WorksheetsUS History Chapters 12-17
Total questions: 24
Worksheet time: 12mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What was the period during which the United States began to rebuild after the Civil War, from 1865-1877
a)
Freedman's Bureau
b)
Black Codes
c)
Reconstruction
d)
The wrong answer
2.
What four states moved toward readmission to the Union, under Lincoln's terms?
a)
Arkansas, Louisiana, Tennessee, and Virginia
b)
Arkansas, Kansas, Alabama, Virginia
c)
Tennessee, Kentucky, Virginia, Florida
d)
Minnesota, California, New Hampshire, Oregon
3.
Assisted former slaves and poor whites in the South by distributing clothing and food...
a)
Reconstruction
b)
Freedman's Bureau
c)
Black Codes
d)
Home Rule
4.
What amendment states that no one can be kept from voting because of "race, color, or previous condition of servitude."
a)
16
b)
11
c)
33
d)
15
5.
Who was the leader of the Hunkpapa Sioux?
a)
Sitting Bull
b)
Tecumseh
c)
Blue Jacket
d)
Wilt Chamberlain
6.
What is another name for a dugout, sod home that was warm in the winter and cool during the summer?
a)
Teepee
b)
Wig-wom
c)
Skyscraper
d)
Soddy
7.
An organization for farmers that became popularly known as a Grange?
a)
True
b)
False
8.
Railroad companies and investors created what farms that were enormous single-crop spreads of 15,000-50,000 acres.
a)
Bunker
b)
Bonanza
c)
Exortion
d)
Pig and cow
9.
Who invented the telegraph?
a)
Christopher Sholes
b)
Russell Westbrook
c)
Alexander Graham Bell
d)
Thomas Edison
10.
What is the act of uniting or combining called?
a)
Consolidation
b)
Social Darwinism
c)
Growth
d)
Labor
Labor Unions
Labor Unions
11.
Who led the Cigar Makers' International Union to join with other craft unions in 1886?
a)
Samuel L. Jackson
b)
Samuel Gompers
c)
John D. Rockefeller
d)
Fetty Wap
12.
Factory workers in most industries worked 13 hours a day and 7 days a week.
a)
False
b)
True
13.
A mixture of people of different cultures and races who blended together by abandoning their native customs and languages?
a)
Mixing Pot
b)
Melting Container
c)
Mixing Container
d)
Melting Pot
14.
William M. Tweed was given a nickname, what was it?
a)
Tweedman
b)
Tweedy
c)
Boss Tweed
d)
Tweed Boss
15.
What were community centers in slum neighborhoods that provided assistance to help people in the area?
a)
Settlement Homes
b)
Las Casas
c)
The Houses
d)
The Slummy h
16.
The giving of government jobs to people who had helped a candidate get elected
a)
Patriotism
b)
Patronage
17.
In 1870, only 25 American cities had populations of 50,000 or greater; by 1890 how many cities made that claim?
a)
26
b)
112
c)
76
d)
58
18.
In 1890-1891, what architect designed the ten-story Wainwright Building in St. Louis?
a)
Daniel Burnham
b)
George Eastman
c)
Mr Nott
d)
Louis Sullivan
19.
In 1888, George Eastman sold his camera, The Kodak, for how much money?
a)
$10
b)
$25
c)
100 pesos
d)
400 Euros
20.
By 1910, about 12 percent of African Americans between ages 15-19 attended high school.
a)
False
b)
True
21.
Prohibition, the banning of alcoholic beverages
a)
True
b)
False
22.
Due to dangerous conditions, low wages, and long hours female industrial workers did what?
a)
Pushed for reforms
b)
Went on strike
c)
Quit
d)
Continued their life
23.
Upton Sinclair wrote what book about the meatpacking industry?
a)
The Place
b)
The Packer
c)
The Jungle
d)
The Horror
24.
What did NAACP stand for?
a)
National Acapella Association of Corresponding Parties
b)
No Astronauts At Concert Practice
c)
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
d)
National Academy of Arts at Courts Plus
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