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WorksheetsWyatt USII Review
Total questions: 55
Worksheet time: 53mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Which statement is true about African Americans before moving north during the Great Depression?
a)
They faced discrimination and violence
b)
They were denied educational benefits
c)
They lost their citizenship and voting rights
d)
They were denied their religious freedom
2.
Jacob Lawrence is known for his painting of what event?
a)
World War I
b)
Great Depression
c)
1920's
d)
Great Migration
3.
What was prohibition?
a)
made it illegal to sell alcoholic beverages
b)
made it illegal to segregate schools
c)
made it legal to sell alcohol
d)
made it legal to segregate schools
4.
The movement of African Americans to cities like Chicago, New York, and St. Louis looking for work is called the?
a)
Great Migration
b)
Great Depression
c)
Progressive Movement
d)
Suffrage Movement
5.
Which was NOT an economic result of the Great Depression?
a)
High inflation(prices went up)
b)
Many homeless
c)
Massive unemployment
d)
Increased national prosperity(people make more money)
6.
The stock market crash hurt many Americans because?
a)
social security went bankrupt
b)
their stocks became worthless
c)
the price of farm equipment dropped
7.
During the Great Migration what group of people moved north to find work during the 1920's?
a)
White southerners
b)
African Americans
c)
Native Americans
d)
Jewish
8.
Who is a famous jazz singer that sang hits like "St. Louis Blues" and "Downhearted Blues?"
a)
Bessie Smith
b)
Langston Hughes
c)
Georgia O'Keeffe
9.
Which is a result of Prohibition?
a)
More jobs on farms
b)
Fall of stock market
c)
Less unemployment in cities
d)
Growth of organized crime
10.
Which city manufactured Automobiles
a)
Chicago
b)
Richmond
c)
New England
d)
Detroit
11.
Which one of these did not cause the growth in industry
a)
Inventions
b)
Financial resources
c)
Access to raw materials
d)
Slaves
12.
Who established a hull house and what is it an example of
a)
Thomas Jefferson and Settlement homes
b)
Jane Addams and Homeless shelter
c)
Rockefeller and settlement homes
d)
Jane Addams and Settlement home
13.
Cornelius Vanderbilt is the captain of which industry?
a)
assembly line
b)
automobile
c)
textile
d)
shipping and railroad
14.
Which industry is located in New England?
a)
meat-packing
b)
textile
c)
automobile
d)
steel
15.
Where were steel mills located?
a)
Chicago
b)
Detroit
c)
Pittsburgh
d)
New England
16.
Where did former farmers move in order to find work?
a)
rural areas
b)
counties
c)
cities (urban areas)
d)
suburbs
17.
Why did some people want to go west even though travel was difficult?
a)
adventure
b)
new farmland
c)
a new start
d)
all of the above
18.
Which event marked
the end of the conflicts with American Indians?
the end of the conflicts with American Indians?
a)
Plight of the Nez Perce
b)
Battle of Wounded Knee
c)
Battle of Wabash
d)
Battle of Little Bighorn
19.
Building roads, schools and improving government buildings are examples of which federal work program?
a)
Agricultural Achievement Act
b)
Civilian Conservation Corp
c)
Works Progress Administration
d)
Tennessee Valley Authority
20.
In this photograph what do these men have in common?
a)
All were negatively affected by the Great Depression.
b)
Looking to buy a house
c)
Shopping for groceries
d)
B Looking to buy a house
C Shopping for groceries
21.
President Franklin D. Roosevelt was telling the American people that —
a)
The war will soon be over
b)
B help was coming from the business community
c)
the country could survive the Great Depression
d)
the country should worry about a revolution
22.
As a result of the Great Depression, about how many workers were without jobs?
a)
1/2
b)
1/4
c)
3/4
d)
2/3
23.
What institution failed to prevent the collapse of the banking system in 1929?
a)
United States Congress
b)
Federal Reserve
c)
United States Congress
B Federal Reserve
C Social Security Administration
d)
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
24.
All of the following were changing developments in American communication in the 1920s EXCEPT —
a)
the building of telegraph lines
b)
increased availability of telephones
c)
development of the radio
d)
the movie industry
25.
The Harlem Renaissance refers to the efforts of African American artists, writers and musicians of the 1920s and 30s to tell —
a)
how to fix the problems faced by African Americans
b)
why whites discriminated against African Americans
c)
about African American culture through African American experiences
d)
how African Americans got to America
26.
What territory did the United States NOT acquire as a result of the Spanish-American War?
a)
Cuba
b)
Puerto Rico
c)
Philippines
d)
Guam
27.
The practice of exaggerating, or using fictitious writings to increase newspapers sales, is called:
a)
Muckraking
b)
Plagarizing
c)
Yellow Journalism
d)
Editorializing
28.
The inventions of electric lighting and telephone service increased:
a)
Immigration
b)
Westward expansion
c)
Racial segregation
d)
Industrial growth
29.
Which amendment gave women the right to vote?
a)
16th
b)
17th
c)
18th
d)
19th
30.
The purpose of the 18th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was to:
a)
Stop alcohol sales
b)
Grant women suffrage
c)
Prevent child labor
d)
Raise factory wages
31.
What ship exploded in Cuba’s Havana Harbor, leading to the Spanish-American War?
a)
USS Maine
b)
USS Massachusetts
c)
USS Constitution
d)
USS Arizona
32.
What Amendment prohibits slavery?
a)
13th
b)
14th
c)
15th
d)
16th
33.
These laws made it illegal for African Americans to live or work in certain areas.
a)
Freedman's Bureau Laws
b)
Reconstruction Acts
c)
Black Codes
d)
Jim Crow Laws
34.
Northerners who migrated South to make large profits and/or help freedmen were known as:
a)
Scalawags
b)
Ku Klux Klan
c)
Carpetbaggers
d)
Sharecroppers
35.
Many Southern states passed laws after the Compromise of 1877 that legalized segregation of whites and blacks called:
a)
Jim Crow Laws
b)
Black Codes
c)
Freedman's Bureau
d)
Reconstruction
36.
When racial groups are separated from one another, this is called _____________.
a)
segregation
b)
impeachment
c)
sharecropping
d)
substitution
37.
Booker T. Washington believed equality could be achieved through:
a)
demanding violence.
b)
vocational education.
c)
running for political office.
d)
joining labor unions.
38.
W.E.B. DuBois helped establish what organization?
a)
Freedmen's Bureau
b)
Tuskegee Institute
c)
NAACP
d)
None of these.
39.
(SOL Review) St. Louis, Missouri, is in what region?
a)
Northeast
b)
Southeast
c)
Midwest
d)
Southwest
40.
(SOL Review) What city became known for its meatpacking industry?
a)
Detroit
b)
Chicago
c)
San Francisco
d)
Honolulu
41.
What physical feature made the Great Plains ideal for cattle farming?
a)
Large rivers.
b)
Abundant trees.
c)
Rolling hills.
d)
Open grasslands.
42.
What did settlers do to bring more water to the Great Plains?
a)
They begged.
b)
They prayed.
c)
Farmers built windmills to pump water.
d)
They did a Rain Dance.
43.
A long period when almost no rain falls and crops cannot grow properly is called:
a)
dry days
b)
drought
c)
wetland
d)
desert
44.
Which state is this?
a)
Louisiana
b)
Arkansas
c)
Mississippi
d)
Alabama
45.
Which state is this?
a)
West Virginia
b)
Kentucky
c)
Virginia
d)
Tennessee
46.
New York is located in what color group?
a)
Pink
b)
Orange
c)
Green
d)
Yellow
47.
Identify the region in pink.
a)
Northeast
b)
Southeast
c)
Midwest
d)
Southwest
48.
Philadelphia is located in which state?
a)
New York
b)
Pennsylvania
c)
Massachusetts
d)
Connecticut
49.
What is state #46?
a)
Montana
b)
Idaho
c)
Nevada
d)
California
50.
Why did people want to reform child labor?
a)
Children often worked long hours in dangerous factory conditions for very little money.
b)
Children needed to stay at home and help take care of the household.
c)
Children were getting sick at work and spreading it in the community.
d)
People wanted their children to work in factories
51.
By the late 1800s, eastern factories were mainly located near —
a)
deep canals
b)
cattle ranches
c)
areas with large farms
d)
areas with large populations
52.
The 13th Amendment is important because it —
a)
expanded the power of the legislative branch
b)
increased the voting rights of citizens
c)
limited the power of the judicial branch
d)
outlawed the practice of owning slaves
53.
The steel plow is to farming as barbed wire is to:
a)
Transportation
b)
Ranching
c)
Mining
d)
Manufacturing
54.
After WWI, which person created the idea of an international organization to help settle disputes?
a)
Arthur Zimmermann
b)
George Clemenceau
c)
Woodrow Wilson
d)
David Lloyd George
55.
Which country proposed the 14 Points, which called for the formation of the League of Nations?
a)
U.S.
b)
Germany
c)
Ottoman Empire
d)
Russia
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