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Worksheets2025 US History II Midterm
Total questions: 24
Worksheet time: 18mins
The U.S. Senate’s opposition to U.S. membership in the League of Nations centered on the belief that it would
lead to international instability
be a drain on American finances.
drag the country into European conflicts
Under the Espionage and Sedition Acts passed in 1917 and 1918, it was illegal to
refuse to buy war bonds
play music by German composers
employ German Americans
criticize U.S. involvement in the war
What were the four main causes of WWI?
Marshall Law, Alliance, Immigration, Nationalism
Militarism, Attitude, Imperialism, Nerds
There were no main causes of the war, people just started fighting.
Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism, Nationalism
Choose is the statement is true for ONLY the 14 Points, ONLY the Treaty of Versailles, both, or neither.
Was formed by “The Big Four” without any input of the leaders of smaller Allied powers or the Central Powers.
Fourteen Points
Treaty of Versailles
Both
Neither
Choose is the statement is true for ONLY the 14 Points, ONLY the Treaty of Versailles, both, or neither.
Woodrow Wilson played a key part in its creation.
Fourteen Points
Treaty of Versailles
Both
Neither
Organized crime was on the rise in the 1920s due to this
prohibition
farm prices
child labor
rising tariffs
Attorney-General A. Mitchell Palmer conducted a series of raids... The most spectacular of the "Palmer Raids" occurred in January 1920.
-"Start-up of the Department and WWI, 1913-1921," U.S. Department of Labor, www.dol.gov (accessed November 21, 2013)
What was the primary reason for the raids described in this excerpt?
To prevent workers from joining labor organizations
To block civil rights advocates from staging public protests
To suppress the teaching of evolution in college
To halt the spread of communist ideas by radicals
At its heart, the Scopes Trial was a clash between
religion and science
biology and science
evolution and science
education and science
Italian Anarchists whose trial was symbolic of discrimination against radical beliefs during the Red Scare
Sacco & Vanzetti
Kellogg & Briand Pact
Harding & Dawes
Albert & Fall
Match the following amendments
Gave women the right to vote
19th
Prohibited the sale/manufacture of alcohol
18th
Overturned the 18th amendment
21st
Match the following
32nd president; elected for 4 terms; came up w/ New Deal to bring the US out of the Great Depression
Franklin D. Roosevelt
president after Coolidge, blamed for the Great Depression
Herbert Hoover
FDR’s plan to bring the US out of the Great Depression
The New Deal
A worldwide economic downturn that started in 1929 and lasted most of 30s
The Great Depression
What was President Herbert Hoover's response to the Great Depression?
he did not take any direct action to help the people
he created the New Deal to create programs to help the people
he passed laws that gave cash directly to the people
he was willing to help only the wealthy & big business
The immediate event that started World War II was
Britain and France’s policy of appeasement.
the Treaty of Munich allowing Hitler to occupy part of Czechoslovakia.
Germany’s invasion of Poland on September 1, 1939.
Hitler’s alliance with the Italian dictator, Mussolini.
Truman's aim in deciding to drop the a-bomb was to:
find out how destructive the bomb really was
teach Japanese military leaders a lesson
end the war and save American lives
show how powerful the United States was
The actions of which country finally forces the United States to enter the war?
Japan
China
Italy
Germany
Executive Order 9066 created internment camps for which group of people:
Germany
Italians
Japanese
Jews
FDR
Wilson
Churchill
Which of the following was not a reason for U.S. imperialism?
need for a new source of cheap labor
desire for military strength
thirst for new economic markets
a belief in the cultural superiority
This ensures stability in Latin America by investing US businesses in nations and protecting US interests to support those nations.
Dollar Diplomacy
Roosevelt’s addition to the Monroe Doctrine that made the US a “police force” in the Western Hemisphere.
Roosevelt Corollary
This term refers to the policy of denying recognition of Latin American governments that the US viewed as oppressive, undemocratic, or hostile to U.S. interests.
Moral Diplomacy
Where did the United States initially attack Spain in response to their presence in Cuba?
Philippines
Which nation was the focus of John Hay’s Open-Door notes?
China
