WorksheetsSS Semester 1 Review
Total questions: 134
Worksheet time: 3hrs 43mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Who was the the President of the Confederacy?
a)
Jefferson Davis
b)
Robert E. Lee
c)
Ulysses S. Grant
d)
Abraham Lincoln
2.
Who wrote Tom's Uncle Cabin in 1852?
a)
Nat Turner
b)
Ulysses S. Grant
c)
Harriet Beecher Stowe
d)
Frederick Douglas
3.
Which part of the U.S referred to as the North during the Civil War?
a)
Confederate
b)
Union
c)
Border
d)
None of the above
4.
Which battle was the turning point of the war?
a)
Kansas- Nebraska Act
b)
The Battle of Vicksburg
c)
Fort Sumter
d)
The Battle of Gettysburg
5.
The President during the Civil War was ______________________.
a)
Thomas Jefferson
b)
Abraham Lincoln
c)
Henry Clay
d)
Robert E. Lee
6.
Which three amendments impacted the ending of slavery?
a)
4th, 5th, and 6th
b)
1st, 2nd, and 3rd
c)
7th, 8th, and 9th
d)
13th, 14th, and 15th
7.
Who wrote the Emancipation Proclamation?
a)
Abraham Lincoln
b)
Harriet Beecher Stowe
c)
Robert E. Lee
d)
General Sherman and his troops
8.
What were the southern states called during the Civil War period?
a)
Las Vegas
b)
United States
c)
The confederate States of America
d)
The Union
9.
What is the definition of an abolitionist?
a)
People/person who wanted slavery
b)
People/person who were slaves
c)
People/person who wanted equal rights
d)
People/person who wanted to get rid of slave
10.
What was was the Dred Scott Decision?
a)
A slave that filed suit and the court said that slaves were not citizens and the case was dismissed.
b)
A slave that set of an rebellion
c)
the Emancipation Proclamation
d)
The compromise of 1850
11.
What is the rights and powers held by an individual US state?
a)
States rights
b)
Abolitionists
c)
Spiritual songs
12.
Who was the abolitionist that had a slave rebellion?
a)
Abraham Lincoln
b)
Nat Turner
c)
Frederick Douglass
d)
John Brown
13.
The Civil War began when Confederates in South Carolina began firing on this location.
a)
Gettysburg
b)
Manassas/Bull Run
c)
Vicksburg
d)
Fort Sumter
14.
Lee surrendered to Grant here, bringing an end to the Civil War.
a)
Gettysburg
b)
Manassas/Bull Run
c)
Vicksburg
d)
Appomattox Court House
15.
Which of the following was not an effect of the Civil War?
a)
Confederate money became worthless.
b)
Clara Barton and others improved the medical care of sick and wounded soldiers.
c)
Widespread destruction led to the need to rebuild many Union cities.
d)
Women proved themselves capable as they had taken on many new responsibilities.
16.
what was uncle toms cabin about.
a)
war
b)
womens writes
c)
voting
d)
slavery
17.
Southern General from Virginia who led the South's largest army and lost a major battle at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
a)
Jefferson Davis
b)
Robert E. Lee
c)
Abraham Lincoln
d)
Ulysses S. Grant
18.
To break away from a group
a)
state's rights
b)
slavery
c)
Gettysburg
d)
secede
19.
One of General Lee's most important generals who would stand like a "Stonewall" during battles and was accidentally killed by his own men.
a)
Jefferson Davis
b)
Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson
c)
Robert E. Lee
d)
Ulysses S. Grant
20.
The Union General that forced General Lee to surrender at Appomattox.
a)
Fort Sumter
b)
Abraham Lincoln
c)
Robert E. Lee
d)
Ulysses S. Grant
21.
General Sherman led his troops through Georgia toward Savannah and destroyed things that Southerners needed for war.
a)
Sherman's March to the Sea
b)
Fort Sumter
c)
Gettysburg
d)
John Brown's Raid on Harpers Ferry
22.
This gave slaves their freedom.
a)
The Compromise of 1850
b)
The Gettysburg Address
c)
The Battle of Antietam
d)
The Emancipation Proclomation
23.
What is the 13th Amendment?
a)
Gives all men the right to vote
b)
Abolished Slavery
c)
Guarantees the Right to Citizenship
d)
Gave Women the Right to Vote
24.
What is the 14th Amendment?
a)
Abolished Slavery
b)
Defines what it means to be a US Citizen
c)
Gave all Men the Right to Vote
d)
Allowing Women to go to school
25.
What is the 15th Amendment?
a)
Abolished Slavery
b)
Defined what it means to be a US Citizen
c)
Gave all men the Right to Vote
d)
Gave Women the Right to Vote
26.
What was the work of the Freedmen's Bureau?
a)
It supported the rich people.
b)
It took away food, clothing and shelter from former slaves.
c)
It provided basic needs to formerly enslaved people.
d)
It closed schools and hospitals.
27.
What was the main purpose of the Freedmen's Bureau?
a)
To help the Union soldiers
b)
To help Confederate soldiers receive medical care
c)
To help former slaves
d)
To help women obtain the right to vote in elections
28.
What is Sharecropping?
a)
To produce a crop.
b)
A friend who shares with you.
c)
A crop that is shared.
d)
A farmer who gives part of each crop as rent.
29.
Which of the following statements describes sharecropping?
a)
Sharecroppers had to give farm owners part of their crop for using the land.
b)
Sharecroppers had to work the land they farmed.
c)
Sharecroppers had little money so they had to buy small plots of land.
d)
Sharecroppers had to share their crops with other sharecroppers.
30.
Which statement is false regarding the Jim Crowe Laws?
a)
They were enacted in the South.
b)
They gave everybody a job.
c)
They kept former slaves from voting.
d)
They charged a tax to vote.
31.
What political problem faced the US at the end of the Civil War?
a)
How to convince the Sourthern states to free the slaves.
b)
How to stop the army from taking over the country.
c)
How to bring the defeated states back into the Union.
32.
A Citizen's duty is to participate in society. How can citizens do so?
a)
Voting
b)
Eating
c)
Sleeping
d)
Thinking
33.
What do we call the first ten amendments?
a)
The Constitution
b)
The Bill of Rights
c)
The Jim Crowe Laws
d)
The Freedman's Bureau
34.
Amendment 5 says you have the right to remain silent, which is also called:
a)
pleading the fifth
b)
double jeopardy
35.
Which of these rights is protected by the First Amendment?
a)
The right to bear arms.
b)
The right to a trial.
c)
Protection from cruel and unusual punishment.
d)
The right to assemble.
36.
The 5th Amendment guarantees due process of law for all Americans. This amendment also protects Americans from
a)
Free speech
b)
Cruel and unusual punishment
c)
Speaking against themselves in court.
d)
Paying too much in taxes.
37.
The Second Amendment protects the right to keep and bear arms. What are arms in this context?
a)
Body parts
b)
Cars
c)
Cattle
d)
Weapons
38.
The Bill of Rights protects many basic rights. Freedom of the press is protected in the
a)
Fifth Amendment
b)
Second Amendment
c)
Twelfth Amendment
d)
First Amendment
39.
Which Amendment guarantees due process of law?
a)
Second Amendment
b)
Third Amendment
c)
Fourth Amendment
d)
Fifth Amendment
40.
Laws passed directly after the civil war that restricted former slaves' freedom.
a)
black codes
b)
jim crow laws
c)
reconstruction laws
d)
14th amendment
41.
laws enforcing racial segregation
a)
black codes
b)
jim crow laws
c)
reconstruction laws
d)
scalawags
42.
renting farm land and paying for that land with a share of the crops.
a)
sharecropping
b)
scalawaging
c)
carpetbagging
d)
reconstruction
43.
A government organization put in place to support former slaves in getting a food, home, education, etc.
a)
Freedmen's Bureau
b)
Reconstruction
c)
Black Codes
d)
KKK
44.
A white southerner who supported the North during reconstruction (meaning they behaved poorly, badly, in a harmful way)
a)
reconstructor
b)
Klan member
c)
Scalawag
d)
Carpetbagger
45.
Someone from the North who moved south after the civil war to support reconstruction
a)
carpetbagger
b)
scalawag
c)
Klan Member
d)
Radical Republican
46.
The process of getting the country back to one piece after the Civil War.
a)
Reconstruction
b)
Reloading
c)
Remodeling
d)
Refinishing
47.
What is one word that best describes Lincoln's Plan for Reconstruction?
a)
Harsh
b)
Punitive
c)
Lenient
d)
Unfair
48.
Who wanted to punish the South during Reconstruction?
a)
Democrats
b)
Radical Republicans
c)
Scalawags
d)
Carpetbaggers
49.
What clause of the 14th amendment was Plessy v. Ferguson based on?
a)
dual citizenship
b)
segregation
c)
due process
d)
equal protection
50.
What case created the doctrine of "separate but equal"?
a)
the Civil Rights Cases
b)
Marbury v. Madison
c)
Plessy v. Ferguson?
d)
Mc Culloch v. Maryland
51.
Which of the following was not a goal of Reconstruction?
a)
Reunite the North and the South
b)
Rebuild the South
c)
Develop the system of sharecropping
d)
Determine what to do with African Americans
52.
The ruling in Supreme Court case, Plessy v. Ferguson, was significant because it upheld:
a)
That former slaves were not citizens
b)
That States had the power to secede
c)
That "Jim Crow" or segregation laws were Constitutional as long as things were equal.
d)
That "Jim Crow" or segregation laws were unconstitutional.
53.
Which of the following was NOT used to keep citizens from voting in the south?
a)
The Grandfather Clause
b)
The Poll Tax
c)
The Mathematics Test
d)
The Literacy Test
54.
Through a series of court decisions, the Supreme Court of the United States placed civil rights responsibilities in the hands of whom?
a)
the federal government
b)
the state government
c)
the county government
d)
No government
55.
Workers who built the railroads were mainly
a)
homesteaders and cowboys
b)
Chinese and Irish
c)
Russian and Irish
d)
Mexican and Chinese
56.
The first railroad to cross the United States was the....
a)
Union Pacific Railroad
b)
Central Pacific Railroad
c)
Missouri Railroad
d)
Transcontinental Railroad
57.
How did the railroads solve the bison problem?
a)
Railroads had Native Americans t sent to reservations.
b)
Railroads had guards protect the rails.
c)
Railroads hired sharpshooters to kill the buffalo
58.
Why was the transcontinental railroad beneficial to America?
a)
The railroad was built over mountains that were impassable in stagecoach.
b)
Railroads provided a faster, safer, and cheaper transportation.
c)
Railroads allowed People to bring their furniture to the Great Plains.
d)
Railroads crossed rivers which were difficult to cross earlier.
59.
Where did the Central Pacific Railroad build?
a)
Omaha, Nebraska to the West, over the plains
b)
Sacramento, California to the East, Over the mountains
c)
Missouri to California
d)
Over the Mississippi River
60.
How were the Chinese discriminated against?
a)
They were denied water and supplies
b)
Black Codes prevented their freedoms
c)
they were objected to Jim Crow Laws
d)
they were paid less than other workers
61.
How did railroads help with trade and economic growth?
a)
They did NOT help.
b)
Helped cows eat more and grow bigger
c)
Provided a way to get crops and animals to the markets
62.
The ____________________ made it easier to travel, communicate, and trade.
a)
Comstock Lode
b)
Transcontinental Railroad
c)
Vigilantes
d)
Chinese Exclusion Act
63.
What town did both parts of the railroad meet in?
a)
Promontory, UT
b)
New York, NY
c)
San Francisco, CA
d)
Omaha, NB
64.
Which group lost the most from the building of the railroads?
a)
Settlers
b)
Western citizens
c)
The government
d)
Native Americans
65.
The Central Pacific Railroad started in California, and pushed eastward; eventually connected with the Union Pacific Railroad in Promontory Point, Utah.
a)
True
b)
False
66.
What two obstacles did the Union Pacific Railroad company face as they worked to build west?
a)
Finding workers and Native American Attacks
b)
Finding workers and Tornadoes
c)
Blizzards and Dynamite
d)
High Mountains and Chinese Workers
67.
After the Civil War, the demand for _ grew.
a)
chicken
b)
beef
c)
fish
d)
chocolate
68.
What was the cowboys' job?
a)
Their job was to entertain people as they traveled west watching rodeos.
b)
Their job was to steal cattle before it made it to market.
c)
Their job was to keep the herd together, protect the herd, and keep it moving.
69.
What brought cattle drives to an end?
a)
Many farmers refused to let cattle cross their lands.
b)
Some states passed laws to prevent cattle from crossing state borders.
c)
Railroads had begun to reach Texas directly, so they did not need to travel so far.
d)
All of the answers are correct.
70.
Why was there conflict over the Black Hills?
a)
The Black Hills was a sacred piece of land for Native Americans.
b)
Gold was found in the Black Hills and miners wanted to dig for the gold.
c)
There was no conflict over the Black Hills. The Native Americans and miners shared the area.
d)
The Black Hills was a sacred place for Native Americans and miners wanted to dig for gold there.
71.
Ranchers had to journey North to get their cattle to the rail lines to get them to market to sell. These journeys were _.
a)
cattle drives
b)
cow journeys
c)
cowboy trips
d)
rodeos
72.
If there is a high _________ for an item, manufactures will want to make more of the item and stores will want to have a lot of them.
a)
Supply
b)
Consumer
c)
Demand
d)
Producers
73.
African Americans who were recently freed and got jobs as cattle ranchers were known as __________________ ?
a)
The African American Cattle Rancher's Society
b)
The Freed Cattle Ranchers
c)
The Black Cowboys of Texas
d)
Freedman's Bureau
74.
A producer is someone or a company that ________________ an item.
a)
buys
b)
makes
c)
discounts
d)
increases the price of
75.
In the Eastern and Northern United States, cattle sold for around _____________?
a)
$2
b)
$4
c)
$40
d)
$400
76.
A __________ is a place where people can buy and sell goods.
a)
Cattle drive
b)
market
c)
supply
d)
demand
77.
How did the end of the Civil War affect the cattle industry?
a)
The demand for beef in the East brought rapid growth.
b)
Farmers had to move west and take land needed for grazing.
c)
Much of the land used for grazing was destroyed in the war.
d)
The loss in the Confederacy brought many cowboys to Texas.
78.
What was the first cattle trail that started in San Antonio,Texas and ended in Abilene, Kansas?
a)
Chisholm Trail
b)
Great Western Trail
79.
What was the name of the cattle trail used to guide cattle north to the railroad lines across the Great Plains and Nebraska?
a)
Great American Cattle Trail
b)
Great Western Cattle Trail
80.
Where did the Native Americans have to live after they were forced to leave their lands?
a)
Reservations
b)
Farms
81.
What was the biggest victory for Native Americans over the US Army?
a)
Battle of Little Bighorn
b)
Battle of Sitting Bull
82.
Who was responsible for improving the light bulb?
a)
Alexander Graham Bell
b)
Thomas Edison
c)
The Wright Brothers
d)
Andrew Carnegie
83.
Who was responsible for inventing the telephone?
a)
Thomas Edison
b)
The Wright Brothers
c)
Andrew Carnegie
d)
Alexander Graham Bell
84.
What did the Wright brothers Create?
a)
light bulb
b)
A plane
c)
people
d)
Computer
85.
What state did the Wright Brothers fly their plane?
a)
North Carolina
b)
Brazil
c)
Oregon
d)
Washington DC
86.
Henry Ford created what type of car
a)
Ford
b)
Jeep
c)
Bugati
d)
Chevrolet
87.
Which industry did John D. Rockefeller control?
a)
Steel
b)
Oil
c)
Banking
d)
Railroads/Shipping
88.
Which industry did Andrew Carnegie control?
a)
oil
b)
steel
c)
banking
d)
railroads/shipping
89.
Which industry did J.P. Morgan control?
a)
Banking
b)
oil
c)
steel
d)
railroads/shipping
90.
New inventions are a factor of:
a)
Industry
b)
Business
91.
What is a political cartoon?
a)
A funny cartoon strip in the morning newspaper.
b)
A cartoon that contains an important social message.
92.
What processing station did Immigrants go through on the WEST coast?
a)
Ellis Island
b)
Angel Island
c)
Devil Island
d)
Alcatraz
93.
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
94.
During the period from 1880 to 1910, why did the majority of immigrants to the United States settle in urban areas in the North?
a)
There was not farmland left to buy.
b)
Rapid industrialization created many job opportunities.
c)
Labor unions gave financial help to immigrants willing to work in the factories.
d)
Most immigrants had lived in cities in their native countries.
95.
In late 1800s in America, recent immigrants made up a large portion of the population of big cities, such as New York and San Francisco. Why did they often choose to live in neighborhoods with other immigrants, such as New York's Little Italy and San Francisco's Chinatown?
a)
They did so to receive high wages and benefits for factory work.
b)
They did so in order to establish their own political parties that could influence both local and state government.
c)
They did so in order to continue practicing the traditions that they brought over from their home countries.
d)
They did so in order to build and open their own factories that could compete with others in the city.
96.
Most immigrants on the East Coast were processed where?
a)
Washington, D.C.
b)
Ellis Island
c)
Angel Island
d)
Baltimore
97.
The United States experienced a period of greatly increased immigration in the mid-1800s. Why were so many immigrants from Ireland?
a)
the end of the Napoleonic Wars
b)
the Irish won their independence from the United Kingdom
c)
the Great Potato Famine in Ireland
d)
the spread of the Plague in Ireland
98.
In 1903, who made the first powered flight in an airplane they built themselves?
a)
George Washington Carver
b)
Thomas Edison
c)
Abraham Lincoln
d)
The Wright Brothers
99.
Who invented a machine to transmit the human voice over wires (the telephone)?
a)
Alexander Graham Bell
b)
The Wright Brothers
c)
Benjamin Franklin
d)
Barack Obama
100.
Who was the African American scientist who created more than 300 products from peanuts and sweet potatoes?
a)
The Wright Brothers
b)
Alexander Graham Bell
c)
George Washington Carver
d)
Thomas Edison
101.
Which three big businesses transformed America in the years between 1870 and 1914?
a)
meatpacking, automobile, and construction
b)
railroads, steel and oil
c)
textile, meatpacking and canals
d)
political machines, settlement houses and ghettos
102.
Madame C.J. Walker is best known because she...
a)
improved Thomas Edison's lightbulb so it could last several days.
b)
sold beauty products and became a millionaire.
c)
invented the electric streetcar.
d)
took photographs of child workers to stop child labor.
103.
Between 1860 and 1910, the U.S. population tripled due to:
a)
The Baby Boom
b)
Immigration
c)
The Homestead Act
d)
Better Healthcare
104.
What is the process in which a society transforms from agriculture to manufacturing?
a)
Socialism
b)
Industrialization
c)
Social Darwinism
d)
Collective Bargaining
105.
The movement and clustering of people into towns and cities is called:
a)
Urbanization
b)
Revolution
c)
Industrialization
d)
Civilization
106.
What is a firm that has no competitors in its industry?
a)
Monopoly
b)
Oligarchy
c)
Oligopoly
d)
Corporation
107.
What is a tenement?
a)
A new form of transportation
b)
Poorly built, overcrowded apartment buildings
c)
The end of immigration
d)
A revolutionary war in Africa
108.
Why did the US pass laws to restrict immigration?
a)
There were not enough tenements for them.
b)
There wasn't enough food.
c)
Immigrants were entering the country too fast and for the US to absorb.
d)
There were too few immigrants entering for the US to absorb.
109.
Why did most immigrants come to the United States?
a)
Religious freedom
b)
Natural disasters
c)
Economic reasons
d)
In search of gold
110.
What is the name of the ship that sunk at the beginning of the Spanish-American War?
a)
Titanic
b)
USS Maine
c)
USS California
d)
Lusitania
111.
Which of the following was NOT a territory the US gained after the Spanish-American War?
a)
Guam
b)
Phillipines
c)
Puerto Rico
d)
Cuba
112.
Which of the following was a result of the Spanish-American War?
a)
The US gained Cuba
b)
Guam became an independent Country.
c)
The Philippines became an independent country.
d)
the US became a World Power
113.
The Panama Canal connects which two bodies of water?
a)
Atlantic/Indian
b)
Pacific/Atlantic
c)
Pacific/Indian
d)
Atlantic/Artic
114.
What is it called when newspapers tried to appeal to feelings and emotions, instead of facts.
a)
Legalism
b)
Yellow Journalism and Sensationalism
c)
Emotionalsim
115.
What territories did the United States gain from the Spanish American War?
a)
Guam, Phillippines, and Puerto Rico
b)
Guam, Cuba, and Puerto Rico
c)
Guam, Philippines, and Coasta Rico
d)
Puerto Rico, Coasta Rico, and Cuba
116.
Which of the following were not reasons the US declared war on Spain?
a)
American economic interests in Cuba
b)
Humanitarian concerns for the Cuban people
c)
A desire to demonstrate American power to the world
d)
The Spanish blew up the USS Mississippi
117.
The Panama Canal is an _________.
a)
Isthmus
b)
island
c)
river
d)
peninsula
118.
What was the reason for building the Panama Canal?
a)
To help ships travel from the Atlantic to the Pacific ocean faster
b)
To allow soldiers to travel by sea
c)
To create an easier way for the USS Maine to reach Cuba
d)
To help immigrants get to America
119.
What were some problems workers faced while building the Panama Canal?
a)
Hot, mosquitoes, muddy, flooding, diseases, etc.
b)
Cold, boring, loud, crowded, not paid enough, etc.
120.
What is the importance of canals and why are they constructed?
a)
to make more water in the world
b)
to make it easier for people to go from one place to another
c)
to create a waterway connecting one ocean to another ocean and make travel time faster.
121.
What was a major problem for building the Panama Canal.
a)
malaria and yellow fever
b)
walrus attacks
c)
poisoned water
122.
What name was given to a famous group of African-American soldiers that bravely served the U.S. during the Spanish-American War?
a)
Rough Riders
b)
Pershing's Group
c)
Buffalo Soldiers
d)
Regiment 101
123.
Group of 17,000 Volunteer Calvary that fought in Cuba during the Spanish American War
a)
Rough Riders
b)
Ruff Boyz
c)
Rough Rumblers
d)
Doughboys
124.
Leader of the Rough Riders
a)
President McKinley
b)
Woodrow Wilson
c)
Theodore Roosevelt
d)
William Gorgas
125.
Which is NOT a main source grown in Hawaii?
a)
macadamia nuts
b)
pineapple
c)
sugercane
d)
apples
126.
After becoming a state, what number state did Alaska become?
a)
49
b)
48
c)
47
d)
50
127.
What was one benefit of the U.S. purchasing Alaska?
a)
gold
b)
people
c)
soil
d)
water
128.
What was one benefit of the U.S. purchasing Alaska?
a)
oil
b)
sand
c)
soil
d)
people
129.
Ban of poll tax as a qualification to vote. Which amendment is this?
a)
23rd
b)
18th
c)
10th
d)
24th
130.
The people elect US senators. Which amendment is this?
a)
15th
b)
17th
c)
23rd
d)
26th
131.
Women's suffrage (right to vote). Which amendment is this?
a)
18th
b)
19th
c)
10th
d)
12th
132.
President and Vice President are elected through the process of the electoral college. Which amendment is this?
a)
12th
b)
10th
c)
14th
d)
16th
133.
Voting age changed from 21 years old to 18 years old. Which amendment is this?
a)
25th
b)
14th
c)
26th
d)
12th
134.
Gives Washington D.C. three electoral votes. Which amendment is this?
a)
15th
b)
23rd
c)
17th
d)
27th
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