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American History - Quarter 1 Test

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of the following institutionalized racism in the South? (You may select more than one.)

a)

Poll Tax

b)

Plessy v. Ferguson

c)

Brown v. Board

d)

Labor Unions

2.

Which of the following institutionalized racism in the South? (You may select more than one.)

a)

Sharecropping

b)

Harlem Renaissance

c)

Great Migration

d)

Literacy Tests

3.

Which of the following was an American challenge after 9/11? (You may select more than one.)

a)

Limiting the negative impact of labor unions

b)

Responding to instability in the Middle East

c)

Protecting against communist infiltrators

d)

Balancing national security and civil liberties

4.

Which of the following was an American challenge after 9/11? (You may select more than one.)

a)

Countering the use of terrorism

b)

Stabilizing the value of the US dollar

c)

Ensuring state sovereignty in the Rust Belt

d)

Protecting against possible attacks in the United States

5.

Which of the following is NOT true of the USA PATRIOT Act?

a)

Increased authority of the federal government to use electronic surveillance

b)

Stabilized the economy after the Great Recession of 2001

c)

Some citizens worry that the law limits citizens' civil liberties

d)

Government could use roaming warrants to track terrorists

6.

"Separate but equal"

a)

Brown v. Board

b)

Bill of Rights

c)

Plessy v. Ferguson

d)

Magna Carta

7.

Time period beginning in 1877 when southern leaders denied African Americans from gaining equality

a)

Industrialization

b)

Reconstruction

c)

Unionization

d)

Redemption

8.

Why did child labor increase in the early 1900s?

a)

Children had too much free time.

b)

Families needed the extra income to survive.

c)

Families wanted to take a yearly vacation.

d)

Children needed more activities on their college applications.

9.

Which of the following are Federalist beliefs? (Select all that apply.)

a)

Wanted strong central government

b)

Believed a bill of rights was necessary to protect individual liberties

c)

A standing army was necessary to protect against foreign invasion and domestic insurrection

d)

Small republics would better protect the natural rights of the people

10.

Which of the following were causes of the Great Migration? (Select all that apply.)

a)

Land availability in the South

b)

Drought in the South

c)

Expanded cultural experiences in the North

d)

Mechanized farming reduced the need for agricultural workers