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US History Semester 1 Review
US History Semester 1 Review
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progressive era, imperialism, wwi, great depression, wwii
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1
The majority of the First New Deal programs focused on...
Improving agricultural methods
Lowering unemployment rate
Reforming banking systems
Increasing conservation effortsq
2
1 reason for the tension between the European powers before WWI was their intense pride called.
Socialism
Imperialism
Nationalism
Progressivism
3
Turning point for the Allies for the
European
Front was..
Battle of the Bulge
Battle of Midway
D-Day
V-E Day
4
Which of the following did NOT cause the rise of dictatorship in Germany after WWI?
New political ideas
Political stability
Versailles Treaty
economic depression
5
Union leaders were targeted by the Espionage and Sedition Acts because they...
demanded better conditions for workers, even during a war
Questioned whether war was right
Refused to work in industries that supported war
Preferred the Russian system of government
6
Which of the following was NOT a cause of US entry into WWI?
Zimmerman Telegram
Sinking of Lusitania
Rise of dictatorships
Economic ties to Allied Powers
7
The Open Door Policy was designed as a way for the US to further
international diplomacy
Establishment of democratic gov'ts
Its desires to annex foreign nations
its trade interests
8
To regulate the banking system and money supply, Pres. Wilson supported making a
Federal Trade Commission
Federal Reserve System
loan system
gold-based currency system
9
In the Munich Conference, Britain & France supported the policy of appeasement by
Allowing Czech. to become a German protectorate
Giving into Hiter's demands for the Sudetenland
Telling Hitler they would declare war if he took Czech.
Telling Hitler hey would declare war if he invaded Poland
10
All of the following were causes of the Spanish American War EXCEPT
US Imperalism
sinking of the Maine in Cuba
Roosevelt resigning as secretary of the Navy
Yellow journalism
11
What was the first major action Roosevelt took as president?
Called the first meeting of the "Brain Trust"
Established Civil Works Admin for jobs
Proposed a reorganization of the Supreme Court
Closed all of nation's banks and ordered inspections
12
The 21st Amendment
Guaranteed women the right to vote
Repealed Prohibition
Guaranteed African Americans the right to vote
Established Prohibition
13
If you support the Temperance movement, what do you support?
Banning alcohol
Allowing alcohol
14
The practice of purchasing stocks by paying only a % of the price & borrowing the rest..
Insider trading
Buying on margin
Speculation
price support
15
The Ohio Gang was....
A group of notorious bank robbers
A group of Coolidge's friends
A group of Harding's friends
A powerful crime syndicate
16
Truman's aim in deciding to drop the atomic bomb was to:
Show how powerful the US was
End the war and save American lives
Teach Japanese military leaders a lesson
Find out how destructive the bomb really was
17
Roosevelt's decision to remove people of Japanese ancestry to internment camps responded to
Strong anti-Japanese sentiment
The lack of Jap-Americans serving in armed forces
Rumors that the Japanese were developing an atomic bomb
Verified reports of Japanese Americans as spies
18
What effect did WWI have on the suffragist movement?
It accelerated the passage of 19th Amendment
It had little effect
It delayed action as it turned attention to the war
It caused a split with the NAWSA
19
Which was NOT a cause of the Great Depression?
Tariffs of foreign goods
A growing number of homeless people
The availability of easy credit
A crisis in the farm sector
20
Nov. 11, 1918 the fighting stopped & the war ended because Germany had signed an armistice or
Acknowledgement of guilt
Reparation
Peace treaty
Cease fire
21
In the 1880s, American opinion began to shift and more people wanted to make the US...
more isolated
part of Pan-America
a protectorate
a world power
22
Which of the following actions led to the defeat of Taft in 1912?
His refusal to address the issue of child labor
HIs refusal to sign the Payne-Aldrich Tariff
His failure to unify the Republican party
His failure to continue the trustbusting of Roosevelt
23
In calling shantytowns "Hoovervilles" people conveyed their
trust in Hoover
Grudging respect for Hoover
Patriotism
disgust with Hoover
24
People being afraid of radicals, communists, and socialists demonstrated what?
Ku Klux Klan
Red Scare
Volstead Act
Scopes Trial
25
What group of people migrated from the south to the north for better opportunities?
Hispanics
African Americans
Japanese Americans
Germans
26
Journalists in the 1900s who exposed the corrupt side of public life businesses were called
Yellow journalists
Muckrakers
Suffragits
Conservationists
27
Which weapons of mechanized warfare were introduced in WWI?
Airplanes and tanks
Hydrogen bombs
Pistols and bayonets
Battlefront trenches
28
What did the US use to combat the threat of German u-boats?
Convoy system
Airstrikes
A fleet of American submarines
Flame throwers
29
Iwo Jima was an important objective for the American military mostly because
The islands were an important link in Japanese supply lines
US planes could bomb Japan from there
The Japanese were using it as a base to attack the US Fleet
Main Japanese naval force was stationed there
30
In the US the decade of the 1920s was characterized by
A willingness to encourage immigration to the US
Government enforcement of prohibition
Increased consumer borrowing and spending
Backlash against new immigration laws
31
Which of the following did NOT stimulate US imperialism?
a belief in cultural superiority
A thirst for new economic markets
Desire for military strength
A need for a new source of labor
32
Which New Deal program had the biggest long-term impact on the American economy?
Civilian Conservation Corps
Social Security Act
Federal Emergency Relief Admin
Tennessee Valley Authority
33
Which of the following bests states the primary goal of prohibition?
to reduce the availability of alcohol to minors
To reduce accidents in the workplace
To eliminate sale of alcohol to miners
To eliminate the use of alcohol in society
