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Midterm Review

Total questions: 36

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A social system with no economic classes

a)

Capitalism

b)

Classism

c)

Communism

d)

Free Enterprise

2.

The Bolsheviks were led by ...

a)

Teddy Roosevelt

b)

Vladimir Lenin

c)

Rasputin

d)

Boris Yeltsin

3.

An important political outcome of WWI

a)

Resolved tensions over colonialism in the Middle East and Asia

b)

Led to the overthrow of Monarchies in Europe

c)

Bolsheviks overthrown in Russia

4.

President Wilson demanded an end to unrestricted submarine warfare after the sinking of this ship

a)

Titanic

b)

Lusitania

c)

USS Maine

5.

A system of surronding troop-transport ships with destroyers and cruisers

a)

Convoy System

b)

Schlieffen Plan

c)

Sussex Pledge

6.

Officially ended WWI

a)

Treaty of Paris

b)

Treaty of Venice

c)

Treaty of Versailles

7.

Woodrow Wilson hoped to ensure world peace by

a)

establishing the League of Nations

b)

Taking control of all countries in the Central Powers

c)

making Germany admit it is guilty of starting WWI

8.

The right of people to decide their own political status

a)

imperialism

b)

reparations

c)

self-determination

9.

Which of the following proposed an alliance between Mexico and Germany

a)

Zimmerman Note

b)

Sussex Pledge

c)

Selective Service Act

10.

Avoiding involvement in the affairs of other nations

a)

Imperialism

b)

Nationalism

c)

Isolationism

11.

This is considered unfair and barbaric by military officials

a)

Poisonous gas

b)

Machine guns

c)

Trench warfare

12.

Central Powers

a)

Germany, Great Britain, and Austria-Hungary

b)

Germany, Ottoman Empire, and Austria-Hungary

c)

France, Great Britain, and Austria-Hungary

13.

Building up of troops and weapons in preparation for war

a)

Militarism

b)

Isolationism

c)

Nationalism

14.

Spanish forces in the Philippines were overcome by,,,

a)

Cuban Rebels

b)

Filipino and Cuban rebels

c)

Filipino rebels and the U,S, fleet

15.

How did William Randolph Hearst newspapers support the Cubans against the Spanish

a)

His papers refused to use sensationalism

b)

Refused to use Spanish sources for news stories

c)

Hired Cuban writers

16.

John Hay's plan to give all nations trading rights with China

a)

National Trade policy

b)

Open Door policy

c)

Free Trade policy

17.

Roosevelt Corollary,,,

a)

declared Western Hemisphere off-limits to further colonization by European countries

b)

Did not allow trade in Latin America countries

18.

Name of Theodore Roosevelt's regiment to fight in Cuba

a)

San Juan regiment

b)

Rough Riders

c)

Adventurers

19.

The de Lome letter ridiculed which president?

a)

Theodore Roosevelt

b)

George Dewey

c)

William McKinley

20.

Which helped lead to the Spanish-American war

a)

Boxer rebellion

b)

dollar diplomacy

c)

yellow journalism

21.

Which group influenced Hawaiian politics?

a)

Sugarcane plantation owners

b)

Shipbuilders

c)

Japanese businessman

22.

17th amendment

a)

women's suffrage

b)

ban on alcohol

c)

direct election of U,S, Senators

23.

The Federal Reserve Act focused on...

a)

Tariffs

b)

Banking Reform

c)

Environmental protection

24.

19th amendment

a)

ban on alcohol

b)

women's suffrage

c)

direct election of U.S.Senators

25.

A ban on making, selling, and distributing alcohol

a)

Suffrage

b)

Referendum

c)

Prohibition

26.

The Triangle Shirtwaist Company fire brought attention to ...

a)

Forest fires

b)

Unsafe working conditions

c)

Racial tension

27.

Journalist working for reform were called

a)

Muckrakers

b)

Scalawags

c)

Strike breakers

28.

Rundown apartment buildings

a)

Bessemer buildings

b)

Tenements

c)

Urban housing buildings

29.

During the late 1800s most immigrants came from (New Immigrants)

a)

Northern and Eastern Europe

b)

Southern and Eastern Europe

30.

The philosophy that emphasized inequalities were a part of natural selection

a)

Capitalism

b)

Laissez-faire

c)

Social Darwinism

31.

Economic system in which private businesses run most industries

a)

Monopoly

b)

Capitalism

c)

Communism

32.

The Bessemer process affected which of the following materials

a)

Oil

b)

Steam

c)

Steel

33.

The name of Teddy Roosevelt's policy of balancing the needs of workers, business, and consumers

a)

The Square Deal

b)

Prohibition

c)

New Freedom

34.

Novel depicting the unsanitary conditions at a meatpacking plant

a)

Butchering America

b)

Food for Thought

c)

The Jungle

35.

Which of the following ideologies contributed to imperialism

a)

Women's rights

b)

Racial tolerance

c)

Cultural superiority

36.

Which of the following was a benefit of colonial empires

a)

They created a balance of power

b)

They provided a large work force

c)

They provided markets and natural resources