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WorksheetsNCFE Practice Test American History II
Total questions: 53
Worksheet time: 28mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
This amendment abolished slavery.
a)
12th
b)
13th
c)
14th
d)
15th
2.
This amendment says all male citizens can now vote.
a)
13th
b)
15th
c)
19th
d)
23rd
3.
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
4.
Segregation means .......
a)
separation based on race
b)
separation based on gender
c)
coming together
d)
get rid of
5.
Which of the following marked the end of Reconstruction in 1877?
a)
development of the sharecropping systems
b)
withdrawal of federal troops in the South
c)
election of a Democratic President
d)
Success of the Freedman's Bureau
6.
During Reconstruction, which of the following did the Southern states enact in order to restrict the rights of the freedmen?
a)
Slave Codes
b)
Civil Rights Laws
c)
Freedman's Bureau Bill
d)
Black Codes
7.
During Reconstruction, which organization oversaw labor contracts, set up schools and helped freed slaves and poor whites find jobs?
a)
Freedman's Bureau
b)
Republican Party
c)
Ku Klux Klan
d)
United States Army
8.
Which law made all people born in the U.S. citizens?
a)
The 13th Amendment
b)
The 14th Amendment
c)
The 15th Amendment
d)
Jim Crow Laws
9.
Which of the following is the idea that it is the United States future to expand?
a)
Checks and Balances
b)
Separation of Powers
c)
Manifest Destiny
d)
Supreme Court
10.
Why did president Kennedy focus US resources on going to the moon.
a)
To gain British allies in the race against the Soviets.
b)
To sieze the oppourtunity to land on the moon because the USSR was in decline.
c)
Wanted to win the race to the moon in the aftermath of the Soviets victory with Sputnik.
d)
Us wanted to colonize the moon to establish a moon base.
11.
What kind of foreign policy does Fredrick Jackson Turners Frontier Thesis suggest as a result of closing the American frontier?
a)
imperialism
b)
isolationism
c)
defense allies
d)
disengagment
12.
What was the great migration?
a)
When the Irish moved from South to North
b)
When large groups of African American's migrated from south to north/north west.
c)
When the Japanese came from the far east to the west.
d)
When the Canadians migrated in droves from North to South
13.
What was Jane Adams motives for founding the hull house?
a)
To provide immigrants with small plots of land.
b)
To Provide immigrants with settlement houses permanently.
c)
To provide immigrants with permanent housing upon their arrival to America.
d)
To provide immigrants with temporary services of shelter, social services, education, an safety
14.
How did the great migration shape American society?
a)
Quota laws were passed to restrict immigrants who were attracted to ethnic neighborhoods.
b)
International works of WWI used migrants to stage strikes to damage factories.
c)
The Irish were subjected to segregation laws in housing.
d)
African Americans were subjected to job discrimination and segregation in housing.
15.
How did the Great Migration change politics in the United States?
a)
African Americans no longer had to face racism.
b)
African Americans voted in increasing numbers.
c)
African Americans dominated the Democratic party.
d)
African Americans were no longer discriminated against politically.
16.
Who had the right to vote after the passing of the 15th amendment?
a)
White males.
b)
Black males.
c)
White and Black males.
d)
All people could vote.
17.
During Eisenhower's speech how did the US involvement in war affect the national economy? (1966)
a)
Corporations took control of the nation's economy.
b)
The communist Party threatened to overthrow capitalism.
c)
Other nations surpassed the US in terms of economis prestige.
d)
The defense industry became a major aspect of the American economy
18.
How did the outbreak of war in Europe in the late 1930s affect US politics?
a)
Decreased arms production.
b)
increased military recruitment.
c)
increased support for isolationist policy.
d)
decreased international trade with Europe.
19.
How as the Harlem Renaissance a turning point for US society?
a)
it allowed african americans to escape the effects of the great depression.
b)
It helped african americans find careers in the south.
c)
it gave expose to african american artists,writers,musicians, and dancers.
d)
It offered preferential treatment to african americans.
20.
Which legislative action did FDR pass that had the greatest affect on the elderly, protecting them from poverty?
a)
establishing minimum wage.
b)
insuring federal deposits.
c)
enactment of social security
d)
building up the suburbs.
21.
What was secretary John Hay trying to protect for the US?
a)
trade with Chinese colonies.
b)
access to military bases
c)
territorial expansion
d)
trade rights in China
22.
Which situation was a result of expanded automobile production and highway construction in the 1950s?
a)
reduced need for manual laborers in the country.
b)
mass migration of african americans to southern cities.
c)
increase of migration from the cities to the suburbs.
d)
growth of sharecropping in the south.
23.
How did economic opportunities encourage the Chinese and Irish to immigrate to the west coast.
a)
cattle drives lacked cow hands
b)
railroads needed builders
c)
oil companies required builders
d)
corporate farms needed hands.
24.
Which government policies did Chief Joseph oppose?
a)
immigration and communal property
b)
discrimination and resettlement
c)
farming and damming
d)
conservation and preservation
25.
How did the Pendleton Civil Service Act affect American politics? (1883)
a)
provided railroad regulation
b)
Ended pratronage in the hiring of government employees.
c)
ended campaign conributions
d)
required govv employees to pass a drug screen
26.
What practices stopped due to the passing of anti-trust laws. (1904)
a)
donations to charaties
b)
intimidations
c)
using wealth to gain political office.
d)
price-fixing
27.
According to MLK how did the US benefit from the labor movement and raise the standard of living? (1961)
a)
women could spend time at home raising their kids.
b)
equal opportunity ended segregatin
c)
people has more money to spend which resulted in economic growth.
d)
US could not fave the challenges of a global market.
28.
How did political bosses in cities affect the lives of immigrants in the late 1800s?
a)
political machines exploited immigrants buying their votes for favors, jobs, and housing.
b)
immigrants created ethnic neighborhoods.
c)
political bosses were outnumbered and immigrants seized control.
d)
immigrants joined anarchists and socialists starting a movement against them.
29.
Which is most consistent with civil disobedience?
a)
Race riots broke out in LA.
b)
SNCC advocated for black power.
c)
Greensboro 4 staged a sit in at Woolworth's.
d)
Malcolm X made a speech about the positive good.
30.
How did the Progressive Era reforms affect the distribution of power in government?
a)
US senators were elected by the people instead of the state.
b)
President was elected by the electoral college rather than by the electoral college.
c)
federal government took responsibility for highway systems.
d)
federal government ook over food and medicine and granted power to regulate to the states.
31.
Why was the League of Nations provision unacceptable in the Treaty of Versailles to the US?
a)
required payment of war reparations.
b)
oligate foreign aide to adversarial nations.
c)
perceived as a threat to US sovereignty.
d)
committed to the US to global decolonization
32.
How did the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution affect US military involvement in Vietnam?
a)
Used to declare war on China and Vietnam.
b)
Prevented the president from using force in Vietnam.
c)
Nixon brought an end to the war in Vietnam.
d)
POTUS Johnson increased US activities without the consent of congress.
33.
What was the impact of World War II on American Politics?
a)
President announced American neutrality.
b)
reduced military spending.
c)
congress enacted free market reforms to boost the faltering economy.
d)
US pursued containment policies to prevent the spread of communism.
34.
How did television reporting on the Vietnam war affect American public opinion?
a)
trade with Asian countries because national ideals.
b)
The people thought the Americans heroes and romanticized about the war.
c)
the US people had great support for an anticommunist policy.
d)
It generated anti-war sentiment and massive protests.
35.
Which explains the growth of labor unions in the United States during the industrial revolution?
a)
The Sherman Anti-Trust Act proved to be ineffective.
b)
Worked sought to increase their pay and better their work conditions.
c)
business encouraged laborers to unionize.
d)
gov encouraged collective bargaining of railroad workers.
36.
How did Brown v Board of Education change the role of government in public education?
a)
prevented congress from making laws that affected public education.
b)
Limited the state government to create seperate educational facilities for males and females.
c)
overturned arbitrary limits and restrictions imposed on education by state and local gov.
d)
gave local boards of education the right to censor school related activities.
37.
Which statement is consistent with the increased power of the federal government under the Social Security Act (1935)
a)
citizens were given jobs.
b)
Veterans were given health care, education, and housing.
c)
individuals who could not provide for themselves were given financial aide by the Gov.
d)
housing facilities were built to assist those who lost their house in the dust bowl.
38.
Which is consistent with the eventual response to Executive Order 9066?
a)
The federal gov increased taxes to pay for the relocation of Japanese Americans
b)
The federal gov apologized to the Japanese Americans who were interned and paid reparation
c)
The federal gov gave hiring preferances to Japanese -Americans.
d)
Japanese Americans were granted graduate school admissions.
39.
How did social Darwinism affect the social class structure of the late 1800s?
a)
allowed wealthy to defend gap between rich and poor.
b)
allowed immigrants to achieve the American dream.
c)
supported trust-busting
d)
supported gov welfare programs for the needy.
40.
Why did Muckrakers encourage progressive reforms? (1906)
a)
They wanted specific bills passed in congress.
b)
sought change in dangerous and illegal practices in US industries.
c)
tried to elected particular office candidates.
d)
Wanted to draw attention the unfair practices of the banking industry.
41.
How did World War II affect the workforce in the US?
a)
Prisoners were released early to support the war industries.
b)
Unemployment rates rose to unprecedented levels.
c)
works wages and salaries were reduced to help fund the military.
d)
woman filled vacancies in the workforce created by men going to war.
42.
How did Upton Sinclair novel, The Jungle influence the role of federal government?
a)
outlawed unsafe working conditions in factories.
b)
lost it's power to regulate interstate affairs.
c)
Began to regulate the food industry.
d)
established labor unions.
43.
How did Herbert Hoover intend to resolve economic depression in the US?
a)
by citizens and business working together.
b)
by providing welfare to citizens
c)
by assuming responsibility for employment.
d)
by industry and gov collaborating.
44.
During this time period people began traveling in large numbers shortly after the Civil War. They were looking for land, new opportunities and gold!
a)
The Western Frontier
b)
The Gilded Age
c)
The Great Migration
d)
The Roaring 20s
45.
This was the period when America grew as a world and industrial power. Mark Twain coined the term to reflect that on the surface, America was becoming a land of wealth and new technology, but underneath was a nation of poverty.
a)
Industrialization
b)
The Gilded Age
c)
The Roaring 20's
d)
The Harlem Renaissance
46.
During this time period the US wanted to RETURN TO NORMALCY going back to how things were before the war. We became ISOLATIONIST.
a)
Imperialism
b)
WWI
c)
WWII
d)
The Roaring 20's
47.
During this period America became a world power, we expand our global influence, acquired territories for raw materials, and markets for our products. When the US as a stronger country took over weaker countries.
a)
Progressivism
b)
Industrialization
c)
Populism
d)
Imperialism
48.
The four main causes for WWI
a)
M.A.I.N.
b)
Franz Ferdinand
c)
Zimmerman Telegram.
d)
Lussitania
49.
Why did WWII start?
a)
Hitler violated the Treaty of Versailles.
b)
The Russian violated the Nazi-Soviet Attack
c)
Attack on Pearl Harbor
d)
Attacks at the Bay of Pigs
50.
Why did the US join the fight in WWII?
a)
Attack on Pearl Harbor
b)
Attack at Midway
c)
Attack at Leyte Gulf
d)
Attack at Hiroshima
51.
This time period is known as ________ a time when American was desperate to contain the spread of communism!
a)
The Hot War
b)
The Vietnam War
c)
The Korean War
d)
The Cold War
52.
After the cold war at the end of the 20th century came what era?
a)
the 1950 - 1960s
b)
The Space Race
c)
The Modern Era
d)
The 21st Century.
53.
What was the range of dates for the civil rights movement?
a)
1930-1940
b)
1950-1960
c)
1960-1970
d)
1850-1900
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