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WorksheetsUS History MidTerm
Total questions: 43
Worksheet time: 22mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What did Booker T Washington believe would end racism?
a)
People going to church
b)
When African Americans learned a valuable job skill.
c)
Through education
2.
How did W.E.B. DuBois think racism would end?
a)
By people going to church
b)
When African Americans learned a valuable job skill
c)
Through getting an education
3.
What role did the Spanish-American War play in the building of the Panama Canal?
a)
Panama invited the US to build the canal after they saw that the US was a world power
b)
Europe found a good location for a canal to shorten trade routes
c)
The US saw a need for a shortcut, after it took warships too long to get from the Atlantic to Pacific
d)
New inventions made the building of a canal cheaper
4.
What was the purpose of free coinage of silver?
a)
To help farmers pay off debt
b)
To increase the flow of money to help the poor people in the inner city
c)
To stabalize our economy
5.
What is isolationism?
a)
Removing a President from office
b)
Restricting the flow of immigrants into America
c)
The avoidance of foreign affairs
d)
Quarantining cities exposed to bilogical weapons
6.
Why did the U.S. enter WWI?
a)
Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor
b)
The rise of Adolf Hitler in Nazi Germany and his threat of using a nuclear weapon
c)
Zimmerman Note, Moral Obligation, and sinking of Lusitania
d)
Poor treatment of Cubans by Spaniards
7.
This was the name of the peace plan for WWI by President Wilson
a)
Treaty of Paris
b)
Fourteen Points
c)
Treaty of Versailles
d)
19th Amendment
8.
How are the 15th and 19th Amendments similar?
a)
They are both Progressive Amendments
b)
Both deal with citizenship
c)
Both deal with suffrage
d)
They were both passed unanimously
9.
I gave the cross of gold speech, was the prosecutor during the Scope Trial, and ran for President twice. Who am I?
a)
Frankline Roosevelt
b)
Theodore Roosevelt
c)
Woodrow Wilson
d)
William Jennings Bryan
10.
What did Darrow and Bryan argue about during the Scope Trial?
a)
Freedom of Education
b)
Conflict between modernism and traditionalism
c)
Right of the accused
d)
Conflict between value difference in urban and rural communities
11.
I led a campaign against lynchings.
a)
Ida Tarbell
b)
Ida B. Wells
c)
Martin Luther King Jr.
d)
Malcolm X
12.
Which was not a cause of the Dust Bowl?
a)
Drought
b)
Poor Farming techniques
c)
Unemployment
d)
High Winds
13.
What was the focus of Progressives when it came to voting?
a)
Create a direct democracy
b)
Restrict voting to just the wealthy
c)
Get rid of the electoral college
d)
A direct election of senators
14.
How did the government help people settle the Great Plains?
a)
By providing free equipment and materials for building a home
b)
Through the Federal Reserve Act making loans available to settlers
c)
Through the Homestead Act providing free federal land grants
d)
Building railroad stations in each town
15.
Which Amendment was associated with the Temperence Movement, Volstead Act, or Prohibition?
a)
19th
b)
21st
c)
18th
d)
17th
16.
What is the Federal Reserve Act?
a)
Provided better rates on saving accounts
b)
stabilized the banking system
c)
Set up a national currency
d)
Insurance for bank accounts
17.
Why did the Senate refuse to sign the Treaty of Versailles after WWI?
a)
It didn't allow for America to obtain land in Europe
b)
We didn't like how it was too tough on blaming Germany
c)
We didn't want to be part of the League of Nations and be pulled into foreign conflicts
d)
We felt the war was not over
18.
What is popular soverignty?
a)
A rally cry during WWI
b)
The slogan used to recruit troops for the Spanish-American War
c)
Power belongs to the people
d)
Out of many, one
19.
What is realism?
a)
When authors and artists described life in as much realistic detail as possible
b)
A new movie genre
c)
Poetry
20.
Who was not a realism author/artist?
a)
Mark Twain
b)
Upton Sinclair
c)
Horatio Alger
d)
William Howells
21.
Which movement was not a focus of the Progressive movement?
a)
Trust-Busting
b)
Social Gospel Movement
c)
Isolationism
d)
19th Amendment
22.
Which two amendments did the Temperance movement lead to?
a)
18th and 20th
b)
17th and 21st
c)
19th and 26th
d)
18th and 21st
23.
What was the Great Migration?
a)
The movement of people out of the Great Plains
b)
The goal of completing a transcontinental railroad
c)
The movement of black people to the North
d)
The influx of immigrants from Latin America
24.
During this time period many Americans made heavy profits, businesses were continuing towards prosperity and people were not careful with their money. Which decade is this describing?
a)
1910s
b)
1920s
c)
1930s
d)
1940s
25.
Who sank the Lusitania?
a)
The Japanese
b)
German U-Boats
c)
Mexican Navy
d)
Spanish Military
26.
What is nativism?
a)
The desire for a united group of workers
b)
When labor unions dont allow immigrants to join
c)
The dislike of foreigners
d)
The quota system
27.
What is the Open Door Policy?
a)
Allowed the US to intervene in Cuban affairs
b)
Allowed the US to trade with Japan
c)
Allow the US to trade in China
d)
Allow the US to trade in Europe
28.
What is the correct order of events for the Spanish-American War?
a)
Sinking of USS Maine - US acquires Puerto Rico - Spanish American War
b)
Spanish American War - USS Maine Sinks - US acquires Puerto Rico
c)
Sinking of USS Maine - Spanish-American War - US acquires Puerto Rico
d)
US acquires Puerto Rico - Spanish American War - USS main sinks
29.
What did Mother Jones fight against?
a)
The Russians
b)
Apollo Creed
c)
Child Labor
d)
The Dark Side
30.
What is the Platt Amendment?
a)
Stated the US could trade in China
b)
Stated the US could build the Panama Canal
c)
Stated that the US could acquire Hawaii
d)
Stated the US could intervene in Cuban affairs
31.
How did General Pershing help in WWI?
a)
He led troops into the battle of Argonne Forest
b)
Created a system to provide funding for military supplies
c)
He trained troops to be ready to go to war
d)
He worked out a peace deal with Germany
32.
Which author's writings led to the Meat Inspection Act and the Pure Food and Drug Act?
a)
Mark Twain
b)
Upton Sinclair
c)
Joseph Pulitzer
d)
Warren Harding
33.
How did the railroad contribute to the closing of the western frontier?
a)
Led to rapid settlement of great plains
b)
Created too many conflicts with Native Americans
c)
Created too much pollution
d)
Led to corruption in small communities
34.
What were the secret bars called during the Volstead Act?
a)
Saloons
b)
Speakeasies
c)
Anti-Prohibition
d)
Secret Piano
35.
Why were Hawaiians protesting against America?
a)
The US didn't pay them taxes when ships used their ports to refuel
b)
The US forced Hawaii to trade with the US
c)
They were mad about the forced annexation of Hawaii by the US
d)
The Hawaiians wanted to stop selling their pineapples to California
36.
What was the name of the programs under President Harding to get American businesses back to peacetime production?
a)
Return to Normalcy
b)
New Deal
c)
New Frontier
d)
Peacetime Progress
37.
What does E Pluribus Unum mean?
a)
Power to the People
b)
Out of Many, One
c)
America first
d)
Give us your poor
38.
What is Laissez-faire?
a)
When the government stays out of the economy
b)
When the government runs the economy
39.
How did the US change after the Spanish-American War?
a)
We obtained all 50 states
b)
We became the peacekeeper
c)
We became a world power
d)
We became the head of the world court
40.
What did the Federal Trade Commission and Clayton Antitrust Act have in common?
a)
They were both laws violating the Constitution
b)
They both dealt with the stock market
c)
They both fought to end corrupt abusive business practices
d)
Each one became an amendment
41.
When the government breaks up a large business that controlled too much of the market. What is this called?
a)
Monopoly demolition
b)
Free Enterprise
c)
Social Darwinism
d)
Trust Busting
42.
Social Darwinism
a)
Some will be wealthy while others will be poor
b)
Creates a strong civilization
43.
Which amendment wasn't part of the Progressive Movement?
a)
Direct Election of Senators
b)
Federal Income Tax
c)
Lowering voting age to 18
d)
Women's suffrage
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