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WorksheetsUS History Unit 2 plus some from Unit 1
Total questions: 63
Worksheet time: 1hrs 3mins
What amendment gave the government the power to tax income?
16
17
18
19
What Amendment gave women the right to vote?
16
17
18
19
This idea of extending a country's power through military force.
Civil Rights
Populism
Progressivism
Imperialism
Fought in the Spanish American War and eventually became President of the United States.
Alfred T Mahan
William Jennings Bryan
Theodore Roosevelt
Sanford Dole
A period of widespread social activism and political reform across the United States that spanned the 1890's to the 1920's.
Social Gospel Movement
Progressive Movement
Populist Movement
Civil Rights Movement
The idea that Americans should settle the continent from the East coast to the West coast was called
Providence Calling
Divine Wind
Manifest Destiny
Spread the Light
What was John D. Rockefeller's strategy for economic control of the oil business?
Association
Monopoly
Corporation
Cooperative
Whereas, a struggle is going on . . . between the capitalist and the laborer, which grows in intensity from year to year, and will work disastrous results . . . if they are not combined for mutual protection and benefit . . .
—Preamble to the Constitution of the American Federation of Labor, 1886
Which phrase BEST reflects the purpose of this organization?
passing national legislation
increasing opportunities for minorities
using nonviolent methods of protest
improving working conditions
Which of the following acts by the United States government ended religious expression for the Sioux Nation and closed the American Frontier?
Massacre at Wounded Knee
Sand Creek Massacre
Custer’s Last Stand
Fetterman Massacre
How did Upton Sinclair’s novel The Jungle contribute to a change in the government’s role in the economy?
It increased opposition to federal regulatory agencies.
It called for the nationalization of several industries.
It weakened public support for national labor unions.
It led to federal legislation to regulate the food industry
Which of the following can be attributed to W.E.B. Du Bois?
the development of the Underground Railroad
the founding of the NAACP
the increase of industrial education available for African Americans
the weakening of the Back to Africa movement
This was the main reason why Americans wanted the Panama Canal built.
to open trade with Panama
to have a naval base in Latin America
to open negotiations with Colombia
to cut travel time from the Atlantic to the Pacific Oceans
The Age of Imperialism was marked by
a decrease in the number of naval ships
the expansion of American political influence
an increased interest in the plight of day laborers
the reduction of military intervention in other countries
The purpose of the Dawes Severalty Act (1877) was to--
return lands to American Indian tribes.
move American Indian tribes to reservations.
assimilate American Indian tribes into U.S. society.
draft members of American Indian tribes into the U.S. military.
Which new innovation contributed to a significant increase in factory production in the United States at the beginning of the Twentieth Century (1900s)?
Railroads
Electricity
Steam power
Telegraph systems
How did industrialization in the United States change the lives of women and children in the nineteenth century?
Women and children gained higher social status as business owners.
Women and children were more educated in order to compete for jobs.
Women and children increasingly became wage earners in their families.
Women and children rose as leaders in the movement to organize labor.
How did industrialization in the United States change the lives of women and children in the nineteenth century?
Women and children gained higher social status as business owners.
Women and children were more educated in order to compete for jobs.
Women and children increasingly became wage earners in their families.
Women and children rose as leaders in the movement to organize labor.
How did the introduction of electricity affect the workplace in the United States?
Businesses relocated to suburban areas.
Factories were able to open late into the night.
Cottage industries expanded into more homes.
Assembly lines were able to move more quickly.
A general association of nations must be formed under specific covenants for the purpose of affording mutual guarantees of political independence and territorial integrity to great and small states alike.
—“Fourteen Points,” President Woodrow Wilson, 1918
Why did the U.S. Senate reject membership in this organization?
concern over the possibility of arms control treaties
risk of being dependent on global markets
fear of becoming involved in foreign conflicts
concern over the ability to defend against attacks
Which government action was designed to discourage criticism of U.S. involvement in World War I?
the Fourteen Points
the War Industries Board
the Zimmermann Telegram
the Espionage and Sedition Acts
When I addressed the Congress on the twenty-sixth of February last I thought that it would suffice to assert our neutral rights with arms. . . . But armed neutrality, it now appears, is impracticable.
—President Woodrow Wilson
Why did the United States make this foreign policy change?
Germany pledged to respect isolationist countries.
Germany resumed unrestricted submarine warfare.
A U.S. naval base was attacked by an enemy nation.
The U.S. refused to join an international peace organization.
Which of these was a factor in the United States entrance in World War I?
the invasion of Poland
The Axis threat to the Panama Canal
Japan's invasion of China
German unrestricted submarine warfare
What was the name of President Wilson's plan for peace?
Zimmerman Telegram
Sussex Pledge
Treaty of Versailles
Fourteen Points
What was formed by the gov't to freeze prices and wages and control production of war goods?
National War Labor Board
War Industries Board
Committee on Public Information
League of Nations
What country had to admit guilt for WWI according to the Treaty of Versailles?
Germany
Russia
Austria-Hungary
Italy
Whose job was to encourage American support for WWI?
J. Edgar Hoover
War Propaganda Board
War Industries Board
Committee on Public Information
What group took power in Russia during WWI and established a communist regime?
Bolsheviks
Serbs
Slovenes
Bosnians
What is a method of citizens loaning money to the government to pay for war?
propaganda
sussex pledge
espionage
war bonds
What was the name of the area between the trenches that contained barbed wire and land mines?
no man's land
danger zone
ground zero
What is the name for information designed to influence opinion?
yellow journalism
media
muckraking
propaganda
What is the name for a cease-fire?
armistice
propaganda
treaty
espionage
