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WorksheetsSemester A Review Quiz
Total questions: 29
Worksheet time: 15mins
What piece of technology is the biggest reason for the growth of the West?
the telegraph
the railroad
electricity
irrigation systems
What is the name of the law that encouraged Native Americans to assimilate into white society by farming individual plots of land?
The Emancipation Proclamation
The Indian Removal Act
The Chinese Exclusion Act
The Dawes Act
What is this poster an example of?
The Homestead Act
The Dawes Act
The Dreamers Act
The NRA
Laissez faire was the idea that the government should keep its hands off what?
Civil Rights
the West
the economy and business
a woman's right to choose
What is nativism?
a dislike for or distrust of foreign-born people
a dislike for Native American Indians
a belief that animals should be left in their native habitats
Which of these is an example of Nativism?
Chinese Exclusion Act
Gentleman's Agreement
anti-immigration laws
all of the above
Corporate trusts could be a bad thing because they...
had too much power in the government
could control prices and make them unreasonably high
sometimes restrained trade
all of the above
The man in this cartoon is...
Al Capone, a gangster
Teddy Roosevelt, a progressive president
William Tweed, a boss of a political machine
Why could political machines be bad?
they formed monopolies with other machines
they used government money illegally and rigged the elections
they smuggled liquor during prohibition
all of the above
Labor unions were groups of workers who fought for...
A) better wages
B) fewer working hours
C) Both A and B
D) None of the above
Which of the following was a muckraker?
Joseph Glidden, who invented barbed wire and changed life in the West
Jacob Riis, a writer and photographer who showed poor living and working conditions
John Rockefeller, a big businessman who owned the Standard Oil Company
Tenements were often...
A) Crowded
B) Unsanitary
C) Apartment buildings
D) all of the above
Which of the following headlines is an example of yellow journalism?
"Theodore Roosevelt shot by crank in Milwaukee street"
"Alaska to be 49th state; Senate approval is 64-20"
"Destruction of the warship Maine was the work of an enemy!"
What did yellow journalism do to Americans in 1898?
It made us want to go to war against Spain
It made us want to become more Isolationist
It made us hate newspapers
The routes on the map show why we wanted ______________.
to own all of South America
to build the Panama Canal
to make Hawaii a state
All of the following are reasons America entered World War I EXCEPT...
Germany used unrestricted submarine warfare to sink the Lusitania
Archduke Frank Ferdinand was assassinated
Germany wrote the Zimmerman Note to Mexico trying to get them to fight against America
Russia had a revolution, making this a war for Democracy
America became known as a world power after...
we fought in World War I
we purchased Alaska
we made Hawaii a state
we built the Panama Canal
The Spanish-American War was a turning point because...
it officially made America a country
it's when we started using jet fighters
it made us hate Cuba
the US acquired new territories and military bases
Which of the following is NOT a cause of the Great Depression?
the banking industry wasn't regulated
we gave all our money to Japan
we produced too many consumer goods. driving prices down
people spent more money than they had by using credit
Which President refused to provide direct federal aid to the homeless during the Great Depression?
Herbert Hoover
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Albert Schmuck
What was the name of President Franklin Roosevelt's plan to provide relief, recovery, and reform during the Great Depression?
A Time of Change
Everyman's Rights
The Open Home
The New Deal
Which of the following is an example of how geography can affect people's lives?
The Dust Bowl
The Sherman Antitrust Act
The Rough Riders
True or False: FDR's New Deal plan included only one remedy for the problems of the Great Depression.
True
False
Which of the following did NOT attempt to restore public confidence in financial institutions?
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Securities and Exchange Commission
Works Progress Administration
Which of the following extended support to the elderly?
Agricultural Adjustment Agency
Works Progress Administration
Social Security Administration
True or False: The Agricultural Adjustment Agency attempted to make crop prices rise by controlling the amount of crops grown.
True
False
Republican opponents of the New Deal claimed that it...
went too far by having the government be responsible for the economy's welfare
didn't go far enough and the government needed to take control of all businesses
didn't help African Americans enough
World War II marked the end of...
The Dust Bowl
The Spanish-American War
The Great Depression
True or False: The New Deal increased Americans' belief that the government is responsible for its citizens' well-being.
True
False
