WorksheetsSOL Review People
Total questions: 44
Worksheet time: 50mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Which President is the target of the the following cartoon?
a)
Andrew Jackson
b)
Abraham Lincoln
c)
James K. Polk
d)
Andrew Johnson
2.
What is this woman best know for
a)
Being first female in space
b)
First female supreme court justice
c)
Leader of getting ERA passed
d)
Creator of the Hubble telescope
3.
Who is President when this event occurs?
a)
Ronald Reagan
b)
George H.W. Bush (1st one)
c)
Bill Clinton
d)
Jimmy Carter
4.
The man in the photo is best known for being
a)
the first African American Supreme Court Justice
b)
Arguing the Plessey v. Ferguson case
c)
First African American Senator
d)
First graduate of Harvard Law School
5.
Which of the following political parties was founded by Andrew Jackson?
a)
Federalist Party
b)
Democratic Party
c)
New Years Party
d)
Bull Moose Party
6.
Which man was a U.S. Senator who became the leader of the Confederacy
a)
Robert E. Lee
b)
Jefferson Davis
c)
Nat Turner
d)
Stonewall Jackson
7.
The president elected after Herbert Hoover who promised to give America a "New Deal" was _________________.
a)
Franklin Roosevelt
b)
Theodore Roosevelt
c)
Abraham Lincoln
d)
Grover Cleveland
8.
What were the villages full of shacks located in cities filled with unemployed Americans called?
a)
Hoovervilles
b)
Okies
c)
Bonus Army Bases
d)
Rooseveltowns
9.
This president thought the federal government should not get involved in the economy. As a result, many Americans blamed him for the Great Depression. This caused him to lose the election in 1932.
a)
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
b)
Theodore Rooselvelt
c)
Herbert Hoover
d)
Calvin Coolidge
10.
Consdiered the most important activist in the ratification of the 19th amendment in 1920.
a)
Susan B. Anthony
b)
Alice Paul
c)
Mary Wolstonecraft
d)
Phyllis Schlafly
11.
Founded Hull House in Chicago but was NOT noted for being an abolitionist
a)
Susan B. Anthony
b)
Ida B. Wells
c)
Jane Addams
d)
Betty Friedan
12.
Who is in this image?
a)
Lowell Girls
b)
Rosie the Riveter
c)
Wonder Woman
d)
Hillary Clinton
13.
What did Republicans gain from the Compromise of 1877?
a)
Radical Republicans retained control of Congress.
b)
Federal aid to the South was controlled by Republicans.
c)
Republicans received powerful Cabinet positions.
d)
Rutherford B. Hayes became President.
14.
Who of the following called for African Americans to “pull themselves up from their own bootstraps”?
a)
W.E.B. Du Bois
b)
Rutherford B. Hayes
c)
Ida B. Wells
d)
Booker T. Washington
15.
Which woman founded the National Association of Colored Women to help African American families and those who were less fortunate?
a)
Susan B. Anthony
b)
Ida B. Wells
c)
Alice Pau
d)
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
16.
Who is the "Father of the Constitution"?
a)
Thomas Jefferson
b)
George Washington
c)
James Madison
d)
Benjamin Franklin
17.
Who was the President of the Constitutional Convention?
a)
Benjamin Franklin
b)
George Washington
c)
Thomas Jefferson
d)
James Madison
18.
Muckraker who wrote The Jungle, about the gross meat packing industry of the time.
a)
Jacob Riise
b)
Ida Tarbell
c)
Ida B. Wells
d)
Upton Sinclair
19.
Serves as a Rough Rider during the Spanish American War, prior to serving as President.
a)
Theodore Roosevlet
b)
Woodrow Wilson
c)
William McKinley
d)
Gen. Eisenhower
20.
President who's New Deal plan helped to end the Great Depression in America.
a)
Herbert Hoover
b)
Franklin D. Roosevelt
c)
Theodore Roosevelt
d)
Woodrow Wilson
21.
Leader of the Seneca Falls Convention, worked for women's suffrage.
a)
Susan B. Anthony
b)
Francis Perkins
c)
Clarence Darrow
d)
Estee Lauder
22.
1st Hispanic Supreme Court Justice
a)
Sonia Sotomayor
b)
Dolores Huerta
c)
Ceasar Chavez
d)
Roy P. Benevidez
23.
1st Female Supreme Court Justice
a)
Sonia Sotomayor
b)
Betty Freidan
c)
Phyllis Shlafly
d)
Sandra Day O'Connor
24.
Famed car manufacturer and inventor the assembly line (which allowed factories to hire more unskilled laborers).
a)
Gerald Ford
b)
Henry Ford
c)
Andrew Carnegie
d)
John J
25.
Soviet spies, executed during the 2nd Red Scare. Guilt later proven by the Venona Papers.
a)
Julius & Ethel Rosenberg
b)
Sacco & Vanzetti
c)
Roosevelt & Carnegie
d)
William, Jennings, & Bran
26.
Allied Commander of D-Day
a)
Gen. Patton
b)
Admiral Nemitz
c)
Gen. MacArthur
d)
Gen. Eisenhower
27.
Influential black leader who lead the Back-to-Africa Movement, until he was deported to Jamaica.
a)
Malcolm X
b)
Martin Luther King
c)
Jackie Robinson
d)
Marcus Garvey
28.
Founder of the NAACP, an early civil rights group.
a)
W.E.B. DuBios
b)
Ida Tarbell
c)
Thurgood Marshal
d)
Martin Luther King Jr.
29.
Vertically integrated his steel company, by purchasing the facilities to complete all steps of production.
a)
Andrew Carnegie
b)
John D. Rockefeller
c)
J.P. Morgan
d)
Cornelius Vanderbilt
30.
President Roosevelt had "gentlemen's agreements" that the government could regulate big business without...
a)
being criticized by Big Business.
b)
breaking up the trusts.
c)
increasing competition.
d)
protecting the interests of consumers.
31.
Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?
a)
Benjamin Franklin
b)
John Adams
c)
Samuel Adams
d)
Thomas Jefferson
32.
What did Benjamin Franklin do?
a)
Led the Continental Army
b)
Convinced France to help in the Revolutionary War
c)
Said, "Give me Liberty or Give me Death!"
d)
Rode to warn colonists that the British were coming
33.
Member of the Sons of Liberty &"Give me liberty or give me death!"
a)
Benjamin Franklin
b)
John Paul Jones
c)
John Adams
d)
Patrick Henry
34.
Propagandist writer, wrote "Common Sense"
a)
Samuel Adams
b)
Patrick Henry
c)
Thomas Paine
d)
Paul Revere
35.
Commander of the Continental Army & delegate of the Continental Congress
a)
George Washington
b)
Thomas Jeffesron
c)
Paul Revere
d)
Wentworth Cheswell
36.
Oprressed the colonists and pushed them to revolution
a)
King George III
b)
Marquis de Lafayette
c)
Patrick Henry
d)
Samuel Adams
37.
Leader of the Sons of Liberty
a)
Thomas Jefferson
b)
Benjamin Franklin
c)
Samuel Adams
d)
John Adams
38.
"Bloody Massacre" & warned the colonists of the British invasion
a)
Crispus Attucks
b)
John Adams
c)
Paul Revere
d)
Thomas Jefferson
39.
1st causality of the American Revolution & African American
a)
Crispus Attucks
b)
John Adams
c)
Thomas Jefferson
d)
Marquis de Lafayette
40.
Who were the leaders in the Battle of Lexington and Concord
a)
George Washington
b)
Sam Adams and John Hancock
c)
President Obama
d)
Shot shot heard Round the world
41.
Ronald Reagan’s economic policy focused on:
a)
tax cuts.
b)
high tariffs.
c)
government spending on welfare.
d)
empowering unions.
42.
Reagan’s economic policies:
a)
resulted in a rise in economic inequality.
b)
enlarged government revenue.
c)
decreased the national debt.
d)
decreased the national debt.
43.
W. E. B. Du Bois:
a)
agreed with Booker T. Washington that blacks should accept segregation.
b)
agreed with Booker T. Washington that vocational education was best for African-Americans.
c)
founded the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP).
d)
worked closely with Woodrow Wilson.
44.
Shays’s Rebellion led most Americans to call for a
a)
national guard
b)
ban on rebellious activity
c)
federal judiciary
d)
stronger central government
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