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