NEW
Font size
WorksheetsUS History Key Concepts PART 3
Total questions: 26
Worksheet time: 13mins
In the second half of the 1800s, which development led to the other three?
expansion of political machines
growth of American cities
development of tenement housing
increase in crime
In the late 19th century, the ideas of Social Darwinism were used primarily
encourage the passage of compulsory education laws
explain the differences in income between the rich and the poor
urge Congress to end immigration
support the growth of new political parties
During the late 1800s, many United States farmers believed their economic problems would be solved if the federal government would
raise interest rates
outlaw strikes by labor unions
put more money into circulation
regulate the amount of grain that was produced
Following Reconstruction, the passage of Jim Crow laws in the South limited the effectiveness of
the 14th and 15th amendments
the Freedmen’s Bureau
Black Codes
tenant farming and sharecropping
Which statement best expresses a common belief among nativists in the late 1800s and early 1900s?
“Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses.”
“The streets are paved with gold.”
“All immigrants strengthen America.”
“America is for Americans.”
During the late 1800s, an open immigration policy was most strongly supported by
abolitionists
conservationists
yellow journalists
industrialists
In the late 1800s, the term robber baron was used to describe some owners of big businesses primarily because they
favored free trade
eliminated competition using ruthless methods
opposed the formation of corporations
provided workers with high wages
A major cause of antagonism toward the “new immigrants” who came to the United States after 1880 was the belief that they
were better educated than native-born Americans
had a higher standard of living than most Americans
adapted easily to American culture
competed with Americans for jobs as unskilled laborers
What was the primary cause of the trends shown on the graph?
closing of the western frontier
industrialization in the North and the Midwest
passage of the Homestead Act
completion of the transcontinental railroad
Information in the cartoon below most clearly supports the conclusion that by 1914
states along the East Coast had granted full voting rights to women
women could vote only in state elections
most states had approved at least some voting rights for women
complete national suffrage for women had been achieved
The term muckraker was used during the Progressive Era to describe
dissatisfied workers who went on strike
Northerners who went South following the Civil War
investigative journalists who exposed societal problems
women who supported the Prohibition movement
Congress passed the Interstate Commerce Act (1887) and the Sherman Antitrust Act (1890) in response to
foreign influences on the United States economy
public demand for better roads
monopolistic practices that were harmful to small businesses
the failure of federal banks to provide loans to individuals
The Federal Reserve System was created in 1913 to
authorize Congress to set interest rates
regulate the nation’s money supply
allow the government to own the nation’s banks
take over the responsibility of printing money
During the Progressive Era, support for a graduated income tax was based primarily on the
desire of corporations to reduce their taxes
need to raise income from the lower classes
belief that all people should be taxed the same
resentment over the unequal distribution of wealth
Which Progressive Era muckraker’s book led to the passage of the Meat Inspection Act?
Jacob Riis’s How the Other Half Lives
Lincoln Steffens’s The Shame of the Cities
Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle
Frank Norris’s The Octopus
The Granger movement and the formation of the Populist Party were similar in that each was an effort to
end the practice of sharecropping
improve conditions for farmers
provide housing for urban dwellers
increase profits for railroad companies
Based on the information provided by the cartoon, President Theodore Roosevelt’s goal was to
persuade businesses to accept nationalization
assist businesses in resisting interference by investors
establish worker safety regulations in factories
use federal power to control monopolies
During the Cold War Era, the easing of tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union
resulted in
the organization of the Warsaw Pact
the invasion of Hungary and Czechoslovakia
the Berlin Airlift
a treaty banning nuclear tests
What was one similarity between the Red Scare following World War I and the Cold War following World War II?
Fear of communism led to the suppression of the civil liberties of some Americans.
Large numbers of Russian revolutionaries settled in the United States.
Congressional investigations proved that the Federal Government was heavily infiltrated by Communist spies.
Renewed fighting between wartime enemies was a constant threat.
The Truman Doctrine was originally designed to
stop the proliferation of nuclear weapons
contain communism by giving aid to Greece and Turkey
use the United Nations as a tool to eliminate threats posed by the Soviet Union
rebuild Southeast Asia by extending economic aid
President Richard Nixon’s policy of détente is best characterized by his
decision to dismantle the nuclear weapons arsenal of the United States
attempt to reduce tensions with the Soviet Union
order to bomb Cambodia
support for membership in the United Nations for communist countries
The "yellow journalism" of the Spanish-American War and television coverage of the Vietnam War
both illustrate that
government can limit freedom of the press in times of national crisis
the news media can be trusted to portray events accurately
the American people, on the basis of the information they receive, can influence government policy
public opinion is rarely affected by the news media
Which was the most significant problem on the home front during the Civil War, World War I, and the Vietnam War?
subversion by communist organizations
raising sufficient funds to support the war
keeping people informed about the progress of the war
balancing social control and individual liberty
One reason the United States became involved in the Vietnam War was to
prevent the spread of communism in Indochina
reduce French influence in Vietnam
stop China from seizing Vietnam
support the government of North Vietnam
The shelter pictured in this handbook was designed to help Americans survive
global climate changes
pandemic diseases
natural disasters
nuclear war
The "Domino Theory" is attributed to which war?
WWII
Vietnam
WWI
Spanish-American
