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US History Midterm Review
US History Midterm Review
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A simple review of US History from Civil War to the Great Depression
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1
The Harlem Renaissance was a cultural movement of what time period?
1900s
1920s
1910s
1930s
2
Prohibition outlawed the buying, selling, and manufacture of _________ in the US
tobacco
alcohol
guns
marijuana
3
October 29, 1929 (Black Tuesday) marks the day in which...
the stock market crashed
President McKinley was assassinated
Pearl Harbor was attacked
WWII began
4
Tammany Hall was an example of...
A political machine
A city hall
A public school
An immigration processing center
5
During the 2nd Industrial Revolution, the Standard Oil Company was founded by...
John D. Rockefeller
Henry Ford
Thomas Edison
Andrew Carnegie
6
The US began drafting citizens for the military after the passing of...
the Homestead Act
the Selective Service Act
the Volstead Act
the Civil Rights Act
7
WEB Dubois believed in the importance of...
equal protection of rights
education
strong government
powerful military
8
The Kellogg-Braind Pact was signed in attempt to avoid...
corrupt government
future wars
excise taxes
over immigration
9
Woodrow Wilson maintained a ___________ diplomacy.
Dollar
Moral
Big Stick
Open Door
10
Which was not a result of the 2nd Industrial Revolution?
New Technologies
Urbanization
Increase in Immigration
Increased standard of living
11
Andrew Carnegie is responsible for the Carnegie Steel Co. as well as...
The outlawing of monopolies
The East Coast Railway
The Gospel of Wealth
Social Darwinism
12
The Spanish-American War began following...
The sinking of the Lusitania
The bombing of Pearl Harbor
The explosion of the USS Maine
The assassination of Franz Ferdinand
13
By the end of the 19th century, the US government had forced __________ to live on reservations
Chinese Americans
Native Americans
New Immigrants
Freed Slaves
14
Slave traditions were maintained in the South during the Reconstruction Era due to...
The Freedmen's Bureau
Black Codes
Jim Crow Laws
Sharecropping
15
Teddy Roosevelt maintained a ___________ diplomacy.
Dollar
Moral
Open Door
Big Stick
16
Henry Flagler helped industrialize the South by...
Helping to start Standard Oil
Settling Flagler Beach
Founding Flagler College
Founding the FL East Coast Railway
17
Many described America as a _________ following the mass amount of immigration in the 18-1900s
melting pot
mosaic
mirror image
mixed country
18
President Wilson hoped that WWI would end with "Peace without _________"
Negotiation
Victory
Prosperity
Violence
19
Henry Ford...
made automobiles more affordable
utilized assembly line production
founded the Ford Motor Co.
invented the first automobile
20
Americans believed FDR was gaining too much power when he...
Increased taxes
tried to pack the Supreme Court
was elected a 4th time
Created the WPA
21
Which amendment of the Constitution abolished slavery?
14th amendment
16th amendment
13th amendment
15th amendment
22
The first and only President of the Confederate States was...
Robert E. Lee
Ulysses S. Grant
Abraham Lincoln
Jefferson Davis
23
Samuel Gompers, The AFL and the Knights of Labor all tried to influence...
Less government corruption
Lower crime rates
Better working conditions
Lower pollution
24
____________ had to accept responsibility for WWI as a part of the Treaty of Versailles, 1919
Germany
Serbia
Italy
Austria
25
FDR created the SEC in order to...
Regulate the stock market
Provide financial assistance to the poor
Create public housing
Provide jobs for the unemployed
26
William H. Taft maintained a __________ diplomacy.
Moral
Big Stick
Dollar
Open Door
27
Sacco and Vanzetti...
were convicted of murder without hard evidence against them
believed in anarchist government policies
were italian immigrants
helped increase immigration to the US
28
The Open Door Policy allowed free trade among European countries in...
South America
China
Africa
Europe
29
Yellow Fever, or Malaria, was a severe problem for workers on...
the Transcontinental Railroad
the Panama Canal
the Hoover Dam
the Statue of Liberty
30
African American soldiers of WWI served in _________ units.
segregated
reconnaissance
special forces
integrated
