U.S. History: Review Test #5
In the 1920's, speculators in the stock market bought their stocks on margin. This meant that speculators could purchase stock for 3% of its value and borrow the rest from the broker. This system worked well as long as everyone was buying stock. However, on October 29, 1929, people sold their stocks. Stock values fell 15 billion dollars in one day.
3. Bill wants to collect the most accurate
information possible on Civil War medical practices. Which resource would he
probably use?
Read the following passage.
Then answer the questions that follow.
During the l830's, fur
trading reached its golden age in the unsettled West. However, it was a time of
great danger. Competing fur companies, potentially hostile Native Americans,
and the dangers of nature awaited "mountain men" at every turn. One of
the legends from that time tells of Scott, a fur trapper, who got sick on a
company expedition. He had to be carried. While traveling, he and two of his
comrades became separated from the main group. The main group had established a
meeting point in case of separation. When the three arrived there, the company
had already left. Since Scott could not walk, his friends left him. They were
out of supplies and had no weapons for food or protection. They overtook the
main group after several days of fast traveling on foot. Scott was found dead
when the company returned the following year.
4. Which of the following is the most logical
solution to prevent similar occurrences in the future?
5. Based on the above story, which of the following actions would have most likely prevented Scott from dying in the wilderness?
6. Which of the following is the LEAST likely
explanation for European exploration of the New World?
7. What was the main goal of the joint-stock
company?
8. Thomas Jefferson was influenced by which
English philosopher when writing the Declaration of Independence?
9. The U.S. Congress is
10. Woodrow Wilson urged the U.S. to join the
11. Famous American industrialists include
12. The Cold War came about after
13. Franklin Roosevelt called his domestic
programs
14. Franklin Roosevelt calmed the American
public with his
15. The United States acquired Alaska from
16. California was acquired
17. Jacksonian Democracy
18. The U.S economy is
19. The Revolutionary War started at
20. Dorothea Dix was concerned with
21. Immigrants came to the U.S. in record
numbers from 1890-1920. What were their
job opportunities?
22. The Red Scare following WWI was caused by
and directed at
23. The New England colonies
24. The Southern colonies
25. The Middle colonies were called