WorksheetsUSII 2019 Review
Total questions: 57
Worksheet time: 19mins
The Homestead Act allowed Western settlers to
control the best land on the Great Plains.
determine where the railroads would build new tracks.
receive land for free after living on it for five years.
sell their land to European investors.
George Custer attacked a large group of Lakota and Cheyenne warriors at
Sand Creek.
the Black Hills
Little Bighorn
Wounded Knee
What brought the first wave of settlers to the West?
farming
fur trading
mining
ranching
Settlement of the Great Plains was promoted by the railroads and supported by
cattle ranchers
plow manufacturers
the mining industry
the government
Railroad companies raised most of the money that they needed to build their railroads from
hauling freight to market
private investors
selling government land grants
subsidies from tax revenues
By the early 1900s, Americans had transformed the United States into the world’s leading
gross national product
industrial nation
laissez-faire country
military establishment
A steel company that owns the coal mines, limestone quarries, and iron ore fields it depends on is an example of
business integration.
horizontal integration
vertical integration
stock integreation
Supporters of laissez-faire believed the government should interfere in the economy only to
bring the country out of an economic crisis
keep prices from rising too much
protect new domestic businesses from foreign competition
protect property rights and maintain peace.
In the Crédit Mobilier scandal, Union Pacific investors got rich by
accepting bribes from business owners to route railroad tracks through their towns
achieving a monopoly in hauling freight along their railroad’s tracks.
conspiring with other railroads to set high prices
paying inflated bills from a construction company that they controlled.
___ was equally as important as natural resources in the nation’s rapid industrialization.
A new tariff law
Increased population
New technology
The political system
What incident occurred in 1886 that badly hurt the Knights of Labor’s reputation?
formation of the American Federation of Labor
Great Railroad Strike
Haymarket Riot
Pullman Strike
During the 1800s, companies generally paid women less than men because they believed women
could live on less money than men.
could not do as much work as men.
had men to support them.
would soon leave to have children
The wave of immigrants that arrived in the late nineteenth century changed American society by
bringing new ideas to American industries
changing the face and size of American cities
forming ethnic neighborhoods in many communities
rapidly assimilating into mainstream American culture
Some Populist proposals were enacted decades after the party’s demise, including some governmental regulation of the economy and
a graduated income tax
antitrust legislation.
federal ownership of railroads.
free coinage of silver.
William M. Tweed was
the designer of the first skyscraper.
the inventor of the electric trolley car.
the leader of the Workingman’s Party
the party boss of a political machine
In 1896, the Supreme Court’s decision in Plessy v. Ferguson upheld the doctrine of
civil rights
equal protection
the right to vote
separate but equal
Nativism in the late 1800s was focused on Asian immigrants, Jewish immigrants, and
British immigrants.
Canadian immigrants
eastern European immigrants
Scandinavian immigrants
In late nineteenth-century cities, doctors, lawyers, engineers, managers, social workers, architects, and teachers made up a growing
middle class
tenement class
wealthy society
working class
Political machines provided city dwellers with many necessities, but many machine politicians grew rich as the result of
industrialization
corruption
investments
theft
The philosophy of Social Darwinism applied Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution to
biblical accounts of creation.
political and economic issues.
the social reform movement.
human society and competition
Which of the following established a professional civil service by requiring that some government jobs be filled by competitive written exams, rather than patronage?
the gold standard
the Pendleton Act
The Interstate Commerce Act
The Wagner Act
Crime was a growing problem in American cities in the late nineteenth century, but even bigger threats were posed by
congestion on busy streets.
overcrowding in tenements
disease and pollution
political machines
In addition to economic motives, many Americans supported overseas expansion because they believed that
American military might should be unrivaled in the world.
European imperialism threatened to harm less-developed nations in Asia and Africa
the United States had much to learn from less-developed nations
the nation was destined to expand overseas and spread its civilization to others.
President Roosevelt believed that having a canal through Central America would save time and money for commercial and military shipping and
was necessary for maintaining influence in Asia
was vital to U.S. power in the world
would benefit the people of Central America
would establish a new market for U.S. goods
When an imperial power allowed a territory to remain technically independent, with local rulers remaining in control, the territory was called
a colony
a protectorate
a state
a territory
On May 1, 1898, Commodore George Dewey led his squadron into Manila Bay in
Cuba
Hawaii
The Philippines
Spain
Which of the following statements best describes the effectiveness of the Spanish military during the Spanish-American War?
The Spanish fleet was effective, but Spanish soldiers were ill-prepared
The Spanish military was ill-prepared and ineffective
The Spanish military was prepared for battle and very effective
Spanish soldiers were highly effective, but the Spanish fleet was not prepared
After the Spanish-American War, Congress gradually allowed Puerto Ricans greater self-government, and in 1917 it
allowed Puerto Ricans to elect their own governor
granted Puerto Ricans U.S. citizenship
granted statehood to Puerto Rico
recognized Puerto Rico as an independent nation
To ensure that all nations would have access to China’s markets, President McKinley and Secretary of State John Hay pursued which of the following policies?
dollar diplomacy
imperialism
Open Door policy
the Roosevelt Corollary
President Roosevelt used the West African saying “Speak softly and carry a big stick” to express his belief that
attacks on U.S. interests must be met with a strong military response.
displaying U.S. power to the world would deter nations from fighting
imperialism violates fundamental American principles
the United States has an obligation to promote development in other nations
The Roosevelt Corollary stated that the United States would intervene in Latin American affairs when necessary to
extend American influence in Central and South America
maintain economic and political stability in the Western Hemisphere
protect American business interests and investments in Latin America
shape the less-civilized nations in the Western Hemisphere
President Wilson followed Roosevelt’s example in the Caribbean, sending troops to intervene in Haiti and in
Cuba
The Dominican Republic
Guatemala
Panama
Progressives generally believed that industrialization and urbanization had created many social problems, including working-class poverty and
the decline of religious faith
the failure of many businesses
the filth and crime of urban society
the spread of violent racism
As the Progressive movement gained momentum, many women realized that they needed the vote to
achieve equality in the workplace
amend the Constitution
elect candidates who supported woman suffrage
promote reforms and pass labor laws
The “Big Four” who attended the peace conference at the end of World War I were the leaders from the United States, Britain, France, and
Russia
Germany
Italy
Austria-Hungary
Since Germany did not want to strengthen the Allies by drawing the United States into war, it agreed with certain conditions to sink no more merchant ships in a promise called the
Zimmermann Pledge
Lusitania Pledge
Sussex Pledge
U-boat Pledge
One of the conditions of the Treaty of Versailles was that
Germany must adhere to all of the Fourteen Points
Austria-Hungary must pay reparations to the United States.
Germany must admit its guilt in causing World War I.
Austria-Hungary must reduce the size of its military
In World War I, airplanes were first used to
transport troops to the front
observe enemy activities.
bomb enemy trenches
bring supplies to the troops
A major problem in Germany’s plan to invade France during WWI, was that its forces first had to advance through neutral
Amsterdam
Belgium
Switzerland
Greece
Which of these is an example of the 1920s rise of nativist ideas?
blaming new European immigrants for the country’s problems
the strong support for Sacco and Vanzetti
the formation of a Catholic Boys Club by William J. Simmons
the popularity of Sigmund Freud’s psychological theories
African American arts flourished in the 1920s in what became known as the
Great Awakening
Great Migration
Harlem Renaissance
Souths Side Awakening
Henry Ford’s business philosophy was to increase sales by
providing consumers with a variety of styles and colors
advertising
lowering the cost per car
constantly improving his cars’ mechanical reliability
The Scopes trial was about
enforcing Prohibition
defeating the KKK
controlling immigration
teaching evolution
During the stock market crash of October 1929, prices were driven down by
banks being forced to close
companies being forced out of business
the government intervening in the market
investors selling stocks at a frenzied pace
During the Great Depression, when a bank collapsed
depositors lost their savings
depositors were repaid if their accounts were insured
the government covered the bank’s debts
the government stepped in to run the bank
What percentage of American households owned stocks by 1929?
approximately 5%
approximately 10%
approximately 25%
approximately 50%
Nicknamed “soap operas” in the 1930s, radio programs such as The Guiding Light
carried over their story lines from day to day
exposed listeners to a variety of music.
offered information as well as entertainment.
presented the adventures of superheroes
During the Great Depression, many farmers were forced to turn their farms over to
banks that held their mortgages.
court officers.
government agencies.
nonpaying tenants.
The “Dust Bowl” was located in
the Great Plains
the Midwest
the Pacific Northwest
the Southeast
Franklin D. Roosevelt and his advisers saw the Social Security Act primarily as
an insurance measure.
a relief measure.
a recovery measure.
a welfare measure
Which of the following created the impression that President Roosevelt was trying to interfere with the separation of powers between the executive, legislative, and judicial branches of government, established in the U.S. Constitution?
the broker state
the court-packing plan
cutting federal programs
the recession of 1937
New Deal relief programs were based on the idea that the Great Depression’s fundamental cause was
a crisis of confidence.
a decline in export sales.
high prices
low consumption
In addition to feeding recruits and instilling them with greater self-respect, Civilian Conservation Corps programs also
encouraged recruits to enlist in the military.
helped almost 60,000 recruits secure loans for their first homes.
provided recruits with permanent jobs in industry
taught more than 40,000 recruits to read and write.
The Civilian Conservation Corps offered unemployed young men between 18 and 25 years of age the opportunity to work outdoors under the direction of
environmental organizations
the forestry service
their state governments
the U.S. Army
In June 1941, in violation of a non-aggression treaty, Hitler launched a massive invasion of
Austria
France
the Soviet Union
Czechoslovakia
Because of the Neutrality Act of 1937, Americans could not
join another country’s military
ship non-military goods to nations at war
travel into war zones
join the Nazi or Fascist Party
Before they could attack France, Hitler and his generals had to invade
Austria and Czechoslovakia
Japan and China
Belgium and Luxembourg
the Soviet Union and Britain
