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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
Tammany Hall was an example of...
A political machine
An immigration processing center
A public school
A city hall
2
Many described America as a _________ following the mass amount of immigration in the 18-1900s
mixed country
mosaic
melting pot
mirror image
3
____________ had to accept responsibility for WWI as a part of the Treaty of Versailles, 1919
Austria
Serbia
Germany
Italy
4
T. Roosevelt's chief engineering accomplishment, w/ch asserted US dominance in Lat. America
The Pyramid at Giza
The Suez Canal
The Panama Canal
The Boulder Dam
5
The consumer economy of the 1920s was driven largely by
A really fat truck driver
The use of credit and installment buying
International trade
Citizens' massive wartime savings
6
Woodrow Wilson maintained a ___________ diplomacy.
Big Stick
Open Door
Dollar
Moral
7
William H. Taft maintained a __________ diplomacy.
Dollar
Open Door
Moral
Big Stick
8
October 29, 1929 (Black Tuesday) marks the day in which...
WWII began
President McKinley was assassinated
the stock market crashed
Pearl Harbor was attacked
9
WEB Dubois believed in the importance of...
equal protection of rights
powerful military
Agitating for immediate racial equality
strong government
10
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
11
Americans believed FDR was gaining too much power when he...
Created the WPA
was elected a 4th time
Increased taxes
tried to pack the Supreme Court
12
Samuel Gompers, The AFL and the Knights of Labor all tried to influence...
Better working conditions
Less government corruption
Lower crime rates
Lower pollution
13
African American soldiers of WWI served in _________ units.
integrated
reconnaissance
segregated
special forces
14
Yellow Fever, or Malaria, was a severe problem for workers on...
the Panama Canal
the Transcontinental Railroad
the Hoover Dam
the Statue of Liberty
15
FDR created the SEC in order to...
Create public housing
Provide financial assistance to the poor
Provide jobs for the unemployed
Regulate the stock market
16
Teddy Roosevelt maintained a ___________ diplomacy.
Big Stick
Dollar
Open Door
Moral
17
The Spanish-American War began following...
The assassination of Franz Ferdinand
The bombing of Pearl Harbor
The sinking of the Lusitania
The explosion of the USS Maine
18
Which of the following was a reason for US imperialism?
The threat of Nazi Germany
Desire for new markets
The fear of foreign invasion
The need to compete with Europe for global influence
19
FDR used this New Deal program to provide an economic safety net to American citizens
Works Progress Administration
Federal Depositors Insurance Corporation
Agricultural Adjustment Act
Social Security
20
The Harlem Renaissance was a cultural movement of what time period?
1900s
1930s
1920s
1910s
21
Which of the following was a long term cause of the Great Depression?
consumer debt
protective tariffs preventing foreign trade
Drought and decline in farm prices
The Stock Market crash of 1929
22
Which was NOT a result of the 2nd Industrial Revolution?
Much more wealth for the working class
Increase in Immigration
Urbanization
the growth of the midle class
23
During the 2nd Industrial Revolution, the Standard Oil Company was founded by...
Henry Ford
Thomas Edison
John D. Rockefeller
Andrew Carnegie
24
The US began drafting citizens for the military after the passing of...
the Volstead Act
the Civil Rights Act
the Homestead Act
the Selective Service Act
25
Henry Ford...
utilized assembly line production
invented the first automobile
made automobiles more affordable
founded the Ford Motor Co.
26
President Wilson's plan for peace was known was
Moral Diplomacy
The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
The Treaty of Versailles
14 Points
27
Which amendment outlawed the buying, selling, and manufacture of alcohol in the US
17th
16th
19th
18th
28
What did the New Deal succeed in doing
Relieving millions of unemployed Americans
Fostering complete recovery from the Depression
Fostering partial recovery of America's economy
Instituted successful reforms to prevent similar distasters
29
Sacco and Vanzetti...
helped increase immigration to the US
believed in anarchist government policies
were convicted of murder without hard evidence against them
were italian immigrants
