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US History STAAR semester 1 review
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1
Which describes a feeling of resentment and dislike of foreigners?
Patriotism
Expansionism
Nativism
Imperialism
2
Which laws were meant to discourage criticism against the United States during World War I?
Selective Service Act
Anti-Trust Laws
Espionage and Sedition Acts
Agricultural Adjustment Act
3
Which invention directly allowed for the mass-production of manufactured goods?
Assembly Line
Model T
Bessemer Process
Steam Power
4
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
5
Which scandal involved the first Cabinet member to be arrested for corruption and bribery?
Teapot Dome
Sinking of Lusitania
Court-packing Scheme
Sinking of U.S.S. Maine
6
What event was sparked by nativism & identified by the rounding up of Communists within the US?
Mexican Repatriation
Great Migration
Red Scare
Chinese Exclusion Act
7
Which political group desired free coinage of silver and was popular among poor farmers?
Republicans
Populists
Bull Moose
Progressives
8
Which amendment, active during the 1920s, caused an increase in organized crime?
17th
19th
18th
16th
9
Which foreign policy is described by the U.S. wanting to participate in Chinese trade?
Moral Diplomacy
Open Door Policy
Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine
Dollar Diplomacy
10
Which time period is identified with low taxes, high tariffs, and growth of investments?
The Progressive Era
Emergence of the U.S. as a World Power
The Industrial Revolution
The Roaring Twenties
11
What reporting technique is described by exaggerated, embellished, sensational news stories?
Propaganda
Investigative Journalism
Yellow Journalism
Fireside Chats
12
Which is NOT a progressive era reform designed to increase voter participation?
Initiative
Assimilation
Referendum
Recall
13
Which is
NOT
a cause of the Great Depression?
Stock market speculation
High tariffs
Stock market crash
Unemployment
14
Which best describes the purpose of the Bill of Rights?
to limit personal freedoms
to limit the power of the national government
to declare our independence from Great Britain
to create a system of checks and balances
15
Which time period is identified with factories, monopolies, and large-scale immigration?
The Industrial Revolution
Emergence of the U.S. as a World Power
The Progressive Era
The Roaring Twenties
16
Clarence Darrow and William Jennings Bryan are closely associated with the struggle between -
Progressivism and the Gilded Age
Modernism and Fundamentalism
Freedom and Tyranny
Expansionism and Isolationism
17
Which amendment gave women the right to vote?
17th
16th
19th
18th
18
What situation best describes the Western Front during World War I?
Lopsided Victory
Stalemate
Espionage
Blitzkrieg
19
Which foreign policy is characterized by the U.S. desiring an isolated western hemisphere?
Dollar Diplomacy
Moral Diplomacy
Open Door Policy
Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine
20
Which describes a positive impact of the Harlem Renaissance?
W.E.B. DuBois increases his influence
Lynching is outlawed
Jazz as an American music form
Impressionist art
21
Which muckraker is associated with
The Jungle,
exposing the dangers of meat-packing industry?
W.E.B. DuBois
Susan B. Anthony
Ida B. Wells
Upton Sinclair
22
Which best describes a lasting impact of the Treaty of Versailles?
Germany and France became allies
Germany was severely punished
The U.S. eliminated all war debt
The U.S. joined the League of Nations
23
Which is
NOT
a cause of World War I?
Militarism
Alliances
The invention of the tank
Assassination of Franz Ferdinand
24
Which definition best describes laissez-faire?
The outlawing of monopolies
Government-provided unemployment insurance
Strict laws and regulations in the stock market
Government stays out of business affairs
25
Which law encouraged settlers to move west by offering cheap land for settlers to improve?
The Homestead Act
Espionage and Sedition Acts
Selective Service Act
Sherman Anti-Trust Act
26
Which time period is identified with social reforms, anti-trust laws, and political reform?
The Progressive Era
The Roaring Twenties
The Industrial Revolution
Emergence of the U.S. as a World Power
27
Which amendment would have been supported by populists, because it created an income tax?
19th
18th
17th
16th
