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WorksheetsFALL FINAL REVIEW
Total questions: 41
Worksheet time: 29mins
How did Jim Crow laws affect African Americans?
They were banned from meeting in large groups
They were unable to work or eat in certain places
The laws made segregation and discrimination legal
All of the above
Which 1890 legislation allowed government to regulate businesses that became too big and threatened to monopolize an industry?
Dawes Act
Sherman Anti Trust Act
Interstate Commerce Act
Anti-Monopoly Act
The United States supported a revolution in Panama at the turn of the 20th century in order to
stop human rights abuses in Latin American countries
prevent the spread of communism in Latin America
secure the right to build a canal through Central America
end European colonization in Central America
The muckraking journalists associated with the Progressive Era were known primarily for their:
willingness to expose corruption in U.S. society.
articles supporting the benefits of laissez-faire economics.
use of the media to advocate the passage of Equal Rights Amendment.
support for the formation of U.S. military alliances with European countries.
A student learning about U.S. History is instructed to write a paper about W.E.B. DuBois and race relations in the United States. Which of the following facts would be most relevant to the student's assignment?
The Selma to Montgomery protest marches helped secure voting rights for minority citizens
The NAACP was organized to help secure full, legal equality for minority citizens
The Civil Rights Act of 1968 outlawed many forms of discrimination in the housing market
The March on Washington helped rally nationwide support for the Civil Rights movement
Which of these resulted from the prohibition of alcohol in the 1920's?
a decline in immigration rates
a growing fear of communism
the expansion of the consumer economy
the rise of organized crime
The Meat Inspection Act (1906) and the Pure Food and Drug Act (1906) were efforts by the federal government to....
protect public health and safety
support business monopolies
restrict foreign competition
regulate child labor
The New Deal changed political thinking in the United States because it supported the idea that the....
rights of workers are less important than the interests of business
Supreme Court should have an important role to play in the economy
government should become more involved in the social and economic life of the people
president's foreign policy is more important than his domestic policy
In a United States history textbook, one chapter discusses the Maine, yellow journalism, Admiral Dewy, and Cuba. This chapter most likely concerns....
Manifest Destiny
the Spanish-American War
World War I
the Good Neighbor policy
*Free and unlimited coinage of silver
*Government ownership of railroads
*Graduated income tax
Which of these political parties first proposed these reforms in its platform?
Republican Party in 1876
Populist Party in 1892
"Bull Moose" Party in 1912
Democratic Party in 1932
The Harlem Renaissance was important to American society because it....
highlighted the cultural achievements of African Americans
isolated African Americans from mainstream society
provided new political opportunities for African Americans
brought an end to racial segregation in the North
Political Machines exchanged services for what from immigrants?
portion of their wages
graft
votes
kickbacks
in the 1920s the rise in membership for the KKK and Quota laws being passed resulted from.
Nativism
Scopes Trial verdict
integrated public schools
rejection of religious values
The Espionage Act was passed to stop
15th amendment allowed free speech to be suspended
Protest against the War
Public hearing reality of the war
other countries from restricting speech
This president felt that "Rugged Individualism" would get Americans through the Great Depression and government intervention wasn't needed.
Herbert Hoover
FDR
Calvin Coolidge
Warren Harding
in order to protect us agriculture, America enacted this but it made world wide trade decline
Homestead Act
Income Tax Act
Hawley-Smoot Tariff Act
Dawes Act
The Klondike Gold Rush was located where?
California
Utah
Colorado
Alaska / Canada Border
belief that people in lower classes were not capable of economic success
Social Darwinism
Eugencis
Political Machines
Temperance Movement
What led to the economic instability of the 1930s
income tax
Over production & stock speculation
banking regulations
elimination of tariffs
which SCOTUS case upheld racial segregation
Brown vs Board
Dred Scott Decision
Plessy vs Ferguson
Miranda vs Arizona
Which territory did the USA annex after overthrowing the ruling Gov't
Japan
Cuba
Hawaii
Puerto Rico
Booker T Washington thought that Blacks could best achieve social acceptance trough
Jim Crow laws
Strikes
Protest
Economic Independence
Both The Dust bowl and Klondike Gold rush were similar due to..
an increase in Westward Migration
a war with other countries
the sale of cheap federal land
removal of native Americans
Transcontinental Railroad and what else allowed rapid settlement of the Great Plains
Native Americans selling their land
legislation that gave people free land
Boom Towns being created
increase trade with Asia
During the 1800s Farmers supported free unlimited coinage of silver because they thought
lower prices for consumers
lower railroad rates
it would raise the price of crops
Gov't would privatize Farming
U.S. Admiral who urged government officials to build up American naval power
Theodore Roosevelt
Alfred Thayer Mahan
Henry Cabot Lodge
Sanford Dole
French political thinker and historian who came to the US to study our political and social nature. Identified 5 characteristics that sets Americans apart: liberty, egalitarianism, individualism, populism, laissez-faire.
Alexis de Tocqueville
WEB DuBois
Upton Sinclair
Estee Lauder
Which leaders efforts resulted in a military force that helped France during WW1
George Patton
Omar Bradley
John J Pershing
Benjamin Rush
African Americans left the South during the Great Migration to escape
Red Scare persecution
Immigrant violence
Dust bowl
Jim Crow laws
OPEN DOOR POLICY allowed free trade with what country
China
Russia
Japan
Hawaii
safer working conditions, less hours and no child labor is associated with
Progressive Movement
Civil service Reform
Womens Suffrage
Agriculture mechanization
This New Deal program was designed to lower mortgage rates and keep people in their homes.
PWA
Wagner Act
Social Security
HOLC
Which New Deal program was in charge of regulating the stock market?
Federal Securities Act/Securities Exchange Commission (SEC)
Social Security
National Youth Administration (NYA)
National Recovery Administration (NRA)
