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Get ready for the 2019 Modern American History exam!
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1
Wilson's 14 Points were used to help create...
The Treaty of Paris
The Paris Peace Conference
The Potsdam Conference
The Treaty of Versailles
2
What complaint about the Espionage and Sedition Acts are represented in this cartoon?
They put Americans in danger
They limited the right to free speech
They were targeting a specific group
They were a form of propaganda
3
Which court case ruled "separate but equal"
Brown v. BOE
Plessy v. Ferguson
Schenck v. US
Korematsu v. US
4
What was Upton Sinclair's INTENDED purpose for writing The Jungle?
Poor working conditions of the meat packing industry
Poor living conditions of workers
Lack of government regulation
Unsanitary conditions of meat packing industry
5
What justification is this cartoon criticizing?
Internment was to protect Americans
Internment was to ensure an American victory
Internment was to protect Japanese Americans
Internment was to stop sabotage
6
What was a goal of the WWI Committee on Public Information propaganda posters?
Recruit women
Get support for the war
Stop critics
Find new markets
7
Which aspect of this cartoon shows businesses are in control?
All of the above
Their fat bellies
Their size
Their position
8
Which muckraker is this cartoon referring to?
Jacob Riis
Upton Sinclair
Lincoln Steffens
Ida Tarbell
9
Which case argued-some things said during peace would put the country in danger when at war?
Brown v. BOE
Shenck v. US
Plessy v. Ferguson
Korematsu v. US
10
As war went on, the Neutrality Acts showed America was...
committed to staying neutral
choosing allies
instigating the Axis powers
decreasing the size of the armed forces
11
Which of the following is NOT a reason women were granted suffrage at the end of WWI?
They fought on the front lines
They participated in the war effort
Alice Paul's hunger strike
Carrie Catt's "winning plan"
12
Who are the "Hun"?
Japanese
Germans
Russians
Italians
13
Which president believed in a strong, powerful federal government?
Roosevelt
Hoover
14
Which president believe in localism and rugged individualism?
Hoover
Roosevelt
15
Which of these is an argument to prove that business leaders were NOT captains of industry
They supported technology
They were not sensitive to the environment
They exploited workers
16
Which president wanted to conserve natural resources?
Franklin D. Roosevelt
William Taft
Woodrow Wilson
Teddy Roosevelt
17
What was one reason NOT to annex the Philippines?
Teach the indigenous people about religion & democracy
Create world peace
Expand influence into Asia
Gain more markets
18
Which of the following is NOT a cause of the Great Depression
Hawley Smoot Tariff
Easy Credit
Civilian Conservation Corporation
Stock Market Crash
19
What argument for NOT joining the League of Nations is represented in this cartoon?
Mutual Defense
Freedom of Seas
End of Colonial Rule
Entangled Alliances
20
What was the US strategy in WWII?
Fight on both fronts
Europe First
Pacific First
21
The Scopes Trial verdict proved America was fearful of...
Any scientific/secular idea
Darwinism
Immigrants
New styles of education
22
Which is NOT an example of a program used by Roosevelt to pull the US out of depression?
Rugged Individualism
National Labor Relations Board
Relief, Recovery, Reform
Civilian Conservation Corporation
23
Which legislation gave the US the right to intervene in Cuba?
Roosevelt Corollary
Treaty of Paris
Platt Amendment
Teller Amendment
24
Which group had the MOST power during Industrialization?
Businesses
Consumers
Workers
Government
25
Which of these events represents the clash of traditionalism and modernism?
Palmer Raids
Harlem Renaissance
Scopes Trial
Women's Suffrage
26
Which of the following was a cause of 1920s prosperity?
Easy Credit
Hawley Smoot Tariff
Uneven Distribution of Wealth
27
How did the US limit immigration at the end of WWI?
Quota Act
Palmer Raids
Chinese Exclusion Act
28
What prompted the Palmer Raids?
World War I
Nativism
Increased Immigration
Fear of Communism
29
Which group made the public aware of society's problems?
Business Owners
WWI Veterans
Muckrakers
Interned Japanese Americans
30
What was the US reason for imperialism?
Find extractive economies
Control Latin America
Gain natural resources
Find new markets
31
Which Progressive policies gave citizens the right to participate in their government?
Initiative, referendum, recall
Relief, recovery, reform
Big stick, dollar, moral diplomacy
32
The US Neutrality Acts made it clear our allegiance was to...
Italy
Austria-Hungary
Soviet Union
Britain
33
What best describes the sentiment of this cartoon
Red Scare
Nativism
Melting Pot
34
What was the purpose behind Executive Order 9066?
Protect Japanese Americans
Protect US from sabotage
Change the mind of Japanese immigrants
Fuel anti-Japanese propaganda
35
Which of these best describes New Immigrants?
Easily assimilated into US culture
Came from democratic countries
Practiced Catholicism or Judaism
Came from Germany & Sweden
36
"Survival of the fittest" is the key idea behind...
The Red Scare
The Harlem Renaissance
The Enlightenment
Social Darwinism
37
Which of the following best explains the reason for affordable automobiles?
Creation of a highway system
Development of the assembly line
Growth in other industries (glass, rubber)
Use of credit
38
FDR's Four Freedoms Speech was directed at...
Axis Powers
Britain and France
League of Nations
Allied Powers
39
What aspect of the Treaty of Versailles was Henry Cabot Lodge against?
the League of Nations
the United Nations
the New Deal
Wilson's 14 Points
40
What was a contributing factor to US involvement in Latin America?
Monroe Doctrine
Treaty of Ghent
Platt Amendment
Roosevelt Corollary
