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American History Mid-Term Review

Total questions: 62

Worksheet time: 2hrs 4mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which region of the 13 colonies were agriculturally based and grew tobacco?

a)

New England Colonies

b)

Middle Colonies

c)

Southern Colonies

d)

Florida Colonies

2.

Beginning in the 1830s, what religious group was persecuted and chased out of Missouri and Ohio?

a)

Puritans

b)

Mormons

c)

Quakers

d)

Muslims

3.

What did the Federalists believe?

a)

Strongly supported the ratification of the Constitution

b)

Believed in a strong federal government

c)

Wanted to create a documented government

d)

Rejected the idea of uniting all of the states

4.

The Articles of Confederation created many problems for the United States. Why did it fail?

a)

No National Currency

b)

No leadership

c)

Gave too much power to the states

d)

Gave too much power to the Federal Government

5.

This event was a major religious movement that led to the birth of more churches.

a)

The Second Great Awakening

b)

The Religious Revival

c)

The Great Christian Movement

d)

The Progressive Movement

6.

The war fought between 1861 and 1865 is known as the ____________.

a)

Mexican-American War

b)

Revolutionary War

c)

Civil War

d)

Vietnam War

7.

What "Compromise" agreed to allow Missouri enter the Union as a slave state?

a)

Compromise of 1850

b)

Columbian Compromise

c)

Panic of 1873

d)

Missouri Compromise

8.

Who won the Election of 1860?

a)

Abraham Lincoln

b)

Andrew Johnson

c)

Andrew Jackson

d)

Jefferson Davis

9.

What was Reconstruction?

a)

Rebuilding houses in the North

b)

Rebuilding the South after the Civil War

c)

Rebuilding state highway bridges

d)

Rebuilding the North after the Civil War

10.

Who were the Radical Republicans?

a)

Wanted to enforce harsh punishments for the south after the war

b)

Members of congress that voted on the 17th Amendment

c)

A major political party known for their democratic behavior

d)

Wanted to secede from the North

11.

Who became president after the assassination of Lincoln?

a)

Woodrow Wilson

b)

Andrew Johnson

c)

Franklin D. Roosevelt

d)

Thomas Jefferson

12.

What was the Freedmen's bureau?

a)

An organization to help former slaves after the Civil War

b)

A bureau to investigate Southern politics

c)

A terrorist group

d)

An organization of Plantation owners

13.

A form of agriculture where the owner provides tools and land for a share of the crop?

a)

Tenant farming

b)

Row-Cropping

c)

Sharecropping

d)

Harvesting

14.

What is the 14th Amendment?

a)

Gave freedom to former slaves

b)

Gave citizenship to former slaves

c)

Allowed former slaves to vote

15.

What is the 13th Amendment?

a)

Gave freedom to former slaves

b)

Gave citizenship to former slaves

c)

Allowed former slaves to vote

16.

What is the 15th Amendment?

a)

Gave freedom to former slaves

b)

Gave citizenship to former slaves

c)

Allowed former slaves to vote

17.

The period between 1870-1914 in America is known as what?

a)

The Civil War

b)

Westward Expansion

c)

Industrialization/The Gilded Age

d)

The American Revolution

18.

When a single corporation takes control of an entire industry, it is known as what?

a)

Captain of Industry

b)

Monopoly

c)

Trust

d)

Capitalism

19.

When two or more companies work together to control the market and manipulate prices

a)

Bull Market

b)

Stock Market

c)

Trust

d)

Monopoly

20.

Organizations that gave workers "one voice" are an example of what?

a)

Industrialization

b)

Labor Unions

c)

Urbanization

d)

Medieval Knights

21.

The belief that natural selection is based on "survival of the fittest" and can be related to business practice.

a)

Hawking's Theory of the Universe

b)

Newton's First Law

c)

Capitalism

d)

Social Darwinism

22.

Migration of millions of American immigrants and farmers to the cities during the late 1800s

a)

Urbanization

b)

Overpopulation

c)

Westward Expansion

d)

Urban flight

23.

A sense of hatred towards immigrants during industrialization is known as what?

a)

Nativism

b)

Mercantilism

c)

Traditionalism

d)

Racism

24.

Founded Standard Oil Company and amassed a fortune, making him one of the wealthiest men in the world.

a)

Andrew Carnegie

b)

John D. Rockefeller

c)

Cornelius Vanderbilt

d)

Donald Trump

25.

The two major locations immigrants would enter America were

a)

Ellis Island and Angel Island

b)

Ellis Island and the Gulf of Mexico

c)

Ellis Island and Easter Island

d)

Easter Island and Angel Island

26.

Created a massive steel producing empire in America.

a)

John D. Rockefeller

b)

Cornelius Vanderbilt

c)

Andrew Carnegie

d)

Tony Stark

27.

What process changed the way steel was produced, thus contributing to industry?

a)

The Molten Process

b)

Capitalism

c)

The Pasteurization Process

d)

The Bessemer Process

28.

A derogatory term for wealthy and powerful 19th century businessmen.

a)

Captain of Industry

b)

Spoiled Elite

c)

Robber Barons

d)

Tyrannical Leaders

29.

The urban poor lived in small, cheap apartments known as what?

a)

Mansions

b)

Tenements

c)

Log Cabins

d)

Factories

30.

A fire that burned down a large sweatshop and killed over 140 people because of poor safety regulations

a)

Tenements

b)

Railroad Strike

c)

Haymarket Riot

d)

Triangle Shirtwaist Factory

31.

Who was the inventor of the light bulb and co-founder of General Electric?

a)

Rob Thomas

b)

Thomas Edison

c)

Cornelius Vanderbilt

d)

Henry Ford

32.

Journalists who exploited the horrifying conditions in factories were known as

a)

Muckrakers

b)

Captains of Industry

c)

Carpetbaggers

d)

Robber Barons

33.

Settlers that literally raced to stake their claim in 1.9 million acres of territory were a part of what?

a)

Expansionism

b)

Oklahoma Land Rush

c)

Reconstruction

d)

The Gilded Age

34.

French phrase meaning "allow to do," and also claims that the government should stay out of business.

a)

Spoils system

b)

Capitalism

c)

Urbanization

d)

Laissez Faire

35.

Which Amendment installed the direct election of senators by the people?

a)

17th

b)

1st

c)

18th

d)

19th

36.

Which Amendment granted American women the right to vote?

a)

2nd

b)

17th

c)

19th

d)

18th

37.

The policy of building up a strong military

a)

Militarism

b)

Nationalism

c)

Alliance

d)

Imperialism

38.

This act required men to register so they could be selected for military service.

a)

Convoy System

b)

Zimmerman Note

c)

Selective Service Act

d)

Espionage Act

39.

Why did the US enter WWI?

a)

Germany attacks on merchant ships

b)

The Zimmerman Note

c)

The sinking of the Lusitania

d)

All of the above

40.

On what continent did WWI take place?

a)

South America

b)

Europe

c)

North America

d)

Asia

41.

How did Americans show support for the war?

a)

Rationing food and supplies, victory gardens, liberty bonds

b)

Spending lots of money and being careless with food rations

c)

Making their children wear American flag t-shirts

d)

By producing goods for entertainment purposes

42.

The area between the front line trenches was known as

a)

"Point of No Return"

b)

"No Man's Land"

c)

"Area 51"

d)

"The Battle of Somme"

43.

The General of US forces in WWI was

a)

George Patton

b)

Captain America

c)

John Pershing

d)

Douglas MacArthur

44.

What ship, carrying 128 Americans, was sunk by German U-boats?

a)

The Titanic

b)

The USS Missouri

c)

The USS Maine

d)

The Lusitania

45.

Designed to influence people's thoughts and actions

a)

propaganda

b)

mind control

c)

prohibition

d)

Espionage Act

46.

Act that stated no one could say anything profane about the government.

a)

The Shut-Cho-Mouth Act

b)

Espionage Act

c)

Selective Service Act

d)

Sherman Anti-Trust Act

47.

Which court case upheld the Espionage Act?

a)

Marbury v. Madison

b)

Schenck v. United States

c)

Plessy v. Ferguson

d)

Thor v. The Hulk

48.

What war was fought between 1914-1918?

a)

World War I

b)

World War II

c)

Vietnam War

d)

Revolutionary War

49.

At the beginning of the War, President Wilson declared that America was

a)

Neutral and did not want to choose a side

b)

Side with the Allies

c)

Side with the Central Powers

d)

Side with the General Alliance

50.

This figure's assassination sparked WWI. Who is this?

a)

Franz Ferdinand

b)

John F. Kennedy

c)

Abraham Lincoln

d)

St. Francis

51.

What new type of warfare was used in WWI?

a)

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4

b)

Gentlemen's Warfare

c)

Classical Warfare

d)

Trench Warfare

52.

Which of the following weapons were NOT used in WWI

a)

Machine Guns

b)

Airplanes

c)

Submarines

d)

Atomic Bombs

53.

What is Militarism?

a)

Building up a strong military

b)

Agreements between nations

c)

Extreme pride in your country

d)

One country taking over another country

54.

What are Alliances?

a)

Agreements between nations

b)

Building up a strong military

c)

Extreme pride in your country

d)

One country taking over another

55.

What is Nationalism?

a)

One country taking over another

b)

Feeling "OK" about your own country

c)

Hatred for your own country

d)

Extreme pride in your own country

56.

What is Imperialism?

a)

One country taking over another

b)

Giving land back to a country

c)

Avoiding other countries

d)

Declaring neutrality during a time of war

57.

Who were allied under the Central Powers?

a)

Europe, Canada, and South America

b)

Great Britain, France, Russia, and eventually the U.S.

c)

Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Ottoman Empire

d)

Africa, Asia, and Australia

58.

Which countries were involved in the Allied Powers?

a)

Antarctica, Alaska, Greenland, and Canada

b)

Great Britain, France, Russia, and eventually the US

c)

Germany, Austria-Hungary, and the Ottoman Empire

d)

Europe, Canada, and South America

59.

What did the Allies want to do to Germany after the war?

a)

Give them money

b)

Ask them to join their alliance

c)

Punish Germany for the war

d)

Blow them up

60.

Wilson's 14 Point plan did what?

a)

Advocated for peace by introducing a League of Nations

b)

Wanted Germany to pay war reparations

c)

Suggested that the United States should be the "world's police force"

d)

Wanted to go to war with Russia

61.

Document from Germany encouraging Mexico to help them win the war. Eventually this document was intercepted by the British.

a)

The Espionage Act

b)

The Zimmerman Note

c)

The Pershing Correspondence

d)

Trench Warfare

62.

Virus that killed millions of people during and after WWI was known as _________.

a)

American Flu

b)

Ebola

c)

H1N1 Virus

d)

Spanish Flu