What is urbanization?

the process of growing cities and people migrating to them

What were some of the problems with immigration in the early 1900s?

overcrowding, sanitation issues, crime, ethnic neighborhoods

What were the 1920s known for?

flappers and mobsters, economic prosperity, Prohibition, the Harlem Renaissance

What type of union only allowed workers with a certain skill set?

craft unions, such as the American Federation of Labor

The Iran Hostage Crisis...

occurred when Iranian rebels attacked the US embassy

were largely over land disputes, included the Battle of Little BigHorn, led to violent conflict between Natives and the US military, characterized Native resistance to white expansion

What inventions aided the Homesteaders?

the steel plow, windmill, and barbed wire

Who were the exodusters?

African Americans who fled from the south

What problems were muckrackers trying to expose?

unfair business practices and corruption

What is the legacy of the New Deal?

federal gov't is bigger and more involved in people's lives

How did the Roosevelt Corollary expand the Monroe Doctrine?

It said the US would police the Western Hemisphere

What law was designed to reduce government corruption and end the spoils system?

The Pendleton Civil Service Act

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is responsible for

enforcing environmental regulations

Why is the Cuban Missile Crisis considered the height of the Cold War?

Closest the world has been to nuclear war

What is collective bargaining?

negotiations between many union representatives & employers

Who were Joseph Pulitzer and William Randolph Hearst?

yellow journalists who exaggerated stories about Span-Am War

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1
Which was not a major cause of the Stock Market Crash?
stock speculation
farming issues
buying on margin
access to easy credit
2
What was joined at Promontory Point, Utah?
The Transcontinental Railroad
The Interstate Railway System
The Pony Express
The Interstate Highway System
3
What industry did John D. Rockefeller dominate?
steel
banking
railways
oil
4
Which of the following was not a goal of The New Deal?
reform
rebuild
relief
recover
5
A ______________ has complete control over a product or industry.
corporation
trust
horizontal integration
monopoly
6
What is urbanization?
the creation of new farming areas
the process of growing cities and people migrating to them
the process of expanding railroads
the migration of people away from cities
7
What were some of the problems with immigration in the early 1900s?
overcrowding, sanitation issues, crime, ethnic neighborhoods
language barriers, travel bans, terrorism
lack of jobs, consumerism, corporate greed
larger military, welfare programs, job competition
8
Who coined the term "The Gilded Age"?
Mark Twain
Andrew Carnegie
Teddy Roosevelt
John D. Rockafeller
9
What was FDR's domestic program that helped address the Great Depression?
The New Deal
The Square Deal
The Great Society
The New Frontier
10
Who said "Speak softly and carry a big stick"?
D. Eisenhower
W. Wilson
B. Obama
T. Roosevelt
11
Which President is known for their "trickle down" economic policy?
Nixon
Trump
Reagen
Carter
12
What were the 1920s known for?
flappers and mobsters
economic prosperity
Prohibition
the Harlem Renaissance
13
What period of cultural expansion created a positive identity for African Americans?
The Atlanta Compromise
The Back to Africa Movement
The Harlem Renaissance
The Black Power Movement
14
What type of union only allowed workers with a certain skill set?
credit unions, such as State Employees' Credit Unions
craft unions, such as the American Federation of Labor
industrial unions, such as the Knights of Labor
professional sporting leagues, such as the NFL
15
The Iran Hostage Crisis...
occurred when Iranian rebels attacked the US embassy
occurred when US troops captured the Iranian embassy
ended with Carter's presidency
was directed by the Shah of Iran
16
How did the US respond to the outbreak of WWI?
offer financial assistance
refuse to acknowledge it.
remain neutral
Cash-and-carry
17
The smaller wars fought during the Cold War period were called...
nuclear wars
prohibition wars
potato wars
proxy wars
18
What act took away tribal customs and attempted to make Native Americans "more American"?
The Homestead Act
The Interstate Commerce Act
The Assimilation Act
The Dawes Act
19
Which form of diplomacy was embraced by Taft?
Open Door diplomacy
Dollar Diplomacy
Moral diplomacy
Big Stick diplomacy
20
In the 1920 election, which US President promised a "Return to Normalcy" if elected?
W. Wilson
F.D. Roosevelt
H. Truman
W. Harding
21
What terrorist organization was reborn in the 1920s by white radicals?
HUAC
Al Qaeda
ISIL
KKK
22
Which Supreme Court case said the government could restrict free speech during wartime?
Scopes Trial
Bush v Gore
US v Schneck
Swain v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg
23
Woodrow Wilson's plan for peace after WWI was called...
The Versailles Treaty
The Fourteen Points
The United Nations
The League of Nations
24
What as the result of the Bay of Pigs?
Undercover cuban exiles were killed and tortured
Made the US look bad
All of the above
Castro hates the US and allies with Khrushchev
25
When a strong country uses military, economic, or political power to control a weaker territory
isolationism
democracy
imperialism
capitalism
26
The Indian Wars
were largely over land disputes
included the Battle of Little BigHorn
led to violent conflict between Natives and the US military
characterized Native resistance to white expansion
27
What inventions aided the Homesteaders?
The saw, the electric drill, and concrete
the steel plow, windmill, and barbed wire
The tractor, the train, and the combine
The combine, hay baler, and irrigation
28
Who were the exodusters?
African Americans who did not survive in the West
Native Americans who fled from the Trail of Tears
Native Americans who fled the US Army
African Americans who fled from the south
29
Which of the following was never a US territory?
Hawaii
The Philippines
Guam
Cuba
30
Who said "I will fight no more forever" after US troops chased his people thousands of miles?
Chief Three Feathers
Crazy Horse
Sitting Bull
Chief Joseph
31
What problems were muckrackers trying to expose?
illegal immigration and global warming
Communism and restriction of consumer rights
the Jim Crow laws and segregation
unfair business practices and corruption
32
Who established the Hull House?
Jane Addams
Robert LaFollette
F.D. Roosevelt
Margaret Singer
33
Progressive Amendment: What did the 17th Amendment do?
direct election of senators
Prohibition
women's suffrage
federal income tax
34
What is the legacy of the New Deal?
the gov't refused to regulate banking industry
the gov't is unresponsive to the needs of citizens
federal gov't is bigger and more involved in people's lives
the gov't should be laissez-faire
35
What US President was blamed for the Great Depression?
F.D. Roosevelt
H. Hoover
C. Coolidge
T. Roosevelt
36
How did the Roosevelt Corollary expand the Monroe Doctrine?
it said the US would expand to Europe
it said Europe could have colonies in the Western Hemisphere
It said the US would police the Western Hemisphere
it said we would take 1/3 of Mexico
37
Which term describes a fear of communism after WWI?
McCarthyism
The Red Scare
Duck and Cover
The Commie Alert
38
What was William Jennings Bryan's famous "Cross of Gold" speech about?
unfair railroad prices
bimetallism
the banking crisis
the wage gap between rich and poor
39
What problem was a result of Prohibition?
HIV
flapper fashion
a bad economy
Bootlegging
40
What law was designed to reduce government corruption and end the spoils system?
The Federal Trade Commission Act
The Pendleton Civil Service Act
The Sherman Anti-trust Act
The Interstate Commerce Act
41
What act helped draft over 3 million troops in WWI and still exists today?
The Social Security Act
The GI Bill
The Affordable Care Act
The Selective Service Act
42
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is responsible for
protecting US industry
enforcing environmental regulations
regulating military spending
regulating national security
43
Why is the Cuban Missile Crisis considered the height of the Cold War?
It won the Cold War for America
It ended the space race
All of the above
Closest the world has been to nuclear war
44
What political party did T. Roosevelt represent in 1912?
The Dixiecrats
The Bull Moose Party
The Democratic Republican Party
The Populist Party
45
In the United States, industrialization occurred most rapidly in the...
Southeast
Northwest
Northeast
Southwest
46
Which muckraker exposed the political corruption of Boss Tweed and Tammany Hall?
Cartoonist, Thomas Nast
Publisher, Ida B. Wells
Journalist, Ida Tarbell
Author, Upton Sinclair
47
Which famous muckraker wrote "How the Other Half Lives" about tenement housing?
Upton Sinclair
Ida Tarbell
Jacob Riis
William Tweed
48
What is collective bargaining?
Striking to force an employee to improve working conditions
negotiations between many union representatives & employers
negotiations between workers and the US military
agreements between managers and their employees
49
Who were Joseph Pulitzer and William Randolph Hearst?
industry leaders who helped build the railroads
robber barons who sold watered down stock options
yellow journalists who exaggerated stories about Span-Am War
muckrakers who exposed political corruption
50
What were the primary factors pulled Americans westward?
land, gold, adventure
cities and factory jobs
crime and lawlessness
religious freedom
51
What animals destruction contributed to the downfall of the Plains Indians?
Buffalo
Antelope
Horse
Deer
52
Why will December 7, 1941 be a day that "lives in infamy"?
Attack on Pearl Harbor
First atomic bomb dropped
America joins WWI
D-Day
53
How did the Allies support West Berlin after the USSR cut off their supplies?
Berlin Airlift
Berlin Blockade
Berlin Wall
Berlin War
54
Which US President was known as the "trustbuster"?
W. Wilson
T. Roosevelt
W. Taft
C. Coolidge
55
What business strategy did Carnegie use to dominate his industry?
picketing and scabs
vertical integration
trusts
calculated risk
56
Which is not true of Communism?
Government owns all property
Classless society; egalitarian
Freedom of the Press
Usually has a dictator
57
How did the government "repay" women for their role in war production?
ratify the 19th Amendment
made women eligible for the military draft
pass new laws allowing women to work factory positions
Increased the minimum wage
58
Which two immigrants were accused of murder and sentenced to death because of the Red Scare?
Lappa and Elfranc
Orstad and Buchacheck
Danku and Millin
Sacco and Vanzetti
59
Why was trench warfare largely unsuccessful?
led to a stalemate
soldiers couldn't protect themselves from chemical attacks
took too long to build them
soldiers were exposed to the elements for the first time
60
Which word best describes The Iron Curtain?
Microsocialism
Separation
Ultimatum
Detente
61
How did Hoover respond to the Great Depression?
encouraged Rugged Individualism
passed the Hawley-smoot Tariff
hired Keynes as an economic advisor
closed the banks until they could pass inspection
62
What is it called when the government requires laborers to end strikes and return to work.
picketing
injunction
scab workers
collective bargaining
63
Nixon's policy of easing tensions during the Cold War is called...
Triangular Diplomacy
detente
Vietnamization
Triad of War
64
Jim Crow laws were ________ laws that....
federal; banned racial segregation in the US
federal; enforced racial segregation in the US
state; enforced racial segregation in the South
state; banned racial segregation in the South
65
Which was not a major cause of WWI?
Isolationism
Nationalism
Militarism
Alliances
66
What was the name of the imperialist policy that opened trade with China?
Missionary Diplomacy
SALT Talks
NAFTA
The Open Door Policy
67
What role did the railroad play in the settlement of the West?
travel was easier, shipping crops, displaced Natives
helped Native Americans, transportation of heavy metals
mobilized the US Army, transported factory workers
increased cattle herding and factory transportation
68
What theory was used to justify why the rich were successful and the poor were not?
Social Gospel
Evolution
Social Darwinism
Gospel of Truth
69
Which of the following was not a reason for the US to join WWI?
unrestricted submarine warfare
the Zimmerman telegram
sinking of the Lusitania
the assassination of Franz Ferdinand
70
What trial of the 1920s showed the growing tension between religion and science?
The Scopes Trial
The Nuremburg Trials
The Rosenburg Trial
The Nixon Trial
71
Why did workers join together to form unions?
physical punishment of workers
banning of females employees
low wages and poor working conditions
unpaid vacation and maternity leave
72
Which was the most unpopular war in US history?
The Vietnam War
The Spanish American War
The Korean War
The Cold War
73
What type of action was not advertised to "citizen soldiers" during WWII?
Conserve
Enlist
Invest
Produce
74
Who was not a famous writer, author, or musician of the Harlem Renaissance?
Charlie Chapman
Zora Neale Hurston
Langston Hughes
Duke Ellington
75
Japanese Internment was made possible by the passing of...
Korematsu v. US
Executive Order 9066
The War Industries Board
The Japanese Exclusion Act
76
Which is an example of a push factor for immigration?
freedom of speech
land ownership
job opportunities
religious persecution
77
What political party was born out of the problems facing farmers and factory workers?
The Bull Moose Party
The Socialist Party
The Populist Party
The Federalist Party
78
Who is the only US President to be elected more than twice?
T. Roosevelt
H. Truman
F.D. Roosevelt
B. Clinton
79
Which military strategy was not used by the US in WWII?
the atomic bomb
kamikaze pilots
trench warfare
island hopping
80
In what war did the US gain Guam, The Philippines, and Puerto Rico?
The Spanish American War
The Cold War
The Mexican-American War
WWI
81
When was the US Highway system developed?
The 1930s
The 1990s
The 1950s
The 1970s
82
What was the Chinese Exclusion Act?
Banned the Chinese from attending public schools
banned Americans from going to China
interned Chinese Americans during WWII
Banned immigration of the Chinese to the US
83
What change did not occur for women in the 1920s?
they had household cleaning products advertised to them
they were more sexually liberated
they embraced shocking fashion choices, like short hair.
they smoke and drank in public
84
What term is used to describe a government with little to no involvement in business/industry?
non-interventionist
slack-jawed
liberal
laissez-faire
85
What is an initiative?
a law proposed by a citizen
a law proposed by the President
a law proposed by a non-citizen
a law that is never voted on
86
Progressive Amendment: What did the 18th Amendment do?
women's suffrage
direct election of senators
Prohibition
federal income tax
87
What significant event did not occur in 1968?
RFK assassination
JFK assassination
MLKJ assassination
Tet Offensive
88
What is a tariff?
law governing international trade
taxes on imported goods
trade restrictions on foreign markets
an exported good/product
89
Progressive Amendment: What did the 16th Amendment do?
direct election of senators
women's suffrage
created a federal income tax
Prohibition
90
What was the purpose of the Homestead Act?
encourage Westward expansion and settlement
assimilate Native Americans
eliminate Native American tribes from the West
provide federal funding for the railroad and telegraph
91
What was the US foreign policy during the early Cold War?
Detente
McCarthyism
Domino Theory
Containment
92
The mass movement of African Africans into Northern cities is known as...
The Jim Crow Migration
The Mass Exodus
The Exoduster Movement
The Great Migration
93
What is a recall?
a vote that doesn't count because of voter fraud
a vote to take a candidate off the ballot
a vote to remove an official from office
a vote to undo a law that has already passed
94
What was Carnegie's theory that stated men should donate their money to good causes?
The Gospel of Wealth
The Social Gospel
Philanthropic charity
Social Darwinism
95
Who is the only US President to have resigned from office?
Nixon
Kennedy
Carter
Ford
96
What domestic attack had the largest death toll?
The Oklahoma City Bombings
9/11
Assassination of JFK
Pearl Harbor
97
Authors like Horatio Alger wrote books to teach children that...
the wealthy will always take advantage of the poor
nobody should be born into poverty
the wealthy should not give their money to foolish people
anyone can work their way up from "rags to riches"
98
What amendment established the two-term limit for US Presidents?
27th
21st
22nd
19th
99
Vanderbilt, Rockefellar, Carnegie, and Morgan were...
state governors
Congressmen
US Presidents
wealthy industrialists
100
The Bessemer Process provided a new, faster, and less expensive method of making...
oil
plastics
concrete
steel

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