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- 1. Multiple Choice
In his novel The Jungle, described the unsanitary practices of the meat-packing industry
Lincoln Steffens
Upton Sinclair
W.E.B. DuBois
Jacob Riis
- 2. Multiple Choice
Started settlement houses, and encouraged immigrants to better assimilate with Americans.
W.E.B DuBois
Booker T. Washington
Ida B. Wells
Jane Adams
- 3. Multiple Choice
Photographed conditions of the urban poor in How the Other Half Lives
Jacob Riis
Upton Sinclair
Ida Tarbell
Lincoln Steffens
- 4. Multiple Choice
African-American leader and founder of the NAACP
W.E.B Dubois
Booker T. Washington
Martin Luther King, Jr
Ida B. Wells
- 5. Multiple ChoiceWho wrote the expose piece of literature that revealed the extensive corrupt monopolistic business practices of Standard Oil?Ida TarbellLewis HinesJacob RiisUpton Sinclair
- 6. Multiple ChoiceThe actions of muckrakers in the late 19th century and early 20th century resulted inSupreme Court decisions that expanded the right to votegovernment regulation of unfair business practicesincreases in the power of monopoliesreduction of the president’s power to manage the economy
- 7. Multiple Choice
What was the result of the case Plessy v. Ferguson?
The Supreme Court ruled in favor of Plessy saying segregation was illegal.
The Supreme Court never made a ruling.
The Supreme Court ruled that segregation was legal.
Plessy never took the case to the Supreme Court.
- 8. Multiple Choice
The Plessy v. Ferguson case had what impact on the U.S.?
It legalized Jim Crow Laws throughout the U.S.
It made Jim Crow Laws illegal throughout the U.S.
It created more equality
It repealed the 14th Amendment
- 9. Multiple Choice
These were any type of law that discriminated against people based on race.
14th Amendment
state laws
federal laws
Jim Crow laws
- 10. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following defines the Roosevelt Corollary?Europe was not allowed to imperialize the AmericasAmerica was the police force for the Western Hemisphere
- 11. Multiple Choice
Which aspect of Imperialism does this picture represent?Roosevelt CorollaryMonroe DoctrineInfluence of Naval Power Upon HistorySpanish American War - 12. Multiple ChoiceThe following political cartoon refers to the construction of what by Teddy Roosevelt?Naval Base at Guantanamo BaySuez CanalPanama CanalWashington Monument
- 13. Multiple ChoiceWhich choice is a reason the US joined World War I?Economic and Political ties to RussiaSinking of the TitanicThe Zimmerman TelegramInability to remain angry
- 14. Multiple ChoiceBritish passenger ship was suck by German submarine killing over 1000 people including 128 americansLusitaniaEspionage Act 1917Woodrow WilsonLeague of Nations
- 15. Multiple ChoiceProposed by Wilson before the end of WWI as the basis for the peace in Europe include a plan for the League of nations.Fourteen PointsSchench v. USLusitaniaEspionage Act 1917
- 16. Multiple ChoiceInternational peacekeeping organization. U.S. did not join.United NationsLeague of SuperheroesLeague of NationsUnited Governmental Agency
- 17. Multiple ChoiceGermany's willingness to attack any ship it deems a possible threatlusitaniasunken shipunrestricted submarine warfareu-boat
- 18. Multiple Choice
What was the Red Scare?
The fear of communists
A nationwide hunt for communist in the U.S.
"Communist Scare"
All of the above
- 19. Multiple Choice
_____________________ was passed by Congress and provided stiff penalties for spying, helping the enemy or inferring with army recruiting.
The Committee of Public Information
The Great Migration
The Sedition Act
The Espionage Act of 1917
- 20. Multiple Choice
_____________________ was passed by Congress and made it a crime to say, print or write anything negative about the government.
The Committee of Public Information
The Great Migration
The Sedition Act
The Espionage Act of 1917
- 21. Multiple ChoiceThis natural disaster served to worsen the effects of the Great Depression on Farmers in the MidwestTornadosDust BowlBlack TuesdayHurricanes
- 22. Multiple ChoiceOn October 29, 1929 share prices on the New York Stock Exchange completely collapsed and partially caused the Great Depression.Black ThursdayBlack TuesdayBlack FridayBlack Sunday
- 23. Multiple ChoiceWhen people went to the bank to withdraw their money and the banks had no money was known as theBank CrisisBlack TuesdayStock Market CrashNew Deal
- 24. Multiple ChoiceA time in America following the roaring 20's where America experience rising unemployment that did not end until the onset of World War II.New DealRoaring 20'sGreat DepressionCold War
- 25. Multiple Choice
What would be the best title for the list below?
1.Using borrowed money in the stock market
2.High tariffs that hurt international trade
3.Lack of action by Federal Reserve
4.Stock market crash of 1929
Causes of the Harlem Renaissance
Causes of the Great Migration
Causes of the Dust Bowl
Causes of the Great Depression
- 26. Multiple ChoiceWhat were the people called who left the Dust Bowl area and went to other places?migrantstravelersOkiesloners
- 27. Multiple Choice
Hoovervilles were
a great place to live
shanty towns of shacks and tents made from anything people could find
a wealthy neighborhood of SOHO
cities with a lot of unemployment
- 28. Multiple Choice
Paid farmers not to grow certain crops. The purpoe was to reduce supply and thereby raise farm prices. This agency also promoted social conservation. (1933)
Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA)
Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)
Federal Depost Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
- 29. Multiple Choice
Gave Relief to the Unemployed and the needy. Provided federal money for relief project to the roughly 13 million unemployed (1933)
Agriculutre Adjustment Act (AAA)
Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)
Federal Emergency Relief Administrative (FERA)
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp (FDIC)
- 30. Multiple Choice
Built Dams to provide cheap electric power and flood control to seven southern states; set up schools and health centers.
Tennesse valley Authority (TVA)
National Recover Administration (NRA)
Securtiy Exchange Comission (SEC)
National Labor Relations Act (NLRA)
- 31. Multiple Choice
Insured savings accounts in banks approved by the government. Protected the money of depositors in insured banks (1933)
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp (FDIC)
Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA)
Civial Conservation Corps (CCC)
Agriculture Adjustment Act (AAA)
- 32. Multiple Choice
Provided Jobs for young men to plant trees, build bridges, dams and park, set up flood-control projects, and work on other conservation projects. (1933)
Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)
National Youth Administration (NYA)
Social Security Act (SSA)
Work Progress Administration (WPA)
- 33. Multiple Choice
Provide workers with unemployment insurance and retirement benefits. Set up a system of pensions fo the elderly, dependent children, and people with disabilities. (1935)
Social Security Act (SSA)
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
National Recovery Administration (NRA)
National Labor Relations Act (NLRA)
- 34. Multiple Choice
Created to oversee and regulate the stock markets and reduce harmful speculation. (1934)
Securties Exchange Comission (SEC)
National Labor Relations Act (NLRA)
National Recovery Administration (NRA)
National Yourth Administration (NYA)
- 35. Multiple ChoiceName of FDR's program to spur economic recovery and provide relief in the 1930sNew DealNew NationalismNew FreedomNew Country
- 36. Multiple Choice
The 3 goals to help the country get back on its feet with the New Deal were
relief, recovery, reform
riot, react, rebuild
food, water, shelter
- 37. Multiple ChoiceWhat was rationing?growing a garden to help with food supplies in your backyarddonating money to the government to help in the war efforta practice of limiting the amount of food or resources people could buyused to show support of the war effort (usually posters or movies)
- 38. Multiple ChoiceJapanese Americans were sent to __________________ camps, due to many Americans fearing they were spies.internmentconcentrationdeathwork
- 39. Multiple ChoiceWhat best describes the policy of "Cash and Carry?"Allied countries coming to the US and paying for weapons immediatelyAllied countries coming to the US and paying for the weapons laterUS delivering weapons to the Allied countries in EuropeUs delivering weapons to the Allied countries in Asia
- 40. Multiple ChoiceThe Tuskegee Airmen were a all ______unit that fought in World War II?Native AmericanAsian AmericanAfrican AmericanItalian American
- 41. Multiple ChoiceWhat role did American women play during World War II?They stayed at home and took care of the family.Many of the women joined the military and fought in the war.The women took over many of the factory job that men left, making the weapons to fight the war.Women did not play much of a role in World War II.
- 42. Multiple ChoiceWorld War II helped to end what?Gilded AgeReconstructionGreat DepressionRoaring Twenties
- 43. Multiple ChoiceWhat event led to the US joining WWII?Germany invaded Poland.Germany sent Mexico a secret telegram.Japan bombed Pearl Harbor.Germany bombed Pearl Harbor.
- 44. Multiple Choice
This act ended America's neutrality. We supplied out allies with loans to help protect America's security
Liberty Bonds
Isolationism
Imperialism
Lend-Lease
- 45. Multiple Choice
What battle is considered the turning point of the Pacific theater?
Battle of Midway
Battle of Iwo Jima
Battle of Okinawa
Battle of the Coral Sea
- 46. Multiple ChoiceAttacking less defended islands to save lives.Island-hoppingBlitzkriegLuftwaffeTrench warfare
- 47. Multiple ChoiceUS decides to use atomic weapons to end the war & save American lives.TokyoIwo Jima & NagasakiHiroshima & NagasakiOkinawa & Hiroshima
- 48. Multiple Choice
True or False: The Battle of Berlin was the last major battle in Europe during World War II.
True
False
- 49. Multiple Choice
What battle was also known as "Operation Overlord"?
D-Day
Battle of Stalingrad
Battle of the Bulge
Battle of Midway
- 50. Multiple Choice
The name for a research and developmental project that produced the first nuclear weapons during WWII.
Nuclear Project
Manhattan Project
Operation Atomic
Einstein Project
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