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1
Which early civil rights activist would be associated with the image?
Marcus Garvey
W.E.B. Dubois
Booker T. Washington
Ida B. Wells
2
Who was the leader of the Soviet Union after the death of Vladimir Lenin?
Vladimir Putin
Josef Stalin
Leon Trotsky
Vladimir Lenin Jr.
3
What was NOT a cause of the event depicted?
high winds and temperatures
drought
abundant precipitation
poor farming practices
4
What was the result of the 1911
Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire
in New York?
Safety regulations and building codes were put in place.
The use of fire escapes was prohibited.
The supervisors were put in prison.
The fire department received brand new trucks.
5
What enabled the U.S. to become the "
arsenal of democracy
" in WW2?
Neutrality Acts
Tripartite Pact
Smoot-Hawley Act
Lend-Lease Act
6
Both Pres. T. Roosevelt and Pres. Taft's foreign policies stressed the importance of
war to promote U.S. domination.
the Square Deal.
the oil industry to support the automobile.
stability of U.S. business interests overseas.
7
Which progressive reform enabled the people to directly elect their senators?
18th amendment
16th amendment
21st amendment
17th amendment
8
Because the Supreme Court had judged some of his New Deal programs unconstitutional, F.D.R. attempted to
pack the courts with justices nominated by him.
enforce them through use of the military.
block the cases from reaching the Supreme Court.
conduct them in secret.
9
Which author is best associated with family planning and birth control awareness?
Margaret Sanger
Ida Tarbell
Ida B. Wells
Margarine Danger
10
Which writer is considered part of the
Harlem Renaissance
?
Ernest Hemingway
Ida Tarbell
Langston Hughes
F. Scott Fitzgerald
11
The location on the map is best associated with
W.C. Handy; Blues music
The Grand Ole Opry; Country music
Booker T. Washington; Tuskegee Institute
Duke Ellington; Harlem Renaissance
12
When a person buys stocks but only pays a part and borrows the rest from the bank, it is called
making a bank run.
filing bankruptcy.
buying on margarine.
buying on margin.
13
Which
Muckraker
exposed the ruthless business practices of the monopoly depicted?
Upton Sinclair
Ida Tarbell
Lincoln Steffens
Ida B. Wells
14
This midwest city on the SW shore of Lake Michigan was known for this industry in the late 1800's-early 1900's.
oil
banking
meatpacking
steel
15
The image by Thomas Nast is depicting the concept of
Jim Crow laws.
immigration.
assimilation.
anti-lynching laws.
16
Which cause of U.S. Imperialism is pictured in the cartoon?
spreading American culture
need for new markets
desire for military strength
yellow journalism
17
Pres. T. Roosevelt's
domestic policy
was known as the
New Deal
Square Deal
Big Stick
Diamond Deal
18
President Woodrow Wilson's "
New Freedom
" domestic policy mainly focused on
expanding civil rights.
imperialist policy.
economic reforms.
women's suffrage.
19
Which of the following basically made segregation legal based on "
separate but equal
"?
Jim Crow Act
Brown vs. Board of Education
Plessy vs. Ferguson
Reconstruction Acts
20
Pres. Theodore Roosevelt felt that the needs of big business should be balanced with the needs of
the government.
workers and consumers.
bankers and ultra-wealthy.
religion and women.
21
Which of the following was best known for helping poor urban immigrants and founding settlement houses?
Jane Addams
Anne Dallas Dudley
Susan B. Anthony
Ida Tarbell
22
Appliances like the one depicted changed women's lives in the 1920's by
making women work harder.
training women for jobs in industry.
decreasing amount of labor at home.
providing new career paths as home makers.
23
President Woodrow Wilson's idea for an international body to keep the peace after WW1 was known as the
League of Nations
United Nations
League of Justice
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24
Germany decided to resume unrestricted submarine warfare in 1917 to
force an Allied surrender before the U.S. could enter the war.
force a Russian surrender.
combat Soviet naval incursions into the North Sea
bring the U.S. into World War One.
25
Which suffragist suffered through
imprisonment
and even
force-feeding
because of her political views?
Carrie Chapman Catt
Anne Dallas Dudley
Alice Paul
Josephine Pearson
26
Labor Unions and progressives would have supported the idea of
reform politics to improve wages / conditions.
monopolies for more profits.
using child labor.
reforms to help business owners get more power.
27
Once Dust Bowl migrants arrived in CA, most tried to
find work on the docks in San Francisco.
find work in large fields picking fruit and vegetables
make their way to China.
immigrate to Canada.
28
Which concept is best associated with the person depicted in the image?
gun control
World War One
Prohibition
banking and finance
29
Which of the following cities is best associated with the concept depicted?
Chicago
Pittsburgh
San Francisco
New York
30
"Victory Gardens" such as the one depicted were promoted during WWI to
recruit men into the military.
enable more food to be shipped overseas.
conserve natural resources to build weapons.
help Germans starving from the British Blockade.
31
The U.S. had interests in the
sugar industry
primarily in which two areas during U.S. Imperialism?
Hawaii and Alaska
Mexico and Venezuela
Hawaii and the Caribbean
Alaska and the Caribbean
32
Which group would have most supported
Attorney General Palmer's
raids against communists and radicals in the
Red Scare
?
Socialists
Nativists
Union Workers
Anarchists
33
Who was the
British Prime Minister
that inspired and led the British people through
World War 2
?
Bernard Montgomery
George Patton
Winston Churchill
Neville Chamberlain
34
The
Scopes "Monkey" trial
in 1925 revolved around what opposing ideas?
evolution vs. big bang theory
evolution vs. socialism
creationism vs. communism
creationism vs. evolution
35
The "
Perfect 36
" is best associated with
the 21st Amendment.
the 18th Amendment.
the 19th Amendment.
the 17th Amendment.
36
Which of the following groups would have been considered "
new immigrants
" during the late 1800's?
French
Africans
Italians
English
37
Rising
consumerism
in the 1920's was primarily fueled by
income tax returns
cheap foreign labor
bank robberies.
availability of credit.
38
What were conditions women and children faced in the early industrial workplace? (
Pick 2
)
low wages
paid medical leave
long hours
scheduled rest breaks
39
Monopolies
made a negative impact on consumers by
reducing competition and raising prices
reducing the amount of hours for workers
creating more competition, driving down prices
making a shoddy product
40
Which was
NOT
a main cause of
World War One
?
imperialism
isolationism
nationalism
alliances
41
The main reason World War One had so many casualties was
poor leadership
inadequate equipment and uniforms
the development of air combat
use of new weapons and technology
42
Which of the following was
NOT
a motive for U.S. Imperialism in the late 1800's/early 1900's?
thirst for raw materials and new markets
desire for military strength
sense of cultural superiority
settling the U.S. from east to west
43
Which was a major reason for U.S. neutrality during WWI?
Monroe Doctrine
threats from Mexico
fear of unrestricted submarine warfare
desire to continue trade with European nations
44
Overproduction after WW1 led to
decrease in stock purchases.
fallling crop prices.
increase in stock purchases.
increasing crop prices.
45
According to the text,
Mark Twain
would be
an anti-imperialist.
an interventionist.
a socialist.
an imperialist.
46
Compulsory exclusion of people of Japanese descent in the U.S. during WW2 was ruled constitutional due to
it being a time of war and emergency.
proven attempts of sabotage by Japanese-Americans on the U.S. mainland.
the danger of German spies.
the fact that the Japanese in question were not citizens of the U.S.
47
Charles Lindbergh
became a celebrity in the 1920's when he
started a school for crop-dusting.
flew President Hoover overseas.
flew non-stop from New York to Paris.
shot down 80 enemy aircraft.
48
What is
Henry Bessemer
's significance to industrialization?
process for mass production of steel
process for alternating current
process for nitroglycerine used for blasting
process for separating oil byproducts
49
The U.S. did not join the League of Nations because
the Senate feared becoming entangled in more wars abroad.
Germany could not have a seat at the negotiations.
Woodrow Wilson disagreed with other members of the "Big 4".
it was Georges Clemenceau's idea.
50
This New Deal program provided a pension to retired workers
Share the Wealth
Social Security
Federal Emergency Relief Administration
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
51
Which of the following best describes the goal(s) of the
Social Gospel
movement?
support for lower wages and longer hours
reform in health, labor, and education
laissez faire and pure capitalism
a tax on the middle and lower classes
52
The image depicts the ____________, an escape from the Jim Crow South to industrial jobs in the North.
invasion of the Confederacy on the North in the Civil War.
The Exoduster Migration
Second Great Migration
First Great Migration
53
According to the image, the United States went to war with Spain in 1898 mainly to
protect its interests and the people of Cuba.
obtain rights to oil fields in Cuba.
obtain rights to Alaska.
use the war as an excuse to take the Hawaiian Islands.
54
Which of the following was the
socialist leader
of the
Industrial Workers of the World (IWW)
labor union?
Eugene V. Debs
William Jennings Bryan
Samuel Gompers
Joseph Stalin
55
This New Deal program provided manual labor jobs for able-bodied men 17-25 in the great outdoors.
CCC
NIRA
AAA
WPA
56
Which of the following
is NOT
a characteristic of
fascism
?
extreme nationalism, use of rallies, symbolism
classless society
use of a group as a scapegoat for society's problems
using secret police/paramilitary to repress freedoms
57
What was a "
Hooverville
" in the Great Depression?
a homeless shelter set up by charitable organizations.
a hotel plaza.
a campground in a national forest.
a place where homeless lived in shacks made up of scraps.
58
This event caused the United States to enter into
World War 2
.
Hitler's invasion of the Soviet Union
Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.
German U-Boat attacks in the Atlantic
Japanese attack on the Philllipines
59
Critics of F.D.R.'s New Deal often said that it was leading America into debt and towards
socialism/communism.
financial freedom
an end to the depression.
war.
60
Urbanization and industrialization in the late 19th century attracted
new immigrants
primarily to major cities in the
South and Midwest
Northeast and the South
West and Southwest
Midwest and Northeast
61
The poster is sending a message to the American people that
if you drive a car you are supporting the Nazis.
conservation of resources is vital to the war effort.
you should give rides to Nazi sympathizers.
Coach Freeman could use some coffee right about now.
62
Which of the following is
NOT
a consequence of the mass production of the automobile in the 1920's?
increased social freedom
development of suburbs
decrease in accidents on roadways
increased employment in related industries
63
When the Underwood Tariff
reduced
tariff rates, the U.S. Gov't made up for the lost revenue by passing (income tax).
the 16th Amendment.
the 17th Amendment.
the 18th Amendment.
Taxes on cigarettes.
64
How did Pres. Hoover deal with the event depicted in the image?
Told the marchers that their bonuses would be paid early.
Tore up the marchers' bonus certificates.
Ordered Gen. MacArthur to evict the marchers from the Capitol grounds.
Gave marchers tents so they had shelter for the demonstration.
65
Booker T Washington
is best associated with which type of education?
liberal arts (university)
vocational/agricultural
classical literature
athletics
66
The
Credit Mobilier
scandal involved which industry?
steel
oil
railroad
hydroelectric power
67
Pres. Hoover did not initiate direct relief for the people during the Great Depression, partially because he believed in
rugged individualism
communism
socialism
anarchy
68
Which best describes the beliefs of
W.E.B. Dubois
?
the Back-to-Africa movement.
compromising with Southern white leaders.
aggressive pursuit of civil rights and higher education.
African-Americans should obtain industrial/agricultural skills
69
What were conditions that would lead to a
high rate of failure
among
homesteaders
in the late 1800's?
(Choose 3)
unsanitary conditions / disease
Lack of water sources
abundant rainfall
expensive railroad shipping rates
70
Theodore Roosevelt would have most likely believed in which concept?
An individual's success should also benefit society in some way.
Half of all wealth should be given to the government to benefit all.
Everyone should contribute equally to society and receive a living wage.
An individual's money is their own and they should keep it forever.
71
The concept in the image is best associated with
voting fraud in Philadephia.
a corrupt political machine in New York City.
corruption in Washington D.C.
honest government.