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US History Midterm Review
US History Midterm Review
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A simple review of US History from Civil War to the Great Depression
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1
Prohibition outlawed the buying, selling, and manufacture of _________ in the US
tobacco
alcohol
marijuana
guns
2
FDR created the SEC in order to...
Provide jobs for the unemployed
Provide financial assistance to the poor
Create public housing
Regulate the stock market
3
The first and only President of the Confederate States was...
Robert E. Lee
Abraham Lincoln
Ulysses S. Grant
Jefferson Davis
4
The Harlem Renaissance was a cultural movement of what time period?
1930s
1920s
1900s
1910s
5
William H. Taft maintained a __________ diplomacy.
Open Door
Big Stick
Dollar
Moral
6
Woodrow Wilson maintained a ___________ diplomacy.
Moral
Big Stick
Open Door
Dollar
7
President Wilson hoped that WWI would end with "Peace without _________"
Violence
Negotiation
Prosperity
Victory
8
Andrew Carnegie is responsible for the Carnegie Steel Co. as well as...
Social Darwinism
The East Coast Railway
The Gospel of Wealth
The outlawing of monopolies
9
Americans believed FDR was gaining too much power when he...
Created the WPA
was elected a 4th time
tried to pack the Supreme Court
Increased taxes
10
Henry Flagler helped industrialize the South by...
Helping to start Standard Oil
Settling Flagler Beach
Founding the FL East Coast Railway
Founding Flagler College
11
The Kellogg-Braind Pact was signed in attempt to avoid...
future wars
over immigration
excise taxes
corrupt government
12
Tammany Hall was an example of...
A political machine
An immigration processing center
A public school
A city hall
13
Slave traditions were maintained in the South during the Reconstruction Era due to...
Jim Crow Laws
Black Codes
The Freedmen's Bureau
Sharecropping
14
Samuel Gompers, The AFL and the Knights of Labor all tried to influence...
Lower crime rates
Better working conditions
Lower pollution
Less government corruption
15
Sacco and Vanzetti...
were convicted of murder without hard evidence against them
helped increase immigration to the US
believed in anarchist government policies
were italian immigrants
16
African American soldiers of WWI served in _________ units.
special forces
integrated
reconnaissance
segregated
17
Henry Ford...
founded the Ford Motor Co.
made automobiles more affordable
invented the first automobile
utilized assembly line production
18
____________ had to accept responsibility for WWI as a part of the Treaty of Versailles, 1919
Serbia
Italy
Austria
Germany
19
Which amendment of the Constitution abolished slavery?
16th amendment
15th amendment
14th amendment
13th amendment
20
The Open Door Policy allowed free trade among European countries in...
Africa
China
Europe
South America
21
WEB Dubois believed in the importance of...
strong government
equal protection of rights
education
powerful military
22
Teddy Roosevelt maintained a ___________ diplomacy.
Dollar
Big Stick
Open Door
Moral
23
Which was not a result of the 2nd Industrial Revolution?
Increased standard of living
Urbanization
Increase in Immigration
New Technologies
24
October 29, 1929 (Black Tuesday) marks the day in which...
the stock market crashed
Pearl Harbor was attacked
WWII began
President McKinley was assassinated
25
The Spanish-American War began following...
The assassination of Franz Ferdinand
The bombing of Pearl Harbor
The explosion of the USS Maine
The sinking of the Lusitania
26
Many described America as a _________ following the mass amount of immigration in the 18-1900s
mixed country
melting pot
mirror image
mosaic
27
Yellow Fever, or Malaria, was a severe problem for workers on...
the Transcontinental Railroad
the Statue of Liberty
the Panama Canal
the Hoover Dam
28
The US began drafting citizens for the military after the passing of...
the Civil Rights Act
the Selective Service Act
the Homestead Act
the Volstead Act
29
During the 2nd Industrial Revolution, the Standard Oil Company was founded by...
Andrew Carnegie
John D. Rockefeller
Henry Ford
Thomas Edison
30
By the end of the 19th century, the US government had forced __________ to live on reservations
New Immigrants
Freed Slaves
Native Americans
Chinese Americans
