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WorksheetsUnit 3 Indiana's Later History
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 15mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What is an example of segregation?
a)
males leaving to fight in the wars
b)
African Americans migrating to Free states
c)
African American vs. White Schools (Separate Schools)
d)
women gaining the right to vote
2.
In which important event did many Indiana Soldiers take part during the Civil War?
a)
The attack on Fort Sumter
b)
secession from the Union
c)
The Battle of Corydon
d)
The creation of the Confederacy
3.
Why did the Southern states secede from the United States?
a)
were afraid that President Lincoln would try to end slavery
b)
They wanted to show support for the Underground Railroad
c)
They wanted Lincoln to serve as their President
d)
They wanted to free the enslaved people of the South
4.
Which action was taken by abolitionists in Indiana in the decades before the Civil War?
a)
They organized in opposition to the Stamp Act.
b)
They declared American independence from Great Britain.
c)
They helped slaves to escape along the Underground Railroad.
d)
They called on Southern slaves to attack their owners.
5.
Why was Indiana so important to the Underground Railroad?
a)
Slavery was banned in Indiana and it was in the middle of the country
b)
A lot of abolitionists lived in Indiana that helped slaves escape
c)
Farming and Factory opportunities for African Americans
d)
All of the above
6.
President Franklin Roosevelt asked Congress to pass a series of acts called the New Deal. Which is one way the New Deal helped people during the Great Depression?
a)
It gave all people the right to vote.
b)
It created programs to put people back to work.
c)
It let all new immigrants become American citizens.
d)
It let people travel around the country freely.
7.
What role did the Civil Rights movement play in the lives of African Americans during the 1950s?
a)
It provided most African Americans with housing.
b)
It provided most African Americans with jobs.
c)
It encouraged African Americans to fight for equal rights.
d)
It encouraged African Americans to travel throughout the world
8.
The Great Depression was an economic slowdown in the 1920s and 1930s. Which of the following was one cause of the Great Depression in the United States?
a)
the end of the gold rush
b)
the crash of the stock exchange
c)
the ending of World War II
d)
the high price of oil
9.
Martin Luther King, Jr. was a part of what movement in the 1950s and 1960s?
a)
Civil War Movement
b)
Urban Renewal
c)
Harlem Renaissance Movement
d)
Civil Rights Movement
10.
What is "Suffrage"?
a)
Right to freedom
b)
Right to vote
c)
Right to citizenship
d)
Right to Temperence
11.
Which Constitutional Amendment finally allowed American women to vote in 1920?
a)
15th Amendment
b)
19th Amendment
c)
16th Amendment
d)
18th Amendment
12.
The abolitionist movement achieved its goal with the passage of which amendment?
a)
Fifteenth Amendment
b)
Fourteenth Amendment
c)
Thirteenth Amendment
d)
Twelfth Amendment
13.
During The Great Migration, many southerners moved to big cities for what reason?
a)
to find more food
b)
because they didn't like growing cotton
c)
to find better jobs
d)
to get bigger homes
14.
Why was Indiana so important to WWI and WWII?
a)
Hoosiers sent Soldiers
b)
grew food and bought war bonds
c)
made war supplies
d)
all of the above
15.
Why did many businesses from other states move to Indiana in the late 1800's? Businesses such as manufacturing, refineries, and automobiles.
a)
farming opportunities
b)
Indiana's government leaders offered them free natural gas
c)
because it was a free state with more workers available
d)
because labor unions already existed
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