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Worksheets2021 US History TEST 1
Total questions: 39
Worksheet time: 24mins
Starting during the Civil War, the federal government was able to settle the western half of the US quickly by passing the Homestead Act which required settlers to... U.S 01
a. live on and improve the land for a period a time
b. Become Farmers
c. move onto the Great Plains
d. build houses out of wood and glass
According to the excerpt, what is Carnegie’s justification for the state to tax a millionaire’s estate at death? US. 05
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“Men who continue hoarding great sums all their lives, the proper use of which for public
ends would work good to the community, should be made to feel that the community . . .
cannot thus be deprived of its proper share. By taxing estates heavily at death the state
marks its condemnation of the selfish millionaire’s unworthy life.”
—Andrew Carnegie
Millionaire's needed to give back to their communities.
Taxation was not needed.
The rich should be able to leave all their money to their families.
Millionaire's hoarded money during the late 1800's
To those of the white race who look to the incoming of those of foreign birth and strange tongue and habits for the prosperity of the South, were I permitted I would repeat what I say to my own race, “Cast down your bucket where you are…As we have proved our loyalty to you in the past, in nursing your children, watching by the sick-bed of your mothers and fathers, and often following them with tear-dimmed eyes to their graves, so in the future, in our humble way, we shall stand by you with a devotion that no foreigner can approach, ready to lay down our lives, if need be, in defense of yours, interlacing our industrial, commercial, civil, and religious life with yours in a way that shall make the interests of both races one. In all things that are purely social we can be as separate as the fingers, yet one as the hand in all things essential to mutual progress.
“Atlanta Compromise Speech”, Booker T. Washington, 1895
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Booker T. Washington is asking the listeners to choose _______________ over _________________________ when hiring. US. 03
a. Slave labor ... free blacks
b. Black workers. . . immigrant workers
c. Union workers. . .non-union workers
d. Native born white workers. . .black workers
Beginning in the late 1800s, Southern states used a loophole in the wording of the Fifteenth Amendment to impose restrictions that ________________________ US. 03
A. allowed private groups to discriminate against African Americans.
B. prevented African Americans from owning their own farms.
C. barred African Americans from voting in elections.
D. required African Americans to use separate facilities
Passed by Congress in response to the assassination of President James A. Garfield, the Pendleton Act _____________________ US. 04
A. began the patronage and the spoils system.
B. marked the beginning of a professional civil service.
C. attempted to regulate rates charged by railroads.
D. increased tariffs on textiles and many other goods.
Political machines provided new city dwellers with necessities such as jobs, housing, and police protection in exchange for ___________________________ US. 04
A. graft
B. votes
C. kickbacks
D. wages
This cartoon could best be used to support which claim made about business owners in the late 1800s? ____________________________ US. 05 (Multiple Select)
a. Business owners should be considered “Robber Barons” who unfairly used their money and influence to take advantage of politics in the United States.
b. Most men who owned businesses should be considered “Captains of Industry” as they used their money to drive the American economy forward.
c. Monopolies in the end of the 19th century had little political power in terms of the U.S. economy.
d. Congress used their legislative power to limit the economic power of monopolies and trusts
What is one advantage that big corporations had over small businesses? US. 04
A. Their products were more expensive.
B. They could hire more workers.
C. They were regulated by the government.
D. They could produce goods more cheaply and efficiently.
In the Crédit Mobilier scandal, Union Pacific investors got rich by ______________________ US. 04
A. accepting bribes from business owners to route railroad tracks through their towns.
B. achieving a monopoly in hauling freight along their railroads’ tracks.
C. conspiring with other railroads to set high prices.
D. bribing members of Congress with shares to convince them to give the company more land grants.
Laissez-faire relies on ____________ to regulate prices and wages. US. 04
A. supply and demand
B. businesses
C. government
D. the GNP
The policies that affected Native Americans after the Civil War and through westward expansion included... (Multiple Select) U.S 02
A. Dawes Act
B. Assimilation
C. Increased education of Americans on the troubles of Natives in the U.S.
D. Indian Residential Schools
E. Native Americans were encouraged to run for office.
The formation of labor unions in the late 1800s was mainly a response to... US. 04
Passage of federal laws that favored workers.
Laws restricting immigration and naturalization.
Economic depressions that led to high unemployment.
Poor working conditions and low wages in many industries
How did the railroad fuel the growth of industrialization in the US? US. 01 (Multiple Select)
A. The railroad stopped Ashley and Morgan from moving west
B. Railroad slowed production.
C. Manufactured products could be shipped more quickly throughout the nation
D. Railroad didn't fuel growth at all.
The cartoon to the right is intended to express..... US. 03
a. a critique of Reconstruction
b. opposition to women’s rights
c. support for strong government
d. opposition to the draft
Based on this cartoon, which institutions was Nast criticizing?
labor unions
political machines
settlement houses
nativist organizations
What was the name of the law, passed in 1883 during the Gilded Age, that sought to reform government? It required government applicants to take competitive exams so that they would be hired based upon merit rather than political affiliation. This law was passed in response to widespread political corruption and the assassination of President Garfield.
Sherman Antitrust Act
Pendelton Civil Service Act
Underwood Tariff Act
Celler-Kefaufer Act
What innovation made manufacturing more efficient?
Electricity
Railroad
Telephone
Oil refining
What innovation contributed to the rapid industrialization (growth of factories) of the United States?
Railroads
Telephone
Dry farming
Sewing machine
Which idea summarizes the Gilded Age?
Many Americans moved west to farm
Native Americans were placed on Reservations
The discovery of Gold increased western migration
Industrialists used their wealth to influence politics
What football team does Tom Brady play for?
The Rams
The Patriots
The Buccaneers
The Nipomo High School Titans
Jim Crow laws
Segregated blacks and whites
Killed minorities
Resulted in slavery
Were ended after the Civil War
This was the Supreme Court case that legalized segregation in America
Dred Scott v. Sanford
Marbury v. Madison
Plessy v. Ferguson
Garrett v. NFL
Forcing a person to read a paragraph before they were allowed to vote is called a
Poll Tax
Literacy Test
Grandfather Clause
Lynching
Forcing a person to pay a fee to vote is called a
Poll tax
Lynching
Literacy Test
Grandfather clause
A political murder of an African American to intimidate called a
Grandfather Clause
Literacy Test
Poll Tax
Lynching
