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U.S. History Mid-Term Exam

Total questions: 59

Worksheet time: 33mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
 How did Railroads impact the economy during this time?
a)
Moved raw materials (steel, lumber, coal) to factories 
b)
Used to make artillery and weapons
c)
Provided money for other industries
d)
Materials were more expensive and quicker to ship
2.
Describe JP Morgan 
a)
Powerful banker & art collector
b)
Had a monopoly of oil industry
c)
Owned a steel monopoly
d)
Built buildings in NY city
3.
Define a monopoly.
a)
A card game
b)
businesses that are owned by investors
c)
A company controls all or most of businesses in an industry.
d)
Poor families
4.
Describe John D. Rockefeller.
a)
Built a steel empire
b)
powerful banker
c)
Owned Standard Oil Company 
d)
Had a steel Monopoly
5.
Why was Thomas Edison such a big deal?
a)
Great Scientist-cured Polio
b)
Great Inventor - improved electric light 
c)
Great Doctor - invented liver transplant
d)
Great Teacher - taught social studies
6.
What were some problems that the people in factories encountered?
a)
long hours, good pay
b)
Low wages, long hours, dangerous
c)
dangerous, long hours, good pay
d)
low wages, good hours. dangerous
7.
How did Andrew Carnegie make his money?
a)
Oil
b)
Steel
c)
Banking
d)
Railroad
8.

the movement of 6 million African-Americans out of the rural Southern United States to the urban Northeast, Midwest, and West was called

a)

Harlem Renaissance

b)

Great Migration

c)

Great Move

d)

Trail of Tears

9.

Ellis Island was:

a)

the immigration processing center on the West Coast

b)

the immigration processing center on the East Coast

c)

Where prisoners of war were sent on the West Coast

d)

Where prisoners of war were sent on the East Coast

10.

Angel Island was:

a)

the immigration processing center on the West Coast

b)

the immigration processing center on the East Coast

c)

Where prisoners of war were sent on the West Coast

d)

Where prisoners of war were sent on the East Coast

11.

The party that wanted to Increase government regulations on industries (end Laissez-Faire), end political corruption (ie, Spoils System), promote laws for safety in the workplace and use modern thinking and science to promote society was called

a)

Populists

b)

Progressives

c)

Democrats

d)

Republicans

12.

Progressive authors and journalists that exposed corruption in trusts/monopolies, politics, workplace safety, and food production were called

a)

Populists

b)

Pencil Pusher

c)

Mud Slinger

d)

Muckrakers

13.

Factory owners could pay what group less than they paid other groups and get away with it?

a)

women

b)

children

c)

men

d)

African Americans

14.

Business tycoons who profited unfairly by cheating and mistreating their workers were called

a)

Lucky Few

b)

Movers and Shakers

c)

Robber Barons

d)

Industrial Owners

15.

Process in which citizens put a proposed new law directly on the ballot to be voted on by the citizens is called

a)

17th Amendment

b)

19th Amendment

c)

ballot reform

d)

initiatives

16.

Process in which US Senators are directly elected by the citizens

a)

17th Amendment

b)

19th Amendment

c)

initiative

d)

Voter's Choice

17.

Women's’ Suffrage was achieved through

a)

17th Amendment

b)

19th Amendment

c)

inititative

d)

Women's Rights Movement

18.

Suffrage is

a)

the right to own slaves

b)

the right to vote

c)

the right to separate but equal facilities

d)

the right to run for office

19.

The president who decreased Laissez Faire by increasing government regulations and created the FDA and Meat Inspection Act after reading “The Jungle” was

a)

T. Roosevelt

b)

W. Wilson

c)

J. Lawrence

d)

D. Ellington

20.
Henry Ford’s main contribution to the US industry was the idea of the assembly line and __________.
a)
automobile
b)
mass production
c)
sports car
d)
transportation
21.
The wealthy often give away a portion of their earnings to good causes.  This practice is known as...
a)
a monopoly.
b)
philanthropy.
c)
economics.
d)
laissez-faire.
22.
The inventor of the telephone in 1876 was
a)
Thomas Edison
b)
Nicola Tesla
c)
Alexander Graham Bell
d)
Eli Whitney
23.
one of the most famous and successful railroad consolidators
a)
time zones
b)
James J. Hill
c)
Cornelius Vanderbilt
d)
Jay Gould
24.
In business, the theory of "Survival of the Fittest" is also known as what?
a)
Citizen Evolution
b)
Industrial Selection
c)
Social Darwinism
d)
Social Evolution
25.
Which law tried to prevent a monopoly from being formed?
a)
Parker Brothers Law
b)
Roosevelt Trust Buster
c)
Sherman Anti-Trust Act
d)
Anti-Labor Laws
26.
Which famous industrialist invented the assembly line to produce automobiles?
a)
Nicola Tesla
b)
Louis Chevrolet
c)
Rudolf Diesel
d)
Henry Ford
27.
Which famous Union Leader ran for President 5 times, once from a jail cell?
a)
William Jennings Bryan
b)
Woodrow Wilson
c)
Eugene Debs
d)
Samuel Gompers
28.
In The Jungle, Upton Sinclair exposed
a)
Dangers faced by coal miners
b)
Corrupt business practices of the Standard Oil Company
c)
Unsanitary conditions in the meat-packing industry
d)
Illegal deals between special interests and the government
29.
Which of the following best states the goal of prohibitionists?
a)
To eliminate the sale of alcohol to children
b)
To eliminate the use of alcohol in society
c)
To reduce accidents in the workplace
d)
To reduce the availability of alcohol to minors
30.
Which idea of Theodore Roosevelt’s led to the creation of National Parks?
a)
Meat Inspection Act
b)
Preservation
c)
Conservation
d)
Intimidation
31.
Who wrote the expose piece of literature that revealed the extensive corrupt monopolistic business practices of Standard Oil?
a)
Ida Tarbell
b)
Lewis Hines 
c)
Jacob Riis
d)
Upton Sinclair
32.
Which of the following is a Recall?
a)
People have the right to choose who will run for President
b)
People have the right to remove an elected official from office
c)
People have the right to propose a new law
d)
People have the right to vote on any law passed by their government for approval/veto
33.
Banned people from making, drinking or selling alcohol
a)
17th Amendment
b)
18th Amendment
c)
19th Amendment
d)
21st Amendment
34.
The Sherman anti-trust act was passed to
a)
break up monopolies
b)
give equal rights to women
c)
help people living in poverty
d)
end racism
35.
Progressive reformers, or muckrakers  known for taking photographs to expose unsafe or unsanitary conditions
a)
Ida Tarbell and Upton Sinclair
b)
WEB DuBois and Booker T Washington
c)
Jacob Riis and Lewis Hine
d)
Alice Paul and Carrie Catt
36.
Which of the following is a Referendum?
a)
People have the right to remove an elected official from office
b)
People have the right to choose who will run for President
c)
People have the right to propose their own law
d)
Any law passed by the government can be voted on for approval or veto by the people
37.
The founder of the Tuskegee Institute and head of the African Americans community
a)
Booker T. Washington
b)
George Washington Carver
c)
W.E.B Dubois
d)
Upton Sinclair
38.
The Progressive movement attempted to solve the problems of?
a)
The Gilded Age
b)
The Civil War
c)
World War I
d)
Civil Rights
39.
Direct election of US Senators = Which amendment?
a)
16
b)
17
c)
18
d)
19
40.
Income Tax = which amendment?
a)
17
b)
16
c)
19
41.
A movement trying to improve our nation by moving forward and preceding step by step
a)
Progressive
b)
Reform
c)
Era
d)
Chapter
42.
The primary goal of the NAACP was:
a)
Voting rights for women
b)
Better working conditions
c)
Regulation of banks
d)
Equality among the races
43.
The United States desire to grow and expand outside of its borders by taking control of territory is known as what?
a)
Manifest Destiny
b)
Imperialism
c)
Nativism
d)
Mobilization
44.
Americans desire to become an imperialist nation began as early as 1854. Which territory became a U.S. state by 1898 after a successful overthrow of its Queen in 1893?
a)
Guam
b)
Hawaii
c)
Philippine Islands
d)
Alaska
45.
Americans desire to annex Hawaii as a territory were based on two reasons: Naval Base to protect Pacific territories and trade and what other reason? 
a)
A canal to gain easier passage between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.
b)
To repay the British people for their help in the Civil War.
c)
Sugar Plantations
d)
Coal Mining and Railroads
46.
Who gained fame for his leadership of the volunteer infantry group known as the Rough Riders in the Spanish American War?
a)
Teddy Roosevelt
b)
William McKinley
c)
John Hay
d)
Valeraino Weyler
47.
What was the name of the major battle fought in Cuba at the end of the Spanish American War?
a)
Battle of Las Guasimas
b)
Battle at Daquiri
c)
Battle of San Juan Heights
d)
Battle of the Bulge
48.
"I have always been fond of the West African proverb: Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far". 
Who said the above quote in support of American imperialism? 
a)
Teddy Roosevelt
b)
Woodrow Wilson
c)
William Howard Taft
d)
Leonard Wood
49.
Yellow Journalists were:
a)
writers who exposed period problems in hopes of achieving reform
b)
writers who wrote in yellow to bring attention to Spanish abuses
c)
newspaper reporters and illustrators who exaggerated stories in order to sell newspapers and fuel a war with Spain
d)
writers who opposed American imperialism and aimed to keep America neutral
50.
President McKinley and the American people were finally convinced to wage war against the Spanish after the mysterious explosion of the
a)
HMS Beagle
b)
USS Olympia
c)
Spanish Armada
d)
USS Maine
51.
After the war, the U.S. gained control of
a)
Puerto Rico
b)
Spain
c)
Midway Islands
d)
Texas
52.
As a result of the Spanish- American War, the US became a political power in -- 
a)
the Hawaiian islands 
b)
the Panama Canal Zone 
c)
the Central Powers Alliance 
d)
the Philippines, Guam, and Puerto Rico 
53.
Which country was granted independence in the Treaty of Paris of 1898?
a)
Guam
b)
Cuba
c)
Philippines 
d)
Puerto Rico
54.
What is the Panama Canal?
a)
a northwest passage through Canada
b)
a waterway through northern Egypt
c)
A waterway connecting the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans through Panama
d)
A river that runs through Panama
55.
Why did the U.S build the Panama Canal?
a)
to reduce travel time
b)
to speed up trade
c)
to protect from invaders
d)
for fishing
56.
List the events in chronological order? 
I. Rough Riders fight in Cuba
II. Guam and Puerto Rico become part of the US 
III. Sinking of the USS Maine 
IV. Liberation of Cuba
a)
I, II, III, IV
b)
IV, I, II, III
c)
I, III, IV, II
d)
III, I, IV, II
57.
The doctrine that a country should stay out of foreign affairs. 
a)
Imperialism 
b)
Isolationism 
c)
Nationalism 
d)
Militarism 
58.
The passing of what piece of United States legislation sparked the Boxer Rebellion?
a)
the Platt Amendment
b)
the Monroe Doctrine
c)
the Open Door Policy
d)
the Chinese Exclusion Act
59.
Many Americans remembered the Spanish American War as...
a)
"A most devastating war"
b)
"A splendid little war"
c)
"A perfect war"
d)
"A war of words"

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