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WorksheetsMidterm Review 2019
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 34mins
What is the main purpose of the Bill of Rights?
to write out the powers of Congres
to give adult citizens the right to vote
to protect individual rights
to provide for an end to slavery
The judicial branch of government can check the legislative branch of government by
(1) vetoing bills passed by Congress
(2) declaring laws unconstitutional
(3) calling special sessions of Congress
(4) reducing congressional budgets
The power of judicial review was established when
(1) the original United States Constitution was adopted
(2) an amendment was added to the United States Constitution
(3) President Thomas Jefferson established the
power in an executive order
(4) the Supreme Court issued its ruling in Marbury v. Madison (1803)
After the Civil War, the most common occupations
for freedmen were
(1) sharecroppers and tenant farmers
(2) factory owners and teachers
(3) skilled artisans and mechanics
(4) miners and soldiers
Which statement is a valid generalization about the experience of African Americans during the early Reconstruction period (1865–1870)?
(1) They gained economic equality.
(2) Their participation in government decreased.
(3) They achieved legal rights through constitutional amendments.
(4) Their political equality was opposed by most Radical Republicans.
What was a common goal of the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments to the United States Constitution?
(1) punishing the South for seceding from the Union
(2) granting basic rights to formerly enslaved persons
(3) allowing the states to veto federal laws
(4) creating a “separate but equal” society
Poll taxes, literacy tests, and grandfather clauses were used in the South after 1890 to
(1) support the goals of the Freedmen’s Bureau
(2) deny suffrage rights to African Americans
(3) undermine the “separate but equal” ruling of the Supreme Court
(4) enforce the amendments enacted during the Civil War and Reconstruction
What was the primary goal of the Dawes Act of 1887 regarding Native American Indians?
(1) assimilating Native American Indians into mainstream American life
(2) increasing the size of Native American Indian reservations
(3) promoting Native American Indian languages and cultures
(4) strengthening Native American Indian tribal governments
Black Codes were established in the South immediately after the Civil War in an effort to
(1) integrate freedmen into American society
(2) enforce the Emancipation Proclamation
(3) expand educational opportunities
(4) limit the rights of newly freed African Americans
After 1877, racial segregation became widespread in the South primarily as a result of the
(1) decline of the Ku Klux Klan
(2) activities of the Freedmen’s Bureau
(3) stationing of federal troops in the South
(4) passage of Jim Crow laws
After the Civil War, the purpose of adding the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments to the Constitution was to
(1) grant civil and political rights to Native American Indians
(2) allow women to become full citizens
(3) guarantee African Americans equal treatment under the law
(4) extend constitutional rights to new territories
Which statement best describes how the status of African Americans in the South changed soon after the end of Reconstruction in 1877?
(1) The Supreme Court consistently supported civil rights for African Americans.
(2) Poll taxes and literacy tests were eliminated for African Americans.
(3) Increasing numbers of African Americans were elected to public office.
(4) African Americans faced increasing discrimination and segregation.
Where were Native Americans forced to relocate?
States
Towns
Reservations
Camps
He opposed American westward expansion and led the Lakota in a defeat against the American army at the Battle of Little Bighorn.
Sitting Bull
Chief Joseph
Geronimo
Custer
land set aside by the United States government for Native Americans
service
frontier
reservations
Manifest Destiny
RECONSTRUCTION: What was a common purpose of the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments to the Constitution?
extending suffrage to Southern women
reforming the sharecropping system
granting rights to African Americans
protecting the rights of white Southerners
RECONSTRUCTION: What effect did the system of sharecropping have on the South after the Civil War?
It kept formerly enslaved persons economically dependent upon white plantation owners
it brought investment capital to the South
it encouraged Northerners to migrate South
it provided agricultural technology to plantations
CONSTITUTIONAL FOUNDATIONS: The U.S. government is considered a federal system because
national laws must be signed by the President
power is divided between the state and national governments
the states make national laws
the President is elected by the Electoral College
CONSTITUTIONAL FOUNDATIONS: The power of judicial review allows the Supreme Court to
repeal amendments
determine whether a law is constitutional or not
break tie votes in the Electoral College
impeach the President
CONSTITUTIONAL FOUNDATIONS: Which principle of the Constitution is intended to ensure that no one branch of government has more power than another branch?
checks and balances
federalism
limited government
rule of law
NATIONALISM & SECTIONALISM: President Andrew Jackson's policy toward Native Americans was created to
encourage Native Americans to move to Europe
force Native Americans to move west of the Mississippi River
improve educational opportunities for Native Americans
grant citizenship to Native Americans
RECONSTRUCTION: During Reconstruction, the Black Codes were passed by Southern states as attempts to
provide land to former slaves
punish former Confederate leaders
repeal Jim Crow laws
deny equal rights to African Americans
RECONSTRUCTION: During Reconstruction, Southern states used poll taxes and literacy tests to
prevent African Americans from voting
limit African American access to public facilities
block African Americans from educational opportunities
deny jobs to African Americans
INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION: One reason Rockefeller, Carnegie, and Morgan were sometimes called "robber barons" was because they
robbed from the rich and gave to the poor
made unnecessarily risky investments
used ruthless business tactics against their competitors
stole money from the federal government
INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION: During the late 1800s, the government used military force during labor strikes as a way to
support the industrialists and end the strikes
make employers sign collective bargaining agreements
protect workers
replace striking factory workers with soldiers
INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION: The passage of the Dawes Act in 1887 was an attempt by the United States government to
limit the power of the states
return land to the Native American tribes
encourage Native American Indians to give up their traditional culture
hire Native American Indians for the military
The term business monoply can best be descrbed as
the most common form of business in the United States
government control of the means of production
an agreement between partners to manage a corporation
a company that controls or dominates and industry
One effect of monopolies on the United States economy is that they tended to
eliminate business competition
keep prices low
give consumers a greater choice in purchases goods and services
leads to a greater variety in the price for a particular product or service
A workplace where people labor long hours in poor conditions for low pay is known as a
sweatshop
patent
labor union
strikebreaker
Why do workers usually join labor unions?
to increase production levels
to improve working conditions
to eliminate business competition
to lower consumer prices
Strikes, boycotts, and picketing are used by
companies against government
unions against employers
unions against workers
business against unions
A basic goal of labor union in the 19th century was to achieve
government ownership of industry
a shorter workday and higher wages
equal pay for equal work
women's rights
Why did Samuel Gompers have to stand up for rights of workers?
Women were being paid less than men
Workers were denied voting rights
workers were working long hours in dangerous and unsanitary conditions
African Americans were being paid more money than Native Americans
