Period 7 Review

Student Name: _______________________ Date: _________

Teacher Name: Doug Ferguson Score: _________

1) During World War I, what role did women play in the United States?

A) Thousands were drafted into the military.

B) They became unified to win the right of suffrage.

C) They became heavily involved in the antiwar movement.

D) They often took the jobs vacated by men who were off fighting in the war.

2) President Truman decided to use the atomic bomb on Japan in 1945 because

A) he believed it would convince Hitler to surrender.

B) it was the last hope the U.S. had of winning the war.

C) Congress would not fund an invasion of the Japanese mainland.

D) it would prevent hundreds of thousands of deaths that an invasion of Japan would cause.

3)

What trend would account for the information in the graph?

A) An increasingly industrial society affected the population distribution of the United States.

B) The number of farmers was increasing from the mid-1800s to the mid-1920s.

C) City life was becoming less attractive in the 20th Century.

D) The government discouraged people from farming.

4) Much of the post-World War I economic boom was due to the Federal government's policy of

A) increasing import tariffs.

B) increased military spending.

C) involvement with the League of Nations.

D) keeping the interests of "big business" in mind.

5) Increased tariffs on imported goods in the 1920s resulted in

A) an increase in American exports.

B) increase in demand for European goods.

C) the collapse of the League of Nations.

D) European inability to repay World War I loans.

6) The Federal Reserve Act was significant in

A) the destruction of trusts in America.

B) causing Wilson to be defeated in his reelection bid.

C) helping Franklin Roosevelt win a fourth term in office.

D) stabilizing and strengthening the nation’s banking system.

7)

The Allied assault on German-occupied France in June of 1944 is known as

A) D-Day.

B) VJ Day.

C) Operation Barbarossa.

D) Operation Market Garden.

8)

The poster seen here makes reference to

A) the involvement of women in the abolitionist movement.

B) the role of women in securing the prohibition of alcohol.

C) women contributing to the labor force during World War II.

D) women’s fight to gain the right to vote after World War I.

9) Which of these reforms were adopted during the Progressive Era?

A) a change in the order of Presidential succession

B) extending suffrage to all citizens 18 years and older

C) government ownership of railroads and telegraph companies

D) direct election of Senators by the people rather than the state legislatures

10)

The cartoon shown appeared in a U.S. paper in 1914. The artist implies that

A) U.S. involvement in World War I is inevitable.

B) World War II could not spread to the western hemisphere.

C) the United States was responsible for creating hostility and conflict in Europe.

D) the Monroe Doctrine protected the U.S. from involvement in European affairs and W.W. I.

11) After the conclusion of the Spanish-American War, the United States faced stiff opposition—in the form of a guerrilla war—from which of their newly acquired territories?

A) Cuba

B) Guam

C) Mexico

D) Philippines

12)

This cartoon is referring to

A) Jingoism.

B) Monroe Doctrine.

C) The Teller Amendment.

D) The Open Door Policy.

13) In the early 20th century, American culture was affected by radio and the movies because

A) Americans became generally more accepting of a standard culture.

B) Americans became more interested in history than in entertainment.

C) the National Football League was "on hold" because of World War I.

D) one's occupation and career was not important in social situations.

14) The Neutrality Acts (1936-1939) held that the United States

A) would stay out of World War I.

B) would try to prevent a war in Europe.

C) would stay out of European discussions to contain Hitler.

D) would not sell war material nor give loans to any nation at war.

15)

This poster would have been found during what conflict?

A) Korean War

B) World War I

C) Vietnam War

D) World War II

16) The MAIN reason the attack at Pearl Harbor was so damaging is because at the time of the attack

A) most of the United State's navy ships were at the harbor.

B) important members of the military were visiting the harbor.

C) the Congress tried to hold negotiations with the German government.

D) President Roosevelt would not change America’s isolationist policies.

17) Critics blasted Franklin D. Roosevelt for the speech he gave in 1938 in which he criticized which industry for paying wages

that were too low?

A) mining

B) textile

C) railroad

D) automobile

18) While Upton Sinclair's The Jungle exposed the unsanitary conditions of the meatpacking industry, the author initially wrote it

in order to

A) increase public awareness of monopoly practices.

B) increase public awareness of government corruption.

C) expose the attempt of the government to control American industry.

D) expose the unfair work environment experienced by poor immigrant laborers.

19)

The people in the photo were exercising their First Amendment rights to advocate for what cause?

A) prohibition

B) lower tariffs

C) women's suffrage

D) workmen's compensation

20) In the late-19th century Milwaukee, Wisconsin, earned what nickname because of its swelling population of immigrants?

A) China Town

B) Little Italy

C) The Petit Paris

D) The German Athens

21)

The cartoon from 1933 is expressing the belief that

A) FDR's programs are straying too far from American ideals.

B) the New Deal is succeeding in ending the Great Depression.

C) the New Deal was a failure in ending the Great Depression.

D) FDR needs to try to use some of the ideas created by Karl Marx.

22)

This cartoon from 1933 represents FDR's promise to

A) end the era of Prohibition.

B) start the era of Prohibition.

C) have Congress fund bottling plants.

D) build more breweries in the United States.

23) Like Booker T. Washington, Marcus Garvey believed blacks in the United States should

A) leave the country and set up colonies in Africa.

B) educate themselves to be successful citizens and people.

C) rise up violently against those who would deny them rights.

D) look to Rastafarianism for their answers to life's problems.

24) Which statement offers the best argument AGAINST Theodore Roosevelt's "Big Stick" diplomacy?

A) Roosevelt used America's military power in an unjust manner in his pursuit of our foreign policy goals.

B) Roosevelt's use of military threats angered Great Britain, France, and Germany and helped cause World War I.

C)Roosevelt was successful in bringing much of Latin America under direct American control, including Cuba and thePanama Canal.

D)"Big Stick" diplomacy had few strengths and its main effect was actually an increase in revolution and conflict in theWestern Hemisphere.

25) What was the GREATEST impact of the Panama Canal?

A) The economic power of the United States was greatly strengthened.

B) Spain went to war with the United States to gain control of the Canal.

C) It tremendously reduced the travel time between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.

D) Revolutionaries in Panama began a decades-long uprising to drive out the United States.

26) Which statement BEST explains why United States entered World War I in 1917?

A) The Japanese launched a surprise attack on the U.S.

B) The U.S. citizens were calling for war against Germany.

C) The German navy had sunk the Lusitania that year.

D) The U.S. had evidence of a threat to its national security.

27) During the Great Migration, thousands of African Americans looking for economic opportunities moved from

A) west to east.

B) north to west.

C) west to south.

D) south to north.

28) Womens' clubs in major cities grew "Victory Gardens" in 1917 and 1918 to provide assistance to

A) the Great Depression.

B) the influenza epidemic.

C) the efforts in World War I.

D) the efforts in World War II.

29) The only way women could serve in the Army during World War I was as

A) doctors.

B) nurses.

C) officers.

D) pilots.

30) The Fordney-McCumber Act of 1922 helped boost the American economy by

A) prolonging the animosities in Europe.

B) applying high taxes to foreign-made goods.

C) creating tax loopholes for big businesses.

D) making loans to foreign countries illegal.

31)

Why did President Harry Truman decide to hit the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki with two atomic bombs in 1945?

A) He knew doing so would win him another term as U.S. President.

B) He wanted revenge of the Japan's use of atomic bombs on Pearl Harbor.

C) He agreed to do it because Germany was ready to use an atomic bomb on England.

D) He hoped to prevent a ground invasion of Japan and save the lives of American soldiers.

32) Which of these would have been used MOST by Americans in the 1930s?

A) movies

B) radio

C) telegraph

D) television

33) The Supreme Court's decision in ___________ in 1927 held that a state can prohibit the "free speech" of an organization that

advocates the violent overthrow of the United States.

A) Near v. Minnesota

B) Brandenburg v. Ohio

C) Whitney v. California

D) Schenck v. United States

34) Which is the BEST explanation for why approximately 3,000,000, American women joined the workforce in 1918?

A) They joined the workforce because of the effects of the Great Depression.

B) They joined the workforce to offset the labor shortage caused by America's involvement in World War I.

C) They joined the workforce because the 19th Amendment made it illegal for employers to discriminate against females.

D) They joined the workforce because the Immigration Act of 1917 caused a labor shortage in northern industrial cities.

35) During the 1920s, consumers became able to buy "big ticket" items which were previously only affordable to the wealthy.

Which factor played the GREATEST role in consumers' ability to buy refrigerators, washing machines, radios, and cars?

A) stock market speculation

B) credit or "installment buying"

C) decreased federal income taxes

D) low interest rates on home loans

36) In the late 1800's and early 1900's, why did most immigrants to the United States settle in urban areas?

A) the ready availability of industrial jobs

B) immigrants were not allowed to buy farmland

C) labor unions provided free housing in the cities

D) government restrictions required immigrants to settle in cities

37) Which does NOT apply to women in the work force during World War I?

A) Women were paid the same wage as men.

B) Women held positions in munitions factories.

C) There were more than a million women in the work force.

D) it helped provided opportunity for women to have suffrage.

38)

As World War I ended, a major concern for the United States involved

A) re-deploying troops to naval bases in the Pacific.

B) demobilizing the military and returning to a peace-time economy.

C) securing America's southern border against Mexican guerrilla fighters.

D) maintaining occupation forces in Europe to prevent the spread of communism.

39) In what became known as the "Great Migration," an estimated 1.6 million African-Americans left the rural south in search of

economic opportunity and to escape discrimination. Which areas were they MOST drawn to?

A) They were most drawn to the Great Plains region because of the availability of inexpensive farmland.

B)They were most drawn to northwestern states like Washington, Oregon, and Idaho to find employment as migrant farm

workers.

C)They were most drawn to southwestern states like Arizona, New Mexico, and California because of educational

opportunities.

D)They were most drawn to northern urban centers like New York, Detroit, and Chicago because of the availability of

industrial jobs.

40) FDR is credited with increasing federal government in an attempt to relieve the Great Depression by

A) overriding Congress and suspending all income taxes.

B) cutting government agencies and reducing federal spending.

C) creating many new agencies and implementing new legislation such as the Social Security Act.

D) creating the Reconstruction Finance Corporation and loaning money to banks and railroad companies.

41) During World War II, thousands of American women were trained to fly and transport military aircraft under the direction ofthe United States Army Air Forces. This branch of civil service was known as

A) the ATA.

B) the WACS.

C) the WASPS.

D) the WAVES.

42)

During World War II, thousands of American women served as support personnel in the United States Navy. What was the name ofthis organization?

A) the WACS.

B) the WASPS.

C) the WAVES.

D) the SEABEES.

43)

Using the map shown, identify the nation that was granted its full independence from the United States following World War II.

A) 2

B) 3

C) 4

D) 6

44)

“Our national policy is this:

First, by an impressive expression of the public will and without regard to partisanship, we are committed to all-inclusive

national defense.

Second, by an impressive expression of the public will and without regard to partisanship, we are committed to full support

of all those resolute peoples, everywhere, who are resisting aggression and are thereby keeping war away from our

Hemisphere. By this support, we express our determination that the democratic cause shall prevail; and we strengthen the

defense and the security of our own nation.

Third, by an impressive expression of the public will and without regard to partisanship, we are committed to the

proposition that principles of morality and considerations for our own security will never permit us to acquiesce in a peace

dictated by aggressors and sponsored by appeasers. We know that enduring peace cannot be bought at the cost of other

people's freedom.”

— Franklin Delano Roosevelt, State of the Union Address, January 1941

Which of these is the BEST example of Roosevelt’s goals of providing for an “all-inclusive national defense” and supporting the“resolute peoples, everywhere, who are resisting aggression”?

A) passage of the Neutrality Act of 1939 and the signing of the Munich Agreement of 1938

B) the meeting of Churchill, Stalin, and Roosevelt at the Tehran Conference and the creation of the United Nations

C) passage of the Selective Service and Training Act of 1940 and the Lend-Lease Act of 1941

D) the signing of the Atlantic Charter and subsequent German U-Boat attacks on the U.S.S. Kearny and U.S.S. Reuben James

45)

“Our national policy is this:

First, by an impressive expression of the public will and without regard to partisanship, we are committed to all-inclusive

national defense.

Second, by an impressive expression of the public will and without regard to partisanship, we are committed to full support

of all those resolute peoples, everywhere, who are resisting aggression and are thereby keeping war away from our

Hemisphere. By this support, we express our determination that the democratic cause shall prevail; and we strengthen the

defense and the security of our own nation.

Third, by an impressive expression of the public will and without regard to partisanship, we are committed to the

proposition that principles of morality and considerations for our own security will never permit us to acquiesce in a peace

dictated by aggressors and sponsored by appeasers. We know that enduring peace cannot be bought at the cost of other

people's freedom.”

— Franklin Delano Roosevelt, State of the Union Address, January 1941

Which of these events most directly contributed to the national policy as proposed by Roosevelt in this address?

A) the signing of the Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact

B) the Japanese invasion of Manchuria and the Nanking Massacre

C) the German defeat at the Battles of Stalingrad and Leningrad

D) the fall of France, Belgium, and the Netherlands and the Battle of Britain

46)

"Our greatest primary task is to put people to work. This is no unsolvable problem if we face it wisely and courageously. It

can be accomplished in part by direct recruiting by the Government itself, treating the task as we would treat the emergency

of a war, but at the same time, through this employment, accomplishing greatly needed projects to stimulate and reorganize

the use of our natural resources."

- President Franklin Roosevelt, “First Inaugural Address,“ March 3, 1933

Which of these New Deal programs was created to address the "primary task" Roosevelt speaks of?

A) Social Security

B) Civilian Conservation Corps

C) Federal Deposit Insurance Company

D) Securities and Exchange Commission

47)

Born in Missouri in 1835

1876: wrote The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

1885: wrote The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

Who is being described here?

A) Alexander Graham Bell

B) Nathaniel Hawthorne

C) Ernest Hemmingway

D) Mark Twain

48) What was the name of the popular dance by the youth during the 1920's

A) Disco

B) the Macarena

C) the Jitterbug

D) the Charleston

49)

The Situation of Germany

"There is, in political geography, no Germany to speak of. There are Kingdoms and Grand Duchies, and Duchies and

Principalities, inhabited by Germans, and each separately ruled by an independent sovereign with all the machinery of State.

Yet there is a natural undercurrent tending to a national feeling and toward a union of the Germans into one great nation,

ruled by one common head as a national unit. This feeling dates as far back into antiquity,,,when all the German

tribes...united under him against the Roman invasion under VARRO [sic]. It culminated in the Christian era, after

CHARLEMAGNE [sic]."

- The New York Times, July 1866

Western imperialism helped to stimulate movements similar to the source in

A) Italy.

B) Japan.

C) Argentina.

D) the Philippines.

50)

The Covenant of the League of Nations

THE HIGH CONTRACTING PARTIES,

In order to promote international co-operation and to achieve international peace and security

- by the acceptance of obligations not to resort to war,

- by the prescription of open, just and honourable relations between nations,

- by the firm establishment of the understandings of international law as the actual rule of conduct among Governments,

and

- by the maintenance of justice and a scrupulous respect for all treaty obligations in the dealings of organised peoples with

one another,

Agree to this Covenant of the League of Nations.

ARTICLE 1.

….Any fully self-governing State, Dominion or Colony not named in the Annex may become a Member of the League if its

admission is agreed to by two-thirds of the Assembly, provided that it shall give effective guarantees of its sincere intention

to observe its international obligations, and shall accept such regulations as may be prescribed by the League in regard to

its military, naval and air forces and armaments.

Any Member of the League may, after two years' notice of its intention so to do, withdraw from the League, provided that all

its international obligations and all its obligations under this Covenant shall have been fulfilled at the time of its

withdrawal.

ARTICLE 8.

The Members of the League recognise that the maintenance of peace requires the reduction of national armaments to the

lowest point consistent with national safety and the enforcement by common action of international obligations.

ARTICLE 10.

The Members of the League undertake to respect and preserve as against external aggression the territorial integrity and

existing political independence of all Members of the League. In case of any such aggression or in case of any threat or

danger of such aggression the Council shall advise upon the means by which this obligation shall be fulfilled.

The new international organization displayed in each source was a consequence of

A) Imperialism.

B) The Cold War.

C) World War II.

D) World War I.*