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