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Total questions: 122
Worksheet time: 2hrs 3mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
The belief that states had rights and powers within the Union.
a)
Constitution
b)
States' Rights
c)
Federalism
d)
Confederacy
2.
Which of the following was NOT an advantage of the North? _________________
a)
92% of industry found in the North
b)
Northern soldiers were motivated to preserve their way of life
c)
75% of railroads and banking were in the Norththe North had a large navy
d)
the North had a large navy
3.
Even though these states had slavery, they did not join the Confederate states.
a)
Western States
b)
State of Confusion
c)
Border States
d)
Southern States
4.
This caused widespread fear in the South about the future of slavery
a)
Election of Jefferson Davis
b)
Tariffs
c)
Election of Abraham Lincoln
d)
Death of Stonewall Jackson
5.
The Civil War began when Confederate forces launched an attack at which location?
a)
Fort Sumter
b)
Fort Williams
c)
Fort Western
d)
Fort Apache
6.
What was a major strength of the Union?
a)
education
b)
slavery
c)
more churches
d)
factories
7.
This was the rebuilding of the country after the Civil War?
a)
Sherman's March to the Sea
b)
Reconstruction
c)
WWI
d)
Freedmen's Bureau
8.
This amendment abolished slavery.
a)
12th
b)
13th
c)
14th
d)
15th
9.
This amendment says if you are born here you are a citizen.
a)
12th
b)
13th
c)
14th
d)
15th
10.
This amendment says all male citizens can now vote.
a)
13th
b)
15th
c)
19th
d)
23rd
11.
Sharecroppers had little chance of making a profit and getting ahead.
a)
True
b)
False
12.
Construct means to...
a)
bind
b)
change
c)
break
d)
build
13.
This group helped newly freed slaves with food, medical care, jobs, housing and schooling.
a)
Sharecropping
b)
Jim Crow Laws
c)
Reconstruction
d)
Freedmen's Bureau
14.
Segregation means .......
a)
separation based on race
b)
separation based on gender
c)
coming together
d)
get rid of
15.
With Jim Crow laws, blacks and whites could attend the same schools.
a)
True
b)
False
16.
The Freedmen’s Bureau used a poll tax to keep many African Americans from voting.
a)
True
b)
False
17.
System of farming where plantation owners would lend former slaves a place to live in exchange for farming crops
a)
Sharecropping
b)
Freedmen's Bureua
c)
Jim Crow Laws
d)
Slavery
18.
Jim Crow laws legally segregated African Americans and white people.
a)
True
b)
False
19.
Trail to California about 2,000 miles across the Missouri River.
a)
California Trail
b)
Santa Few Trail
c)
Oregon Trail
d)
Mormon Trail
20.
Which trail does the picture represent?
a)
California Trail
b)
Mormon Trail
c)
Placervill Trail
d)
Santa Fe Trail
21.
What was the nickname of the thousands of gold-seekers moved to California in hopes of striking rich?
a)
Forty-niners
b)
Donner Party
c)
Mormons
d)
Placer Miners
22.
______ was the time period named for the thousands of gold-seekers moved to California in hopes of striking rich
a)
California Gold Rush
b)
Forty-niners
c)
Population Boom
d)
Economic BOOM!!!!!!
23.
Dust Bowl
a)
bowl of dust
b)
thunderstorms full of dust
c)
a period of nothing but dust storms
d)
huge winds
24.
Which is not a cause of the Dust Bowl?
a)
drought
b)
no demand for wheat
c)
tractor
d)
the invention of the car
25.
What economic disaster was happening at the same time as the Dust Bowl?
a)
World War I
b)
the Great Depression
c)
World War II
d)
the Gold Rush
26.
Who was president when the Dust Bowl ended?
a)
Nixon
b)
Hoover
c)
Roosevelt
d)
Obama
27.
Who was president when the Dust Bowl began?
a)
Nixon
b)
Hoover
c)
Roosevelt
d)
Obama
28.
What was one EFFECT of dust storms that occurred during "the Dust Bowl"?
a)
loss of farms and livestock
b)
homes were destroyed
c)
Texans moved to other states
d)
ALL of these are effects of the dust storms
29.
Why did settlers move to the Great Plains?
a)
They were looking for gold.
b)
They were hoping to farm the rich land found there.
c)
They liked the towns found there.
d)
They wanted a factory job there.
30.
What act gave 160 acres to any family who would linve on the land and farm it for 5 years?
a)
The Homestead Promise
b)
The Homestead Neighborhood
c)
The Homestead Act of 1862
d)
The Homestead farmland
31.
What was the name given to people who moved to the Great Plains?
a)
homesteaders
b)
great plainers
c)
farmers
d)
travelers
32.
What was the first thing a homesteader had to do?
a)
locate water
b)
farm the land
c)
build a home
33.
What does self sufficient mean?
a)
Farmers were able to produce their needs on their farms.
b)
Farmers grew corn on their farms.
c)
Farmers raised livestock on their farms.
34.
What often killed moms on the Great Plains?
a)
Wild animals
b)
Very bad hospitals
c)
childbirth
35.
What was the nickname for the Great Plains?
a)
Great American Desert
b)
homesteaders
c)
sodbusters
d)
pioneers
36.
What is the vast region of dry grassland in the middle of the United States?
a)
Great Plains
b)
Homestead Act
c)
Sodbuster
d)
Homesteader
37.
What is the name given to the belief that the United States had the right and duty to expand across the North American continent?
a)
Manifest destiny
b)
Monroe Doctrine
c)
Great Awakening
d)
Louisiana Purchase
38.
Which was an effect of the Transcontinental Railroad?
a)
Native Americans and settlers learned to cooperate with each other.
b)
Trade increased because people were able to ship items and there was great economic growth.
c)
The population of buffalo on the Great Plains increased.
d)
Fewer settlers moved out west.
39.
Why did people travel West?
a)
They felt like it
b)
To view the wildlife
c)
Manifest Destiny
40.
During the 1800's, where did Lewis and Clark start their expedition?
a)
New Orleans
b)
Fort Clastrop
c)
St. Louis
d)
San Antonio
41.
Sacagawea...
a)
Encouraged Thomas Jefferson to buy the Louisiana Purchase
b)
Helped the pilgrims grow food
c)
Helped guide Lewis and Clark while caring for her baby
d)
Was kidnapped and forced on the Trail of Tears
42.
Which two men are famous for their expedition of the Louisiana Purchase?
a)
Thomas Jefferson and James Madison
b)
Meriwether Lewis and James Madison
c)
William Clark and Thomas Jefferson
d)
Meriwether Lewis and William Clark
43.
Which territory did we buy from France that doubled the size of our nation?
a)
Texas
b)
Louisiana
c)
Oregon
d)
California
44.
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
45.
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.
46.
Most immigrants on the East Coast were processed where?
a)
Washington, D.C.
b)
Ellis Island
c)
Angel Island
d)
Baltimore
47.
Which statement about working conditions is NOT true?
a)
Children often worked long hours
b)
Immigrants were often paid less than American workers
c)
Many jobs were dangerous & had few safety concerns
d)
Immigrants caused a shortage of jobs
48.
Who invented the first light bulb and electrical generating system in 1879?
a)
Susan B. Anthony
b)
Thomas Edison
c)
Alexander Graham Bell
d)
Abraham Lincoln
49.
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
50.
_______ is when workers refuse to work in order to force an employer to meet their demands.
a)
labor unions
b)
party
c)
strike
d)
sweatshop
51.
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
52.
Which industrialist is best known for his work in the steel industry?
a)
Charles Lindberg
b)
Andrew Carnegie
c)
John Rockefeller
53.
Which industrialist is best known for his monopoly of the oil industry?
a)
Cornelius Vanderbilt
b)
Andrew Carnegie
c)
John D. Rockefeller
d)
Abraham Lincoln
54.
A monopoly is the total or complete control of an industry. Unfortunately for consumers, this prevents ___________.
a)
unions
b)
capitalism
c)
competition
d)
regulation
55.
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
56.
Labor unions formed to fight against....
a)
long working hours
b)
low pay
c)
unsafe conditions
d)
all of the above
57.
Which famous abolitionist was an escaped slave who spoke out against slavery?
a)
William Lloyd Garrison
b)
Frederick Douglass
c)
Sojourner Truth
d)
The Grimke Sisters
58.
Which famous abolitionist spoke in favor of women's rights?
a)
William Lloyd Garrison
b)
Frederick Douglass
c)
Sojourner Truth
d)
The Grimke Sisters
59.
The unfair treatment of a particular group is called ___________.
a)
discrimination
b)
abolition
c)
Underground Railroad
d)
slavery
60.
Abolitionists demanded.....
a)
immediate freeing of slaves
b)
freedom to practice their religion
c)
equal rights for women
61.
"Uncle Tom's Cabin" described the cruelty of _________.
a)
fugitives
b)
Underground Railroad
c)
slavery
d)
Dredd Scott
62.
True or False: Abolitionist were only men.
a)
True
b)
False
63.
True or False: Abolitionist were only former slaves.
a)
True
b)
False
64.
The movement to ban the making, sale and transport of alcoholic beverages was called--
a)
The Progressive Movement
b)
Woman's Sufferage
c)
The Temperance Movement
d)
Jim Crow Laws
65.
Which reformer worked for women's rights?
a)
Dorothea Dix
b)
Horace Mann
c)
Elizabeth Cady Staton
d)
W.E.B. Du Bois
66.
While supporting the temperance movement, abolition, and women’s rights, Horace Mann’s greatest achievement was…
a)
Publishing a novel about slavery
b)
The reform of public education
c)
Providing healthcare to the impoverished
d)
Rewriting the constitution
67.
Why were reforms necessary during the 19th century?
a)
Industrial Revolution brought progress but deepened poorer living
b)
they were not necessary and wasted valuable resources
c)
Necessary because the Industrial Revolution destroyed America
d)
Not necessary caused more harm than good.
68.
The primary goal of the American Temperance Society was to —
a)
ban the spread of slavery to new territories
b)
decrease the consumption of alcohol
c)
gain the release of mentally ill people from prisons
d)
create a self-sufficient utopian society
69.
What was the Lusitania?
a)
A British dance that the military would perform before soldiers were sent out to sea
b)
A plan to help Americans survive after the Great Depression
c)
A British ship sunk by German U- Boats
d)
A program to preserve land and historical sites
70.
How did women's lives change in the 1920's?
a)
Women went to college to better themselves
b)
This was the time when 3/4 of all cowboys were women
c)
More women stayed home while men went out to work
d)
Women did the same jobs as men and were eventually given the right to vote (19th Amendment)
71.
What is an assembly line?
a)
A system where each worker in a line is given one small job to do.
b)
A system where each worker does several tasks at one time
c)
A system where each worker does all parts of the job
d)
A line that divides up the work
72.
What was FDR's Great Depression plan called?
a)
The New Deal -made up of the CCC, TVA, WPA
b)
A good idea
c)
The Campaign
d)
Hoovervilles
73.
What country did the Treaty of Versailles blame for WW1?
a)
Germany
b)
America
c)
Cuba
d)
Italy
74.
What were the shanty towns people lived in during the Great Depression called?
a)
Hoovervilles
b)
shacks
c)
New York City
d)
Hopetown
75.
What is division of labor?
a)
Fighting that occurs when people cannot figure out how to divide the work
b)
Different workers perform each task
c)
Men do one job and women do another job
d)
Jobs are separated out based on what country people are from
76.
What is nationalism?
a)
When the government decides how much tax is paid on items
b)
Having the choice to join the military or remain a civilian
c)
The belief that your country deserves more success than others (you are the best)
d)
Choosing which country you want to live in
77.
Who was Babe Ruth?
a)
famous basketball player (dunk shot king)
b)
famous baseball player (homerun king)
c)
famous saxaphone player
d)
Vice-President
78.
Who was Charles Linderberg?
a)
invented the airplane
b)
olympic gold medalist
c)
first person to fly over Atlantic Ocean
d)
first person to fly over the Pacific Ocean
79.
How did George Washington Carver help southern farmers?
a)
he taught them about sharecropping
b)
he helped them buy and sell farm land
c)
he taught them to grow crops like peanuts and sweet potatoes
d)
he taught them how to use modern technology to farm
80.
Who was Louis Armstrong?
a)
author of "Gone with the Wind"
b)
famous baseball player
c)
most popular jazz artist of the 1920's
d)
famous writer during the Harlem Renaissance
81.
The famous African American writer during the Harlem Renaissance was
a)
Jesse Owens
b)
Louis Armstrong
c)
Langston Hughes
d)
Margaret Mitchell
82.
The African American athlete who won four gold medals in the 1936 Olympics was
a)
Charles Lindbergh
b)
Jesse Owens
c)
George Washington Carver
d)
Babe Ruth
83.
Why was America concerned about their ships during WW1?
a)
Germany said they were going to use submarine warfare and sink ships
b)
The Italians warned they were going to bomb American ships.
c)
They were afraid they would get stuck in the Panama Canal
d)
America did not have many ships so they did not want to lose the ones they had
84.
The _______________________ was FDR's plan to help get the economy going again and help the unemployed find jobs.
a)
Hoovervilles
b)
German race
c)
The New Deal
d)
Pearl Harbor
85.
Who was the USA President that created the New Deal?
a)
Franklin Roosevelt
Franklin Roosevelt
Franklin Roosevelt
b)
James Hogg
c)
Sam Houston
d)
Lyndon Johnson
86.
How did technology affect WW1 and WW2?
a)
New planes made travel easier
b)
Increase in oil sales to England
c)
More casualties from new weapons and machines
d)
The Terminator joined the USA Army
87.
A dry climate and high winds led to what disaster?
a)
Depression
b)
West Nile
c)
Galveston Hurricane
d)
Dust Bowl
88.
Why did the USA ration gas during WW2?
a)
German planes bombed oil wells in Texas and California
b)
There was no HOV lane yet to carpool
c)
The military needed fuel for planes and tanks
d)
Gas prices too high
89.
Texan farmers moved to California, crops and livestock animals suffered and the govt assisted farmers all because of ....
a)
Dust Bowl
b)
Great Depression
c)
Texas wildfires
d)
Texas income tax
90.
What event caused the USA to become involved in WW2?
a)
Election of Hitler as German president
b)
Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor
c)
Mexico becoming part of the German Alliance
d)
Spread of communism
91.
What does this picture represent?
a)
Music Festival
b)
Harlem Renaissance
c)
Black History Month
d)
Good Times
92.
This underwater ship was used by Germany to destroy allied shipping and saw a greater unrestricted use against British and French ships.
a)
U-Boat
b)
Model T
c)
Panzer
d)
Nuclear Submarine
93.
Franz Ferdinand was the Archduke of:
a)
England
b)
Russia
c)
Germany
d)
Austria-Hungary
94.
An agreement between nations to support each other if they are attacked.
a)
militarism
b)
nationalism
c)
militarism
d)
alliances
95.
A fascination with the military and the glory of war.
a)
militarism
b)
alliances
c)
imperialism
d)
nationalism
96.
What are the four M.A.I.N causes of WWI?
a)
militarism, alliances, imports, nationalism
b)
militarism, alliances, imperialism, nationalism
c)
mercantilism, alliances, imports, nationalism
d)
monarchies, alliances, imperialism, nationalism
97.
Normandy beach was site of
a)
allied saving of French at dunkirk
b)
allied invasion of German occupied france
c)
Allied invasion of russia
d)
Japanese invasion of france
98.
Violating the treaty of Versailles, Hitler:
a)
built up the military
b)
put weapons in demilitarized (non military) zones
c)
built up his air force
d)
all of the above
99.
WW2 started in Europe when:
a)
When Germany invaded poland
b)
great Britain and France declared war on germany
c)
japan attacked pearl harbor
d)
germany invaded soviet
100.
december 7, 1941 .....
a)
was when Germany invaded poland
b)
Great Britain and Zfrance declared war
c)
japan attacked pearl harbor
d)
Germany invaded Soviet Zunion
101.
Benito Mussolini
a)
Germany
b)
Italy
c)
United States
d)
Soviet Union
102.
Stalin
a)
Germany
b)
Italy
c)
United States
d)
Soviet Union
103.
Adolf Hitler
a)
Germany
b)
Italy
c)
United States
d)
Soviet Union
104.
What caused the U.S. to enter World War II?
a)
Germany invading Poland
b)
Sinking of the Lusitania
c)
Attack on Pearl Harbor
d)
France being taken over
105.
The Allies thought about invading Japan, but they worried that too many soldiers would die. President Harry Truman made a very difficult decision to use new ____________ against Japan.
a)
kamikaze warfare
b)
United Nations
c)
atomic bombs
d)
air power
106.
The United States' plan of "island hopping" in the pacific was to:
a)
get close to drop the atomic bomb on Japan
b)
get close to bomb Japan
c)
get close to invade Japan
d)
none of these
107.
The United Nations was an alliance set up after WW2 to:
a)
protect nations against attacks
b)
avoid more wars
c)
provide aid to countries in need
d)
all of the above
108.
Who began working in the factories when the soldiers went off to war?
a)
The elderly
b)
Children
c)
Japanese Americans
d)
Women
109.
After WW2, the United States and Russia got into a competition, called the:
a)
Korean War
b)
Vietnam War
c)
Cold War
d)
Persian Gulf War
110.
What is the name of the alliance during WWI that included Austria-Hungary, Germany, the Ottoman Empire and Bulgaria?
a)
The Central Powers
b)
The Allied Powers
c)
The Axis Powers
d)
The Entente Powers
111.
What is the name of the alliance during WWI that included Great Britain, France, Russia and later the United States?
a)
The Central Powers
b)
The Axis Powers
c)
Triple Entente
d)
The Western Front
112.
Communism is a system in which ...
a)
people are free
b)
individuals can vote for representatives in government
c)
private businesses own the factories and natural resources and controls the production of goods
d)
the government owns the factories and natural resources; people are not free
113.
Why is the Cold War called a "cold" war?
a)
The areas affected were in the polar regions of the world
b)
The war was fought during winter months only
c)
Leaders of the superpowers were sick with coughs and fevers
d)
There was never direct fighting between the two superpowers
114.
What as the name of the laws that separated the races in America?
a)
Statutes
b)
Segregation
c)
Separation
d)
Salutation
115.
The ________ allowed services that were "separate but equal"?
a)
President
b)
Senate
c)
House
d)
Supreme Court
116.
After Rosa Parks' arrest, leaders of the Civil Rights movement organized the:
a)
Hunger Strikes
b)
Montgomery Bus Boycott
c)
Civil Disobedience
d)
Peaceful Protests
117.
In 1955, Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on the bus. She was:
a)
Celebrated
b)
Congratulated
c)
Arrested
d)
Armed
118.
How were the attacks on September 11 carried out?
a)
terrorist on boat
b)
terrorist on bus
c)
terrorist of planes
d)
what attacks?
119.
How many planes were used in the attack?
a)
6
b)
4
c)
2
d)
5
120.
What buildings were destroyed after 9/11 ?
a)
Willis Tower, Trump Tower, and the Twin Towers
b)
The World Trade Center and the Twin Towers
c)
The World Trade Center, The Pentagon, and the Twin Towers
d)
All Of The Answers Are Correct
121.
How many people were injured after the 9/11 attacks ?
a)
Over 6,000 people
b)
4,584 people
c)
3,000 people
d)
5,555 people
122.
When did 9/11 occur ?
a)
September 21, 2001
b)
September 11, 2001
c)
September 11, 2002
d)
August 11, 2001
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