History Exam Review

5 Written Questions

1. a grant for a piece of land in exchange for a promise to use the land for a specific purpose
2. complete control of a product or service
3. a spanish speaking neighborhood
4. a Native American was elected as the first president of the NFL
5. political activist anad women's rights leader in the late 1800s

5 Matching Questions

1. speculation
2. isolationism
3. demographics
4. buying on margin
5. Earnest Hemmingway

1. a an option that allowed investors to purchase a stock for only a fraction of its price and borrow the rest
2. b the practice of making high-risk investments in hope of getting a huge return
3. c policy of avoiding political or economic alliances with foreign countries
4. d the statistic that describes a population, such as data on race or income
5. e a well known writer in the 1920s during the Lost Geeneration

5 Multiple Choice Questions

1. 29th president of the United States, 1921-1923; presided over a short administration marked by corruption
   1. Warren G. Harding
   2. assembly line
   3. segregation
   4. buying on margin
2. king of spain, financed Christopher Columbus' voyage to the new world
   1. mass media
   2. James Garfield
   3. Francis Ferdinand
   4. Thomas Edison
3. 21st president of the United States, 1881-1885; signed 1883 Pendleton Act, which instituted civil service
   1. imperialism
   2. Bruce Barton
   3. Chester Arthur
   4. Babe Ruth
4. distribution of goods to consumers in a fixed amount
   1. nativism
   2. barrio
   3. nationalism
   4. rationing
5. professional baseball player in the 1920s he hit 741 home runs, a record that was nearly unbroken for 40 years
   1. literacy
   2. Babe Ruth
   3. barrio
   4. tenement

5 True/False Questions

1. literacy → the ability to read and write

   True        False

2. tenement → a low cost apartment building that often had poor standards of sanitation, safety, and comfort and is designed to house as many families as possible

   True        False

3. James Garfield → bars that opened illegally during the time of the prohibition

   True        False

4. John D. Rockefeller → 32nd resident of the United States, 1993-1945; fought the Great Depression through his New Deal social programs; battled Congress over Supreme Court control; proved a strong leader during World War 2

   True        False

5. imperialism → policy by a stronger nation to attempt to create an empire by dominating weaker nations economically, politically, culturally, or militarily

   True        False