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Review for Mid Term Exams in US History
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1
This trial highlighted the rift between science and religion in the classroom
Monkey Scopes Trial
Al Capone's Trial
The trial of Bruno Hauptman
The trial of the Rosenburgs
2
President Lincoln held this view throughout the Civil War:
Harshly punish the Confederacy
Free all the slaves
Acquire new territory
Restore the Union
3
The radio provided Americans with...
Was too technical for Americans to operate
Proved boring to Americans
News and entertainment
Not invented until the 1930s
4
True/False United States did not want to join League of Nations due to entangling alliances
False
True
5
This medical breakthrough changed the lives of many Americans in the 1920s:
A vaccine for the flu
Discovery that mosquitoes cause malaria
Insulin to treat diabetes
Polio vaccine
6
Who fought vigorously to deny America's membership in the League of Nations?
John F. Kennedy
Henry Cabot Lodge
Woodrow Wilson
William Jennings Bryan
7
The Harlem Renaissance highlighted the art of which group of people?
French
African Americans
Asians
WASPs
8
Who wrote of the economic growth during the 1920s with his book
The Great Gatsby?
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Edgar Allan Poe
Langston Hughes
Louisa May Alcott
9
The 15th amendment provided:
Temperance
The vote for black men
The vote for women
Freedom of religion
10
The goal of Wilson's 14 points was.....?
A payment plan for Germany
To punish Germany severely for WWI
A plan for lasting peace
Equal distribution of colonial possessions
11
John Jay believed Articles of Confederation needed changes. Three branches of government :
Was Federalism
Provided bipartisan compromise
Example of Democracy
Demonstrated Separation of powers
12
What music style was popular in the 1920s?
Rock and roll
Country
Jazz
Classical
13
What challenged America's neutrality in World War I?
Russia becoming a Communist country
Great Britain joining the Central Powers
Mexico joining the Central Powers
Germany's unrestricted submarine warfare
14
The conclusion of the Spanish American War gave America which of the following territories?
All of these
Guam
Puerto Rico
Philippines
15
The authors of the Lost Generation moved to .....?
China
The Philippines
Europe
Cuba
16
The automobile did which of the following:
Increased social independence
Created a need for change in US infrastructure
Was made cheaply by Henry Ford's company
All of these
17
Uncle Tom's cabin was written by:
Charles Darwin
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Henry Clay
Eleanor Roosevelt
18
Progressive policy makers did NOT give attention to:
Ending child labor
Racial equality
Better working conditions
Fair labor practices
19
The election of Rutherford B. Hayes did which of the following:
Banned the KKK
Enabled the implementation of Jim Crow laws
Promised 40 acres and a mule
Insured African Americans positions in federal government
20
The twenties is also called......?
Both Jazz Age and Roaring Twenties
The Jazz Age
None of these
The Roaring Twenties
21
Who flew non-stop from New York to Paris in 1927?
Amelia Earhart
Charles Lindbergh
Charles Darwin
William Jennings Bryan
22
The Red Scare was a fear of......?
Girls with auburn hair
Anarchists
Nazis
Communists
23
Nativism is...
The right to vote for Native Americans
A rebirth of Native American art
A hatred of foreign born people
Right of citizenship for immigrants
24
Bacon's rebellion resulted in:
Mistreatment of natives became dominant in frontier life
Governor William Berkeley's land was divided among Indians
Lands seized from Powhatan tribe was returned
Virginia allowed the Powhatan tribe to own property
25
True/False: The Treaty of Versailles led directly to rise of the Third Reich and Adolf Hitler.
False
True
26
Who stated that World War I was fought "to make the world safe for democracy?"
Theodore Roosevelt
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Woodrow Wilson
Abraham Lincoln
27
Charles Lindbergh's flight led to.... ?
New York to Paris France
Both commercial flight and NY to Paris
An end to the Air Force
The commercial passenger aviation industry
28
What is a flapper?
Ladies who shortened their skirts and danced
Ladies who bobbed their hair
A young lady in the 1920s
All of these
29
Uncle Tom's cabin criticized what aspect of U.S. society?
Politics
Slavery
Poverty
Capitalism
30
The 15th amendment is also associated with what other social movement?
Legalization of marijuana
Anti-Alcohol
Women in the military
Women's suffrage
31
ANTI-Imperialists believed in...
Self-determination by other nations
No possession of overseas territory
ALL of these
No US conquest overseas
32
Cattle drives began in Texas and ended in...
Lexington, KY
Dodge City, Kansas
Sacramento, CA
Lincoln, Nebraska
33
Which is true of the economy of the South during the mid-nineteenth century?
Specialized in industrial goods
Specialized in cotton
Specialized in fishing
Highly industrial
34
Methods city bosses used to retain control of city governments include:
Establishing militias to intimidate
Giving aid to citizens for their support
Using the police force to protect unions
Alliances with all immigrants
35
Installment buying is ...
Buying on credit
Relatively new in the 1920s
All of these
Making installment payments on purchases
