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Worksheets1st 9 wks Exam
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 13hrs 30mins
What are the hemispheres of earth?
North, South, Left, Right
Southern, Western
Northern, Southern, Western, Eastern
Up, down, left, right
Is the Tropic of Cancer north or south of the Equator?
Both
South
North
Neither
Which continents touch the Indian Ocean?
South America, North America, Asia, Antarctica
Asia, Australia, North America, South America
Europe, Africa, Asia, Antarctica
Asia, Africa, Australia, Antarctica
What does transcontinental mean?
to travel across a continent
to travel from one continent to another continent
to travel north and south
to travel to transport goods
What was the main purpose of the Transcontinental Railroad?
To make China more powerful.
To help with transportation, communication, and to connect the nation.
To make Native Americans move off their land.
To give immigrants a job, to feel important, and needed in America.
What device did Alexander Graham Bell create that changed communications forever?
telephone
telegraph
Internet
electrical services
The airplane was invented by:
The Wright Brothers
Thomas Edison
Alexander Graham Bell
Mercedes Benz
What did Henry Ford use to assemble cars more efficiently?
scientific management
assembly line
buying on margin
installment buying
Important inventions created by Thomas Edison include?
Camera, movie picture projector
Telephone, Telegraph
Lightbulb, telephone
Movie picture projector, lightbulb
Most immigrants coming from Europe were processed where?
Washington, D.C.
Ellis Island
Angel Island
Baltimore
During the period from 1880 to 1910, why did the majority of immigrants to the United States settle in urban areas in the North?
The immigrants were prevented from buying farmland.
Rapid industrialization had created many job opportunities.
Labor unions gave help to immigrants willing to work in the factories.
Most immigrants had lived in cities in their native countries.
What were immigration push factors?
reasons people come to a new place
reasons people leave their homelands
reasons people begin working
reasons people stop working
What are immigration pull factors?
reasons people come to a new place
reasons people leave their homelands
reasons people begin working
reasons people stop working
Name 3 countries that the "new immigrants" came from.
Russia, Spain, Germany
Greece, England, Russia
Italy, Turkey, Greece
England, France, Italy
Skyscrapers were built to resolve the issue of
Plumbing and water purification systems
Traffic and transportation
Sanitation and trash pile up
Overcrowded populations that ran out of building space
Jane Addams and Ellen Gates Starr started the first ________ in Chicago in 1889.
settlement house
school
recreation center
library
Which of the following was NOT a problem caused in the cities by the increase in immigration?
disease
crime
public transportation
overflowing sanitation
The main goal of Hull House was to
provide jobs for wealthy women
pass the Tenement House Act of 1901
help poor immigrants
oppose the Chinese Exclusion Act
The word that means to join with or become a part of the larger culture.
inert
assimilate
mutualistic
aquatic
What statement could you make using the information in this graph?
in 1910, Immigrants from Northwestern Europe did not need to come to America.
"Old Immigrants" mostly came from other parts of the world.
"New Immigrants" made up 27% of the population in 1900.
After 1880, the "new immigrants" came from Eastern and Southern parts of Europe.
What kind of change would it be if children are not allowed to work anymore and are required to go to school?
Cultural
Legal
Physical
Legal and Physical
The Statue of Liberty was a gift from which country?
USA
Germany
Russia
France
What do the 7 spikes on the statue of liberty's crown represent?
7 countries
7 states
7 famous people
7 continents and 7 seas
What date is written on Lady Liberty's tablet?
May 23, 2018
April 14, 1912
July 4, 1776
April 15, 1912
Imperialism is __________.
when a powerful nation uses its resources to help a weaker nation
when a weaker nation invites a powerful nation to help it industrialize
when a powerful nation takes control or rules over the government of a weaker nation
when weak nations join together to fight a strong nation
During US imperialism, the US wanted Hawaii for what reason?
sugar
oil
pineapple
gold
Joseph Pulitzer and William Randolph Hearst
managed tenement apartments
opened a recreation center
published newspapers with sensational headlines
were reformers for women and children
Word that means - an agreement to end the fighting.
armistice
reparation
total war
conscription
At the end of the Spanish American War, the United States gained which 3 territories?
Puerto Rico, Cuba, Spain
Spain, Cuba, Guam
Marianas Islands, Philippines, Russia
Philippines, Guam, Puerto Rico
The USS Maine exploded while it was in Havana, _____. This was a leading cause to the start of the Spanish American War.
Cuba
Guam
Mexico
Panama
Teddy Roosevelt and the Rough Riders had an important victory in Cuba at-
Pebble Beech
San Juan Hill
Normandy
Havana Harbor
Which is the correct order of events for the Spanish American War?
Spain declares war, America attacks Cuba, Battle of Manila, Treaty is signed.
Cuba revolts against Spain, America signs treaty with Spain, Battle of SanJuan Hill, America gets Guam
Battle of Manila, Battle of Panama City, Battle of San Juan Hill, Treaty of Spain
USS Maine explodes, Battle of Manila, Rough Rides defeat Spain, America buys the Philippines
As a result of the Spanish American war, the US became ________________!
A world power
Isolationist
A Grand Daddy
The most powerful country in the world
Book written by Upton Sinclar
The Jungle
The Octopus
History of Standard Oil
How the Other Half Lives
What amendment to the Constitution started prohibition?
16th
17th
18th
19th
Act to create agencies that will check the purity and safety of food and drugs (medicine).
Pure Food and Drug Act
Interstate Commerce Act
Federal Reserve Act
Pendleton Act
An amendment passed that gave women suffrage in 1920.
16th Amendment
17th Amendment
18th Amendment
19th Amendment
The Temperance Movement, Women’s Suffrage Movement, and out lawing child labor were reform movements that took place during this era-
Gilded Age
Imperialism
Progressive Era
Roaring 20's
People like Upton Sinclair were ___________________ because they investigated and exposed abuse and corruption.
Suffragist
Nativists
Muckrakers
Industrialists
Which act did the federal government establish to protect consumer's safety as a response to Upton Sinclair's book The Jungle?
Interstate Commerce Act
Meat Inspection Act
Pendleton Act
Sherman Anti-trust Act
Which of the following Acts was passed to stop the practice of the Spoils System?
Pendleton Act
Interstate Commerce Act
Sherman Anti-trust Act
Pure Food and Drug Act
