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1st 9 wks Exam

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 13hrs 30mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What are the hemispheres of earth?

a)

North, South, Left, Right

b)

Southern, Western

c)

Northern, Southern, Western, Eastern

d)

Up, down, left, right

2.

Is the Tropic of Cancer north or south of the Equator?

a)

Both

b)

South

c)

North

d)

Neither

3.

Which continents touch the Indian Ocean?

a)

South America, North America, Asia, Antarctica

b)

Asia, Australia, North America, South America

c)

Europe, Africa, Asia, Antarctica

d)

Asia, Africa, Australia, Antarctica

4.

What does transcontinental mean?

a)

to travel across a continent

b)

to travel from one continent to another continent

c)

to travel north and south

d)

to travel to transport goods

5.

What was the main purpose of the Transcontinental Railroad?

a)

To make China more powerful.

b)

To help with transportation, communication, and to connect the nation.

c)

To make Native Americans move off their land.

d)

To give immigrants a job, to feel important, and needed in America.

6.
Which group lost the most from the building of the railroads?
a)
Settlers
b)
Western citizens
c)
The government
d)
Native Americans
7.
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.
8.

What device did Alexander Graham Bell create that changed communications forever?

a)

telephone

b)

telegraph

c)

Internet

d)

electrical services

9.

The airplane was invented by:

a)

The Wright Brothers

b)

Thomas Edison

c)

Alexander Graham Bell

d)

Mercedes Benz

10.
Who invented the telegraph in 1840?
a)
James Hargreaves
b)
John Deer
c)
Samuel Morse
d)
John Montressor
11.

What did Henry Ford use to assemble cars more efficiently?

a)

scientific management

b)

assembly line

c)

buying on margin

d)

installment buying

12.

Important inventions created by Thomas Edison include?

a)

Camera, movie picture projector

b)

Telephone, Telegraph

c)

Lightbulb, telephone

d)

Movie picture projector, lightbulb

13.

Most immigrants coming from Europe were processed where?

a)

Washington, D.C.

b)

Ellis Island

c)

Angel Island

d)

Baltimore

14.

During the period from 1880 to 1910, why did the majority of immigrants to the United States settle in urban areas in the North?

a)

The immigrants were prevented from buying farmland.

b)

Rapid industrialization had created many job opportunities.

c)

Labor unions gave help to immigrants willing to work in the factories.

d)

Most immigrants had lived in cities in their native countries.

15.
War, poverty, and discrimination are all examples of.......
a)
Pull Factors
b)
Push Factors
c)
Jump Factors
d)
Falling Factors
16.
Economic opportunities, religious freedom, and political and social equality are all examples of...
a)
Push Factors
b)
Pull Factors
c)
Falling Factors
d)
Jump Factors
17.
What is a tenement?
a)
A new form of transportation
b)
Poorly built, overcrowded apartment buildings
c)
The end of immigration
d)
A revolutionary war in Africa
18.

What were immigration push factors?

a)

reasons people come to a new place

b)

reasons people leave their homelands

c)

reasons people begin working

d)

reasons people stop working

19.

What are immigration pull factors?

a)

reasons people come to a new place

b)

reasons people leave their homelands

c)

reasons people begin working

d)

reasons people stop working

20.

Name 3 countries that the "new immigrants" came from.

a)

Russia, Spain, Germany

b)

Greece, England, Russia

c)

Italy, Turkey, Greece

d)

England, France, Italy

21.

Skyscrapers were built to resolve the issue of

a)

Plumbing and water purification systems

b)

Traffic and transportation

c)

Sanitation and trash pile up

d)

Overcrowded populations that ran out of building space

22.

Jane Addams and Ellen Gates Starr started the first ________ in Chicago in 1889.

a)

settlement house

b)

school

c)

recreation center

d)

library

23.

Which of the following was NOT a problem caused in the cities by the increase in immigration?

a)

disease

b)

crime

c)

public transportation

d)

overflowing sanitation

24.

The main goal of Hull House was to

a)

provide jobs for wealthy women

b)

pass the Tenement House Act of 1901

c)

help poor immigrants

d)

oppose the Chinese Exclusion Act

25.

The word that means to join with or become a part of the larger culture.

a)

inert

b)

assimilate

c)

mutualistic

d)

aquatic

26.

What statement could you make using the information in this graph?

a)

in 1910, Immigrants from Northwestern Europe did not need to come to America.

b)

"Old Immigrants" mostly came from other parts of the world.

c)

"New Immigrants" made up 27% of the population in 1900.

d)

After 1880, the "new immigrants" came from Eastern and Southern parts of Europe.

27.

What kind of change would it be if children are not allowed to work anymore and are required to go to school?

a)

Cultural

b)

Legal

c)

Physical

d)

Legal and Physical

28.

The Statue of Liberty was a gift from which country?

a)

USA

b)

Germany

c)

Russia

d)

France

29.

What do the 7 spikes on the statue of liberty's crown represent?

a)

7 countries

b)

7 states

c)

7 famous people

d)

7 continents and 7 seas

30.

What date is written on Lady Liberty's tablet?

a)

May 23, 2018

b)

April 14, 1912

c)

July 4, 1776

d)

April 15, 1912

31.

Imperialism is __________.

a)

when a powerful nation uses its resources to help a weaker nation

b)

when a weaker nation invites a powerful nation to help it industrialize

c)

when a powerful nation takes control or rules over the government of a weaker nation

d)

when weak nations join together to fight a strong nation

32.

During US imperialism, the US wanted Hawaii for what reason?

a)

sugar

b)

oil

c)

pineapple

d)

gold

33.

Joseph Pulitzer and William Randolph Hearst

a)

managed tenement apartments

b)

opened a recreation center

c)

published newspapers with sensational headlines

d)

were reformers for women and children

34.

Word that means - an agreement to end the fighting.

a)

armistice

b)

reparation

c)

total war

d)

conscription

35.

At the end of the Spanish American War, the United States gained which 3 territories?

a)

Puerto Rico, Cuba, Spain

b)

Spain, Cuba, Guam

c)

Marianas Islands, Philippines, Russia

d)

Philippines, Guam, Puerto Rico

36.

The USS Maine exploded while it was in Havana, _____. This was a leading cause to the start of the Spanish American War.

a)

Cuba

b)

Guam

c)

Mexico

d)

Panama

37.

Teddy Roosevelt and the Rough Riders had an important victory in Cuba at-

a)

Pebble Beech

b)

San Juan Hill

c)

Normandy

d)

Havana Harbor

38.
______________ is a name for false or exaggerated reporting.
a)
Red-top
b)
Government
c)
Newspaper lying
d)
Yellow Journalism
39.

Which is the correct order of events for the Spanish American War?

a)

Spain declares war, America attacks Cuba, Battle of Manila, Treaty is signed.

b)

Cuba revolts against Spain, America signs treaty with Spain, Battle of SanJuan Hill, America gets Guam

c)

Battle of Manila, Battle of Panama City, Battle of San Juan Hill, Treaty of Spain

d)

USS Maine explodes, Battle of Manila, Rough Rides defeat Spain, America buys the Philippines

40.

As a result of the Spanish American war, the US became ________________!

a)

A world power

b)

Isolationist

c)

A Grand Daddy

d)

The most powerful country in the world

41.

Book written by Upton Sinclar

a)

The Jungle

b)

The Octopus

c)

History of Standard Oil

d)

How the Other Half Lives

42.

What amendment to the Constitution started prohibition?

a)

16th

b)

17th

c)

18th

d)

19th

43.
What amendment to the Constitution ended Prohibition? 
a)
5th
b)
14th
c)
18th
d)
21st
44.
The 17th amendment changed who got to vote for what?
a)
President 
b)
Senator
c)
Vice President 
d)
State Legislatures
45.

Act to create agencies that will check the purity and safety of food and drugs (medicine).

a)

Pure Food and Drug Act

b)

Interstate Commerce Act

c)

Federal Reserve Act

d)

Pendleton Act

46.

An amendment passed that gave women suffrage in 1920.

a)

16th Amendment

b)

17th Amendment

c)

18th Amendment

d)

19th Amendment

47.

The Temperance Movement, Women’s Suffrage Movement, and out lawing child labor were reform movements that took place during this era-

a)

Gilded Age

b)

Imperialism

c)

Progressive Era

d)

Roaring 20's

48.

People like Upton Sinclair were ___________________ because they investigated and exposed abuse and corruption.

a)

Suffragist

b)

Nativists

c)

Muckrakers

d)

Industrialists

49.

Which act did the federal government establish to protect consumer's safety as a response to Upton Sinclair's book The Jungle?

a)

Interstate Commerce Act

b)

Meat Inspection Act

c)

Pendleton Act

d)

Sherman Anti-trust Act

50.

Which of the following Acts was passed to stop the practice of the Spoils System?

a)

Pendleton Act

b)

Interstate Commerce Act

c)

Sherman Anti-trust Act

d)

Pure Food and Drug Act