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Worksheets9-16 EOC - US History
Total questions: 76
Worksheet time: 38mins
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Class
Date
1.
In what two speeches, delivered by President Lincoln, did he reaffirm his desire to see the Union survive and the nation reunited?
a)
2nd Inaugural Address & Emancipation Proclamation
b)
Gettysburg Address & 2nd Inaugural Address
c)
2nd Inaugural Address & Emancipation Proclamation
d)
Constitution & Emancipation Proclamation
2.
What area did the South have an advantage over the north during the Civil War?
a)
military leadership
b)
money
c)
education
d)
fighting for a cause
3.
What executive order was issued by Abraham Lincoln in 1863 that freed slaves in the Confederate states and gave the war a moral cause for the North?
a)
Inaugural Speech
b)
Political Cartoons
c)
Emancipation Proclamation
d)
Gettysburg Address
4.
Which court case stated that slaves were not citizens, but personal property and therefore had no right to go to court to win their freedom?
a)
Brown v Board of Education
b)
Miranda Decision
c)
Dred Scott Decision
d)
Plessy Decision
5.
What act effectively repealed the Missouri Compromise and reignited the slavery issue by allowing territories within the Louisiana Purchase area to determine slavery by popular sovereignty?
a)
Missouri Compromise
b)
Kansas-Nebraska Act
c)
Proclamation of 1763
d)
Treaty of Versailles
6.
As stated in his 1st Inaugural Address, what was President Abraham Lincoln’s main goal at the beginning of the Civil War?
a)
free all of the slaves
b)
kill every Confederate soldier
c)
preserve the Union
d)
take over Canada
7.
Which event started because of the differences in opinion between the Northern and Southern states about states’ rights; slavery; and the economy?
a)
Civil War
b)
Reconstruction
c)
Mexican War
d)
Revolutionary War
8.
Idea that the people who live in certain territories or states would vote on whether or not to allow slavery.
a)
free voting rights
b)
popular sovereignty
c)
territorial expansion
d)
popular freedom
9.
This Civil War battle, the bloodiest battle of the war, was the turning point of the war because the South would never invade the north again?
a)
Yorktown
b)
Cold Harbor
c)
Vicksburg
d)
Gettysburg
10.
Who was the President of the Confederate States of America during the Civil War?
a)
Robert E. Lee
b)
Jefferson Davis
c)
Ulysses S. Grant
d)
Abraham Lincoln
11.
Who was the best known commander of the Southern troops during the Civil War who surrendered to General Grant in 1865?
a)
Robert E. Lee
b)
Ulysses S. Grant
c)
Jefferson Davis
d)
Abraham Lincoln
12.
Who was the best known commander of the Northern troops during the Civil War, eventually receiving the surrender of the Southern troops?
a)
Robert E. Lee
b)
William T. Sherman
c)
Ulysses S. Grant
d)
Abraham Lincoln
13.
In what was called the “march to the sea,” which Northern General advanced troops into the heart of the South (TN; GA; SC; NC) burning and destroying cities and railroads to “break the will” of the South to continue fighting in the Civil War?
a)
Jefferson Davis
b)
Robert E. Lee
c)
Ulysses S. Grant
d)
William T. Sherman
14.
Location where General Lee surrendered to General Grant effectively ending the Civil War on April 9, 1865.
a)
Atlanta, Georgia
b)
Appomattox Courthouse
c)
Yorktown
d)
Gettysburg Courthouse
15.
What is the guarantee that a person cannot be imprisoned without being brought before a judge? President Abraham Lincoln suspended this during the Civil War as a measure to “protect the Union.”
a)
emancipation proclamation
b)
corpus guarantee
c)
popular habeas
d)
habeas corpus
16.
What abolitionist used violence and killing against anti-slavery forces in “bleeding Kansas” and during his raid on a federal arsenal at Harper’s Ferry, he intended to start a slave rebellion, but was captured and later hanged for his crimes?
a)
John Brown
b)
William T. Sherman
c)
John Lincoln
d)
Grimke Sisters
17.
Who was the beloved Confederate General and right-hand man to Robert E. Lee who was accidentally killed by his own men at the Battle of Chancellorsville?
a)
Ulysses S. Grant
b)
Stonewall Jackson
c)
Robert E. Lee
d)
Abraham Lincoln
18.
What was the name of the Union fort in Charleston, SC where the first shots of the Civil War were fired? The fort was eventually abandoned by Union soldiers, but the event gave President Lincoln the public support he needed to go to war.
a)
Fort Sumter
b)
Fort Atlanta
c)
Fort Gettysburg
d)
Fort Vicksburg
19.
Civil War battle that was the “bloodiest single day of the war.” After finding a copy of Lee’s battle plan, Union General George McClellan was ready for Lee’s assault; however, McClellan failed to pursue and Lee’s army escaped. President Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation after this Union victory.
a)
Antietam
b)
Gettysburg
c)
Vicksburg
d)
Cold Harbor
20.
Where was the last Confederate stronghold city on the Mississippi River that fell to Union General Ulysses S. Grant after a siege of two months?
a)
Antietam
b)
Vicksburg
c)
Gettysburg
d)
Chancellorsville
21.
At the beginning of the Civil War, which side had the advantages of: industry; railroads; money; stable government; and population?
a)
North (Union)
b)
South (Confederacy)
22.
What Georgia city fell to the Northern Army under General William T. Sherman in late 1864, leaving little resistance to him as he “marched to the sea” on the coast?
a)
Chicago
b)
Philadelphia
c)
Atlanta
d)
Gettysburg
23.
What name was given to the plan of reconstruction put forth by the Republican controlled Congress to rejoin the North and the South after the Civil war – harsh?
a)
Lincoln Reconstruction
b)
Radical Reconstruction
c)
Peaceful Construction
d)
Kuna's Immunity
24.
What name was given to the secretive organization whose members often dressed in hooded white robes and used intimidation, violence, and sometimes murder against African-Americans and those who supported them?
a)
Murder Club
b)
Klan Operatives
c)
Ku Klux Klan
d)
Southern Resistance
25.
Which amendment gave former male slaves the right to vote in the U.S?
a)
13th Amendment
b)
15th Amendment
c)
17th Amendment
d)
19th Amendment
26.
In 1868, which President was impeached by the Radical Republican Congress for violating the Tenure of Office Act; however, the President was found not guilty by one vote?
a)
Abraham Lincoln
b)
Jefferson Davis
c)
Andrew Johnson
d)
Richard Nixon
27.
What is the name of the college that was founded in Atlanta by a former slave and two ministers to provide education for African Americans after the Civil War?
a)
Morehouse College
b)
University of Georgia
c)
Tampa University
d)
African College of Freedom
28.
Which amendment abolished slavery and involuntary servitude in the U.S?
a)
13th Amendment
b)
14th Amendment
c)
15th Amendment
d)
16th Amendment
29.
What was passed by many of the Southern states after the Civil War to ensure a stable and subservient labor force under white control?
a)
segregation laws
b)
black amendments
c)
black codes
d)
laws of equality
30.
What was established by Congress in 1865 to provide food, clothing, shelter, and education for the newly emancipated slaves?
a)
Freedmen's Bureau
b)
Freedom's Choice
c)
Bureau of Slave Affairs
d)
Slave Amendments
31.
Which amendment gave citizenship to freed slaves?
a)
13th Amendment
b)
14th Amendment
c)
15th Amendment
d)
21st Amendment
32.
What name was given to the plans of reconstruction put forth by Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson to rejoin the North and the South after the Civil War – lenient?
a)
Presidential Reconstruction
b)
Radical Reconstruction
c)
Lincoln's Reconstruction
d)
Reconstruction of the South
33.
What agreement effectively ended the Reconstruction Period by giving the disputed Presidency to the Republican candidate, Rutherford B. Hayes in exchange for the removal of military rule in the Southern states?
a)
16th Amendment
b)
Compromise of 1877
c)
Reconstruction of 1877
d)
Emancipation Proclamation
34.
Who was the inventor of the electric light bulb, the motion picture camera, and the phonograph?
a)
Thomas Jefferson
b)
Alexander Hamilton
c)
Thomas Edison
d)
Albert Einstein
35.
What connected the east and west coast of the U.S in 1869 when the Union Pacific and Central Pacific joined together at Promontory Point, Utah?
a)
Transcontinental Railroad
b)
Railroad across Continents
c)
Stagecoach Trail
d)
Interstate Highways
36.
What two ethnic groups made up the majority of laborers to work on the expansion of railroads?
a)
Mexican & Chinese
b)
Irish & Mexican
c)
Chinese & Irish
d)
African & Irish
37.
What do we call a single company that controls a commodity or service?
a)
Apple
b)
monopoly
c)
oil trusts
d)
bank certificates
38.
Who made a fortune with his Standard Oil Company?
a)
John D. Rockefeller
b)
Andrew Carnegie
c)
Ida Tarbell
d)
Samuel Gompers
39.
What do we call several companies arranged in a single unit and controlled by a single governing board?
a)
monopoly
b)
trust
c)
Microsoft
d)
Suntrust Bank
40.
Who made a fortune in the steel industry eventually selling his company to J.P. Morgan for $500 million dollars?
a)
Andrew Carnegie
b)
John D. Rockefeller
c)
Ida Tarbell
d)
Upton Sinclair
41.
What event did President Cleveland get involved with because he said it was interfering with the delivery of the U.S. mail?
a)
Ford Motor Company Strike
b)
Spanish-American War
c)
Strike of Laborers
d)
Pullman Strike
42.
The government’s outlawing of the Ghost Dance by the Sioux tribe, led by Chief Sitting Bull, resulted in what event?
a)
Cherokee Uprising
b)
Battle of Wounded Elbow
c)
Battle of Wounded Knee
d)
Kuna's Last Stand
43.
Where did most European immigrants go to become registered when entering the U.S?
a)
Ellis Island
b)
Angel Island
c)
Liberty Island
d)
The Alamo
44.
Where did most Asian immigrants go to become registered when entering the U.S?
a)
The Alamo
b)
Ellis Island
c)
Angel Island
d)
Liberty Island
45.
Who formed the labor union called the American Federation of Labor?
a)
Samuel Gompers
b)
Samuel Sinclair
c)
Theodore Roosevelt
d)
Marcus Garvey
46.
What type of immigrants did the immigration quota system passed in the 1920’s tend to discriminate against?
a)
Asian, Western European
b)
Southern & Eastern European, Asian
c)
Canadian, Swedish
d)
Mexican, Puerto Rican
47.
What name was given to the journalists who exposed the corrupt businesses and practices of the Progressive Era?
a)
Muckrakers
b)
Mud Citizens
c)
Meat Watchdogs
d)
Tarbell Warriors
48.
Which corrupt business did Ida Tarbell specifically go after?
a)
Standard Oil Company
b)
Quik Trip
c)
International Oil Company
d)
Carnegie's Oil
49.
What was the name of the establishment founded by Jane Addams, that provided basic medical care, the teaching of the English language, and other topics to immigrants and low income families?
a)
Immigration Headquarters
b)
Addams House
c)
Medicare
d)
Hull House
50.
When the citizens of a state propose a new law, it is called ______________?
a)
Lottery
b)
Referendum
c)
Initiative
d)
Recall
51.
What is the name of the process where citizens can remove a public official from office for wrongdoing before the end of their term?
a)
Recall
b)
Initiative
c)
Amendment
d)
Strike
52.
What is the name of the book written by Upton Sinclair that helped bring about the Pure Food and Drug Act and Meat Inspection Act?
a)
The Jungle
b)
The Desert
c)
Meat's Hidden Secrets
d)
Jungle Booty
53.
Which amendment calls for the direct election of senators by the people rather than the state legislatures?
a)
17th Amendment
b)
16th Amendment
c)
15th Amendment
d)
14th Amendment
54.
Southern and border states passed segregation laws that required separate but equal facilities for African Americans. These were known as _________?
a)
Robin Hood Laws
b)
Jim Crow Laws
c)
Black Improvement Laws
d)
Equal Rights Laws
55.
In what court case did the Supreme Court rule that “separate, but equal facilities” was constitutional in 1896?
a)
Brown vs Board of Education
b)
Plessy vs Ferguson
c)
Miranda vs Arizona
d)
Kuna vs Nored
56.
What organization was founded by WEB DuBois in 1909 with the goals of assisting African-Americans to attain political, civil, and social equality in American society?
a)
SCLC
b)
SNCC
c)
NAACP
d)
TWA
57.
Which President was known as the “conservation President” for his role in setting aside some of the first public lands for national parks and forests?
a)
Ronald Reagan
b)
Richard Nixon
c)
Theodore Roosevelt
d)
Dwight Eisenhower
58.
Which war did the U.S get involved with because they wanted Cuba’s profitable sugar cane and to get revenge for the sinking of the USS Maine?
a)
Vietnam
b)
World War I
c)
War with Mexico
d)
Spanish-American War
59.
What territory did the U.S. gain possession of after the Spanish American War only to have to put down a rebellion led by Emilio Aguinaldo that resulted in two years of massacres and atrocities by both sides?
a)
Phillipines
b)
Cuba
c)
Grenada
d)
Texas
60.
What was built to improve the defense of and trade opportunities for the U.S by connecting the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans without having to travel around South America?
a)
Panama Canal
b)
Panama Beach
c)
New York Canal
d)
Trench of Panama
61.
What document told European nations to stop intervening in Latin America, and, if necessary the U.S. would be the “policeman” in that region?
a)
Monroe Doctrine
b)
Roosevelt Cooralory
c)
Kuna's Law
d)
17th Amendment
62.
Which act was passed in 1882 as a result of the anti-Asian sentiment on the Western coast of the U.S?
a)
Down with the Immigrants Law
b)
Law of Asian Exclusion
c)
Chinese Exclusion Act
d)
Immigration Restriction Act
63.
The U.S. entered this war because of the continued violation of U.S neutrality by German u-boats (unrestricted submarine warfare) and the German sinking of the Lusitania.
a)
World War Z
b)
World War I
c)
World War II
d)
World War III
64.
What is the name of the event where African Americans migrated in large numbers from the Southern states to the Northern states during WWI?
a)
The Great Libation
b)
The Great Migration
c)
The Immigration Northward
d)
Moving on Up
65.
The Espionage Act specifically targeted what Socialist leader because of his speaking out against U.S involvement in WWI?
a)
Joseph McCarthy
b)
Joseph Stalin
c)
Adolf Hitler
d)
Eugene Debs
66.
Which amendment prohibited the sale, manufacturing and drinking of alcoholic beverages?
a)
17th Amendment
b)
18th Amendment
c)
19th Amendment
d)
20th Amendment
67.
Which amendment gives women the right to vote?
a)
19th Amendment
b)
20th Amendment
c)
21st Amendment
d)
22nd Amendment
68.
Under Woodrow Wilson’s 14 Points, what was the name of the organization that he hoped would provide peace and protection from future wars?
a)
League of Advisment
b)
League of Nations
c)
Nations United
d)
United Allies
69.
Name of the peace treaty that ended WWI which placed total blame and responsibility for the war on Germany?
a)
Treaty of Versailles
b)
Treaty of War
c)
Treaty of Paris
d)
Treaty of German Annihilation
70.
Which type of government is a system in which people in society cooperate and own property mutually and was installed in Russia by the Bolsheviks in 1917?
a)
Democracy
b)
Autocracy
c)
Communism
d)
Oligarchy
71.
What is the name of the period after WWI in which people in the U.S. were fearful of anyone who might be a communist or socialist?
a)
Black Scare
b)
Red Dawn
c)
Red Scare
d)
Communist Overload
72.
What are the two mass medias that attracted millions of loyal fans and became popular sources of entertainment in the 1920s?
a)
TV and Radio
b)
Radio and Cars
c)
TV and Cars
d)
Radio and Cars
73.
Who is the most highly acclaimed industrial innovator of the new mass production economy who relied on the assembly line to efficiently make his products?
a)
Henry Ford
b)
Bill Gates
c)
Mrs. Kuna
d)
John Rockefeller
74.
What is the term given to the African American creativity in songs, poems and art that took place in the 1920s?
a)
Remember the Titans
b)
Harlem Renaissance
c)
American Art Appreciation
d)
Movement of Appreciation
75.
During the Harlem Renaissance, who wrote poems about the lives of working class African Americans?
a)
Louis Armstrong
b)
Tin Alley
c)
Langston Hughes
d)
Mrs. Kuna
76.
During the Harlem Renaissance, what trumpeter and singer became one of the most famous jazz musicians in America?
a)
Louis Armstrong
b)
Langston Hughes
c)
Albert Einstein
d)
Ida Tarbell
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