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State Test Review

Total questions: 90

Worksheet time: 52mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The U.S. government opened an immigration station in 1892, over the next 62 years 12,000,000 immigrants passed through it. Where was this station?

a)

Kelly Island

b)

Long Island

c)

Ellis Island

d)

Oak Island

2.

The Dawes Act changed the lives of the Native Americans by

a)

breaking up reservations and turning Native Americans into individual property owners.

b)

authorizing removal of Indians from their traditional lands to reservations

c)

authorizing the U.S. Army to encourage people to kill buffalo.

d)

creating the Bureau of Indian Affairs, which was responsible to teaching new farming skills to Native Americans.

3.

A machine called the ________________ could produce legible documents very quickly.

a)

telephone

b)

telegraph

c)

typewriter

4.

There was little concern for workers in the climate of _________________ capitalism where there was little interference by the government.

a)

Capitalism

b)

mercantilism

c)

free-market

d)

Laissez-faire

5.

Unions used ____________ to achieve their goals.

a)

petitions

b)

strikes

6.

Created and enforced segregation.

a)

Thomas Edison

b)

Chief Joseph

c)

Jim Crow Laws

d)

Populist Party

7.

Economic system in which most businesses are privately owned.

a)

free-market

b)

laissez-faire

c)

mercantilism

d)

capitalism

8.

"New" immigrants in the late 1800s mainly came to the United States from northern and western Europe.

a)

True

b)

False

9.

Native American children were sent to government funded boarding schools where they would be assimilated into US culture. 

a)

True

b)

False

10.

Labor organizations faced violent backlash from business owners that sometimes led to government intervention. 

a)

True

b)

False

11.

These were journalists who wrote book and articles that exposed corruption in business and government:

a)

Progressives

b)

Muckrakers

c)

Sensationalists

d)

Investigative reporters

12.

This time period focused on social and political reforms in the United States in the early 1900s:

a)

Civil War Era

b)

Industrialization Era

c)

Progressive Era

d)

Reconstruction Era

13.

People who were trying to get the 19th Amendment passed were supporting what?

a)

Right to vote for 18 year olds

b)

Right to vote for African Americans

c)

Right to vote for women

d)

Right to vote for those in prison

14.

Those who wanted to make economic reform may have been concerned about which issue?

a)

the influence of monopolies and trusts

b)

eliminating political machines/bosses

c)

conservation of natural resources

d)

ending racial discrimination

15.

Why would people go on strike?

a)

To demand better working conditions

b)

To demand for more money

c)

To demand to work less hours

d)

All of these are correct

16.

What is a boycott?

a)

When employees refuse to work.

b)

When customers refuse to buy a product from a certain company.

c)

When employers refuse to open their business

d)

When everyone just goes to work on a normal day.

17.

Why was The Jungle an important book?

a)

It wasn't a book

b)

It showed the poor condition of factories

c)

It showed poor conditions of meat factories

d)

It showed the poor condition of tenements

18.

What did the 16th Amendment do?

a)

Allowed the government to tax people's income

b)

Allowed the government to relocate immigrants

c)

Allowed the government the right to vote

d)

Allowed people the right to vote

19.

What did the 17th Amendment do?

a)

Allowed the government to tax their income

b)

Allowed people to vote

c)

Allowed citizens the right to vote for their senators

d)

Allowed citizens to vote for their governors

20.
Which statement best summarizes the perspective of President Theodore Roosevelt concerning natural resources?
a)
Decisions about conservation are best left to the states.
b)
Corporations can be trusted to use natural resources wisely.
c)
The federal government must protect the nation’s lands from exploitation.
d)
The free market should set the value of the nation’s natural resources.
21.
The situation shown in this 1950 photograph is a direct result of the
a)
Great Migration
b)
application of grandfather clauses
c)
passage of Jim Crow laws
d)
Montgomery bus boycot
22.

Suffrage is -

a)

the right to vote

b)

the right to suffer

c)

the right to live

d)

the right to speak

23.

What was an unintended consequence of the Eighteenth Amendment?

a)

It enabled criminal organizations to gain power and wealth.

b)

It led to large changes in government as the voting population doubled.

c)

It caused an increase in nativism and xenophobia in the country.

d)

It weakened the power of labor unions to collectively bargain for workers.

24.

The African-Americans in this painting are taking part in the --

a)

Great Migration

b)

Progressive Movement

c)

Great Depression

d)

Suffrage Movement

25.

What was the cause of speakeasies and bootleggers?

a)

Prohibition

b)

Progressive Movement

c)

Suffrage

d)

Industrial Revolution

26.

Which of the following was a result of Prohibition in the 1920s?

a)

Fall of the stock market

b)

More jobs on farms

c)

Less unemployment in cities

d)

Growth of organized crime

27.

How was Henry Ford able to reduce the sale price of the Model T?

a)

with the use of the assembly line

b)

changing locations

c)

importing all raw materials

d)

increasing the wages of his workers

28.

Period in the 1920s when suspected communists and other radicals were arrested due to the fear of the spread of communism.

a)

Red Scare

b)

Teapot Dome Scandal

c)

Scopes Trial

d)

KKK

29.

This increased because of the radio, advertisements, and use of credit.

a)

consumerism

b)

national debt

c)

immigration

d)

education

30.

Secret organization that hated African Americans, Jews, Catholics, and immigrants.

a)

Ku Klux Klan

b)

Kool Kids Klub

c)

Kit Kat Kandy

d)

Anti-Defamation League

31.

A title given to the time of great artistic contributions by African-American musicians, writers, and artists.

a)

The Great Migrations

b)

The Great Depression

c)

The Roaring 20's

d)

The Harlem Renaissance

32.
The man who promised a “New Deal” for America was
a)
FDR
b)
Eisenhower
c)
Hoover
d)
Truman
33.
Why was President Hoover hated so much?
a)
He was known for his racist ideas
b)
He forced Japanese Americans into Internment Camps
c)
He did very little to help end the Great Depression
d)
He decided to drop the atomic bomb
34.
Which of the following was not an effect of the Great Depression?
a)
Many children had a poor diet.
b)
Many families became homeless.
c)
Many men became unemployed.
d)
Many people started farming.
35.
Which of the following was the goal of the New Deal?
a)
help alleviate the problems of the depression
b)
keep American neutral in World War I
c)
decrease prices of farm goods
d)
increase crop production
36.
FDR’s plan to end the Great Depression helped in all ways EXCEPT:
a)
Created Jobs
b)
Fixed the banking System
c)
Forced people to buy war bonds
d)
Put systems in place to prevent another economic collapse.
37.
What was the main reason for the emergence of “Hoovervilles” like the one shown in the photograph?
a)
Many Americans had lost jobs during the Great Depression.
b)
Thousands of homes had been destroyed by the effects of the Dust Bowl.
c)
Housing projects could not keep up with the demand for homes needed by the poor.
d)
Preparations for World War I had created a shortage of building materials.
38.

a nickname for the Great Plains regions hit by drought and dust storms in the early 1930s

a)

the Great Depression

b)

the Dust Bowl

c)

the New Deal

d)

Fireside Chats

39.

What happens in the US in October 1929?

a)

They elect a new president.

b)

There is a huge earthquake that destroys a vast area.

c)

The whole system crashes.

d)

They invent penicillin.

40.

How did Americans on the homefront contribute to the war effort during World War II?

a)

They donated rubber and metal goods to scrap drives.

b)

They purchased war bonds to help pay for the war effort.

c)

Women worked in factories during the war

d)

All of the above.

41.

According to Order 9066, which people on the west coast were to be relocated?

a)

People of Japanese ancestry

b)

People of Hawaiian ancestry

c)

People of Native American ancestry

d)

People of French ancestry

42.
What was the name of the secret project in the United States to develop an atomic bomb? 
a)
The New York Project
b)
The Manhattan Project
c)
The Nuclear Project 
d)
The Atom Splitting Project
43.
What president made the decision to use the atomic bomb against Japan in World War II?      
a)
Harry S. Truman
b)
Franklin D. Roosevelt 
c)
John F. Kennedy 
d)
Dwight D. Eisenhower
44.

Congress passed these acts to prevent US involvement in WW2

a)

neutrality acts

b)

isolationist acts

c)

Roosevelt Acts

d)

nuclear acts

45.

spread of ideas for the purpose of helping or damaging a cause

a)

propaganda

b)

isolationism

c)

appeasement

d)

super bowl commercials

46.

glorifies nation or race above individual rights

a)

fascism

b)

socialism

c)

democracy

d)

communism

47.

Why did the US enter World War II?

a)

Germany was attacking other nations.

b)

The United States wanted to be allies and fight with Japan.

c)

There was pressure from Congress to join the war.

d)

The Pearl Harbor attack was unprovoked and put Americans in danger.

48.

How did the role of women change during World War II?

a)

Women were expected to enlist in the military as soldiers.

b)

Women were needed to start working in jobs that used to belong to men.

c)

Women were expected to run for political office to start negotiating for peace.

d)

Women were expected to leave jobs and start staying home with their children.

49.

Which describes the Lend-Lease Act?

a)

Allowed the US to give military supplies to countries they felt had to be defended to protect US interests.

b)

Let Allied powers purchase military ships if they paid in cash and carried them back home themselves.

c)

Forced men of certain ages to register for military service.

d)

Allowed the U.S. to bring back migrant farmers from Mexico to work in US farms.

50.

Which choice below is synonymous with the poster seen here? (Hint...the name should give it away)

a)

"Freedom" was being sought in Europe and on the homefront

b)

Democracy was won in Europe but not in Germany

c)

Victory was won in the U.S. but not in the rest of the world

d)

Democracy was achieved after WWII for all countries

51.

Look at the image here...one could argue that Bracero Program (designed to be a positive) actually hurt which minority group from WWII?

a)

Blacks

b)

Asians

c)

Women

d)

Hispanics

52.

Policy adopted by the United States in 1939 to preserve neutrality while aiding the Allies. Britain and France could buy goods from the United States if they paid in full and transported them.

a)

Lend Lease Act

b)

Atlantic Charter

c)

Neutrality Act

d)

Cash and Carry

53.

Incident that started the Spanish American war

a)

The Maine blew up

b)

The Lusitania blew up

54.
At the end of the Spanish American War, the United States gained which 3 territories? 
a)
Puerto Rico, Cuba, Spain
b)
Spain, Cuba, Guam
c)
Marianas Islands, Philippines, Russia
d)
Philippines, Guam, Puerto Rico
55.
The Panama Canal was built because:
a)
Ships needed a quicker route from the Atlantic to the Pacific Oceans
b)
The Colombian government was trying to make money
c)
Panamanian people needed the jobs that building the canal would provide
d)
none of these are true
56.

TR's addition to the Monroe Doctrine that allowed US intervention was called the

a)

Gentleman's Agreement

b)

Treaty of Porstmouth

c)

Roosevelt Corollary

d)

Great White Fleet

57.
The name often given to Teddy Roosevelt's foreign policy is
a)
Roosevelt Corollary
b)
Big Stick Policy
c)
Gentleman's Agreement
d)
Rough Rider
58.

What did Americans fear after the end of WWII?

a)

The spread of democracy

b)

The spread of NATO

c)

The spread of communism

d)

The spread of capitalism

59.

Why did the United States send troops to Vietnam?

a)

To stop the spread of NATO

b)

To stop the spread of communism

c)

To stop the spread of capitalism

d)

To stop the spread of democracy

60.

The Soviet Union place missiles in Cuba that were pointed toward the U.S. Why did this worry the United States?

a)

The U.S. worried that Cuba would become communist

b)

The U.S. worried that Nikita Khrushchev would get hurt

c)

The U.S. worried that they would lose the territories that they gained during the Spanish American War

d)

The U.S. worried that a nuclear war might start

61.

What happened as an effect of the end of the Korean War in 1953?

a)

The U.S. gained South Korea as a territory

b)

North Korea and South Korea reunited

c)

North Korea and South Korea remained divided

d)

South Korea dropped an atomic bomb on North Korea

62.

The Cold War was a war between the United States and the Soviet Union, but there was not actual combat involved. The war between these two countries was a rivalry between which of the following?

a)

capitalism vs. facism

b)

communism vs. dictatorship

c)

socialism vs. communism

d)

communism vs. capitalism

63.

Which of the following events brought the world close to a nuclear war in the 1960s?

a)

Space Race

b)

Dropping of the atomic bomb

c)

Cuban Missile Crisis

d)

Construction of the Berlin Wall

64.

An alliance called the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) was formed in 1949 by the leaders of several non-communist countries. Why was NATO formed?

a)

to drop supplies to the people of East Berlin by the Berlin Airlift

b)

to turn the Cold War hot

c)

to keep the USSR from forcing communism on other countries

d)

to encourage all of Western Europe that they should have a democratic government and a capitalist economy

65.

Ended segregation in public places

a)

Voting Act

b)

Emancipation Proclamation

c)

Civil Rights Act

d)

Black Tuesday

66.

Brown v. Board of Education was a decision by the Supreme Court that said...

a)

Segregation in schools was unconstitutional

b)

Segregation was legal as long as they were "separate but equal"

c)

Black and white children could go to the same school but had to be in different classes

d)

Black students had to use a separate bathroom

67.
A marked increase in the birthrate, especially in the US following WWII
a)
Baby Boom
b)
Summit
c)
Perjury
d)
Arms Race
68.

This planned communities sprang up after WWII. They were usually located outside major market cities; families would commute to work with their new luxury cars and homes were "cookie cutter" and affordable

a)

Suburbs

b)

Inner City

c)

Ultraburbs

d)

Shopping Malls

69.

After the war, the ___?___ replaced radio and movies as the main entertainment for American families.

a)

television

b)

YouTube

c)

internet

d)

community swimming pool

70.

The immigration Act of 1965

a)

ended the previous quotas on immigration that discriminated against Asians, Africans, and Hispanics

b)

ended immigration to the U.S. from Eastern Europe

c)

resulted in new regulations on the industries of America

d)

brought about Medicare and Medicaid

71.
Names of the Great Society Programs that provide health insurance to the elderly and covers low income people with medical needs?
a)
HUD and CPB
b)
VISTA and Job Corps
c)
NEA and SeniorCare
d)
Medicare and Medicaid
72.
Some critics complained that the Great Society programs
a)
gave the rich too many tax breaks
b)
gave the federal government too much power
c)
paid too little attention to health care
d)
favored rural over urban citizens
73.

What was one outcome of the security impact of 9/11?

a)

Increased international travel restrictions

b)

Improved airport security measures

c)

Decreased funding for defense systems

d)

Enhanced diplomatic relations with other countries

74.

Global communication increased in the 1990s due to use of

a)

internet

b)

flat screen TVs

c)

cell phones

d)

gaming systems

75.

International trade, transnational business organizations, and overseas competition led to an increase in manufacturing jobs in the US.

a)

True

b)

False

76.

Which of the following is not an impact of the 9/11 attacks?

a)

formation of the TSA

b)

Patriot Act

c)

increase in Islamophobia

d)

debates over health care

77.

In this form of government, citizens elect representatives to make laws.

a)

Federalism

b)

Representative Democracy

c)

Checks and Balances

d)

Separation of Power

78.

This system gives each branch of government some ability to check on the actions of the other two branches.

a)

Due Process of Law

b)

Separation of Power

c)

Checks and Balances

d)

Federalism

79.

This idea was the basis for dividing the government into three branches.

a)

Separation of Power

b)

Checks and Balances

c)

Federalism

d)

Representative Democracy

80.

This system assigns some powers to the national government and other powers to the state governments.

a)

Checks and Balances

b)

Federalism

c)

Separation of Power

d)

Due Process of Law

81.

Why is the opening phrase of the Constitution, "We the people," important?

a)

It shows who wrote it

b)

It shows that the power of the government comes from the people

c)

It shows who the Constitution rules over

d)

It shows that the people don't care about the government

82.

Which amendment in the Bill of Rights gives the people the right to due process of law, protection from double jeopardy, and the right to not incriminate oneself?

a)

1

b)

3

c)

5

83.

Which amendment in the Bill of Rights gives the people the right to freedom of speech, press, religion, assembly, and petition?

a)

1

b)

3

c)

5

84.

The Bill of Rights is the first...

a)

10 articles

b)

6 amendments

c)

10 amendments

d)

7 articles

85.

The first article of the Northwest Ordinance and Amendment 1 of the U.S. Constitution both guarantee:

a)

Freedom of religion

b)

The right to peaceably protest

c)

Freedom of the press

d)

The right to own a firearm

86.

What did the Northwest Ordinance say about punishments?

a)

Only men could be punished under the law

b)

Wronged citizens could choose the punishments of criminals

c)

No cruel or unusual punishments were allowed

d)

Criminals would be executed

87.

Which of the following did the Northwest Ordinance of 1787 set land aside for in every township?

a)

Police stations

b)

A fort

c)

City Halls

d)

Schools

88.

According to the Declaration of Independence who institutes or creates governments?

a)

The King

b)

The People

c)

The Pope

d)

The President

89.

Which argument most logically follows from Jefferson's expressed ideas in the Declaration of Independence?

a)

The rights of men should be supported over those of women.

b)

Monarchy is a bad form of government because rulers

are not elected.

c)

All forms of government destroy human rights and should be abandoned.

d)

Any form of government that suppresses people's freedoms should be overthrown.

90.

What are unalienable rights?

a)

rights that can't be taken away

b)

rights that can be denied

c)

rights that are temporary

d)

rights that can be removed at any time