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WorksheetsPMA Q1 Review
Total questions: 65
Worksheet time: 1hrs 5mins
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Class
Date
1.
What event marked the beginning of the Civil War?
a)
The assassination of PResident Lincoln
b)
The attack on Fort Sumter
c)
John Brown's Rebellion
2.
What did the North call its strategy to blockade the South's coastline and gain control of the Mississippi River?
a)
Anaconda Plan
b)
Rattlesnake Plan
c)
Scorpion Plan
d)
Blockade Plan
3.
What was Lincoln's main goal throughout the Civil War?
a)
to abolish slavery
b)
to end British control of the Western territories
c)
to make a profit selling war supplies
d)
to preserve the Union
4.
Which of the following was a Union advantage during the Civil War?
a)
heavy military support fr Great Britain
b)
more experienced generals
c)
Southern Nationalism
d)
more soldiers and factories
5.
After the Emancipation Proclamation, the Civil War was not about keeping the Union together but for ____________
a)
Ending Southern Control in Kentucky
b)
Ending Slavery
c)
Ending Northern abuse towards the South
d)
Jefferson Davis's tyranny
6.
What is Lincoln’s main purpose in the Gettysburg Address?
a)
to identify the soldiers who have died in battle so far
b)
to argue why the Union will win the war
c)
to seek money for the families of those who died in battle
d)
to explain the importance of the war and inspire support for the Union
7.
This was a book that was written by Harriet Beecher Stowe that showed the evils of slavery.
a)
Harriet's Cabin
b)
Uncle Tom's Cabin
c)
Slavery
d)
State's Rights
8.
The Union is the......
a)
South
b)
North
9.
The Confederacy is the.....
a)
South
b)
North
10.
Which one of the following was NOT a cause to the Civil War?
a)
Farming
b)
Slavery
c)
State's Rights
d)
Uncle Tom's Cabin
11.
This was the main cause that caused the South to secede because they said they did not have to follow the Federal laws
a)
Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin
b)
John Brown's Raid
c)
State's Rights
d)
Fort Sumter
12.
This was one of the main causes that led to the Civil War. The North did not want this and the South did. The South depended on this for their economy and to make a profit.
a)
State's Rights
b)
Uncle Tom's Cabin
c)
Slavery
d)
John Brown's Raid
13.
During Reconstruction the South was under Military rule
a)
True
b)
False
14.
What amendment abolished slavery?
a)
13th
b)
14th
c)
15th
d)
16th
15.
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
16.
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
17.
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
18.
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
19.
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
20.
What group in Congress felt that Lincoln's plan was too lenient?
a)
Deciduous Democrats
b)
Radical Republicans
c)
Wistful Whigs
d)
Fancy Federalists
21.
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.
22.
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
23.
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”
24.
Abraham Lincoln's plan for Reconstruction was known as:
a)
Wade-Davis Bill
b)
14th Amendment
c)
Ten Percent Plan
d)
Radical Republican Reunification
25.
The President that Congress tried to impeach during Reconstruction was:
a)
Andrew Johnson
b)
Abraham Lincoln
c)
Ulysses S. Grant
d)
Richard Nixon
26.
Strict punishment of Confederate veterans and financial assistance to African Americans were policies pushed by which of the following group during the Reconstruction Era?
a)
Radical Democrats
Radical Democrats
b)
Moderate Republicans
c)
Radical Republicans
d)
Moderate Democrats
27.
In 1866, a group formed in the South to fight against the rising influence of African Americans in the South. Members of this group often turned to violence and intimidation, What was the name of this controversial group?
a)
Sons of the Confederacy
b)
Neo-Nazis
c)
Ku Klux Klan
d)
Black Separatists
28.
Which of the following explains the major drawback of mining?
a)
mining became useless as new technology replaced natural resources
b)
mining proved to be unprofitable
c)
mining was destructive to the natural environment
d)
mining did not provide any jobs for local residents
29.
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
30.
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
31.
I am an Exoduster and I chose to move west in hopes of finally owning land. I was also trying to escape the KKK.
a)
European Immigrants
b)
Asian Immigrants
c)
Mexican Americans
d)
African Americans
32.
What act allowed the national government to make deals with the Native Americans to exchange their land?
a)
Indian Removal Act
b)
Civillization ACt
c)
Manifest Destiny Act
d)
Indian Territory Act
33.
Which best describes Manifest Destiny?
a)
Caused everyone to get along better
b)
expansion from the Atlantic to the Pacific
c)
Idea started in the 1600s
d)
The king said that we had to the right to move west
34.
What was the Indian Removal Act?
a)
All NA had to move to Europe
b)
All NA had to move to Canada
c)
all NA east of the Mississippi are forced to move to a territory in Oklahoma
d)
All NA west of the Mississippi River had to move to Oklahoma
35.
What invention helped prevent cattle from escaping?
a)
bean picker
b)
barbed wire
c)
steel plow
d)
windmills
36.
What took land from Indian tribes and promoted assimilation?
a)
Homestead Act
b)
Morril Act
c)
Dawes Act
d)
Reconstruction Act
37.
What gave settlers 160 acres of land in exchange for the settlers "improving" their new land?
a)
Homestead Act
b)
Dawes Act
c)
Morril Act
d)
Reconstruction Act
38.
Wrote “History of the Standard Oil Company,” in 1902. Showed how Rockefeller’s rise was based on ruthless business practices.
a)
Ida B. Wells
b)
Ida Tarbell
c)
Susan B. Anthony
d)
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
39.
1906- Wrote The Jungle which exposed the conditions in the U.S. meat packing industry. (Helped pass the Pure Food and Drug Act)
a)
Upton Sinclair
b)
Lincoln Steffens
c)
Jacob Riis
d)
Frank Norris
40.
Who founded Hull House, a settlement house for immigrants, in Chicago?
a)
Ida Tarbell
b)
Annie Oakley
c)
Jane Addams
d)
Sacajawea
41.
Someone who reported on corrupt politicians and other problems in cities
a)
suffragist
b)
muckrakers
c)
crime reporter
d)
dirtraker
42.
A speech delivered by William Jennings Bryan at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago that occurred in 1896. Bryan supported bimetallism, or free silver, which he believed would bring the nation prosperity. He vehemently opposed the gold standard, and famously said, "you shall not crucify mankind upon a cross of gold". The speech helped put him on as the Democratic presidential nomination. The nation since 1873 was bitterly divided on the monetary standard.
a)
Homestead Strike
b)
Cross of Gold Speech
c)
Bimetalism
d)
Injunction
43.
A movement by farmers to increase their political power.
a)
Robber Baron
b)
Captain of Industry
c)
Democratic Party
d)
Populist Party
44.
Which group supported more money in circulation- currency backed by both gold and silver?
a)
Populists
b)
Democrats
c)
Industrialists
d)
Republicans
45.
The “Cross of Gold ” Speech was delivered by
a)
William McKinley
b)
William Jennings Bryant
c)
Grover Cleveland
d)
Benjamin Harrison
46.
Government should keep "Hands Off" the economy
a)
Laissez Faire
b)
Market Economy
c)
Capitalism
d)
Social Darwinism
47.
Government tried to break up the Trusts
a)
Trump Antitrust Act
b)
Sherman Antitrust Act
c)
Obama Antitrust Act
d)
Clinton Antitrust Act
48.
Formed Florida east coast railroads to bring tourists to Florida
a)
Henry Flagler
b)
Nicola Tesla
c)
Thomas Alva Edison
d)
Samuel Morse
49.
Believed successful people were superior and poverty was fault of poor themselves
a)
Social Darwinism
b)
Capitalism
c)
Market Economy
d)
Patent System
50.
How were the Knights of Labor and the AFL different?
a)
The Knights of Labor fought for the end of child labor
b)
The Knights of Labor accepted skilled and unskilled workers
c)
The Knights of Labor accepted women as menbers
d)
The Knights of Labor were ruled by highly skilled workers
51.
What does the cartoon illustrate?
a)
The struggle between big business and the government
b)
Rockefeller's financial control of the government
c)
The government's attempt to regulate big business
52.
- Low wages
- 14 hour work days
- Lower pay for children and women
- Dangerous jobs
The examples above lead to which movement in the US?
a)
Labor Unions
b)
Robber Barons
c)
Muckrakers
d)
Imperialism
53.
The Gospel of Wealth was a book written which robber baron?
a)
JD Rockefeller
b)
Cornelius Vanderbilt
c)
JP Morgan
d)
Andrew Carnegie
54.
Assimilation is:
a)
A plot of land assigned to an individual or a family for cultivation.
b)
A process where one group of people absorbs the culture of another population.
c)
the actions used by one nation to exercise political or economic control over a smaller or weaker nation.
d)
powers not specifically listed in the Constitution but claimed by the federal government.
55.
Journalists who exposed the unsafe conditions of factories were called...
a)
Dirtdiggers
b)
Muckrakers
c)
Muskrats
d)
Monkeywrenches
56.
How is collective bargaining different than striking?
a)
In a strike, workers attempt to shut down a factory, while in collective bargaining, a worker representative pushes for demands.
b)
In a strike, a worker representative pushes for demands, while in collective bargaining, the workers attempt to shut down a factory.
c)
They are not different, they are the same techniques used by unions.
d)
Workers that use collective bargaining cannot collect a pay check, while workers that use striking can collect a pay check.
57.
Which of the following is an example of a monopoly?
a)
Standard Oil Trust
b)
Carnegie steel
c)
Illinois Central RR
d)
McDonarlds
58.
The business practice of owning all of the businesses involved in each step of a manufacturing process
a)
Horizontal Integration
b)
Vertical Integration
c)
Diagonal Integration
d)
Lateral Integration
59.
The business practice of owning all the businesses in a certain field
a)
Horizontal Integration
b)
Vertical Integration
c)
Diagonal Integration
d)
Lateral Integration
60.
Which event was the catalyst for the secession of the first seven Southern states in 1861?
a)
passage of a higher protective tariff
b)
issuance of the Emancipation Proclamation
c)
the election of Abraham Lincoln
d)
the shipment of Union supplies to Fort Sumter
61.
Act that limited Chinese immigration.
a)
Gentlemen's Agreement
b)
Asian Exclusion Act
c)
Chinese Exclusion Act
d)
All of the above
62.
Overt favoritism toward native-born Americans
a)
Nationalism
b)
Nepatism
c)
Nativism
d)
All of the above
63.
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
64.
Groups that were led by a powerful boss who controlled a network of politicians were called
a)
Instrument of Change
b)
Bureaucratic Apparatus
c)
Political Machines
d)
Underworld Organizations
65.
Why did so many immigrants vote for political leaders who were affiliated with machine politics?
a)
the politicans were of the same race or religion as the immigrants
b)
the politicians catered to the needs of the immigrants
c)
political leaders threatened the immigrants when they arrived
d)
the politicians provided protection for business owners
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