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AMERICAN HISTORY FINAL

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

In the 1920s, all of the following were likely to approve of Prohibition except:

a)

A) immigrants

b)

B) rural residents of the South

c)

C) organized crime

d)

D) Women's Christian Temperance Movement.

2.

A country that builds up its armed forces is using what policy?

a)

Militarism

b)

Imperialism

c)

Big Stick Policy

d)

Defense Policy

3.

The Commander of the American Forces in the Pacific during World War II was –

a)

Robert Oppenheimer

b)

Douglas MacArthur

c)

George Patton

d)

Charles De Gaulle

4.

What is the name of the rebellious women of the 1920s?

a)

Flappers

b)

Prohibitions

c)

Jazz

d)

Gangsters

5.

The Open Door Policy was designed by President Theodore Roosevelt as a way for the United States to further:

a)

its trade interests

b)

its desires to annex foreign nations

c)

international diplomacy

d)

the establishment of democratic governments.

6.

Who was the first man to walk on the moon?

a)

John Glenn

b)

Gus Grissom

c)

Neil Armstrong

d)

Allen Sheppard

7.

What countries made up the Central power of WWI?

a)

Germany, Austria-Hungary, Ottoman Empire

b)

U.S., England and France

c)

Germany, Russia and the U.S.

d)

France, Germany and Russia

8.

What type of governments grew in Europe immediately after WWI?

a)

Socialist

b)

Communist

c)

Fascist

d)

Democratic

9.

What is the name of inexpensive living for workers and immigrants?

a)

Tenements

b)

Suburbs

c)

Biltmore Housing

d)

Block Housing

10.

Vertical Integration is the act of -

a)

buying up all the parts of production to save money

b)

building skyscrapers

c)

developing a group for the betterment of society.

d)

developing a higher education think tank.

11.

Which of the following was directly responsible for creating new jobs and putting people to work?

a)

Social Security

b)

Social Security

c)

Agricultural Adjustment Act

d)

Civilian Conservation Corps

12.

The Great Depression affected –

a)

Only Americans

b)

Only Poor Americans

c)

Everyone

d)

Only Europeans

13.

Southern states sometimes used a grandfather clause to allow them to:

a)

keep poor whites from exercising their right to vote

b)

distinguish between recent immigrants and established citizens

c)

keep African Americans from voting while allowing whites to do so

d)

deny voting rights to African Americans.

14.

Who used appeasement as a way to stop Adolf Hitler’s advancement into Eastern Europe.

a)

Winston Churchill

b)

Neville Chamberlain

c)

Margaret Thatcher

d)

Tony Blair

15.

A system and board made up of 12 regions with a bank in each region that controls the flow of money is the:

a)

Clayton Act

b)

Stamp Act

c)

Federal Reserve

d)

Federal Trade Commission.

16.

Sacco and Vanzetti were charged with what crime(s) due to their political beliefs during the Red Scare?

a)

treason

b)

anarchy

c)

receiving bribes

d)

robbery and murder.

17.

The Nineteenth Amendment allowed for:

a)

suffrage of women

b)

a federal income tax

c)

the prohibition of liquor

d)

the direct election of senators.

18.

According to the Treaty of Versailles, who was blamed for starting World War I?

a)

France

b)

United States

c)

Italy

d)

Germany

19.

The assassination of _____ ultimately sparked the fighting of WWI.

a)

Czar Nicolas II

b)

Kaiser William of Germany

c)

Archduke Franz Ferdinand

d)

Winston Churchill

20.

The 19th Amendment dealt with -

a)

Prohibition

b)

Military draft

c)

Direct election of Senators

d)

Women’s suffrage