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SS 8 Final Review

Total questions: 92

Worksheet time: 2hrs 32mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who was the Union General during the Civil War who wanted to devastate the South's ability to fight (Total destruction) and accepted the Confederate’s surrender at Appomattox?

a)

Ulysses S. Grant

b)

Robert E. Lee

c)

William Tecumseh Sherman

d)

Stonewall Jackson

2.

Who was the Northern General who led a march in Georgia resulting in the devastation of the environment?

a)

William T. Sherman

b)

Ulysses S. Grant

c)

George B. McClellan

d)

Robert E. Lee

e)

Stonewall Jackson

3.

Who was the Confederate General in the Civil War?

a)

Robert E. Lee

b)

Ulysses S. Grant

c)

William T. Sherman

d)

George B. McClellan

4.

What is the name of the location where the beginning of the Civil War occurred, with Confederate troops firing on Union troops stationed there?

a)

Fort Sumter

b)

Gettysburg

c)

Antietam

d)

Appomattox Court House

5.

Who was the extremely firm Southern general in the Battle of Bull Run where he earned his nickname and commanded Confederate troops?

a)

Stonewall Jackson

b)

Ulysses S. Grant

c)

William Tecumseh Sherman

d)

George B. McClellan

6.

What is the term for the following definition? A person from the northern states who went to the South after the Civil War to profit from the Reconstruction.

a)

Carpetbagger

b)

Sharecropper

c)

Freedman

d)

Scalawag

7.

What is the term for the following definition? Having more loyalty to your particular section of the country than the country as a whole.

a)

Sectionalism

b)

Federalism

c)

Nationalism

d)

Patriotism

8.

What is the term for the following definition? A plan that asked the citizens of a territory to either allow or forbid slavery.

a)

Popular Sovereignty

b)

Manifest Destiny

c)

Abolitionism

d)

Sectionalism

9.

What is the term for the following definition? Southerners who supported Reconstruction after the Civil War.

a)

Scalawag

b)

Carpetbagger

c)

Freedman

d)

Sharecropper

10.

What is the term for the following definition? President of the U.S. during the Civil War, 'a house divided cannot stand', assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.

a)

Abraham Lincoln

b)

Andrew Johnson

c)

Ulysses S. Grant

d)

Franklin Pierce

11.

What is the term for the following definition? A tenant farmer who gives a part of each crop as rent.

a)

Sharecropper

b)

Landlord

c)

Serf

d)

Tenant-at-will

12.

______ was added as a slave state and Maine was added as a free state.

a)

Missouri Compromise

b)

Kansas-Nebraska Act

c)

Compromise of 1850

d)

Fugitive Slave Act

13.

Author of Uncle Tom’s Cabin which exposed the harshness and raised awareness of slavery: ______

a)

Harriet Beecher Stowe

b)

Louisa May Alcott

c)

Emily Dickinson

d)

Sojourner Truth

14.

Inventor of the cotton gin and interchangeable parts: ______

a)

Eli Whitney

b)

Samuel Morse

c)

Robert Fulton

d)

James Watt

15.

Nickname Wizard of Menlo Park: ______

a)

Thomas Edison

b)

Nikola Tesla

c)

Alexander Graham Bell

d)

James Watt

16.

Wrote The Jungle to expose unsanitary practices in the meatpacking industry: ______

a)

Upton Sinclair

b)

Mark Twain

c)

Sinclair Lewis

d)

Theodore Dreiser

17.

Reporter who was a muckraker famous for exposing corruption in local government: ______

a)

Lincoln Steffens

b)

Upton Sinclair

c)

Ida Tarbell

d)

Jacob Riis

18.

What is the method of production used by Henry Ford to build cars more cheaply than other automakers?

a)

Assembly Line

b)

Handcrafting

c)

Batch Production

d)

Custom Fabrication

19.

What is the term for making large amounts of standardized products, including and especially on assembly lines?

a)

Mass Production

b)

Handicraft Production

c)

Custom Fabrication

d)

Batch Processing

20.

What is the term for the belief that government should not interfere with private industry?

a)

Laissez Faire

b)

Socialism

c)

Federalism

d)

Mercantilism

21.

What do you call a business that sells stocks to their investors?

a)

Corporation

b)

Sole Proprietorship

c)

Partnership

d)

Nonprofit Organization

22.

What is the term for the shares of a particular company or corporation?

a)

Stock

b)

Bond

c)

Dividend

d)

Loan

23.

Who was the steel tycoon who used mass production and vertical integration of products, and created Carnegie Steel?

a)

Andrew Carnegie

b)

John D. Rockefeller

c)

J.P. Morgan

d)

Cornelius Vanderbilt

24.

Muckraker: ____________

a)

People who tried to expose problems by publicizing them and gaining support

b)

A person who supports government secrecy

c)

A journalist who only reports positive news

d)

A politician who avoids controversy

e)

A business owner who funds political campaigns

25.

Samuel Gompers: ____________

a)

Cigarmaker who became a leader of the AFL (American Federation of Labor)

b)

Inventor of the telephone

c)

Founder of the Red Cross

d)

First President of the United States

26.

Nativism: ____________

a)

The belief that people in America first were superior to immigrants. Most people settled in Eastern cities. Some changed last name to avoid prejudice

b)

The movement to promote industrialization in rural areas.

c)

A philosophy supporting open borders and unrestricted immigration.

d)

The idea that all cultures should be blended into one homogeneous society.

27.

Strike: ____________

a)

A refusal to work by employees as a form of protest, to gain concessions from their employer

b)

A bonus given to employees for good performance

c)

A type of company-sponsored vacation

d)

A meeting between managers and employees

28.

Lockout: ____________

a)

The exclusion of employees by their employer from their workplace until certain terms are agreed to

b)

A temporary increase in employee wages

c)

A government-mandated holiday for workers

d)

The process of hiring new employees during a strike

29.

Triangle Shirtwaist Fire: ____________

a)

Fire in a factory killing many people, led to safety regulations and laws in factories

b)

A famous labor strike that resulted in higher wages for workers

c)

A major earthquake that destroyed several buildings in New York

d)

A political protest that led to the creation of new voting laws

30.

Fill in the blank: ________ is when two major groups of people negotiate and come to terms for a contract.

a)

Collective Bargaining

b)

Arbitration

c)

Boycott

d)

Lockout

31.

Fill in the blank: ________ is the refusal to buy a certain product.

a)

Boycott

b)

Subsidy

c)

Tariff

d)

Monopoly

32.

Fill in the blank: ________ is the idea of young children being forced to work in factories with unsafe/unsanitary conditions.

a)

Child Labor

b)

Public Education

c)

Juvenile Justice

d)

Childhood Nutrition

33.

Fill in the blank: ________ was a union for skilled and unskilled workers, eventually declined after Haymarket Riots, and wanted to improve working conditions.

a)

Knights of Labor

b)

American Federation of Labor

c)

Industrial Workers of the World

d)

Congress of Industrial Organizations

34.

Fill in the blank: ________ was a riot regarding working conditions that led to the decline of the Knights of Labor.

a)

Haymarket Riot

b)

Pullman Strike

c)

Homestead Strike

d)

Boston Police Strike

35.

Fill in the blank: ________ refers to Chinese port areas where trading rights were given to foreign powers.

a)

Sphere of Influence

b)

Open Door Policy

c)

Mandate of Heaven

d)

Silk Road

36.

Fill in the blank: ________ is journalism that is based upon sensationalism and exaggeration.

a)

Yellow Journalism

b)

Investigative Journalism

c)

Photojournalism

d)

Broadcast Journalism

37.

Fill in the blank: ________ was issued by the U.S. allowing any nation to trade in China- Americans wanted to compete for trade there also.

a)

Open Door Policy

b)

Monroe Doctrine

c)

Treaty of Versailles

d)

Roosevelt Corollary

38.

Fill in the blank: ________ was the monarch of Hawaii who wanted to keep Hawaii for native Hawaiians.

a)

Queen Liliuokalani

b)

King Kamehameha I

c)

Queen Victoria

d)

King Kalakaua

39.

What is the term for the following definition? Foreign policy that allowed the government to intervene in Latin America if law and order threatened.

a)

Roosevelt Corollary

b)

Monroe Doctrine

c)

Good Neighbor Policy

d)

Open Door Policy

40.

What is the term for the following definition? The sinking of the Lusitania was one of the causes of entrance into WW I.

a)

Lusitania

b)

Zimmermann Telegram

c)

Treaty of Versailles

d)

League of Nations

41.

What is the term for the following definition? Assassinated in Sarajevo which led to the start of World War I (immediate cause).

a)

Archduke Ferdinand

b)

Kaiser Wilhelm II

c)

Gavrilo Princip

d)

Tsar Nicholas II

42.

What is the term for the following definition? Payment for damages done during war.

a)

Reparations

b)

Armistice

c)

Annexation

d)

Mobilization

43.

What is the term for the following definition? Organization founded After WW I to maintain peace between nations.

a)

League of Nations

b)

United Nations

c)

European Union

d)

NATO

44.

What is the term for the following definition? The idea of having other countries band together against common enemies.

a)

Alliance System

b)

Isolationism

c)

Imperialism

d)

Appeasement

45.

What is the term for the following definition? Plan put forth by President Wilson to have a lasting peace after WW I

a)

Wilson’s 14 Points

b)

Treaty of Versailles

c)

League of Nations

d)

Zimmermann Telegram

46.

What is the term for the following definition? Note sent from Germany to Mexico which angered the U.S. and increased tensions between U.S. and Germany

a)

Zimmerman Telegram

b)

Treaty of Versailles

c)

Lusitania Note

d)

Munich Agreement

47.

What is the term for the following definition? Building up military which may threaten another country

a)

Arms Race

b)

Diplomacy

c)

Disarmament

d)

Treaty

48.

What is the term for the following definition? Naval warfare in which submarines sink vessels such as freighters and tankers without warning

a)

Unrestricted Submarine Warfare

b)

Blockade Running

c)

Surface Fleet Engagement

d)

Naval Mine Warfare

49.

What is the term for the following definition? Treaty that ended WW I- required Germany to pay huge reparations (unlike Wilson’s 14 points)

a)

Treaty of Versailles

b)

Treaty of Paris

c)

Treaty of Tordesillas

d)

Treaty of Ghent

50.

What is the term for the following definition? Strong feeling of pride in your country

a)

Nationalism

b)

Globalization

c)

Colonialism

d)

Federalism

51.

What is the term for the following definition? Draft for WW I

a)

Selective Service Act

b)

Treaty of Versailles

c)

Zimmermann Telegram

d)

League of Nations

52.

Which term refers to being executed for a crime not committed due to a strong fear of foreigners that existed in the U.S.?

a)

Sacco/Vanzetti

b)

Scopes Trial

c)

Harlem Renaissance

d)

Teapot Dome Scandal

53.

Which term describes the period of time in the United States where buying and selling alcohol was illegal, repealed by the 21st amendment?

a)

Prohibition

b)

Reconstruction

c)

The Gilded Age

d)

The New Deal

54.

Which term refers to a corrupt group of people in the Warren G. Harding administration?

a)

Ohio Gang

b)

Teapot Dome

c)

Kitchen Cabinet

d)

Mugwumps

55.

Which term describes a prosperous time period of art and literature in the 1920s?

a)

Harlem Renaissance

b)

Industrial Revolution

c)

Great Depression

d)

Age of Enlightenment

56.

Which term means only putting down a certain percent of what you are buying and paying later?

a)

Credit Buying

b)

Barter System

c)

Full Payment

d)

Layaway

57.

Who went on trial for teaching the theory of evolution in high school?

a)

John Scopes

b)

Albert Einstein

c)

Charles Darwin

d)

Clarence Darrow

58.

Fill in the blank: ________ is a place that sold alcohol during Prohibition.

a)

Speakeasy

b)

Bakery

c)

Library

d)

Pharmacy

59.

Fill in the blank: ________ refers to women with bobbed hair, flashy and shortened skirts.

a)

Flappers

b)

Suffragettes

c)

Gibson Girls

d)

Rosie the Riveters

60.

Fill in the blank: ________ means the stock market is doing well.

a)

Bull Market

b)

Bear Market

c)

Recession

d)

Correction

61.

Fill in the blank: ________ were people who smuggled alcohol during Prohibition.

a)

Bootleggers

b)

Teetotalers

c)

Prohibitionists

d)

Temperance leaders

62.

Fill in the blank: ________ was the United States aviator who in 1927 made the first solo nonstop flight across the Atlantic Ocean.

a)

Charles Lindberg

b)

Amelia Earhart

c)

Howard Hughes

d)

Wiley Post

63.

Fill in the blank: ________ is the car built by Henry Ford by assembly line that impacted the automobile industry.

a)

Model T

b)

Chevrolet Impala

c)

Dodge Charger

d)

Cadillac Eldorado

64.

Fill in the blank: ________ was a bribery incident between U.S. government and oil company land during Harding’s administration.

a)

Teapot Dome Scandal

b)

Watergate Scandal

c)

Credit Mobilier Scandal

d)

Iran-Contra Affair

65.

Fill in the blank: ________ means the stock market goes down.

a)

Bear Market

b)

Bull Market

c)

Stagflation

d)

Blue Chip

66.

Which term is defined as: Severe drought devastated many farms on the Great Plains?

a)

Dust Bowl

b)

Great Migration

c)

Harlem Renaissance

d)

New Deal

67.

Which term is defined as: When you purchase stocks on credit (only put a percentage down and plan to pay the rest later)?

a)

Margin Buying

b)

Short Selling

c)

Day Trading

d)

Stock Splitting

68.

Which term is defined as: Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation - federal government took additional responsibility for the economic welfare of the individual?

a)

F.D.I.C.

b)

S.E.C.

c)

N.R.A.

d)

T.V.A.

69.

Which term is defined as: Established to provide a source of income for retired workers?

a)

Social Security

b)

Medicare

c)

Unemployment Insurance

d)

Food Stamps

70.

Which term is defined as: FDR’s way of informing people about the status of the country?

a)

Fireside Chat

b)

New Deal

c)

State of the Union

d)

Oval Office Address

71.

Which term is defined as: Program developed by FDR to help country recover from the economic depression?

a)

New Deal

b)

Great Society

c)

Square Deal

d)

Fair Deal

72.

What is the term for the following definition? FDR announced a bank holiday in order to stop the banks from failing.

a)

Bank Holiday

b)

New Deal

c)

Stock Market Crash

d)

Social Security Act

73.

What is the term for the following definition? Lines that poor people would wait on to get fed during Great Depression.

a)

Breadlines

b)

Soup kitchens

c)

Workhouses

d)

Shantytowns

74.

What is the term for the following definition? Veterans of World War I who marched in Washington to demand their money now that was promised from the government years later.

a)

Bonus Army

b)

Tuskegee Airmen

c)

Doughboys

d)

Rough Riders

75.

What is the term for the following definition? FDR's first 100 days in office where he enacted a great deal of legislation.

a)

First 100 Days

b)

New Deal Coalition

c)

Great Society

d)

Square Deal

76.

What is the term for the following definition? New Deal program that paid farmers not to grow crops (oversupply led to falling crop prices). Farm prices dropped as the war market ended.

a)

Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA)

b)

Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)

c)

Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)

d)

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)

77.

What is the New Deal program that was most popular for giving jobs to unemployed people to build roads, hospitals, etc.?

a)

Works Progress Administration (WPA)

b)

Federal Reserve Act

c)

Social Security Act

d)

Tennessee Valley Authority

78.

Which New Deal program gave jobs to unemployed young men doing environmental jobs?

a)

Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)

b)

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)

c)

Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)

d)

Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)

79.

Which act allowed workers to protest, organize, and bargain collectively?

a)

Wagner Act

b)

Taft-Hartley Act

c)

Sherman Antitrust Act

d)

Homestead Act

80.

What were the shanty towns called that were set up and named after Hoover because of his lack of effort to improve the economy?

a)

Hoovervilles

b)

Rooseveltvilles

c)

Depression Camps

d)

Bonus Towns

81.

Which event is described as 'Allies launched a surprise invasion on the coast of France (Normandy)'?

a)

D-Day

b)

Battle of the Bulge

c)

Pearl Harbor Attack

d)

Battle of Stalingrad

82.

Who was the President during the end of WW II, who used the atomic bomb against Japan?

a)

Harry S. Truman

b)

Franklin D. Roosevelt

c)

Dwight D. Eisenhower

d)

Herbert Hoover

83.

Who was the leader of England during World War II?

a)

Winston Churchill

b)

Neville Chamberlain

c)

Franklin D. Roosevelt

d)

Joseph Stalin

84.

Which party was led by Adolf Hitler and believed in German superiority and the annihilation of Jews?

a)

Nazi Party

b)

Communist Party

c)

Labour Party

d)

Liberal Party

85.

What was issued to notify Japan to surrender or face destruction?

a)

Potsdam Declaration

b)

Treaty of Versailles

c)

Yalta Agreement

d)

Geneva Convention

86.

______ was the plane famous for dropping the atomic bomb.

a)

Enola Gay

b)

Memphis Belle

c)

Spirit of St. Louis

d)

Bockscar

87.

______ was the Italian Dictator during WW II.

a)

Benito Mussolini

b)

Adolf Hitler

c)

Winston Churchill

d)

Franklin D. Roosevelt

88.

______ was the strategy that allowed allies to get closer to Japan to secure bases for attack.

a)

Island Hopping

b)

Blitzkrieg

c)

Trench Warfare

d)

Scorched Earth

89.

______ was fired in 1951 by Harry S. Truman (disagreed on Korean War).

a)

Douglas MacArthur

b)

Dwight D. Eisenhower

c)

George S. Patton

d)

Omar Bradley

90.

______ is the type of warfare developed by Germany which relied on speed and terror.

a)

Blitzkrieg

b)

Trench Warfare

c)

Guerrilla Warfare

d)

Naval Blockade

91.

Fill in the blank: ________ was Nazi Germany's dictator.

a)

Adolf Hitler

b)

Joseph Stalin

c)

Winston Churchill

d)

Benito Mussolini

92.

Fill in the blank: ________ were trials held to try Nazi leaders for war crimes.

a)

Nuremberg Trials

b)

Geneva Conventions

c)

Versailles Conference

d)

Yalta Agreements