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- 1. Multiple Choice
The economic principle used to justify extreme wealth and argue that the rich deserve to be wealthy, while poverty is necessary within society, is called
communism
Manifest Destiny
Social Darwinism
assimilation
- 2. Multiple Choice
Andrew Carnegie and John D. Rockefeller increased their wealth and expanded their businesses by
taking advantage of wartime rationing to increase their production of war goods
forming labor unions to help improve conditions and raise pay
using vertical integration and horizontal integration to eliminate competition and build monopolies
- 3. Multiple Choice
The United State government encouraged westward expansion during the 1800s by
passing the Homestead Act.
continuing efforts to move Native Americans off of their traditional lands.
pushing for the construction of the Transcontinental Railroad.
All of these are correct
- 4. Multiple Choice
When a company has complete control over an industry’s production, quality, wages paid, & prices charged, it is known as a
Monopoly
Trust
Rockefeller
Captain of Industry
- 5. Multiple Choice
This wealthy industrialist made his fortune in the steel industry, has a university in Pittsburgh named after him, and donated much of his fortune to the establishment of public libraries.
John Rockefeller
Andrew Carnegie
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Jay Gould
- 6. Multiple Choice
____________ controlled most of the oil industry during the Gilded Age and was the wealthiest American of all time.
Samuel Gompers
John Rockefeller
Andrew Carnegie
Cornelius Vanderbilt
- 7. Multiple ChoiceThe 13th Amendment:Abolished slaveryGave black men right to voteBanned alcoholInstituted federal income tax
- 8. Multiple Choice
If someone takes advantage of people for their own gains as an industrialist, they are likely to be considered a
mass producer
captain of industry
innovator
robber baron
- 9. Multiple ChoiceAdopting the customs and practices of the dominant culture.NativismEthnic EnclavesAssimilation
- 10. Multiple ChoiceThis amendment gave women the right to vote.14th15th19th23rd
- 11. Multiple ChoiceJournalists who exposed practices of monopolies and big businessGump MushersMuckrakersScalawagsDirt Diggers
- 12. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following would be something a progressive would be in favor of?Increasing the sale and consumption of alcoholallowing for the creation of monopoliesreducing the power of the individual voterpassing laws establishing a minimum wage
- 13. Multiple ChoiceWhat did the US declare itself to be at the beginning of WWI?on the German sideon the British sideneutralready for war
- 14. Multiple Choice
Fears of spies and sabotage in the US during World War I led to
restrictions on immigration
discrimination and violence toward Germans
placing limits on freedom of speech
all of the above
- 15. Multiple ChoiceWhat is the purpose of the selective service act?to get money to support the war effortto get women to take over jobs formerly done by mento draft young men for the militaryto find jobs for men after they left military service
- 16. Multiple ChoiceWhy did the American Senate refuse to ratify/approve the Treaty of Versailles?the treaty violated the principle of self-determinationthe treaty would plunge the United States into debtthey feared the US would be drawn into more foreign conflictsthe allies reparations demands were unreasonable
- 17. Multiple ChoiceWhy did Europeans want to immigrate to America in the 1920's?immigrants found greater opportunities in farming and industry in the USimmigrants were searching for Communism in the USimmigrants were scared of booming economy in the USimmigrants were welcomed by the friendly attitude of American Klan members
- 18. Multiple ChoiceWhat did the flappers represent in the 1920's?sign of social stabilitywomen's desire to break with the pastwomen's desire to return to the pastthe significant impact of women on national elections
- 19. Multiple ChoiceWhat is a result of prohibition in the 1920's?a rise of organized crimeall Americans quit drinkinga decline in dancing and socializingthe popularity of jazz music declined
- 20. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following contributed MOST to the development of a consumer culture in the 1920's?normalcydemobilizationbuying on margininstallment buying (credit)
- 21. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following is an effect of an economic depression?high unemploymentbusiness failureshomelessnessall of the above
- 22. Multiple ChoiceWhat was the US economy like throughout most of the 1920's?wages decreased and the economy appeared weakunemployment was at an all-time highsmall businesses dominated American industrystock prices rose and the economy appeared healthy
- 23. Multiple ChoiceWhat did the massive government spending required by the New Deal lead to?the end of the Depressionsome short-term economic improvementthe collapse of capitalismextreme shortages of food
- 24. Multiple ChoiceBecause of WWI and the Great Depression, America followed what foreign policy before entering WWII?isolationismimperialismappeasementanti-Semitism
- 25. Multiple ChoiceIn the 1930's, England and France fried to prevent war by following a policy of what?appeasementimperialismisolationismneutrality
- 26. Multiple Choice
Living within a city?
Rural
Urban
Metropolitan
Aerial
- 27. Multiple Choice
What was a tenement?
Hotel
Mansion
House
Cheap Apartment
- 28. Multiple Choice
These laws allowed African Americans and whites to be separate in public?
Jim Bob Rules
Mike Smith Laws
John White Rules
Jim Crow Laws
- 29. Multiple Choice
This case stated that separate but equal was constitutional?
Brown vs. Board of Education
Scott vs. Sandford
Plessy vs. Ferguson
Roe vs. Wade
- 30. Multiple Choice
Who was the US President during WWI?
Woodrow Wilson
Franklin Roosevelt
George Bush
Bill Clinton
- 31. Multiple Choice
The world organization was formed following WWI in hopes of preventing future wars?
United Nations
NAFTA
League of Nations
European League
- 32. Multiple Choice
President Wilson's ideas for ending WWI would called
European Resolution
Great Ideas
Fourteen Points
Ideas to end WWI
- 33. Multiple Choice
When a county focuses only on what is happening within their country and stays out of global conflict
Isolationism
Militarism
Socialism
Fascism
- 34. Multiple Choice
Rising prices are also known as ?
Inflation
Depreciation
Reduction
Diminishing
- 35. Multiple Choice
The banning of alcohol was established in the United States with the passing of what Amendment?
16th Amendment
18th Amendment
19th Amendment
21st Amendment
- 36. Multiple Choice
People who illegally made or sold alcohol during Prohibition were known as ?
Mobsters
Moonshiners
Brewers
Bootleggers
- 37. Multiple Choice
What Amendment repealed Prohibition?
17th Amendment
18th Amendment
19th Amendment
21st Amendment
- 38. Multiple Choice
The crash of the stock market marks the beginning of ?
WWII
Great Depression
WWI
Dust Bowl
- 39. Multiple Choice
Breadlines were a place people could get free ?
Shoes
Clothing
Money
Food
- 40. Multiple Choice
Makeshift shantytowns of tents and shacks were known as ?
Hoovervilles
Hooverlands
Hooverprops
Hoovershacks
- 41. Multiple Choice
Storms in Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico, Kansas, and Colorado that had 100 mph winds and reached 8,000 feet in height
Dust Bowl
Tornado Alley
Storm Chaser
Windy Region
- 42. Multiple Choice
WWI veterans which protested in Washington DC hoping for money they were to get in 1945 ?
Free Army
Bonus Army
Veteran Army
Extra Army
- 43. Multiple Choice
Programs and legislation which was enacted once FDR was elected President was known as ?
New Project
New Ideas
New Promise
New Deal
- 44. Multiple Choice
Dictator of Germany and leader of the Nazi Party?
Joseph Stalin
Adolf Hitler
Benito Mussolini
Hideki Tojo
- 45. Multiple Choice
This occurred on December 7, 1941, a day which will live in infamy
D-Day
V-E Day
V-J Day
Bombing of Pearl Harbor
- 46. Multiple ChoiceWhich statement best describes the role of government according to the Declaration of Independence?“The main purpose of government is to expand and glorify the state”“The main purpose of government is to protect the unalienable rights of individuals”“The main purpose of government is to protect the rights and privileges of His Majesty, the King”“The main purpose of government is to promote the general welfare of the community by taking steps toward social equality”
- 47. Multiple ChoiceWhen Thomas Jefferson copied John Locke's ideas about the social contract, what did he say the people had the right to do to a government who was not protecting the people's rights?Write a letterSuggest how it could be betterWait until they started to respect the people's rightsAbolish it
- 48. Multiple ChoiceWhat are the three inalienable rights that all people have?Food, Shelter, and ClothingLife, Liberty and DeathLife, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness
- 49. Multiple ChoiceWho gives government the ability to govern?The peopleParliamentThe KingThe Sons of Liberty
- 50. Multiple ChoiceThe Declaration states that all men are created ___________.JustEqualthe sameFree
- 51. Multiple ChoiceThis man wrote the Declaration of Independence:Benjamin FranklinGeorge WashingtonThomas JeffersonJames Madison
- 52. Multiple ChoiceIn which of the Founding Documents would you find a list of your most basic rights, including the Freedom of Speech, Freedom of Religion, Right to Bear Arms and Freedom of the Press?The Bill of RightsThe Declaration of IndependenceThe Federalist PapersCommon Sense
- 53. Multiple ChoiceIn which of the Founding Documents would you find 7 articles that set up our basic form of government, including the 3 branches and their roles of power?The Bill of RightsThe Declaration of IndependenceCommon SenseThe Constitution
- 54. Multiple ChoiceAccording to the Enlightenment, if a government does not protect the Natural Rights of its people, the government has broken the _______________________ and the people have the right to revolt and form a new government.Social Contractfederalismpopular sovereigntyConstitution
- 55. Multiple ChoiceWhat is the name of the first written plan of government in America?ConstitutionTreaty of ParisDeclaration of IndependenceArticles of Confederation
- 56. Multiple ChoiceAmericans were afraid that a __?__ would lead to tyranny, or oppressive rule.strong state governmentweak governmentstrong central governmentlegslature
- 57. Multiple Choice
Under the Articles of Confederation, most of the power was where?Legislative branchthe presidentthe statesnational government - 58. Multiple ChoiceAnti-Federalists preferred a strong ____________ government.NationalStateCentralRepublican
- 59. Multiple ChoiceWhat was the position of the group known as the Federalists?they supported a new Constitutionthey questioned the justice of slaverythe feared the power of the national governmentthe believed that states should have equal representation
- 60. Multiple ChoiceWhich is a weakness of the Articles of Confederation?Congress couldn't collect taxesWeak central governmentProvided for no common currencyAll of the these
- 61. Multiple ChoiceThe Articles of Confederation created a _________________ type of government.strongaverageweakfederal
- 62. Multiple ChoiceThe three branches of government control each other to maintain equal powerchecks and balanceslimited governmentfederalismindividual rights
- 63. Multiple ChoicePower is shared and divided between the states and the national governmentfederalismindividual rightschecks and balancesrepublicanism
- 64. Multiple ChoiceThe Purpose of Checks and Balances is to preventAny branch from becoming too powerfulPeople from losing their rights.States from losing more powerThe government from changing the Constitution
- 65. Multiple ChoiceWhat is the name for a change or addition to the Constitution?FederalismAmendmentRatificationVeto
- 66. Multiple ChoiceWhat amendment protects freedom of speech?1st2nd3rd4th
- 67. Multiple ChoiceWhat is the set of rules and principles that organizes our government?Bill of RightsMayflower CompactThe ConstituionDeclaration of Independence
- 68. Multiple Choice
Patrick Henry and many Anti-Federalists opposed the Constitution because...?
The states would give too much power to the Federal government
The Federal government would give too much power to the states
He was the main author of the Articles of Confederation
He wanted the U.S. to be part of England again
- 69. Multiple ChoiceWhich group of people wanted the Constitution to include a Bill of Rights?FederalistsAnti-federalistsDemocratsNortherners
- 70. Multiple Choice
Which law created an orderly procedure for adding a new state to the union?
Northwest Ordinance
Land Ordinance
Territories Ordinance
Ohio River Valley Ordinance
- 71. Multiple ChoiceThe Northwest Territory included land that became which stateVirginiaOhioTexasWashington
- 72. Multiple ChoiceWhat was NOT allowed in the new NW Territory according to the Northwest Ordinance?SlaveryFreedomsTradingFarming
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