U.S. History Final review

U.S. History Final review

Multiple Choice

"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness."

Which document includes this passage?

• Mayflower Compact

• Declaration of Independence

• Northwest Ordinance

• Monroe Doctrine

Multiple Choice

How would you describe the relationship between the growth of cotton production in the U.S. and the growth of slavery in the U.S. between 1800 and 1860?

• As more cotton was grown, more slaves were needed

• As more cotton was grown, less slaves were needed

• As more cotton was grown, more slaves were given their freedom

Multiple Choice

Who wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin?

• J.K. Rowling

• Mark Twain

• Harriet Beecher Stowe

• Abraham Lincoln

Multiple Choice

What effect did the publication of Uncle Tom's Cabin have on the United States before the Civil War?

• It showed people how bad slavery was and helped lead to the election of Abraham Lincoln

• It encouraged people to read more

• It made the South give up the practice of slavery

Multiple Choice

What did the Missouri Compromise do?

• It allowed citizens to vote on whether their state would be a free or slave state

• It divided the nation into Northern free states and Southern slave states

• It allowed Maine to be admitted as a slave state, and Missouri to be admitted as a free state

• It settled the debate over expanding slavery into the territories until the Civil War in 1861.

Multiple Choice

Why was the 14th amendment adopted in 1868?

• to protect the rights of formerly enslaved persons

• to make it easier for immigrants to become citizens

• to extend suffrage to settlers on the Great Plains

• to require the federal government to pay the costs of Reconstruction

Multiple Choice

By 1914, where did most women have the right to vote?

• states along the east coast

• states in the western part of the country

• everywhere in the United States

• women had voting rights in most parts of the country

Multiple Choice

When people started moving West in larger numbers, what happened to Native Americans in the West?

• Towns grew that were populated by both whites and Native Americans

• Native American tribes easily assimilated into white culture

• Native Americans were put into reservations

Multiple Choice

"What was worked out at Ford was the practice of moving the work from one worker to another until it became a complete unit, then arranging the flow of these units at the right time and the right place to a moving final assembly line from which came a finished product. Regardless of earlier uses of some of these principles, the direct line of succession of mass production and its intensification into automation stems directly from what we worked out at Ford Motor Company between 1908 and 1913..."

How did U.S. society respond to the development described above?

• People stopped purchasing as many automobiles

• Businesses adopted these faster production methods and grew exponentially

• The American economy shrank due to a glut of consumer goods

• American laborers enjoyed a more relaxed pace of work.

Multiple Choice

The ________ amendment started Prohibition.

• 18th

• 16th

• 17th

• 19th

Multiple Choice

What effect did the publication of The Jungle have on U.S. society?

• Vegetarianism became the most popular diet in the U.S.

• Support grew for federal laws to regulate the quality and safety of drugs, meat and other foods

• Widespread support for labor reform led to federal legislation for safer workplaces.

• Upton Sinclair was jailed for his efforts at exposing unsafe working conditions.

Multiple Choice

"The Spanish-American War was a turning point in the history of American foreign policy. From that time on Americans could no longer look merely inward. The United States had established undisputed dominance of the Caribbean and had extended its influence to the shores of Asia. It had become a recognized world power through its own inherent strength, and that strength affected the international politics of all the great powers of the world. Even if it wanted to, the United States in the new century could no longer remain aloof from the politics of the rest of the world."

Why was the Spanish American War a turning point in American foreign policy?

• the United States annexed Hawaii

• the United States had become a world power through its own strength

• the United States could remain isolated from global affairs

• the United States was considering annexing Cuba and Puerto Rico

Multiple Choice

The __________ _________ was part of an effort to enlist Mexican support for Germany if the United States declared war.

• Zimmerman Telegram

• Declaration of War

• Monroe Doctrine

• League of Nations

Multiple Choice

Which president believed in volunteerism and trickle down economics to get the U.S. out of the Great Depression?

• Herbert Hoover

• Franklin D. Roosevelt

Multiple Choice

Which president used New Deal programs to help get the U.S. out of the Great Depression?

• Herbert Hoover

• Franklin D. Roosevelt

Multiple Choice

The _______________ ______ was a plan to help European countries recover after World War II.

• Marshall Plan

• Truman Doctrine

• United Nations

• Cold War

Multiple Choice

Why did the U.S. get involved in the Vietnam conflict?

• To make Vietnam a colony of the United States

• To stop the spread of Communism in Southeast Asia

• To start the take over of Asia by the United States

Multiple Choice

Who believed in non-violent protest to help gain African Americans civil rights?

• Martin Luther King, Jr.

• Malcom X

Multiple Choice

When students participated in sit ins in order to desegregate lunch counters, there were using ___________ _______________.

• civil disobedience

• stubbornness

• violent protest

• the 2nd amendment

Multiple Choice

"We conclude that, in the field of public education, the doctrine of 'separate but equal' has no place. Separate educational facilities are inherently unequal. Therefore, we hold that the plaintiffs and others similarly situated for whom the actions have been brought are, by reason of the segregation complained of, deprived of the equal protection of the laws guaranteed by the 14th amendment..."

This Supreme court decision is based on the idea that segregation in education is likely to

• deny individuals equal opportunities to make social and economic progress

• interfere with the right to privacy in public schools for all races

• create excessive burdens on school transportation systems

• result in high tax increases to support separate school systems