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WorksheetsCumulative Review #2
Total questions: 55
Worksheet time: 45mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
The Union General that forced General Lee to surrender at Appomattox.
a)
Fort Sumter
b)
Abraham Lincoln
c)
Robert E. Lee
d)
Ulysses S. Grant
2.
3 day battle that the South lost and is considered the turning point in the war
a)
Gettysburg
b)
Fort Sumter
c)
The Atlanta Campaign
d)
Uncle Tom's Cabin
3.
General Sherman led his troops through Georgia toward Savannah and destroyed things that Southerners needed for war.
a)
Sherman's March to the Sea
b)
Fort Sumter
c)
Gettysburg
d)
John Brown's Raid on Harpers Ferry
4.
Even though these states had slavery, they did not join the Confederate states.
a)
Western States
b)
State of Confusion
c)
Border States
d)
Southern States
5.
What was a major advantage of the South during the Civil War?
a)
heavy industrial development
b)
a network of railway lines to transport supplies and troops
c)
superior military leadership
d)
an alliance with Britain and France
6.
Who was the president of the Confederate States of America?
a)
Abraham Lincoln
b)
Ulysses S. Grant
c)
Jefferson Davis
d)
Robert E. Lee
7.
President Lincoln believed that punishing the South would only delay healing the nation, so he offered a _____ to all Southerners who were willing to swear an oath of loyalty to the United States.
a)
pardon
b)
pass
c)
reprieve
d)
sentence
8.
To help former enslaved people, the U.S. Congress created the _____.
a)
black codes
b)
Freedmen's Bureau
c)
NAACP
d)
provisional government
9.
Northerners who went south after the Civil War to make large profits from the destruction in the south were called
a)
Scalawags
b)
Ku Klux Klan
c)
Carpetbaggers
d)
Sharecroppers
10.
The organization put in place after the Civil War to provide food, clothing, health care and education in the South was known as:
a)
The Civil Rights Committee
b)
The Freedmen's Bureau
c)
The Welfare Committee
d)
The Salvation Army
11.
During Reconstruction, most former Confederate states
a)
were placed under military rule for a time
b)
were readmitted into the Union, but only after promising to end slavery within 10 years
c)
given full representation in Congress without issue
d)
supported the immediate end of slavery throughout the U.S.
12.
After an electoral dispute resulting in the Compromise of 1877, it was agreed that Rutherford B. Hayes would become President if
a)
he would create a new Freedmen's Bureau
b)
he ended Reconstruction and removed troops from the south
c)
he would allow African Africans full rights in the North only
d)
he created pro-cotton legislation in Congress
13.
(5) What was the compromise of 1877?
a)
an agreement made between republicans and democrats that allowed Hayes to become President , if the republicans ended reconstruction in the south
b)
an agreement between Hayes and Tilden that allowed Hayes to become President if Tilden could be his Vice President
c)
an agreement between republicans and democrats that made Tilden President, but allowed Reconstruction to continue in the South
14.
The monopolies in the oil and steel industries
a)
Kept wages low and limited labor unions' power
b)
increased wages and limited labor unions' power
c)
kept wages low and increased labor unions' power
d)
increased wages and increased labor unions' power
15.
Progressives were concerned about unsafe conditions in ____ and about the long ____ expected to work.
a)
factories, hours
b)
homes, trips
c)
ships, hours
d)
monopolies, hours
16.
Which three big businesses transformed America in the years between 1870 and 1914?
a)
meatpacking, automobile, and construction
b)
railroads, steel and oil
c)
textile, meatpacking and canals
d)
political machines, settlement houses and ghettos
17.
What was Ellis Island?
a)
An amusement park
b)
An immigration center in New Jersey
c)
An immigration center in New York
d)
The first capital of the United States
18.
Where was Angel Island located?
a)
San Antonio, Texas
b)
New York, New York
c)
San Francisco, California
d)
Los Angeles, California
19.
Immigrants who came into the Untied States through Angel Island found most of their work where?
a)
The building of the Transcontinental Railroad
b)
In factories
c)
On farms
d)
As cattle drivers
20.
The Plains Indians suffered from lost battles and broken treaties. Even worse for them, however, was ___________.
a)
the terrible winters of 1886 and 1887
b)
the terrible summers of 1886 and 1887
c)
the destruction of the buffalo
d)
the Ghost Dance
21.
Why was the transcontinental railroad beneficial to America?
a)
The railroad was built over mountains that were impassable in stagecoach.
b)
Railroads provided a faster, safer, and cheaper transportation.
c)
Railroads allowed People to bring their furniture to the Great Plains.
d)
Railroads crossed rivers which were difficult to cross earlier.
22.
Workers who built the railroads were mainly
a)
homesteaders and cowboys
b)
Chinese and Irish
c)
Russian and Irish
d)
Mexican and Chinese
23.
Assimilation means...
a)
To bring together
b)
social process of absorbing one cultural into another
c)
force-able removal of a cultural
d)
the destruction of ones culture
24.
Who wrote the expose piece of literature that revealed the extensive corrupt monopolistic business practices of Standard Oil?
a)
Ida Tarbell
b)
Lewis Hines
c)
Jacob Riis
d)
Upton Sinclair
25.
Whose book led to the direct passage of the Meat Inspection Act and indirect of the Pure Food and Drug Acts?
a)
Jacob Riis
b)
Lewis Hines
c)
Ida Tarbell
d)
Upton Sinclair
26.
Who was the person who founded the settlement house (Hull House) for the Assimilation and Americanization of the immigrant poor?
a)
Elixabeth Cady Stanton
b)
Jane Addams
c)
Susan B. Anthony
d)
Belle Starr
27.
Who was the leader of the American Federation of Labor (AFL)?
a)
Eugene Debs
b)
Jacob Riis
c)
Samuel Gompers
d)
Upton Sinclair
28.
This person helped to found the NAACP
a)
Ida B Wells
b)
Booker T Washington
c)
W E B DuBois
d)
Martin Luther King Jr.
29.
The actions of muckrakers in the late 19th century and early 20th century resulted in
a)
Supreme Court decisions that expanded the right to vote
b)
government regulation of unfair business practices
c)
increases in the power of monopolies
d)
reduction of the president’s power to manage the economy
30.
To preserve water, trees, plants, and other natural resources
a)
Precipitation
b)
Confurion
c)
Conservation
d)
Infusion
31.
What was Jane Addams' establishment called?
a)
The Escape.
b)
Convalescent Home.
c)
Hull House.
d)
The Mansion.
32.
1. Most Progressives agreed that government should
a)
a. Nationalize industries
b)
b. Abolish home rule in cities
c)
c. Protect workers and poor people
d)
d. Outlaw unions
33.
What Supreme Court case ruled "separate but equal" was legal?
a)
Redskins vs Giants
b)
Aylor vs Byrd
c)
Brown vs Board of Education
d)
Plessy vs Ferguson
34.
Why did the U.S build the Panama Canal?
a)
to reduce travel time
b)
to speed up trade
c)
to protect from invaders
d)
for fishing
35.
What is the Panama Canal?
a)
a northwest passage through Canada
b)
a waterway through northern Egypt
c)
A waterway connecting the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans through Panama
d)
A river that runs through Panama
36.
What term describes building an empire by conquering other nations?
a)
Isolationism
b)
Repubicanism
c)
Militarism
d)
Imperialism
37.
Which statement best describes the cause of the Spanish-American War?
a)
The explosion of the USS Maine of unknown reasons led to the Spanish-American War.
b)
Republicanism
c)
Many causes, including yellow journalism and American economic interests in Cuba, combined to push the US into war with Spain.
d)
President McKinley whole-heartedly wanted to declare war on Spain, even if it was not necessary.
38.
What was the phrase Roosevelt found to describe his method of accomplishing
goals?
goals?
a)
bully pulpit
b)
speak softly and carry a big stick
c)
hit the line hard
d)
politics is the art of the possible
39.
Yellow Journalists were:
a)
writers who exposed period problems in hopes of achieving reform
b)
writers who wrote in yellow to bring attention to Spanish abuses
c)
newspaper reporters and illustrators who exaggerated stories in order to sell newspapers and fuel a war with Spain
d)
writers who opposed American imperialism and aimed to keep America neutral
40.
How did the Roosevelt Corollary alter or change the Monroe Doctrine?
a)
the corollary completely destroyed the Monroe Doctrine
b)
The corollary had no effect on the Monroe Doctrine
c)
The corollary strengthened the Monroe Doctrine by allowing the U.S. to act as an international police force
41.
When World War I began, the official United States policy was
a)
to enter on the side of the Allied Powers
b)
the enter on the side of the Central Powers
c)
to remain militarily and politically neutral
d)
to support the Central Powers by providing war materials
42.
Which of Woodrow Wilson's proposals was included in the Treaty of Versailles?
a)
the League of Nations
b)
reparations from Germany
c)
removal of all trade barriers
d)
restoration of the Russian monarchy
43.
According to Woodrow Wilson, the purpose of the League of Nations was
a)
to remove threat of future wars.
b)
to prevent nuclear proliferation.
c)
to help the US gain more territories.
d)
to help promote prohibition in other countries.
44.
On May 7, 1915, a German submarine torpedoed and sank
a)
the Maine
b)
The Titanic
c)
The Lusitania
d)
The Queen Mary
45.
A series of proposals in which U.S. President Woodrow Wilson outlined a plan for achieving a lasting peace after WWI
a)
League of Nations
b)
Fourteen Points
c)
Militarism
d)
Propaganda
46.
Banned people from making, drinking or selling alcohol
a)
17th Amendment
b)
18th Amendment
c)
19th Amendment
d)
21st Amendment
47.
What amendment provided suffrage for women (1920)?
a)
16th
b)
17th
c)
18th
d)
19th
48.
Henry Ford and his assembly line allowed people to do what?
a)
Buy cars at a lower cost
b)
live farther from their jobs
c)
build cars quicker
d)
All of the answers are correct
49.
The "Red Scare" means
a)
People were afraid of the color red.
b)
People thought Red's were friends.
c)
People were afraid of Communists.
d)
People were afraid of Democrats.
50.
Many African American Artists had opportunities to flourish and express their creativity during ________?
a)
Harlem Renaissance
b)
Great Awakening
c)
Harlem Resurgence
d)
The Great Migration
51.
Ford's system was efficient because it?
a)
He personally made each car
b)
He divided the process into simple parts.
c)
Had teams of workers compete to built a car quickest.
d)
Used immigrant labor
52.
What is Isolationism?
a)
Being by yourself
b)
Staying out of the affairs of other countries
c)
Helping cure and fight disease
d)
Running an efficient company
53.
This was a major innovation found in most homes by the end of the 20s.
a)
Radio
b)
Television
c)
Telephone
d)
Microwave.
54.
Laws created to limit Immigration in the 1920's were pushed by nativists because?
a)
Nativist thought Sacco and Vanzetti were innocent.
b)
Nativists blamed Europeans for the country's problems
c)
Congress wanted to limit Immigration from Mexico.
d)
Americans wanted to end Isolationism
55.
An African American who moved from rural Georgia to New York City in 1919 would have been part of ...
a)
an anti-imperialism movement
b)
an isolationist movement
c)
the Great Migration
d)
the NAACP
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