Multiple Choice
Identify the
letter of the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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On
June 28, 1914 the archduke of Austria-Hungary was assassinated. His name was
_____. a. | Gavrilo
Princep | c. | Franz
Ferdinand | b. | Franz Josef | d. | Wilhelm | | | | |
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2.
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The
______ declared neutrality in World War I when it started. a. | Germany | c. | Russia | b. | Austria-Hungary | d. | United States | | | | |
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3.
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The
Triple Entente was comprised of _____________. a. | France, England, and Russia | c. | Germany, England, and Russia | b. | France, USA, and
Russia | d. | England,
Austria-Hungary, and USA | | | | |
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4.
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The
first country to declare war in World War I was ________________. a. | Germany | c. | Austria-Hungary | b. | Russia | d. | Italy | | | | |
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_____________ is an intense loyalty toward one’s country or
ethnicity. a. | nationalism | c. | militarism | b. | imperialism | d. | alliance | | | | |
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6.
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Russia declared war on Austria-Hungary because of its alliance with
_____. a. | United
States | c. | Germany | b. | Serbia | d. | England | | | | |
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The
Triple Alliance was comprised of which three countries? a. | Germany, France
and Russia | c. | Germany,
Austria-Hungary, and Italy | b. | Germany, France and England | d. | Germany, Austria-Hungary, and France | | | | |
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This
region of Europe was known as a ‘powder keg’ before World War I. a. | Mediterranean | c. | Balkans | b. | Scandanavia | d. | Adriatic | | | | |
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____________ in Africa was one of the causes of World War I. ________ is when
one country attempts to take control of another country. a. | Nationalism | c. | Imperialism | b. | Militarism | d. | Alliances | | | | |
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10.
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___________ was an empire in Europe that had many different ethnic
groups. a. | Germany | c. | Austria-Hungary | b. | Italy | d. | Russia | | | | |
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One
of the things that made people want to come to the United States in the early 20th Century was
_______. a. | professional
sports | c. | jobs in
factories | b. | college scholarships | d. | none of the above | | | | |
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12.
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The
biggest reason that immigrants wanted to leave Europe in the early 20th Century was because of
________. a. | the unstable
economies | c. | lack of
educational opportunities | b. | lack of sporting events | d. | none of the above | | | | |
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13.
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The
______________ were the only group of people denied entry to this country by law. a. | Chinese | c. | German | b. | Japanese | d. | Irish | | | | |
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14.
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Which
of the following ethnic groups came in large numbers prior to 1880? a. | Polish | c. | Irish | b. | Italian | d. | Russian | | | | |
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Which
of the following groups came in large numbers after 1900? a. | English | c. | Finnish | b. | German | d. | Italian | | | | |
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Which
two U.S. cities had large immigrant populations? a. | Miami and Boston | c. | San Diego and New York | b. | Pittsburgh and
San Antonio | d. | Pittsburgh and
New York | | | | |
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Which
two cities had large immigrant populations? a. | Chicago and St. Louis | c. | Pittsburgh and Seattle | b. | Chicago and
Boston | d. | Jacksonville and
Pittsburgh | | | | |
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To
get to the United States, European immigrants had to cross ______. a. | the Pacific
Ocean | c. | the Atlantic
Ocean | b. | the Mediterranean Sea | d. | the Rio Grande | | | | |
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The
first machines of the Industrial Revolution used ______. a. | Nuclear
energy | c. | Combustion
engine | b. | Steam | d. | Ethanol | | | | |
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Industrialization caused people to move ________. a. | From other
countries to the U.S. | c. | From rural areas
to cities | b. | From cities to rural areas | d. | Both A and C are correct | | | | |
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21.
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The
Industrial Revolution started in ______. a. | France | c. | England | b. | Russia | d. | United
States | | | | |
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22.
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To
prevent people from stealing inventions, the federal government issues _______. a. | citations | c. | patents | b. | merits | d. | degrees | | | | |
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23.
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To
increase productivity, a company may _________. a. | Fire workers | c. | Use less machines | b. | Train workers
better | d. | Spend more
money | | | | |
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24.
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The
________ was completed in 1869 and linked the transportation networks of the East and
West. a. | Transcontinental
Railroad | c. | Intercontinental
Subway System | b. | World Wide Web | d. | Interstate Highway system | | | | |
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25.
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The
economy of the 1920’s can be described as __________. a. | Strong on inside
and outside | c. | bad on the
inside and outside | b. | Strong on the surface, terrible in
reality | d. | Slowing to a
decline | | | | |
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26.
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During the Roaring Twenties consumer spending ________. a. | Increased | c. | Remained the
same | b. | Decreased | | | | |
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27.
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The
mentality of Americans during the 1920’s was ______. a. | Everybody Ought
to Be Rich | c. | Don’t Break
the Bank | b. | Save, Save Save | d. | Get Ready to Crash and Burn | | | | |
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28.
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Buying stocks without having any real money to invest is called
________. a. | Brilliant
investing | c. | Buying on the
Margin | b. | Buying on Large | d. | Credit Capitalization | | | | |
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________ is a famous photographer from the Great Depression era. a. | Jacob
Riis | c. | George
Eastman | b. | Alfred Stieglitz | d. | Dorothea Lange | | | | |
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30.
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Black
__________ is the name given for the day that the stock market crashed. a. | Friday | c. | Tuesday | b. | Thursday | d. | Wednesday | | | | |
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31.
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To
have produced too many goods is to have a __________. a. | demand | c. | surplus | b. | shortage | d. | price fix | | | | |
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32.
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The
date of the stock market crash was ________________. a. | October 29,
1929 | c. | December 29,
1929 | b. | September 29,
1929 | d. | October 28,
1928 | | | | |
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Because of the stock market crash, ________ closed in record numbers because people
rushed to withdraw money. a. | grocery stores | c. | banks | b. | hardware
stores | d. | brokerage
houses | | | | |
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34.
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The
Dow Jones Industrial Average is a measurement of _____ significant stocks traded on the New York
Stock Exchange.
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35.
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If
you desire to purchase a product and you have the money and ability to purchase, you have ______ for
the product. a. | surplus | c. | supply | b. | demand | d. | elasticity | | | | |
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36.
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During the 1920’s the ______ Amendment prohibited the purchase and consumption of
alcohol. a. | Suffrage | c. | Prohibition | b. | Equal Rights | d. | First | | | | |
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_________ was the first sports megastar and he played baseball for the New York
Yankees. a. | Lou
Gehrig | c. | Babe
Ruth | b. | Ted
Williams | d. | Derek
Jeter | | | | |
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38.
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Many
gangsters made large sums of money from the Prohibition Amendment, the most famous of these being
________. a. | Anthony
Soprano | c. | Meier
Lansky | b. | Al Capone | d. | Bugsy Moran | | | | |
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39.
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The
Stock Market Crash ushered in what is known as ______________. a. | The Great
Depression | c. | Era of
Slum | b. | The Great
Recession | d. | Poor
Era | | | | |
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Matching
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Match
the Definition a. | Push
Factor | g. | Nativism | b. | Pull Factor | h. | Chinese Exclusion Act | c. | Immigration | i. | Gentleman’s
Agreement | d. | Old Immigrants | j. | Dillingham Commission | e. | New
Immigrants | k. | Haymarket | f. | New York | l. | Anglo-Saxon Mythi | | | | |
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40.
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Things that make people want to leave the country they are in
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41.
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Immigrants from North-West Europe before the year 1880.
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42.
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A
movement to preserve culture of the old immigrants
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43.
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Things that attract people to a new country
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44.
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A
riot in Chicago between police and immigrants
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45.
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Denied entry to this country to Chinese
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46.
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People that move from another country into your country
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47.
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Immigrants from South-East Europe after 1880
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48.
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Agreement with Japan to deny entry to the United States
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49.
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Destination of the largest amount of immigrants
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Match
the term with the correct definition below a. | Guilded Age | h. | Thomas Edison | b. | Reconstruction | i. | Samuel
Morse | c. | Industrial Revolution | j. | Immigration | d. | Freedman’s
Bureau | k. | Urbanization | e. | George Westinghouse | l. | Patent | f. | Lewis
Latimer | m. | Productivity | g. | Henry Bessemer | n. | Entrepreneur | | | | |
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50.
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Period of widespread replacement of manual labor by machines
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51.
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Name
given to period after Reconstruction of unprecendented expansion and population growth.
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52.
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A
legal document giving an inventor exclusive rights over his invention for a period of
time
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53.
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Shift
of population from rural areas to urban areas
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54.
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Movement of people into another country
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55.
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Amount of products produced compared to the amount of goods and labor used to produce
it
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56.
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One
who assumes risk for a business operation with the expectation of making a profit. Most
business owners.
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57.
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Invented the telegraph and code
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58.
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African-American inventor that perfected the light bulb.
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59.
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Created an efficient steel making process
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60.
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Period after Civil War of rebuilding the Union and helping freed black
people.
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