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US History Final Review-Fall Semester
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1
What was the purpose of Jane Addams settlement houses?
Help the poor women in need
Help create jobs for those without
Help to gain women's suffrage
Help assimilate the immigrants
2
Poor working conditions and low wages led to--
a rise in production
a rise in women's suffrage
a rise of labor unions
a rise in organized crime
3
What event led to commercial travel overseas?
Charles Lindbergh's flight to Paris
Amelia Earhart's Flight China
The invention of the hydroplane
Wright Brother's First Flight
4
What did the Dust Bowl cause farmers to do?
search for jobs with other farmers
sulk over being poor
trade their belongings for food
move to urban areas to find jobs
5
The idea of survival of the fittest in a social situation?
Social Nativism
Social Realism
Social Expanisonism
Social Darwinism
6
Which of the following would support the 16th amendment?
People with cash business do not have to pay taxes
People who make more money should pay lower taxes
You can become exempt from paying income tax
People who earn more money should pay taxes at a higher rate
7
What is a direct result of Henry Ford's creation of the assembly line?
Equal pay for men and women
Mass production
More expensive goods
Less jobs
8
The Scopes Monkey Trial is an example of--
Expansionism VS Isolationism
Modernism VS Traditionalism
Present VS Past
Conservatives VS Liberals
9
The Red Scare during the 1920's was a reaction to--
Russian Revolution
World War I
Labor Unions
Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
10
Which of the following was a reason that the US entered WWI?
Archduke Franz Ferdinand was assassinated
Hitler took over Poland
Germans were using unrestricted submarine warfare
France fell to the Germans
11
Which amendment created Prohibition?
21st
16th
19th
18th
12
Why did the US want to build the Panama Canal?
to restrict other countries from trading with Panama
to travel between oceans more quickly
to own Panama
to create tension in Central America
13
What does the below image represent?
Child Labor
High Unemployment Rate
Overcrowding in tenements
Growth of Political Machines
14
What was the purpose of Woodrow Wilson's 14 points?
To put all European nations in their place
To form a council of leaders that discussed world issues
To create everlasting peace and prevent future wars
To punish Germany for its acts against humanity
15
What was a direct result of machine guns and trenchware in WWI?
A stalemate on the Western front
Germany winning the war
Massive deaths due to poison gas
A treaty ending the war
16
Which innovation helped build Andrew Carnegie's business?
Ford's Assembly Line
Whitney's interchangeable parts
Fulton's Steam Engine
Bessemer Steel Process
17
What were Booker T. Washington and W.E.B Du Bois fighting for?
Racial discrimination of Immigrants
Racial segregation of African Americans
Racial equality of African Americans
Assimilation of Native Americans
18
Who gained influence because they offered their essential services to immigrants?
Muckrakers
Political Machines
Union Leaders
Nativists
19
What impact did muckrakers have?
Their exposure led to government corruption
their exposure led to apologies from business leaders
Their exposures led to reforms in America
Their exposure led to loss of jobs
20
Which court case made segregation legal?
Schenck VS United States
Schecter VS United States
Plessy VS Ferguson
Miranda VS Arizona
21
Recall, Referendum, and Initiative gave citizens--
the idea to decrease the power of the federal government
a more direct voice in government
less of chance to be heard
the right to put regulations on voting rights
22
What did New Deal Agencies such as the Social Security Administration do?
Made government more accountable for the job losses
Made government ignore issues of the depression
Made government more responsible for the welfare of people
Made government ruin the trust with the people
23
The government created programs like the TVA to--
create jobs and collect taxes on it
improve living conditions in the Tennessee Valley
create jobs and improve living standards
bring every electricity and running water
24
Which of the following is one of Tocqueville’s 5 values of government?
federalism
separation of powers
egalitarianism
balance
25
The Dawes Act assimilated Native Americans by--
making them go to Americanization schools
making them build the railroad
sending them to urban areas to obtain jobs
giving them 160 acres to cultivate
26
This act requires the promotion of federal employees be based on merit not on connections--
Clayton Anti-Trust Act
Interstate Commerce Act
Pendleton Service Act
Sherman Anti-Trust Act
27
Which era could be described by reforms on economic and social abuses on industrial society?
Expanisonism
Gilded Age
Progressive
Roaring 20's
28
The change in the relationship between the government and the economy came from which policy?
New Deal
Expansionism
Dollar Diplomacy
Square Deal
29
We gained access to China through which policy?
Pendleton Service Act
Open Door Policy
Big Stick Diplomacy
Dollar Diplomacy
30
In order to ensure New Deal legislation passed what did FDR attempt to do--
Use his veto power to over rule Congress
Give more power to the Executive branch of government
fire all of the Congressmen
enlarge the number of Supreme Court Justices
31
Which of the following helped the settlement of the west?
Homestead Act and Railroads
Louisiana Purchase and Railroads
Dawes Act and Cattle Ranches
Railroads and Populist Party Ideals
32
The sixth amendment states--
right to a speedy trial
no cruel and unusual punishment
No quartering of troops
right to bear arms
33
Who trained all inexperienced troops and was the leader of the AEF?
Marcus Garvey
Theodore Roosevelt
John J. Pershing
Alvin York
34
Which event caused America to emerge as a world power?
Spanish American War
Great Migration
Red Scare
WWI
35
Which of the following was a direct cause of the Great Depression?
low stock market prices
buying stock on the margin
the continuous growth of the stock market
people not wanting to participate in the stock market
36
What event made it hard for President Wilson to defend his policy of neutrality in WWI?
Sinking of the Titanic
Sinking of the USS Arizona
Sinking of the Lusitania
Sinking of the USS Maine
37
Which amendment protects us from excessive surveillance by the government?
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1
4
3
38
What was the Great Migration?
Movement of African Americans from the W to E for jobs
Movement of African Americans from the E to W for jobs
Movement of African Americans from S to N for jobs
Movement of African Americans from the N to S for jobs
39
The Espionage and Sedition acts showed the government could prevent which of our rights?
8th Amendment
10th Amendment
7th Amendment
1st Amendment
40
What law barred Chinese immigrants for 10 years and prevented their citizenship?
Chinese Exclusion Act
Boxer Rebellion
Close Door Policy
Chinese Immigrant Act
41
The US declared war on Spain due to--
Yellow Journalism of the sinking of the USS Maine
Zimmerman's Telegrams to Mexico
Government Corruption in trade with Cuba
Muckrakers exposure of the treatment of Cuban Americans
42
The awakening of African American culture is called--
Tin Pan Alley
Civil Rights
Great Migration
Harlem Renaissance
43
The Gilded Age can be characterized by--
Reforms and Muckrackers
Railroads and Gold Rush
Big Business and Entreprenurship
Jazz and Red Scare
44
FDR reassured the American people through his radio show called--
Morning Reminders
Sleepy Time Show
After Dinner News
Fireside Chats
45
Congress opposed the League of Nations because they felt it would--
lead US into deep isolationism without congress consent
lead US to take over more territory w/o congress approval
lead US into international conflicts w/o congress approval
led to international arguments with congress
46
What city did Jazz originate in?
Atlanta
Chicago
New York
New Orleans
47
Who was the eyes and ears for FDR while he was in office?
Ida B. Wells
Eleanor Roosevelt
Mamie Johnson
Marilyn Monroe
48
Which sentence would best fit US expansionism?
US gains control of Austria
US frees Cuba from Spain
US gains control of the Phillipines and Guam
US breaks up African Colonies
49
Which scandal is described by the Secretary of the Interior leasing out oil reserves--
Dome Gate
Teapot Dunes
Teapot Dome
Dome Tea Party
50
What is Tin Pan Alley?
Section of NY where American Popular Music was formed
Area of LA where American Popular Music was founded
Area of Las Vegas where American Popular Music florished
Section of Chicago where American Popular Music was created
51
President Wilson introduced the Federal Reserve System to--
guarantee an adequate money supply
to grant citizens an unregulated stock market
to regulate commercial business
to back the money in the banks
52
Which of the following shows discontentment with Hoover's efforts to deal with the Depression?
Muckrakers
Hoovervilles
Labor Strikes
Red Scare
