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WorksheetsDONT DELETE!!! American Studies Yearlong Review
Total questions: 64
Worksheet time: 37mins
Which president became known as the "trust buster" for taking on robber barons, and he became the first Progressive president.
Teddy Roosevelt
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Lyndon Johnson
William Howard Taft
Which term applied the ideas of natural selection and of "survival of the fittest" to human society? It made an argument that there were superior and inferior populations of people and that the "inferior" populations would die out over time. It became a rationale and excuse for activities like sterilization and genocide.
Theory of Evolution
Social Darwinism
Naziism
Progressivism
Which of the following WAS NOT becoming more popular during the 1920's? (Hint: The wrong answer actually was popular in the 1950's.)
Radio ownership, national programs, and national brand name products.
Car ownership with the affordability of the Model T Ford.
Jazz Music and underground speakeasies for getting around prohibition to drink.
Television, daytime soap operas, westerns, and family sitcoms like Father Knows Best.
Which immigration act of 1882 was the first to limit immigration from a specific area and remained in place until WWII?
Emergency Quota Act
Chinese Exclusion Act
Japanese Internment
Dawes Act
Which immigration act of the 1920s placed limits on how many immigrants could come from certain areas, and was especially geared toward limiting Catholics and Jews from Eastern Europe.
Emergency Quota Act
Chinese Exclusion Act
Japanese Internment
Dawes Act
Which of the following was the land grant act that gave nearly free plots of 160 acres to settlers of the west who arrived "sooner" to claim the land.
Dawes Act
Homestead Act
Reservation System
Sherman Anti-Trust Act
What term of the 1800's meant that Americans felt entitled/meant to expand our nation and take over all the land from the Atlantic to the Pacific? This attitude of "American Progress" helped lead to conflict with Native Americans and the development of the west.
Assimilation
Nativism
Manifest Destiny
Social Darwinism
Which of the following is the correct definition of nativism?
The often discriminatory desire to keep immigrants out of the country, and to prioritize the interests of native born populations.
The desire to force assimilation of Native Americans into white culture.
The belief that native born people are more patriotic than immigrant populations.
The desire to separate Native Americans from white culture.
What was NOT TRUE about westward expansion?
There were black settlers who moved west to escape the south called Exodusters.
It led to conflicts and wars with Native Americans.
It led to the devastation of buffalo herds, sometimes simply to kill off native tribes that migrated with the buffalo.
Women were not allowed to take advantage of the Homestead Act and own land if they were the head of their household.
What two periods in American History were Americans considered isolationists (wanted to stay out of foreign affairs)?
The Great Depression years when Hitler was taking over Europe and the Japanese were taking over Asia.
During the start of World War I, after the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand.
At the start of the Cold War with the policy of Containment.
During the age of Imperialism before the start of the Spanish American War.
What is the name for the belief that populations of people should be controlled by breeding so that bad and "undesirable" traits are not passed along to future generations? Sometimes this even included sterilization of "undesirable" populations. It progressed out of the "Social Darwinism" ideas of Herbert Spencer.
Progressive Era
Genocide
Eugenics
Ethnic Cleansing
Which group of amendments were argued for by Anti-Federalists? Anti-Federalists argued that a strong national government might trample the rights of the people, so the people should have basic rights like the right to speech, to bear arms, have fair trials, etc., and they argued these rights should be listed in the Constitution.
Amendments 1-10
Amendments 13-15
Amendments 16, 17, and 19
18th and 21st Amendments
Which of the following are examples of Interventionism? (getting involved in foreign affairs)
"Big Stick" diplomacy of Teddy Roosevelt
FDR's lend-lease act providing ships and weapons to the allies before U.S. involvement in WW2.
U.S. annexation of Hawaii, then taking colonial possessions of the Philippines and Guam in the Pacific.
The U.S. following through on the Containment Theory of stopping the Spread of Communism by involvement in Korea and Vietnam.
What was the idea that American society during the period of the late 1800's was uglier than it looked to outsiders - that despite its outward appearance of freedom and glamour, many immigrants found harsh living and working conditions when they arrived?
Progressive Era
Corruption
Manifest Destiny
Gilded Age
What program or act led to Native American tribes being forced to assimilate to white culture or lose their tribal lands? It split up the tribal reservations into plots of land that had to be owned individually rather than communally.
Reservation System
Dawes Act of 1887
Homestead Act of 1862
Patriot Act
Which group of amendments were related to temperance and prohibition?
Amendments 1-10
Amendments 13-15
Amendments 16, 17, and 19
18th and 21st Amendments
Which of these things is not like the others? Which of these things just doesn't belong?
Robber Barons / Big Bad Business Boy
Captains of Industry
Monopolies
Labor Unions
What is the name for the period of recovery after the Civil War, when blacks were for a short time given more freedoms and opportunities to serve within government. This period caused white southern backlash by groups like the KKK, and eventually ended with the withdrawal of Federal troops from the south as part of the Compromise of 1877?
Progressive Era
Gilded Age
Reconstruction
Imperialism
Which group of amendments were Reconstruction Era amendments meant to give former slaves freedom, equal citizenship under the law, and the right to vote for black men?
Amendments 1-10
Amendments 13-15
Amendments 16, 17, and 19
18th and 21st Amendments
Which of the following DO NOT directly relate to the idea and practice of white supremacy within the United States between 1865 and 1965 when whites tried to keep blacks as second class citizens?
Southern legislatures tried to disenfranchise black voters after reconstruction through poll taxes, literacy tests and grandfather clauses.
The Ku Klux Klan intimidated blacks from voting, and lynched blacks who tried to vote and sometimes lynched them for simply being successful in business.
The Civil Rights leader Malcolm X was assassinated by members of the Nation of Islam, a group he represented for a time.
Freedom Riders and Civil Rights marchers were beaten or killed, and Emmett Till was lynched for flirting with a white woman working a store counter.
What is NOT a result of the reforms of the Progressive Era?
After the muckraking story "The Jungle" exposed meat packing conditions, the Food and Drug Adminstration (FDA) was created.
Labor Unions gained power and membership, and achieved better work conditions, higher wages, and better work hours.
Anti-trust laws were put in place to break up monopolies and ensure fair competition and business practices.
Race relations improved under Woodrow Wilson's presidency and KKK membership decreased after the film "Birth of a Nation."
Which group of amendments were Progressive Era amendments dealing with making tax policies fairer, senators voted into office by the people instead of state legislatures, and giving women the right to vote?
Amendments 1-10
Amendments 13-15
Amendments 16, 17, and 19
18th and 21st Amendments
What court case resulted in a women's right to choose an abortion
Dobbs v. Jackson
Roe v. Wade
Marbury v. Madison
Brown v. Board
Which of the following was NOT a movement of the 1960's and 1970's.
Women's suffrage movement to gain the right to vote.
Civil Rights movement for ending segregation and gaining equality in voting.
Gay liberation and Women's liberation movement.
Native American movement to get the U.S. to honor treaties and protest poor reservation conditions.
Which two things below would be associated with liberalism of the 20th Century (the 1900's)
A belief in small federal government with lower taxes, less regulation of business, and hawkish views prioritizing more military spending.
A belief in a larger Federal government empowered to place more rules on business, and more emphasis on and funding for social safety net programs like medicare or social security
Democratic Party
Republican Party
Which following believed in supply side (or "trickle down") economics? They believed taxing Americans less will lead them to invest more in business, leading to more jobs, leading to more people to tax and therefore broaden the base of taxpayers.
Ronald Reagan
Lyndon B. Johnson
Franklin D. Roosevelt
John F. Kennedy
Which idea below means that government has a distribution of power between three branches of government that all have their own responsibilities.
Separation of Powers
Natural Rights
Social Contract
Checks and Balances
Which two things below would be associated with conservatism of the 20th Century (the 1900's)
A belief in small federal government with lower taxes, less regulation of business, and hawkish views prioritizing more military spending.
A belief in a larger Federal government empowered to place more rules on business, and more emphasis on and funding for social safety net programs like medicare or social security
Democratic Party
Republican Party
What would NOT be an example of a primary source
Audio recordings of the Nixon White House
A letter home from a soldier to his parents during WW2
A textbook about the fall of Communism.
A video of FDR's "Fear itself" speech during the depression.
What would NOT be an example of a secondary source
A student's college term paper about the history of the Roosevelts.
A classroom textbook about American history from 1865 to present day.
A Crash Course history video on the Gilded Age.
A copy of Lincoln's Gettysburg Address speech.
Which idea below means that government has responsibilities towards its people and that the people have responsibilities toward their government, and that when government does not uphold its responsibilities, the people can get rid of or change that government?
Separation of Powers
Natural Rights
Social Contract
Checks and Balances
Which idea below means that government creates different branches of government and levels of government that can limit that power of other branches or levels of government?
Separation of Powers
Natural Rights
Social Contract
Checks and Balances
What was the most significant contribution of the Northwest Ordinance to the Constitution?
It was an example of how certain rights like freedom of religion and fair trials should be included in a list of rights. It influenced the Bill of Rights.
It was a free territory, so it informed how the Constitution would grant freedom to all the slaves in America.
It provided a precedent for how Native American relations would take place in the coming century.
It gave women the right to vote, and the Constitution was eventually amended to do the same.
Pick the THREE items below that were goals of the Progressive Movement?
Ending corruption between government officials and big business.
Giving more power to labor unions and , better wages, conditions, and pay to workers
Cleaning up city living conditions and making healthier food and drugs within society.
Ending the practice of Eugenics in society because Progressives didn't believe different populations of people were better or worse than other populations.
Which would be an example of historians exploring multiple causations for an event?
A historian explores how slavery was the root cause for the Civil War.
A historian applies the M.A.I.N. (militarism, alliances, imperialism, nationalism) acronym alongside the archduke's assassination to talk about how WW1 began.
Historians discuss the impact of stock market speculation on the beginning of the Great Depression.
A round table panel of historians discuss how 9/11 led directly to the U.S. involvement in the War in Afghanistan.
Which idea below means that people are born with God-given expectations of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness (or property if you're John Locke)?
Separation of Powers
Natural Rights
Social Contract
Checks and Balances
Which of the examples below would show a historian developing a thesis statement based upon evidence?
World War 2 was the most destructive event in human history in terms of lives lost.
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 ended gender and racial discrimination in hiring practices.
The presidency of Lyndon B. Johnson had the most effective advocacy of Civil Rights based upon his passage of the Civil Rights and Voting acts and Great Society agenda.
The presidency of FDR resulted in New Deal programs that massively expanded the size and role of the Federal Government.
Below is a list of Civil Rights Groups. Which two groups would fall under the category of "black power" organizations that advocated black equality by "any means necessary?"
NAACP
(W.E.B. Dubois and later Thurgood Marshall)
ACLU
(Ruth Bader Ginsberg)
SNCC and SCLC
(John Lewis and MLK)
Black Panthers
(Bobby Seale and Huey Newton)
Nation of Islam
(Malcolm X and Elijah Muhammad)
Below is a list of Civil Rights Groups. Which two groups would have focused on legal battles to win victories like Brown v. Board of education to end segregation or cases to guarantee gender equality?
NAACP
(W.E.B. Dubois and later Thurgood Marshall)
ACLU
(Ruth Bader Ginsberg)
SNCC and SCLC
(John Lewis and MLK)
Black Panthers
(Bobby Seale and Huey Newton)
Nation of Islam
(Malcolm X and Elijah Muhammad)
Which of the options below was an attempt by the U.S. government to stay isolated from war after WW1 ended by creating an agreement to make war illegal. It was ineffective because there is really no way to enforce outlawing war.
Warsaw Pact
Kellogg Briand Pact
NATO
United Nations
Which two options below were the correct alliances for anti-communism and communism after WW2
Warsaw Pact
League of Nations
NATO
United Nations
Which of the following migrations of people occurred in the 1980's and 1990's? With many industry jobs being outsourced, people left manufacturing cities in northeastern cities like Cleveland and Pittsburgh to find opportunities out west in growing technological industries.
Great Migration
Exodusters
Rust Belt to Sun Belt
Homestead Act
Which of the following was NOT an attempt by the U.S. to remain isolated and out of a World War?
The U.S. chose not to sign the Treaty of Versailles or join the League of Nations
The U.S. passed multiple Neutrality Acts in the 1930's.
The U.S. implemented a "cash and carry" plan to ensure the allies we were helping had to pick up the weapons and not endanger American ships.
The U.S. started to draft U.S. soldiers in 1940, a year before the bombing of Pearl Harbor.
Which of the following migrations of people occurred around WW1 as blacks moved north to escape white supremacy in the south to find manufacturing jobs? It helped lead to the Harlem Renaissance.
Great Migration
Exodusters
Rust Belt to Sun Belt
Homestead Act
Which of the two answers below apply to the FIRST RED SCARE in America that took place after WW1?
Palmer Raids by the FBI and mass deportations of immigrants.
The HUAC (House Un-American Activities Committee) persecution and blacklisting of suspected communists.
Fears of not only communists, but also of anarchists and the Sacco & Vanzetti farce of a trial.
Senator McCarthy claiming to have a list of hundreds of communists working within government. Accused people based on hearsay.
Below is a list of Civil Rights Groups. Which group would have organized non-violent activities like marches, sit-ins, freedom rides, and bus boycotts?
NAACP
(W.E.B. Dubois and later Thurgood Marshall)
ACLU
(Ruth Bader Ginsberg)
SNCC and SCLC
(John Lewis and MLK)
Black Panthers
(Bobby Seale and Huey Newton)
Nation of Islam
(Malcolm X and Elijah Muhammad)
Which of the following migrations of people occurred after Reconstruction as blacks moved west to escape white supremacy in the south to find farming opportunities rather than sharecropping?
Great Migration
Exodusters
Rust Belt to Sun Belt
Homestead Act
Which of the two answers below apply to the SECOND RED SCARE in America that took place after WW2?
Palmer Raids by the FBI and mass deportations of immigrants.
The HUAC (House Un-American Activities Committee) persecution and blacklisting of suspected communists.
Fears of not only communists, but also of anarchists and the Sacco & Vanzetti farce of a trial.
Senator McCarthy claiming to have a list of hundreds of communists working within government. Accused people based on hearsay.
Which of the following WAS NOT an example of the U.S. foreign policy of containing communism?
The Truman Doctrine and Marshall plans promising aid to foreign nations in order to keep them from falling to communism.
The involvement of the United States military in wars in Vietnam and Korea.
The crackdown by HUAC and McCarthy on U.S. citizens suspected of communist sympathies or ties.
The Berlin Airlift in 1948 to keep the Soviets from gaining control of Berlin.
Which of the following WOULD NOT be considered a technological innovation occuring AFTER WW2?
The development of Nuclear weapons and energy.
The widespread ubiquity and home ownership of televisions.
The creation of the internet and simpler global communication systems making business easier and world trade more common.
The widespread ubiquity and home ownership of radios.
Which of the following DID NOT heighten the fears of communism during the SECOND RED SCARE between 1945 and 1955?
Rosenbergs were caught spying on our nuclear program on behalf of the Russians.
The Soviets developed the Atomic and Hydrogen bombs shortly after we did.
China became a communist nation.
The Cuban Missile Crisis led Americans to wonder if the world would end with nuclear war.
Which of the following was a feature of 1950's life rather than of 1920's life?
The use of phone and radio.
Women won the vote, and flappers and Jazz music and speakeasies were popular during prohibition.
Rock and Roll grew as popular figures like Elvis and Buddy Holly made television appearances.
Prohibition led to the growth of bootlegging and organized crime.
Which decade would you associate with these themes? The growing availability of the birth control pill, free love and hippies, the Vietnam War, the moon landing, the Civil Rights movement, and the assassinations of Malcolm X, Martin Luther King Jr., and Bobby Kennedy.
1940s
1950s
1960s
1970s
Which of the following WAS NOT an effective way that the U.S. furthered the collapse of the Soviet Union to end the Cold War?
The U.S. devoted money to Eastern Block nations wishing to start capitalist economies and money for education programs free of communist propaganda.
The U.S. fought a war to contain communism in Vietnam and negate the influence of the Soviet Union around the world.
The U.S. helped aid the Afghanis fighting the Soviets during the 1980's.
The U.S. upped defense spending on programs like "Star Wars" to force the Soviets with a weaker economy to do the same and ultimately bankrupt itself.
Which of the following was NOT associated with the growth of a black identity in the 1920's?
The celebration of black art forms such as jazz music and Harlem Renaissance poets like Langston Hughes and Nora Zeale Hurston
The formation of black civil rights groups like SNCC and SCLC to fight racial injustices.
Black Nationalist leaders like Marcus Garvey created black businesses like the boat company "Black Star Line"
The growth of black communities like Harlem in New York City resulting from the "Great Migration."
Which of the following WAS NOT a direct result of the 9/11 terror attacks?
The 2002 War in Iraq fought to ensure Saddam Hussein did not have weapons of mass destruction.
The 2001 War in Afghanistan fought with the Taliban that had housed many of the suicide bombers.
The creation of the Patriot Act to give government more ability to conduct (often unwarranted) searches of citizens, especially online, and in public spaces like airports.
The creation of a detention center in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba (not subject to U.S. laws) where many suspected terrorists were controversially held without trial.
What WAS NOT a reality of the 1990s and the Clinton years in the White House?
The decade was characterized by an economic recession and high unemployment.
Companies grew more into becoming international (worldwide) corporations, selling products all around the world, and often times outsourcing parts of the company to other areas around the world.
The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) helped open more international trade between the U.S. and what would become two of its largest trading partners (Canada & Mexico)
Some of the Clinton years were characterized by governmental tax surpluses and the only tax surpluses for the government in recent memory.
Which of the following is true about the first "Gulf War" ("Operation Desert Storm") in 1991?
It was about getting Saddam Hussein's army out of Kuwait as they tried to take their oil. President George H.W. Bush organized a coalition of U.N. countries to join the fight.
It was about fighting back against the suicide bombers that attacked the Pentagon and World Trade Center on 9/11.
It was about removing weapons of mass destruction from the control of Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein and toppling his government.
It was about restoring peace between Israel and Palestine and settle the dispute over control of the holy city Jerusalem.
Which decade would you associate with these themes? The start of Rock n Roll, the post-war explosion of the suburbs, the television becoming mainstream, The second red scare, the Korean War, and the majority of the baby boom years.
1940s
1950s
1960s
1970s
Select two options from the list below. Which WERE NOT known for improved standards of living across the board for lower, middle, and upper class Americans?
Post-WW1 1920s and Post-WW2 1950s America.
The 1930s stock market collapse, high unemployment, and dust bowl.
The Clinton Era 1990s. An age of international corporations.
The 1890s Gilded age of captains of industry and wealthy philanthropists.
Which decade would you associate with these themes? The Progressive Era, trust busting and cracking down on monopolies and robber barons, a focus on ending Gilded Age political corruption, WWI, and the film Birth of a Nation and a growing KKK.
1900-1925
1925-1950
1965 to 1990
1945 to 1970
Which of the following are NOT TRUE about the United States during WW2?
The U.S. economy was completely overhalled to produce items for the war and the government directed production and ensured rationing. By war's end, it was producing half the world's industrial goods.
Citizens contributed by buying war bonds, women working in factories, families growing victory gardens, recycling, and using ration books for groceries.
Groups suffering discrimination like blacks who were segregated, Japanese Americans who were interned, and Navajo Code Talkers still chose to contribute to the war effort and serve in the military.
The United States took the fight right to the Japanese and German militaries with mostly early victories as the war began for Americans after Pearl Harbor.
Which decade would you associate with these themes? The Watergate Scandal and Pentagon Papers leading to a growing distrust in government, the Iran Hostage crisis, an oil embargo and gas shortage, and the creation of the Environmental Protection Agency.
1960s
1970s
1980s
1990s
