WorksheetsU.S. History Mega Review (1920s-Vietnam)
Total questions: 52
Worksheet time: 30mins
What was the main factor that made car ownership possible for many Americans in the 1920s?
Rising earnings
Assembly line production
Easy credit
Advertising
What was the impact of Henry Ford's assembly line on the price of the Model T Ford?
It increased the price
It had no effect on the price
It decreased the price
It made the car unavailable
What role did advertising play in the new consumer economy of the 1920s?
It became a central institution
It had no impact on consumer goods
It decreased consumer demand
It increased the price of goods
What was the expansion of credit in the 1920s primarily used for?
Purchasing consumer goods
Investing in stocks
Paying off debts
Saving for the future
What innovation by Henry Ford made car ownership available to the average American?
Mass production
Advanced engine technology
Luxury features
High-quality materials
What was the price of a Model T Ford in 1924?
$850
$300
$5
$0
What impact did Ford's assembly line have on workers?
Higher wages and racial equality
Lower wages and longer work hours
Unionization and job security
Craftsmanship and job satisfaction
What industries expanded as a result of the automobile's popularity?
Glass, steel, and rubber processing
Coal mining and transportation
Textile manufacturing
Agriculture and farming
What impact did the automobile have on American infrastructure?
Dramatic expansion of roadways
Decrease in public transportation
Closure of motels and restaurants
Limited access to rural areas
What new household appliances emerged in the 1920s?
Radios, vacuum cleaners, and refrigerators
Computers, smartphones, and tablets
Microwaves, dishwashers, and dryers
Televisions, video game consoles, and DVD players
What is Laissez-Faire capitalism?
A philosophy used by judges to decide criminal cases.
A government policy of active government involvement in the economy.
A government policy of "hands off" or letting business take care of itself.
Charles Lindberg is famous for flying solo across the U.S. from coast to coast without stopping.
True
False
What was the Harlem Renaissance?
A celebration of African American art and culture.
A type of New Orleans music.
A remembrance of the days of slavery.
Women who cut their hair short, wore their skirts short, and smoked during the 1920's were called:
Flounders
Flippers
Flappers
was prejudice against foreign-born people.
Nationalism
Anglo-Saxonism
Social Darwinism
Nativism
The fear of Communism spreading to America became known as
the Red Scare
Lenin Mania
the Russian Scare
Fascist Fear
What Nativist group rose in popularity to fight for stricter immigration laws.
American Nativist Society
Black Panthers
American Protective Association
Ku Klux Klan
Period of time beginning in 1929 and lasting through the 1930s where people lost jobs and didn’t have enough food; the economy took a downfall
The Great Depression
The Great Recession
The New Deal
President (Republican) during the 1929 stock market crash. Believed cities, states, and banks should try to lead in the recovery before the federal government because the fear of a growing national debt. Did little to improve the economy
President Herbert Hoover
President Franklin D. Roosevelt
The New Deal
shantytowns, communities of makeshift shacks on unused or public land nicknamed after President Herbert Hoover
Hoovervilles
Rooseveltvilles
margin call
drought-related conditions in the Great Plains states.
Dust Bowl
Acai Bowl
Duster
helped Americans recover from the Depression
President Franklin D. Roosevelt
President Herbert Hoover
Dust Bowl
Roosevelt’s policies for ending the Depression
New Deal
Real Deal
Square Deal
This photograph is called "Migrant Mother," and was MOST associated with which of these issues?
Families losing their homes as a result of the Dust Bowl.
Families losing their savings as a result of the stock market crash.
Families losing their jobs as a result of underconsumption of goods.
Families sending their children to live with relatives due to unemployment.
The Social Security Act is often considered part of President Franklin Roosevelt's "Second New Deal" because it
offered payments to those who were retired or unemployed.
made all employers allow their workers to join a labor union.
had to be amended and added twice before Congress would pass it.
was part of the President's plans to enact programs that would offer long-range governmental reform.
A major criticism of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's programs to combat the Great Depression was that these programs
reduced the power of the federal government.
provided too much protection for big business.
ignored the plight of homeowners with mortgages.
made people dependent on the federal government.
Which situation was a basic cause of the Great Depression?
excessive profits for farmers
overregulation of the stock market
overproduction of consumer goods
continued increases in wages for workers
The purpose of the TVA (Tennessee Valley Authority) was
to insure bank deposits in the United States.
to provide job opportunities in national parks.
to reduce farm surpluses and raise agricultural profits.
provide electrical power to an underdeveloped region of the U.S.
A major cause of the economic depression of 1929 was
abuse of credit.
a return to the gold standard.
increased number of public works projects.
government programs designed to reduce agricultural production.
In this New Deal program, workers constructed things like roads, bridges, public buildings and parks but it also employed artists and performers...
Tennesee Valley Authority
FDIC
FERA
Works Progress Administration
Match the following leaders to the countries they ruled or governed in
Adolf Hitler
Germany
Benito Mussolini
Italy
Franklin D. Roosevelt
United States
Hirohito
Japan
Mao Zedong
China
The Manhattan Project led by Robert Oppenheimer was part of the World War II effort to:
ban the use of chemical and biological warfare
develop the atomic bomb
coordinate troop movements between New York and Europe
supply the Allies with more fighter planes
Following World War I, who rose to power and ruled as a dictator in Germany?
Adolf Hitler
Benito Mussolini
Joseph Stalin
Winston Churchill
Which event started World War II?
Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor
Japan’s attack on San Francisco
Germany’s attack on Poland
Germany sinking the USS Essex
Who was the leader of Russia during World War II?
Mussolini
Stalin
Roosevelt (FDR)
Hitler
Operation Torch
Operation Overlord (D-Day)
Operation Husky
Operation Avalanche
What did Stalin and Hitler agree to do when they signed the Nazi Soviet Pact?
Agreed to not go to war with Poland
Split Poland between them
Agreed to attack the United States
None of the above
The U.S. military strategy that brought them closer to Japan was called ________.
guerrilla warfare
Leap frogging
Island Hopping
Blitzkrieg
The ______ allowed the U.S. president to aid American Allies during the war.
Marshall Plan
Neutrality Acts
Truman Doctrine
Lend-Lease Act
What was the name of the secret assignment to create the atom bomb?
the New York Project
Operation Overlord
the Manhattan Project
Operation Barbarossa
What was Hitler's costliest mistake?
the Anschluss
the attack against Great Britain
the invasion of the Soviet Union
the alliance with Japan
What actions did the Western Allies take that caused Japan to attack the U.S.?
the U.S. demanded the Japanese leave Manchuria
the U.S. occupied Okinawa
the U.S. condemned German aggression in Europe
the U.S. banned the sale of iron, steel, and oil to Japan
What European country controlled Vietnam until World War II?
France
Germany
Great Britain
Spain
Which of the following was NOT used by the American military in Vietnam?
Aerial attacks (regular bombs)
Agent Orange
Napalm
Nuclear bombs
Where was the United States Navy allegedly attacked in 1964?
Gulf of Thailand
Gulf of Tonkin
Pearl Harbor
South China Sea
Which American president escalated the Vietnam War and did not run for re-election as a result of anti-war activities in the United States?
Kennedy
Nixon
Truman
Johnson
If one country falls to communism, the countries around would also fall to communism
Vietnamization
Domino Theory
Tet Offensive
Democratic Republic of Vietnam
Gave the President expansive war powers
Operation Rolling Thunder
Domino Theory
Tet Offensive
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
1968, massive attack by the Viet Cong on major cities in South Vietnam; caused American public support of war to plummet
Operation Rolling Thunder
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
Tet Offensive
Kent State University
Protests over military missions in Cambodia resulted in confrontation between protestors and police, with four students killed on May 4, 1970
Kent State University
Vietnamization
Domino Theory
Viet Cong
