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US History Final Review
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1
UptonSinclair’s novel
The Jungle
exposed what?
Rigged voting system
Filthy condtions in Chicago slaughterhouse
Insider manipulation in the stock martket
Corruption in Chicago police department
2
How did Steve Jobs influence business in the twenty-first century?
popular devices that changed the way people used electronics
the methods used for offshore drilling by oil companies
automobiles that utilized technology to reduce gas usage
opening stores that sold consumer goods at discounted prices
3
Women in the 1920’s, who were criticized fortheir ostentatious lifestyle were called
Jezebels
Flappers
Badd
Progressives
4
Bythe mid 1880’s, _____________ monopolized the oil industry in the United States?
William Tweed
J. P. Morgan
Andrew Carnegie
John D. Rockerfeller
5
During the Korean War, what prevented the southern part from falling to the invading forces?
Assistance from the Chinese
Use of the atomic bomb
UN forces under control of the US
Soviet Naval Blockade
6
The Alamo fighter is from Tennessee, and a folk hero known for wearing his raccoon fur hat.
Davy Crockett
Jim Bowie
Juan Seguin
William Travis
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Good Luck on your final!!! Answer YES!!
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ThePresident during the stock market collapse and the start of the GreatDepression was?
FDR
Herbert Hoover
Woodrow Wilson
Calvin Coolidge
9
What was the initial response of the U.S. government to the attacks of September 11, 2001?
economic sanctions on Libya for terrorist activities
coalition to eliminate training bases in Pakistan
begin military operations in Afghanistan
military in Europe that had been closed after the Cold War
10
Journalists who investigated corruption in American business and politics were called?
Yellow Journalist
Muckrackers
Snitches
Whistle Blowers
11
Teddy Roosevelt handpicked who to succeed him as President and carry out his policies?
Calvin Coolidge
William Howard Taft
William McKinnely
Woodrow Wilson
12
Thisperson in our tournament bracket was the first president and leader of the ContinentalArmy.
Thomas Jefferson
Abe Lincoln
George Washington
John Adams
13
Theability of the Plains Indians to resist white expansion was severely damaged bythe?
Blizzard of 1873
destruction of the buffalo
Whites' superior military training
Introduction of the horse
14
How did President Ronald Reagan support Contra rebels in Nicaragua?
implementing a sin tax on luxury items
selling weapons to Iran in order to raise funds
confiscating funds seized in drug raids
collecting tariffs on oil imports from Saudi Arabia
15
AndrewCarnegie dominated the _____________________ industry
Steel
Railroad
Banking
Oil
16
The belief that the government should not interfere in the economy is called?
Laissez-Faire
Capitalism
Monopolism
Free Market
17
Second largest Government scandal due to reservation of Naval Oil Reserves int the 1920's.
Watergate Scandal
Teapot Dome Scandal
Spindle top Scandal
Fall Scandal
18
This process making steel easier and more affordable to make.
Carbon-13
Assembly-Line
Bessemer
Reaper
19
What brought the first wave of settlers to the West?
Farming
Fur Trading
Ranching
Mining
20
What is the primary aim of the USA PATRIOT Act of 2001?
To promote the growth of locally owned small businesses
limit the amount of foreign investments in the United States
To increase funding for military contracts
To prevent acts of terrorism against the United States
21
Leader of 1960's passive resistance Civil Rights Movement
Rosa Parks
Martin Luther King Jr.
Malcolm X
Harriet Tubman
22
When a union called a strike, employers would often hire replacements, called?
Furlough Workers
Lockouts
Blacklists
Strikebreakers
23
Thedoctrine of “separate by equal” was handed down by the Supreme Court in
Brown V. Board of Education
Butler V. US
Plessy V. Ferguson
Maybury V. Madison
24
The1925 Dayton, Tennessee “Scopes Trial” dealt with
Limiting freedom of religion
Teaching evolution in public schools
Segregations
Promoting Free Speech
25
During World War I, tanks were used on the western front primarily to
launch long-range rockets at enemy aircraft
lead advances across no-man’s-land and into enemy territory
release chemical weapon attacks on enemy positions
destroy railroads and bridges used by enemy troops