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WorksheetsFinal Exam review
Total questions: 118
Worksheet time: 2hrs 33mins
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Class
Date
1.
What amendment abolished slavery?
a)
13th
b)
14th
c)
15th
d)
16th
2.
The 13th Amendment of the United States Constitution...
a)
guarantees African Americans free speech
b)
Outlawed slavery in the United States
c)
gave African Americans the right to vote
d)
rejoined the South and the North
3.
The 14th Amendment of the United States Constitution...
a)
Gave African Americans citizenship
b)
Gave African Americans the right to vote
c)
Freed the slaves
d)
Gave landowners the right to sharecrop
4.
The 15th Amendment of the United States Constitution...
a)
Gave African Americans the right to own businesses
b)
Freed the Slaves
c)
Gave African Americans the right to vote
d)
Forced African Americans back into slavery
5.
Which of the following was not a goal of Reconstruction?
a)
Reunite the North and the South
b)
Rebuild the South
c)
Develop the system of sharecropping
d)
Determine what to do with African Americans
6.
Who assassinated President Abraham Lincoln?
a)
Nathan Bedford Forrest
b)
John Wilkes Booth
c)
Henry Clay
d)
John Breckinridge
7.
Which of the following was not a part of the Freedman's Bureau?
a)
Helped reconnecting slaves with their families
b)
Helped create African American Colleges
c)
Helped feed slaves
d)
Forced African Americans to become sharecroppers
8.
What group in Congress felt that Lincoln's plan was too lenient?
a)
Deciduous Democrats
b)
Radical Republicans
c)
Wistful Whigs
d)
Fancy Federalists
9.
Northerners who went south after the Civil War to make large profits from the destruction in the south were called
a)
Scalawags
b)
Ku Klux Klan
c)
Carpetbaggers
d)
Sharecroppers
10.
Which of the following definitions apply to “impeach”?
a)
To remove an official from office
b)
To charge an official with a crime.
c)
To arrest an official for crimes.
d)
To put an official on trial for “mis-behavior in the White House”
11.
Laws passed by southern states soon after the Compromise of 1877. These laws legalized segregation whites and blacks to use separate facilities.
a)
Jim Crow Laws
b)
Black Codes
c)
Freedman's Bureau
d)
Reconstruction
12.
These were laws that made it illegal for African Americans to live or work in certain areas and allowed whites to arrest African Americans who were not working. Once arrested they would be forced to work for white landowners.
a)
Freedman's Bureau
b)
Reconstruction
c)
Black Codes
d)
Jim Crow Laws
13.
The process of rebuilding the South after the Civil War.
a)
Reconstruction
b)
Freedman's Bureau
c)
Black Codes
d)
Jim Crow Laws
14.
Made African Americans citizens.
a)
13th Amendment
b)
14th Amendment
c)
15th Amendment
d)
19th Amendment
15.
Guaranteed all men the right to vote no matter their race.
a)
13th Amendment
b)
14th Amendment
c)
15th Amendment
d)
19th Amendment
16.
Abolished slavery throughout the United States.
a)
13th Amendment
b)
14th Amendment
c)
15th Amendment
d)
19th Amendment
17.
Abraham Lincoln's plan for Reconstruction was known as:
a)
Wade-Davis Bill
b)
14th Amendment
c)
Ten Percent Plan
d)
Radical Republican Reunification
18.
The President that Congress tried to impeach during Reconstruction was:
a)
Andrew Johnson
b)
Abraham Lincoln
c)
Ulysses S. Grant
d)
Richard Nixon
19.
Groups like the Ku Klux Klan that formed during Reconstruction helped freed slaves and worked to protect their rights.
a)
True
b)
False
20.
All of the following resulted from the end of Reconstruction EXCEPT:
a)
Ku Klux Klan is founded
b)
Jim Crow laws were passed to segregate blacks from whites and place other limits on their rights.
c)
Sharecropping becomes the dominant economy in the South
d)
Blacks continued to enjoy increased freedoms and equality
21.
After an electoral dispute, it was agreed that Rutherford B. Hayes would become President if he ended Reconstruction. This is often referred to as:
a)
Radical Election
b)
Compromise of 1877
c)
The corrupt bargain
d)
Illegal compromise
22.
What impact did the railroads have on Native Americans?
a)
the railroads helped the NA move east
b)
Native Americans got jobs on the railroads
c)
the railroads limited their land and decreased their food supple and resources
d)
the railroads increased the amount of land the NA had
23.
What was the cause of a town becoming a ghost town?
a)
the gold runs out in the local mine
b)
the railroad moves its station away from the town
c)
A & B
d)
none of the above
24.
Which of the following is not a way the railroad increased agricultural trade?
a)
Farmers used the railroads to get their crops to market
b)
Ranchers used the railroads to get their cattle to processing centers
c)
NA profited from cash crops brought in by the railroads
d)
Factories in the east profited from cash crops brought in by the railroads
25.
What was the effect of the Transcontinental Railroad?
a)
Became a more efficient form of transportation for settlers
b)
Increased trade between the east and west and boosted the economy
c)
Polluted the air and the natural environment
d)
All of the above
26.
What did the westward expansion offer for former slaves?
a)
food
b)
wealth
c)
land
d)
a new beginning and freedom
27.
What invention helped prevent cattle from escaping?
a)
bean picker
b)
barbed wire
c)
steel plow
d)
windmills
28.
Which of the following are true for the Native Americans? Select ALL that are true.
a)
Land was owned and used for homes and towns
b)
Lived in tribes
c)
Believed the natural world like plants, animals, and rivers was sacred
d)
Used the land for profit and material gain
e)
Believed that land should be protected
29.
The belief that the U.S. was meant to control land from the Atlantic to the Pacific is known as:
a)
the Monroe Doctrine
b)
The Louisiana Purchase
c)
Manifest Destiny
d)
The Jackson Action
30.
An oil tycoon who made deals with railroads to increase his profits
a)
Andrew Carnegie
b)
Cornelius Vanderbilt
c)
Thomas Edison
d)
John D. Rockefeller
31.
A steel tycoon who used vertical integration to increase his power
a)
Thomas Edison
b)
Andrew Carnegie
c)
John D. Rockefeller
d)
JP Morgan
32.
First of the “Robber Barons” who made his fortune in railroads
a)
John D. Rockefeller
b)
Andrew Carnegie
c)
Cornelius Vanderbilt
d)
JP Morgan
33.
Exclusive control by one company over an entire industry
a)
monopoly
b)
trust
c)
sweatshop
d)
Social Darwinism
34.
A group of companies that are placed under the ⋇⋇control by a board of electors ⋇⋇in order to form a monopoly
a)
sweatshop
b)
child labor
c)
monopoly
d)
trust
35.
This man was known for his success in consolidating the railroads
a)
John D. Rockefeller
b)
Andrew Carnegie
c)
Cornelius Vanderbilt
d)
Gustavus Swift
36.
What is a Captain of Industry?
a)
a powerful industrialist who uses his wealth in a positive way
b)
a powerful industrialist who steers a ship
c)
A hardworking supervisor in a large factory
d)
a powerful industrialist who uses his wealth in a negative way
37.
In this political cartoon, how do monopolies (like Standard Oil Trust) impact competition?
a)
Competition is encouraged by monopolies
b)
competition is prevented by monopolies
c)
there is no impact
d)
I don't know whats happening here
38.
Steel changed people's lives in making possible the...
a)
Building of Skyscrapers
b)
Establishment of Time Zones
c)
Development of Electricity
d)
Use of Kerosene
39.
A monopoly is the total or complete control of a service, product or industry. Unfortunately for consumers, this prevents _______________.
a)
Unions
b)
Capitalism
c)
Competition
d)
regulation
40.
When someone buys stock in a company, what they're really doing is
a)
selling the product to the consumer
b)
buying the product the company is selling
c)
investing in the company leading to partial ownership of the company
d)
Monopolizing the industry
41.
Which of the following was not a reason for population growth in the US during the late 1800s?
a)
Large Families
b)
Flood of immigrants moving to the US
c)
Better living conditions allowed more children to survive to adulthood
d)
People residing in rural areas
42.
What is a main reason immigrants came to the US in the late 1800s and early 1900s?
a)
Did NOT want religious freedom
b)
Hoped for economic opportunity (to make money)
c)
Wanted LESS diversity
d)
Wanted to live more simply
43.
What challenges did immigrants face in the US?
a)
They caught diseases
b)
Had trouble learning the language/faced prejudice
c)
Uncomfortable in the large homes in the US
d)
Difficult to study for the citizenship test
44.
Where were most immigrants from between 1870 - 1920?
a)
China
b)
Canada
c)
Mexico, Cuba, Puerto Rico
d)
Europe
45.
Immigrants from Europe came here first. They were taken by ferry boat here.
a)
Angel Island
b)
Ellis Island
46.
What was the west coast version of Ellis Island?
a)
San Fransisco Bay
b)
Heaven Island
c)
Angel Island
d)
Asian Island
47.
Give examples of immigrant "push" factors.
a)
Promise of a better life
b)
War or religious persecution
c)
Religious Freedom
d)
Religious Freedom
48.
Give example of immigrant pull factors?
a)
Overpopulation
b)
Political Persecution
c)
Abundance of Land & job opportunities
d)
War
49.
What is an immigrant?
a)
a person who enjoys traveling for vacation
b)
a person who travels on business trips
c)
a person who leaves their home country to settle in a new country
50.
Why did immigrants often live in neighborhoods with others from their homelands?
a)
It was illegal to live anywhere else
b)
They didn't want to be in the US
c)
It made their adjustment to their new life easier
d)
No other housing was avaliable
51.
Why did "Americans" discriminate against the Chinese?
a)
There owned all the businesses in California
b)
They had a lot of money when they came to U.S.
c)
They opened too many restaurants
d)
They held onto their culture (language, food, clothing) & they thought they would take their jobs
52.
Where did most immigrants live?
a)
Most lived in farming communities
b)
Most lived in the suburbs
c)
Most lived in big cities
d)
Most lived around lakes
53.
Which was NOT a reason for the growth of cities?
a)
Increase in immigrants
b)
Native American assimilation
c)
Movement of Americans from rural to urban areas
d)
Industrial growth
54.
What is the growth of cities?
a)
immigration
b)
emigration
c)
urbanization
d)
assimilation
55.
What was a crowded, urban, run-down building with small, cheap apartments.
a)
Tenement
b)
Political Machine
c)
Angel Island
d)
Homestead
56.
Which word does NOT describe immigrant living conditions?
a)
Crowded
b)
Dirty
c)
Elegant
d)
Shared Space
57.
Political Machines gained power by focusing on the needs of -
a)
Women
b)
Children
c)
American Indians
d)
Immigrants
58.
What amendment provided suffrage for women (1920)?
a)
16th
b)
17th
c)
18th
d)
19th
59.
Whose book led to the direct passage of the Meat Inspection Act and indirect of the Pure Food and Drug Acts?
a)
Jacob Riis
b)
Lewis Hines
c)
Ida Tarbell
d)
Upton Sinclair
60.
What anti monopoly law made all"combinations, contracts, and conspiracies" that restrained free trade illegal (1890)?
a)
Interstate Commerce Act
b)
Sherman Antitrust Act
c)
Clayton Antitrust Act
d)
Keller-Cefauver Act
61.
Who was the person who founded the settlement house (Hull House) for the Assimilation and Americanization of the immigrant poor?
a)
Elixabeth Cady Stanton
b)
Jane Addams
c)
Susan B. Anthony
d)
Belle Starr
62.
Who advocated for African Americans to take on menial jobs and earn the respect of white America with hard work ?
a)
WEB Du Bois
b)
Marcus Garvey
c)
Booker T. Washington
d)
Nat Turner
63.
Which Progressive President used Big Stick Diplomacy and was known as a Trust buster?
a)
Teddy Roosevelt
b)
Taft
c)
Woodrow Wilson
d)
Luke Skywalker
64.
Who was the leader of the American Federation of Labor (AFL)?
a)
Eugene Debs
b)
Jacob Riis
c)
Samuel Gompers
d)
Upton Sinclair
65.
This person helped to found the NAACP
a)
Ida B Wells
b)
Booker T Washington
c)
W E B DuBois
d)
Martin Luther King Jr.
66.
Which long-awaited goal of the women’s rights movement was achieved during the Progressive Era?
a)
the right to vote
b)
the right to own property
c)
equal pay for equal work
d)
equal access to employment and education
67.
Writers that dig up the bad things going on in society
a)
Suffragists
b)
Muckrakers
c)
Students
d)
Chaffinators
68.
This was created to allow women to vote nationally
a)
17th Amendment
b)
18th Amendment
c)
19th Amendment
d)
21st Amendment
69.
Banned people from making, drinking or selling alcohol
a)
17th Amendment
b)
18th Amendment
c)
19th Amendment
d)
21st Amendment
70.
The banning of alcohol.
a)
Institution
b)
Referendum
c)
Principal
d)
Prohibition
71.
Who was the photographer who revealed to the world how the lower class lived?
a)
Alexander Bell
b)
Jacob Riis
c)
Upton Sinclair
d)
Theodore Roosevelt
72.
Leader of the women's suffrage movement and instrumental in getting the 19th Amendment passed
a)
Susan B. Anthony
b)
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
c)
Upton Sinclair
d)
Theodore Roosevelt
73.
Inventor of the telephone
a)
Alexander Graham Bell
b)
Thomas Edison
c)
Jan Matzeliger
d)
George Eastman
74.
Inventor of the electric light bulb
a)
Thomas Edison
b)
Alexander Graham Bell
c)
Henry Ford
d)
Wright Brothers
75.
Inventors of the flying machine
a)
Henry Ford
b)
Wright Brothers
c)
Thomas Edison
d)
Alexander Graham Bell
76.
Perfected the assembly line and mass production
a)
Henry Ford
b)
Jan Matzeliger
c)
Alexander Graham Bell
d)
George Eastman
77.
Workplace disaster that led to the creation of safety standards in factories
a)
Prohibition
b)
Triangle shirtwaist fire
c)
The Jungle
d)
Homestead Strike
78.
Labor Union that fought for better wages, shorter hours, and better work conditions
a)
American Federation of Labor (AFL)
b)
NAACP
c)
Temperance Movement
d)
United Auto Workers
79.
Movement to ban alcohol in the United States
a)
Temperance Movement
b)
18th Amendment
c)
21st Amendment
d)
Prohibition
80.
Corrupt organizations that used illegal tactics and fear to get their candidates elected to office
a)
Progressives
b)
Political Machines
c)
Prohibition
d)
Populists
81.
Results of the progressive movement included
a)
Laws on child labor
b)
Shorter work days and higher pay
c)
Better living conditions in cities
d)
All of these
82.
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
83.
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
84.
What was the cause of the conflict between Cuba and Spain?
a)
Cuba wanted to enslave Spain
b)
Spain wanted to convert the Cuban government to communism
c)
Spain wanted to turn Cuba into a sugar can colony
d)
Cuba wanted independence from Spain
85.
What term describes building an empire by conquering other nations?
a)
Isolationism
b)
Repubicanism
c)
Militarism
d)
Imperialism
86.
Which territory did the United States NOT take as a territory and gave them independence?
a)
Puerto Rico
b)
Guam
c)
Philippines
d)
Cuba
87.
What was the United States warship called that exploded killing over 200 American sailors?
a)
U S Maine
b)
USS Maine
c)
USS Maybe
d)
US Maritime
88.
Yellow Journalism is....
a)
The Loudoun Sun Times
b)
Exaggerated News Reports
c)
Yellow Paper Reports
d)
Nonfiction News Reports
89.
What was a result of Yellow Journalism?
a)
Economic growth for the readers
b)
Public opinion for the war increased
c)
Public outcry against the war increased.
d)
US won the Spanish American War
90.
What did the Roosevelt Corollary add to?
a)
The Phillippines
b)
Monroe Doctrine
c)
Roosevelt Doctrine
d)
President Monroe's wish list
91.
Forcing other nations to do as Roosevelt wanted was called...
a)
Big Gun Diplomacy
b)
Big Roosevelt Diplomacy
c)
Big Stick Policy
d)
Big Stick Score
92.
The United States acquired the territory shaded in green during the Spanish-American War. The name of that territory is
a)
Cuba
b)
Japan
c)
Philippines
d)
Spain
93.
Whose favorite proverb was "Speak softly and carry a big stick?
a)
Theodore Roosevelt
b)
Woodrow Wilson
c)
William McKinley
d)
James Manroe
94.
Who was president during the Spanish American War?
a)
Lincoln
b)
McKinley
c)
Roosevelt
d)
Wilson
95.
This word means pride in one's country; it was a cause of WWI.
a)
Militarism
b)
Alliances
c)
Nationalism
d)
Imperialism
96.
This word means strengthening a country's military; it's a cause of World War I.
a)
Nationalism
b)
Militarism
c)
Alliances
d)
Imperialism
97.
This word means seeking other colonies; it was a cause of World War I.
a)
Militarism
b)
Imperialism
c)
Alliances
d)
Nationalism
98.
This word means support for different sides during war; there were the Allied and Central powers during WWI.
a)
Nationalism
b)
Imperialism
c)
Alliances
d)
Militarism
99.
World War I began in ____ and ended in _____.
a)
1914, 1917
b)
1917, 1918
c)
1914, 1918
100.
Germany used their U-boats to sink ships of the Allied powers; this British passenger liner was destroyed in 1917.
a)
Lusitania
b)
USS Maine
101.
The United States entered WWI in what year?
a)
1914
b)
1915
c)
1916
d)
1917
102.
Who won WWI?
a)
Allied powers
b)
Central Powers
103.
What was signed in 1919 to end WWI?
a)
Treaty of Versailles
b)
Treaty of Paris
c)
Treaty of World Wars
104.
Germany had to pay $33 billion dollars in _______________.
a)
land
b)
military
c)
reparations
105.
Germany also had to ______ their military.
a)
disarm
b)
disband
c)
give up
106.
Germany also had to take ______ for the war.
a)
a hit
b)
blame
c)
one for the team
107.
WWI sets the stage for the rise of what German leader?
a)
FDR
b)
Adolf Hitler
c)
Winston Churchill
108.
Russia, Great Britain, and France were all ?
a)
Besties
b)
Alliances
c)
Enemies
d)
Entente
109.
What sparked World War I?
a)
Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
b)
Assassination of Archduke Marmaduke
c)
Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdahand
d)
Assassination of Archduke Kaiser Wilhelm
110.
Russia, Great Britain, and France were all part of the
a)
Allied Powers
b)
Central Powers
c)
Axis Powers
d)
Neutral Powers
111.
Germany, Austria-Hungary, and the Ottoman Empire were all a part of the
a)
Central Powers
b)
Allied Powers
c)
Axis Powers
d)
Neutral Powers
112.
What country was neutral at the beginning of the war?
a)
France
b)
United States
c)
Russia
d)
Germany
113.
What type of fighting was used in WWI?
a)
Guerrilla Warfare
b)
Total Warfare
c)
Subwarfare
d)
Trench Warfare
114.
What new technology sank allied and neutral supply ships?
a)
Dreadnoughts
b)
U-Boats
c)
Airplanes
115.
What answer is NOT a reason why America joined WWI?
a)
Zimmerman Telegram
b)
Unrestricted Subwarfare
c)
Member of the allies
d)
Lusitania sinking
116.
In what ways did women help with the war effort at home?
a)
Worked in factories and conservation
b)
Joined the Army
c)
Drive tanks and Airplanes
d)
Join the American Red Cross
117.
Which 14 point did Wilson create to prevent future wars?
a)
League of Nations
b)
No secret alliances
c)
Removal of economic barriers
d)
Absolute freedom of seas
118.
What nation did not sign the Treaty of Versailles?
a)
France
b)
Great Britain
c)
United States
d)
Germany
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