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1.
1860: Secession!
a)
Abraham Lincoln is elected president and the South, led by 8th graders, secedes from the planet.
b)
Abraham Lincoln is elected president and the South, led by South Carolina, secedes from the Union.
c)
Abraham Lincoln is elected president and the South, led by Texas, secedes from the Union.
d)
Abraham Lincoln is elected president and all 8th graders have to behave and be nice to their teachers. Forever.
2.
The poster shown was created following the passage of what 1850 law?
a)
Abolitionist Act
b)
Fugitive Slave Law
c)
Slave Law of 1825
d)
Freedom Act
3.
This law allowed slavery to expand in the West through popular sovereignty.
a)
Missouri Compromise
b)
Fugitive Slave Act
c)
Kansas Nebraska Act
d)
Dred Scott Case
4.
A consequence of the Kansas-Nebraska Act was:
a)
violence between pro-slavery and abolitionist groups
b)
gold was discovered in Nebraska
c)
John Brown led a slave revolt
d)
Dred Scott sued for his freedom
5.
A result of Abraham Lincoln winning the 1860 presidential election was:
a)
7 southern states seceded to form the Confederacy
b)
President Buchanan threatened to invade South Carolina
c)
Senator Sumner was beaten on the Senate floor
d)
the border states sided with the Confederacy
6.
How did southerners react to UNCLE TOM'S CABIN?
a)
They felt the book showed the "true" south.
b)
Believed it was propaganda designed to show the south in a negative light.
c)
They gathered in rallies protesting & demanded the book be burned.
d)
They felt it was not worth their attention.
7.
What Court Case would match these headlines?
a)
McCulloch v. Maryland
b)
Dred Scott v. Sandford
c)
Worcester v. Georgia
d)
Gibbons v. Ogden
8.
Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation changed the focus of the war, declaring that
a)
A. all slaves in the South free
b)
B. all slaves in the US freed
c)
C. slaves in the Union free
d)
D. all slaves in the West free
9.
What did the North call this strategy to blockade the South's coastline and gain control of the Mississippi River?
a)
Anaconda Plan
b)
Rattlesnake Plan
c)
Scorpion Plan
d)
Scott's Blockade Plan
10.
What was a major advantage of the South during the Civil War?
a)
heavy industrial development
b)
a network of railway lines to transport supplies and troops
c)
superior military leadership
d)
an alliance with Britain and France
11.
Who was the the President of the Confederacy?
a)
Jefferson Davis
b)
Robert E. Lee
c)
Ulysses S. Grant
d)
Abraham Lincoln
12.
Which battle was the turning point of the war?
a)
Kansas- Nebraska Act
b)
The Battle of Vicksburg
c)
Fort Sumter
d)
The Battle of Gettysburg
13.
Which three amendments impacted the ending of slavery?
a)
4th, 5th, and 6th
b)
1st, 2nd, and 3rd
c)
7th, 8th, and 9th
d)
13th, 14th, and 15th
14.
Who was the person who founded the settlement house (Hull House) for the Assimilation and Americanization of the immigrant poor?
a)
Elixabeth Cady Stanton
b)
Jane Addams
c)
Susan B. Anthony
d)
Belle Starr
15.
Which amendment abolished slavery?
a)
13th
b)
14th
c)
15th
d)
19th
16.
According to Booker T. Washington, what would help African Americans gain equality?
a)
Learning skills and trades
b)
Holding protests and strikes
c)
Attending meetings and elections
d)
Working longer and harder
17.
What Supreme Court case ruled "separate but equal" was legal?
a)
Redskins vs Giants
b)
Aylor vs Byrd
c)
Brown vs Board of Education
d)
Plessy vs Ferguson
18.
Broken houses, men in hoods and robes going into homes and showing their weapons, men beaten terribly...
These issues demonstrate what?
These issues demonstrate what?
a)
economic problems for African Americans
b)
Social problems faced by African Americans during Reconstruction
c)
A response to show Lincoln how much he was hated
19.
What was the significance of Jim Crow laws in the South?
a)
made Black Codes unconstitutional
b)
limited effectiveness of the 14th & 15th amendment
c)
encouraged tenant farming and sharecropping
20.
Educational opportunities and creating a judicial system that was fair to both black and white, was part of what?
a)
Sharecropping Plan
b)
Emancipation Proclamation
c)
Freedmen's Bureau
21.
The Confederate states needing to be readmitted to the Union was part of ...?
a)
Civil War
b)
Westward Expansion
c)
Age of Reform
d)
Reconstruction
22.
Which industrialist is best known for his work in the steel industry?
a)
Charles Lindberg
b)
Andrew Carnegie
c)
John Rockefeller
23.
Which industrialist is best known for his work in the oil industry?
a)
George Bush
b)
Charles Koch
c)
John Rockefeller
24.
Which group of people most likely inspired the creation of this 1893 cartoon?
a)
Union Leaders
b)
Philanthropists
c)
Nativists
d)
Political Bosses
25.
One way the U.S. government responded to the problems caused by the conditions in this list was by--
a)
passing the Interstate Commerce Act
b)
implementing the silver standard for currency
c)
creating a federal jobs program for the unemployed
d)
establishing a new tax on capital gains
26.
Technological development most revolutionized US steel industry?
a)
Electrification
b)
Vulcanization
c)
Steam power
d)
Bessemer Process
27.
How did vertical integration benefit companies such as Carnegie Steel?
a)
Allowed labor unions to participate in decision-making
b)
Controlled the phases of production and distribution
c)
Invested in health and education of employees
d)
Included local politicians on boards of directors
28.
Who was the leader of the AFL?
a)
Samuel Gompers
b)
Eugene V. Debs
c)
J.P. Morgan
d)
Jay Gould
29.
Term where the strongest, most clever, most efficient business will survive and the weak businesses will die out.
a)
Social Darwinism
b)
Sherman AntiTrust
c)
Economies of Scale
d)
Holding companies
30.
"New Immigrants" came from
a)
Northern and Western Europe
b)
Canada and Latin America
c)
Southern and Eastern Europe
d)
China and Southeast Asia
31.
The photo demonstrates one of the problems with
a)
overcrowding urban tenements.
b)
labor union activism in urban areas.
c)
the overproduction of consumer goods.
d)
the growth of political machines.
32.
The business practice described in the quote eventually led to the enactment of legislation that--
a)
guaranteed public access to corporate records
b)
protected consumers by prohibiting monopolies
c)
protected domestic industries from foreign competition
d)
required reciprocity agreements between state governments
33.
This type of monopoly involves companies buying all of the similar companies (Standard Oil)
a)
Horizontal Integration
b)
Vertical Integration
34.
Which of the following is true regarding W.E.B. Du Bois and Booker T. Washington?
a)
They worked together to overturn Jim Crow laws in the South.
b)
They disagreed over how blacks should achieve equality with whites.
c)
They rejected the United States and moved to Ghana.
d)
They argued that African Americans should demand full and immediate equality.
35.
Which of the following was a result of the Chinese Exclusion Act in 1882?
a)
It prohibited immigration by Chinese laborers.
b)
It blocked Chinese immigrants from settling in cities.
c)
It banned the speaking of the Chinese language in America.
d)
It took back citizenship rights of Chinese born in America.
36.
Where did most immigrants enter America during the Gilded Age?
a)
Angel Island
b)
Ellis Island
c)
Chicago
d)
Washington DC
37.
Main topic of William Jennings Bryan's 1896 Cross of Gold Speech?
a)
Fighting growing influence of business trusts
b)
Changing government's monetary policy
c)
Ending tax-free status of religious institutions
d)
Providing federal aid to poor families
38.
Based on your knowledge of the Second Industrial Revolution in the United States, what statement is this cartoon making?
a)
The federal government is ruining the oil industry by placing too many restrictions and regulations on business owners.
b)
The oil industry is thriving due to a healthy working relationship with the federal government.
c)
The owner of Standard Oil has too much power and influence over the federal government.
d)
Emissions from oil refineries are polluting the air and harming the environment.
39.
Both the Sherman Antitrust Act and the Clayton Antitrust Act were passed in response to the problem of
a)
companies refusing to hire minority workers
b)
businesses choosing to hire illegal immigrants
c)
unsafe working conditions in factories
d)
business combinations limiting competition
40.
Members of which group most likely to belong to Populist Party?
a)
Anarchists
b)
Farmers
c)
Industrialists
d)
Immigrants
41.
Which of following most closely associated with Populist Party?
a)
Jane Addams
b)
William Jennings Bryan
c)
Eugene Debs
d)
Samuel Gompers
42.
Main goal of most muckraking journalists?
a)
Gain fame through articles of high popular interest
b)
Expose socioeconomic problems in need of political attention
c)
Increase public awareness of America's great potential
d)
End corrupt relationships between politicians and big business
43.
Jacob Riis, Jane Addams, and Margaret Sanger are most closely associated with efforts to...
a)
educate and train formerly enslaved persons
b)
preserve the natural environment
c)
advance the interests of organized labor
d)
improve conditions for the poor
44.
One way in which the Chinese Exclusion Act, the Gentlemen’s Agreement, and the National Origins Act were similar is that all were expressions of
a)
imperialism
b)
nativism
c)
militarism
d)
Manifest Destiny
45.
Belief that guided President Teddy Roosevelt's efforts as trustbuster?
a)
Government needed to protect women and children in workplace
b)
City governments were incapable of fighting corruption
c)
Labor unions posed serious threat to country's economic stability
d)
Business monopolies harmful to public interest
46.
What name was given to the journalists who exposed the public to corruption in the workplace during the Progressive Era?
a)
Yellow journalists
b)
Muckrakers
c)
Moguls
d)
Socialists
47.
What impact did Upton Sinclair's novel "The Jungle" have on American society?
a)
Made Americans yearn for adventure in the jungle
b)
Helped sway public opinion to pass the meat inspection act
c)
Gave Americans empathy for the Bears in the Jungle
d)
Do you know where you are? You are in the jungle
48.
What amendment provided suffrage for women (1920)?
a)
16th
b)
17th
c)
18th
d)
19th
49.
Who argued that America needed to develop a strong navy?
a)
Theodore Roosevelt
b)
Franklin Roosevelt
c)
Alfred Thayer Mahan
d)
Grover Cleveland
50.
Americans overthrew the queen of this island and made it a state due to its value to missionaries and fruit plantation owners
a)
Guam
b)
Puerto Rico
c)
Hawaii
d)
Philippines
51.
What is the type of sensational reporting where writers exaggerated or even invented stories?
a)
muckraking
b)
yellow journalism
c)
journalism
d)
paparazzi
52.
Policy in which a stronger nation controls a weaker territory
a)
Nationalism
b)
Imperialism
c)
Isolationism
d)
Domination
53.
asserted the United States’ right to intervene in Cuban affairs at any time
a)
Platt Amendment
b)
Roosevelt Corollary
c)
Big Stick Diplomacy
d)
Open Door Policy
54.
What was the American policy characterized in this cartoon?
a)
Open Door Policy
b)
Mutually Assured Destruction
c)
Dollar Diplomacy
d)
Truman Doctrine
55.
According to this cartoon, who suffered most during the Gilded Age?
a)
The Wealthy
b)
The Working Class
c)
The Child Laborers
d)
The Minority Populations
56.
Bryan's Cross of Gold Speech depicted here supported what economic policy?
a)
Bimetallism
b)
The Gold Standard
c)
Creation of the Federal Reserve
d)
Creating more Greenbacks
57.
During what era would this cartoon have been created?
a)
Federalist Era
b)
Antebellum Era
c)
Reconstruction Era
d)
Progressive Era
58.
This cartoon is showing what American Foreign Policy during Teddy Roosevelt's Administration?
a)
Big Stick Policy
b)
Dollar Diplomacy
c)
Moral Diplomacy
d)
Containment Policy
59.
WWI might have only involved two countries, Austria Hungary and Serbia. What changed that?
a)
imperialism
b)
propaganda
c)
alliance system
d)
trench warfare
60.
This was a German offer of an alliance with Mexico.
a)
Sedition Act
b)
Zimmerman Note
c)
Sussex Pledge
d)
Fourteen Point
61.
Desolate area between opposing sides trenches
a)
No man's land
b)
Everyone's land
c)
Dead space
d)
Time zone
62.
Heir to the Austro-Hungarian Empire, is shot to death along with his wife by a Serbian nationalist in Sarajevo, Bosnia.
a)
Archduke Franz Ferdinand
b)
President Obama
c)
Woodrow Wilson
d)
Herm Edwards
63.
What British ship got sunk in 1915?
a)
Lusitania
b)
USS Maine
c)
Disney Cruise Ship
d)
Titanic
64.
Large numbers of ____________ were recruited into jobs vacated by men who had gone to fight in the war.
a)
Women
b)
Children
c)
Single Men
d)
Immigrants
65.
Is a United States Supreme Court case concerning enforcement of the Espionage Act of 1917 during World War I.
a)
Plessey vs Furgeson
b)
Brown vs. The Board of Education
c)
Schenck v. United States
d)
Texas vs. Johnson
66.
What choice best defines the term "Red Scare"
a)
fear of Germans
b)
fear of communism
c)
fear of U.S. involvement in foreign affairs
d)
fear of losing the war
67.
President Wilson's ideas to keep world peace where outlined in his _____________.
a)
Fourteen Points
b)
League of Nations
c)
Zimmerman Note
d)
Sussex Pledge
68.
Which event of the 1920s best reflects the conflict in American society between science and religion?
a)
Scopes trial
b)
Red Scare
c)
Quota Acts
d)
Sacco and Vanzetti
69.
What was a major result of Prohibition in the United States during the 1920s?
a)
Restrictions on immigration
b)
Increase in organized crime
c)
growth of communism
d)
destruction of family values
70.
leader of the “back to Africa” movement
a)
Bessie Smith
b)
Duke Ellington
c)
Langston Hughes
d)
Marcus Garvey
71.
Independent women of the 1920s who cut their hair short, work makeup and lipstick and wore short skirts were known as
a)
Reds
b)
suffragettes
c)
the KKK
d)
flappers
72.
An illegal bar set up to sell alcohol during the 1920's was called a
a)
jazz club
b)
speakeasy
c)
dance hall
d)
flag waver
73.
The Harlem Renaissance can best be described as:
a)
The time period in which African Americans joined the war effort during World War I
b)
A time period when African Americans came to the city to look for jobs
c)
A time period in which African Americans fought against the discrimination in New York City
d)
A time period where African Americans celebrated their culture and roots through music, art, and literature
74.
Which of the following was a major cause of the Great Depression?
a)
overproduction and underconsumption
b)
a decrease in the supply of consumer goods
c)
an increase in demand for imported products
d)
an increase in the price of wheat on the world market
75.
How did "bank runs" impact the American people during the Great Depression?
a)
Banks eventually ran out of money to loan, and people's life savings were gone.
b)
Banks made loans throughout the Great Depression, helping people pays bills until they could find work.
c)
Banks were able to people's deposits safe, but they could not loan out any more money.
d)
Banks were not at all involved in the Great Depression because people did not use them.
76.
FDR addressed the American public in weekly broadcasts known as:
a)
FDR Hour
b)
Hangin' With Franklin
c)
Fireside Chats
d)
Around the Fire
77.
The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) and the Works Progress Administration (WPA) were both New Deal programs developed to address the problem of
a)
excessive stock market speculation
b)
high unemployment
c)
increased use of credit
d)
limited income of senior citizens
78.
The TVA is significant because it hired people to
a)
deliver food to the poverty-stricken Dust Bowl residents
b)
build dams and generators that provided electricity
c)
work on farms to help stabilize agriculture
d)
publish important facts about businesses
79.
Insurance created for the unemployed, disabled, elderly, and dependent children
a)
Tennessee Valley Authority
b)
Agricultural Adjustment Program
c)
Social Security Act
d)
Civilian Conservation Corps
80.
Most historians identify the beginning of the Great Depression as
a)
the 1929 Stock Market Crash
b)
The passage of the 21st Amendment
c)
The beginning of prohibition
d)
The Treaty of Versailles
81.
The Dust Bowl devastated what part of the U.S. during the Great Depression?
a)
West Coast
b)
New England
c)
Deep South
d)
Great Plains
82.
What was the secret project created to build an atomic bomb called.
a)
Los Alamos
b)
Manhattan Project
c)
Site Y
d)
Nuclear Project
83.
What was the purpose of the Lend-Lease Act?
a)
Giving aid to the Allies without joining the war
b)
Giving aid to the Axis without joining the war
c)
Sending troops to fight in Europe
d)
Helping China fight the Soviets
84.
Who were the Tuskegee Airmen?
a)
African Americans who served in the military
b)
Native Americans who served in the military
c)
German Americans who served in the military
d)
Japanese Americans who served in the military
85.
This U.S. war poster is MOST likely referring to
a)
recycling
b)
war bonds
c)
rationing
d)
offer rides to strangers
86.
A. Philip Randolph was the founder of what group?
a)
Smith-Randolph Anti Strike Act Organization
b)
Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters
c)
Tuskegee Airmen
d)
WAAC
87.
Nazi leaders were charged as war criminals
a)
House Unamerican Acts Committee
b)
Executive Order 9066
c)
Battle of Leyte Gulf
d)
Nuremberg Trials
88.
The successful Allied invasion of France was known as
a)
Battle of Midway
b)
Battle of the Bulge
c)
D-Day
d)
Battle of El Alamein
89.
What was the mutual defense alliance of non comminist nations?
a)
NATO
b)
Warsaw Pact
c)
Truman Doctrine
d)
Open Skies
90.
What program aided the rebuilding of Western Europe?
a)
Truman Doctrine
b)
NATO
c)
Warsaw Pact
d)
Marshall Plan
91.
The Truman Doctrine's main goal was to:
a)
Contain communism
b)
Provide weapons to democratic countries
c)
Destroy communism
d)
Provide collective security
92.
What country was the head of the Warsaw Pact?
a)
Germany
b)
Soviet Union
c)
China
d)
North Korea
93.
What was the Iron Curtain?
a)
the boundary between Western Europe and communist Eastern Europe
b)
the boundary between the United States and Mexico
c)
the boundary between the United States and Mexico
d)
the wall dividing East and West Berlin
94.
For what crime were Julius and Ethel Rosenberg found guilty and put to death?
a)
perjury
b)
murder
c)
espionage
d)
embezzlement
95.
One of the benefits that the GI Bill of Rights offered to returning veterans was ___.
a)
counseling
b)
low-interest loans
c)
free homes
d)
government jobs
96.
What action caused the Cuban Missile Crisis?
a)
The Soviet Union placed missiles in Cuba that could be used against the U.S.
b)
The U.S. placed missiles in Cuba to be used again the Soviet Union
97.
This was a military operation in the late 1940s that brought food and other needed goods into West Berlin by air after the government of East Germany, which surrounded West Berlin, had cutoff its supply routes.
a)
The Berlin Convoy
b)
Operation Market Garden
c)
Operation Schildkrote
d)
The Berlin Airlift
98.
Which U.S. Supreme Court case is the subject of the excerpt above?
a)
Sweatt v. Painter
b)
Plessy v. Ferguson
c)
Hernandez v. Texas
d)
Brown v. Board of Education
99.
After the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was passed, it was no longer legal to
a)
let African Americans ride the bus.
b)
deny someone of a job because of their race.
c)
fire someone for not doing their job.
d)
kick someone out of the military.
100.
Who traveled south to test whether buses were integrating or not?
a)
Freedom Writers
b)
Freedom Riders
c)
Freedom Tarcs
d)
Freedom Tacos
101.
A movement among African Americans that many critics believed was a call to violent action and that created a split in the civil rights movement.
a)
Black Power
b)
Bloody Sunday
c)
sit-ins
d)
Nation of Islam
102.
A leader in the black community who fought for African-American equality; in his twenties, he became an Islamic minister and gained a following—he often made news because of his controversial statements.
a)
Malcolm X
b)
Thurgood Marshall
c)
Martin Luther King Jr.
d)
James Meredith
103.
Literacy tests & poll taxes were used in the South to keep African Americans from doing what?
a)
voting
b)
serving in the military
c)
moving north
d)
getting an education
104.
Segregation caused by private action & not legislation
a)
de facto segregation
b)
de jure segregation
c)
affirmative action
d)
ex post facto segregation
105.
The idea that if South Vietnam fell to communism, other nations would soon follow...
a)
Vietnamization
b)
Communism
c)
Domino Theory
d)
Imperialism
106.
The ________ were communist rebels in South Vietnam.
a)
Japan
b)
Veitcong
c)
Soviet Union
d)
Germany
107.
What event caused a negative shift in U.S. public opinion during the Vietnam War?
a)
The Geneva Accords
b)
Operation Rolling Thunder
c)
The Tet Offensive
d)
Gulf of Tonkin
108.
The result of the discrepancy in government and television reports concerning the Vietnam War?
a)
Apathy towards gov't issues
b)
Greater support for the President
c)
Growing support for the war
d)
Credibility Gap
109.
Shifting the burden of actual combat from American troops to S. Vietnamese forces.
a)
Vietminization
b)
Vietcong
c)
Internationalism
d)
Linkage
110.
Johnson's domestic program was called
a)
New Deal
b)
Square Deal
c)
Welfare
d)
Great Society
111.
All of the following were goals of the Great Society EXCEPT
a)
the elimination of poverty
b)
political reform
c)
aid to public education
d)
medical care for older Americans
112.
Which term describe's President Nixon's policy of easing tensions with communist nations such as the Soviet Union and China?
a)
containment
b)
detente
c)
Peace through Strength
d)
Domino Theory
113.
The 1970's energy crisis resulted from an oil embargo and price manipulations by-
a)
OPEC
b)
NATO
c)
United Nations
d)
NAFTA
114.
What peace agreement stopped years of fighting in the Middle East between Egypt and Israel?
a)
Camp David Accords
b)
Fourteen Points
c)
Treaty of Versailles
d)
Marshall Plan
115.
Revolutionaries in the country of ___________ held Americans hostage for 444 days to protest U.S. support for their overthrown leader.
a)
Iraq
b)
Nicaragua
c)
Iran
d)
Israel
116.
What characterizes Reaganomics/supply-side economics?
a)
low taxes, less business regulation
b)
high taxes, more spending on welfare
c)
low tariffs, expansion of free trade
d)
high taxes, more business regulations
117.
What did Phyllis Schlafly oppose because she believed it would harm women who wanted to live traditional lifestyles?
a)
Equal Rights Amendment
b)
Nineteenth Amendment
c)
Voting Rights Act
d)
Social Security Act
118.
What do NAFTA and the WTO promote?
a)
nationalism
b)
international free trade
c)
appeasement
d)
communism
119.
Who was responsible for the attacks on the New York Trade Center and the Pentagon on September 11, 2001?
a)
the terrorist organization, Al Qaeda
b)
Iraq's dictator, Saddam Hussein
c)
Japan's military leader Hideki Tojo
d)
Nazi Germany
120.
What law expanded the powers of law enforcement agencies when using surveillance against suspected terrorists?
a)
USA PATRIOT Act
b)
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act
c)
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
d)
War Powers Act
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