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.