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Worksheets1st Semester Exam Review
Total questions: 113
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Class
Date
1.
What does assimilation of the Native Americans refer to?
a)
It refers to the process of losing land to the white settlers
b)
It describes the war strategy of the Plains Native Americans
c)
It refers to the process of adopting the white settlers' culture
d)
It is a linguistic technique that enabled whites to communicate with Native Americans
2.
The Homestead Act of 1862 offered settlers
a)
relief from their debts
b)
free public education
c)
loans to expand their farms
d)
160 acres of western public land
3.
Who lost the Battle of Little Big Horn?
a)
Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse
b)
Custer and his cavalry
c)
the Cheyenne of Colorado
d)
Colonel John Chivington
4.
Which of the following groups taught Americans cattle ranching techniques in the early 1800s?
a)
Native Americans
b)
African Americans
c)
settlers
d)
Mexicans
5.
What was a 'soddie'?
a)
a farmer who refused to work and relied on his neighbors
b)
a new type of plow that revolutionized western farming
c)
traditional lullaby sung by cattlemen along the Chisholm trail
d)
a small home on the plains, built out of blocks of turf
6.
Why did cowboys drive their herds of cattle north from Texas along the Chisholm and other trails?
a)
to get them to Kansas railway stations
b)
to move them to better grazing lands in Oklahoma
c)
to trade them with Native Americans in Indian Territory
d)
to escape Mexican ranchers moving into Texas from the south
7.
Which of the following is an accurate statement about the settling of the West?
a)
Settlers often struggled with Native Americans
b)
Settlers included many African and Australian immigrants
c)
Most settlers became rich miners or cattle ranchers
d)
Settlers were all adventurous white males
8.
This RR started in California and used Chinese immigrant workers, laid less track then other company because they had to pass through the Rocky Mountains.
a)
Union Pacific
b)
Central Pacific
c)
Norfolk Southern
d)
Amtrak
9.
What was the primary goal of the Dawes Act in 1887?
a)
Natives no longer had to pay taxes
b)
Natives were given jobs with the RR
c)
Natives were free to travel anywhere in the United States and hunt any animal
d)
reservation land was divided up and redistributed to the heads of households and given 160 acre plots
10.
Which groups of immigrants were most likely to work on the Transcontinental RR?
a)
Irish and German
b)
German and Chinese
c)
Chinese and Irish
d)
Mexican and Irish
11.
Which battle was the last fought in North American between the U.S. gov’t and Native peoples?
a)
Wounded Knee
b)
Chivington Massacre
c)
Little Bighorn
d)
Fetterman Massacre
12.
Where was the Transcontinental RR finished ?
a)
Omaha, Nebraska
b)
Sacramento, California
c)
Abilene, Kansas
d)
Promontory Point, Utah
13.
Which of the following was NOT a reason that the age of the cowboy came to an end?
a)
The invention of barbed wire
b)
Markets and cities back East no longer desired beef as a food source
c)
Rail lines were built into Texas
d)
Overproduction and falling cattle prices
14.
ideal material for making railroad tracks, bridges and other products
a)
silly putty
b)
glass
c)
steel
15.
a business leader who became wealthy through ruthless business practices to drive out the competition
a)
Cornelius Vanderbilt
b)
sole proprietorship
c)
Robber Baron
d)
Captain of Industry
16.
control of a product by one company
a)
trust
b)
partnership
c)
monopoly
d)
corporatin
17.
the combining of companies
a)
sole proprietorship
b)
assembly line
c)
merger
d)
competition
18.
a production system with machines and workers arranged so that each person performs a task over and over as the item passes along a conveyor belt.
a)
assembly line
b)
partnership
c)
corporation
d)
industry
19.
Scottish immigrant who became a giant in the steel industry.
a)
John D. Rockerfeller
b)
Andrew Carnegie
c)
Vanderbilt
d)
Thomas Edison
20.
American businessman- founder of Standard Oil Company
a)
Samuel Gompers
b)
Thomas Edison
c)
Vanderbilt
d)
John D. Rockerfeller
21.
creator of the American Federation of Labor for skilled workers
a)
Samuel Gompers
b)
John D. Rockerfeller
c)
Vanderbilt
d)
Thomas Edison
22.
This is term coined by Mark Twain to describe the gap which existed between extremely wealthy and extremely poor during the early 20th century.
a)
Golden Nugget
b)
Golden Ages
c)
Gilded Age
d)
Silver Leaf
23.
Europeans arriving in the United States would first arrive at
a)
Ellis Island
b)
Angel Island
c)
Grand Central Station
d)
Elvis Island
24.
What was the Bessemer Process?
a)
Inexpensive process for the mass-production of steel
b)
Inexpensive process for the mass-production of coal
c)
Inexpensive process for the mass-production of oil
d)
Inexpensive process for the mass-production of silver
25.
What is the process in which a society transforms from agriculture to manufacturing?
a)
Socialism
b)
Industrialization
c)
Social Darwinism
d)
Collective Bargaining
26.
Those who are most “fit” are meant to rise to the top and become successful?
a)
Capitolism
b)
Wealth Theory
c)
Socialism
d)
Social Darwinism
27.
Who created the light bulb?
a)
Andrew Carnegie
b)
Timothy Edwards
c)
Thomas Edison
d)
JD Rockefeller
28.
What type of policy means "hands off" government?
a)
Socialism
b)
Laissez-Faire
c)
Darwinism
d)
Capitalism
29.
Formed in Philadelphia, they worked to organize men and women, skilled and unskilled, into a single union
a)
Knights of Labor
b)
American Federation of Labor
c)
The Know Nothins
d)
The Wobblies
30.
Which act outlawed any combination of companies that restrained interstate trade or commerce?
a)
Sherman Antitrust Act
b)
Pullman Act
c)
Homestead Act
d)
Haymarket Act
31.
The bringing together of many firms in the same business to eliminate competition?
a)
Horizontal Consolidation
b)
Vertical Consolidation
32.
Gaining control of the different businesses that make up all phases of a product’s development?
a)
Horizontal Consolidation
b)
Vertical Consolidation
33.
Author of The Jungle, this person wrote about the "Horrors of the Meatpacking Industry"
a)
Ida Tarbell
b)
Lincoln Steffens
c)
Upton Sinclair
d)
Henry Bellamy
34.
All of these men were Progressive Era presidents except
a)
Theodore Roosvelt
b)
Woodrow Wilson
c)
William Howard Taft
d)
William McKinley
35.
A period of widespread social activism and political reform across the United States, from the 1890s to 1920s
a)
Progressive Era
b)
Great Depression
c)
Enlightenment
d)
Imperialism
36.
Reporters who exposed the corruption in society were known as
a)
Muckrakers
b)
Conservationists
c)
Socialists
d)
Darwinists
37.
Voters can remove public officials from office before the next election through this procedure
a)
Referendum
b)
Direct Primary
c)
Recall
d)
Initiative
38.
When citizens can put bills before the legislature
a)
Direct Primary
b)
Initiative
c)
Recall
d)
Referendum
39.
This act outlawed interstate transportation of impure or diluted foods and the deliberate mislabeling of foods and drugs
a)
Meat Inspection Act
b)
Pure Food and Drug Act
c)
Clayton Antitrust Act
d)
Sherman Antitrust Act
40.
This amendment established that U.S. senators would be elected by popular vote
a)
16th Amendment
b)
17th Amendment
c)
18th Amendment
d)
19th Amendment
41.
Wilson’s plan which divided the country into 12 districts, each with a Federal Reserve bank owned by its member banks was known as
a)
New Nationalism
b)
Dollar Diplomacy
c)
Federal Reserve System
d)
Clayton Antitrust Act
42.
Roosevelt’s plan that called for business regulation, welfare laws, workplace protection, and voting reform was known as
a)
New Freedom
b)
New Nationalism
c)
Federal Reserve System
d)
National Consumers League
43.
President Roosevelt’s progressive record includes all of the following except
a)
Conservation of forest land
b)
The break-up of several trusts that were harmful to the public
c)
Regulation of food and drugs
d)
Establishment of the Federal Reserve System
44.
Who was Eugene V. Debs?
a)
Pullmans best friend
b)
Leader of the American Railroad Union
c)
The President
d)
Shia Labeouf's life coach
45.
What was the main cause of the Pullman Strike?
a)
Cut wages
b)
Pullman wouldn't tell the workers the Wifi password
c)
Raised rent prices
d)
Pullman wouldn't pay for electricity in worker's homes
46.
Which of the following resulted from the investigation of the Triangle Shirtwaist fire?
a)
the adoption of equal wages for men and women
b)
the imprisonment of company officials
c)
changes in local labor laws for women and children
d)
the passage of the Sherman Antitrust Act
47.
The RR s/trike of 1877, Pullman Strike, Haymarket Affair all show that labor unions
a)
were willing to use force to achieve their goals
b)
unable to organize large groups of workers
c)
committed to laissez-faire capitalism
d)
were supported by the government
48.
The Homestead Strike was a protest
a)
in Colorado demanding safer working conditions.
b)
Chicago demanding an eight-hour workday.
c)
against the Pullman Palace Car Company’s unsafe working conditions
d)
against the Carnegie Steel Company’s plan to cut jobs.
49.
What group of immigrants were arriving in large numbers on the West Coast in the middle to late 1800's?
a)
Greek
b)
Chinese
c)
British
d)
French
50.
What is the term for the mixture of people of different cultures and races together into Americans?
a)
Mixing Bowl
b)
Angel Food Cake
c)
Fish Tank
d)
Melting Pot
51.
The political cartoon is a criticism of which practice in the 19th century?
a)
vertical integration
b)
monopolization
c)
industrialism
d)
laissez-faire capitalism
52.
Event depicted?
a)
Pullman Palace Car disaster
b)
Haymarket Square catastrophe
c)
Coeur d'Alene strike
d)
Triangle Shirtwaist Factory tragedy
53.
For helping those in poorest districts of Chicago, among Polish, Italian, Mexican, and other immigrants, she received Nobel Peace Prize...
a)
Jane Addams
b)
Susan B. Anthony
c)
Ida Tarbell
d)
Eleanor Roosevelt
54.
What was the name of the law, passed in 1883 during the Gilded Age, that sought to reform government? It required government applicants to take competitive exams so that they would be hired based upon merit rather than political affiliation. This law was passed in response to widespread political corruption and the assassination of President Garfield.
a)
Sherman Antitrust Act
b)
Pendelton Civil Service Act
c)
Underwood Tariff Act
d)
Celler-Kefaufer Act
55.
What Progressive Era Muckraker wrote about the terrible living conditions in cities in the book The Shame of the Cities that had been created during the Gilded Age?
a)
Lincoln Steffens
b)
Ida Tarbell
c)
Upton Sinclair
d)
Ray Stannard Baker
56.
What New York politician ran a political machine in New York City beginning in 1869, during the Gilded Age, that was incredibly corrupt. For example, a projected cost of $250,000 for a courthouse turned in to $13,000,000 because of kickbacks and bribes.
a)
Daley
b)
Grant
c)
Tilden
d)
Tweed
57.
Congressional action taken in 1890, during the Gilded Age, that made "contracts, conspiracies, and combinations" that restrained free trade illegal. This was done to stop the abusiv practices of organized trusts in oil, sugar, tobacco...
a)
Sherman Antitrust Act
b)
Celler-Kefauver Act
c)
Clayton Antitrust Act
d)
Interstate Commerce Act
58.
Congressional action taken in 1887, during the Gilded Age, to stop the unfair and abusive practices of railroad companies. That is, to stop railroad companies from giving low prices to large shippers (Corporations) and high prices to farmers who had no other shupping options.
a)
Sherman Antitrust Act
b)
Celler-Kefauver Act
c)
Clayton Antitrust Act
d)
Interstate Commerce Act
59.
In 1890, during the Gilded Age, who wrote about and photographed the horrible living conditions of America's working poor in the Book, How the Other Half Lives?
a)
Upton Sinclair
b)
Ida Tarbell
c)
Ida Wells
d)
Jacob Riis
60.
This book espouses the view that the wealthy have a moral obligation to improve society with their wealth and to be philanthropic.
a)
How the Other Half Lives
b)
The Social Gospel
c)
The Gospel of Wealth
d)
The Capitalists' Guide to Wealth
61.
Based on your knowledge of written works in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, which of the following books most likely inspired the demand made by the women pictured?
a)
The Great American Fraud by Samuel Hopkins Adams
b)
The Shame of Cities by Lincoln Steffens
c)
The Jungle by Upton Sinclair
d)
How the Other Half Lives by Jacob Riis
62.
All male citizens have the right to vote. Which amendment is this?
a)
15th
b)
3rd
c)
26th
d)
14th
63.
Repealed prohibition. Which amendment is this?
a)
21st
b)
18th
c)
27th
d)
4th
64.
The people elect US senators. Which amendment is this?
a)
15th
b)
17th
c)
23rd
d)
26th
65.
Slavery is abolished. Which amendment is this?
a)
13th
b)
15th
c)
24th
d)
19th
66.
Women have the right to vote. Which amendment is this?
a)
18th
b)
19th
c)
10th
d)
12th
67.
Congress can tax income. Which amendment is this?
a)
16th
b)
18th
c)
9th
d)
10th
68.
Freedom of speech, press, religion, assembly, and petition. Which amendment is this?
a)
1st
b)
2nd
c)
3rd
d)
4th
69.
Which of the following believed in full political, civil, and social rights for African Americans?
a)
William Lloyd Douglas
b)
W.E.B. Du Bois
c)
George Washington
d)
Booker T. Washington
70.
Which of the following statements would have been a result of Jim Crow laws?
a)
All men regardless of race were allowed to vote
b)
Anyone born in the United States was a citizen of the United States.
c)
Hiram Revels was the first black person elected to the United States Senate.
d)
Separate schools were established for white children and black children.
71.
What prevented former slaves and plantation owners from marrying?
a)
15th Amendment
b)
Jim Crow Laws
c)
C. Civil Rights Act of 1866
d)
Freedmen’s Bureau
72.
-Born into slavery on a plantation in Virginia -Believed equality could be achieved through vocational education -Organized the Tuskegee Institute for agricultural and industrial education
a)
W.E.B. Du Bois
b)
Rosa Parks
c)
Martin Luther King, Jr.
d)
Booker T. Washington
73.
Which of the following descriptions was NOT a result of the Jim Crow laws?
a)
A movie theater for “Colored People”
b)
A segregated water fountain”
c)
A voting booth
d)
A “colored” waiting room at a bus station
74.
Which president was known as a "trustbuster?
a)
Theodroe Roosevelt
b)
Woodrow Wilson
c)
William Howard Taft
d)
Franklin Roosevelt
75.
Who did the Grangers fight against?
a)
Steel Monopolies
b)
Railroad Monopolies
c)
Oil Monopolies
d)
Socialist
76.
Which of the following combinations were the three Progressive Presidents?
a)
Taft, Hayes, T Roosevelt
b)
Wilson, Garfield, Taft
c)
T Roosevelt, Johnson, Morgan
d)
T Roosevelt, Wilson, Taft
77.
What were the causes of World War I?
a)
alliances, socialism,communism, realism
b)
imperialism, capitalism, mercantilism, fascism
c)
militarism, alliances, imperialism, nationalism
d)
communism, nazism, racism, militarism
78.
Who was assassinated which led to the outbreak of WWI?
a)
Wilhelm II
b)
Franz Ferdinand
c)
Nicolas II
d)
George V
79.
What year did WWI begin?
a)
1911
b)
1912
c)
1913
d)
1914
80.
Which weapon was not a new technology introduced in WWI?
a)
atomic bomb
b)
submarine
c)
tank
d)
poison gas
81.
Which countries made up the Triple Alliance?
a)
Germany, Italy, Japan
b)
Russia, Germany, France
c)
United States, Belgium, Romania
d)
Germany, Austria-Hungary, Italy
82.
Which country switched sides in 1915?
a)
Mexico
b)
Switzerland
c)
Italy
d)
Albania
83.
Who was the President of the United States during WWI?
a)
Woodrow Wilson
b)
Grover Cleveland
c)
Teddy Roosevelt
d)
Franklin D. Roosevelt
84.
Which countries made up the Triple Entente?
a)
Great Britain, China, India
b)
France, Spain,United States
c)
Russia, Norway, Finland
d)
Great Britain, France, Russia
85.
Which weapon caused the most casualties during WWI?
a)
tank
b)
airplane
c)
machine gun
d)
zeppelin
86.
What year did WWI end?
a)
1917
b)
1918
c)
1919
d)
1920
87.
To conserve energy during World War I, the Fuel Administration introduced
a)
longer workdays
b)
corn-based fuels
c)
daylight savings time
d)
victory gardens
88.
What country made an offer to Mexico proposing an alliance between the two (and a promise of regaining land if they won)
a)
Bulgaria
b)
Austria-Hungary
c)
France
d)
Germany
89.
On November 11, 1918 the fighting stopped and Germany signed and armistice, or __________.
a)
peace treaty
b)
cease-fire
c)
reparations
d)
acknowledgement of guilt
90.
President Woodrow Wilson wanted to create a "general association of nations" -- called the ___________.
a)
League of Nations
b)
United Nations
c)
Allies
d)
Central Powers
91.
Feeling of intense pride in one's homeland is
a)
militarism
b)
reparations
c)
nationalism
d)
imperialism
92.
Government sold these to raise money for the war effort
a)
stock options
b)
liberty bonds
c)
doughboys
d)
selective service act
93.
Region in southeastern Europe home to various countries and ethnic groups including the Serbs, Croats, Bosnians, etc...
a)
Siberia
b)
Middle East
c)
Balkans
d)
Western Europe
94.
Which one of these was NOT one of the underlying causes of WWI?
a)
Militarism
b)
Alliances
c)
Isolationism
d)
Nationalism
95.
The spark that started WWI was the assassination of the __________Archduke, Franz Ferdinand.
a)
Austrian
b)
German
c)
Russian
d)
Serbian
96.
The assassin who killed Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie was Gavrilo Princip, a member of the ______ nationalist group The Black Hand.
a)
German
b)
Serbian
c)
Russian
d)
American
97.
The assassination that triggered WWI occurred in what city?
a)
Vienna, Austria
b)
Sarajevo, Bosnia
c)
Moscow, Russia
d)
Belgrade, Serbia
98.
Germany invaded what neutral country to carry out its Schlieffen Plan?
a)
Switzerland
b)
Belgium
c)
Italy
d)
Spain
99.
The Schlieffen Plan was Germany's military strategy to achieve what goal?
a)
avoid a two-front war with France and Russia
b)
gain an alliance with Britain and France
c)
knock Italy out of the war
d)
Keep the United States out of the war
100.
The 2 sides that emerged in WWI were called the:
a)
Axis and Allies
b)
Allies and Central Powers
c)
Reds and Whites
d)
East and West
101.
What was Russia called after World War I?
a)
Poland
b)
Soviet Union
c)
Hungary
d)
Romania
102.
By 1890 this county was the strongest military power in Europe
a)
France
b)
Russia
c)
Germany
d)
England
103.
The acronym that helps you to remember the causes of World War I is
a)
ALIVE
b)
POTUS
c)
BANANAS
d)
MAIN
104.
Imperialism caused
a)
increased efforts to solve problems between countries
b)
decreased competition between countries
c)
increased competition between countries
d)
decreased tension between countries
105.
Why did Coolidge become president in 1923?
a)
Harding was impeached
b)
Harding resigned
c)
Harding died in office
106.
What was Harding's campaign slogan for 1920?
a)
New Freedom
b)
Square Deal
c)
New Deal
d)
Return to Normalcy
107.
Of what crimes were Sacco and Vanzetti convicted?
a)
treason
b)
negligence
c)
robbery and murder
d)
tampering with evidence
108.
In the Teapot Dome scandal, a government official received bribes for
a)
A. allowing private interests to lease lands containing US Navy oil reserves
b)
A. allowing private interests to drill for oil in a national park
c)
A. allowing lumber companies to cut trees in national forests
d)
A. promising immunity for businessmen who overcharged the US Navy
109.
Who was responsible for the Teapot Dome scandal?
a)
Nicolai Sacco
b)
Albert Fall
c)
Bartolomew Vanzetti
d)
Woodrow Wilson
110.
Which group of workers went on strike in the 1920s and were ordered back to work by the governor?
a)
firemen
b)
street workers
c)
sanitation workers
d)
police officers
111.
The Red Scare of the 20s represented the fear of the spread of
a)
isolationism
b)
immigrants
c)
Catholics and Jews
d)
communism
112.
Who led the coal miners' strike in 1919?
a)
Mother Jones
b)
John L. Lewis
c)
Calvin Coolidge
d)
Samuel Gompers
113.
The Ohio Gang was the nickname of ______________ cabinet.
a)
Coolidge's
b)
Wilson's
c)
Harding's
d)
TR's
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