WorksheetsSemester 1 Final Review II
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 20mins
Who invented the telephone?
Robert J. Sprint
Alexander Graham Bell
Christopher Eugene Verizon
Andre T. Truex
Christopher Scholes invented the typewriter
True
False
Which of the following did Thomas Edison invent?
Phonograph
Incandescent lightbulb
Motion pictures
All of these
Who invented barbed wire?
Joesph Glidden
Samuel Colt
John Wayne
Woodrow Dolarhyde
Which of the following was NOT a reason for processed and consumer goods for being cheaper and more available by the late 1800s?
inventions and entrepreneurial skills
improved importing techniques
the country’s shift from an industrial to an agricultural society
the long hours worked by many children in the country
What is the goal of the labor union?
organize unskilled workers
increase the number of workers hired
eliminate all immigration into the United States
improve wages and working conditions for all workers
Why did most immigrants arriving in the United States after 1880 settled in the cities?
tenements were cheap and a great place to live
they didn't speak English
there was a lot of surplus housing
the majority of jobs were located in the cities
During the late 1800’s most “new” immigrants came from southern and eastern Europe.
True
False
The main immigration processing station in San Francisco Bay Area was called Devils Island?
True
False
The main immigration processing station on the East Coast was called Manhattan Island?
True
False
Urbanization is a term that describes the growth of ...
farming regions.
migration from the city to the country.
migration from the country to the city.
rapid development of technology.
Who won the Presidential race of 1896?
Abe Lincoln
Ben Franklin
Martin Van Buren
William McKinley
Who was the populist candidate for the Presidency in1896?
William Jennings Bryan
Andrew Johnson
Jefferson Davis
Robert E. Lee
Colonel George Armstrong Custer died during the Battle of Little Bighorn.
True
False
George Armstrong Custer was a brilliant officer in the US army who graduated at the top of his class at West Point.
True
False
Oliver Hudson Kelley founded the Grange (Patrons of Husbandry)?
True
False
Capitalist how made his money in the steel industry
Andrew Carnegie
JP Morgan
Cornelius Vanderbilt
John Rockefeller
Capitalist how made his money in the railroad industry
Andrew Carnegie
JP Morgan
John D. Rockefeller
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Capitalist how made his money in the oil industry
Cornelius Vanderbilt
JP Morgan
Andrew Carnegie
John D. Rockefeller
Boss Tweed was a corrupt politician who became head of Tammany Hall in New York
True
False
Who was the socialist reformer who started the IWW?
Gray Davis
William Jennings Bryan
Eugene Debs
William Taft
What was the major point of difference between Booker T. Washington and W. E.B. DuBois?
the need for college education
the need for progressive reforms
the need for immediate equality for African Americans
the significance of independence for Africa
The principle of separate but equal facilities for blacks and whites was set down in Plessy v. Ferguson.
True
False
President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation which declared "that all persons held as slaves" within the rebellious states "are, and henceforward shall be free."
True
False
The Emancipation Proclamation was issued after the Harlem Renaissance took place.
True
False
The Cotton Gin was invented after slavery had begun in the United States.
True
False
The Cotton Gin was invented before Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation.
True
False
What were the laws requiring the separation of the races in schools, trains, parks, and other facilities called?
grandfather clauses
Jim Crow Laws
sharecropper clauses
Equal Rights Laws
The Progressives would focus much of their attention on reforming all of the following except what?
railroad rates
African American rights
tenement housing
clean food
How were populists and progressives alike?
They feared the concentration of power in the hands of a wealthy few.
They were college trained experts to solve problems
They mostly lived in cities
They were mostly farmers
A major factor that helped Woodrow Wilson win the 1912 presidential election was the Republican vote was divided.
True
False
William Randolph Hearst forbid his newspapers from using yellow journalism.
True
False
Theodore Roosevelt is considered the first modern President because he used his powers of office and personal magnetism to “bully” Congress and the people into reforms.
True
False
Theodore Roosevelt foreign policy can best be summed up as "Speak loudly and carry a big stick."
True
False
who is the Journalist who exposed the ruthlessness of Rockefeller’s Standard Oil Company?
Alice Walker
Rosa Parks
Mary McLeod Bethune
Ida Tarbell
Who wrote the book The Jungle in an effort to expose the meatpacking industry of selling rotten meat?
Ryan Braun
Jefferson Davis
Upton Sinclair
Hiram Johnson
What president is known as the "Trust Buster?"
Grover Cleveland
William McKinley
Teddy Roosevelt
Richard Nixon
Who is the Wisconsin governor who fought to drive big business out of politics
Hiram Johnson
Ronald Reagen
Robert M. La Follette
Pat Brown
The Nineteenth Amendment to the Constitution provided for...
a national income tax
womens suffrage
direct election of Senators
national prohibition
How many times should you take this practice test?
zero
one
two
Until you master it!
