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WorksheetsRed Scare and Amendments Worksheet
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The fears of the spread of communism, socialism, and anarchism creates tension in the United States.
The Red Scare
18th and 19th Amendments
The Roaring Twenties
The Jazz Age
Fear of the spread of communism and anarchism in the United States.
Red Scare
Anarchist
Palmer Raids
Quota System
A series of raids during the Red Scare which sought to arrest suspected communists and anarchists. Ultimately it became a symbol of anti-immigrant hysteria during the Red Scare.
Red Scare
Anarchist
Palmer Raids
Quota System
A government system which places a maximum number of immigrants allowed into the country from certain foreign nations.
Red Scare
Anarchist
Palmer Raids
Quota System
Amendment to the United States Constitution which prohibited the sale, transportation, or distribution of alcohol.
18th Amendment
19th Amendment
Model T
Amendment to the United States Constitution giving women the right to vote.
18th Amendment
19th Amendment
Model T
Assembly Line
Automobile produced by the Ford Motor Company which revolutionized the factory system through the use of the assembly line and became the first affordable automobile.
18th Amendment
19th Amendment
Model T
Assembly Line
A process by which workers put together a product in a series of small, repeatable steps in a highly efficient, and profitable, manner.
18th Amendment
19th Amendment
Model T
Assembly Line
African-American music, artistic, and literary movement which promoted the culture, and significance, and the African-American in the United States.
Advertising
Harlem Renaissance
Jazz
Cotton Club
Music originated from African-American society during the early 20th Century.
Advertising
Harlem Renaissance
Jazz
Cotton Club
Attorney General of the United States during The Red Scare whose tactics intimidated Americans and violated some of their rights.
Karl Marx
Vladimir Lenin
A Mitchell Palmer
Woodrow Wilson
Owner of the Ford Motor Company whose introduction of the assembly line revolutionized the factory system and made the automobile more economically available to all Americans.
Henry Ford
W.E.B. DuBois
Langston Hughes
Louis Armstrong
Famous poet and author during the Harlem Renaissance.
Henry Ford
W.E.B. DuBois
Langston Hughes
Louis Armstrong
Famous jazz musician and ambassador of jazz music and African-Americans.
Henry Ford
W.E.B. DuBois
Langston Hughes
Louis Armstrong
This amendment was created in 1919. It prohibits the sale, transportation, or distribution of alcohol.
18th Amendment
21st Amendment
16th Amendment
20th Amendment
This amendment was created in 1920. It gives women the right to vote.
17th Amendment
18th Amendment
19th Amendment
21st Amendment
This amendment was created in 1933. It repeals the 18th Amendment to the United States Constitution.
21st Amendment
20th Amendment
22nd Amendment
19th Amendment
A series of raids during the Red Scare which sought to arrest suspected communists and anarchists. Ultimately it became a symbol of anti-immigrant hysteria during the Red Scare.
Palmer Raids
Hoover Raids
Eisenhower Raids
Nixon Raids
African-American music, artistic, and literary movement which promoted the culture, and significance, and the African-American in the United States.
Cotton Club
Harlem Renaissance
Bolshevik Revolution
Harlem Revolution
His introduction of the assembly line revolutionized the factory system and made the automobile more economically available to all Americans.
Woodrow Wilson
Henry Ford
Herbert Hoover
Louis Chevrolet
Which group of Americans generally failed to experience the prosperity of the 1920s in America (struggled during the 1920s)?
manufacturers
farmers
consumers
manufacturers
Which factor contributed to the Red Scare in the United States during the 1920s?
Germany's attacks on American ships
widespread hostility of big business
the radical nature of the administration in power
success of the Communist Revolution in Russia
Henry Ford was able to offer his Model T Ford at an affordable price because of
paying his workers very low wages
offering many colors to choose from
mass production
price rebates
The period of mass movement of African Americans in the early 20th Century from the South to Northern cities.
The Great Migration
The Dust Bowl
The Harlem Renaissance
The Great Depression
What did the "flapper" represent for women in the 1920s?
a challenge to traditional values
more educational opportunities
changing religious roles
greater political influence
The intent of the United States immigration laws of the 1920s was to...
limit immigration from certain countries
encourage open borders
increase immigration from Asia
eliminate all immigration restrictions
Which of the following was a policy toward immigration in the 1920s?
Restore an open door policy toward immigration
Restrict immigration through the use of quotas
Encourage cultural diversity
Increase economic opportunities for recent immigrants
Besides being anti-black; the Ku Klux Klan of the 1920s was also against what group/s?
immigrants
Roman Catholics
all of the above
Jews
A major weakness in the prosperity of the 1920s is that it was...
limited to the Northeast
unevenly distributed through the population
based on large federal spending
followed by inflation
How many votes did each state have in Congress under the Articles?
Based on population
One vote per state
Two per region
Three per delegation
What majority was needed to pass legislation under the Articles?
Simple majority
Two-thirds
Nine of thirteen
Unanimous
Under the Articles, where did citizens pay taxes?
Directly to Confederation
Foreign creditors
To their individual states
National bank
Who led the 1786 farmers’ uprising known as Shays’ Rebellion?
John Jay
Daniel Shays
What grievance triggered Shays’ Rebellion?
Voting restrictions
High state taxes causing debt
Slave uprisings
Frontier Indian wars
What political effect did Shays’ Rebellion have?
Strengthened the Articles
Exposed weakness, led to calls for change
Started a royalist movement
Unified states around monarchy
When and where was the Constitutional Convention?
1785, Philadelphia
1787, Philadelphia
1788, Delaware
1789, New York
Who presided over the Constitutional Convention?
James Madison
George Washington
Benjamin Franklin
John Adams
Who is called the “Father of the Constitution”?
Hamilton
Jefferson
Madison
Jay
What helped finalize adoption of the Constitution?
Military victories
Key compromises
British mediation
A national referendum
What were the two major strengths of the Articles of Confederation?
Land Ordinance of 1785 & Northwest Ordinance of 1787
Stamp Act & Sugar Act
Judiciary Act & Alien Act
Embargo Act & Force Act
What did the Northwest Ordinance of 1787 establish?
Admission of new states
National bank
Elect a president
British alliances
What major social policy did the Northwest Ordinance include?
Mandatory church tithes
Ban on slavery in new territories
Universal suffrage
Debt peonage
Why did colonists prefer a weak central government after the Revolution?
Admired monarchies
Feared strong central authority
Wanted faster taxation
Wanted a theocracy
Which thinker influenced separation of powers?
Hobbes
Locke
Montesquieu
Rousseau
What system prevents any branch from dominating?
Federalism
Checks and balances
Popular sovereignty
Direct democracy
Which plan favored large states?
Virginia Plan
New Jersey Plan
Missouri Plan
Maryland Plan
Which plan favored small states?
Virginia Plan
New Jersey Plan
Kentucky Plan
Albany Plan
What settled the issue of representation?
Albany Resolution
Great (Connecticut) Compromise
What did the Three-Fifths Compromise decide?
Count all enslaved persons fully
Count three-fifths of enslaved for taxes & representation
Count only for representation
Not count enslaved at all
With the influence of industry, the North had a number of cities with manufacturing and large populations. This describes:
North
South
Plantations found along major rivers were able to ship products to ports thus reducing the need for warehouses and major cities. This describes:
North
South
Who was originally offered command of the Union’s Army of the Potomac and leadership of the Union Army?
Ulysses S. Grant
Robert E. Lee
Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson
William T. Sherman
Why did Robert E. Lee decline command of the Union Army and instead chose to lead the Confederate Army?
He wanted to become President of the Confederacy
He believed the Union had weak leadership
His loyalty to his home state Virginia after it seceded
He lacked confidence in his military ability
At which battle did Thomas J. Jackson earn his nickname “Stonewall”?
Battle of Vicksburg
First Battle of Bull Run
Why was Vicksburg a turning point for the Union and General Ulysses S. Grant?
It gave the Union control of Confederate railroads
It gave the Union complete control of the Mississippi River
It was the last Confederate victory
It ended foreign aid to the Confederacy
Controlling the Mississippi River was part of which Union strategy?
War of Attrition
Total War
Anaconda Plan
10 Percent Plan
Where did Robert E. Lee surrender to Grant?
Richmond, Virginia
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
Appomattox Courthouse, Virginia
Vicksburg, Mississippi
What was the goal of “total war”?
Only destroy enemy armies
Destroy land and morale to end war quickly
Protect civilian property
Capture Jefferson Davis alive
Sherman’s “March to the Sea” campaign utilizing war tactics primarily affected which states?
Mississippi and Alabama
Virginia and Maryland
Georgia and South Carolina
Kentucky and Tennessee
Single bloodiest day in American military history in Maryland on September 17, 1862. It was a Union victory. (Fill in the blank: Name the battle)
Battle of Antietam
Battle of Gettysburg
Battle of Shiloh
Battle of Chancellorsville
Which battle is known as the Battle of Antietam?
Battle of Antietam
Battle of Atlanta
Battle of Fort Sumter
Battle of Gettysburg
Opening battle of the Civil War, fought in South Carolina in April 1861. It was a Confederate victory.
Battle of Antietam
Battle of Atlanta
Battle of Fort Sumter
Battle of Gettysburg
Turning point of the Civil War; bloodiest battle of the Civil War in Pennsylvania on July 1863. It was a Union victory.
Battle of Gettysburg
Battle of Fredericksburg
Battle of Bull Run
Battle of Shiloh
It called for an end to slavery and indentured servitude in the United States…
13th Amendment
14th Amendment
15th Amendment
It declared that all people born or naturalized in the United States are considered citizens…
13th Amendment
14th Amendment
15th Amendment
It was to provide voting rights to former male slaves…
13th Amendment
14th Amendment
15th Amendment
Presidential (executive) order issued by Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863, which would free slaves in Confederate territory.
Emancipation Proclamation
Integrate
Reconstruction Amendments
The Freedman’s Bureau
Commander of the Union troops in the Western Theater. Later led Union troops through Georgia and South Carolina in the “March to the Sea” campaign.
Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson
Robert E. Lee
William T. Sherman
Ulysses S. Grant
Reconstruction policy of Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson that promoted a lenient plan.
Impeachment
Anaconda Plan
Radical Reconstruction
Presidential Reconstruction
System in which farm workers leased land to former slaves and poor whites while controlling most aspects of production.
Sharecropping
Plantation System
Tiered Farming
Tenant Farming
Speech delivered by Abraham Lincoln to dedicate a cemetery to the fallen victims of the Battle of Gettysburg.
Emancipation Proclamation
Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address
Gettysburg Address
Lincoln's First Inaugural Address
64. Seen as the end of the period of Reconstruction.
Compromise of 1877
Emancipation Proclamation
Missouri Compromise
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Which of the following is associated with the end of Reconstruction?
Appomattox Courthouse
16th Amendment
Compromise of 1877
Treaty of Washington, D.C. 1865
Supreme Court ruling that African-Americans were not citizens and that Congress could not ban slavery in the territories.
Dred Scott v. Sandford
Miranda v. Arizona
Schenck v. United States
Plessy v. Ferguson
What do the Wilmot Proviso, “Bleeding Kansas”, and Harper's Ferry have in common?
All provoked increased debate on slavery
All were major battles of the Civil War
All were major legislation against secession
All helped the Democrats win the presidential election of 1860
The Compromise of 1877…
ended Reconstruction
allowed California to enter as a free state
promoted popular sovereignty
An action from which all similar future actions will be related to or based upon.
Precedent
Cabinet System
Whiskey Rebellion
Mount Vernon
An attack on federal tax officials by Pennsylvania farmers as a reaction to taxes placed on whiskey which damaged their profits.
Precedent
Cabinet System
Whiskey Rebellion
Mount Vernon
A precedent set by Washington whereby he warned about the divisiveness of political parties and creating political alliances with foreign nations.
Farewell Address
Federalists
Treaty of Ghent
Democratic-Republicans
Political party with aims to have a strong central government to secure the nation's economy.
Federalists
Democratic-Republicans
Whigs
Anti-Federalists
Political party that wanted a limited central government to retain power by states and individuals.
Democratic-Republicans
Federalists
Whigs
National Republicans
Process by which the president is elected from a group of uniquely selected representatives known as "electors."
Electoral College
Alien & Sedition Acts
Nullification
Election of 1800
A group of two laws that placed restrictions on immigrants and punished those who challenged the national government.
Alien & Sedition Acts
Electoral College
Nullification
Cabinet System
Concept that states have the right to void, or ignore, a federal law it deems as unconstitutional.
Nullification
Judicial Review
Federalism
Supremacy Clause
Thomas Jefferson elected president after tying Aaron Burr. Decision was made in the House of Representatives with Hamilton’s help.
Election of 1800
Alien & Sedition Acts
Electoral College
XYZ Affair
Incident in which three French officials demanded bribes in exchange for meeting the French foreign minister.
XYZ Affair
Battle of New Orleans
Louisiana Purchase
Embargo Act
Decisive victory against the British led by American General Andrew Jackson.
Battle of New Orleans
Battle of Antietam
Battle of Vicksburg
Treaty of Ghent
A $15 million real estate purchase from France which doubled the size of the United States.
Louisiana Purchase
Treaty of Ghent
XYZ Affair
Embargo Act
A government funded exploration of the Louisiana Territory.
Lewis & Clark Expedition
War of 1812
Impressment
Monroe Doctrine
Forcible taking of a person to make them work on board a ship.
Impressment
Nullification
Precedent
Enforcement
War between Great Britain and the United States over British impressment of American sailors.
War of 1812
XYZ Affair
Whiskey Rebellion
Quasi-War
Stated foreign policy that closed off European colonization in the Western Hemisphere.
Monroe Doctrine
Alien & Sedition Acts
Treaty of Ghent
Embargo Act
American general at the decisive Battle of New Orleans.
Andrew Jackson
Thomas Jefferson
Francis Scott Key
James Madison
Louisiana Purchase occurred during his administration.
Thomas Jefferson
George Washington
John Adams
James Madison
Secretary of Treasury under George Washington.
Alexander Hamilton
John Adams
Thomas Jefferson
Vice President during George Washington’s presidency.
John Adams
Thomas Jefferson
Alexander Hamilton
James Madison
Author of the Star Spangled Banner.
Francis Scott Key
Andrew Jackson
James Madison
Thomas Jefferson
An attack on federal tax officials by Pennsylvania farmers as a reaction to taxes placed on whiskey which damaged their profits.
Whiskey Rebellion
Shays’ Rebellion
Nat Turner’s Rebellion
XYZ Affair
Ended the War of 1812.
Treaty of Ghent
Treaty of Paris 1812
Monroe Doctrine
XYZ Affair
Which of these is not a precedent set by George Washington?
Serving two terms
Being called “Mr. President”
Using the title “Majesty”
Giving a Farewell Address
Amendment giving women the right to vote
19th
18th
17th
20th
Reform movement leading to national Prohibition
Temperance movement
Abolitionist movement
Utopian movement
Assimilation movement
Roosevelt Corollary: discouraging European interference in Western Hemisphere
True
False
President during WWI
Woodrow Wilson
Warren Harding
William McKinley
Theodore Roosevelt
The vast Pacific creates logistical issues for conducting war against Japan.
The European Theater
Wartime Experiences
The War at Home
The Pacific Theater
The struggle to regain Europe from Nazi Germany and Italy.
The Pacific Theater
Wartime Experiences
The War at Home
The European Theater
Perhaps the greatest battleground of World War II was the battle to outproduce the Axis Powers.
The Pacific Theater
Wartime Experiences
Located in Hawaii, this U.S. naval base was attacked on December 7, 1941.
Neutrality Act
Lend-Lease Act
Pearl Harbor
Cash and Carry
American military strategy to take strategic islands closer to Japan.
European Theater
Manchuria
"Island Hopping" Strategy
Pacific Theater
Secret research project to develop the atomic bomb.
Battle of Midway
The Manhattan Project
Hiroshima
Los Alamos
Group of nations including the United States, Great Britain, France, and the Soviet Union.
Axis Powers
D-Day
Nagasaki
Allied Powers
Name given for the Allied invasion at Normandy, France.
Axis Powers
D-Day
V-E Day
Operation Overlord
Supreme Court ruling which upheld the U.S. government’s right to imprison Japanese Americans during WWII.
Schenck v. United States
Internment
Korematsu v. United States
Totalitarian
Prime Minister of Great Britain during World War II.
Benito Mussolini
Francisco Franco
Winston Churchill
Dwight D. Eisenhower
American general and Supreme Allied Commander in Europe, later U.S. President.
Douglas MacArthur
Harry S Truman
Dwight D. Eisenhower
A. Philip Randolph
Civil rights organization led by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., advocating nonviolent tactics.
SNCC
CORE
Black Panther Party
SCLC
Civil rights organization famous for sit-ins; comprised of college students.
Freedom Rides
Black Power Movement
Letter from a Birmingham Jail
SNCC
Series of trips on public buses to challenge segregation in the South.
SNCC
Black Power Movement
Letter from a Birmingham Jail
Freedom Rides
Movement emphasizing African American pride and authority.
SNCC
Freedom Rides
Letter from a Birmingham Jail
Black Power Movement
Famous letter defending non-violent civil rights protest by Martin Luther King, Jr.
SNCC
Freedom Rides
Black Power Movement
Letter from a Birmingham Jail
Organized march in Washington, D.C. (1963) advocating for African American rights.
Boycott
'I Have a Dream' Speech
United Farm Workers
The March on Washington (1963)
Labor union supporting the rights of farm laborers.
(a)
Federal agency tasked with gathering foreign information for U.S. security.
NASA
Domino Theory
CIA
Bay of Pigs
Failed invasion of Cuba to overthrow Fidel Castro (1961).
NASA
Domino Theory
CIA
Bay of Pigs
Longest war in American history to that time, to stop communism in Southeast Asia.
17th Parallel
French Indochina
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
Vietnam War
Communist rebels in South Vietnam.
War on Poverty
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Voting Rights Act of 1965
Vietcong
Legislation banning discrimination based on race, religion, sex, or nationality.
Vietcong
War on Poverty
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Voting Rights Act of 1965
Legislation prohibiting voting discrimination on the basis of race.
Vietcong
War on Poverty
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Voting Rights Act of 1965
Combined domestic programs under Lyndon B. Johnson to provide social welfare.
Medicare
Medicaid
National Endowment for the Arts & Humanities
1. Period of tension between the United States and the Soviet Union without any military battles.
Capitalism
Truman Doctrine
Communism
The Cold War
American foreign policy to prevent the spread of communism through financial aid.
The Cold War
Capitalism
Communism
Truman Doctrine
Cold War policy of the United States to prevent the spread of communism.
NATO
Marshall Plan
38th Parallel
Containment
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) is an alliance for mutual military support.
Containment
NATO
Marshall Plan
38th Parallel
American foreign policy to provide aid to European nations after WWII.
Containment
NATO
Marshall Plan
38th Parallel
Line of latitude separating North and South Korea.
Containment
NATO
Marshall Plan
38th Parallel
War between communist North Korea and non-communist South Korea.
Segregation
G.I. Bill of Rights
Levittowns
Korean War
First man-made satellite to be put into orbit (1957, USSR).
Sputnik
Apollo 11
Voyager 1
Hubble
Vice President under FDR who became President and decided to drop atomic bombs on Japan.
Douglas MacArthur
J. Robert Oppenheimer
Harry S Truman
A. Philip Randolph
Japanese city and site of the first atomic bomb dropped.
Nagasaki
Hiroshima
Los Alamos
Tokyo
Why did Japan hope to gain control of the Pacific?
To spread communism
To expand their empire and secure military dominance
To protect neutrality
To defend against Germany
Following the attack on Pearl Harbor, on December 8, 1941, the U.S.…
Declared war on Germany
Declared war on Italy
Declared war on Japan
Remained neutral
During WWII, the U.S. strategy to defeat Japan in the Pacific was…
Blitzkrieg
Trench warfare
Island hopping
Germ warfare
Defense industry jobs led many African Americans to…
Return to the South
Be excluded from workforce
Migrate from the South for jobs
Work only in agriculture
Most notable leader of the civil rights movement in the U.S.
Richard Nixon
Neil Armstrong
Buzz Aldrin
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Worked with United Farm Workers to hold strikes and boycotts.
General William Westmoreland
Robert Kennedy
Cesar Chavez
