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US History Final Exam - Semester 2
US History Final Exam - Semester 2
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1
What were the Black Codes in the Reconstruction South?
All of the Above
They replaced the slave codes of the antebellum era.
Laws that kept the Freedmen subservient to the whites
Local laws that were passed to control the freed slaves.
2
He is credited with establishing the idea of Franchising McDonald's restaurants
Ray Charles
Ray Kroc
Dave Thomas
David McDonald
3
What was the Harlem Renaissance?
A factory for African Americans
A march across the US.
A flourishing of African American culture in the US
A railroad system
4
What was a carpetbagger?
Northerners who supported the South
Northerners that went South to get easy money and property
Southerners who supported the North
Southerners who fought in the Mexican American war
5
Between 1860 and 1900, a primary cause of migration from rural to urban areas was
increasing economic opportunity in cities
government resettlement policies
lack of rural housing as building slowed
inflationary pressure on crop prices
6
Where was there a fire that, according to legend, was started by a cow
San Francisco
Boston
St. Louis
Chicago
7
Which of the following subjects was forbidden in Tennessee by the Butler Act?
Creationism
The Bible
Evolution
Modernism
8
Most notorious NY political boss
WEB DeBois
William Seward
William Tweed
Bill Poole
9
Which two nationalities best represent “old” immigrants?
English and Italian
Irish and Turkish
English and German
German and Russian
10
Commander of the US Expeditionary Forces in World War I
Dwight D. Eisenhower
John J. Pershing
Erwin Rommel
George Patton
11
Secretary of State William Seward was initially ridiculed for purchasing.....
Oregon
Hawaii
Alaska
The Panama Canal Zone
12
Cuban Nationalist who incited a revolution with Spain in the 1890s
Cesar Chavez
Fidel Castro
Jose Marti
Pancho Villa
13
What was the cause of protests by farmers at the end of the 19th century?
the increase of the money supply
the closing of the open range
the power of the railroad companies
overproduction of crops on the Great Plains
14
During reconstruction this group was determined to crush the power of the Southern Planters
Copperheads
Radical Republicans
Freedmen
Carpetbaggers
15
Famous Western artist, born in Mr. Frank's home town? He was sent to Cuba to document the Cuban revolution
Andy Warhol
Henri Mattisse
Frederic Remington
John French Sloane
16
Leader of the US 7th Cavalry that was destroyed at Little Bighorn
George Custer
Thomas Jackson
George Patton
William Sherman
17
This agreement essentially ended Reconstruction in the South
Plessy vs Ferguson
Crooked Bargain
Compromise of 1877
Monroe Doctrine
18
During World War I, the Espionage and Sedition Acts affected freedom of speech because they...
forced the repeal of the First Amendment.
made restaurants offer “liberty sandwiches” not “hamburgers”
let the government silence ideas challenging its authority.
promoted biased ideas designed to sway people’s thinking.
19
Most decorated US World War I Veteran
Manfred von Richtofen
Isaac Thrasher
Jimmy Stewart
Alvin York
20
What groups did the Social Security Act help?
Old people, young people, immigrants
Elderly, unemployed and disadvantaged people
Disadvantaged people, farmers, immigrants
Farmers, homeless people, unemployed
21
Under the sharecropping system, many farmers...
Lost their jobs.
Shared land with state governments.
Stayed trapped in a cycle of poverty
Saved enough money to buy land
22
What Act established “Truth in Labeling” ?
Government Regulation Act
Meat Inspection Act
16th Amendment
Pure Food and Drug Act
23
Which of these established an 8 hour work day & improved safety conditions in during WWI?
War Industries Board
Fuel Administration
National War Labor Board
Committee on Public Information
24
Where was Angel Island located
Puget Sound
San Francisco Bay
Boston Harbor
New York Harbor
25
How did the Zimmermann Note most accurately affect American attitudes about World War I?
It led to growing public support for the US entering the war
It led the Allies to beg the US to support their war effort
It led the United States to attack Mexico.
It made American leaders more resolved to stay neutral
26
Which statement best represents the ideas of the Progressives of the late 1800s:
The government should own and run all businesses
Businesses need to be run in response to demand of consumers
All agriculture should be monitored by the government.
govt. should protect the people against unfair practices
27
Which of these was key factor in Europeans emigrating to America?
poor schools
ethnic & religious persecution
bad weather
high cost of housing
28
This event caused many Northerners to lose interest in Reconstruction
Panic of 1873
California Gold Rush
Purchase of Alaska
Watergate Scandal
29
What is the most expansive law in support of equality enacted by Congress?
the Civil Rights Act of 1957
the Civil Rights Act of 1960
the Civil Rights Act of 1964
Executive Order 8802
30
New Deal programs such as the CCC and the WPA were primarily intended to help
businesses
unemployed workers
farmers
homeowners
31
Many immigrants traveled to America in "steerage". This means they....
Had first class tickets
Did not buy a ticket
Traveled in poor conditions in the bottom of the steamship
Walked from Latin America
32
This form of economics can be characterized by a lack of government involvement in business:
Laissez-faire Capitalism
Government Economics
Market Socialism
Communism
33
What is the meaning of the term “planned obsolescence”?
schools must replace textbooks every 6 years.
A worker must retire at age 65 to receive Social Security.
A trademark can only be used for ten years by a company.
that a product is designed to wear out over time
34
What were the goals of the New Deal?
Create schools and protect farmers.
Reform the government and decrease spending.
Provide relief, recovery, and reform for American people.
Increase spending on defense and trade.
35
Martin Luther King, Jr.’s philosophy of protest stressed
change by any means necessary
intensive, radical action
active, but nonviolent resistance
acceptance of discrimination until the courts could act
36
Martin Luther King, Jr.’s philosophy of protest stressed
intensive, radical action
acceptance of discrimination until the courts could act
active, but nonviolent resistance
change by any means necessary
37
Yellow journalism is...
exaggerated and sensationalized news stories
mistreatment of people in foreign lands
priting the news on yellow paper
Sunday Cartoon strips
38
The key blow to the way of life for Native American tribes on the Plains was
the extermination of the buffalo herds.
the deaths of the major Native American leaders.
the reservation system.
incessant tribal warfare.
39
What was the purpose behind the novel –
The Jungle
?
to brag on the conservationist movement
to expose the bad conditions in the oil fields
to expose the bad conditions in the meatpacking industry.
to expose the bad conditions in the textile mills
40
Which of these called for the US to lend $2.5B to Germany to help pay their war reparations
Kellogg-Briand Pact
Dawes Plan
Fordney-McCumber Tariff
Carnegie-Mellon Foundation
41
Which of the following did the US insist that Cuba include in its constitution?
the Platt Amendment
the Roosevelt Corollary
the Boxer Protocol
the Rough Riders
42
What was the purpose of the Quota System of the 1920s?
To limit the immigrants from certain European countries.
To allow unlimited immigration from Canada and Mexico.
To allow increased immigration from China and Japan.
All of the Above
43
During WWI, he was famously known as the "Red Baron"
Erwin Rommel
George Patton
Manfred Von Richtofen
Otto Von Bismarck
44
American Senator that led the campaign against joining the League of Nations
William Jennings Bryan
Henry Cabot Lodge
Woodrow Wilson
Clarence Darrow
45
Teddy Roosevelt founded a political party known as
Know Nothing Party
Green Party
Bull Moose
The Dixiecrats
46
What happened during the Haymarket Riot?
people attack police - police run away
people wanted more pay - attacked factory owners
people protesting pay cuts - a bomb went off
people want shorter weeks - police kill them
47
American economy was based on what
BEFORE
the Industrial Revolution?
steel manufacturing
oil production
fur trading
farming
48
This event signaled the end of Native American resistance in the west
Sandy Creek Massacre
Battle of the Alamo
Battle of the Little Bighorn
Wounded Knee Massacre
49
This federal law made it illegal to form trusts that decrease competition
Roosevelt Corollary
Sherman Anti-trust Act
Mergers & Acquisitions Act
Anti-Monopoly Act
50
One motive for American Imperialism was
to create alliances with other nations
to destroy other nations
to further the quest for peace
to gain new markets for US good around the world
51
What was the movement that preached salvation through service to the poor?
The Catholic Services Movement
The Social Gospel Movement
The Quaker Movement
The Transcendentalist Movement
52
The court case that declared "separate, but equal" to be unconstitutional
Plessy v. Ferguson
Brown v. the Board of Education
Marbury v. Madison
Schenk v. the United States
53
Hitler instituted the ___________________which excluded Jews from German citizenship
Schlieffen Plan
Nuremburg Laws
Final Solution
Berlin Policy
54
This was the first law passed to limit immigration. It was passed in 1892.
Asian Immigration Act
European Exclusion Act
Chinese Exclusion Act
Immigration Act of 1917
55
Who was the founder of Hull House in Chicago?
Jane Addams
John Donne
Jacob Riis
Abigail Adams
56
The Pendelton Civil Service Act
law to keep railroads from overcharging farmers.
supported the "Spoils System"
test to grant American citizenship
stopped political machines from giving jobs to friends
57
The key weakness of the ______________ was that the USA refused to join.
Triple Entente
United Nations
NATO
League of Nations
58
During both World Wars, African Americans:
Served, but in segregated units
Served right alongside whites
Could not serve in the military
Were given the most dangerous missions
59
Which invention made the building and use of skyscrapers feasible?
Steel Beams
Mass Transit
Elevators
Zoning Laws
60
By providing full aid to Britain in WWII, which effectively ended the US policy of neutrality?
The Smith Act
The Reciprocity Act.
The Taft-Hartley Act.
The Lend-Lease Act
61
What did the Radical Republicans want?
punish the South for the War & protect free blacks
to put the nation back together without any punitive action
to end the Freedman's Bureau
to limit African Americans freedoms by passing Black Codes
62
Favoritism towards American born people
Ethnocentrism
Racism
Nationalism
Nativism
