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WorksheetsHistory US
Total questions: 28
Worksheet time: 15mins
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Class
Date
1.
This picture represents what group of Americans protesting?
a)
Unemployed workers promised bonuses by their employers
b)
Migrant farm workers
c)
World War One Veterans seeking a bonus they had been promised
d)
Underpaid teachers protesting the payroll office.
2.
Which factor contributed to the trend shown on this graph?
a)
Low demand for stocks
b)
Buying of stocks on margin
c)
Low confidence in the stock market
d)
Strict government regulation of the stock market
3.
In what context did President Roosevelt deliver this speech?
a)
In response to the Normandy invasion
b)
Asking for a declaration of war against Germany
c)
As justification for dropping the atomic bomb
d)
In response to the attack on Pearl Harbor
4.
What was one reason that nuclear weapons were not used during the Cold War?
a)
The Marshall Plan
b)
Strategic Defense Initiative
c)
Mutually Assured Destruction
d)
The Domino Theory
5.
What strategy did both Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and César Chávez use to achieve social change?
a)
Organized labor unions
b)
Created militant demonstrations
c)
Started riots
d)
Led nonviolent boycotts
6.
What precedent was established for U.S. presidents by the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution?
a)
Override international peace treaties
b)
To engage in military activity without a congressional declaration
c)
To terminate war without congressional approval
d)
To ignore United Nations deliberations
7.
Which choice best completes the diagram?
a)
Spain
b)
Japan
c)
Poland
d)
USSR
8.
The 3 leaders in this photo were meeting to determine what?
a)
How to attack Germany & start WWII
b)
Pacific Theater battle plans
c)
The surrender of Germany & the end of the war
d)
Tactics on how to invade Moscow
9.
The secret American program to build an atomic bomb was called what?
a)
Operation Overlord
b)
Battle of the Bulge
c)
Battle of Midway
d)
Manhattan Project
10.
What is the definition of De Jure segregation?
a)
Segregation that is illegal
b)
Segregation that was considered legal
c)
Type of protest put on by the SCLC
d)
Segregation that is in most of the country
11.
What was the effect of the FDIC?
a)
It gave banks a four day bank holiday
b)
It created jobs for millions of people.
c)
It paid subsidies to lower production on farms.
d)
It guaranteed bank deposits up to $5,000
12.
The Governor of Arkansas refused to let 9 black students into what high school?
a)
Northwest
b)
Montgomery
c)
Central
d)
Putnam City North
13.
The doctrine of “separate but equal” was established in which court case?
a)
Brown v. Board of Education
b)
Fisher v. OU State Regents
c)
Plessy v. Ferguson
d)
McLaurin v. OU
14.
Which President desegregated the military in 1948?
a)
Franklin D. Roosevelt
b)
Theodore Roosevelt
c)
John F. Kennedy
d)
Harry S. Truman
15.
The Truman Doctrine, which committed the U.S. to defending democracy around the world, was in response to the Soviet threat of what countries?
a)
Greece & Thailand
b)
Turkey & Genovia
c)
Turkey & France
d)
Greece & Turkey
16.
Which policy did the United States adopt when World War I first broke out in Europe?
a)
Isolationism
b)
Pacifism
c)
Imperialism
d)
Militarism
17.
"Speak softly, and carry a big stick, you will go far." Roosevelt's foreign policy became known as big stick diplomacy. Which statement best describes big stick diplomacy?
a)
The pledge to remain neutral in the foreign affairs
b)
Creation of economic policies to benefit the U.S
c)
Threat of using military force in foreign policy
d)
Promotion of democracy in all countries
18.
Some American leaders believed that if Vietnam fell to communism, all of Southeast Asia would also fall. This philosophy was called what?
a)
Communism Theory
b)
Vietnam Theory
c)
Topple Over Theory
d)
Domino Theory
19.
What was the goal of the Bay of Pigs invasion?
a)
Overthrow Nikita Khruschev
b)
Overthrow Juan Castro
c)
Overthrow Joseph Stalin
d)
Overthrow Fidel Castro
20.
During the Progressive Era, in the former Confederate states, the use of Jim Crow Laws, as well as Black codes were thought to….
a)
Help White Southerners
b)
Disenfranchise Blacks
c)
Raise Voting Standards
d)
Gain Trust with Black Voters
21.
With the passing of the 18th Amendment, what change happened in the U.S.?
a)
Abolition
b)
Child Labor Laws
c)
Womens Suffrage
d)
Prohibition
22.
Socially conscious writers who dramatized the need for reform were normally called what?
a)
Carpet baggers
b)
Progressives
c)
Suffragists
d)
Muckrackers
23.
The conflict in which U.S. troops killed over 100 unarmed Sioux Indians is known as what?
a)
Sand Creek Massacre
b)
Battle of Little Big Horn
c)
Trail of Tears
d)
Wounded Knee Massacre
24.
The Dawes Act was enacted to speed up the process of what?
a)
Chinese Exclusion
b)
Assimilation
c)
Buffalo Hunting Laws
d)
Native American Rights
25.
The 13th, 14th, & 15th Amendments to the Constitution all….
a)
Enacted Presidential Powers
b)
Increased Womens Rights
c)
Voting Rights to All
d)
Increased legal protection for Blacks
26.
How were US soldiers instructed to fight the Vietcong during the Vietnam War?
a)
Search & Deliver
b)
Search & Defend
c)
Search & Capture
d)
Search & Destroy
27.
What region of the US felt the effects of this decade long weather issue?
a)
North Eastern Mountains
b)
West Coast Desert
c)
Midwestern Plains
d)
Southern Swamps
28.
The reasoning behind the decision to drop the Atomic Bombs was to achieve what?
a)
To ensure the German Surrender
b)
To force the Japanese to surrender
c)
To give the Soviets atomic bomb plans
d)
To make the Japanese join Western Alliances
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