stud
bud
Sign up
Log in
Home
Library
Explore
SAT
More
US History First Semester Review Flashcards | StudBud
Explore
/
US History First Semester Review
US History First Semester Review
32 terms
·
StudBud Administration
·
984 plays
US History STAAR semester 1 review
Flashcards
32 cards
F
Practice quiz
P
Host live
L
Questions
32
Answers
1
Why did Americans oppose the Treaty of Versailles?
Americans did not want to pay for the war.
Americans thought the Treaty would force them to join the League of Nations
They thought it was too hard on Germany.
Americans thought the treaty gave too much land to the Allies.
2
Which amendment, active during the 1920s, caused an increase in organized crime?
19th
16th
17th
18th
3
Which time period is identified with factories, monopolies, and large-scale immigration?
The Gilded Age
American Imperialism
The Roaring Twenties
The Progressive Era
4
Which is NOT a progressive era reform designed to increase voter participation?
Initiative
Assimilation
Referendum
Recall
5
Which foreign policy is described by the U.S. wanting to participate in Chinese trade?
Open Door Policy
Dollar Diplomacy
Moral Diplomacy
Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine
6
Which describes a positive impact of the Harlem Renaissance?
Impressionist art
W.E.B. DuBois increases his influence
Jazz as an American music form
Lynching is outlawed
7
Which law encouraged settlers to move west by offering cheap land for settlers to improve?
Selective Service Act
Espionage and Sedition Acts
The Homestead Act
Sherman Anti-Trust Act
8
What situation best describes the Western Front during World War I?
Blitzkrieg
Stalemate
Lopsided Victory
Espionage
9
Which laws were meant to discourage criticism against the United States during World War I?
Espionage and Sedition Acts
Agricultural Adjustment Act
Anti-Trust Laws
Selective Service Act
10
Which muckraker is associated with
The Jungle,
exposing the dangers of meat-packing industry?
Ida B. Wells
Upton Sinclair
Susan B. Anthony
W.E.B. DuBois
11
Which time period is identified with social reforms, anti-trust laws, and political reform?
The Industrial Revolution
The Roaring Twenties
Emergence of the U.S. as a World Power
The Progressive Era
12
Which is
NOT
a cause of World War I?
Alliances
Militarism
Assassination of Franz Ferdinand
The invention of the tank
13
Which time period is identified with the Spanish-American War and World War I?
The Roaring Twenties
The Industrial Revolution
The Progressive Era
Emergence of the U.S. as a World Power
14
Which amendment would have been supported by populists, because it created an income tax?
16th
17th
18th
19th
15
Which invention directly allowed for the mass-production of manufactured goods?
Bessemer Process
Assembly Line
Model T
Steam Power
16
What territory did the US gain after the Spanish American war?
Cuba and China
Guam, Puerto Rico and the Phillipiens
Hawaii and Cuba
Guam and Cuba
17
Which time period is identified with low taxes, high tariffs, and growth of investments?
The Roaring Twenties
Emergence of the U.S. as a World Power
The Industrial Revolution
The Progressive Era
18
Which name below reflected Theodore Roosevelt's foreign policy?
Big Stick
The Fair Deal
The Square Deal
Monroe Doctrine
19
Which foreign policy is characterized by the U.S. desiring an isolated western hemisphere?
Moral Diplomacy
Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine
Open Door Policy
Dollar Diplomacy
20
Which describes a feeling of resentment and dislike of foreigners?
Expansionism
Imperialism
Patriotism
Nativism
21
Which scandal involved the first Cabinet member to be arrested for corruption and bribery?
Sinking of Lusitania
Sinking of U.S.S. Maine
Teapot Dome
Court-packing Scheme
22
Which civil rights leader founded the NAACP?
Lincoln Steffens
Booker T. Washington
W.E.B. DuBois
Marcus Garvey
23
Which is
NOT
a cause of the Great Depression?
Stock market crash
Stock market speculation
Unemployment
High tariffs
24
What event was sparked by nativism & identified by the rounding up of Communists within the US?
Red Scare
Mexican Repatriation
Great Migration
Chinese Exclusion Act
25
Which amendment gave women the right to vote?
16th
19th
18th
17th
26
Which definition best describes laissez-faire?
Government-provided unemployment insurance
Government stays out of business affairs
The outlawing of monopolies
Strict laws and regulations in the stock market
27
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
28
Which did NOT lead to the Great Depression?
Buying on Credit
Bank Closures
Cash Purchases
Stock Speculation
29
What reporting technique is described by exaggerated, embellished, sensational news stories?
Fireside Chats
Investigative Journalism
Yellow Journalism
Propaganda
30
Which political group desired free coinage of silver and was popular among poor farmers?
Bull Moose
Populists
Progressives
Republicans
31
Clarence Darrow and William Jennings Bryan are closely associated with the struggle between -
Progressivism and the Gilded Age
Freedom and Tyranny
Modernism and Fundamentalism
Expansionism and Isolationism
32
Which best describes a lasting impact of the Treaty of Versailles?
The U.S. joined the League of Nations
The U.S. eliminated all war debt
Germany was severely punished
Germany and France became allies
