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What ended World War 1?
How was the Spanish American War described?
US History STAAR first semester review
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1
How was the Spanish American War described?
"A horrible war"
"Quick and easy war"
"Unimaginable carnage"
"A splendid little war"
2
What ended World War 1?
Peace agreement of World War 1
Treaty of Paris
Treaty of World War 1
Treaty of Versailles
3
Which of these was limited by the Supreme Courts ruling in Schneck v U.S. (1919)?
First Amendment
Second Amendment
Eighteenth Amendment
Fourteenth Amendment
4
At the end of the Spanish American War, the U.S. was now seen as
having the strongest navy in the world
needing to build a stronger army
a new world power
needing to build a stronger navy
5
Schneck V US was based off of which law created during World War One?
Japanese Internment
Trail of Tears
Espionage Sedition Acts
Alien/Sedition Acts
6
After the Spanish American War, Cuba became...
a Spanish territory
independent
a U.S. territory
a super power
7
What were the U.S. troops called who fought in Europe in World War I?
American Military Abroad
American Military Group
American Forces Abroad
American Expeditionary Force
8
Who was an African-American journalist and spoke out against lynching?
Ida B. Wells
Clara D. Barton
Jane Addams
Jennie Lindner
9
What were two main causes of Japanese Internment?
Pearl Harbor and Invasion of Hong Kong
Invasion of Hong Kong and the Holocaust
Racism and Invasion of Hong Kong
Pearl Harbor and Racism
10
The Scopes trial and the Sacco and Vanzetti case both involved
challenges to search & seizure protections
protests by temperance leaders
clashes over cultural values
disputes over the death penalty
11
The steel industry was controlled by
Alexander Graham Bell
Andrew Carnegie
John D. Rockefeller
Henry Fisk
12
Victory Gardens were used by Americans during WWII as a way to
increase the number of exports
provide markets for American made products
raise more food for home consumption
ensure adequate supplies of scarce national resources
13
Which of these is NOT part of the 1st amendment
Speech
Right to Bear Arms
Religion
Press
14
Who was the president during the Spanish American war?
William Taft
Donald Trump
Theodore Roosevelt
William McKinley
15
What territory did the US gain after the Spanish American war?
Cuba and China
Hawaii and Cuba
Guam and Cuba
Guam, Puerto Rico and the Phillipiens
16
Direct Election of Senators was granted to the people through the ___ Amendment
19th
17th
18th
16th
17
Who was elected president 4 times?
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Harry Truman
Theodore Roosevelt
Woodrow Wilson
18
Upton Sinclair wrote
The Jungle
How the Other Half Lives
Lynching is Wrong
The Octopus
19
Plessy v. Ferguson established
Overturned sperate but equal
Slaves are not citizens
Seperate but equal is constitutional
Freed slaves
20
The Populist Party spoke out for economic and political change, and were known as,
The Women's Party
The Teacher's Party
The People's Party
The Communist Party
21
Victory Gardens were used by Americans during WWII as a way to
increase the number of exports
raise more food for home consumption
ensure adequate supplies of scarce national resources
provide markets for American made products
22
Which of these were never used in World War I?
Nuclear Weapons
Machine Guns
Poison Gases
Tanks
23
A wealthy person that gives his money to charities is considered a/an
Philanthropist
Charitor
Altruist
24
Used language as code to help defeat Japan
Tuskegee Airmen
442nd Combat Team>
Navajo Code Talkers
25
General Douglas MacArthur commanded U.S. forces in _________
Middle East
Hungary
Korea
Guatemala
26
What was the signifigance of the Battle of Midway?
U.S. goes on the offensive and Japan retreats
The Japanese captured Midway Naval Station
The U.S. won back the Philippines
The U.S. Navy captured Midway Naval Station
27
Which amendment created the graduated income tax
17th
19th
16th
18th
28
Where did 70,000 US troops surrender and were forcedthrough the Battan death march?
Iwo Jima
D-Day
Phillipines
Africa
29
What was built from the East to West coast in the 1800s?
Transcontinental Railroad
Route 66
National Market
Erie Canal
30
Who started the Settlement House named Hull House?
Ida Tarbell
Jane Addams
Besty Ross
Ida B. Wells
31
This court case overturned Plessy v. Ferguson
Brown v. Plessy
Brown v. Board of Education
Miranda v. Arizona
Schneck v. US
32
John D. Rockefeller ran a/an
Bread Company
Train Company
Steel company
Oil company
33
Which amendment gave women the right to vote
17th
19th
16th
18th
34
What happened December 7, 1941
The U.S. started Island hopping
The Battan Death March
Japan bombed Pearl Harbor
The U.S. attacked Midway
35
Which one is NOT a progressive president
William McKinley
William Taft
Theodore Roosevelt
Woodrow Wilson
36
Forced march of US and Filipino prisoners of war under brutal conditions by Japanese military
Balkin Death march
March of the Peguins
Nexxus Death March
Battan Death March
37
Brown v Board of Education established...
segregation in schools is legal
segregation in schools is illegal
giving white schools money is legal
giving white schools more funding is illegal
38
Rosie the Riveter most directly reflects the
wartime mobilization of US society
expanded access to consumer goods during wartime
emergence of the US as a major world power
wartime repression of civil liberties
39
What was the immediate cause of World War I
Assassination of Churchill
Assassination of the Arch Duke
Russia attacks Poland
Great Britain attacks France
40
What Year did the United States enter World War I?
1915
1917
1916
1914
41
The vice President that became President after FDR's death.
Woodrow Wilson
Harry Truman
Richard Nixon
Dwight Eisenhower
42
The Scopes Trial was about the legality of teaching
sex eduation
socialism
conservativism
evolution
43
1920s, Clarence Darrow and William Jennings Bryan were indentified most closely with
increased use of credit by sonsumers
decline in public support of Progressives
development of new forms of entertainment
conflict between modernism and traditionalism
44
Ida B. Wells and W.E.B. DuBois started
Political Machines
NAACP
The North Star Newspaper
The Knights of Labor Union
45
Who received the Congressional Medal of Honor for the following achievements?
Theodore Roosevelt
Upton Sinclair
Andrew Carnegie
Alvin York
46
160 acres, improve in 5 years and then it is yours to keep, what act is this?
The Homestead Act
Dawes Act
American Indian Citizenship ACt
The Chinese Exclusion Act
47
Alexander Graham Bell invented
Telegraph
Train engine
Telephone
light bulb
48
What president ended the Korean War?
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Harry Truman
Woodrow Wilson
Richard Nixon
49
Laissez-faire means
Hands on
Hands off
50
TR's domestic plan was called the
Square Deal
New Deal
New Freedom
Fair Deal
51
Which of these is not a pull factor?
War
Freedom of Religion
Land
Jobs
52
Who was Boss Tweed?
the head of a NYC political machine
a cartoonist who fought corruption
the 18th president
Ms. Hof's uncle
53
Who was General John J Pershing?
A member of One Direction
Chief of Staff of the US Army from 1917 until 1918
Earned the Congressional Medal of Honor for heroics in WWI.
Commanded the American Expeditionary Force during WWI
54
What made steel stronger?
Iron Compounding
Bessemer Process
Steel smelting
Iron smelting
55
Is the 38th Parallel still used today to divide North and South Korea?
No
Yes
56
How did the Navaho contribute to the war effort?
used as guides to find bombs
used language no one else could decipher integrated
fought on front line
no role in WW2
57
Yellow journalism is
newspaper reporter that got yellow fever
Newspaper reporters that only told the truth
Newspaper reporters that only lied
the over exaggeration of the news
58
Veron Baker received
gold star
bronze star
medal of honor
purple heart
59
What is nativism?
Preferring whites over blacks
Preferring native-born Americans over “New” immigrants
Being discriminative towards Native Americans
Teaching new immigrants English tendencies
60
What group of people exposed the problems in American Society?
Yellow Journalists
Muckrakers
61
What was the main intent of the Mexican Repatration Act?
to send Mexican-American Immigrants back to Mexico
to grant citizenship to Mexican-Americans living in the U.S.
to end discrimination against Mexican-Americans in the US
to ecourage Mexican-American immigrants to work in the US
62
Who led the Rough Riders during the Spanish American War
General Dewey
General MacArthur
Franklin Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt
63
Ration coupons...
Were illegal.
Were only used in Nazi territory.
Allowed you to buy hard to to find products during the war.
Made important things cheaper during the war.
64
What political activist spoke out strongly for women's rights, the cause of peace and the poor?
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt
Eleanor Roosevelt
Frances Perkins
65
Who most benefited from nineteenth-century political machines?
School-aged children
Rural farmers
Housewives
People who lived in cities
66
Who was NOT president during the 1920s?
Warren G. Harding
Harry Truman
Calvin Coolidge
Herbert Hoover
67
Koramatsu v. U.S. ruled
Germans must be interned
war sometimes leads to limited rights
Muslims were treated improperly
racism is always wrong
68
Prohibition was passed by amendment
16th
19th
18th
17th
69
What year was the Spanish American War?
1888
1868
1898
1878
70
In World War I, airplanes were first used to
bring supplies to the troops.
transport troops to the front.
observe enemy activities.
bomb enemy trenches.
