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WorksheetsUS FINAL EXAM REVIEW
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His assassination sparked World War I
Lusitania
Archduke Franz Ferdinand
Zimmermann
Woodrow Wilson
Which of the following was NOT a cause of World War I?
American isolationism
Imperialist competition
The stockpiling of weapons
European nationalism
What reason did Senators give for opposing U.S. membership in the League of Nations?
It would lead to international instability.
It would drain American finances
It would interfere with free-trade agreements
It would drag the United States into European conflicts
The policy that kept the United States out of the war for three years was called
Nationalism
The alliance system
Neutrality
The convoy system
Which of the following is NOT true of Liberty Bonds?
Almost half of Americans bought them
Americans who bought them were “lending” money to the American government
They were used extensively during the Civil War
Their sale brought in two thirds of the money needed to fight the war
This poster is an example of-
Advertising
Neutrality
Propaganda
Nativism
Many Americans wanted to join WWI after the ________ was sunk by a German u-boat.
Lusitania
Zimmerman
Titanic
Carnival
This long-term cause of the war involved the development of the armed forces and their use as a tool of diplomacy.
Nationalism
Imperialism
Militarism
Pacifists
This contained a suggestion of an alliance between Mexico and Germany that deeply angered the American people.
“No man’s land”
Zimmermann Telegram
Lusitania
Militarism
In 1917, Germany attempted to get __________ to attack the southern United States.
Canada
Italy
Mexico
Spain
In 1914, this alliance consisted of Germany, Austria-Hungary, and the Ottoman Empire
Allies
Nationalism
Imperialism
Central Powers
The events that were the IMMEDIATE cause of World War I were-
Archduke Franz Ferdinand is assassinated, Austria declares war on Serbia, all of the allies join in
Czar Nicholas is assassinated, Russia declares war on France, all of the allies join in
Woodrow Wilson is assassinated, America declares war on Germany, Russia joins in
None of the above.
Which of the following actions would get a person jailed under the Sedition Act?
A woman telling her sister that she was proud of her husband fighting in France, but that she is worried about him.
A worker at a machine gun factory making a speech to his fellow workers asking them to work harder and longer despite their fatigue.
A college professor presenting a map of the Austro-Hungarian Empire to his students for analysis.
A waitress telling a customer that she thought American involvement in the war was a mistake.
Extreme pride in your country
Nationalism
Militarism
Imperialism
Pacifists
Closely linked with industrialization, this long-term cause of the war involved a contest for colonies
Imperialism
Pacifists
Militarism
Nationalism
What was the Selective Service Act?
The law that permitted the U.S. military to be selective about the racial makeup of troops
The law that required men between 18 and 30 to sign up to be eligible for the draft
Rules governing the minimum standards for food, shelter, and healthcare for service members
None of the above
This was the term used for the land between trenches.
Lusitania
“No man’s land”
Zimmermann
Pacifists
What was the purpose of “meatless Monday” and “wheatless Wednesday” in the context of World War I?
Over 90% of American food supplies were diverted to the war in Europe, so the U.S. government made meat and wheat consumption illegal on certain days.
Americans were asked to cook meat every Monday (and bread/wheat every Wednesday) to send to troops in Europe.
They were part of a nationwide campaign to support the war effort by saving food.
None of the above.
Which of the following is true of jobs on the American homefront during World War I?
Thousands of Black Americans moved from the Jim Crow South to northern cities to work in factories.
The National War Labor Board was created to prevent disputes between factory owners and workers to eliminate labor strikes
Women and Black men were given jobs they had never been permitted to have previously.
All of the above statements are true.
These people opposed World War I because they perceived all wars as evil
Central Powers
Pacifists
Archduke Franz Ferdinand
Allies
What were the two alliances that PARTICIPATED in World War I?
The Allies and Central Powers
The Allies and Axis Powers
NATO and the Warsaw Pact
NATO and the Central Powers
This British liner was sunk by a German U-boat
Zimmermann Telegram
Imperialism
Militarism
Lusitania
Germany was punished for WWI in all of the following EXCEPT:
Had to pay reparations
Had to disarm a majority of their military
German leader Kaiser Wilhelm was executed
Had to give up land
In 1914, this alliance consisted of France, Great Britain, and Russia
Allies
Nationalism
Central Powers
Lusitania
The Espionage and Sedition Acts affected freedom of speech because they
Forced restaurant owners to offer “liberty sandwiches” rather than “hamburgers”
Allowed the government to silence ideas that challenged its authority
Forced all Americans to be drafted
Promoted a free exchange of ideas
Match the leader to the country they controlled in WW2
Germany
Soviet Union
Italy
USA
Great Britain
The Munich Agreement is an example of...
Appeasement
Nationalism
Militarism
Fascism
What land did Nazi Germany successfully invade what land? (It was where Adolf Hitler was born)
Czechoslovakia
Austria
Turkey
Belgium
Deal signed in May of 1939 between Italy and Germany, where the two countries agreed not to fight one another.
Munich Conference
Treaty of Versailles
Maginot Agreement
Pact of Steel
Which country did Adolf Hitler not try to invade in the Spring of 1940?
Belgium
Great Britain
Norway
Soviet Union
How did Nazi Germany manage to capture the country of France?
A series of successful bombings on the city of Paris
By going around the French troop's "Maginot Line" through the Netherlands and Belgium and invading France
Capturing most of the French Population and sending them to concentration camps until the French surrendered
By invading the northern part of France from the English Channel
Which of the following best describes the US's "Cash & Carry" policy?
The US would join the side of the war that offers them the most cash
FDR's plan to sell military goods to countries as long as they paid cash and transported them on non-US ships
If Jewish people paid cash to the US, the US would help them out of Nazi Germany
Japanese people could buy their way out of the Japanese Internment Camps
Why did the United States join World War 2?
They were upset with Adolf Hitler attacking their allies
The Holocaust
The Japanese attacks on Pearl Harbor
France being invaded by Germany
What best describes the "Lend Lease Act"?
The US lent land to refugees from European countries
The US giving arms to China to defend themselves from Japan
System that allowed the US to lend war supplies to any nation "vital to the defense of the US"
The US borrowing ships from neutral countries in WWII to prevent Germany from sinking them
Why was it difficult for Germany to attack the Soviet Union?
Joseph Stalin threatened to invade Germany
The Soviet Union was very cold and had a harsh climate
There were not enough troops that remained loyal to Adolf Hitler
The Soviet Union had the help of the United States and England
What was the purpose of the US's "Selective Service Act"?
A military draft for all men between the ages of 21 and 45
A military draft for all US citizens between the ages of 21 and 45
It created an agency to set up a network of spies throughout Nazi Germany
An act that created Internment Camps for select groups of people following the attacks on Pearl Harbor
Which battle was a key win, and a turning point for the United States in their war with Japan?
Battle of the Midway
Battle of Pearl Harbor
Battle of Stalingrad
Battle of Cape Coral
Which of the following best describes The Storming of Normandy (D-Day)?
The Allies invaded Nazi controlled France with the largest invasion in Human History
The invasion of mainland Japan by the United States, the largest invasion in human history
Where did Germany suffer a "catastrophic" defeat at the hands of the Soviet Union?
Stalingrad
Leningrad
Berlin
Normandy
How did the Treaty of Versailles lead to World War II?
The Treaty of Versailles imposed harsh penalties on Germany, leading to economic hardship and a weak military. This led to the rise of Hitler and the Nazis
What was the purpose of the Kellogg-Brand Pact?
62 countries agreeing to settle disputes peacefully
Kellogg's being allowed to create Rasin Brand
Germany and the Soviet Union's agreement to not fight each other
The alliance formed between the US and Great Britain
How did Hitler violate the Treaty of Versailles? (2)
He increased the size of their military
He began building more war planes and battleships
He signed alliances with other countries such as Italy and Japan
He invaded the Soviet Union
The invasion of __________ by ____________ was the "spark" of World War II
Poland, Germany
Germany, Poland
Austria, Germany
Pearl Harbor, Japan
During World War 2, which two cities were atomic bombs dropped on by the United States?
Tokyo and Kyoto
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Osaka and Sapporo
Yokohama and Kobe
What ideology was a driving force behind Adolf Hitler's actions and policies during World War II?
Communism
Fascism
Democracy
Monarchism
A US initiative to revive war-torn economies of Europe after WWII; offered $13 billion in aid to western and Southern Europe.
Marshall Plan
Cold War
Manhattan Project
Warsaw Pact
June 6, 1944, when Allied troops landed in France to fight Nazi Germany on the beaches of Normandy.
Marshall Plan
Stalingrad
D-Day
V-Day
U.S. President's policy of providing economic and military aid to any country threatened by communism or totalitarian ideology, mainly helped Greece and Turkey
Warsaw Pact
Dwight Eisenhower
Cold War
Truman Doctrine
A series of court proceedings held after World War II, in which Nazi leaders were tried for aggression, violations of the rules of war, and crimes against humanity.
V-Day
Nuremberg Trials
Stalingrad
Warsaw Pact
Code name for the U.S. effort during World War II to produce the atomic bomb.
Manhattan Project
Hiroshima
Warsaw Pact
Marshall Plan
A propaganda character designed to increase production of female workers in the factories. It became a rallying symbol for women to do their part.
Manhattan Project
Rosie the Riveter
Dwight Eisenhower
Bataan Death March
May 8, 1945; victory in Europe Day when the Germans surrendered
V-Day
Kamikaze
D-Day
Marshall Plan
Match the following
An alliance formed by the U.S. & Western Europe to fight Soviet aggression.
NATO
City in Japan, the first to be destroyed by an atomic bomb, on August 6, 1945.
Hiroshima
Site of the bloodiest battle in history between USSR & Germany.
Stalingrad
The site in the Soviet Union where the Allies met to discuss what to do with postwar Europe
Yalta Conference
An international peace keeping organization founded in 1945
United Nations (UN)
the American navy attacked islands held by the Japanese in the Pacific Ocean. The capture of each successive island from the Japanese brought the American navy closer to an invasion of Japan.
(a)
An alliance between the Soviet Union and other Eastern European nations. This was in response to the NATO
(a)
Japanese suicide pilots who loaded their planes with explosives and crashed them into American ships.
(a)
The period after the Second World War marked by rivalry and tension between the two nuclear superpowers, the U.S. and the Soviet Union.
(a)
a large warship that carries planes and has a long flat deck for take-offs and landings
(a)
United States general who supervised the invasion of Normandy and the defeat of Nazi Germany
(a)
Brutal march of American and Filipino prisoners by Japanese soldiers in 1942
(a)
During which movement by African Americans did Jazz become a popular form of music?
Civil Rights Movement
The Reconstruction Period
The Harlem Renaissance
The economic boom and the financial speculation of the 1920’s were caused in part by
installment buying and an unregulated stock market
the expansion of civil rights to women and minorities
the mobilization of the economy for war
increased government restrictions on big business
Match the following vocabulary term with its definition
Someone who buys or uses goods or services.
Consumer
To produce many things at once, usually with machinery.
Mass Production
The large-scale demand for goods.
Mass Consumption
The movement of African Americans from farming areas in the South to big cities in the North.
Great Migration
What is the system in which workers stand in one place and put parts together as the pieces go by on a conveyer belt?
(a)
Which statement explains why the 1920s were called the “Roaring 20s”?
The United States went through an economic downturn and prosperity brought changes to popular culture
The United States went through an economic boom and hardship brought changes to popular culture.
The United States went through an economic downturn and hardship brought changes to popular culture
The United States went through an economic boom and prosperity brought changes to popular culture.
Match the following vocabulary term with its definition
The condition of being out of work.
Unemployment
Central location where people buy and sell stocks in companies.
Stock Market
Borrowed money.
Credit
A tax on imports.
Tariff
A financial share of ownership of a company.
Stock
Which amendment resulted in speakeasies being established?
Twenty-first
Twentieth
Nineteenth
Eighteenth
What was the cause of speakeasies and bootleggers?
Prohibition
Progressive Movement
Suffrage
Industrial Revolution
The ratification of the 21st Amendment marked the end of --
women's suffrage
segregated society
Progressive Movement
Prohibition Era
At its heart, the Scopes Trial was a clash between
religion and science
biology and science
evolution and science
education and science
Involved transferring oil reserves from the Interior Department to private companies for profit
Teapot Dome Scandal
Scopes Trial
Great Migration
Jazz Age
Which of these best describes the "New Woman" of the 1920s?
They wore shorter skirts, bobbed their hair, and went to speakeasies
They stayed home and cooked and cleaned
They rejected the idea of suffrage
They preferred the same fashions as their parents
During the Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s, African American authors and artists used literature and art to
end segregation of public facilities
promote affirmative action programs
celebrate the richness of their heritage
urge voters to elect more African Americans to political office
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.
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
What were two basic causes of the Dust Bowl during the early 1930s?
strip mining and toxic waste dumping
over farming and severe drought
clear-cutting of forests and construction of railroads
overpopulation and urban sprawl
An obvious defect in the United States' banking system that was exposed during the Great Depression was
excessive government regulation of banks.
the federal government's ownership of banks.
an excessive amount of currency in circulation.
the lack of protection for funds deposited by individuals in banks.
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.
People who could no longer afford to live in their homes were forced to live in cardboard shacks that they build in public parks. What were these shacks called?
Shantyshacks
Tenement Housing
Town Homes
Hoovervilles
Who was the President of the US when the stock market crashed and the Depression began?
Theodore Roosevelt
Herbert Hoover
Franklin D Roosevelt
William McKinley
Which economic factor contributed most directly to the start of the Great Depression?
low worker productivity
high income taxes
decreasing tariff rates
buying stocks on margin
What was the bank run?
A 5k run sponsored by the big banks
People wanting to give as much money as possible
Banks running out of paper
Americans withdrawing all of their money from the banks
Put the following Eras in chronological order.
Gilded Age
Progressive Era
Imperialism & WWI
Roaring 20s
Great Depression
New Deal
World War II
Where in the US suffered from the Dust Bowl?
How did the Great Depression affect American society?
The price of agricultural goods decreased, causing an increase in demand for farm labor.
Manufacturing wages increased, causing businesses to concede to labor union demands.
Demand for luxury goods increased, causing overproduction in manufacturing.
Businesses were forced to close, causing widespread unemployment.
How does the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) continue to affect U.S. citizens?
By regulating loans made to investors who buy stocks on margin.
By changing interest rates to prevent people from paying higher prices for goods.
By providing financial assistance to elderly people who are retired.
By protecting the savings of bank customers during an economic crisis.
What was one result of the creation of the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) during the 1930s?
State governments took over the responsibility of protecting minority rights.
The federal government was no longer responsible for protecting natural resources.
State governments could no longer control their budgets.
The federal government provided aid to people suffering from unemployment.
Designed to protect American manufacturers actually ended up creating a decrease in trade worldwide ?
Reconstruction Finance Committee
Smoot Hawley Tariff
New Deal
Second New Deal
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
This works program in the New Deal covered the broadest range of projects that included making schools, roads, bridges, etc
WPA
CCC
PWA
CWA
Men and Women were brought into the Inner Circle of FDR to form...
The First Presidential Cabinet
A Brain Trust
A Trust Fund
The Ring Of Power
FDR tried to use his power in the executive branch to influence and control
(a) to pass his New Deal programs as constitutional.
Court Packing Scheme
FDR tried to add more Congress members in the Supreme Court
FDR tried to add more Supreme Court Justices to influence the court
FDR passed his laws through the Supreme Court
FDR used Eleanor Roosevelt to pass the New Deal
The Cold War refers to the period of tension between the United States and the Soviet Union from
the end of World War II to the fall of the Soviet Union.
the end of World War I to the bombing of Pearl Harbor.
the Cuban Missile Crisis to the fall of the Berlin Wall.
the Bolshevik Revolution to the end of World War I.
The United States followed a policy of containment during the Cold War in response to the spread of communism.
How did the Marshall Plan reflect containment policy?
It blocked Soviet missiles from from arriving in communist Cuba.
It provided economic aid to European countries in order to prevent the spread of communism.
It authorized the use of military force against communist forces in Vietnam.
It stopped communist efforts to control the Korean Peninsula.
What was the purpose of the Berlin Airlift, between the years 1948 and 1949?
To bring necessary supplies to assist the Communists after World War II.
It was designed to help citizens in France to resist Communism.
Moving Allied soldiers to help fight the Nazis during World War II.
To supply the citizens of West Berlin while the Soviet blockade continued.
The United States Foreign Policy after World War II was the policy of Containment, which was?
The U.S. would try to restrict the spread of Fascism in Europe.
The U.S. would help to rebuild the nations of Japan and Germany.
Due to the importance, the U.S. would increase spending into the Space Race.
The U.S. would try to prevent the spread of Communism anywhere in the world.
Weapons development for the Soviet Army
The installment of European isolationist policies
The barrier between Eastern and Western Europe during the Cold War
A series of military checkpoints in Berlin
To defeat the Soviet (a) of Berlin, the United States supplied the city for over a year during an event known as (b) .
The launch of Sputnik I intensified Cold War tensions and caused the —
United States to increase spending on technology, education and weapons to compete with the Soviet Union
Soviet Union to move missiles and warships to Cuba in order to threaten the United States
United States to send troops and aid to East Berlin to free it from Soviet control
Soviet Union to threaten Europe with nuclear attack if Soviet airspace were violated
How was the Cold War different from previous wars involving the United States?
Previous wars were fought between the United States and European countries, and the Cold War was fought between the United States and the Soviet Union.
The Cold War refers to the political and economic tension between the United States and the Soviet Union-not an actual war.
The Cold War was fought in the cold climate region of the Soviet Union, whereas previous wars were fought in warmer climate regions.
The Cold War battles were fought with more modern weaponry since it took place in the 1960s.
What individual/group contributed to the Red Scare and accused American citizens of being communists?
Martin Luther King & Black Panthers
Jane Addams & Settlement Houses
Joseph McCarthy & HUAC
Cesar Chavez & United Farmworkers Union
What happened as a result of the launch of Sputnik in 1957?
It started the space race.
U.S. began to invest more money into math & science education.
The U.S. started NASA.
All of the above
During what Cold War event did the U.S. bypass a Soviet blockade in Germany without provoking a military conflict?
Berlin Airlift
Vietnam War
Watergate Scandal
Bataan Death March
What policy implemented in the Cold War said the U.S. would give military aid to a country that needed to resist communism?
Marshall Plan
Truman Doctrine
Domino Theory
Open Door Policy
Which choice best describes the Second Red Scare ?
the use of military force to put down civil unrest in American cities
the use of accusations, blacklisting, and investigations against suspected communists
the effort to expand civil rights protections to more groups of Americans
the use of unethical searches and unfounded proclamations of a planned communist revolution in America by Attorney General A Mitchell Palmer
Movie producers, directors, & screenwriters accused of possible communists affiliations
Hollywood Trio
Hollywood 10
Cinema reds
Reds United
The practice of making accusations of subversion or treason, especially when related to communism, without any proper regard for evidence.
McCarthyism
Blitzkrieg
Hollywood 10
HUAC Act
Which organization was created to disrupt communist expansion?
KGB
CIA
FCC
CSI
Brown v. Board of Education is regarded (known) as which of the following?
Supreme Court cases arguing the constitutionality of segregation.
Coordinated group of lawsuits culminating in one case that argued the constitutionality of "separate but equal".
Court case that held that segregation did not violate the Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment
Case establishing principle of judicial review as the power of federal courts to declare legislative/executive acts unconstitutional
Brown v. Board of Education of 1954 overturned which Supreme Court case of 1896?
Plessy v. Ferguson
Marbury v. Madison
Miranda v. Arizona
Mapp v. Ohio
________ ________ served as chief attorney of the Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court case.
Clarence Thomas
Thurgood Marshall
Warren Burger
John Marshall Harlan
What decision did Emmett's mother make that impacted the Civil Rights movement?
Spoke out on the news
Testified in court
Had an open casket funeral
Marched in Mississippi
What happened to the two men that brutally killed Emmett Till?
They received the death penalty
Nothing, they were acquitted
Life in jail, no parole
They were murdered
Where was Emmett Till visiting from?
New York
Chicago
California
Washington DC
In what state did the Montgomery Bus Boycott take place?
Georgia
Alabama
Mississippi
South Carolina
Virginia
Who is famous for not giving up their seat on the bus to a white passenger?
Frederick Douglass
Harriet Tubman
Ida B. Wells
Rosa Parks
Martin Luther King, Jr.
What leader of the boycott later became the leader of the Civil Rights Movement?
Booker T. Washington
Frederick Douglass
Martin Luther King, Jr.
W.E.B. Du Bois
Rosa Parks
How did black people get to work during the boycott?
They walked
They rode bicycles
They carpooled
They rode taxis
skateboards became popular
Who was the president at the time that the Little Rock 9 led the integration in Little Rock high schools?
Bill Clinton
George W. Bush
Richard Nixon
Dwight Eisenhower
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was signed by
John F. Kennedy (JFK)
Lyndon B. Johnson (LBJ)
Richard M. Nixon
13th Amendment
abolished slavery
14th Amendment
all persons born or naturalized in U.S. were entitled equal rights
15th Amendment
gave people right to vote regardless of race
Plessy v. Ferguson
Allowed "separate but equal" facilities.
Brown v. Board of Education
Ended segregation in public schools
In order to help pass civil rights legislation Martin Luther King Jr. Helped organize a march in this city, where he gave his now famous "I Have a Dream" speech.
Washington DC
New York City
Los Angeles
Chicago
After George Wallace attempted to bar African American students from attending the University of Alabama, this U.S. president sent federal troops to "forcefully" desegregate the school
Johnson
Nixon
Kennedy
Truman
Al Qaeda is _____.
a terrorist group that was created in the late 1980s in Afghanistan
another word for the Taliban, a ruling group of Afghanistan
another word for ISIS, or the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria
another word for "jihad" or holy war
What happened to United flight 93?
It crashed into the White House.
It crashed into the Capitol.
After it was hijacked, the pilot was able to regain control and save all on board.
After it was hijacked, passengers were able to take control and crash the plane in a field.
What were the Twin Towers?
two tall, residential buildings in Washington, D.C. that were home to over 1,000 people
flight towers in Boston, Massachusetts
landmark buildings in New York City that contained offices, a restaurant and observation deck
a government complex in Pennsylvania
Which of the following was a reason for the September 11th attacks?
Bin Laden wanted to show his support of ISIS.
Bin Laden felt that the US oppressed Muslims.
Bin Laden wanted the US to support Israel.
Al Qaeda wanted revenge after bin Laden was killed.
Today, what can be found where the Twin Towers once were?
a temporary memorial made of steel from the North Tower
nothing
the 9/11 Memorial and One World Trade Center
construction for a new bank
What happened only a few minutes after the first plane hit the North Tower?
Osama bin Laden was captured and killed.
Police, firefighters and EMTs were sent to the scene.
The US sent armed forces into Afghanistan.
President Bush announced the War on Terror.
