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US History 2 Chapter 7 (2)
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1
The Model T Ford was built in what year?
1900
1920
1918
1908
2
What was Operation Overlord?
Germany's final assault on Allied lines
The fire-bombing of several German cities, including Dresden
The Allied liberation of Paris
The Allied invasion of Nazi-occupied Western Europe
3
On what issue did Stalin NOT see eye to eye with the leaders of the U.S. & Great Britain?
The Potsdam Declaration
The annexation of Poland
The Pacific Charter
The disarmament of Nazi Germany
4
Who led the American delegation at Potsdam near the end of World War II?
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Winston Churchill
Harry Truman
Clemente Attlee
5
Which of the following is most responsible for the Jim Crow laws across the south?
Poll taxes & voter literacy tests
The end of Reconstruction
The 14th Amendment
The KKK
6
The assassination of President Garfield led to civil service reform with the _________ Civil Service Act.
Sherman
Pendleton
Bland
Morrill
7
The Populists were dominated by urban middle-class people, while the Progressives were dominated by farmers
True
False
8
__________ is the practice of investing in risky stocks on the chance of quick or considerable profit.
Speculation
Investment
Divestment
Pooling
9
World War I started over a dispute between Austria & Serbia.
True
False
10
Theodore Roosevelt's efforts to fight the economic depression were known as the New Deal.
True
False
11
An example of new literature in the 1920s that demonstrated a mistrust of society & materialism was
Uncle Tom's Cabin
The Birth of a Nation
The Feminine Mystique
The Great Gatsby
12
Which of the following events helped lead America into an armed conflict with Spain?
The massacre at the Alamo
The sinking of the Titanic
The sinking of the Lusitania
The sinking of the Maine
13
Mary White Ovington helped found which group?
KKK
NAACP
IWW
ACLU
14
What state was the first to offer workmen's compensation?
Massachussetts
Rhode Island
Maryland
Virginia
15
The heaviest casualties in the Spanish-American War came as a reult of
the sinking of the Maine
tropical disease
the battle of Manila Bay
Spanish bullets
16
All of the following "New Deal" agencies were created during the Depression to provide jobs for the unemployed EXCEPT
Farm Security Administration (FSA)
Civil Works Administration (CWA)
Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)
Works Progress Administration (WPA)
17
Britain & France entered World War II because of Germany's annexation of Austria.
True
False
18
What did the men of the New Deal's CCC do?
Teach about conserving wild animal populations
Teach about energy conservation
Recruit army members
Soil conservation, flood control, and similar projects
19
Who founded the "Share Our Wealth Society" in the 1930s?
Huey Long
Francis Townsend
Dwight Eisenhower
Harry Truman
20
Why was the Dawes Severalty Act of 1887 such a disaster for Native Americans?
It mandated that all Native Americans convert to Christianity
It only gave land to individual families, breaking up the tribal system
It disallowed ownership of land for any Native American
It allowed the killing of buffalo
21
What was the first national park created to protect a wilderness area?
Yosemite
Crater Lake
Grand Canyon
Yellowstone
22
In 1901, President ________ was assassinated & his Vice President, Theodore Roosevelt, took the oath of office.
Arthur
McKinley
Cleveland
Garfield
23
Which statement is true regarding the Holocaust?
American soldiers were not held in concentration camps
There were 22 concentration camps
Doctors used people held in concentration camps for medical experiements
Only Jews were targeted in the Holocaust
24
The main literary style of American writers after the Civil War was ___________
Naturalism
Modernist
Realism
Romanticism
25
How did Truman feel about the Manhattan Project while he was Vice President?
He was in favor of the project
He was against it until he saw the successful test at Trinity
He was against the Manhattan Project
He was unaware of the Manhattan Project
26
"Jim Crow" laws
gave equal rights to black people
effectively prohibited Blacks from voting in state & local elections
established separate segregated facilities for Blacks and whites
restricted American Indians to U.S. government reservations
27
What was the overall U.S. unemployment rate during the worst periods of the depression?
10%
25%
40%
60%
28
The New Deal's TVA provided free radio programs to people living in the Toledo area.
True
False
29
The election of _______ was significant because it brought the Democrats to power for the first time since the Civil War
Harding
Coolidge
Taft
Wilson
30
What 1918 proposal convinced the Germans that they would be treated fairly if they surrendered?
The Fourteen Points
The Sussex Pledge
The "New Freedom" policy
The Twenty-One Demands
31
A big part of President Wilson's antitrust policy was the creation of the Federal Trade Commission in 1914.
False
True
32
In response to the Great Depression, President __________ asked Congress to pass the Emergency Relief & Construction Act
Roosevelt
Harding
Hoover
Wilson
33
In 1917, the __________ came to power in Russia.
Bolsheviks
Socialists
Bedfellows
Communists
34
The trial of Sacco & Vanzetti demonstrated that the criminal trial process in America was fair & just.
True
False
35
Italy joined the Allied cause because of a secret treaty it signed with Britain and France - the Treaty of _________
London
Paris
Vienna
Portsmouth
36
The Ku Klux Klan was formed by white southerners after the _____ & was revived in Georgia in 1915.
Spanish-American War
American Revolution
The Civil War
WWI
37
Sears & Roebuck was opened as the first mail-order retail business.
True
False
38
The _______ Act was passed to implement the 13th Amendment.
Morrill
Volstead
Page
Bland-Allison
39
Which of the following disease-sounding words was created to sell Listerine?
Hepatits
Halitosis
Psoriasis
Bacterium
40
For most Americans during WWII, the most relevant source of information was gathered from which of the following?
A television analyst
A radio-show host
A writer in the New York Times
A television anchor
41
What Republican was elected to the Presidency in 1920?
Woodrow Wilson
Herbert Hoover
Calvin Coolidge
Warren Harding
42
Franklin Roosevelt enlisted the help of a group of economic & academic advisors known as the __________.
wise men
brain group
kitchen cabinet
brain trust
43
W.E.B. DuBois had a differing philosophy from Booker T. Washington on how equality was going to be achieved in "_______"
The Souls of Black Folks
Help for the Hard Times
The Shame of the Cities
The Gospel of Wealth
44
In a _____, many firms or corporations are united for the purpose of monopolizing an industry by eliminating competition
trust
conglomerate
pool
LLC
45
The Treaty of ______ of 1898 officially ended the Spanish-American War.
Paris
Rome
Vienna
Athens
46
The National Labor ________Board was created in 1935 to enforce the Wagner Act.
Wage
Worker
Labor
Trade Union
47
During the 1880s, immigration to the United States came mostly from which pair of nations?
Italy & Poland
China & Japan
Sweden & France
Ireland & Germany
48
John Dewey strove to strengthen the child's respect for parental and other traditional authorities.
False
True
49
After World War I, advertising was used to appeal to people's _________ to affect consumption patterns
intellect
emotions
reason
self-interest
50
A general definition of Social Darwinism is
the poor should receive charity
only superior people are able to gain wealth & power
the working masses have the most power
all citizens should be equal in every way