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US History Final Exam Review
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1
Overproduction, War Debt, and the Stock Market Crash all led to ____________.
World War II
Smoot Hawley Tariff
The Dust Bowl
The Great Depression
2
What were the "14 Points"?
Secretly aid the British in World War I
Wilson's plan for lasting peace following WWI
Declaration of Neutrality
14 reasons why Americans should not travel to Europe
3
Civil Rights organization made up of African and American churches and first led by MLK
NAACP
SCLC
ABCD
SNCC
4
The United States gained control of _________ following the Spanish-American War
The Panama Canal
Hawaii
Puerto Rico
Portugal
5
What was the purpose of the Freedman's Bureau?
Get former slaves the vote
Provide work, education, relief for former slaves
Give 40 acres and a mule to each slave
Get Radical Republicans into office in the south
6
What was the Manhattan Project?
American development of Jet Engines
US plans to invade Japan
American project to build the Atomic Bomb
American plan to assassinate Hitler
7
What was the primary purpose of the Marshall Plan?
Stop the spread of communism around the world
Aid economic recovery of war torn Europe
Establish peace between the United States and the Soviets
Aid economic recovery of war torn Asia
8
What did the Treaty of Paris of 1783 do?
Freed Canada from the British
Grant the United States freedom from Great Britain
Ended the slave trade
Ended the French and Indian War
9
The Articles of Confederation showed American distrust of ______________
The Military
States Rights
American citizens
Strong Central Government
10
What was the outcome of the Watergate Scandal?
Nixon was impeached but not found guilty
Nixon was impeached and removed from office
Nixon was elected President
Nixon resigns as president
11
What areas were geographically connected by "Triangular Trade"?
Europe, Asia, Africa
North America, Europe, Asia
North America, South America, Asia
North America, Europe, Africa
12
Which President would have most likely spoken on Indian Removal during his Inaugural Address?
Andrew Jackson
Thomas Jefferson
John Quincy Adams
James Monroe
13
In what country did the Allied Powers land in at D-Day?
France
Japan
Germany
Italy
14
Hoovervilles can best be described as ________
Shantytowns of homeless people during the Great Depression
Projects that were set up in cities
First planned suburbs outside of large cities
Name given to the Housing and Urban Development Department
15
What was the official American policy at the beginning of World War I?
Fight for the Allies
Provide war materials to the Axis
Fight for the Axis
Neutrality
16
What invention had the greatest impact on destroying the way of life of Native Americans?
Steamboat
Cars
Telephone
Railroad
17
What group primarily immigrated into the United States between 1890 and 1920?
Scandinavians and Germans
Immigrants from Southern and Eastern Europe
Irish due to a famine
Asians from China and Japan
18
What two nations almost went to war during the Cuban Missile Crisis?
The United States and Cuba
The United States and the Soviet Union
Auburn and Alabama
The Soviet Union and Cuba
19
What was the "spark" that set off the "War on Terror"?
Iraqi invasion of Kuwait
9/11
Pearl Harbor
Assassination of John F. Kennedy
20
Along with Puerto Rico, the US gained _______ as territories following the Spanish American War
Hawaii and Alaska
Cuba and Guam
Philippines and Guam
Florida and Texas
21
What led to the United States getting directly involved in World War II?
Unrestricted Submarine Warfare
Zimmerman Note
Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor
Germany bombed England
22
Who did the Declaration of Independence blame for "repeated injuries and usurpations"?
Parliament
British Merchants
King George III
George Washington
23
What was the Great Awakening?
Opening of American eyes to the horrors of slavery
A justification for slavery
Movement pushing women's education
Revival that swept across the colonies during 18th Century
24
When was Jamestown colonized?
16th Century
21st Century
17th Century
15th Century
25
1765 British Tax on all documents that angered colonists?
Tea Act
Stamp Act
Townshend Acts
Paper Act
26
What Civil War battle stopped Robert E. Lee's invasion of the North?
Gettysburg
Fredericksburg
Shiloh
Atlanta
27
Major inspiration of social reforms during the 1840s and 1850s
The Enlightenment
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Second Great Awakening
The Jungle
28
What was the primary economic activity in the South following the American Revolution?
Ship Building
Cotton Farming
Rice Farming
Manufacturing
29
What company is John D. Rockefeller MOST associated with?
US Steel
Standard Oil
General Motors
General Electric
30
What was the importance of the Whiskey Rebellion?
Federal Government used force to enforce laws
It forced the nation to pass a prohibition law
It was the first rebellion over taxes
States nullified federal law to quell the rebellion
31
Resulted in a national purpose and unified Americans leading into the "Era of Good Feelings"
War of 1812
Spanish-American War
American Revolution
Civil War
32
What did the "Camp David Accords" hope to accomplish?
Peace between the United States and the Soviet Union
Officially recognize communist China as a country.
Peace between Egypt and Israel
A trade agreement between the United States and Soviet Union
33
What did the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) provide to people in the Southeast?
Money
Laborers
Electricity
Food
34
What name was given to people who supported adopting the Constitution?
Tories
Federalists
Whigs
Republicans
35
Why is December 7, 1941 "a date that will live in infamy"?
Japan bombed Pearl Harbor
Japan invaded Manchuria
France fell to Germany
The Allies invaded Normandy
36
What did the Missouri Compromise deal with?
Admission of Maine and California into the nation
Expansion of slavery into the former Louisiana Territory
Ending the slave trade in Washington DC
Rights of states to negotiate treaties with other nations
37
Ida Tarbell was a muckraker that exposed the abuses in the ____________ industry
Oil
Steel
Tenement Building
Meatpacking
38
What group built the Transcontinental Railroad from California going east?
African Americans
Native Americans
Chinese
Irish
39
During WWII Japanese-Americans were ___________
Treated differently depending on when their family arrived
Denied liberty and property
Used as advisors against the Japanese
Treaty as badly as Jew in Germany
40
Prior to 1900, the US Government would have supported ______________ in labor disputes.
Usually supported workers
Usually supported owners
Both workers and owners equally
Did not take a side
41
What was the most popular form of mass entertainment after World War I?
Radio
College Football
Broadways
TV
42
In 1968 this Democratic presidential front runner was assassinated on June 5, 1968.
Martin Luther King Jr.
Richard Nixon
John F. Kennedy
Robert F. Kennedy
43
What decade saw the rise in the popularity of television?
2000s
1850s
1960s
1950s
44
What amendment abolished slavery?
14th Amedment
16th Amendment
18th Amendment
13th Amendment
45
Direct election of senators, women's suffrage, government regulations were important to ______
Know-Nothings
Democrats
Progressives
Republicans
46
What was another name for the French and Indian war (Fought 1756-1763)?
7 Years War
War of the Roses
Great War
King Philip's War
47
Why was the "half-way covenant" created?
Decrease population by half
Make it easier to become a colonist
Increase population
Remind New England Puritans of religious foundations
48
What set of southern laws was the Civil Rights Act of 1964 designed to end?
Affirmative Action
Black Codes
Habeas Corpus
Jim Crow Laws
49
What groups were at odds with each other in "Bleeding Kansas"
Free-Soilers and slavery supporter
Slaves and Masters
Catholics and Protestants
Federalists and Anti-Federalists
50
What issue was addressed in Brown v. Board of Education?
Slavery
Voting Rights
Segregation
Worker's rights