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