Midterm review

WW1

100

What were the two alliances formed in Europe PRIOR to World War I?  

The Triple Alliance and the Triple Entente

200

The events that were the IMMEDIATE cause of World War I were —

Archduke Franz Ferdinand is assassinated, Austria declares war on Serbia, all of the allies join in.

300

Which of the following is true of jobs on the American home front during World War I?

1. Thousands of Black Americans moved from the Jim Crow South to northern cities to work in factories.
2. The National War Labor Board was created to prevent disputes between factory owners and workers to eliminate labor strikes.
3. Women and Black men were given jobs they had never been permitted to have previously.

400

Which of the following actions would get a person jailed under the Sedition Act?  

A waitress telling a customer that she thought American involvement in the war was a mistake.

500

Which of the following is NOT true of Liberty Bonds?

They were used extensively during the Civil War.

Roaring 20’s

100

What was the Red Scare?

American overreaction to the threat of communism

200

The 19th Amendment—    

Gave women the right to vote.

300

Which of the following people was a writer and educator who helped legalize contraception?    

Margaret Sanger

400

Which of the following was NOT part of the Harlem Renaissance? 

1. Music.
2. Novels and short stories.
3. Black American shared experience and culture.
4. The Liberian independence movement.

The Liberian independence movement

500

Consumptionism became a common theme of American life in the 1920s. This means—    

Americans were encouraged to buy and use more mass-produced goods. This included new appliances, inventions, and cars.

The Great Depression

100

The man who promised a “New Deal” for America was

FDR

200

Why was President Hoover hated so much?

He did very little to help end the Great Depression

300

FDR’s plan to end the Great Depression helped in all ways EXCEPT:

1. Created Jobs
2. Fixed the banking System
3. Forced people to buy war bonds
4. Put systems in place to prevent another economic collapse

1. Forced people to buy war bonds
2. 
   

400

Which of the following was most directly responsible for creating new jobs and putting people to work?

Works Progress Administration

500

1. Which event happened last?
   1. President Franklin Roosevelt takes presidential office
   2. The stock market crashes
   3. The amendment establishing Prohibition passes
   4. Ford uses the assembly line to mass produce automobiles

President Franklin Roosevelt takes presidential office

Funzies

100

After WWI, the United States’ foreign policy was one of:

isolationism

200

Prohibition resulted in:

the rise of organized crime

300

The Roaring 1920’s were characterized by:

the growth of consumer spending

400

The “boom” years of the 1920s are characterized by:

widespread consumer spending and increased buying of new goods

500

Who was the Presidential candidate in the Election of 1932 who promised to provide relief and help to the needy during the Great Depression?

Franklin Roosevelt

Bonus

100

Hoovervilles” can be defined as:

tin and cardboard shacks lived in by the homeless

200

What federal legislation guaranteed money deposited in banks?

FDIC

300

Why was the Civilian Conservation Corps established?

to create new jobs    

400

What was Hoover’s reaction to the Bonus Army?

1. he had them removed by federal troops

500

A long term effect of the New Deal on the United States has been the

the idea that the federal government should assume greater responsibility for the nation’s well-being