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WorksheetsUS I Final Review
Total questions: 117
Worksheet time: 1hrs 3mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Who won the 1st Battle of Bull Run?
a)
Union
b)
Confederates
c)
Draw
2.
Which of the following was an advantage that the Union had?
a)
Smarter Generals
b)
Defensive Strategy
c)
More Troops
d)
Highly Motivated
3.
Who was the leading general of the Confederate army?
a)
Grant
b)
Lee
c)
Jackson
d)
McClellan
4.
What amendment abolishes slavery?
a)
13th
b)
14th
c)
15th
d)
10th
5.
What battle was the single bloodiest battle in US history?
a)
Antietam
b)
Shiloh
c)
Gettysburg
d)
Vicksburg
6.
What Union general is known for his march to the sea?
a)
Grant
b)
Sherman
c)
Lee
d)
Jackson
7.
Who won the Civil War?
a)
Union
b)
Confederates
8.
Where did the south finally surrender unconditionally?
a)
Antietam
b)
Gettysburg
c)
Richmond
d)
Appomatox
9.
The economy in the northern part of the United States was ________ and depended on manufacturing.
a)
agricultural
b)
industrial
c)
union
10.
The President during the Civil War was ______________________.
a)
Thomas Jefferson
b)
Abraham Lincoln
c)
Henry Clay
d)
Robert E. Lee
11.
The place where Confederate cannons opened fire thus starting the Civil War
a)
Sherman's March to Sea
b)
Gettysburg
c)
Atlanta Campaign
d)
Fort Sumter
12.
What was Sherman's strategy of total war?
a)
destroying all civilian and military resources
b)
killing prisoners of war
c)
attacking from land and sea
d)
killing all the slaves in the south
13.
Who gave the Gettsyburg address speech?
a)
Katelyn BOSS
b)
Ulysess S. Grant
c)
Abraham Lincoln
d)
Victoria Alexander
14.
The Emancipation Proclamation
a)
freed all of the slaves in the Union.
b)
freed the slaves in the Confederate States that were still in a state of rebellion against the Union.
c)
freed all of the black soldiers and gave them a piece of farmland.
d)
freed all of the slaves Union.
15.
The Union gained total control of the Mississippi River at
a)
Vicksburg
b)
New Orleans
c)
Shiloh
d)
Savannah
16.
Which was NOT part of the Anaconda Plan?
a)
assassinate the Confederate President
b)
capture the Mississippi River
c)
naval blockade
d)
capture Richmond
17.
What battle is considered the turning point?
a)
Gettysburg
b)
Appomattox
c)
Antietam
d)
Atlanta
18.
Lincoln's main goal at the start of the war
a)
preserve the Union
b)
free the slaves
c)
capture Jefferson Davis
d)
punish slave owners
19.
I started the American Red Cross. Who am I?
a)
Harriet Tubman
b)
Clara Barton
20.
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
21.
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
22.
Who assassinated President Abraham Lincoln?
a)
Nathan Bedford Forrest
b)
John Wilkes Booth
c)
Henry Clay
d)
John Breckinridge
23.
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
24.
What problem did many farmers have under the sharecropping system?
a)
They were forced to grow cash crops instead of food.
b)
They often were trapped in a cycle or circle of debt.
c)
Many sharecroppers were forced to buy goods on credit.
d)
All choices are true.
25.
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
26.
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
27.
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
28.
The process of rebuilding the South after the Civil War.
a)
Reconstruction
b)
Freedman's Bureau
c)
Black Codes
d)
Jim Crow Laws
29.
The House of Representatives tried to get rid of President Andrew Johnson by doing what to him:
a)
impeaching him
b)
killing him
c)
bribing him to leave
d)
trying to get him out in the next election
30.
Abraham Lincoln's plan for Reconstruction was known as:
a)
Wade-Davis Bill
b)
14th Amendment
c)
Ten Percent Plan
d)
Radical Republican Reunification
31.
Groups like the Ku Klux Klan that formed during Reconstruction helped freed slaves and worked to protect their rights.
a)
True
b)
False
32.
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
33.
In the late 1800s, what strategy was used by landowners in the South to maintain labor forces for their farms?
a)
using seasonal migrant workers to harvest and plant crops
b)
hiring immigrants who had been farmers in their home countries
c)
selling parts of their lands to investors from northern states
d)
entering into sharecropping agreements with former slaves
34.
What was the nickname for a white Southerner who supported Radical Reconstruction?
a)
Carpetbagger
b)
Freedman
c)
Scalawag
d)
Sharecropper
35.
What group in Congress felt that Lincoln's plan was too lenient?
a)
Deciduous Democrats
b)
Radical Republicans
c)
Wistful Whigs
d)
Fancy Federalists
36.
Andrew Johnson was impeached by the House of Representatives, but the Senate
a)
merely voted to censor him.
b)
refused to take a vote.
c)
failed to convict him by one vote.
d)
dead locked and couldn't reach an agreement.
37.
The Reconstruction Era officially ended in South Carolina when:
a)
Ulysses S. Grant was elected as President.
b)
President Hayes withdrew Federal troops from Columbia.
President Hayes withdrew Federal troops from Columbia.
c)
Democrats gained control of Congress.
d)
the "Red Shirt" campaign for governor began.
38.
The members of Congress battled with both presidents because they felt that the Presidential Reconstruction Plans:
a)
were too focused on helping the freed African slaves, but not on helping the poor, white farmers.
b)
were too strict to allow the Union to ever be reunited as it was prior to the Civil War.
c)
were too lenient on the Southern states that had rebelled against the Union.
d)
were created too quickly without consulting the former leaders of the Confederate states.
39.
Which of the following describes Abraham Lincoln's "10 percent" plan?
a)
A Confederate state could re-enter the Union whenever it repaid 10 percent of the damages that were suffered in the state during the Civil War
b)
A Confederate state could re-enter the Union 10 percent of the states already included in the United States agreed that it could enter.
c)
A Confederate state could re-enter the Union only if it agreed that it would be given 10 percent less representation in the federal government than it had prior to the Civil War
d)
A Confederate state could re-enter the Union whenever 10 percent of its voters took a vow of allegiance to the United States
40.
US president who ended Reconstruction.
a)
Abe Lincoln
b)
Rutherford B Hayes
c)
Ulysses S Grant
d)
Andrew Johnson
41.
Leader of the Radical Republicans.
a)
Thaddeus Stevens
b)
Rutherford B Hayes
c)
Ulysses S Grant
d)
Andrew Johnson
42.
War general who became the 3rd president during Reconstruction.
a)
Abe Lincoln
b)
Rutherford B Hayes
c)
Ulysses S Grant
d)
Andrew Johnson
43.
(3a) During the election of 1876-who won the majority of the popular Vote?
a)
Samuel Tilden
b)
Rutherford Hayes
c)
Ulysses Grant
d)
Henry Wheeler
44.
(3b) Which best explains how Hayes eventually won the election of 1876?
a)
He was helped by Republicans in Congress
b)
He won the majority of the popular vote
c)
The 12th Amendment effectively made him President
d)
He was chosen by the Supreme Court
45.
(4) How did the results of the election of 1876 lead to the Compromise of 1877?
a)
republicans felt they needed to make a deal with southern democrats who were threatening rebellion because they thought republicans had stolen the election
b)
republicans wanted to end reconstruction and knew they had to make a deal with the democrats to do so
c)
democrats wanted to ensure they won the presidency in 1880 so they made a deal with the republicans letting them win in 1776 if the republicans let them win in 1880
46.
(5) What was the compromise of 1877?
a)
an agreement made between Republicans and Democrats that allowed Hayes to become President , if the republicans ended reconstruction & remove military from the south
b)
an agreement between Hayes and Tilden that allowed Hayes to become President if Tilden could be his Vice President
c)
an agreement between republicans and democrats that made Tilden President, but allowed Reconstruction to continue in the South
47.
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
48.
Which of the following was a social effect of westward expansion on the Native Americans?
a)
NA could not get enough supplies and this lef to poverty
b)
NA were forced to live on reservations, which separated from white pioneers
c)
NA could no longer access the rich mineral deposits found in the Black Hills
d)
NA culture became widely accepted by white settlers
49.
Why did settlers move to the Great Plains?
a)
They were looking for gold.
b)
They were hoping to farm the rich land found there.
c)
They liked the towns found there.
d)
They wanted a factory job there.
50.
What act gave 160 acres to any family who would linve on the land and farm it for 5 years?
a)
The Homestead Promise
b)
The Homestead Neighborhood
c)
The Homestead Act of 1862
d)
The Homestead farmland
51.
What did many homesteaders live in?
a)
wooden houses
b)
soddys
c)
farm houses
d)
apartments
52.
White settlers killed many __________ which were the main food supply of the Native people.
a)
cattle
b)
buffalo
c)
beaver
d)
eagles
53.
Why did the U.S. government want Native Americans to go to reservations?
a)
They wanted their land.
b)
They were trying to help them.
c)
They wanted to learn their culture.
d)
They wanted their lifestyle.
54.
Adopting the customs and practices of the dominant culture.
a)
Nativism
b)
Ethnic Enclaves
c)
Assimilation
55.
The Dawes Act...
a)
Allowed the Plains indians to continue their tribal traditions of following the buffalo herds
b)
divided the plains Indians tribal lands into family plots as a way to encourage assimilation
c)
provided 160 acres of free land to white settlers
d)
established the route for the Transcontinental railroad
56.
The Homestead Act of 1862 worked as intended with over 80 percent of the free land going to the poor.
a)
False
b)
True
57.
African Americans in the South joined the rush for homestead land.
a)
False
b)
True
58.
In 1879, a group of African Americans moved to Kansas. They called themselves ______________ .
a)
Freedom Riders
b)
Freedom Farmers
c)
Exodusters
d)
Pharaohs
59.
Water on the Great Plains was often hundreds of feet underground. Farmers built ___________ to pump the water to the surface.
a)
Towers
b)
Trenches
c)
Windmills
d)
Airbrakes
60.
In 1891, farmers and labor unions joined together to form the ________________ Party.
a)
Democratic
b)
Republican
c)
Whig
d)
Populist
61.
The Populist Party formed in 1891 called for help with falling farm prices and regulation of railroad rates. The Populist Party also called for an income tax, an eight hour workday, and limits on immigration.
a)
False
b)
True
62.
In 1867, farmers formed the National _____________ with their purpose to boost farm profits.
a)
FFA (Future Farmers of America)
b)
Grange
c)
Legion
d)
Farmers
63.
In the Presidential Election of 1896, the Populists supported ________________ the Democratic candidate for U.S. President.
a)
Abraham Lincoln
b)
William McKinley
c)
William Jennings Bryan
d)
Mary Elizabeth Lease
64.
______________ won the Presidential Election of 1896.
a)
William Jennings Bryan
b)
William McKinley
65.
What was often broken and reduced Native American homelands?
a)
treaties
b)
contracts
c)
laws
d)
rights
66.
What was the final battle of Plains Indians war?
a)
Little Bighorn
b)
Wounded Knee
c)
Ghost Dance
d)
Nez Perce
67.
Assimilation means...
a)
To bring together
b)
social process of absorbing one cultural into another
c)
force-able removal of a cultural
d)
the destruction of ones culture
68.
What was the last armed conflict between the U.S. government and Native Americans?
a)
Sand Creek Massacre
b)
Little Big Horn
c)
Wounded Knee
69.
Who was murdered, which caused the massacre at Wounded Knee?
a)
Geronimo
b)
Sitting Bull
c)
Joseph
d)
Custer
70.
What were gold hunters also known as?
a)
Forty niners
b)
gold lookers
c)
East Coast Miners
71.
What year was gold discovered at Sutter's Mill?
a)
1948
b)
1849
c)
1848
d)
1850
72.
Cowboys were
a)
All white
b)
All hispanic
c)
All former slaves
d)
A mix of all races working long hours and poor pay
73.
What closed the open range?
a)
Fireproof doors
b)
Barbed Wires
c)
The Sheriff
d)
Elite Military units
74.
Economic principle that determines prices
a)
Boll Weevil
b)
Supply and Demand
c)
Windmills
d)
Threshers
e)
Wranglers
75.
Organizations for workers.
a)
Labor Unions
b)
Junctions
c)
Commercial Farming
d)
Open Range
e)
Stockyards
76.
Railroad that went across the Continent
a)
Barbed Wire
b)
Transcontinental Railroad
c)
Brands
d)
Cattle Drive
e)
Range Wars
77.
This man controlled the steal industry.
a)
Andrew Carnegie
b)
John D. Rockefeller
c)
Teddy Roosevelt
d)
Upton Sinclair
78.
Many farmers lost their farms and moved to the cities in search of jobs because
a)
they could no longer make a profit on their crops
b)
they got tired of working so hard on their farms
c)
they were unable to grow enough crops to sell
d)
none of the above
79.
Crowded living conditions led to
a)
problems with sanitation
b)
water and housing issues
c)
opportunities for corruption
d)
all of the these answers
80.
Progressives were concerned about unsafe conditions in ____ and about the long ____ expected to work.
a)
factories, hours
b)
homes, trips
c)
ships, hours
d)
monopolies, hours
81.
A _____ is a legal agreement that combines several large businesses in order to establish complete control over a market, much like a monopoly.
a)
trust
b)
muckraker
c)
progressive
d)
Big Business
82.
Which of the following contributed (led to) the rise of big business in the late 1800s?
a)
Captains of industry
b)
Workers going on strike
c)
Lack of financial resources
d)
Lack of a workforce
83.
These are people who risk their capital to organize and run their business
a)
bosses
b)
business owners
c)
entrepreneurs
d)
king pins
84.
During the late 1800's and early 1900's, the term robber baron best defined a person who...
a)
controlled large tracts of western lands
b)
used ruthless business tactics
c)
stole from the rich to give to the poor
d)
encouraged the conversation of raw materials
85.
Name the inventor of the cotton gin.
a)
Eli Whitney
b)
Henry Bessmer
c)
Alexander Bell
d)
Thomas Edison
86.
The light bulb was invented by ...
a)
Josephine Cochrane
b)
Martha Coston
c)
Thomas Alva Edison
87.
The telephone was invented by ...
a)
Alfred Nobel
b)
Martha Coston
c)
Alexander Graham Bell
88.
Who invented the telegraph in 1840?
a)
James Hargreaves
b)
John Deer
c)
Samuel Morse
d)
John Montressor
89.
What was Ellis Island?
a)
An amusement park
b)
An immigration center in New Jersey
c)
An immigration center in New York
d)
The first capital of the United States
90.
Which is a reason people came to America?
a)
Baseball
b)
Colleges
c)
Job opportunities
d)
Vacation
91.
Why did doctors examine immigrants?
a)
To make sure they didn't spread an illness
b)
To give them medicine
c)
To track growth rates
d)
To give shots
92.
Which group of immigrants came to the United States and settled mostly along the EAST coast?
a)
European
b)
Asian
c)
African
d)
Indian
93.
Which group of immigrants came and settled mostly along the WEST coast?
a)
European
b)
Asian
c)
African
d)
Indian
94.
Where was Angel Island located?
a)
San Antonio, Texas
b)
New York, New York
c)
San Francisco, California
d)
Los Angeles, California
95.
Immigrants coming to live in New York would have most likely found work where?
a)
In a factory
b)
On a farm
c)
As a cattle driver
d)
On the railroad
96.
Immigrants who came into the Untied States through Angel Island found most of their work where?
a)
The building of the Transcontinental Railroad
b)
In factories
c)
On farms
d)
As cattle drivers
97.
A type of reporting that exaggerates events and details...
a)
progressive
b)
urban
c)
yellow journalism
d)
imperialism
98.
_____________ laws helped to break apart monopolies, bring fair competitions, and limit industrial capitalists' control.
a)
Jim Crow
b)
Immigration reform
c)
Anti-trust
d)
Conservation
99.
Some lost fingers, hands, legs, and even their lives! In some families, the ___________ worked because wages were so _______________ and they needed the money to survive.
a)
labor unions, less
b)
children, low
c)
Samuel Gompers, low
d)
AFL, pay
100.
One of the most successful unions was the _____________ led by ___________.
a)
AFL, Samuel Gompers
b)
AFL, children
c)
Samuel Gompers, AFL
d)
children, Samuel Gompers
101.
The Populist Party mostly represented
a)
western farmers
b)
wealthy bankers
c)
factory owners
d)
eastern factory workers
102.
To cause inflation and increase prices, the Populists wanted
a)
bimettalism
b)
the gold standard
c)
the silver standard
d)
the federal reserve
103.
William Jennings Bryan famous speech against the gold standard in the 1896 election was
a)
The "Cross of Gold" speech
b)
"Bimettalism Now!" speech
c)
"Gold Standard Forever" speech
d)
"Wizard of Oz" speech
104.
This battle was enough of a victory for Lincoln to issue the Emancipation Proclamation
a)
Gettysburg
b)
Antietam
c)
Fort Sumter
d)
Vicksburg
105.
The Americanization movement wanted to...
a)
assimilate immigrants
b)
make America on the gold standard
c)
decrease inflation
d)
end the Sherman Anti Trust Act
106.
"Robber Barron" in the oil industry
a)
Andrew Carnegie
b)
J.P. Morgan
c)
John D. Rockefeller
d)
Ruffles Vertullo
107.
A myth about the American West was NOT true
a)
not all people who went there were successful
b)
Native Americans' homes were destroyed
c)
almost all of the settlers were white males
d)
it was hard for the miners to find gold
108.
Which of these contributed to the long drive and the boom in cattle ranching?
a)
railroads
b)
barbed wire
c)
McDonalds
d)
Five Guys
109.
A mixture of different cultures living together.
a)
nativism
b)
melting pot
c)
Gentlemen's Agreement
d)
all of the above
110.
Inspection station for immigrants arriving on the East Coast
a)
Angel Island
b)
Ellis Island
c)
Hawaii
d)
All of the above
111.
Act that limited Chinese immigration.
a)
Gentlemen's Agreement
b)
Asian Exclusion Act
c)
Chinese Exclusion Act
d)
All of the above
112.
Overt favoritism toward native-born Americans
a)
Nationalism
b)
Nepatism
c)
Nativism
d)
All of the above
113.
Agreement that limited Japanese emigration to the US.
a)
Chinese Exclusion Act
b)
Asian Exclusion Act
c)
Gentlemen's Agreement
d)
All of the above
114.
Where did the majority of immigrants arrive?
a)
Florida
b)
California
c)
West Coast
d)
East Coast
115.
Why did so many people emigrate to the United States?
a)
Escape religious persecution
b)
Wanted to improve their economic situtation.
c)
To experience greater freedoms
d)
All of the above
116.
What was the result of Plessy v Ferguson
a)
The Supreme Court ruled in favor of Plessy saying segregation was illegal.
b)
The Supreme Court never made a ruling.
c)
The Supreme Court ruled that segregation was legal.
d)
Plessy never took the case to the Supreme Court.
117.
The NAACP
a)
was an organization of farmers
b)
a group that helped immigrants
c)
used the courts to fight unfair laws
d)
all of the above
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