunities for minorities
Decreased the political and economic opportunities for minorities
What event challenged the federal government to enforce the Supreme Court rulings against discrimination in interstate transportation?
Sit-in
Boycotts
Freedom Rides
March on Washington
The ruling of this court case ensured that people were informed of their due process rights when arrested-
Miranda v. Arizona
Brown v. Board of Education
Plessy v. Ferguson
Guzman v. STAAR
This program created by Lyndon Johnson introduced programs like Head Start, HUD, Medicare, Food Stamps to reduce poverty and improve everyone’s quality of life-
HUAC
Great Society
New Deal
NAACP
Which law best represents the photo above?
Naturalization Act of 1790
Immigration Act of 1924
Immigration Act of 1965
Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882
What was the League of Nations?
an organization established to promote international cooperation and world peace
a post-war military alliance between Britain, Italy, France, and the US
an organization that promoted trade between Italy France & the US
the countries that met and drafted the Treaty of Versailles following WWI
What was the main worry that Americans had about joining the League of Nations?
the US might get dragged into another war
the US would have to pay for most of the cost
Germany would be a member of the league
the US would have to host its headquarters
The political cartoon refers to which cause of the the US entering the war?
Zimmerman telegram
sinking of the Louisitania
unrestricted submarine warfare
the Roosevelt Corollary
The following image best reflects which of the following?
Patriot Act
Espionage & Sedition Acts
fight over ratification of the Treaty of Versailles
Oriental Exclusion Act
In what way did WWI impact the movement for women's suffrage?
only women involved enlisted in the military could vote during WWI
the women factory workers were leaders in National Women's Suffrage Association
women finally received the right to vote due to their help in the war effort
women industrial workers threatened to strike during the war if they did not receive the right to vote
Which of the following was NOT one of Woodrow Wilson's Fourteen points?
freedom of the seas
end of imperialism
reduction of arms production
expansion of production of submarines
self-dermination
Which act provided penalties for spying, sabotage, and obstructing the war effort during World War I?
Espionage Act
Patriot Act
Sedition Act
War Powers Act
What prompted the Great Migration during World War I?
The availability of defense manufacturing jobs in the North
Increased sharecropping opportunities in the South
Jim Crow violence in Northern cities
Lack of opportunities for Blacks in the North
This organization gave food, clothing, medicine, and other supplies to freed slaves. It built thousands of schools.
Freedom's Bureau
Freedmen's Bureau
Hope Bureau
Helpful Bureau
Landowners allowed farmers to use their fields in exchange for a share of the crop they grew, this was known as _____________
mixed farming
multiple cropping
tilling
sharecropping
Landowners allowed farmers to use their fields in exchange for a share of the crop they grew, this was known as _____________
mixed farming
multiple cropping
tilling
sharecropping
The main goal of these laws were to keep whites and African Americans separate in public places.
Racial Segregation Laws
Jim Crow Laws
Separation of Color Laws
Literacy Tests
This amendment abolished (ended) slavery in the whole country.
19th Amendment
15th Amendment
13th Amendment
14th Amendment
The ______________ Amendment gave all African American MEN the right to vote. It was illegal to deny African American men the right to vote.
14th
16th
13th
15th
Sharecropping was like a new form of slavery, because farmers were always ________________.
in debt to the landowners
debt free from the landowners.
making lots of money from the landowners.
forced to work certain hours.
African American and whites using different bathrooms and water fountains would be a typical ______________ law.
Sharecropping
Jim Crow
Equal Rights
Reconstruction
Why did the government support homesteading?
to encourage trade with Canada
to encourage settlers to farm the western land
Why did homesteaders want to live near the railroad?
to make it easy to transport their crops to market
to take vacations in the open space in the West
The Homestead Act:
Encouraged westward settlement
Granted 160 acres to every head of household
Created Native Tension
was an act which granted land to Natives
Insured bank deposits of up to 5,000. This helped to bring confidence back into the banks.
FDIC
SEC
AAA
TVA
What advantages did the Union have over the Confederacy?
Better Generals
Stronger allies
Natives were on their side
More people, more factories and food, more railroads
The Union states were located in the _____ and the Confederate states were located in the _____.
North
South
South
North
North
East
West
East
How did the Union hope to damage Confederate trade and transportation during the Civil War?
By patrolling rivers and the Gulf of Mexico
By attacking railroads
By blockading ports and controlling the Mississippi River
By taking over Southern farms and factories
Which battle is considered the turning point of the Civil War?
Battle of Antietam
Siege of Vickburg
Appomattox Courthouse
Battle of Gettysburg
At which fort did the first hostilities of the Civil War take place?
Fort Wagner
Fort Sumter
Fort Hood
For Warren
What tactics were used to disenfranchise Black voters in the South? Select all that apply.
Poll tax
Literacy tests
Grandfather clause
White primary laws
Northerner who moved to the South after the Civil War for economic reasons
Scalawag
Carpet Bagger
The Missouri Compromise, the compromise of 1850, and the Kansas-Nebraska Act were all efforts to
end fighting between midwestern farmers and native American Indians
encourage manufacturing in the west
increase the number of people who voted in presidential elections
settle disputes over the spread of slavery to the western territories
Which of the following was one of the effects of the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
Kansas and Nebraska were united into one territory
Residents could vote on the issue of slavery
Banned slavery in both Kansas and Nebraska
Allowed slavery in both Kansas and Nebraska
This program assisted soldiers when they returned to civilian life
Selective Service Act
Chinese Exclusion Act
G.I. Bill
Baby Boom
What happened as a result of the increase in U.S. births that began in 1942
the decline of family farming
The spread of new diseases
The reduction of defense spending
The growth of suburbs
This needed to be improved to also serve as a route for out national defense
Interstate Highway System
Autoban
Transcontinental Railroad
Panama Canal
A society that purchases a new washing machine, a new car, and a new vacuum would be an example of what
sellers market
scarcity
incentives
consumerism
Containment was the foreign policy put in place to stop the spread of what?
Capitalism
Monopolies
Democracy
Communism
Young protesters especially focused on what they saw as an unfair
Draft system
Credibility gap
Teach-in
Division in Vietnam
The Pentagon Papers revealed that
many more Americans had died in Vietnam than had been reported
American Soldiers had massacred Vietnamese civilians in MyLai
American prisoners of war were being tortured in North Vietnamese prisons
The government had not been honest with the public about Vietnam
Nightly news coverage of the Vietnam War on television helped
raise Johnson's ratings in the polls
unify American's behind the war
create a credibility gap
support the nation's hawks
Following the Tet Offensive, many Americans began to fear that
North Vietnam had nuclear weapons
The war could not be won
Vietnamization would fail
The Soviet Union would deploy troops to South Vietnam
On August 7th 1964, Congress, in effect, handed its war powers over to the President when it passed the
Geneva Accords
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
Vietnam Resolution
Domino Theory Resolution
The gradual withdrawal of American forces from South Vietnam by Nixon was called
the credibility gap
Westernization
Vietnamization
The Domino Theory
The SALT treaty was signed in order to…
End of American involvement in Vietnam
Stop the Iranian Revolution
Limit European militarism
Reduce nuclear weapon production
What event forced President Nixon to resign from office following his involvement in the break in at the Democratic National Committee offices in Washington D.C.?
NAFTA
Watergate Scandal
Iranian Hostage Crisis
Camp David Accords
What is the best definition of Nativism?
When Native Americans are discriminated against.
the belief that immigrants are inferior to others.
When immigrants are recruited from overseas
When immigrants choose to live in areas with people like them.
An immigrant new to America would most likely where?
a penthouse
a tenement apartment
in the suburbs
on a ranch
Immigrants from Europe entered through which immigration center?
Ellis Island
Angel Island
Immigrants from Asia entered through which immigration center?
Elis Island
Angel Island
The US dropped the Atomic Bomb on which two cities
Nagasaki
Hiroshima
Tokyo
Kyoto
Congress passed these acts to prevent US involvement in WW2
neutrality acts
isolationist acts
Roosevelt Acts
nuclear acts
The attacks on Pearl Harbor caused America to enter which war?
Civil War
World War 1
World War 2
