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U.S. History Final Exam Quiz
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1
Why did President Eisenhower believe it was important to aid Vietnam?
Strengthen alliances
Prevent communism
Spread communism
Expand territory
2
What did Jim Crow laws, poll taxes, and literacy tests promote?
segregation
equal rights
voting rights
integration
3
Which was the following was NOT a significant feature of the First Great Awakening
Led to the creation of new faiths.
Focused on a personal relationship with God.
Criticized traditional church hierarchies
Advocated for abolition of slavery
4
Who considered the building of the Panama Canal his greatest foreign policy achievement?
Theodore Roosevelt
Woodrow Wilson
William Howard Taft
George Washington
5
Which president proposed the League of Nations?
Woodrow Wilson
Barack Obama
Theodore Roosevelt
William Howard Taft
6
Who became the first African American to earn a Harvard Ph.D?
Julia Ward Howe
Carrie Chapman Catt
Susan B. Anthony
W.E.B. DuBois
7
What terrorist group was responsible for 9/11?
ISIS
Hamas
Al Qaeda
Taliban
8
Who was the North Vietnamese communist leader?
Ho Chi Minh
Martin Luther King Jr.
Thurgood Marshall
Malcolm X
9
The Virginia Declaration of Rights directly influenced...
The First Ten Amendment to the Constitution
The Declaration of Independence
The Mayflower Compact
The Virginia Statute of Religious Freedom
10
What did the Berlin Airlift resolve?
Berlin's division
NATO's formation
Soviet blockade crisis
Communist influence
11
What impact did US involvement have in WWI?
Led to Germany's defeat
Increased dissent
Strengthened European countries
Caused economic instability
12
Who coined the term 'Containment Policy'?
Winston Churchill
Joseph Stalin
George F. Kennan
Douglas MacArthur
13
Who wrote the “Battle Hymn of the Republic”?
Carrie Chapman Catt
Julia Ward Howe
W.E.B. Dubois
Susan B. Anthony
14
Which country did the US purchase Alaska from?
Germany
England
Russia
Spain
15
What act signaled the start of the Korean War?
South Korean invasion
Spread of communism
North Korean invasion
Chinese intervention
16
Who believed government should be controlled by the people, not businesses?
Booker T. Washington
John D. Rockefeller
Robert La Follette
Herbert Hoover
17
The 14th and 15th Amendments emboldened suffragettes to fight harder for their goal of expanding the vote to women
False
True
18
What was the purpose of NATO?
Promote communism
Fight against the Warsaw Pact
Contain western countries
Control Soviet aggression
19
What did Rosie the Riveter symbolize during World War II?
Men's strength and contribution
Women's strength and contribution
Women's weakness and inability
Men's weakness and inability
20
What was the outcome of the Korean War?
unification
communism
democracy
truce
21
Hoover was unpopular with the people.
True
False
22
What did the 19th Amendment accomplish?
women's suffrage
right to an abortion
equal pay
civil rights act
23
What was the purpose of Wilson's League of Nations?
Unite European countries
Ensure peace and independence
Expand American influence
Promote democracy
24
What was not an effect of the Great Depression?
More jobs for women
Homelessness
Drop in birth rates
Malnutrition
25
Political machines offered help to immigrants in exchange for votes.
True
False
26
What was Herbert Hoover's response to the Great Depression?
Increase government spending
Set up food banks
Direct payments to poor
Little government intervention
27
What nickname was Ronald Reagan given during his presidential campaign?
Great Communicator
The Actor
The Gipper
The Conservative
28
Which compromise was enacted at the Constitutional Convention to determine representation of states in Congress...
Missouri Compromise
Connecticut Compromise
The Bill of Rights
Three-Fifths Compromise
29
Settlement houses provided education, health care, and nutritional aid.
False
True
30
The US Senate refused to join the League of Nations.
False
True
31
What was President George W. Bush's reason for invoking executive privilege?
Keep White House staff communications confidential
Maintain public trust
Avoid impeachment
Protect national security
32
Who founded the United Negro Improvement Association?
Marcus Garvey
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Carrie Chapman Catt
Julia Ward Howe
33
How did the United States support postwar Japan?
Destroyed Japanese industry
Formed an alliance with Japan
Ignored Japan's need for help
Helped them to rebuild
34
Which policy did Woodrow Wilson initially adopt towards WWI?
Isolationist
Idealistic
Unrealistic
Global Responsibility
35
What is Frederick Law Olmstead known for?
Designed Central Park
Designed World's Columbian Exposition
Designed skyscrapers
Designed the White House
36
Which event caused a major political scandal during Nixon's presidency?
Watergate
Iranian Hostage Crisis
Arab Oil Embargo
Camp David Accords
37
What made it easy for FDR to win in 1932?
Great Depression
Democrat support
Hoover's inaction
Popularity with people
38
What was the biggest issue President Carter faced in the 1980 election?
Foreign policy challenges
Challengers within the Democratic Party
Iran hostage crisis
The economy (inflation)
39
Which president started the construction of the Panama Canal?
Harding
Wilson
T. Roosevelt
Taft
40
What policy kept the US out of WWI for the first three years?
Expansionism
Neutrality
Interventionism
Isolationism
41
What was the US reaction to the start of war in Europe in 1939?
Declared war
Stressed isolationism
Sent aid to Allies
Signed peace treaties
42
What was the purpose of the Fireside Chats?
Music and art
Political propaganda
Keep people informed
Entertainment for citizens
43
What modern-day states did the U.S. gain from the Mexican-American War?
California
Nevada
Utah
All of the above
44
Computer technology in the 1970s and 1980s reduced size and cost using transistors and silicon chips.
False
True
45
How did the Espionage and Sedition Acts limit free speech?
Prohibited sharing defense information
Allowed foreign propaganda
Reduced debate and dissent
Expanded constitutional rights
46
Jim Crow discrimination ended immediately after World War II.
True
False
47
What did President Eisenhower caution the nation against in his farewell address?
Threat of economic inequality
Threat of military-industrial complex
Threat of terrorist aggression
Threat of nuclear weapons
48
The New Deal resolved the Great Depression.
True
False
49
What is McCarthyism associated with?
Communist fear tactics
Soviet aggression
Cold War tensions
NATO formation
50
Who were the Okies in the 1930s?
Oklahoma farmers
Western politicians
New deal supporters
Southern laborers
51
Who served as Prime Minister of the UK from 1979-1990?
Princess Diana
Queen Elizabeth II
Margaret Thatcher
Theresa May
52
Immigrants settled in rural areas.
True
False
53
What do Alger Hiss, Ethel Rosenberg, and Whittaker Chambers have in common?
Communist spies
Red Scare investigations
Espionage cases
Subject of suspicions
54
Why was General Douglas MacArthur fired during the Korean War?
President Truman's desire for American lives
MacArthur's desire to rid North Korea
MacArthur's desire for a short war
President Truman's insubordination claim
55
What is the result of social stratification in the late 1800s?
ethnic neighborhoods
separated neighborhoods
wealthy mansions
higher paying jobs
56
The trade routes on this map primarily supplied...
Manufactured goods
Sugar
Rum
Labor
57
What did settlement houses provide in poor urban neighborhoods?
Regulation of businesses
Food, shelter, and education
Political power in the hands of the people
Jobs
58
Which country provided foreign aid to the colonists during the Revolution?
France
Ireland
Mexico
Germany
59
Why was D-Day significant?
Ended the war
Defeated Germany
Captured Berlin
Liberated Europe
60
Who was the leader of the Soviet Union during the fall of communism?
Solzhenitsyn
Gorbachev
Reagan
Sakharov
61
Who wanted to make the mission to rid North Korea of communism and move into China?
Joseph Stalin
Harry Truman
General Douglas MacArthur
Winston Churchill
62
What were the two causes for the US entering WWI?
Submarine warfare, Zimmerman note
Impact of US involvement, Committee on Public Information
Women and minority role, Treaty of Versailles
Espionage and Sedition Acts
63
Who was the advocate for black-owned businesses?
Catt
Taft
Garvey
Howe
64
Who ran on the platform of free silver in 1896 and 1900?
Jane Addams
Political machines
William H. Taft
William Jennings Bryan
65
What did Woodrow Wilson promote?
Inheritance and income taxes
Political machines
Increased corporate power
Elimination of monopolies
66
How did Stalin handle the push for democratic principles in Eastern Europe?
Held fair elections
Supported democracies in Eastern Europe
Withdrew troops from Eastern Europe
Never held elections
67
Who addressed global warming and climate change in the Clinton administration?
Bill Clinton
George H.W. Bush
Hillary Clinton
Al Gore
68
Which federal agency created propaganda during WWI?
Committee on Public Information
Railroad Administration
War Industries Board
Food Administration
69
Who won the 1932 election by a landslide?
Hoover
Coolidge
FDR
Roosevelt
70
What did the Populist Party support?
income tax regulation
political power
free silver movement
Democratic Party
71
Where did Solidarity, Lech Walesa, and Pope John Paul II help end communism?
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Ukraine
Croatia
Poland
72
Who investigated John D. Rockefeller's corrupt business practices?
Ida Tarbell
Jacob Riis
Lincoln Steffens
Upton Sinclair
73
Which territory responded with violent resistance to American rule after the Spanish-American War?
Guam
Hawaii
The Philippines
Puerto Rico
74
In which century did the Populist movement take place?
18th
19th
20th
21st
75
Choctaw, Chickasaw, Cherokee, Muscogee, and Seminole nations were relocated to Louisiana Purchase lands
True
False
76
Who founded and led the League of Women Voters?
Julia Ward Howe
W.E.B. DuBois
Carrie Chapman Catt
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
77
What did FDR believe was the only thing to fear?
Fear itself
Financial ruin
Unemployment
Despair and sadness
78
The Monroe Doctrine included all of the following (select all that apply)
Western hemisphere should not be considered for future colonization
United States would not interfere in European affairs
U.S. would regard European interference as a threat
Western hemisphere and Europe are similar by nature
79
Who was appointed as the military commander of U.S. forces in Vietnam?
General William Westmoreland
General Dwight Eisenhower
General George Patton
General Douglas MacArthur
80
Who founded the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute?
Washington
Garvey
Dubois
Roosevelt
81
What caused the Gulf War?
Afghanistan conflict
Iraq invasion of Kuwait
Soviet Union collapse
Iran nuclear program
82
What were Agent Orange and Napalm used for during the Vietnam War?
To locate Viet Cong
Elements of chemical warfare
To destroy forests
To poison water supplies
83
What was the purpose of the 18th Amendment?
Bootleggers
Increase in organized crime
Increase in organized crime
Prohibition
84
in the mid-1800s that it was America’s fate to control territory from the Atlantic to the Pacific
Imperialism
Abolition
Populism
Manifest Destiny
85
What country did the United States invade after 9/11?
Iraq
Pakistan
Syria
Afghanistan
86
Marbury vs. Madison ruled that
courts have the authority to determine if laws are Constitutional
The federal government controls commerce between the states
The court system can only advise on laws, it cannot strike down laws
The state cannot tax a branch of the federal government
87
Who proposed the League of Nations in the 14 Points?
Catt
Wilson
Harding
Garvey
88
Which theme did Lincoln focus on in his Gettysburg Address?
Confederacy
Democracy
Freedom of the press
Freedom of religion
89
Who took power from the shah in Iran in 1979?
Ayatollah Khomeini
Mikhail Gorbachev
Alexei Sakharov
Alexander Solzhenitsyn
90
Which war did Ronald Reagan confront during his presidency?
Iraq War
Persian Gulf War
Cold War
Vietnam War
91
How did Lincoln believe the South should be treated after the war?
Lincoln was assassinated and never discussed what should be done
They should be allowed to rejoin without punishment
They should pay high reparations
They should be forbid from having representation
92
What were the goals of the New Deal?
reform relief rehabilitation
relief recovery reform
immediate long-term prevention
revolution reform recovery
93
Why did the US Senate refuse to join the League of Nations?
Disagreements with Wilson
Fear of losing power
Lack of interest
Opposition from European countries
94
Which Supreme Court case legalized segregation of "separate but equal" facilities?
Roe. vs. Wade
Marbury vs. Madison
Plessy v. Ferguson
Brown vs. Board of Education
95
What did all of these acts have in common?
They were aimed at raising revenue for colonial legislatures
They all required soldiers to stay in citizens' homes
They were intended to get colonies to pay for the French and Indian War
They were early legislation passed by the U.S. Congress
96
Which Compromise prohibited slavery in certain areas prior to the Civil War?
Great Compromise
Kansas-Nebraska Compromise
Missouri Compromise
Three-Fifths Compromise
97
Which city was Tammany Hall a political machine in?
US
New York City
Chicago
late 1800s
98
Why did the United States take control of Haiti in 1915?
Business interests
Political instability
All of the above
Economic instability
99
What did some people criticize about the New Deal?
Creating jobs
Expanding government
Supporting businesses
Improving economy
100
Who founded Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute?
Booker T. Washington
Marcus Garvey
W.E.B. DuBois
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
101
Who was the leader of the settlement house movement?
Jane Addams
Salvation Army
William Jennings Bryan
Tammany Hall
102
Which body ordered a stop to the recount of the Florida ballots in the 2000 election?
U. S. House of Representatives
U. S. Senate
U. S. Electoral College
U. S. Supreme Court
103
What were the economic changes in the US during the 1920s?
Increased incomes, improved technology
Gross National Product, modernism
Factory and assembly lines, new inventions
Expansion of credit, higher wages
104
The Radical Republicans...
did not want Southern states readmitted quickly
All of the above
heavily influenced Reconstruction after Lincoln's assasination
wanted to punish Southerners for the Civil War
105
Who designed Central Park in New York City?
Louis Sullivan
Frederick Law Olmstead
Daniel Burnham
William Jenney
106
Which group fled persecution and established a colony at Plymouth?
Indentured Servants
Cavaliers
Pilgrims
Quakers
107
Which early U.S. political party believed in these positions
Tories
Democratic Republicans
Federalists
Patriots
108
What did the Truman Doctrine oppose?
Democracy promotion
Western aggression
NATO formation
Communism expansion
109
What was the main agricultural system trapping southern blacks in debt?
Marcus Garvey
Plessy v. Ferguson
Sharecropping
Crop Liens
110
What policy opposed Soviet expansion and communism?
Containment Policy
Berlin Airlift
Marshall Plan
Truman Doctrine
111
Who became president after Nixon resigned?
Ronald Reagan
Jimmy Carter
Gerald Ford
Richard Nixon
112
Who was the first woman on the US Supreme Court?
Nancy Pelosi
Sandra Day O’Connor
Hillary Clinton
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
113
The Marshall Plan was an economic policy to help European countries rebuild after WWII.
True
False
114
Who believed in immediate integration and rights for former slaves?
Julia Ward Howe
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
W.E.B. DuBois
Woodrow Wilson
115
What did the 18th Amendment prohibit?
Alcohol
Evolution
Colonization
Immigration
116
What cultural movement was named after Harlem, NYC?
Literature
Drama
Dance
Harlem Renaissance
117
Which tradition believed ordinary citizens should participate in politics
Jacksonian Democrats
The Whigs
The Federalists
Parliament
118
The Articles of Confederation and the Constitution shared the principle of limited government.
False
True
119
Where did Vietnam gain its independence from in 1954?
France
Philippines
China
Japan
120
What agency did the Nixon administration establish to protect the environment?
EPA
NASA
FBI
NOAA
