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A #history Quiz to prepare students for the #STAAR #midterm.
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1
Why did the United States join South Korea during the Korean War?
To contain communism in North Korea.
To contain the rise of China.
To take over the Korean peninsula.
To contain the rise of Japan.
2
This is defined as "when a bank can no longer pay depositors their money back".
Great Depression
Stock market failure
Bank run
Bank failure
3
In which U.S. provided West Berlin with aid after Soviet forces blockaded the city.
Containment.
Berlin Airlift.
Marshall Plan.
Berlin Wall.
4
_________ was an educational spending priority that began during the Eisenhower administration.
Eisenhower Doctrine
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
National Defense Education Act
Highway Act
5
Many Southern states tried to limit the effects of the Reconstruction Amendments by
passing Black Codes and Jim Crow laws
abolishing the Southern sharecropping system
adopting federal laws to enforce segregation
adding new amendments to the constitution
6
What happened to the US population after World War II?
A decrease in immigration.
An increase in babies born.
An increase in immigration.
A decrease in babies born.
7
What was one outcome of the publication of The Jungle?
Pure Food and Drug Act
Cleaner conditions in meatpacking factories
Break-up of the oil monopolies
Formation of the FDA
8
What caused the Dust Bowl?
Poor farming techniques
Drought
Overcropping of land
Growing too many trees
9
This term was Hoover's fix to the Depression, focusing on individual effort and grit.
Socialism
The New Deal
Rugged individualism
The Great Society
10
What is "an organization designed to control the entire market for a product"?
Philanthropy
Regulation
Political machine
Monopoly
11
Why were the Red Scares "red"?
Red = fear of blood.
Red = fear of pacifists.
Red = fear of communists.
Red = fear of African-Americans.
12
How did the growth of railroads impact westward expansion in the US?
It vastly shortened the travel time between the coasts.
It allowed greater trade and new markets on both coasts.
It allowed the growth of cattle and beef industries.
It allowed people to settle the interior of the nation.
13
In the 1950's, MOST Americans lived in -
Major metropolitan cities.
Small, rural areas.
None of these.
Suburban areas.
14
This amendment banned the sale of alcohol in the early 1900s:
19th Amendment
18th Amendment
21st Amendment
20th Amendment
15
Idea that one nation falling to communism will eventually cause its neighbors to do the same.
Containment
Appeasement
Domino theory.
McCarthyism
16
During the 1920s, this describes the explosion of African-American art, music, and literature.
Harlem Renaissance
Dutch Renaissance
Harlem Revolution
Italian Renaissance
17
How did the war economy affect the Great Depression?
It increased unemployment.
It did not change America's situation.
It increased only female employment.
It decreased unemployment.
18
The U.S,'s plan to rebuild and encourage political stability in Western Europe.
Space Race
Highway Act
Eisenhower Doctrine
Marshall Plan
19
This group argued for a complete change of gov in the South and equality for slaves.
Radical Republicans
Liberal Republicans
Carpet Republicans
Dixiecrats
20
Despite his assassination, this president left a mark through the Cuban Missile Crisis.
FDR.
Nixon.
Kennedy.
Johnson.
21
Which of the following technological inventions made US culture more unified?
Movies in the 1800s
Airplanes in the 1950s
Radio in the 1920s
Television in the 1950s
22
Which nation attacked the United States in 1941 and led to its entry into World War II?
Japan
Russia
The UK
Germany
23
What led directly to the Great Depression in 1929?
Bank failures
Depletion of US gold
Stock market crash
World War 2
24
What amendment granted the right to vote to all men, regardless of race?
15th Amendment
19th Amendment
14th Amendment
13th Amendment
25
The concept of "Americanizing" Native Americans and immigrants by schooling.
Genocide
Assimilation
Association
Exclusion
26
This refers to the ability of judges to declare a law or presidential action unconstitutional.
Court packing
Constitutionalism
Constitutional law
Judicial review
27
Farmers tried to solve their issues in the 1800s by joining the
Grange/Populist Party
Democratic Party
American Party
Republican Party
28
Theodore Roosevelt is considered a Progressive because of his efforts to
create the Panama Canal.
expand American influence.
invade Europe.
bust up the monopolies and trusts.
29
What caused Americans to settle the Great Plains during the late 1800s?
Railroads
Crowded cities
Lack of Indians
Rise of cars and highways
30
FDR created many projects in the New Deal. Which remains with us today?
Social Security Administration
Works Progress Administration
Tennessee Valley Authority
Federal Housing Administration
31
What caused the US to attack Cuba in the Spanish-American War?
The sinking of the Lusitania
An attack from Mexico
The sinking of the USS Maine
An attack on Pearl Harbor
32
The Chinese Immigration Act and the treatment of the Irish during the 1800s were examples of
Tenements
Policy
A reform movement
Nativism
33
HUAC created a witch hunt in the 1950s, going after suspected:
Capitalists
Communists
Heterosexuals
Anarchists
34
Why did the US not join the League of Nations after World War I?
It didn't want to lose its superpower status.
It didn't want to potentially lose sovereignty.
It didn't want to pay dues to join.
It didn't want to be dragged into European wars again.
35
The predominant fear of Americans after World War II was
Invasion by Mexico.
Nuclear war with the USSR.
Nuclear war with China.
Invasion by Japan.
36
The banning of alcohol during Prohibition also led to an increase in -
car accidents.
the consumption of alcohol.
the rise of organized crime.
airplane flights.
37
This scheme by FDR would have led to him appointing many Supreme Court justices.
Court-packing
Dust Bowl
Tea Pot Dome scandal
Great Depression
38
The Dust Bowl predominately affected which area of the United States?
Rocky Mountains
East Coast
Great Plains
West Coast
39
A rise in manufacturing along with better wages led to the creation of what in the 1950s?
Extremely wealthy people.
Civil war in the US.
A strong middle class.
A weak working class.
40
What law gave power to the federal government to break up monopolies?
17th Amendment
Homestead Act
Pure Food and Drug Act
Sherman Anti-Trust Act
41
The Space Race between the United States and Russia was started by __________.
The orbital flight of John Glenn.
President Kennedy's "Man on the Moon" speech.
The Soviet's launch of the Sputnik satellite.
The Moon landing.
42
These systems traded favors for votes, allowing parties to control a city government
Political machines
Anti-trust acts
Robber barons
Reform movements
43
To fix the problem of ships going all the way around South America, the US funded
The Philippine Canal
The Florida Canal
The Panama Canal
The Guatemala Canal
44
What as a result of the Spanish-American War and World War I?
US influence increased around the world.
The US gained land in Cuba, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines
The US experienced the Great Depression.
US influenced decreased around the world.
45
Ida Tarbell, Jacob Riis, and Upton Sinclair are examples of -
presidents.
senators.
monopolists.
muckrackers.
46
Why were people concerned about FDR's reelections?
It would lead to a communist revolution.
It would lead to World War 2.
It would lead to an FDR dictatorship.
It would lead to another Great Depression.
47
The women's suffrage movement resulted in the passage of what amendment?
The 21st Amendment
The 18th Amendment
The 20th Amendment
The 19th Amendment
48
Wilson's 14 Points attempted to create this organization to protect peace after World War I:
NATO
The Warsaw Pact
The League of Nations
The United Nations
49
The poor hours, low pay, and dangerous conditions of the Gilded Age led to a growth in:
Capitalist movements
Union memberships
Immigration quotas
Urbanization
50
How did women contribute to the homefront in World War 2?
Working in factories to replace men.
Having an insane amount of babies.
Fighting in the war themselves.
Growing food at home.
51
The citizenship clause of the 14th Amendment -
Guaranteed citizenship to all slaves.
Guaranteed citizenship after military service.
Ended slavery in the United States.
Guaranteed citizenship to all people born in the US.
52
What is "a powerful and rich person who creates monopolies and trusts"?
Captain of industry
Monopoly Man
Robber baron
Theodore Roosevelt
53
The process by which African-Americans left the rural south and moved to large northern cities:
Jim Crow
The Civil War
Great Migration
Great Escape
54
_________ was a 1949 agreement between North Atlantic countries to ally in common defense.
NATO
SEATO
NAFTA
UN
55
This oil scandal is the reason Harding is considered one of the most corrupt presidents.
Monica Lewinsky
Pearl Harbor attack
Tea Pot Dome
9/11
56
What post-World War I organization did the United States refuse to join?
NAFTA
United Nations
NATO
League of Nations
57
What was an influence of the Homestead Act?
People began moving to cities.
People began moving westward across the US.
The rise of industrial society occurred.
The baby boom occurred.
58
Idea that the U.S. and the Soviet Union has enough nuclear weapons to wipe each other out.
Mutually Assured Destruction.
flexible response
foreign colonial occupation.
containment policy
59
Fears of an FDR dictatorship led to the passage of the 22nd Amendment, which restricted -
the number of terms a general can serve.
the number of terms a judge can serve.
the number of terms a congressperson can serve.
the number of terms a president can serve.
60
This amendment resulted in the end of slavery after the Civil War.
13th Amendment
15th Amendment
19th Amendment
14th Amendment
61
The 19th Amendment resulted in
women gaining the right to vote.
black men gaining the right to vote.
women gaining citizenship.
black men gaining citizenship.
62
Why was World War I much more horrific than previous wars?
Machine guns and weapons
Trench warfare
It lasted too long
Gas attacks
63
Reformers like W.E.B. du Bois tried to help the civil rights of what oppressed group?
Women
Asian-Americans
African-Americans
Hispanic-Americans
64
The notion that people who are poor are poor because they are lazy and don't deserve wealth is
Social evolution
Anarchism
Social Darwinism
Communism
65
The Progressive Era is considered progressive because of the number of
Reform movements
Philanthropic contributions
Immigration quotas
Urbanization
66
This reform gave power to the people by allowing them to kick out elected officials.
Revolution
Referendum
Initiative
Recall
67
Increased wages, the interstate highway system, and the baby boom resulted in
Emigration out of the US.
Immigration into the US.
Urbanization
Suburbanization
68
The rise of McCarthy and HUAC in the 1950s led to
The Women's Scare.
The Red Scare.
The Spooky Scary Skeletons.
The Blue Scare.
69
What was a major issue affecting the working and immigrant classes during the Gilded Age?
Crowded housing
Harsh working conditions
Long working hours
Low pay
70
Why did the US enter World War I?
To preserve and protect democracy.
Attacks by Germany on civilian ships.
Communists in Russia.
The Zimmerman telegram.
