WorksheetsUS Mid-term Review
Total questions: 37
Worksheet time: 36mins
What did the term Gilded Age refer to?
people were buying gold as an investment
gold was the nation's currency
some were wealthy but most were poor
much was spent by cities for the welfare of the poor
What role did Chicago play in industrialization?
settlement houses that attracted immigrants
automobile industry attracted workers
Railroad hub that connected farmers and manufacturing
free housing for employed African-Americans.
What attracted people to cities?
poor sanitation in rural areas
economic opportunities
free land for immigrants
higher taxes
What Supreme Court Case dealt with the issue of separating passengers on railways in New Orleans?
Plessy v. Ferguson
Marybury v Madison
Brown v Board of Education
Schenck v United States
What caused citizens of Memphis to leave in mass panic and led to Quarantine of some places?
Great Migration
new immigration quotas
Exodusters
Yellow Fever
What prevented African Americans from voting after the Civil War? (multiple right answers)
Literacy test
poll tax
15th Amendment
KKK
What was the purpose of Jim Crow laws?
encourage industrial development in the South
to establish welfare programs for the poor
to prevent immigration in the Southern states
prevent African-Americans from gaining full citizenship rights
What is Benjamin "Pap" Singleton known for?
politician who advocated for the rights of the KKK
attorney in the Plessy v. Ferguson case
former slave who assisted southern blacks in moving to Kansas (Exodusters)
opened vocational schools for African-Americans
What event led to the Pendleton Act?
Assassination of Pres. Garfield by Guiteau
Stanford oil and other illegal practices by monopolies
Sinclair's muckraking book The Jungle
violation of African-Americans civil rights
What was the impact of political machines on cities?
growth of trusts and monopolies
control of government contacts and elections
larger minority participation in elections
limited rights for women and minorities
How did the government respond to Standard Oil?
regulated monopolies and trust (Sherman antitrust Act)
gave them a government contract for the Tea Pot Dome
placed an embargo on foreign oil
allowed them tax exemption status and free use of public lands
In Roosevelt's Four Freedoms speech he... (multiple correct answers)
was not willing to send troops
insisted on loan repayment from WWI
freedoms were: from fear, from want, for speech, for worship
wanted to build up America's navy and army
Which of the following are true of the Lend-Lease Act? (multiple responses are correct)
used an analogy about a neighbor's house on fire
placed an embargo on trade with Allied Powers
was an economic declaration of war
America gave armaments and supplies to Britain
What America's foreign policy concerning Hitler in the 1930's?
Big Stock Policy
Dollar Diplomacy
appeasement
neutrality
What was America's response to the Tripartite Act?
oil embargo against Japan
removal from the League of Nations
US declared war on the Axis Powers
sent military aid to China
What did the Axis Powers have in common in the 1930s?
Civil Wars in their countries
loose immigration policies
totalitarian leaders
anti-Semitic
What foreign policy is associated with the Munich Pact/Conference?
isolation
appeasement
neutrality
aggression
Before Russia was an ally of the United States...
he made a pact with Hitler
he was neutral
he invaded China
he held democratic elections
The Atlantic Charter said what was the goal of the war?
NAFTA
end of communism
World Peace
Freedom
What ended the Great Depression?
WWII
New Deal programs
your mom
Dawes Plan
What event lead to America's entrance into WWII?
discovery of concentration camps
German invasion of Poland
Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor
sinking of the Lusitania by Germans
Why did farmers support bimetallism?
it would regulate the steel industry
more money in circulation would make it easier pay off bank loans
lower prices of farm machinery
profit from mining and minerals on their land
Why was Anti-trust legislation needed?
unfair pricing, lack of competition
to regulate the stock market
to improve working conditions
Andrew Carnegie...
was the boss of a political machine in Scotland
was the winner of the first ever "Who wants to be a Millionaire?"
had a monopoly on steel and was a philanthropist
had a monopoly on oil and was a philanthropist
Asian immigrants entered America from
Angel Island in California
Ellis Island in NYC
Angel Island in NYC
Ellis Island in California
European immigrants entered America from
Angel Island in California
Ellis Island in NYC
Angel Island in NYC
Ellis Island in California
The purpose of Jacob Riis's book entitled How the Other Half Lives was...
to end the use of settlement houses in major cities
to encourage the government to take action to fight social injustice caused by poverty
to support the mission of labor unions to reduce the hours people worked in factories
to promote quotas on the number of immigrants coming into the country
To what is this cartoon most likely referring?
Chinese Exclusion Act
Pendleton Act
Red Scare
Open Door Policy
The author of this cartoon is pointing out the hypocrisy of what idea?
Open Door Policy
Nativism
Imperialism
Progressivism
The woman in this photograph is protesting what action by President Wilson?
denying women the right to join the army
sending troops to Europe to fight in World War I
advocating for the Fourteen Points
refusing to support women’s suffrage
Which statement best describes the purpose of the Platt Amendment?
A tariff would be placed on all Cuban products imported into the United States.
The United States could intervene in Cuba when necessary.
Cuba would be provided complete independence and autonomy.
Cuba would prevent the United States from building naval bases on its territory.
Which group of ideas were part of President Theodore Roosevelt's "Square Deal"?
government owned businesses, conservation, and women's suffrage
laissez-faire government, civil rights, and military build up
consumer protection, women's suffrage, and government owned businesses
trust-busting, conservation, and consumer protection
With what would the artist of this cartoon most likelydisagree?
the Lend Lease Act
the Neutrality Acts
the Moral Embargo
the Kellogg-Briand Pact
Based on this cartoon, what conclusion can be drawn regarding labor strikes during the
Industrial Age?
Strikes were the fault of industry leaders.
Strikes strengthened the power of unions.
Strikes resulted in immigration quotas.
Strikes had the potential to hurt the economy.
I also ask this Congress for authority and for funds sufficient to manufacture additional munitions and war supplies
of many kinds, to be turned over to those nations which are now in actual war with aggressor nations. Our most
useful and immediate role is to act as an arsenal for them as well as for ourselves. They do not need manpower, but
they do need billions of dollars’ worth of the weapons of defense." FDR Four Freedoms Speech
Based on this passage, what are the limits to Franklin Delano Roosevelt's willingness to support the war effort?
Roosevelt was not willing to commit American troops.
Roosevelt was focused on fighting in the Pacific.
Roosevelt was insistent on foreign loan repayment.
Roosevelt did not want to build up weapon arsenals.
Which did President Franklin Roosevelt use as an argument to convince the American public to support the United States' entry into World War II?
the Atlantic Charter
the Quarantine Speech
the Four Freedoms Speech
the Lend Lease Act
What conclusion can be drawn from this cartoon?
Labor unions are unlikely to win against big businesses.
Labor unions are often corrupt and arrogant.
Large corporations are not prepared to fight against labor unions.
Large corporations use tools like the strike to destroy labor unions.
