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18-19 US History Midterm 3

Total questions: 90

Worksheet time: 45mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

For 15 million dollars, the United States was able to purchase the Louisiana Territory from:

a)

Spain

b)

Great Britain

c)

France

d)

Native Americans

2.

This Native American served as an interpreter and guide for Lewis and Clark.

a)

Tippicanoe

b)

Sacajawea

c)

Shawnee

d)

Tecumseh

3.

A ban on exporting products to other countries.

a)

blockade

b)

embargo

c)

appeasement

d)

non-trading

4.

Why did railroads have a greater impact on American society than did canals and steamboats?

a)

The government funded railroad construction

b)

People enjoyed riding trains more than steamboats

c)

Railroads cost less to build and trains provided faster transportation

d)

Canals and steamboats did not connect farmers to

5.

The cotton gin changed agriculture in the South by

a)

Simplifying the planting process

b)

combining cotton and wheat farms

c)

Making cotton the dominate crop

d)

encouraging textile factory construction

6.

Which of the following drew a line north of which any new states would be free and south of any new states would be slave states?

a)

Missouri Compromise

b)

American System

c)

Marbury v. Madison

d)

Monroe Doctrine

7.

Which American industry first used machines to do work previously done by hand?

a)

guns

b)

cotton farming

c)

textiles

d)

showmaking

8.

No one can be kept from voting because of race, color, or former enslavement, according to the

a)

black codes

b)

Thirteenth Amendment

c)

Fourteenth Amendment

d)

Fifteenth Amendment

9.

The idea of obvious and inevitable expansion of the United States from the Atlantic to the Pacific is known as

a)

Manifest Destiny

b)

Pax Romana

c)

Pacific Rim

d)

Manifest Rule

10.

When the Civil War began, what was Abraham Lincoln’s main goal?

a)

to abolish slavery

b)

to restore the Union

c)

to punish the South

d)

to bring an end to the war

11.

What was the turning point in the Civil War?

a)

Antietam

b)

Chancellorsville

c)

Gettysburg

d)

Shiloh

12.

Where were the first shots fired in the Civil War?

a)

Bull Run

b)

Ft. Sumter

c)

Ft. Wagner

d)

Shiloh

13.

Who assassinated President Lincoln?

a)

John Wilkes Booth

b)

John Hinckley

c)

Lee Harvey Oswald

d)

Walter Cunningham

14.

This was hugely successful in the North bringing the plight of the slave to the forefront; Southerners criticized it as an attack on the South.

a)

The Impending Crisis of the South

b)

Uncle Tom’s Cabin

c)

To Kill A Mockingbird

d)

On Golden Pond

15.

The economy of the South during the Civil War was mostly

a)

agricultural

b)

highly industrialized

c)

diversified

d)

mining

16.

What was the turning point in the American Revolution?

a)

Saratoga

b)

Trenton

c)

Bunker Hill

d)

Lexington and Concord

17.

Which battle has become known as “the shot heard around the world”?

a)

Saratoga

b)

Trenton

c)

Bunker Hill

d)

Lexington and Concord

18.

What new fighting tactics were introduced in the French and Indian War?

a)

Formal attacks on open fields

b)

Use of surprise and camouflage

c)

Submarine warfare

d)

Trench-warfare

19.

A method colonists used to show they were upset with the taxes being passed by the British government was

a)

Boycotts

b)

Writs of Assistance

c)

Guerrilla Warfare

d)

none of the above

20.

The Continental Congress created which of the following?

a)

Sons of Liberty

b)

The US Constitution

c)

The Bill of Rights

d)

The Declaration of Independence

21.

What is the date associated with the Declaration of Independence?

a)

July 4, 1976

b)

July 4, 1778

c)

July 4, 1775

d)

July 4, 1776

22.

This man was the British ruler prior to and during the American Revolution.

a)

King Henry VI

b)

King Arthur

c)

King John

d)

King George III

23.

This man was the leader of the Continental Army during the American Revolution.

a)

Thomas Jefferson

b)

Thomas Gage

c)

George Washington

d)

John Paul Jones

24.

The Articles of Confederation were:

a)

The treaty that ended the American Revolution

b)

The first constitution of the United States

c)

The agreement between the US and France to pay of war debts

d)

The first American Bill of Rights

25.

What two compromises were essential to the success of the Constitution?

a)

Virginia Plan and New Jersey Plan

b)

Great Compromise and Secrecy

c)

Three-Fifths Compromise and New Jersey Plan

d)

Great Compromise and Three- Fifths Compromise

26.

New England colonies were known for

a)

Rocky Soil

b)

Plantation economy

c)

Hereditary slavery used as a labor force

d)

all of the above

27.

Which event is known to be an example to total war?

a)

Bull Run

b)

Shiloh

c)

March to the Sea

d)

Vicksburg

28.

Confederate General during the Civil War

a)

William T Sherman

b)

Ulysses S Grant

c)

George McClellan

d)

Robert E Lee

29.

After the Civil War, rebuilding the South was slow due to

a)

Southern cities were destroyed

b)

The few railroad lines and factories in the South were in ruins

c)

Southern reliance on northern investment

d)

All of the above

30.

Which of the following abolished slavery in the North?

a)

the Gettysburg Address

b)

the Compromise of 1850

c)

the Thirteenth Amendment

d)

the Emancipation Proclamation

31.

The formal withdrawal of a state from the Union is known as

a)

confederacy.

b)

compromise.

c)

secession.

d)

popular sovereignty.

32.

One of the most active conductors on the Underground Railroad was

a)

Horace Greeley

b)

Harriet Tubman

c)

Harriet Beecher Stowe

d)

Charlotte Forten

33.

One of President Lincoln’s first major goals for Reconstruction was to

a)

reunify the nation

b)

redistribute the South’s land

c)

grant African Americans full citizenship

d)

punish southern states for seceding

34.

During reconstruction, most African American families in the South

a)

Moved to southern cities; where they worked as skilled laborers

b)

Benefited from Sherman’s plan to give or sell land to freed people

c)

Remained in rural areas, and worked at jobs such as farming

d)

Migrated to work on the construction of railroads across the nation

35.

What social problem did Upton Sinclair’s novel The Jungle describe?

a)

The struggles of black Americans

b)

The living and working conditions in Chicago’s meat packing industry

c)

The ruthless business methods of John D. Rockefeller and Standard Oil

d)

The conflict between California farmers and the Southern Pacific Railroad

36.

Industrial workers often labored

a)

For high wages

b)

Under the ideal conditions

c)

With unsafe machinery

d)

In well-ventilated factories

37.

Which reform did the 19th amendment enact?

a)

Temperance laws

b)

A ban on child labor

c)

Women’s suffrage

d)

African American men’s suffrage

38.

The process in which employers negotiate with labor unions about hours, wages and other working conditions is known as

a)

Muckraking

b)

Collective bargaining

c)

“Sitting at the table”

d)

Picketing

39.

Which of the following was a cause of WWI?

a)

Imperialism

b)

Militarism

c)

Alliances

d)

All of the above

40.

Which was not a cause of US entry into WWI?

a)

Assassination of archduke Franz Ferdinand

b)

Zimmerman Telegram

c)

Unrestricted submarine warfare

d)

Sinking of the Lusitania

41.

What was the only part of Wilson’s plan to be added to the Treaty of Versailles?

a)

Elimination of secret treaties

b)

Reduction of imperialism

c)

Establishing a League of Nations

d)

Adjustments to European borders

42.

What was conscription?

a)

Forced military service

b)

Medicine given to troops for trench foot

c)

Volunteer military service

d)

Medicine given to troops for malaria

43.

All of the following are reasons for US neutrality at the beginning of WWI except

a)

European immigrants countries on conflicting sides of the war

b)

Beliefs that entering the war could lead to an attack on US soil

c)

Wilson’s desire to maintain world peace

d)

Isolationist sentiments in the US

44.

All of the following were causes of the Great Depression EXCEPT

a)

Use of easy credit leading to high rates of debt

b)

The establishment of public works programs

c)

Agricultural overproduction

d)

Inflation

45.

What were the shantytowns where many homeless lived classed during the Great Depression

a)

Hoovervilles

b)

Roosevelt Towns

c)

Cardboard cities

d)

Herbert lands

46.

Why did so many banks fail at the onset of the Great Depression?

a)

Too many investors tried to open new accounts

b)

Too many depositors tried to withdraw their money all at once

c)

The stock market collapsed too slowly to collect on debts

d)

The Federal Reserve put too much money into circulation

47.

Factory owners and farmers lost money during the Great Depression due to:

a)

Stock market crash

b)

Laying off workers

c)

Underproduction

d)

Overproduction

48.

The Harlem Renaissance best describes

a)

State and federal laws passed toe end racial discrimination

b)

A method of African American cultural achievements

c)

Urban renewal efforts in New York City

d)

Government programs to promote African American businesses

49.

During the early 1900s, which factor was a major cause of migration of many African Americans to the north?

a)

The start of the Harlem Renaissance

b)

Increased job opportunities in northern cities

c)

Laws passed in the northern states to end racial discrimination

d)

Federal government job training programs

50.

The incredible increase of consumerism in the 1920s was due in part by:

a)

Mass media

b)

Buying items on credit

c)

Economic prosperity

d)

All of the above

51.

How were people able to continue to access alcohol when Prohibition went into effect?

a)

Organized crime/bootlegging

b)

Medical prescriptions

c)

Pre-prohibition personal stores of alcohol

d)

All of the above

52.

All of the following occurred during President Roosevelt’s First Hundred Days EXCEPT

a)

the National Bank Holiday

b)

ratification of the Treaty of Versailles

c)

passage of the National Industrial Recovery Act

d)

passage of the Agricultural Administration Act

53.

A major difference between the philosophies of President Herbert Hoover and President Franklin D. Roosevelt in responding to the Great Depression is that Roosevelt

a)

wanted to rely on private charities to provide assistance

b)

stressed the need for individual self-reliance

c)

supported direct relief to people out of work

d)

thought the government should not be involved in economic reform

54.

President Franklin D. Roosevelt believed that declaring a bank holiday and creating the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) would aid the nation’s banking system by

a)

restoring public confidence in banks

b)

eliminating government regulation of banks

c)

restricting foreign investments

d)

granting tax relief

55.

. . . I see one-third of a nation ill-housed, ill-clad, ill-nourished. It is not in despair that I paint you that picture. I paint it for you in hope—because the Nation, seeing and understanding the injustice in it, proposes to paint it out. We are determined to make every American citizen the subject of his country’s interest and concern; and we will never regard any faithful, law-abiding group within our borders as superfluous. The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little. . . .


—President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Second Inaugural Address, January 20, 1937


President Franklin D. Roosevelt addressed the situation described in this speech by

a)

reducing the influence of labor unions

b)

supporting programs to aid the poor and unemployed

c)

promoting the interests of big business

d)

adopting the trickle-down economic theory

56.

One criticism of the New Deal includes

a)

Lack of effort to provide relief to American Citizens

b)

The level of deficit spending used to support New Deal programs

c)

The expansion of the powers of the federal government

d)

Both B and C

57.

President Roosevelt introduced this plan to help retirees

a)

Social Security

b)

Civilian Conservation Crops

c)

401K Plans

d)

Works Progress Authority

58.

The Louisiana Purchase tripled the size of America.

a)

True

b)

False

59.

2.Germany and Russia were part of the Central Powers in World War I

a)

True

b)

False

60.

3.Samuel Slater opened the first textile mill in America.

a)

True

b)

False

61.

Nativists encourage immigration

a)

True

b)

False

62.

5.The typical slave owner owned 50 slaves.

a)

True

b)

False

63.

6.The government payed farmers a subsidy to grow food during the Great Depression

a)

True

b)

False

64.

Tobacco and cotton were the major crops in the South.

a)

True

b)

False

65.

Slavery was a very important institution in the South.

a)

True

b)

False

66.

In the Missouri Compromise, Missouri entered as a free-state & Maine entered as a slave state.

a)

True

b)

False

67.

The Civil War was all about slavery.

a)

True

b)

False

68.

The trail that the pioneers took westward was called the “Trail of Tears”

a)

True

b)

False

69.

The South (confederates) lost more than the North (union) did during the Civil War.

a)

True

b)

False

70.

The members of the Continental Congress represented a diverse group of people

a)

True

b)

False

71.

America fought against the French in the Revolutionary War

a)

True

b)

False

72.

The 16th amendment gave Congress the power to create an income tax

a)

True

b)

False

73.

The Pure Food and Drug Act required federal inspection of meat-processing plants

a)

True

b)

False

74.

Muckrakers, such as Upton Sinclair, reported on the hazardous conditions in factories and cities during the Progressive Era

a)

True

b)

False

75.

The Temperance movement was a campaign to promote the practice of drinking alcohol

a)

True

b)

False

76.

Assimilation refers to the Native Americans becoming part of the national life by adopting the culture and civilization of whites.

a)

True

b)

False

77.

The Bonus Army is a term used to describe WWI veterans who marched on Washington to demand their bonuses

a)

True

b)

False

78.

Many of the farm workers from the Dust Bowl region migrated to Canada to look for opportunity

a)

True

b)

False

79.

The New Deal looked to aid the United States through a plan that brings relief, recovery and reform

a)

True

b)

False

80.

The term Push Factor is used to describe reasons people might leave their home country and migrate to a new country

a)

True

b)

False

81.

The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary was the main cause of the United States involvement in World War I

a)

True

b)

False

82.

Wilson’s plan for peace following World War I was known at the Fourteen Points.

a)

True

b)

False

83.

The Stamp Act required colonists to house and feed British soldiers.

a)

True

b)

False

84.

Colonists dressed up as Indians dumped tea into Boston Harbor

a)

Lexington/Concord

b)

Boston Massacre

c)

Saratoga

d)

Boston Tea Party

85.

Turning point of the American Revolution

a)

Saratoga

b)

Trenton

c)

Yorktown

d)

Lexington/Concord

86.

Inventor of the Cotton Gin

a)

Samuel Morse

b)

Samuel Slater

c)

Elias Howe

d)

Eli Whitney

87.

Forced journey on the Cherokee from the Southeast to Oklahoma is know as

a)

Oregon Trail

b)

Trail of Tears

c)

Cherokee Trail

d)

Trail of No Return

88.

Glorification and promotion of the nation is known as

a)

Nationalism

b)

Nativism

c)

Dictatorism

d)

Wethebestism

89.

United States industrialist who made a fortune in the oil business. America’s first billionaire, he gave half of his fortune to charity.

a)

John D Rockefeller

b)

Andrew Carnegie

c)

Cornelius Vanderbilt

d)

J.P. Morgan

90.

person who invests money in a product or business with the goal of making a profit

a)

Capital

b)

Philanthropist

c)

Enrtrepreneur

d)

Monopoly