US History final exam MCQs
In 1940, the "lend-lease" plan
Allowed the U.S. to loan weapons to England, to be returned or paid for when the war was over
The so-called "Zimmerman telegram"
Included a proposal for the return of the American Southwest to Mexico
In 1943, the country that pressed for an immediate Allied invasion of France against Germany was
The Soviet Union
In 1940, Ida Tarbell published a highly critical study on
The Standard Oil Trust
One key to Henry Ford's success in the mass production of automobiles was
The moving assembly line
Orville and Wilbur Wright's first successful airplane flight in 1903
Took place near Kitty Hawk, North Carolina
The "Dust Bowl" in the 1930s
Was a product of changing environmental conditions
The Tennessee Valley Authority of 1933
Was an experiment in regional planning by the federal government
Throughout the late nineteenth century, the federal government
Was relatively inactive
In 1890 at Wounded Knee, South Dakota
the U.S. Seventh Cavalry massacred more than 300 Indians.
One long-term consequence of the New Deal was that
the national government assumed a responsibility for the basic welfare of the people
In the 1920s, the "flapper" lifestyle
Had a particular impact on lower-middle-class single women
In 1941, Germany's declaration of war against the United States
Occurred before the United States declared war on Germany
In August 1944, the Allies liberated from German occupation the city of
Paris
During World War 2, Germany held the technological edge over the Allies in
Rocket-propelled bombs
Throughout the 1920s, the performance of the U.S. economy
Saw nearly uninterrupted prosperity coupled with severe inequalities
To oversee activities in the stock market, in 1934 Congress established the
Securities and Exchange Commision (SEC)
All of the following occurred as a result of the Tennessee Valley Authority EXCEPT
Significant reduction in poverty in the region
In what industry did the Homestead strike of 1892 occur
Steel
By the middle of 1940, Germany had defeated
All of these answers are correct
During Progressive Era, the "new woman" was a product of
All of these answers are correct
In mid-1945, evidence of Japan's desperation to continue the war included
All of these answers are correct
The decimation of American buffalo herds in the late nineteenth century
All of these answers are correct
The Battle of Midway in 1942
All of these answers are correct.
All of the following groups were part of the New Deal political campaign EXCEPT
Big-business owners
During President Franklin Roosevelt's early days in office
He promised to take drastic, even warlike, action against economic conditions
The Soviet Union's 1948 blockade of West Berlin was primarily a response to the
Creation of a unified West Germany
The Scopes trial of 1925 was a legal battle concerning the conflict between
Creationism and evolution
The Spanish-American War began primarily because of events in
Cuba
The Munich Conference of 1938 was precipitated by a crisis over
Czechoslovakia
In 1949, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Declared that an attack on one member nation was an attack on all
In the aftermath of the sinking of the British passenger liner Lusitania,
Germany pledged to the United States it would not repeat such an action
In 1920, passage of the Nineteenth Amendment
Gave women the right to vote
During World War 2, the first Axis country to be defeated was
Italy
The costliest battle in the history of the United States Marines Corps was the Battle of
Iwo Jima
Who among the following began to develop an oil empire by taking control of competing oil companies in Ohio
John D. Rockefeller
The term "muckrakers" referred to
Journalists
Uptown Sinclair's 1906 novel ,The Jungle, encouraged the federal government to regulate the
Meatpacking industry
The immediate cause of the Korean War, in 1950, was the
Military invasion by North Korea into South Korea
In 1939, the first steps toward the creation of an atomic bomb were taken by
Nazi Germany
In 1918, President Wilson's "Fourteen Points" received significant political support from
None of these answers are correct
Regarding the Treaty of Versailles, the United States Senate decided in 1919 to
Not ratify it