Honors US History Turning Point Midterm Review Mr

Honors US History Turning Point Midterm Review Mr. Bach – Mr. Brink – Mr. Gallagher Hudson High School

The United States was the second nation to industrialize. The first was: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 0 of 30 Germany France Russia England Canada 15

A cartel is defined as: 0 of 30 1. A business that completely controls one product 2. A market with great competition 3. A business that makes a great amount of money 4. Businesses who make the same product agree to limit production 15

People invest in corporations by: 0 of 30 1. Buying government bonds 2. Purchasing products from that corporation 3. Investing in the stock market 4. Starting a small business of their own 15

If a corporation buys out one of its competitors to enlarge its market share, that is called: 1. 2. 3. 4. 0 of 30 A Trust Vertical Integration Horizontal Integration Venture Capital 15

What was developed to produce cheaper and stronger steel? 1. 2. 3. 4. 0 of 30 Edison Component Carnegie Curve Bessemer Process Drake Effect 15

Which does not match? 1. 2. 3. 4. 0 of 30 Rockefeller Oil Vanderbilt Shipping Morgan Autos Carnegie Steel 15

Railroads ultimately led to this development? 1. 2. 3. 4. 0 of 30 Telegraphs Barbed Wire Time Zones Radios 15

Social Darwinism said: 0 of 30 1. Government should look out for the welfare of the poor 2. The best members of society should dominate the country 3. The President should look out for all of the American people 4. Countries should avoid imperialistic practices 15

The federal government of the late 19 th century can best be described as? 1. 2. 3. 4. 0 of 30 Active Progressive Laissez-Faire An obstacle to industrialization 15

Workers in the late 19 th century worked for very low pay because: 0 of 30 1. The government forced them to. 2. Immigration had been restricted. 3. Women had taken most of the industrial jobs. 4. There was a huge supply of available workers. 15

The group of immigrants who suffered the most prejudice were? 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 0 of 30 Italians Jews Poles Chinese African-Americans 15

Old Immigrants and “Nativist” Americans practiced: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 0 of 30 Roman Catholicism Judaism Atheism Protestantism A wide variety of religions 15

Which does NOT match? 1. 2. 3. 4. 0 of 30 Edison Light Bulb Marconi Radio Bell Telephone Otis Skyscraper 15

Which of the following is NOT true? 0 of 30 1. Most immigrants traveled to America in the steerage section 2. Most immigrants came from Northern and Western Europe 3. Most immigrants brought few personal possessions with them. 4. Poverty and warfare were significant push factors. 15

Where did most immigrants end up living? 1. Tenement buildings 2. On western homesteads 3. In log cabins 4. In suburbs 0 of 30 15

Old Americans who were antiimmigrants were called ____ at the turn of the century? 1. 2. 3. 4. 0 of 30 Nativist Blue-Bloods Progressive Ku Klux Klan 15

In which American city would one find Angel Island? 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 0 of 30 New York Chicago Atlanta San Francisco Washington D. C. 15

Which is NOT true regarding the middle and upper class at the turn of the century? 0 of 30 1. They started to move out to suburbs 2. Advertising got them to purchase more goods. 3. The middle class looked out for the welfare of immigrants 4. Many commuted into the city via streetcar. 15

Mark Twain’s use of the term “Gilded Age” reflected? 0 of 30 1. Corrupt governments 2. Anti-immigrant protests 3. The urban jungle of the city 4. Huge wealth disparities in the U. S. 15

Who was NOT likely to be processed at Ellis Island? 1. 2. 3. 4. 0 of 30 Chinese Italians Poles Russian Jews 15

The Dawes Act was designed to: 0 of 30 1. Preserve tribal culture 2. Treat Indians as individuals 3. Guarantee tribes as sovereign nations 4. Protect Indians from the U. S. army 15

Jim Crow Laws received federal validation in: 1. 2. 3. 4. 0 of 30 Plessy v. Ferguson Gideon v. Wainwright Brown v. Board of Ed. Marbury v. Madison 15

Indian resistance on the Great Plains ended at: 1. The Battle of the Little Big Horn 2. Sand Creek 3. Yamasee Creek 4. Wounded Knee 0 of 30 15

Where were you most likely to find “Sodbusters? ” 1. 2. 3. 4. 0 of 30 Texas California Great Plains Midwest 15

Free land was given in the West for all of the following reasons EXCEPT: 1. 2. 3. 4. 0 of 30 Railroad Construction Mining Farming Agricultural Colleges 15

What precipitated the events that led directly to Wounded Knee? 1. 2. 3. 4. 0 of 30 The Dawes Act Custer’s Last Stand The Ghost Dance The Transcontinental Railroad 15

Which of the following looked out for the concerns of farmers in the late 19 th century? 1. 2. 3. 4. 0 of 30 Republican Party The NAACP The ADL The National Grange 15

What is NOT true about William Jennings Bryan? 0 of 30 1. Running mate for President Mc. Kinley in 1896 2. Secretary of State to President Wilson 3. Supported by the Populists 4. Prosecution in the Scopes Trial 15

Which industry were farmers most dependent on in the late 19 th century? 1. 2. 3. 4. 0 of 30 Oil Industry Steel Industry Railroad Industry Mining Industry 15

What was the point of the Turner Thesis? 0 of 30 1. Americans had mistreated native peoples 2. Farmers were the backbone of the country 3. The frontier unique defined the American character 4. Americans were the same as all people on earth 15

What prompted civil service reform? 1. 2. 3. 4. 0 of 30 The Civil War The Panic of 1873 The Dawes Act The Garfield Assassination 15

In the labor disputes of the late 19 th century, which side did the federal government usually take? 1. 2. 3. 4. 0 of 30 Labor Unions Management Neither side They arbitrated fairly between the two 15

Who served two non-consecutive terms as President? 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 0 of 30 Chester Arthur Rutherford B. Hayes Grover Cleveland Benjamin Harrison William Mc. Kinley 15

All of the following relates to the Little Big Horn EXCEPT: 0 of 30 1. The Sioux ended up never surrendering to the U. S. army. 2. Also known as Custer’s Last Stand 3. Precipitated by desecration of the Black Hills 4. Involved Sioux Chiefs Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse 15

Which is NOT a Populist Party position? 0 of 30 1. The redistribution of wealth is wrong 2. Free Coinage of Silver 3. Farmers are the backbone of the country 4. Railroads must be regulated 15

Who told African-Americans to seek full equality with white immediately? 1. 2. 3. 4. 0 of 30 W. E. B. Du. Bois Booker T. Washington Marcus Garvey Crispus Attucks 15

Which is NOT true regarding Progressivism? 0 of 30 1. Active federal government 2. Social reform movements 3. Involved women as leaders as well as men 4. Born out of the Democratic Party 15

Which does NOT match? 0 of 30 1. Jane Addams Settlement House Movement 2. Riis Tenement Reform 3. Sinclair Food reform 4. Steffens Corporate 15

Who were muckrakers? 0 of 30 1. Politicians who ran on a progressive agenda 2. Immigrants who worked in sweatshops 3. Reporters who exposed problems 4. Social organizations who helped the poor 15

Who is NOT a Progressive President? 1. 2. 3. 4. 0 of 30 William Mc. Kinley Theodore Roosevelt William Howard Taft Woodrow Wilson 15

Which of the following was NOT a reform to governmental powers? 0 of 30 1. Commission Government 2. Sherman Anti-Trust Act 3. Initiative 4. Referendum 5. 17 th Amendment 6. Recall 15

Which of the following was NOT a labor reform? 0 of 30 1. Equal pay for equal work 2. Minimum Wage Laws 3. Workers’ Compensation 4. Child Labor Laws 5. Safer Working Conditions 15

Which is NOT associated with TR? 0 of 30 1. Bully Pulpit 2. Federal Reserve System 3. Conservation Movement 4. Railroad Regulations 5. Arbitration 15

Which is NOT associated with Taft? 1. 2. 3. 4. 0 of 30 Two-term president Republican Party Hand-picked by TR Became hated by TR as his term progressed 5. Future Supreme Court Chief Justice 15

Which is NOT associated with Wilson? 0 of 30 1. New Freedom 2. Square Deal 3. Former college professor 4. Democratic Party 5. Progressive Income Tax 15

Which Amendment does NOT match? 1. 16 th – Income Tax 2. 17 th – Election of Senators 3. 18 th – Only two terms as president 4. 19 th – women’s suffrage 0 of 30 15

Which is NOT true about the women’s suffrage movement? 0 of 30 1. Wyoming was the first state to given women the vote 2. Alice Paul used radical methods to gain support 3. The outbreak of WWI hurt the movement 4. Achieved nation-wide right to vote with 19 th 15

Which of the following was NOT a cause of imperialism? 0 of 30 1. Economic interests 2. Military interests 3. Racism and Social Darwinism 4. Nationalism 5. All were causes of imperialism 15

Which is NOT associated with the Span-Am War? 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 0 of 30 Rough Riders Yellow Journalism Woodrow Wilson William Mc. Kinley De Lome Letter Battleship Maine 15

Which territory was NOT won as a result of the Span-Am War? 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 0 of 30 Puerto Rico Hawaii Guantanamo Bay Phillippines Guam 15

The most important part of a military force at the turn of the century was? 1. 2. 3. 4. Infantry Navy Air Force Chemical and biological weapons 5. Nuclear weapons 0 of 30 15

What is NOT associated with the U. S. takeover of Hawaii? 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 0 of 30 William Seward Queen Liliuokalani Sanford Dole Sugar Tariff Pearl Harbor 15

During the Imperialistic Age, the fiercest debate centered on U. S. involvement in? 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 0 of 30 Hawaii Cuba Mexico Philippines Alaska 15

Who fought for Philippine independence against the U. S. ? 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 0 of 30 Jose Marti Pancho Villa Emilio Aguinaldo Emilio Zapata Pu Yi 15

Who opened Japan to trade with the U. S. in 1853? 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 0 of 30 George Dewey Matthew Perry Theodore Roosevelt William Seward William Howard Taft 15

Which is NOT associated with imperialism in China? 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 0 of 30 Boxer Rebellion Spheres of Influence Self-Determination Open Door Policy Rights to trade 15

Which is NOT associated with the growth of the Japanese Empire? 0 of 30 1. Westernization 2. Russo-Japanese War 3. TR Nobel Peace Prize 4. Seward’s Folly 5. Treaty of Portsmouth 6. Washington Naval Conference 15

Who was NOT on the Allied side in World War I? 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 0 of 30 Austria Russia France England United States 15

The spark of World War I was? 0 of 30 1. Sinking of the Maine 2. Sinking of the Lusitania 3. Zimmerman Note 4. Assassination of the Archduke 5. Invasion of Belgium 15

The leader of the main enemy of the U. S. in World War I was? 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 0 of 30 King George V Tsar Nicholas II Georges Clemenceau Kaiser Wilhelm II King Saud I 15

The causes of World War I involve? 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 0 of 30 Industrialization Imperialism Militarism The Alliance System All of the above 15

What was Germany’s plan to win the war? 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 0 of 30 Fourteen Points Zimmerman Note Schlieffen Plan Elan Vitale Plan Divide and Conquer 15

Which country collapsed as a result of the war? 1. 2. 3. 4. 0 of 30 England Italy France Russia 15

Which is NOT associated with World War I? 0 of 30 1. Trench Warfare 2. Airplanes as effective bombers 3. Barbed Wire 4. Machine Guns 5. Poison Gas 15

What largely drew the U. S. into World War I? 0 of 30 1. The English blockade 2. The collapse of Russia 3. German insults to American pride 4. Sinkings by German uboats 5. Wilson personal drive to enter the war 15

Who is NOT associated with the U. S. effort to win World War I? 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 0 of 30 George Creel Bernard Baruch Clarence Darrow Herbert Hoover General John Pershing 15

Which did NOT happen as a result of the war? 0 of 30 1. Women entered the industrial workforce 2. Great Migration 3. A draft was instituted 4. Immigration continued 5. Civil liberties were restricted 15

Which is NOT associated with the Paris Peace Conference? 0 of 30 1. War Guilt Clause 2. Presence of Russia and Germany 3. Big Four 4. Treaty of Versailles 5. Fourteen Points 15

Which did NOT cause widespread panic and fear in the years after WWI? 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 0 of 30 Communism Immigration Corporate Power Anarchism Pandemic Disease 15

All of the following relate to communism EXCEPT: 0 of 30 1. Respect for private property rights 2. Karl Marx 3. Lenin 4. Soviet Union 5. Equal distribution of wealth 6. Atheism 15

The Presidents during the 1920 s exclusively came from? 1. 2. 3. 4. 0 of 30 The Democratic Party The Republican Party Both Parties They had no party affiliation 15

Which does NOT fit President Harding? 1. “Return to Normalcy” 2. Teapot Dome Scandal 3. Washington Naval Conference 4. Progressive policies 0 of 30 15

Which is NOT true about Henry Ford? 0 of 30 1. Invented the automobile 2. Practiced corporate welfare 3. Used assembly lines 4. Focused on increasing productivity 5. Detroit and the Model T 15

Which did NOT contribute to the economic boom of the 1920 s? 0 of 30 1. The automobile industry 2. Easy access to credit 3. Wealth accumulated by American farmers 4. Europe’s postwar downturn 5. Growth in industries like steel, glass and rubber 15

Which would NOT be associated with Flappers? 0 of 30 1. Deep interest in politics 2. Short hair 3. Shorter, slinkier dresses 4. Smoking and drinking 5. Promiscuity 15

What was significant about the 1920 census? 0 of 30 1. It showed more Americans had become farmers 2. It showed most American women were flappers 3. It showed most Americans lived in cities 4. It showed most Americans came from Southern Europe 15

Which is NOT associated with the growth of fundamentalism? 0 of 30 1. Centered in urban areas 2. Reaction to modernism 3. Reaction to the “new woman” 4. Promoted by evangelical radio preachers 15

Which of the following groups was NOT opposed by the Ku Klux Klan? 0 of 30 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Jews Blacks Protestants Catholics Immigrants “New Women” 15

Which event typified the clash between traditional religion and modernism in the 1920 s? 0 of 30 1. Sacco and Vanzetti Case 2. Palmer Raids 3. Scopes Trial 4. Stock Market Crash 5. Election of Calvin Coolidge 15

Which did NOT contribute to the rise of celebrity culture in the 20 s? 0 of 30 1. Mass production of the radio 2. Vigorous Presidents in the White House 3. Feats of Aviation 4. Rise of Hollywood 5. Construction of large sporting arenas 15

What is NOT associated with the Harlem Renaissance? 0 of 30 1. Jazz clubs 2. Black pride in the face of white racism 3. Langston Hughes 4. Booker T. Washington 5. New York City 15

What was passed by the federal government to enforce provisions of the 18 th Amendment? 1. 2. 3. 4. 0 of 30 Volstead Act Kellogg-Briand Pact Versailles Treaty Immigration and Naturalization Act 15

What is NOT associated with the Prohibition Era? 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 0 of 30 Speakeasies Bootleggers Organized Crime Suffragettes 21 st Amendment 15

Which author does NOT match? 0 of 30 1. F. Scott Fitzgerald Great Gatsby 2. John Steinbeck The Shame of Cities 3. Mark Twain “Gilded Age” 4. Ida Tarbell “A History of the Standard Oil Company” 15

Which was NOT a cause of the Great Depression? 1. Buying on Margin 2. Agricultural Overproduction 3. Bank Runs 4. Even distribution of wealth 0 of 30 15

What was the effect of the Smoot. Hawley Tariff? 0 of 30 1. It helped spread the depression overseas 2. It greatly aided American industry 3. It rescued American farmers 4. It increased Hoover’s popularity 15

Even before the Great Depression, what profession was already suffering during the 20 s? 1. Automobile manufacturing 2. Farming 3. Steel manufacturing 4. Public Education 0 of 30 15

Which term is NOT associated with the Great Depression? 1. 2. 3. 4. 0 of 30 Ragtime Hoovervilles Hoboes Dust Bowl 15

Why did banks collapse during the Great Depression? 0 of 30 1. The Federal Reserve had increased the money supply 2. Foreign investors flooded the U. S. with money 3. Depositors took all of their money out at once 4. Herbert Hoover abandoned the banking system 15

What is NOT true about the Dust Bowl? 0 of 30 1. It was centered in the Midwest 2. Refugees were called Okies 3. Many refugees headed for California 4. Poor farming practices contributed to the problem 15

What was the final nail in President Hoover’s coffin? 1. The Reconstruction Finance Corporation 2. “Rugged Individualism” 3. The Bonus March 4. Reliance on volunteerism 0 of 30 15

What is NOT true about FDR’s Fireside Chats? 0 of 30 1. They helped him to establish a personal relationship with the American people 2. He offered equal time in his talks to the opposition 3. He understood the power of the radio 4. They helped restore confidence and trust in the American people 15

Who served as FDR’s “Eyes and Ears” during the 1930 s? 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 0 of 30 Huey Long Father Coughlin Harold Ickes Eleanor Roosevelt Harry Truman 15

What grew in power as a result of the New Deal? 1. The liberty of individual Americans 2. The federal government 3. Corporate America 4. State governments 0 of 30 15

Who was NOT a critic of the New Deal? 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 0 of 30 The Supreme Court Huey Long Harold Ickes Father Coughlin Herbert Hoover 15

Which agency was in charge of regulating the stock market? 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 0 of 30 AAA FDIC SEC Social Security REA 15

All of the following relate to restoring confidence in the banking system EXCEPT? 1. AAA 2. FDIC 3. EBA 0 of 30 15

What was established to provide pensions to retirees, orphans, and the disabled? 1. Wagner Act 2. National Labor Relations Board 3. Social Security 4. TVA 0 of 30 15

Who switched allegiance and started voting for the Democratic Party in the 1930 s? 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 0 of 30 Hispanics African-Americans Protestants Catholics The Upper-Class 15

What succeeded in ending the Great Depression? 0 of 30 1. The New Deal 2. FDR’s Fireside Chats 3. The return of the Republican Party to power 4. The Supreme Court 5. World War II 15