US History Fall Semester Review

Question 1

Who was the defense attorney for John Scopes, who was charged with teaching evolution?

Accepted Answer

Clarence Darrow

Question 2

Americans supported __where U.S. gains colonies for access to more __after Spanish-American War

Accepted Answer

imperialism; markets

Question 3

This legislation provided 160 acres for $10 fee as long as settlers lived on it for 5 years

Accepted Answer

Homestead Act

Question 4

This muckraker published Southern Horrors in hopes of promoting anti-lynching legislation.

Accepted Answer

Ida B. Wells

Question 5

He believed that the best way to fight U.S. discrimination was to move blacks back to Africa.

Accepted Answer

Marcus Garvey

Question 6

This court case used the Espionage Acts to limit 1st Amendment freedoms in times of war.

Accepted Answer

Schenck v. United States

Question 7

FDR's act that allowed only stable banks to reopen after the Bank Holiday he created in 1933.

Accepted Answer

Emergency Banking Relief Act

Question 8

All of the following helped promote big business by the U.S. government EXCEPT:

Accepted Answer

providing large loans

Question 9

This was established by Hoover to provide loans to banks and businesses to prevent a collapse.

Accepted Answer

Reconstruction Finance Corporation

Question 10

He believed that local/state governments should provide relief to unemployed people in 1930s.

Accepted Answer

Herbert Hoover

Question 11

Using the Bessemer Process, who was the first to mass-produce steel in America?

Accepted Answer

Andrew Carnegie

Question 12

This muckraker created a settlement house to help out the urban poor, especially immigrants.

Accepted Answer

Jane Addams

Question 13

The Populist Party platform consisted of all of the following EXCEPT:

Accepted Answer

increased immigration for larger labor force

Question 14

What event is seen as the first civil rights movement benefitting black musicians and artists?

Accepted Answer

The Harlem Renaissance

Question 15

People can propose a law called a/an __ and then call for a vote on the law known as a/an __

Accepted Answer

initiative; referendum

Question 16

This person designed an airplane to land on water and biplane wings for larger planes.

Accepted Answer

Glenn Curtiss

Question 17

Who was the prosecuting attorney against the theory of evolution in the Scopes Trial?

Accepted Answer

William Jennings Bryan

Question 18

In order to gain access to the Panama Canal, Roosevelt supported the Panamanian revolt from:

Accepted Answer

Colombia

Question 19

This legislation provided reservation land to N. Americans if they would become farmers.

Accepted Answer

Dawes Act

Question 20

This Act allowed Congress to regulate railroad rates to help out the farmers.

Accepted Answer

Interstate Commerce Act

Question 21

Who created Standard Oil and monopolizd the oil industry?

Accepted Answer

John D. Rockefeller

Question 22

Because of eugenics, the U.S. govt. created this law to prevent immigration.

Accepted Answer

U.S. Emergency Quota Act of 1921

Question 23

He was a member of the Rough Riders and acquired the Panama Canal as president.

Accepted Answer

Theodore Roosevelt

Question 24

Prohibition began with the __ Amendment and lasted until it was repealed by the __ Amendment.

Accepted Answer

18th; 21st

Question 25

This muckraker wrote The Jungle about meatpacking industry, leading to Pure Food and Drug Act

Accepted Answer

Upton Sinclair

Question 26

These were elected officials who controlled cities through corruption and immigrant votes.

Accepted Answer

Political Machines

Question 27

Which of the following was NOT a cause of the Great Depression?

Accepted Answer

The Dust Bowl

Question 28

This name describes the New York City music publishers and songwriters in the 1920s.

Accepted Answer

Tin Pan Alley

Question 29

Economic growth during the 1920s was largely because of:

Accepted Answer

increased consumption for new products

Question 30

Who wrote The Gospel of Wealth, which stated how important philanthropy is to society?

Accepted Answer

Andrew Carnegie

Question 31

WWI veterans marched to D.C. to get half of pension promised to them in 1945 by Congress.

Accepted Answer

Bonus Army

Question 32

What event consisted of hundreds for African Americans moving north to urban factories in 1919?

Accepted Answer

Great Migration

Question 33

Which president ran on the "Return to Normalcy" campaign after World War I in the 1920s?

Accepted Answer

William Harding

Question 34

This forcibly deported 2 million people of Mexican descent to Mexico so farmers could have jobs

Accepted Answer

Mexican Repatriation Act

Question 35

After the Russian revolution in 1917, Communists began to surface in the U.S., creating the:

Accepted Answer

Red Scare

Question 36

He wrote a book that stated how important a strong navy and colonies are to a nation.

Accepted Answer

Alfred T. Mahan

Question 37

Which legislation allowed Theodore Roosevelt to break up monopolies when he became president?

Accepted Answer

Sherman Anti-Trust Act

Question 38

Alexis Tocqueville believed all of the following were part of a successful democracy EXCEPT:

Accepted Answer

infrastructure

Question 39

Which philosopher influenced the key principles in the Declaration of Independence?

Accepted Answer

John Locke

Question 40

He created 8 hr work days and the first mass-produced automobile using the assembly line.

Accepted Answer

Henry Ford

US History Fall Semester Review

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US History Fall Semester Review

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