US History Iib Exam Review
This is a review of third tri US History II B.
- 1.John T. Scopes was put on trial for
- A.
Teaching evolution
- B.
Violating Prohibition laws
- C.
Being a leader of the KKK
- D.
Accepting bribes
- E.
Being communist
- 2.The Cotton Club was a
- A.
Chicago speakeasy where gangsters, artists and politicians congregated
- B.
Harlem nightspot where many African American entertainers got their start
- C.
Ficticious nightclub featured in the famous picture The Jazz Singer
- D.
A club in Detroit
- E.
Hollywood nightspot frequented by the stars of the silver screen
- 3.Farmers on the Great Plains began to lose their crops during the Depression because
- A.
An volcano erupted in Iceland
- B.
Hurricane Katrina
- C.
A terrible drought caused dust storms
- D.
A fungus depleted the soil of nutrients
- E.
Frequent rains eroded the soil
- 4.In the 1920s the Federal Reserve contributed to weaknesses in the stock market by
- A.
Lending to speculators
- B.
Keeping interest rates low
- C.
Speculating on market interest rates
- D.
Issuing credit cards to farmers
- E.
Lending to foreign companies
- 5.Warren G. Harding won the presidency by appealing to Americans' desire to
- A.
Become a communist satellite nation
- B.
Become a world power
- C.
Reform society
- D.
Return to life as it was before the war
- E.
Repeal prohibition
- 6.The flowering of African American arts in the 1920s became known as
- A.
Harlem Renaissance
- B.
The First Great Migration
- C.
The Second Great Migration
- D.
Great Awakening
- E.
Glory Days
- 7.After WWI, most Americans wanted to avoid future wars by
- A.
Becoming a communist satellite nation
- B.
Forbidding Germany to rebuild its armed forces
- C.
Favoring isolationism
- D.
Disbanding the League of Nations
- E.
Excluding Germany from the League of Nations
- 8.President Hoover opposed direct federal relief to the unemployed because he believed that
- A.
Individuals should be responsible for taking care of themselves
- B.
Federal relief would shorten the Depression
- C.
He wanted to donate all of the federal government's money to charities, such as the Salvation Army
- D.
Only state and city governments should dole out relief
- E.
Charities would provide sufficient relief until the economy improved
- 9.During the Great Depression, when a bank collapsed,
- A.
The government covered the bank's debts
- B.
A new bank emerged with new money to lend
- C.
The government repaid deposits on insured accounts only
- D.
The government stepped in to run the bank
- E.
Depositors lost their savings
- 10.During the Depression, charities set up ____ to give poor people a meal.
- A.
Public works
- B.
Dust bowls
- C.
Banks
- D.
Soup kitchens
- E.
Communities
- 11.Before the late 1920s, stock prices
- A.
Did not change much
- B.
Generally reflected the stocks' true value
- C.
Were too high for most people to afford
- D.
Went up and down like a rollercoaster
- E.
Had little to do with the economy
- 12.Buying on margin was a method of buying stocks
- A.
By pooling money with others
- B.
With mostly borrowed money
- C.
By borrowing money only from your parents
- D.
Without any risk
- E.
Without a broker
- 13.FDR's policies for ending the Depression became known as
- A.
New Deal
- B.
Cold War
- C.
Fireside chats
- D.
Glass-Steagall Act
- E.
Gold standard
- 14.The Nuremberg Laws
- A.
Gave free money to Jewish Germans
- B.
Required all Jewish Germans to move to concentration camps
- C.
Authorized German police to shoot Jewish Germans
- D.
Required all Jewish Germans to leave the country
- E.
Took citizenship away from Jewish Germans
- 15.In 1932 the nation's money was based on a system in which an ounce of gold could be exchanged for a setnumber of dollars. This was called the
- A.
Gold standard
- B.
Dollar system
- C.
Fair exchange
- D.
Fireside chat
- E.
Bank holiday
- 16.Two causes of the rise of dictatorships after WWI were
- A.
The failure of the Treaty of Versailles and world wide depression
- B.
The Cold War
- C.
The peace treaty and rising democratic nations
- D.
Appeasement and Potsdam Conference
- E.
New political ideas and lack of strong leadership after the war
- 17.In the Wannsee Conference, Nazi leaders
- A.
Planned the "final solution"
- B.
Negotiated with Britain and France for the Sudetenland
- C.
Planned the spread of communism
- D.
Negotiated the Treaty of Versailles
- E.
Planned the invasion of Poland
- 18.During WWII, Americans bought over $150 billion worth of bonds in order to
- A.
Finance public works projects
- B.
Avoid paying taxes
- C.
Lend the goverment money to pay for the war
- D.
Compensate the Bonus Marches for their bonus
- E.
Donate part of their wages to the military
- 19.Nearly 1/3 of all military equipment made during the war was manufactured by the
- A.
Steel industry
- B.
Ship-building industry
- C.
Automobile industry
- D.
Airplane industry
- E.
Railroad industry
- 20.The "Double V" Campaign meant victory
- A.
Over Europe and victory in the Pacific
- B.
Over Hitler's racism and racism at home
- C.
On land and victory on the seas
- D.
On victory over the Nazis and Fascists
- E.
On victory for women and minorities
- 21.The goal of the US policy of containment focused on stopping
- A.
The spread of fascism
- B.
The spread of democracy
- C.
Benito Mussolini
- D.
The spread of communism
- E.
Adolf Hitler
- 22.The main cause of the Cold War is
- A.
Competition between capitalism and communism
- B.
Promoting free trade among members
- C.
Conflict resulting from Potsdam Conference
- D.
Nuclear arms race
- E.
A, C, and D
- 23.Which of the following the American socioeconomic ideology that challenged communism?
- A.
Democracy
- B.
Communism
- C.
Fascism
- D.
Capitalism
- E.
Militarism
- 24.Oping countries, Eisenhower used
- A.
Massive retailiation
- B.
Covert operations
- C.
Brinkmanship
- D.
Embargoes
- E.
Capitalism
- 25.The Soviet Union formed the Warsaw Pact in response to NATO's decision to
- A.
Construct the Berlin Wall
- B.
Send troops to fight Communist uprisings in Greece and Turkey
- C.
Intervene in Korea
- D.
Allow West Gerrmany to rearm and join its organization
- E.
Send supplies to West Berlin
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