In the late 19th century, which of the following was a consequence of the shift to the sharecropping system in the South?
| a rise in post-Civil War crop production | |
| a diversification of agricultural production of crops | |
| an increase in debt peonage, tying freedmen to the land | |
| a significant redistribution of land ownership in the South |
“III. That the government of Cuba consents that the United States may exercise the right to intervene for the preservation of Cuban independence, the maintenance of a government adequate for the protection of life, property, and individual liberty, and for discharging the obligations with respect to Cuba imposed by the treaty of Paris on the United States, now to be assumed and undertaken by the government of Cuba.”
Platt Amendmen
Which of the following is a result of the Spanish-American War?
| The United States established itself as a global military power. | |
| Cuba established an alliance with Spain to share control of its empire. | |
| United States citizens became disappointed when the U.S. lost the war. | |
| Spain retained control of its colonies to stop the empire building of other European countries. |
Based on the graph above, what most likely caused the change in the unemployment rate between 1920 and 1921?
| demobilization | |
| Black Tuesday | |
| the Emergency Quota Act | |
| Asian Americans in the workforce |
Consider the newspaper article when answering the following question.
Which describes the relationship between the United States government and Jewish refugees?
| Immigration quotas allowed Jewish refugees to enter the United States. | |
| Immigration quotas prevented Jewish refugees from entering the United States. | |
| Jewish refugees could only enter the United States if they had children with them. | |
| Jewish refugees were able to enter through the western coast of the United States. |
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How did the Platt Amendment differ from the Teller Amendment?
| The Platt Amendment overturned the Teller Amendment by authorizing the United States to annex Cuba. | |
| The Platt Amendment extended the Teller Amendment by promising that the United States would maintain a permanent military presence in Cuba. | |
| The Platt Amendment promised that the United States would never intervene in Cuba again, while the Teller Amendment advocated for Cuban annexation. | |
| The Platt Amendment allowed the United States the right to intervene in Cuban affairs, while the Teller Amendment promised to preserve Cuban independence. |
The cartoon below depicts Premier Khrushchev and President Kennedy in a struggle.
What major world event is most relevant to the cartoon?
| the Berlin Airlift | |
| the Korean War | |
| the Vietnam War | |
| the Cuban Missile Crisis |
What goal did the American Indian Movement and Chicano Movement have in common with the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee and the Congress of Racial Equality? Use the excerpt below to answer the following question.
“Chronic wrongdoing, or an impotence which results in a general loosening of the ties of civilized society, may in America, as elsewhere, ultimately require intervention by some civilized nation, and in the Western Hemisphere the adherence of the United States to the Monroe Doctrine may force the United States, however reluctantly, in flagrant cases of such wrongdoing or impotence, to the exercise of an international police power.”
–From President Theodore Roosevelt’s State of the Union Address to Congress, 1904
The excerpt from the Roosevelt Corollary above demonstrates which broader foreign policy objective?
| Moral Diplomacy | |
| Dollar Diplomacy | |
| Big Stick Diplomacy | |
| Open Door Diplomacy |
Read the poem below to answer the question.
One Way Ticket
“I am fed up
With Jim Crow laws,
People who are cruel
And afraid,
Who lynch and run,
Who are scared of me
And me of them.
I pick up my life
And take it away
On a one-way ticket
Gone Up North
Gone Out West
Gone!”
— Langston Hughes, 1926
Which of the following sets of historical events is related to the poem above?
| The Great Migration and the Harlem Renaissance | |
| The Harlem Renaissance and the Great Depression | |
| The Fundamentalist Movement and the Great Migration | |
| The Temperance Movement and the Fundamentalist Movement |
Use the excerpt to answer the following question.
Dear Mr. President:
I received your letter of March 1st in which you say, “There can be little reason for disagreement on the general proposition that Germany and her satellites should be required to answer for atrocities against the Jews. . . . . Presumably it (the jurisdiction of the Commission) would extend to any cases arising during the war period, of which there are many.”
At a meeting of the Legal Committee today I proposed this resolution.
… Such crimes are judicable by the United Nations or their agencies as war crimes…
Respectfully,
HERBERT PELL
With which statement would Herbert Pell likely agree?
| Germany should put Holocaust supporters on trial as war criminals. | |
| War criminals should face international charges of “crimes against humanity.” | |
| The United Nations does not have the authority to punish individuals for war crimes. | |
| The United States has the authority to punish Germans who committed “atrocities against the Jews.” |
How did the Truman Doctrine compare with the Marshall Plan?
| Both sought to restore political stability, but the primary focus of the Marshall Plan was economic recovery. | |
| Both sought the containment of Communism, but the primary focus of the Marshall plan was to reunite Germany. | |
| Both were effects of the start of the Korean War, but the primary focus of the Truman Doctrine was to occupy Japan. | |
| Both were effects of the end of World War II, but the primary focus of the Truman Doctrine was to identify domestic Communists. |
Which describes the significance of the Pearl Harbor attack?
| It led to a Cash and Carry foreign policy. | |
| It led to the passage of the Lend-Lease Act. | |
| It led to a Congressional declaration of war. | |
| It led to the creation of German internment camps. |
Why did the U.S. establish the policies of Cash and Carry and the Lend-Lease Act?
| to increase U.S. imports from Europe | |
| to aid the Allies while maintaining neutrality | |
| to provide the Axis powers with weapons and supplies | |
| to decrease unemployment after the Great Depression |
Use the following quote from Eugene V. Debs’ speech during World War I.
“They have always taught and trained you to believe it to be your patriotic duty to go to war and to have yourselves slaughtered at their command. But in all the history of the world you, the people, have never had a voice in declaring war, and strange as it certainly appears, no war by any nation in any age has ever been declared by the people.”
– Eugene V. Debs, 1918
By giving this anti-war speech, Debs violated which of the following wartime laws?
| the Patriot Act | |
| the Neutrality Acts | |
| the Espionage Act | |
| the War Powers Act |
Which development following World War II caused the migration from urban to suburban living?
| increase in the number of farms | |
| movement of most factories to rural areas | |
| decline in the number of middle-class families | |
| expansion of highways and automobile ownership |
Which of the following best completes the graphic organizer?
| Cold War | |
| Fair Deal | |
| Bonus Army | |
| GI Bill of Rights |
How did the approaches of the Black Panther Party and Malcolm X differ from other civil rights groups like the Congress of Racial Equality and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference?
| opposed using violence to achieve their goals. | |
| supported using violence to achieve their goals. | |
| demanded the repeal of the Second Amendment to promote equality. | |
| worked mainly through the political process and courts to achieve their goals. |
Which of the following best describes the effects of McCarthyism on the U.S. in the 1950s?
| Fearful Americans began moving to foreign countries. | |
| Hollywood came under control of the U.S. government. | |
| The media was used to create anti-communist hysteria. | |
| The government increased the number of troops sent to North Korea. |
Which of the following best describes why the United States entered the Korean War?
| to contain the spread of communism | |
| to support Soviet efforts in North Korea | |
| to increase imperialistic efforts in Southeast Asia | |
| to fulfill the terms of an alliance with South Korea |
What was the main political concept of the Kansas-Nebraska Act, as depicted on the map above?
| secession | |
| black codes | |
| popular sovereignty | |
| westward expansion |
The following is a list of New Deal legislation.
- Social Security Administration (SSA)
- Works Progress Administration (WPA)
- Federal Housing Administration (FHA)
- National Youth Administration (NYA)
- Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)
Which statement best explains a reason for the establishment of these New Deal programs?
| The federal government assumed the oversight of local regulations. | |
| The state governments were required to provide grants for education. | |
| The state governments were required to provide loans to unskilled workers. | |
| The federal government accepted the responsibility for providing economic relief. |
The following list is about the middle class in the United States between 1950 and 1960.
- After World War II, the United States experienced a boom in population.
- Between 1950 and 1960, fourteen of the largest fifteen cities declined in population.
- Congress spent billions of dollars on the development of highways.
Source: National Endowment for the Humanities
What was the result of the changes described by this list?
| the growth of suburbs | |
| reduction in automobile prices | |
| reduction of public housing projects | |
| expansion of rural electrification programs |
Which statement describes a relationship between Roosevelt’s New Deal and Johnson’s Great Society program?
| The New Deal and the Great Society attempted to shift toward isolationism. | |
| The New Deal and the Great Society attempted to address economic stability. | |
| The New Deal’s programs were declared to be unconstitutional via the Great Society. | |
| The Great Society’s programs were declared to be unconstitutional via the New Deal. |
Which social norm were feminists such as Betty Friedan fighting against in the 1950s?
| harsh working conditions in factories | |
| unequal pay for minority men in the military | |
| the idea that women were most fulfilled as housewives | |
| only men were allowed to vote in local and federal elections |
Which statement provides the best reasoning for why the U.S. used the atomic bomb?
| demonstrate our technological capabilities to the Soviets | |
| provoke a peace treaty with Germany to end the war in Europe | |
| end the war with Japan without further risking U.S. lives in an invasion | |
| force Japan to relocate their navy from the west coast of the United States |
Which statement best summarizes the outcome of the Korean War?
| North Korea lost all of its lands to communist China. | |
| South Korea lost all of its lands to communist North Korea. | |
| North and South Korea reunited under a communist regime. | |
| North Korea remained communist and South Korea remained democratic. |
Why did the United States government pass the Selective Service Act?
| The U.S. needed to increase the number of troops available to fight overseas. | |
| The U.S. needed to increase the number of women available to fight overseas. | |
| The U.S. needed to increase farm production to help feed the troops overseas. | |
| The U.S. needed to increase the amount of munitions manufactured to help troops overseas. |
What does the cartoon tell you about the reaction to the Red Scare of the 1920s?
| More prisons were built to house common criminals. | |
| The United States moved toward a lenient isolationist policy. | |
| The United States government feared infiltration of communists. | |
| There was an increase in trade between the U.S. and the USSR. |
Consider this excerpt when answering the following question.
WE THE PEOPLES OF THE UNITED NATIONS DETERMINED
to save succeeding generations from the scourge of war, which twice in our lifetime has brought untold sorrow to mankind, and
to reaffirm faith in fundamental human rights, in the dignity and worth of the human person, in the equal rights of men and women and of nations large and small, and
to establish conditions under which justice and respect for the obligations arising from treaties and other sources of international law can be maintained, and
to promote social progress and better standards of life in larger freedom…
HAVE RESOLVED TO COMBINE OUR EFFORTS TO ACCOMPLISH THESE AIMS…
United Nations Charter
Which statement accurately represents this person’s contribution to this document?
| President Truman contributed to writing the United Nations Charter, based on his 14 Points. | |
| Mary McLeod Bethune contributed to writing the United Nations Charter, advocating for human rights. | |
| Mary McLeod Bethune contributed to rejecting the United Nations Charter, arguing it was ineffective at preventing war | |
| President Truman contributed to rejecting the United Nations Charter, arguing it pulled the United States into unnecessary conflict. |
What historical event in this era caused the urban population to increase?
| industrialization | |
| monopolization | |
| Homestead Act | |
| Chinese Exclusion Act |
Which reflects a response farmers had to the economic challenges in the mid to late 1800s? What were the Carpetbaggers’ motivations for traveling to the South after the Civil War?
| They were following westerners to find gold. | |
| They were looking for political and financial gain. | |
| They were showing support for the Confederate cause. | |
| They were trying to purchase new household products. |
| participated in the Social Gospel movement to assimilate Native Americans | |
| advocated for bimetallism to expand the money supply and increase crop prices | |
| participated in the Settlement Houses movement to support the needs of immigrants | |
| advocated for the gold standard to decrease tariff rates and increase agricultural production |
Read the quote below to answer the question.
“Aside from the demoralizing effect on the world at large and the possibilities of disturbances arising as a result of the desperation of the people concerned, the consequences to the economy of the United States should be apparent to all. It is logical that the United States should do whatever it is able to do to assist in the return of normal economic health to the world, without which there can be no political stability and no assured peace.”
– George Marshall, Harvard University 1947
According to the quote above, how would the Marshall Plan impact the post-World War II world?
| bring economic relief to Soviet citizens suffering from famine. | |
| establish American dominance over the defeated Axis powers. | |
| end the effects that had carried over from the Great Depression. | |
| rebuild the economies of European nations with financial relief. |
