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US Spring Assessment Review

Total questions: 65

Worksheet time: 33mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The first battle of the Civil War

a)

Battle of Bull Run

b)

Battle of Antietam

c)

Battle of Fort Sumter

d)

Battle of Gettysburg

2.

Delaware, Maryland, Kentucky, and Missouri were known as ____________ during the Civil War

a)

New states

b)

Border states

c)

Confederate states

d)

Union states

3.

This battle, also known as the Battle of Manassas, showed the Union that the Civil War would not be over quickly

a)

Battle of Fort Sumter

b)

Battle of Gettysburg

c)

Battle of Bull Run

d)

Battle of Stalingrad

4.

General Lee surrendered to General Grant at

a)

Appomattox Courthouse

b)

Gettysburg

c)

Arlington National Cemetery

d)

The White House

5.

The 16th President of the United States

a)

Grover Cleveland

b)

James Buchanan

c)

Andrew Johnson

d)

Abraham Lincoln

6.

This man was the commander of the Confederate military

a)

Ulysses S. Grant

b)

Robert E. Lee

c)

Jefferson Davis

d)

William Tecumseh Sherman

7.

This organization was established to help former slaves find work and education after they were freed

a)

Ku Klux Klan

b)

Freemen's Bureau

c)

NAACP

d)

NAWSA

8.

This amendment abolished slavery in the United States

a)

13th

b)

14th

c)

15th

d)

19th

9.

This amendment granted citizenship to freed slaves

a)

13th

b)

14th

c)

15th

d)

4th

10.

This amendment granted African American men the right to vote

a)

3rd

b)

15th

c)

17th

d)

19th

11.

These laws restricted the rights of African Americans in the South, such as forcing them to pay in order to vote

a)

Jim Crow Laws

b)

The Final Solution

c)

Emancipation Proclamation

d)

Poll taxes

12.

This organization wanted to restrict the rights of African Americans

a)

NAACP

b)

Ku Klux Klan

c)

Freedmen's Bureau

d)

NAWSA

13.

The Emancipation Proclamation freed slaves only in Union-controlled territories

a)

True

b)

False

14.

John D. Rockefeller was known for _________________, where he bought as many of his competitors as possible and had a monopoly on where people could buy oil

a)

Horizontal integration

b)

Vertical integration

15.

Andrew Carnegie is associated with _______________, where he owned all the steps in the steel production process

a)

Horizontal integration

b)

Vertical integration

16.

This landmark was constructed with the help of Chinese immigrants and helped facilitate the movement of goods and people across the country

a)

Panama Canal

b)

Transcontinental Railroad

c)

Interstate system

d)

The Polar Express

17.

Many immigrants in the late 1800s and early 1900s lived in poorly-built apartments known as

a)

Boomtowns

b)

Slums

c)

Hoovervilles

d)

Tenements

18.

Strikes and walkouts were practices organized by

a)

Nativists

b)

Labor unions

c)

Corporations

d)

Muckrakers

19.

Labor unions utilized _______________, a strategy that allowed for representatives to argue on behalf of a large group of workers

a)

Collective bargaining

b)

Horizontal integration

c)

Strikes

d)

Referendums

20.

Nativists were worried that _____________ would change America for the worse

a)

Immigrants

b)

Freed slaves

c)

Native Americans

d)

Whigs

21.

This riot was between Carnegie Steel workers and led to the death of workers and police

a)

Haymarket Riot

b)

Homestead Strike

c)

World War I

d)

Bolshevik Revolution

22.

These towns grew around mines and only lasted for as long as the mine was operational

a)

Hoovervilles

b)

Tenements

c)

Boomtowns

d)

Unions

23.

This man documented urbanization and the lives of immigrants through photography

a)

Jacob Riis

b)

W.E.B. DuBois

c)

William Seward

d)

Upton Sinclair

24.

This was designed to privatize Native American land and integrate them into mainstream American society, but ended up making things worse for many Native Americans

a)

The Dawes Act

b)

The Treaty of Fort Laramie

c)

The League of Indian Nations

d)

The Homestead Act

25.

A company in which citizens can purchase shares of ownership, or stocks

a)

Corporation

b)

Union

c)

Bureau

d)

Department

26.

Women gained the right to vote with which amendment?

a)

14th

b)

19th

c)

21st

d)

26th

27.

Yellow journalism helped influence public opinion in favor of the US going to war with which country?

a)

Spain

b)

Cuba

c)

Germany

d)

United Kingdom

28.

Journalists who helped uncover corruption and scandals

a)

Yellow journalists

b)

Muckrakers

c)

Nativists

d)

Carpetbaggers

29.

"The Jungle" by Upton Sinclair caused public outrage when it exposed the terrible conditions in the _______________

a)

Amazon rainforest

b)

Meat packing industry

c)

New York City tenements

d)

American prison system

30.

This war was fought over Cuban independence

a)

Spanish-American

b)

Civil War

c)

Revolutionary War

d)

War of 1812

31.

This type of vote allows for a leader to be replaced

a)

Recall

b)

Referendum

c)

Initiative

32.

This allows for voters to vote directly on a new law

a)

Recall

b)

Referendum

c)

Initiative

33.

This allows for citizens to submit their own laws to be voted on

a)

Recall

b)

Referendum

c)

Initiative

34.

This was one of the main indirect causes of WWI, when rival nations were establishing colonies around the world

a)

Militarism

b)

Nationalism

c)

Imperialism

d)

Isolationism

35.

The idea that a country should maintain a strong army and navy and be prepared to use it when provoked

a)

Militarism

b)

Imperialism

c)

Nationalism

d)

Alliance system

36.

The idea that your nation is more important than other nations

a)

Patriotism

b)

Nationalism

c)

Fascism

d)

Imperialism

37.

Ethnic tensions between Serbians and the Austro-Hungarian Empire led to whose assassination?

a)

Adolf Hitler

b)

Franz Ferdinand

c)

Gavrilo Princip

d)

Vladimir Lenin

38.

Franz Ferdinand was heir to the throne of what empire?

a)

Germany

b)

Austria-Hungary

c)

Great Britain

d)

France

39.

Which of the following is the best definition of Gavrilo Princip?

a)

Sandwich enthusiast

b)

Archduke

c)

Serbian nationalist

d)

Assassin

40.

Which nations were part of the Triple Entente?

a)

France, UK, USA

b)

UK, France, Russia

c)

Germany, UK, Turkey

d)

Russia, USA, Italy

41.

Which nations were part of the Central Powers?

a)

Ottoman Empire, Italy, Russia

b)

Serbia, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia

c)

Germany, Austria-Hungary, Ottoman Empire

d)

Austria-Hungary, Ottoman Empire, Russia

42.

This event led to Russia leaving WWI

a)

Bolshevik Revolution

b)

Spanish-American War

c)

Battle of Stalingrad

d)

Assassination of Franz Ferdinand

43.

In the Blank Check Telegram, Germany promised Austria-Hungary __________

a)

unconditional support in war

b)

lots of money

c)

that Serbia wanted to attack them

d)

territory in exchange for money

44.

In the Zimmerman Telegram, Germany urged what nation to attack the United States?

a)

Mexico

b)

Canada

c)

United Kingdom

d)

Japan

45.

The Treaty of Versailles placed the blame for WWI on what nation?

a)

Germany

b)

Serbia

c)

Russia

d)

Austria-Hungary

46.

Woodrow Wilson wanted to establish what organization?

a)

NAACP

b)

League of Nations

c)

Ku Klux Klan

d)

United Nations

47.

The stock market crashed on what day?

a)

Black Friday

b)

Black Tuesday

c)

Black Thursday

d)

Black Monday

48.

Some of the homeless people during the Great Depression built towns out of scrap material that they nicknamed ___________

a)

Boomtowns

b)

Tenements

c)

Hoovervilles

d)

Concentration Camps

49.

This president led the United States out of the Great Depression

a)

Herbert Hoover

b)

Franklin Delano Roosevelt

c)

Woodrow Wilson

d)

Calvin Coolidge

50.

This was a plan/collection of laws and programs created to get the United States out of the Great Depression

a)

The New Deal

b)

The Final Solution

c)

The Bolshevik Revolution

d)

The Emancipation Proclamation

51.

The leader of Germany during WWII

a)

Franklin Delano Roosevelt

b)

Benito Mussolini

c)

Winston Churchill

d)

Adolf Hitler

52.

The fascist leader of Italy during WWII

a)

Adolf Hitler

b)

Benito Mussolini

c)

Winston Churchill

d)

Vladimir Lenin

53.

What was the Third Reich?

a)

Germany's empire under Adolf Hitler

b)

A New Deal program

c)

The alliance between Germany, Italy, and Japan

d)

The third step in the Final Solution

54.

A political system in which the needs of the government are more important than the needs of the citizens

a)

Democracy

b)

Fascism

c)

Communism

d)

Monarchy

55.

Before World War II, European leaders used something called "appeasement", where they gave into Hitler's demands in the hopes of avoiding another war

a)

True

b)

False

56.

Operation Sea Lion was the German plan to conquer

a)

Great Britain

b)

France

c)

The Soviet Union

d)

The United States

57.

Operation Barbarossa was the name of the German plan to conquer

a)

France

b)

Great Britain

c)

USSR

d)

USA

58.

Which of the following groups were not victims of the Holocaust?

a)

Communists

b)

Jews

c)

Aryans

d)

Jehovah's Witnesses

59.

In 1942, the Nazis formulated a plan to find a "____________ to the Jewish question" in Europe.

a)

permanent end

b)

final solution

c)

everlasting conclusion

d)

enduring answer

60.

The most common name for the work camps where Nazi prisoners were held

a)

Concentration camps

b)

Internment camps

c)

Death camps

d)

Labor camps

61.

Auschwitz, Chelmno, and Sobibor are examples of

a)

Death camps

b)

Military bases

c)

Gas chambers

d)

German cities

62.

More people died at this camp than any other

a)

Dachau

b)

Sachsenhausen

c)

Auschwitz

d)

Treblinka

63.

The Allied invasion of France took place on June 6, 1944, also known as ______________

a)

D-Day

b)

V-E Day

c)

V-J Day

d)

Independence Day

64.

The US dropped atomic bombs on which Japanese cities, forcing the end of World War II?

a)

Tokyo and Kyoto

b)

Hiroshima and Nagasaki

c)

Yokohama and Kawasaki

d)

Sapporo and Osaka

65.

The United States put ________________ in internment camps during WWII

a)

Japanese-Americans

b)

African-Americans

c)

Mexican-Americans

d)

German-Americans