WorksheetsUnequal Opportunities and Expanding Overseas
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 7mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
This man sought to expand the territory of the United States through the purchase of Alaska.
a)
William Seward
b)
Rough Riders
c)
George Washington Carver
d)
Booker T. Washington
2.
This sensationalized reporting failed to tell the complete truth but it succeeded in making Americans furious with Spain.
a)
gold
b)
yellow journalism
c)
annex
d)
Spanish American War
3.
These men were led by Teodore Roosevelt as they fought the Spanish in Cuba.
a)
Spanish American War
b)
mosquitoes
c)
William Seward
d)
Rough Riders
4.
The U.S. took the Hawaiian Islands after wealthy American planters demanded protection.
a)
gold
b)
yellow journalism
c)
William Seward
d)
annex
5.
This insect caused the death of thousands of workers and made the building of the Panama Canal nearly impossible.
a)
fleas
b)
ticks
c)
mosuqitoes
d)
ants
6.
After its discovery in Alaska this territory proved to be valuable to the United States.
a)
gold
b)
annex
c)
yellow journalism
d)
Spanis American War
7.
By wining the war, the United States gained recognition throughout the world as being a powerful nation.
a)
World War I
b)
World War II
c)
Civil War
d)
Spanish American War
8.
This is someone who pays rent to use land or buildings that belong to someone else.
a)
segregation
b)
tenant
c)
sharecroppers
d)
The Great Migration
9.
During this event, more than one million African Americans moved north between 1915 and 1940.
a)
The Great Migration
b)
segregation
c)
sharecroppers
d)
NAACP
10.
This African American leader believed that education held the keys to equality.
a)
George Washington Carver
b)
Booker T. Washington
11.
This famous African American scientist was best known for his work with the peanut plant.
a)
sharecroppers
b)
George Washington Carver
c)
Booker T. Washington
d)
segregation
12.
These were tenants in the south who farmed land that belonged to someone else in return for a share of their crop.
a)
segregation
b)
sharecroppers
c)
tenant
d)
NAACP
13.
This was a system by which African Americans and whites were seperated in public places.
a)
NAACP
b)
segregation
c)
sharecroppers
d)
tenant
14.
This organization sought the immediate end to racial segregation through courts and law.
a)
NAACP
b)
segregation
c)
sharecroppers
d)
tenant
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