US History B Unit 1 Exam Review

Question 1

Which were causes of the US entry into World War I?

Accepted Answer

The sinking of the Lusitania killed American civilians., The Zimmermann Telegram angered US leaders.

Question 2

How confident are you for the Unit 1 Exam?

Accepted Answer

Not very confident, Not confident at all, Pretty Confident, Super Confident!

Question 3

Supreme Court case Plessy v. Ferguson legally allowed racial segregation

Accepted Answer

True

Question 4

Where did a fire occur that led to safety reform?

Accepted Answer

Triangle Shirtwaist Company in New York

Question 5

“Speak softly and carry a big stick.” This quote explains the idea behind Theodore Roosevelt’s Big Stick diplomacy means

Accepted Answer

US should sometimes use the threat of force to persuade a foreign country

Question 6

Which of these were terms imposed on Germany in the Treaty of Versailles?

Accepted Answer

Germany had to reduce its military to a token size., Germany had to surrender its overseas colonies.

Question 7

What effect did technology have during World War I?

Accepted Answer

Advancements were made to counteract the stalemate of trench warfare

Question 8

Which battles occurred on the western front in World War I?

Accepted Answer

Marne, Verdun, Somme

Question 9

In what way did the Progressive movement influence Arizona’s early history?

Accepted Answer

Arizona’s constitution included many provisions toward direct democracy.

Question 10

Ida Tarbell’s writings exposed monopolistic practices of Rockefeller’s oil company

Accepted Answer

True

Question 11

What did President Roosevelt do to aid Panama in becoming an independent country?

Accepted Answer

He placed warships around Panama to block sea lanes.

Question 12

Why is the copper miners’ strike in Bisbee, Arizona, infamous?

Accepted Answer

Miners were rounded up into cattle cars and deported from the town.

Question 13

The name given to newspaper writers who exposed corrupt businesses and social ills in the late 1800s was the Muckrakers

Accepted Answer

True

Question 14

Which US president sent troops to Mexico to support revolutionaries there?

Accepted Answer

Woodrow Wilson

Question 15

What political group represented the discontent of workers and peasants that led to the fall of the Romanov Dynasty?

Accepted Answer

Bolsheviks

Question 16

What was the purpose of the NAACP?

Accepted Answer

to protect and secure the rights of African Americans

Question 17

What were the results of President Taft’s “Dollar Diplomacy?”

Accepted Answer

Many countries came to resent US influence.

Question 18

Roosevelt said "Businesses should operate ethically to ensure the welfare of their workers."

Accepted Answer

True

Question 19

Upton Sinclair’s book The Jungle resulted in the creation of the Ku Klux Klan

Accepted Answer

False

Questions 19