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SPRING HISTORY FINAL REVIEW
SPRING HISTORY FINAL REVIEW
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18. What event started The Great War in 1914?
Austria invaded Serbia
Germany increased their military
Kaiser Wilhelm II fled to Netherlands
Assassination of Archduke and his wife
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7. This man invented a quicker and cheaper way to produce and repair items. Who is he and what was the invention?
Eli Whitney, interchangeable parts
Cyrus McCormick, reaper
Henry Ford, assembly line
Eli Whitney, cotton gin
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38. What was the Manhattan Project?
A secret program to develop a nuclear bomb
A secret plan to bomb German cities
A spy network for the Axis forces
A network of Allied spies
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37. What was the Battle of the Bulge?
Allies were badly defeated by Germans
Russian troops pushed Germany out of Russia
Germany pushed the front line into Belgium
Allied troops pushed into Germany
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26. October 29, 1929 was the day the Stock Market set a record high in sales and shareholders made millions.
False
True
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10. Who invented a faster, cheaper way to make steel?
Henry Bessemer
Thomas Edison
John D. Rockefeller
Andrew Carnegie
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4. These were slave states on the border that did NOT join the confederacy:
Delaware, Kentucky, Maryland, Missouri
Arkansas, Kentucky, North Carolina, Kansas
Kentucky, Missouri, South Carolina, Tennessee
North Carolina, Tennessee, Maryland, Missouri
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28. The only President to serve 3 terms and who is credited with helping people during the Great Depression:
Theodore Roosevelt
Calvin Coolidge
Woodrow Wilson
Franklin D Roosevelt
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22. An economic system based on private ownership of goods with competition in a free market is known as:
Communism
Capitalism
Totalitarianism
Socialism
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21. Who was President during WWI?
Howard Taft
Theodore Roosevelt
Franklin Roosevelt
Woodrow Wilson
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8. The Industrial Revolution made goods harder and more expensive to produce.
True
False
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13. Thomas Edison held over 1000 patents.
True
False
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35. This battle became the key turning point of war for the Allied troops.
D-Day invasion
Battle of Midway
Battle of El Alamein
Battle of Stalingrad
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11. This law stated that slavery would be prohibited north of Missouri's southern border:
Fugitive Slave Law
Missouri Compromise
Compromise of 1850
Slavery Expansion Law
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3. This law made it legal to capture runaway slaves in free areas.
Bounty Law
Fugitive Slave Law
Law of Property
Runaway Slave Law
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2. President Lincoln gave this speech about the Union troops and winning the war.
Inaugural Address
Farewell Speech
Emancipation Proclamation
Gettysburg Address
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19. What were the main Central Powers in WWI?
Poland, Serbia
Germany, Austria-Hungary
Germany, Hungary
Austria, Serbia
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16. What was NOT an effect of mass migration to the US?
Increase in millionaires
Overcrowded cities
Increase in diseases
Increase in the labor force
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25. Prohibition of the sale and production of alcohol became which amendment?
18th
16th
17th
15th
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23. The Treaty of Paris ended the Great War and set the terms for Germany's punishment.
True
False
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6. One of these was NOT a hardship faced by Confederate troops:
Diseases
Fighting on familiar territory
Numerous railroad lines
Food and supplies
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9. Which of these happened last?
Battle of Shiloh
Firing on Ft. Sumter
First Battle of Manassas
Pickett's Charge
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14. Cornelius Vanderbilt made his money in:
Oil
Fur trapping
Steel
Railroads
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1. What happened during 1861-1865?
Civil War
Great Depression
Revolutionary War
Dust Bowl
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33. Describe the Lend-Lease Act proposed by FD Roosevelt:
Allowed the President to give aid to any country deemed vital to the US
Allowed the President to tax people to raise war funds
Allowed the War Production Board to use factories for war supplies
Allowed the government to lease farmland
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29. In the 1930s, the theme in movies of 'rags to riches' was known as:
Regionalism
Escapism
Nationalism
Propaganda
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32. This leader created the National Socialist Party in 1933.
Emperor Hirohito
Adolph Hitler
Joseph Stalin
Benito Mussolini
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34. This man was admiral of the Pacific fleet after Pearl Harbor.
Douglas MacArthur
Chester Nimitz
Dwight Eisenhower
Omar Bradley
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17. Which event helped pass several laws for safer working conditions?
Haymarket Riots
Housing Act of Chicago
Triangle Shirtwaist Fire
Coal Miners' Strike
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15. Which could be a 'push' factor for immigrants in their native country?
democratic government
religious persecution
good economy
abundant civil rights
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12. What was NOT a 'pull' factor in the US for immigrants?
Opportunity to own land
Political freedom
Economic depression
Religious freedom
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30. Define fascism:
a free-market economy based on competitive prices
where the government is in total control of everything
System where the 'state' is more valued than individuals
System where the government owns all property and businesses
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27. Adding to the Depression was a years' long drought in the Great Plains, which was known as:
The Bread Basket
Great Plains Famine
The Dust Bowl
Dusty Flats
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31. World War II is largely credited with getting America out of the Great Depression.
True
False
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36. On June 6, 1944, Allied forces landed on beaches in France to invade this German-occupied country. This was:
D-Day Invasion
Omaha Beach landing
Armistice Day
Normandy Invasion
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24. Many radical changes occurred in the Roaring 20s--select the best option.
More young people moved out of cities
Pop culture emerged
Returned to the way things were before the war
Young people followed in their parents' footsteps
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5. This document freed slaves officially:
Gettysburg Address
Treaty of Versailles
Emancipation Proclamation
Treaty of Ghent
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20. The main reason that US entered WWI:
Italy joined Germany
Germany invaded Belgium
Austria invaded Serbia
Zimmerman telegram
