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Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 29mins

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.
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
7.
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
8.
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
9.
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
10.
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
11.
Who is in this image?
a)
Lowell Girls
b)
Rosie the Riveter
c)
Wonder Woman
d)
Hillary Clinton
12.
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.
13.
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
14.
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
15.
Who is the "Father of the Constitution"?
a)
Thomas Jefferson
b)
George Washington
c)
James Madison
d)
Benjamin Franklin
16.
Who was the President of the Constitutional Convention?
a)
Benjamin Franklin
b)
George Washington
c)
Thomas Jefferson
d)
James Madison
17.
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
18.
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
19.
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
20.
Leader of the Seneca Falls Convention, worked for women's suffrage.
a)
Susan B. Anthony
b)
Francis Perkins
c)
Clarence Darrow
d)
Estee Lauder