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100
The development of the Transcontinental Railroad led to destruction of what two factors in the late 1800s? (7.2) DOK 2 a. Southern plantations and northern factories. b. The buffalo and Native American culture. c. American business and the end of the need for cowboys. d. None of the above.
b. The buffalo and Native American culture.
100
Workers organized unions to (8.2) DOK 2 a. Promote socialism. b. Stop government interference in the workplace. c. Abolish arbitration. d. Improve wages and working conditions.
d. Improve wages and working conditions.
100
As a result of the Spanish American War the United States obtained (9.3) DOK 2 a. Cuba, Panama, and Puerto Rico. b. Columbia, Venezuela, and Midway Island. c. Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines. d. Cuba, Hawaii, and Puerto Rico.
c. Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines.
100
What were the main goals of Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal? (12.7) DOK 2-3 a. Cut government spending, tax cuts for the rich, and less regulations on big business. b. Create a war with Germany to help revive the American economy and convert American factories from consumer goods to weapons for war. c. To have Europe, Asia and the United States create stimulus plans to grow their economies and to lower tariffs. d. To establish programs to create jobs, help consumers and businesses by relying mostly on the federal government.
d. To establish programs to create jobs, help consumers and businesses by relying mostly on the federal government.
100
What commitment did Nevada have to make as a part of its statehood agreement? a. Nevada had to establish gambling in the new state. b. Nevada can never secede meaning leave the Union. c. Nevada had to maintain mining as its number one economic means of Production. d. The Nevada legislature can not operate independent of the federal government.
b. Nevada can never secede meaning leave the Union.
200
What was the purpose of the Homestead Act? (7.4) DOK 2 a. To grant farmland to people who were willing to move to the West. b. Gave Native American families plots of land to farm. c. Kept people from trespassing on land promised to Native Americans. d. Granted free land to cowboys who lost their jobs.
a. To grant farmland to people who were willing to move to the West.
200
Which of the following was a difference between the old and new immigration periods of the 19th century? (8.9) DOK 2-3 a. Old immigrants came southern and Eastern Europe while the new immigrants came from northern and western Europe. b. The old immigrants spoke mostly English and obtained most available land in the United States. c. The new immigration featured immigration from eastern and southern Europe and China. d. The old immigrants were forced to work in factories in northern cities.
b. The old immigrants spoke mostly English and obtained most available land in the United States.
200
What were the two main reasons why the United States entered World War One? (10.1) DOK 2 a. The Russian Revolution and the building of a canal in Panama. b. The sinking of the Maine and the Lusitania. c. Unrestricted German submarine warfare and the Zimmerman Telegram. d. The attack at Pearl Harbor and Manila Bay.
c. Unrestricted German submarine warfare and the Zimmerman Telegram.
200
The growth of dictators, militarism and intense nationalism in the late 1930s led to (13.1) DOK 1 a. World War One. b. World War Two. c. the Korean War. d. The Cold War.
b. World War Two.
200
Early Las Vegas grew at the turn of the century as a a. Gold town. b. Copper town. c. Silver town. d. Railroad town.
d. Railroad town.
300
How did the goals of the Dawes Act affect Native American life? (7.2) DOK 2 a. It ended the Native American ownership of lands. b. Gave yearly payments to the Native Americans. c. Helped Native Americans move to Canada. d. Allowed Native Americans to have representatives in
a. It ended the Native American ownership of lands.
300
The goals of the Progressives included all of the following except (8.10) DOK 2 a. Women’s suffrage b. Temperance c. High Tariffs d. Conservation
c. High Tariffs
300
Many Americans opposed the League of Nations because (10.5) DOK 2 a. Germany could not be trusted. b. It was not a part of the Treaty of Versailles. c. European nations would not support it. d. They feared it would commit the United States to future European wars.
d. They feared it would commit the United States to future European wars.
300
What event brought the United States into World War Two? (13.1) DOK 1 a. The sinking of the Maine b. The Sinking of the Lusitania c. The Zimmerman Telegram d. The bombing of Pearl Harbor
d. The bombing of Pearl Harbor
300
More people began to visit Nevada and especially Las Vegas as the result of the 1931 laws in the Nevada legislature which allowed for a. Boulder Dam and Boulder City. b. Legalized gambling and very liberal divorce laws. c. Interstates 15 and 95. d. The Nevada Test Site and Area 51.
b. Legalized gambling and very liberal divorce laws.
400
Which of the following was not a main factor in the development of American industry in the late 1800s? (8.1) DOK 2 a. Railroads b. Natural resources c. Immigration to the United States d. Slavery in the American South
d. Slavery in the American South
400
. Americans expansionists justified expansionism at the end of the 19th century by the argument that (9.1-9.4) DOK 2-3 a. The United States was already a world power. b. Britain, France, and Germany were no longer building empires. c. It was called for in the United States Constitution. d. American factories and farms needed overseas markets for their products.
d. American factories and farms needed overseas markets for their products.
400
Buying stock, consumerism, the Red Scare and the Harlem Renaissance are all associated with what decade in United States history? (11.1-11.2) DOK 1 a. 1920s b. 1930s c. 1940s d. 1950s
a. 1920s
400
Before Nevada Territory could be come a state, it had to a. Open Indian reservations and schools. b. Give women, Native Americans and African Americans the right to vote. c. Ban slavery. d. Write a constitution that was approved by the voters
d. Write a constitution that was approved by the voters
400
Las Vegas developed much more during the 1930s because of a. Prohibition and the Great Depression. b. The KKK and anti-discrimination laws. c. New highways, airplane travel, golf courses, and gambling. d. McCarran Airport.
c. New highways, airplane travel, golf courses, and gambling.
500
As a result of rapid industrial growth, (8.2) DOK 2 a. Demand for unskilled workers increased. b. Business owners paid very high wages. c. Workers were harder to replace. d. Factory owners stopped using child labor.
a. Demand for unskilled workers increased.
500
The main cause for the start of the Spanish-American War was (9.3) DOK 2 a. The building of the Panama Canal. b. The annexation of Hawaii by the United States. c. Puerto Rico’s attack of Havana, Cuba. d. The sinking of the battleship Maine in Havana, Cuba.
d. The sinking of the battleship Maine in Havana, Cuba.
500
Which of the following three problems led to the Great Depression? (11.1-11.2) DOK 3 a. Brazil’s coffee crash, the Stock Market Crash and unemployment. b. The gap between the rich and poor, poor business practices, and overproduction. c. High employment, great economic prosperity and the Harlem Renaissance. d. Anarchy, the Red Scare, and the business boom of the 1920s.
b. The gap between the rich and poor, poor business practices, and overproduction
500
The events which led to Nevada statehood include a. The creation of Hoover Dam and the early 20th century railroads in Nevada. b. The silver from the Comstock Lode and the Civil War. c. The 1931 Gaming law and the creation of Hoover Dam. d. The creation of Hoover Dam and Nellis Air Force Base
b. The silver from the Comstock Lode and the Civil War.
500
During World War II, Basic Magnesium, Inc., (BMI) helped Nevada and the country by providing a. Magnesium for bombs and airplanes. b. Magnesium for fertilizer. c. Jobs for women whose husbands had died in the war. d. Magnesium to build Boulder Dam.
a. Magnesium for bombs and airplanes.