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American Cultures A Final Exam Review

Total questions: 60

Worksheet time: 30mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What transportation advancement connected American businesses and people like never before in the 1800s?

a)

Cars

b)

Airplanes

c)

Trains

d)

Electric Traincars

2.
What communication device was created by Alexander Graham Bell in 1876 and allowed people to connect like never before?
a)
the Telegraph
b)
the Telephone
c)
the Bessemer Converter
d)
the Phonograph
3.
What invention allowed for the production of steel to take far less time, thereby making it much cheaper?
a)
the Bessemer Converter
b)
Alternating Current Electricity
c)
the Phonograph
d)
the Kinetescope
4.

What is the term for the time period in the late 1800s that was "covered in a thin layer of gold"?

a)

The Gilded Age

b)

The Progressive Era

c)

The Reconstruction Era

d)

The Great Depression

5.
What is the positive term for the big businessmen, defining them as job creators and big time donors?
a)
Captains of Industry
b)
Robber Barons
6.
What is the negative term used to describe the big businessmen, describing them as paying low wages and forcing workers to work in dangerous conditions?
a)
Captains of Industry
b)
Robber Barons
7.
Who was the oil man controlled 90% of American oil through the Standard Oil Company?
a)
John D. Rockefeller
b)
Cornelius Vanderbilt
c)
Andrew Carnegie
d)
J.P. Morgan
8.
Who was the monopoly man that was the first to strike it rich in the steel industry?
a)
John D. Rockefeller
b)
Andrew Carnegie
c)
J.P. Morgan
d)
Cornelius Vanderbilt
9.
What year did the 19th Amendment pass and females allowed to vote throughout the U.S.?
a)
1848
b)
1872
c)
1913
d)
1920
10.
What kind of test hurt African American voting by requiring voters that had not attended school past 5th grade to pass it in order to be eligible to vote?
a)
a Poll Tax
b)
a Literacy Test
c)
a Civics Test
d)
a Math Test
11.
What Supreme Court Case in 1896 established the “separate but equal” doctrine whereby public facilities would be segregated (“white only” and “colored only”)?
a)
Brown V. Board of Education
b)
Marbury V. Madison
c)
Lochner V. New York
d)
Plessy V. Ferguson
12.

What was Ellis Island?

a)

A settlement house for immigrants

b)

A check-in-station for immigrants coming to America

c)

An island in the Pacific Ocean taken by the United States in order for us to expand trade.

d)

A prison made for terrorists that may wish harm upon the United States.

13.

What was the most popular city that immigrants settled in to establish their new homes in the U.S.?

a)

New York City

b)

Pittsburgh

c)

Cleveland

d)

St. Louis

14.

What is the term for the fire-prone, shabby immigrant apartments that filled cities like New York City and Chicago?

a)

Tenements

b)

Hoovervilles

c)

Shantytowns

d)

Slums

15.

How many hours per day did the immigrant factory workers have to work during the Gilded Age?

a)

Only 8 hours per day

b)

Only 10 hours per day

c)

At least 12 hours per day

d)

At least 15 hours per day

16.
Which Progressive Era writer exposed the disgusting conditions of meatpacking factories?
a)
Lewis Hine
b)
Ida B. Wells
c)
Jacob Riis
d)
Upton Sinclair
17.
Who was the writer that showed America the conditions of the tenements and cities?
a)
Ida B. Wells
b)
Lewis Hine
c)
Jacob Riis
d)
Upton Sinclair
18.
Who was the first President of the Progressive Era that proved that he was going to defend the American workers?
a)
Teddy Roosevelt
b)
William McKinley
c)
William Howard Taft
d)
Woodrow Wilson
19.
What organization was formed due to the Pure Food and Drug Act that was passed during Teddy Roosevelt's presidency?
a)
The Food and Drug Administration
b)
The Federal Trade Commission
c)
The Department of Agriculture
d)
The Federal Drug Commission
20.
Which candidate won the Election of 1912 due to the fact that the Republicans split their vote between two candidates?
a)
Woodrow Wilson
b)
William Howard Taft
c)
Teddy Roosevelt
d)
William McKinley
21.
During the Age of Imperialism, this nation had the largest empire in the world:
a)
Great Britain.
b)
France.
c)
Germany.
d)
China.
22.
Why were European countries interested in colonizing Africa during the Age of Imperialism?
a)
They wanted Africa's natural resources
b)
They wanted land to develop new types of ships
c)
They wanted to create a perfect society
d)
They wanted to learn new languages
23.
Seward's Folly was the purchase of _______ from the Russians for $7 million dollars (2 cents per acre), which was originally ridiculed, but the later discovery of gold and oil justified the purchase.
a)
Hawaii
b)
Philippines
c)
Alaska
d)
Puerto Rico
24.
The United States annexed this island territory in 1898 by overthrowing their Queen and appointing Sanford Dole as its first governor.
a)
Cuba
b)
Guam
c)
Philippines
d)
Hawaii
25.
What is the type of sensational reporting where writers exaggerated or even invented stories?
a)
muckraking
b)
yellow journalism
c)
journalism
d)
paparazzi
26.
What ship exploded in Havana Harbor in 1898, leading the United States into the Spanish American War?
a)
R.M.S. Titanic
b)
R.M.S. Lusitania
c)
U.S.S. Maine
d)
U.S.S. Arizona
27.
This future president led a group of volunteers known as the ROUGH RIDERS in the Spanish American War.
a)
Franklin D. Roosevelt
b)
Teddy Roosevelt
c)
William McKinley
d)
Ronald Reagan
28.
Which of the following territories were acquired by the United States as a result of the Spanish American War? 
a)
Philippines, Japan, and Mexico
b)
Cuba, Puerto Rico and China
c)
The Philippines, Puerto Rico and Guam
d)
Hawaii, Guam, and Mexico
29.
What was the importance of the Panama Canal?
a)
It decreased trade in Latin America
b)
it kept European nations out of Latin America
c)
it decreased the travel time from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean
d)
It increased the rate of tariffs in the United States
30.
Which event sparked World War I?
a)
The German-French dispute over Alsace-Lorraine
b)
Russia’s quest for a warm water port
c)
Assassination of the heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne
d)
The sinking of the Lusitania
31.
Why did this war become a world war?
a)
Pacifist beliefs in America
b)
The push for isolationism
c)
American expansionism
d)
The system of alliances 
32.
During World War I, Serbia, Russia, France, and Great Britain were known as the...
a)
Triple Entente
b)
Triple Alliance
c)
Allied Powers
d)
Central Powers
33.
In World War I, Austria-Hungary, Germany, and the Ottoman Empire made up the... 
a)
Allied Powers
b)
Central Powers
c)
Axis Powers
d)
Triple Entente
34.
What did soldiers in World War I usually fight from?
a)
Tanks
b)
Airplanes
c)
Trenches
d)
Ships
35.
What caused the U.S. and German relations to deteriorate in 1915?
a)
German invasion of Belgium
b)
German blockade
c)
Sinking of the Lusitania
d)
German embargo on U.S. goods
36.
Which German action angered Americans before and after the sinking of the Lusitania?
a)
Submarine torpedoing of American trade ships
b)
The sinking of the Titanic
c)
German imperialism in Africa
d)
The creation of the League of Nations
37.
The Zimmerman Telegram can best be described by which of the following?
a)
Great Britain promised the U.S. that they would help them gain territories in Europe
b)
Mexico vowed to help the U.S.  and the Allies in World War I
c)
Germany asked Mexico to declare war on the U.S. to regain lost territories
d)
Russia withdrew from the war due to the revolution that was occurring in the country
38.

How had the status changed for the United States through World War 1?

a)

We were recognized afterwards as a world power.

b)

We still were considered one of the second class nations of the world.

c)

We were considered far behind the major powers of the world.

d)

We were the only major world superpower.

39.

In the Treaty of Versailles, how much money did Britain and France demand that Germany pay them in World War I reparations?

a)

$15 Million

b)

$325 Million

c)

$8 Billion

d)

$33 Billion

40.
What idea did Woodrow Wilson consider the most important of all of his Fourteen Points? 
a)
To impose punitive measures on Germany
b)
To create a League of Nations
c)
To win land for the US
d)
To implement a comprehensive reparations plan
41.

Who was the business leader in the 1910s and 1920s that increased his worker wages to $5 per day and lessened hours to a 40 hour work week?

a)

Henry Ford

b)

John D. Rockefeller

c)

Andrew Carnegie

d)

Louis Chevrolet

42.
What year did the Stock Market plummet and lead to the greatest financial collapse in American history?
a)
1927
b)
1928
c)
1929
d)
1930
43.
What businesses were responsible for the downfall of the American economy in the Great Stock Crash?
a)
Banks
b)
Car Companies
c)
Steel Companies
d)
Home Builders
44.
What mistake were banks making in the 1920's which inflated stock prices?
a)
Banks were giving out too many loans for people to buy stock
b)
Banks were giving out too many loans for home-buying
c)
Banks were keeping too much money in their reserves
d)
Banks were charging unacceptably low interest rates
45.

What problem was caused by all of the Americans buying up SO many new inventions and conveniences?

a)

NOTHING. Life was super duper cool!

b)

Household debt increased greatly. Americans were in debt.

c)

Americans were still fighting war abroad.

d)

The country still needed a great influx of immigrant laborers from Europe.

46.
Who was the U.S. President during the Stock Market Crash of 1929? 
a)
Herbert Hoover
b)
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
c)
Warren G. Harding
d)
Woodrow Wilson
47.
With the policy like Rugged Individualism, would Herbert Hoover have attempted to try every way possible to get Americans back to work?
a)
Yes
b)
No
48.
How many banks failed during the Great Depression? 
a)
1,000
b)
4,000
c)
8,000
d)
9,000
49.
Hoovervilles were...
a)
Homeless Neighborhoods in public parks
b)
Wealthy communities in suburbs
c)
Church homeless shelters
d)
Soup kitchens for the homeless
50.
What were the World War I vets called that marched on Washington, D.C. in 1932?
a)
The Bonus Army
b)
The American Legion
c)
The G.I. Billers
d)
The Military Marchers
51.
What was the event formerly called when dust storms carried topsoil from the Midwest to the Atlantic coast?
a)
The Dust Bowl
b)
The Tornado
c)
The Drought
d)
The Black Cloud
52.
Which of the following states was one of those where the dust storms originated?
a)
Arizona
b)
Oklahoma
c)
Montana
d)
Iowa
53.
Due to the Dust Bowl, what percent of Midwesterners either left the Midwest to try to make a life somewhere else or lost their farms?
a)
25%
b)
33%
c)
50%
d)
60%
54.
How high did unemployment reach during the Great Depression?
a)
10%
b)
15%
c)
20%
d)
25%
55.
Who won the U.S. Presidency in 1932 and set about fixing the economic problems of the nation?
a)
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
b)
Teddy Roosevelt
c)
Herbert Hoover
d)
Woodrow Wilson
56.
What was the name of FDR's plan for ending unemployment and fixing our nation during the Great Depression?
a)
The New Deal
b)
The Roosevelt Corollary
c)
Big Stick Diplomacy
d)
The Better Deal
57.
What was the first issue that FDR chose to fix when he took the Presidency?
a)
The Banks
b)
Unemployment
c)
Retirement Pensions
d)
Our Infrastructure
58.
What is the abbreviation for the program that helped bring back trust in the banks by insuring the money people had in the banks?
a)
CCC
b)
FDIC
c)
WPA
d)
CWA
59.
What were the radio addresses called whereby FDR would speak to the American people?
a)
Fireside Chats
b)
Presidential Addresses
c)
Roosevelt's Remarks
d)
State of the Union
60.

The Social Security Administration was created in order to...

a)

restore the confidence of Americans within the Stock Market.

b)

restore the confidence of Americans in banks.

c)

help retirees that lost their savings in the Stock Crash or were unemployed.

d)

give construction jobs to America’s unemployed and create projects that will help the entire country

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