WorksheetsReview 03/18
Total questions: 67
Worksheet time: 2hrs 14mins
Many Labor Protests like the Haymaker Strike and Homestead Strike ending in?
Peace
Violence
Better WAges
What was the name of the conflict involving nuclear weapons that almost erupted in October 1962 between the United States and the Soviet Union?
American Missile Crisis
Panama Canal Conflict
Soviet Union Missile Crisis
Cuban Missile Crisis
Which senator proposed that citizens turn in their neighbor if they suspected the neighbor was a communist?
Dwight Eisenhower
Joseph McCarthy
Harry S. Truman
Richard Nixon
Which statement describes communism?
a political system in which every person in society gets a vote
a political and economic system in which the government owns and distributes wealth and resources
a political system in which people are forced to live in communities
an economic system in which the government takes everyone's money and invests it in the national stock market
What is the Harlem Renaissance?
A travelling basketball team
A rebirth of African American culture in art, music, and literature
A medieval game
Time period of around 1210 a.d. when the games of jousting and art became popular
The period after the Civil War when the southern states were brought back into the United States and newly-freed slaves found their place in society is known as the
Destruction
Reconstruction
Reworked
Rewind
Congress passed several Neutrality Acts in the 1930's. What was the purpose of those acts?
To prevent the USA from becoming involved in a war.
To push the united States in to the war.
To give women the right to vote.
During the 1930s, the United States was eager to get involved in international conflicts.
true
false
Reasons for the Spanish American War? (pick three)
Yellow Journalism
Failure of the U.S. government
Sinking of the U.S.S Maine.
To protect businesses interests in Cuba
What three countries became U.S possesions as a result of the war?
Puerto Rico, Guam, Philippines
Cuba, Spain, Italy
Mexico, Cuba, Germany.
The _________ connected the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean in the middle of the country of Panama.
Panama Canal
Indian Ocean
Amazon River
Mississippi River
How did the media (television) impact the Vietnam War?
Negative press coverage contributed to the public disillusionment with the war.
The positive press coverage encouraged enlistment in the military.
The impact of the media in Vietnam was rather minimal.
The media showed that the majority of Americans supported the war effort.
Term associated with the idea that the strongest, most clever, most efficient business will survive and the weak businesses will die out.
Social Darwinism
Sherman Antitrust
Economies of Scale
Holding companies
Which of the following is an example of a monopoly?
Standard Oil Trust
Disney and Company
Illinois Central RR
McDonald's
"...broadly prohibits (1) anti-competitive agreements and (2) unilateral conduct that monopolizes or attempts to monopolize the relevant market..." These words most likely come from which term below?
Sherman Anti-Trust Act
Interstate Commerce Act
McKinley Tariff
Laissez-Faire
What 1920's buying practice allowed consumers to purchase products "now" and pay later?
the credit card
layaway
the installment plan
buying on margin
A law passed in 1890 that prohibited businesses to become monopolies and therefore encourage competition.
Compromise of 1877
Child Labor Act
Trust
Sherman Anti-Trust Act
Which amendment to the US Constitution prohibited the state and federal governments from denying the right to vote to any male citizen because of "race?"
12th
13th
14th
15th
1. The economy of the USSR was collapsing in the 1980s.
2. Communist governments in Eastern Europe attempted some democratic reforms
3. Citizens of Eastern European nations began to demand even more democratic freedoms
The list above best describes which event?
Reasons America became involved in the Vietnam War
Events leading to the end of Communism and the Cold War
Reasons for the Watergate Scandal
Reasons for the Iran Hostage Crisis
Which action has come to symbolize the end of the Cold War?
establishing the Peace Corps
achieving a truce in the Korean War
tearing down the Berlin Wall
improving United States relations with China
The name for President Ronald Reagan’s economic program that included budget cuts, tax cuts, and increased defense spending was
The Great Society
Enduring Freedom
NAFTA
Reaganomics
Which of the following was a negative effect of mechanized farming during the late 1800s?
More difficult farming techniques
Enabled farmers to produce products more efficiently
Overproduction, which led to falling farming prices
Underproduction, which led to inflation
Who invented a quicker and cheaper way to make steel?
John D. Rockefeller
Henry Bessemer
George Pullman
Nikolaus Otto
What did Nativists believe?
Immigrants threatened the American way of Life and Democracy.
White Protestants were superior to other immigrant groups.
Immigrants stole jobs from native born Americans.
All of the above.
What was John F. Kenned's goal with the Space Race?
To have the fastest spacecraft ever
To be the first to Mars
To be the first to send a man to the moon
To colonize the moon
Which country was first to launch a satellite in space and have a man in orbit?
China
Soviet Union
Germany
United States
Why was America worried about Russia's satellite launch?
They thought that if Russia could launcha a satelite into space, then they could send a nuclear missile at the US
They thought the satellite was really a nuclear bomb
They thought that Russian spies had stolen American satellite secrets
They thought Russia would use the satellite to spy on America
The Space Race was considered important because...
it showed the world which country had the best science, technology, and economic system.
the Soviet Union was much more advanced in science and technology.
the United States is the largest country in the world.
we had an opportunity to win many medals.
What caused the Baby Boom, Interstate Highways, the growth of the Middle Class, and the rise of Suburbs.
An increase in immigration
A decrease in trade
1950S economic prosperity
A reduction (decrease) in peacetime spending
What was a direct result of Russia Launch of Sputnik?
The USA launched their own Satalite
THE USA Build NASA in Texas and Florida
The USA Launched HAM the Chimp into Space
How would African Americans gain equality according to Du Bois?
By attacking Jim Crow laws and practices that inhibited black suffrage
By promoting a Back to Africa strategy
By supporting segregation
By advocating for vocational training
women in the Jazz Age that wore short skirts, short hair, and lots of make up and promoted Women's INDEPENDENCE
To encourage people to spend more money, stores began offering
credit
debit
discounts
consumerism
The Roaring Twenties were characterized by --
internment camps, the rationing of goods, and the first use of an atomic bomb
bank failure, the New Deal, and bread lines
installment plans, Prohibition, and flappers
brinkmanship, McCarthyism, and a policy of containment
Which pull factor contributed to the Great Migration?
The availability of land grants for homesteaders
Economic opportunities in industrialized cities
Better soil conditions in previously uncultivated areas
The lower cost of living in urban areas
This amendment gave women the right to vote.
15th Amendment
18th Amendment
19th Amendment
21st Amendment
What was one of the results of Plessy v. Ferguson?
The Supreme Court ruled in favor of Plessy saying segregation was illegal.
The Supreme Court never made a ruling.
The Supreme Court ruled that segregation was legal.
Senator Joseph McCarthy played on fears of subversion with his charges of communists infiltrating
the U.S. government
U.S. churches
major U.S. corporations
professional sports teams
Like the first Red Scare following World War I, the second Red Scare challenged
key capitalists
the President
China
civil liberties
Encouraged blacks to move back to Africa
WEB Dubois
Booker T Washington
Theodore Roosevelt
Marcus Garvey
Which Civil Rights leader advocated for African-Americans to improve themselves through education and job training?
W.E.B. DuBois
Susan B. Anthony
Marcus Garvey
Booker T. Washington
Which Civil Rights leader pushed for African-Americans to receive immediate full citizenship rights?
W.E.B. Du Bois
Booker T. Washington
Marcus Garvey
Susan B. Anthony
What led to the sinking of the Lusitania?
Unrestricted German submarine warfare in the Atlantic.
Americans targeting German U-Boats at sea.
British Navy ships targeting American merchant ships.
German Navy targeting American Navy ships.
