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The “Indian Removal Act was signed into law by President Andrew Jackson to move Native Americans from southern states to where?
Texas
Oklahoma
New Mexico
Arizona
Oklahoma
Which of the following was a cause of the United States joining World War I?
The sinking of the Lusitania
The interception of a telegram from Russia to Mexico
The increased amount of imperialism worldwide
The assassination of the U.S. ambassador to Germany
The sinking of the Lusitania
During the Civil War, which Union general led his troops on a 300 mile march across the South, where they burned cities and towns and left a path of destruction sometimes many miles wide?
William T. Sherman
Ulysses S. Grant
“Stonewall” Jackson
Robert E. Lee
William T. Sherman
Which U.S. government organization established during the World War I placed controls on the economy to provide supplies for the U.S. and our allies?
Espionage and Sedition Administration
Committee on Public Information
War Industries Board
Food Administration
War Industries Board
Which reason for the start of the Spanish-American War is most closely associated with William Randolph Hearts and Joseph Pulitzer?
Jingoism
Growth of the Spanish navy
Yellow Journalism
The Rough Riders
Yellow Journalism
Which turning point of the Vietnam War involved bloody street fighting and the temporary communist occupation of the American embassy in Saigon?
The Tet Offensive
The Kent State Massacre
The My Lai Massacre
The Gulf of Tonkin
The Tet Offensive
Why was the money not there when the public went to the banks to withdraw their savings after the stock market crashed?
Businesses stopped investing their money in banks
Banks had given it out as loans for other people to invest with
Stocks in the banks had fallen
Bank owners pocketed much of it to make a profit
Banks had given it out as loans for other people to invest with
What was NOT a tactic used by the South to restrict African Americans from voting?
Poll taxes
Grandfather clauses
Literacy tests
Absentee ballots
Absentee ballots
Which American point of view about World War II involved giving dictators what they want in the hope that their demands will be satisfied moving forward?
Appeasement
Isolationism
Militarism
Interventionism
Appeasement
What is the name of the plan that involved offering financial aid to rebuild Europe and help countries stay strong enough to resist communism?
Levitt Plan
Eisenhower Plan
Marshall Plan
Churchhill Plan
Marshall Plan
Which of the following is NOT true about European colonization in present-day America?
The English established settlements on the Atlantic coast beginning in what is Virginia today
The French established settlements in Louisiana and the Mississippi River Valley
The Portuguese established settlements in what is California today
The Spanish established settlements in what is Florida today
The Portuguese established settlements in what is California today
Which of these was NOT a component of President Abraham Lincoln’s Anaconda Plan?
Fight a war of attrition
Split the Confederate states in two
Blockade the Atlantic and Gulf coasts
Seize the city of Atlanta
Seize the city of Atlanta
Which was NOT an effect of the Missouri Compromise?
Creates an end date for when to phase out slavery in the United States
Missouri is admitted to the Union as a slave state
Temporarily eased the pressure from those in favor of sectionalism
Maine is admitted to the union as a free state
Creates an end date for when to phase out slavery in the United States
President Andrew Jackson’s belief in putting his faithful supporters and friends in positions of power was known as what?
Character system
Effort system
Merit system
Spoils system
Spoils System
Which of the following ideas from President Woodrow Wilson was included in the Treaty of Versailles?
Reduction of Arms
The League of Nations
Reduction of Colonies
Freedom of the Seas
The League of Nations
What does the fact that the top 1% in the country increased their wealth by 75% and everyone else grew their wealth by 9% illustrate?
More people engaging in speculation
The income gap
Less consumer spending
Buying on credit
The income gap
Which amendment to the Constitution guaranteed equal protection for ALL citizens under the law?
15th Amendment
14th Amendment
13th Amendment
16th Amendment
14th Amendment
All of the following happened as a result of the Space Race between the United States and the Soviet Union EXCEPT which one?
The U.S. boosted the studies of science, math, and foreign language in school.
American Alan Shepard became the first human in space.
Neil Armstrong became one of the first men to walk on the moon.
John Glenn became the first American to orbit the Earth.
American Alan Shepard became the first human in space.
What type of segregation happens due to unwritten custom or tradition?
De geo
De jure
De facto
De mure
De facto
What did the newly formed Republican Party call for concerning slavery in the 1850s?
The immediate end to the expansion of slavery
The immediate emancipation of slaves
The immediate expansion of slavery to northern states
The immediate reduction in the number of slaves
The immediate end to the expansion of slavery
Which movement came before women pushing for their political rights, but showed them the power they had in assembling power?
Abolition Movement
Temperance Movement
Institution Reform
Education Reform
Temperance Movement
What was the outcome of the Supreme Court case Korematsu v. U.S., concerning the internment of Japanese-Americans?
The Court ruled that the civil liberties of Japanese-Americans were violated
The court ruled that the internment of Japanese-Americans was justified for reasons of national security
The Court ruled that Japanese-Americans should have been allowed to travel from internment camps to their jobs
The Court ruled that Japanese-Americans would be deported to Japan
The Court ruled that the internment of Japanese-Americans was justified for reasons of national security
Why did President Franklin D. Roosevelt propose a plan to increase the number of justices on the Supreme Court?
He wanted to ensure he could be elected four times
The Great Depression had forced many justices out of a job
He wanted to increase the diversity of the court
New Deal laws were being declared unconstitutional
New Deal laws were being declared unconstitutional
Which of the following groups led violent protests against British taxation in the American colonies?
Parliament
Sons of Liberty
Virginia House of Burgesses
Daughters of the American Revolution
Sons of Liberty
Which of the following best explains the government’s strategy of “assimilation” when dealing with Native Americans?
Isolate Native American reservations and give them self-governing rights
Give reservation land to individual Native Americans, and force the natives to Americanize
Return state territories to Native Americans, leaving tribes and cultures intact
Review previous treaties formed with Native Americans and ensure they are being adhered to
Give reservation land to individual Native Americans, and force the natives to Americanize
What underlying conflict in society did the Scopes trial bring attention to?
Urbanization vs. Suburbanization
Upper class vs. Lower class
Segregation vs. Integration
Fundamentalism vs. Modernism
Fundamentalism vs. Modernism
What was the overall goal of D-Day?
Retake territory in Belgium
The Liberation of Germany
The Liberation of France
Retake territory in Italy
The Liberation of France
What was created in the West, during the age of populism, to help farmers who fell on difficult times?
Socialism
The Grange
The Food Bank
Communism
The Grange
What was NOT a characteristic of the West during Reconstruction?
African Americans had vastly more opportunities
Women got the chance to assume roles often given to men
Immigrants moved to the West for employment opportunities
Native Americans were given job opportunities that they had never had before
Native Americans were given job opportunities that they had never had before
Which movement emerged as an opposite response to Martin Luther King, Jr.’s more nonviolent strategies?
Return to Africa Movement
Black Power Movement
March to Washington Movement
Red Lining Movement
Black Power Movement
All of the following are traditions that George Washington established by being the first President of the United States EXCEPT which one?
Moving the nation’s capital northward
Only serving 2 terms (8 years)
Creating a group of advisors known as the Cabinet
Establishing executive power that was less than that of a king
Moving the nation’s capital northward
Which of the following best illustrates why President Theodore Roosevelt was given the nickname of “Trust-Buster”?
A new political party was created, called the Progressive Party
A railroad monopoly, Northern Securities Company, was dissolved
Laws protecting the health and safety of consumers were passed
Government organizations protecting the environment were created
A railroad monopoly, Northern Securities Company, was dissolved
Which of these is NOT a result of the GI Bill that took care of veterans who came back from World War II?
Increase in families giving birth and building their numbers
Increase in jobs and Americans going to college
Establishment of an upper class section of society
Increase of people in living in suburbs
Establishment of an upper class section of society
Which of the following did President Truman do to address civil rights?
He desegregated public bathrooms
He desegregated public schools
He desegregated public transportation
He desegregated the military
He desegregated the military
Which of the following was NOT an outcome of the Cuban Missile Crisis?
A hotline phone was created between the White House and Kremlin
The United States removed missiles from Turkey
Both the U.S. and U.S.S.R. agreed to halt production of nuclear missiles
The Soviet Union removed missiles from Cuba
Both the U.S. and U.S.S.R. agreed to halt production of nuclear missiles
A major weakness of the Articles of Confederation was that they…
Made it too difficult for the government to raise money through taxes
Did not include a mechanism for amending the document
Created a chief executive that was too powerful
Required the ratification of only a simple majority of states
Required the ratification of only a simple majority of states
Which New Deal law provides retirement income for workers once they reach a certain age?
National Recovery Act
Social Security Act
Federal Securities Act
Works Progress Act
Social Security Act
Which leg of the triangular trade system dealt with exporting manufactured goods?
Europe to Africa
The Americas to Europe
Africa to the Americas
Africa to the Caribbean islands
Europe to Africa
Who was the winner of the 1912 Presidential Election, involving Theodore Roosevelt running as a third party candidate?
William Howard Taft - Republican Party
William Jennings Bryan - Populist Party
Woodrow Wilson - Democratic Party
Theodore Roosevelt - Progressive Party
Woodrow Wilson - Democratic Party
What was the name of the program where the United States gave Great Britain weapons to fight in World War II?
Loan-lend
Lend-lease
Loan-lease
Lease-loan
Lend-lease
Which process for a big business becoming a monopoly involved buying out or merging with all competing companies?
Longitudinal integration
Horizontal integration
Vertical integration
Latitudinal integration
Horizontal integration
During the 1920s, which political party believed in no regulation on business and implementing higher tariffs?
Green Party
Democratic Party
Republican Party
Libertarian Party
Republican Party
What was the growing resentment called that existed in American-born citizens against immigrants?
Social Darwinism
Nativism
Foreignism
Americanism
Nativism
What received the nickname of “Hoovervilles” during the Great Depression?
Small villages assembled by the homeless
The practice of stowing away on trains to move west
Anywhere President Hoover visited to talk about the Depression
Cheaply made cars used to support the automobile industry
Small villages assembled by the homeless
Which event of President Richard M. Nixon’s administration undermined the American public’s trust in the integrity of their elected officials?
The Moon Landing
The Watergate scandal
The Counterculture Movement
The Vietnam War
The Watergate scandal
During President Calvin Coolidge’s administration, people began buying stock using credit. What was this referred to as?
“Buying on the supply line”
“Buying on the margin”
“Buying on the market”
“Buying on the installments”
“Buying on the margin”
What is the belief that it is America’s God-given duty to expand its territory from the Atlantic to Pacific Oceans?
Divine Rule
Manifest Destiny
Mandate of Heaven
Declaration of Spirit
Manifest Destiny
Which amendment to the Constitution banned the consumption and sale of alcohol in the United States?
18th Amendment
17th Amendment
19th Amendment
16th Amendment
18th Amendment
Why did the Supreme Court say the government could regulate the railroad industry?
The industry crossed state lines
The industry had become a monopoly
The industry was continuing to increase costs
The employees were being mistreated
The industry crossed state lines
Which new territory was claimed by the United States by deposing their queen and slaughtering the natives for the sugar industry?
Cuba
Alaska
Hawaii
The Philippines
Hawaii
