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11/27/2023 US History First Semester Review
11/27/2023 US History First Semester Review
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US History STAAR semester 1 review
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1
Which time period is identified with social reforms, anti-trust laws, and political reform?
The Industrial Revolution
Emergence of the U.S. as a World Power
The Progressive Era
2
Which law encouraged settlers to move west by offering cheap land for settlers to improve?
Sherman Anti-Trust Act
Espionage and Sedition Acts
Selective Service Act
The Homestead Act
3
What reporting technique is described by exaggerated, embellished, sensational news stories?
Investigative Journalism
Fireside Chats
Propaganda
Yellow Journalism
4
What territory did the US gain after the Spanish American war?
Cuba and China
Guam and Cuba
Hawaii and Cuba
Guam, Puerto Rico and the Phillipiens
5
THE SCOPES TRIAL: Clarence Darrow and William Jennings Bryan are closely associated with the struggle between -
Modernism and Fundamentalism (TRADITIONAL)
World War I and World War II
6
Which time period is identified with low taxes, high tariffs, growth of investments and JAZZ?
The Progressive Era
The Roaring Twenties
The Industrial Revolution
Emergence of the U.S. as a World Power
7
Which amendment would have been supported by populists, because it created an income tax?
16th
17th
18th
19th
8
Which time period is identified with the Spanish-American War and World War I?
Emergence of the U.S. as a World Power
The Progressive Era
The Industrial Revolution
The Roaring Twenties
9
Which describes a positive impact of the Harlem Renaissance?
Impressionist art
W.E.B. DuBois increases his influence
Lynching is outlawed
Jazz as an American music form
10
Which best describes a lasting impact of the Treaty of Versailles?
The U.S. joined the League of Nations
Germany was severely punished
The U.S. eliminated all war debt
11
What situation best describes the Western Front during World War I?
Espionage
Stalemate
12
Which political group desired free coinage of silver and was popular among poor farmers?
Republicans
Progressives
Populists
Bull Moose
13
Which amendment, active during the 1920s, caused an increase in organized crime?
18th
19th
16th
17th
14
Which muckraker is associated with
The Jungle,
exposing the dangers of meat-packing industry?
W.E.B. DuBois
Susan B. Anthony
Upton Sinclair
Ida B. Wells
15
Which invention directly allowed for the mass-production of manufactured goods?
Steam Power
Model T
Assembly Line
Bessemer Process
16
Which civil rights leader founded the NAACP?
Booker T. Washington
Lincoln Steffens
Marcus Garvey
W.E.B. DuBois
17
Which amendment gave women the right to vote?
17th
19th
18th
16th
18
Which foreign policy is characterized by the U.S. desiring an isolated western hemisphere?
Open Door Policy
Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine
Dollar Diplomacy
Moral Diplomacy
19
Which is
NOT
a cause of World War I?
Militarism
Assassination of Franz Ferdinand
Alliances
The invention of the tank
20
What event was sparked by nativism & identified by the rounding up of Communists within the US?
Red Scare
Great Migration
Chinese Exclusion Act
Mexican Repatriation
21
Which time period is identified with factories, monopolies, and large-scale immigration?
American Imperialism
The Progressive Era
The Gilded Age
22
Which best describes the purpose of the Bill of Rights?
to limit the power of the national government
to declare our independence from Great Britain
to limit personal freedoms
23
Which foreign policy is described by the U.S. wanting to participate in Chinese trade?
Open Door Policy
Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine
Moral Diplomacy
Dollar Diplomacy
24
Which laws were meant to discourage criticism against the United States during World War I?
Anti-Trust Laws
Selective Service Act
Agricultural Adjustment Act
Espionage and Sedition Acts
25
Which describes a feeling of resentment and dislike of foreigners?
Nativism
Imperialism
Patriotism
Expansionism