USII Review

1. USII Review Assessment Questions From the Enhanced Scope and Sequence Melissa Rollosson

2. Which of the following were reasons for immigration to America during the late 1800s and early 1900s? • Religious persecution • Economic opportunity • Religious persecution and political freedom • Economic opportunity and political freedom

3. All of the following were problems faced by cities during industrialization except • increase in crime. • scarcity of housing. • increase in outbreaks of diseases. • lack of workers.

4. Which labor union was founded by Samuel Gompers in the early part of the twentieth century? • Knights of Labor • American Federation of Labor • Congress of Industrial Organizations • United Auto Workers

5. Who became the leader of the steel industry in the United States during the late 1800s and early 1900s? • Andrew Carnegie • John D. Rockefeller • J. P. Morgan • Cornelius Vanderbilt

6. Who was best known as a leader of the women’s rights movement? • Ida Tarbell • Carrie Nation • Helen Hunt Jackson • Susan B. Anthony

7. Women gained the right to vote with the passage of which amendment? • 16th • 17th • 18th • 19th

8. After landing at Ellis Island, newly arrived immigrants had to • take a health test. • prove they could read and write. • pass a citizenship test. • prove they could speak English.

9. Steel manufacturing was located in which of the following regions of the United States? • Northeast • Southeast • Mid-Atlantic • Midwest

10. Which of the following cities was the center of the meat packing industry? • Boston • Chicago • New York • Detroit

11. Which of the following was the main goal of the United States during the Spanish-American War? • To rule Spain’s trade routes • To protect American business interests in Spain • To free Cuba from Spain • To request Cuba to negotiate a treaty for independence with Spain

12. Which headline is an example of yellow journalism? • “Spain Responsible for Unprovoked Attack on the USS Maine” • “The United States Declares War on Spain” • “Cubans Ask Spain for Their Independence” • “Theodore Roosevelt Is Appointed Secretary of the Navy”

13. As a result of the Spanish-American War, the United States acquired all of the following territories except • Cuba. • Puerto Rico. • Philippines. • Guam.

14. The immediate cause of World War I was the • Attack on the Lusitania. • Sinking of the battleship Maine. • German use of unrestricted submarine warfare. • Assassination of Archduke Ferdinand.

15. Which were the leading Allied Powers at the start of WWI? • Britain, France, and Russia • Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Bulgaria • Denmark and the Netherlands • Spain and Switzerland

16. Which of the following was not a reason for the United States entering WWI? • German use of unrestricted submarine warfare • Assassination of Archduke Ferdinand • Sinking of the Lusitania • Discovery of the Zimmerman Telegram

17. When WWI broke out in Europe, the United States adopted a policy of • Militarism. • Isolationism. • Imperialism. • Expansionism.

18. President Wilson hoped that the League of Nations would • Enable nations to solve their conflicts without going to war. • Make the Allied Powers strong. • Help the United States avoid foreign entanglements. • Reduce tariffs throughout the world.

19. During WWI, what strategy did Great Britain and Germany use in an attempt to cut off each other’s trade? • Boycott • Embargo • Demonstration • Blockade

20. Which of the following is correctly paired with a development in technology in the late nineteenth century? • Henry Ford – assembly line • Wright Brothers – automobile • Guglielmo Marconi – steel • David Sarnoff – electricity

21. The Great Migration of the early 20th Century involved the movement of • Mexicans to Texas. • African Americans to northern cities. • women from working at home to paying jobs. • Japanese to Silicone Valley.

22. F. Scott Fitzgerald is to John Steinbeck as Aaron Copland is to • Jacob Lawrence. • Langston Hughes. • Georgia O’Keeffe. • George Gershwin.

23. Which of the following best describes the Great Depression? • High unemployment rates • Lack of food • Shortage of men willing to work • Increase in the purchase of stocks

24. What actions did farmers take to protest the “sell off” of their farms? • Farmers refused to pay their mortgages. • Farm families helped rural banks collapse. • Farmers destroyed their crops rather than take them to market. • Farm families combined their households to save money.

25. What was the name of President Roosevelt’s program to help provide relief during the Great Depression? • Square Deal • New Way • New Deal • Fair Deal

26. The Social Security program provides for all of the following except • unemployed people. • disabled people. • dependent children. • pensions for the elderly.

27. Which program had the biggest impact on the banking system? • Works Progress Administration • Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation • Social Security Act • Civilian Conservation Corps

28. What finally brought the Great Depression to an end? • The New Deal Program • Lower tariffs • World War II • Recovery of the stock market

29. One important change resulting from the New Deal was that it • increased the government’s responsibility for social welfare. • ended the “selling off” of farmland. • reduced the national debt. • gave equal rights to African Americans.

30. All of the following are probable causes of the Great Depression except • high tariffs that hindered the New Deal Program. • overspeculation in the stock market. • failure of the Federal Reserve to help prevent the collapse of the banking system. • labor shortages and lack of consumer goods on the market.

31. Farmers who lived in the Dust Bowl were often forced to • auction off their farms. • become migrant workers. • accept government aid. • all of the above.

32. Who was President at the beginning of the Great Depression? • Franklin D. Roosevelt • Harry Truman • Herbert Hoover • Theodore Roosevelt

33. What event in 1939 started World War II? • Germany’s invasion of Poland • Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor • Hitler’s killing Jewish people • The sinking of American ships by German submarines

34. Which wartime leader is incorrectly matched with his country? • Mussolini – Italy • Stalin – Russia • Hitler – Germany • Churchill – France

35. Which event in 1941 caused the United States to enter World War II? • Germany’s invasion of Poland • Japan’s attack on Hawaii • Hitler’s killing of Jewish people • The sinking of American ships by German submarines

36. Who was the commanding general of the United States forces in Europe during World War II? • General Dwight D. Eisenhower • General Douglas MacArthur • General Bernard Montgomery • General John Pershing

37. Which of the following events of 1945 happened first? • Hitler committed suicide • The United States dropped two atomic bombs • The Battle of Normandy • Japan surrendered

38. Which of the following was part of the United States strategy to defeat Japan? • Island hopping • Tank attacks in north Africa • Convoy supply lines in southwest Asia • Kamikaze attacks

39. Which statement of opinion best describes fascism? • “Germans are the master race.” • “A strong dictatorship is the best form of government.” • “Government should own all farms and factories.” • “The purpose of government is to protect people’s rights.”

40. Which famous battle fought on Russian soil halted the German advance in WWII? • Alamein • Gallipoli • Normandy • Stalingrad

41. By the end of 1940 in an attempt to help Britain, the United States began sending it supplies through the • Berlin Airlift. • Lend-Lease Program. • Good Neighbor Policy. • New Deal.

42. President Truman defended his decision to drop the A-bomb by arguing that it would • avoid huge U.S. troop casualties. • prolong the war. • punish the Japanese. • reduce civilian deaths.

43. After World War II, the Marshall Plan provided • economic aid to European countries recovering from the war. • pardons to all former spies. • reparations to formerly interned Japanese. • United States military protection for Japan’s emperor.

44. The two superpowers that emerged after World War II were • Japan and Germany. • United States and Great Britain. • the Soviet Union and India. • United States and the Soviet Union.

45. What is the primary goal of the United Nations? • To stop communism • To stop the Far East from building weapons • To prevent future wars • To replace all nations’ governments with a single world government

46. By joining the United Nations, the United States adopted a long-term foreign policy of • isolationism. • imperialism. • internationalism. • capitalism.

47. The United States economy after WWII can be characterized as • prosperous. • stagnant. • unstable. • none of the above.

48. What caused a shortage of consumer products, such as appliances and automobiles, after WWII? • America was still suffering from the Great Depression. • The war had depleted American’s natural resources. • Many American factories had not yet converted back to peacetime production. • America’s factories were greatly damaged after the war.

49. The Cuban Missile Crisis began when • the Soviet navy ran the United States blockade of Cuba. • a United States spy plane was shot down over Cuba. • the Soviets began to build missile launching sites in Cuba. • the Cubans began an invasion of the United States missile site.

50. The Cuban Missile Crisis ended when • the Soviets agreed to remove missiles from Cuba. • the United States bombed Soviet missile sites. • the United States negotiated with Castro to destroy the missile sites. • the U.N. forced the two sides to compromise on missiles.