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US History Final Spring 2019

Total questions: 80

Worksheet time: 1hrs 28mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Reconstruction refers to the period in which

a)

The South was rebuilt.

b)

The Civil War was fought.

c)

African Americans were enslaved.

d)

Republicans lost power.

2.

Which of the following was NOT a hardship faced by the South after the Civil War?

a)

Many farms had been destroyed

b)

Southern cities were in ruins

c)

Freedmen needed jobs

d)

The South lacked natural resources

3.

The 13th Amendment made slavery illegal in United States.

a)

True

b)

False

4.

After the Civil War, which allowed African-Americans to vote?

a)

The 15th Amendment

b)

Literacy tests

c)

Poll taxes

d)

Grandfather clauses

5.

Lincoln could not carry out his plans for Reconstruction because he was

a)

disliked by the South

b)

defeated for re-election for President

c)

assassinated shortly after the war

d)

against slavery

6.

All of the following occurred during the Grant Presidency EXCEPT

a)

Whiskey Ring

b)

Credit Mobilier Scandal

c)

Indian Ring

d)

The passing of the 13th Amendment

7.
Railroad owners wanted more people to settle on the Great Plains because...
a)
farmers would use the railroads to ship products to markets in the cities
b)
they needed more people to build railroad tracks
c)
they needed sharecroppers to farm the land owned by the railroads
d)
settlers would grow cotton and ship it to the south
8.
Workers who built the railroads were mainly
a)
homesteaders and cowboys
b)
Asian and Europeans
c)
Russian and Irish
d)
Mexican and Chinese
9.
Which innovation used the railroads and electricity to send news across the
country?
a)
transcontinental railroad
b)
pony express
c)
telegraph
d)
stagecoach
10.
The first railroad to cross the United States was the....
a)
Union Pacific Railroad
b)
Central Pacific Railroad
c)
Missouri Railroad
d)
Transcontinental Railroad
11.
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.
12.
Who is the chief who would rather run with his tribe to Canada rather than be put on a reservation?
a)
Chief Geronimo
b)
Chief Sitting Bull
c)
Chief Crazy Horse
d)
Chief Joseph
13.
Who was the Western hero that created a Wild West Show that brought a taste of the West to New York City, Philadelphia, Boston, and other major cities?
a)
Buffalo Bill Cody
b)
Doc Holliday
c)
Wild Bill Hickok
d)
Billy the Kid
14.
What government act allowed American citizens to purchase 160 acres of land for $10 as long as they agreed to farm it for 5 years and build a house on it?
a)
Morrill Land Grant Act
b)
Homestead Act
c)
Indian Removal Act
d)
Dawes Act
15.
The attack by Colonel John Chivington in Colorado upon the Cheyenne, done after concluding peace with Black Kettle, was the…
a)
Sand Creek Massacre
b)
Camp Grant Massacre
c)
Massacre at Wounded Knee
d)
Battle of Little Bighorn
16.
What is the name of the western battle where the Sioux and Cheyenne defeated the Federal troops led by George Armstrong Custer? 
a)
Battle of Little Bighorn
b)
Sand Creek Massacre
c)
Camp Grant Massacre
d)
Battle of Apache Pass
17.
Andrew Carnegie's steel business succeeded in part to a practice called _____________________, in which a business owner becomes involved in ALL steps of the manufacturing process. He not only owned steel mills, he bought the iron ore mines, coalfields and railroads needed to supply the steel.
a)
horizontal integration
b)
vertical integration
c)
trust
18.
Rockefeller, the owner of Standard Oil, succeeded due to ____________________, in which he took over all businesses in his field, eventually owning 90 percent of the oil refineries in the U.S. Disney does this in present time w/ entertainment.
a)
vertical integration
b)
horizontal integration
c)
trust
19.
Thomas Edison invented the....
a)
Telephone
b)
Railroad
c)
Light Bulb
d)
Automobile
20.
What amendment provided suffrage for women (1920)?
a)
16th
b)
17th
c)
18th
d)
19th
21.
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
22.
What anti monopoly law made all"combinations, contracts, and conspiracies" that restrained free trade illegal (1890)?
a)
Interstate Commerce Act
b)
Sherman Antitrust Act
c)
Clayton Antitrust Act
d)
Keller-Cefauver Act
23.
Which Progressive President used Big Stick Diplomacy and was known as a Trust buster?
a)
Teddy Roosevelt
b)
Taft
c)
Woodrow Wilson
d)
Luke Skywalker
24.
 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
25.
Theodore Roosevelt eventually left the Republican Party and created a 3rd party for America in 1912. What was the NICKNAME of his party?
a)
Rough Riders
b)
The Teddies
c)
Bull Moose Party
d)
New Nationalist
26.

What did the 1920 Census reveal about where Americans were living?

a)

The majority of Americans lived West of the Mississippi

b)

The majority of Americans lived rural areas

c)

The majority of Americans lived in urban areas

d)

The majority of Americans lived on farms

27.

What was blamed for many of society's ills during the Progressive Era?

a)

Alcohol

b)

Crack

c)

Heroin

d)

Pills

28.

What major world event provided the final push for female suffrage?

a)

Civil War

b)

World War I

c)

World War II

d)

Vietnam

29.

Who is known as the father of American Forestry

a)

Gifford Pinchot

b)

John Muir

c)

Teddy Roosevelt

d)

Woodrow Wilson

30.

Who coined the term "Gilded Age"?

a)

Mark Twain

b)

Samuel Clemens

c)

William McKinley

d)

Andrew Carnegie

31.

Which political party was seen as the most successful 3rd party in US politics?

a)

Socialsist

b)

Democrats

c)

Populists

d)

Tea Party

32.

This President was assassinated because he wanted to reform civil service jobs.

a)

James A. Garfield

b)

Abraham Lincoln

c)

William McKinley

d)

John F. Kennedy

33.
According to historian Frederick Jackson Turner, the defining factor of American identity was...
a)
Military Conquest
b)
Naval Power
c)
The Frontier
d)
Economic Power
34.
The explosion of the USS Maine
a)
proved that McKinley was a weak president
b)
rallied Americans against Spain
c)
caused American prejudice about Spanish immigrants
d)
formed a bond between America and Cuba
35.
Why was Alaska called "Seward's folly"?
a)
Americans didn't own a territory so far north
b)
It was a frozen wasteland with no resources
c)
U.S. had already annexed Samoa, and didn't need another territory
d)
Thought two-cents an acre was too expensive
36.
Which incident led to Congress declaring war on Spain?
a)
explosion of the Maine
b)
arrest of Jose Marti
c)
Spanish ships in Santiago
d)
capture  San Juan
37.
What was built to allow American commercial and war ships to travel from the Atlantic to the Pacific more quickly?
a)
The Rio Grande
b)
The Snake River
c)
The Gulf of Mexico
d)
The Panama Canal
38.
A volunteer cavalry unit with Teddy Roosevelt leading as 2nd in command. They helped take control of Cuba by winning the battle of San Juan Hill.
 
a)
William Randolph Hearst 
b)
Commander George Dewey
c)
Rough Riders
d)
Teddy Roosevelt 
39.
Journalists writing exaggerated news stories to sell newspaper. Examples stories about the de Lome letter and the USS Maine
a)
Imperialism
b)
Yellow journalism
c)
Protectorate 
d)
Open Door Policy
40.
In addition to Puerto Rico, which territories were acquired by the United States as part of the peace treaty that ended the Spanish American War?
a)
Cuba and the Philippines
b)
Cuba and Guam
c)
The Philippines and Guam
d)
The Philippines and Hawaii
41.

Between 1870 and 1920, over ______ million immigrants arrived in the United States.

a)

2

b)

5

c)

10

d)

25

42.

Who was the radical Mexican leader that led attacks on American interests and the town of Columbus, New Mexico?

a)

Porfirio Diaz

b)

Che Guevara

c)

Erik Estrada

d)

Poncho Villa

43.
World War I began in ____ and ended in _____.
a)
1914, 1917
b)

1917, 1918

c)
1914, 1918
44.

Germany used their U-boats to sink ships of the Allied powers; this British passenger liner carrying 128 Americans was destroyed in 1915.

a)

Lusitania

b)

USS Maine

c)

Zimmerman

d)

Titanic

45.

The Treaty of Versailles punished Germany for its role in WWI by

a)

Forcing them to take blame and pay reparations

b)

dividing Germany into 4 zones

c)

supporting economic sanctions by the UN

d)

taking away German land and giving it to Spain

46.

What was the Zimmerman Note?

a)

A letter from Germany to Mexico, encouraging Mexico to go to war with the United States to keep them occupied

b)

A letter from Cuba to Spain, calling McKinley a yellow belly for not wanting to go to war

c)

A letter from the Allies to Germany with terms of surrender

d)

A memo drafted by Lenin declaring Trotsky the next leader for the Soviet Union

47.

What was Woodrow Wilson's plan for peace following the conclusion of WWI?

a)

The Treaty of Versailles

b)

Wilson's 14 Points

c)

The League of Nations

d)

The Armistice

48.

Of the over 100,000 US troops were killed in WWI, the majority died from

a)

Gunshot wounds

b)

Trenchfoot

c)

Influenza

d)

German U-boats

49.

What country refused to join the League of Nations and essentially denied it the power needed to fulfill its purpose?

a)

France

b)

Great Brittain

c)

Russia

d)

United States

50.

_________ was the first person to fly by himself across the Atlantic Ocean.

a)

Jesse Owens

b)

Louis Armstrong

c)

Herbert Hoover

d)

Charles Lindbergh

51.

___________ was a time of growth in the arts by African-Americans in New York City.

a)

The Harlem Renaissance

b)

The Harlem Experience

c)

The Dust Bowl

d)

The New Deal

52.

Jazz grew out of the _____________________ heritage.

a)

Dust Bowl

b)

African-American

c)

immigrants

d)

factory worker

53.
What did the Twenty-first Amendment do?
a)
It stopped speakeasies
b)
It ended Prohibition
c)
It arrested bootleggers
54.
Who became the first woman to fly across the Atlantic Ocean in 1928?
a)
Amelia Earhart
b)
Charles Lindbergh
55.
Who were the Palmer Raids meant to find and root out?
a)
Anarchists
b)
Communists
c)
Socialists
d)
All of the above
56.
The Scopes Monkey Trial of 1925 had to do with teaching of Fundamentalism and ______.
a)
school
b)
Evolution
c)
life
d)
religion
57.
This natural disaster served to worsen the effects of the Great Depression on Farmers in the Midwest 
a)
Tornados
b)
Dust Bowl
c)
Black Tuesday 
d)
Hurricanes
58.
The President who was mostly blamed for worsening the Great Depression 
a)
Roosevelt 
b)
Eisenhower
c)
Hoover
d)
Jefferson
59.
The name given to the programs enforced by FDR to ensure relief, recovery and reform. 
a)
Stock Market 
b)
Great Depression
c)
Margin 
d)
New Deal 
60.
This President enforced both New Deals and saw America through the Great Depression and World War II. 
a)
Eisenhower
b)
Truman
c)
Hoover
d)
Roosevelt 
61.
In 1929 the Great Depression started in the United States. In 1932 Franklin D. Roosevelt was elected president and he promised a "New Deal" to the American people. Which of the following BEST describes the role of the government during the New Deal?
a)
) The government wanted people to take care of themselves and not use the government. 
b)
The New Deal led to the government being more involved in the economy of the country. 
c)
The government wanted people to let the government provide everything they needed. 
d)
The New Deal led to the government being less involved in the economy of the country. 
62.
The TVA helped transform the Tennessee River Valley from poverty to productivity by ...
a)
soil conservation and tree planting
b)
building highways, bridges, public buildings, public parks, and airports
c)
building hydroelectric dams throughout a seven-state region to control floods and generate electricity
d)
provide assistance to farmers
63.
Put the following events into the correct chronological order.

W. Stock Market Crash 
X. Election of Hoover
Y. Election of FDR 
Z. Hundred Days
a)
WXYZ
b)
XWYZ
c)
XWZY
d)
WXZY
64.

Which of the following explains why the Soviet leader Joseph Stalin was upset when the United States entered the war?

a)

They were overly focused on the Pacific theatre and did not supply enough troops in Europe.

b)

The US first entered into North Africa, and did not open up a second front for the Germans to defend.

c)

They focused only on the Italian military movements and did intervene with the Germans.

d)

They vowed to not return any of the Soviet land taken because they were communists.

65.

Operation Overlord, or the D-Day invasion took place on

a)

June 6, 1944 in Normandy, France

b)

May 8, 1945 in Munich, Germany

c)

August 15, 1945 in Tokyo, Japan

d)

January 21, 1944 in Stalingrad, Soviet Union

66.

Which of the following best explains why the Japanese felt it was necessary to bomb Pearl Harbor?

a)

The U.S. military was becoming overly aggressive in the Pacific

b)

To take out the U.S. Navy carrier fleet

c)

To try to cripple the U.S. Navy so they can gain access to precious oil supplies.

d)

The U.S. Government was going to cut off all diplomatic relations with Japan later that day

67.

What was the main significance of the battle of Midway?

a)

It provided the Australians with a strategic base in Solomon Islands

b)

It allowed the U.S. to gain valuable information on Japanese attack plans.

c)

It undermined Japan’s capacity to wage an offensive war.

d)

It shifted the balance of power in Asia to the British.

68.

Why was the US response to the Holocaust so minimal during the war?

a)

FDR thought the political cost of accepting refugees was too high

b)

Bombing supply lines to the camps would make matters worse for the prisoners

c)

They could not get troops to the camps until the defeated the Nazis

d)

All of the above

69.

Which of the following are true statements about minority groups during World War II?

a)

Thousands of African Americans found factory jobs that were previously unavailable

b)

African Americans were forced to serve in segregated units

c)

Thousands of Women found factory jobs that were previously unavailable

d)

All of the above are true statements

70.

What was the name of the top secret program to build an atomic bomb?

a)

The Oppenheimer Project

b)

The Los Alamos Commission

c)

The Manhattan Project

d)

All of the above

71.

Which of the following best explains why the U.S. decided to use the atomic bomb on Japan?

a)

It would bring an abrupt end to the war saving hundreds of thousands of US troops

b)

It would prove to the Soviets who the real world power was

c)

It would serve as payback for Pearl Harbor and other war crimes committed by the Japanese

d)

All of the above

72.
Who were the first African-American fighter pilots? 
a)
Tuskegee Boys
b)
Tuskegee Airmen
c)
Birmingham Airmen
d)
Tuskegee Tough Guys 
73.
What two nations were in competition with each other during the Cold War?
a)
Spain and Portugal
b)
England and France
c)
Germany and Italy
d)
United States and Soviet Union
74.
What was the mutual defense alliance of non communist nations?
a)
NATO
b)
Warsaw Pact
c)
Truman Doctrine
d)
Open Skies
75.
What event in the 1960's brought the world close to a nuclear war?
a)
The space race
b)
Berlin War
c)
The Cuban Missile Crisis
d)
The arms race
76.
Who was the Senator who started rumors of the Red Scare?
a)
John F. Kennedy
b)
Joseph Stalin
c)
Neil Armstrong
d)
Joseph McCarthy
77.

1954 Supreme Court case that overruled Plessy v. Ferguson, declaring that racially segregated facilities are inherently unequal and ordered all public schools desegregated.

a)

Shelley v. Kraemer

b)

Brown v. Board

c)

Keys v. Carolina Coach

d)

Bigs v. Elliot

78.

This was invented in the 1920's it wasn't until the late 1950's that it became the primary source of information and entertainment.. In 1946 there were only 17,000 in America, but by 1957 there were 40 million.

a)

Radio

b)

Televisions

c)

Cell Phones

d)

Movie Theatres

79.

A 14 year old black boy who was murdered in 1955 for whistling at a white woman by her husband and his friends. They kidnapped him and brutally killed him. His death helped fuel the American Civil Rights movement.

a)

Martin Luther King Jr.

b)

Emmett Till

c)

James Dean

d)

Joe Dimaggio

80.

Which of the following is NOT an African American leader during the Affluent Society?

a)

MLK Jr

b)

Rosa Parks

c)

Elvis Presley

d)

Sarah Keys

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