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US History STAAR semester 1 review #staar #ushistory #review #11thgradehighschool
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1
Which muckraker is associated with
The Jungle,
exposing the dangers of meat-packing industry?
W.E.B. DuBois
Ida B. Wells
Susan B. Anthony
Upton Sinclair
2
Which amendment would have been supported by populists, because it created an income tax?
18th
16th
19th
17th
3
Which describes a feeling of resentment and dislike of foreigners?
Expansionism
Nativism
Patriotism
Imperialism
4
Which is
NOT
a cause of World War I?
Assassination of Franz Ferdinand
The invention of the tank
Militarism
Alliances
5
Which invention directly allowed for the mass-production of manufactured goods?
Assembly Line
Model T
Bessemer Process
Steam Power
6
Clarence Darrow and William Jennings Bryan are closely associated with the struggle between -
Modernism and Fundamentalism
Freedom and Tyranny
Progressivism and the Gilded Age
Expansionism and Isolationism
7
Which amendment, active during the 1920s, caused an increase in organized crime?
19th
17th
18th
16th
8
Which political group desired free coinage of silver and was popular among poor farmers?
Republicans
Populists
Progressives
Bull Moose
9
Which time period is identified with factories, monopolies, and large-scale immigration?
The Roaring Twenties
Emergence of the U.S. as a World Power
The Industrial Revolution
The Progressive Era
10
Which amendment gave women the right to vote?
19th
17th
18th
16th
11
Which is
NOT
a cause of the Great Depression?
Unemployment
Stock market speculation
High tariffs
Stock market crash
12
What event was sparked by nativism & identified by the rounding up of Communists within the US?
Chinese Exclusion Act
Great Migration
Mexican Repatriation
Red Scare
13
Which scandal involved the first Cabinet member to be arrested for corruption and bribery?
Sinking of U.S.S. Maine
Court-packing Scheme
Sinking of Lusitania
Teapot Dome
14
Which laws were meant to discourage criticism against the United States during World War I?
Agricultural Adjustment Act
Selective Service Act
Anti-Trust Laws
Espionage and Sedition Acts
15
Which best describes a lasting impact of the Treaty of Versailles?
The U.S. joined the League of Nations
Germany and France became allies
The U.S. eliminated all war debt
Germany was severely punished
16
What situation best describes the Western Front during World War I?
Stalemate
Blitzkrieg
Lopsided Victory
Espionage
17
Which is NOT a progressive era reform designed to increase voter participation?
Assimilation
Recall
Initiative
Referendum
18
Which best describes the purpose of the Bill of Rights?
to declare our independence from Great Britain
to limit the power of the national government
to limit personal freedoms
to create a system of checks and balances
19
Which time period is identified with low taxes, high tariffs, and growth of investments?
Emergence of the U.S. as a World Power
The Roaring Twenties
The Progressive Era
The Industrial Revolution
20
Which time period is identified with the Spanish-American War and World War I?
The Industrial Revolution
The Roaring Twenties
The Progressive Era
Emergence of the U.S. as a World Power
21
Which describes a positive impact of the Harlem Renaissance?
Lynching is outlawed
Jazz as an American music form
W.E.B. DuBois increases his influence
Impressionist art
22
Which definition best describes laissez-faire?
Government-provided unemployment insurance
The outlawing of monopolies
Government stays out of business affairs
Strict laws and regulations in the stock market
23
Which foreign policy is described by the U.S. wanting to participate in Chinese trade?
Moral Diplomacy
Dollar Diplomacy
Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine
Open Door Policy
24
Which law encouraged settlers to move west by offering cheap land for settlers to improve?
Selective Service Act
The Homestead Act
Sherman Anti-Trust Act
Espionage and Sedition Acts
25
What reporting technique is described by exaggerated, embellished, sensational news stories?
Investigative Journalism
Propaganda
Fireside Chats
Yellow Journalism
26
Which time period is identified with social reforms, anti-trust laws, and political reform?
Emergence of the U.S. as a World Power
The Industrial Revolution
The Roaring Twenties
The Progressive Era
27
Which foreign policy is characterized by the U.S. desiring an isolated western hemisphere?
Dollar Diplomacy
Open Door Policy
Moral Diplomacy
Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine
