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