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