Worksheets2nd Six Weeks Test
Total questions: 64
Worksheet time: 44mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
When was the Progressive Era?
a)
Antebellum
b)
1865-1877
c)
1900-1920
d)
1933-1945
2.
Whose book led to the direct passage of the Meat Inspection Act and indirect of the Pure Food and Drug Acts?
a)
Jacob Riis
b)
Lewis Hines
c)
Ida Tarbell
d)
Upton Sinclair
3.
Which of the following is a Referendum?
a)
People have the right to remove an elected official from office
b)
People have the right to choose who will run for President
c)
People have the right to propose their own law
d)
Any law passed by the government can be voted on for approval or veto by the people
4.
Which of the following is a Recall?
a)
People have the right to choose who will run for President
b)
People have the right to remove an elected official from office
c)
People have the right to propose a new law
d)
People have the right to vote on any law passed by their government for approval/veto
5.
Writers that dig up the bad things going on in society
a)
Suffragists
b)
Muckrakers
c)
Students
d)
Chaffinators
6.
The founder of the NAACP who encouraged African Americans to fight to end segregation
a)
Booker T. Washington
b)
George Washington Carver
c)
WEB Dubois
d)
Upton Sinclair
7.
To preserve water, trees, plants, and other natural resources
a)
Precipitation
b)
Confurion
c)
Conservation
d)
Infusion
8.
This was created to allow women to vote nationally
a)
17th Amendment
b)
18th Amendment
c)
19th Amendment
d)
21st Amendment
9.
Made it illegal to create trusts and monopolies
a)
Sherman Antitrust Act
b)
Sherman Antimonopoly Act
c)
Sherman Shortly Act
d)
Sherman No Business Act
10.
The founder of the Tuskegee Institute and head of the African Americans community
a)
Booker T. Washington
b)
George Washington Carver
c)
W.E.B Dubois
d)
Upton Sinclair
11.
Who was the photographer who revealed to the world how the other half lived?
a)
Alexander Bell
b)
Jacob Riis
c)
Upton Sinclair
d)
Theodore Roosevelt
12.
Author of The Jungle
a)
Ida Tarbell
b)
Billy Sinclair
c)
Upton Sinclair
d)
Jacob Riis
13.
Teddy Roosevelt's progressive reforms were known as the:
a)
Fair deal
b)
New deal
c)
Square Deal
d)
Round Deal
14.
Income Tax = which amendment?
a)
17th
b)
16th
c)
19th
d)
18th
15.
Direct election of US Senators = Which amendment?
a)
16th
b)
17th
c)
18th
d)
19th
16.
Susan B. Anthony
a)
female union leader
b)
female suffragist
c)
champion of ending child labor
d)
first female Congress women
17.
The Progressive movement attempted to solve the problems of?
a)
The Gilded Age
b)
The Civil War
c)
World War I
d)
Civil Rights
18.
In The Jungle, Upton Sinclair exposed
a)
Dangers faced by coal miners
b)
Corrupt business practices of the Standard Oil Company
c)
Unsanitary conditions in the meat-packing industry
d)
Illegal deals between special interests and the government
19.
The primary goal of the NAACP was:
a)
Voting rights for women
b)
Better working conditions
c)
Regulation of banks
d)
Equality among the races
20.
The initiative, the referendum, and the recall were all created to give more power to
a)
the president
b)
the state governments
c)
the voters
d)
the Supreme Court
21.
Which of these is a likely slogan of the NAWSA?
a)
“Stop Jim Crow laws!”
b)
“Lips that touch liquor shall not touch ours!”
c)
“Stop the suffrage of women today!”
d)
“Women deserve the right to vote!”
22.
Which amendment are these women most likely advocating?
a)
16th
b)
17th
c)
18th
d)
19th
23.
What does the Federal Reserve do?
a)
Regulates monopolies
b)
Regulates the money supply
c)
Regulates trusts
d)
Regulates Prohibition
24.
What was progressivism?
a)
a set of responses to the problems caused by economic expansion and industrialization
b)
a group of people who fought against urbanization
c)
a collection of wealthy bankers fighting regulation of the industry
d)
politicians who believed in the concept of imperialism
25.
How were women eventually granted the right to vote?
a)
with legislation from Congress that prevented sexist voting laws
b)
with a mandate from the president granting women the right to vote
c)
with the passage of suffrage for women by all 50 states
d)
with the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment to the Constitution
26.
What were Roosevelt's views on environmental issues?
a)
He encouraged the development of business through use of public lands.
b)
He tried to prevent business from using natural resources.
c)
He restricted the mining of certain resources to benefit particular businesses.
d)
He believed that natural resources must be conserved.
27.
Suffrage refers to:
a)
Discrimination
b)
Women’s Rights
c)
The Right To Vote
d)
The Denial of Voting
28.
Which of the following is an initiative?
a)
People have the right to remove a politician from office
b)
People have the right to choose who will run for President
c)
People have the right to propose a new law
d)
People have the right to veto or accept a law passed by the government
29.
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 of the economy and government of a weaker nation
d)
when weak nations join together to fight a strong nation
30.
Which of the following statements was NOT a goal of imperialism?
a)
a belief in cultural superiority
b)
a desire for new markets
c)
the building of a modern navy
d)
the desire to expand within our borders
31.
Leader of Hawaii when the American businesses over threw the government by surrounding her throne at gunpoint.
a)
Sanford Dole
b)
Queen Liliokahlani
c)
Queen Kalakaua
d)
Jose Marti
32.
Describe how the United States acquired Hawaii.
a)
The U.S government won Hawaii in a battle with Japan
b)
After Queen Liliuokalani died the U.S. purchased Hawaii for 20 million dollars
c)
U.S. won a war with Spain and Spain sold Hawaii for $7million to the U.S.
d)
U.S. Overthrew Queen Liliuokalani and became a U.S. territory in 1898
33.
Teddy Roosevelt's policy was to "Speak softly and carry a big stick." What did he mean by this?
a)
Debate calmly, and always be willing to negotiate
b)
Speak quietly, but yell if necessary.
c)
Negotiate peacefully, but always have the threat of the military to back you up.
d)
Never back down when there is conflict.
34.
Why was building the Panama Canal so important to the United States?
a)
It allowed endangered animals to expand their territory
b)
It allowed U.S. families to stay connected with each other
c)
It increased Canada's military capability.
d)
It would be a major shipping canal connecting the Pacific & Atlantic Oceans
35.
How did the U.S. get the land for the Panama Canal?
a)
The U.S. took it with military force.
b)
Bought it from Colombia for $10 million
c)
Made a deal with Panama after the U.S. helped it gain their independence from Colombia
d)
The U.S. rented it from Panama
36.
Which of the following is NOT one of the reasons the U.S. was involved in Hawaii?
a)
To spread Christianity
b)
Their location provided a good spot for the navy to have a base
c)
They wanted to learn the Hawaiian culture
d)
They wanted to have sole control over the sugar industry
37.
The Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine established the US’s right to ___.
a)
build the Panama Canal
b)
annex Hawaii
c)
attack the Spanish
d)
intervene in Latin America
38.
The purpose of the Great White Fleet’s journey was to ___.
a)
circumnavigate the globe
b)
stop imperialism’s spread
c)
demonstrate US power
d)
destroy the Spanish fleet
39.
Under which policy did the U.S. buy out the loans that Latin American countries owed and then these countries would be in charge of paying the U.S. back instead of the other countries.
a)
Roosevelt Corollary
b)
Dollar Diplomacy
c)
Monroe Doctrine
d)
NONE of these
40.
What was the cause of the conflict between Cuba and Spain?
a)
Cuba wanted to enslave Spain
b)
Spain wanted to convert the Cuban government to communism
c)
Spain wanted to turn Cuba into a sugar can colony
d)
Cuba wanted independence from Spain
41.
What was the United States warship called that exploded killing over 200 American sailors?
a)
U S Maine
b)
USS Maine
c)
USS Maybe
d)
US Maritime
42.
Yellow Journalism is....
a)
The Loudoun Sun Times
b)
Exaggerated News Reports
c)
Yellow Paper Reports
d)
Nonfiction News Reports
43.
The United States acquired the territory shaded in green during the Spanish-American War. The name of that territory is
a)
Cuba
b)
Japan
c)
Philippines
d)
Spain
44.
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
45.
The United States defeated which former mighty empire in the Spanish American War?
a)
England
b)
France
c)
Spain
d)
Russia
46.
What crop and business did the United States want to protect in Cuba?
a)
Salt
b)
Cinnamon
c)
Corn
d)
Sugar
47.
Who was President during the Spanish American War?
a)
William McKinley
b)
Theodore Roosevelt
c)
Benjamin Franklin
d)
George Washington
48.
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
49.
Why was the construction of the Panama Canal important to the United States?
a)
It helped the U.S. to spread democracy
b)
It improved trade relationships
c)
It allowed for more immigration
d)
It protected the U.S.
50.
What was the name of volunteer soldiers?
a)
Woodrow Wilson
b)
Buffalo soldiers
c)
Franz Ferdinand
d)
Rough riders
51.
Made America the world's policeman
a)
Monroe Doctrine
b)
Roosevelt Corollary
c)
Domestic Policy
d)
Imperialism
52.
Threatening use of force in Latin America if need be
a)
Dollar Diplomacy
b)
Moral Diplomacy
c)
Big Stick Diplomacy
d)
Shuttle Diplomacy
53.
As a result of the Spanish American war, the US became _______ ___________
a)
A world power
b)
Isolationist
54.
Alfred T. Mahan argued:
a)
to become an empire, the US needed to acquire naval bases and strengthen its naval power
b)
the burden of the white man is to support and uplift non-whites
c)
imperialism was not democratic and engaging in it would be hypocritical
d)
the nation's economic needs could be satisfied from within as the US should avoid risking itself in foreign entanglements
55.
A foreign area whose rulers are allowed to retain power in exchange for the protection of a more powerful nation is called
a)
a colony
b)
a state
c)
a territory
d)
a protectorate
56.
What was the goal of the Boxer Rebellion?
a)
To kill all foreigners through hand to hand combat
b)
To rid the country of British influence by means of a boxing tournament
c)
To get rid of foreigners by killing all those who would not leave, especially Christian Missionaries
57.
What was the American policy of territorial integrity for china and equal access to china for western powers?
a)
Boxer Rebellion
b)
Open Door Policy
c)
America First Policy
d)
Opium War
58.
Who did the U.S. buy Alaska from?
a)
Cuba
b)
Germany
c)
Russia
d)
Canada
59.
The Monroe Doctrine prevented Europe from taking over countries in __________________
a)
North America only
b)
South America only
c)
Asia
d)
North and South America
60.
Why was the United States initially interested in trade with China?
a)
The U.S. wanted to take control of China
b)
Alliances
c)
There was an increased demand for new markets
d)
To control international trade.
61.
Who benefited the most from the Open Door Policy?
a)
Russia
b)
France
c)
Germany
d)
United States
62.
What is a "sphere of influence?"
a)
An area with no outside influence
b)
An area with exteme political competition
c)
An area colonized by other countries
d)
A region in which one power had significant influence on the economy.
63.
Why was the Open Door Policy created?
a)
To establish American interest in China
b)
Keep trade in China equal with ohter world powers
c)
To help American trade by finding new markets
d)
All of the above
64.
This organization helps fight to end discrimination against different races
a)
NSA
b)
WCTU
c)
NAACP
d)
RESPECT
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