Worksheets2nd Quarter Exam Review
Total questions: 45
Worksheet time: 23mins
In World War I, the new
strategy of trench warfare
was an effective way to _______
exchange secret messages.
camouflage the soldiers in the wilderness.
isolate soldiers suffering from contagious diseases.
defend a position by fighting from within deep ditches.
Which statement describes
one of Woodrow Wilson’s
most significant
accomplishments?
He was awarded a Purple
Heart for his bravery during World War I.
He served as a general in
the Civil War.
He won the Nobel Peace
Prize for his role in founding the League of Nations.
He did not support the
Treaty of Versailles.
Which nation was the last to
surrender to the Allied Forces
in 1918?
Austria-Hungary
Bulgaria
Germany
the Ottoman Empire
When American soldiers
arrived in Europe in 1917,
the __________
Russians were advancing
against Germany.
Allies were dangerously
near defeat.
Germans were retreating
from Paris.
Allies were pummeling the
German Navy at sea.
Approximately how many casualties did the Central Powers have in World
War I?
6 million
over 5 million
at least 3 million
1.5 million
Because of a labor shortage during World War I, U.S. factories hired more than a million ___________.
women
non-union workers
The spark that ignited World War I occurred when ______________,
heir to the throne of Austria-Hungary, was killed by a Serb nationalist.
Archduke Francis Ferdinand
Franz Josef
One cause of tension in Europe in the early 1900s was the rise of a sense of pride in one’s country, or _____________.
nationalism
isolationism
secret telegram in which Germany offered to
help Mexico regain territory in the United
States if Mexico joined the Central Powers
Lusitania
U-boats
Henry Cabot Lodge
Zimmermann Note
truce that ended active warfare and paved
the way for a peace treaty
reparations
armistice
Sedition Act of 1918
militarism
British passenger liner sunk by Germans
the Lusitania
American Expeditionary Force
Henry Cabot Lodge
reparations
German submarines used to attack Allied
and neutral ships
The Maine
militarism
U-boats
Francis Ferdinand
payments for war damages
armistice
trench warfare
Fourteen Points
reparations
U.S. troops who fought in Europe in World
War I
Central Powers
American Expeditionary Force
Great Britain
The Square Deal
Which of the following were NOT part of the Allied Powers?
France
Britain
Italy
Germany
Conditions in trenches were cold, wet, muddy, and a breeding ground for germs.
True
False
Austria-Hungary, Germany, Bulgaria, and the Ottoman Empire are countries that were part of the Central Powers.
True
False
How many million soldiers died on the Allied side?
3
4
5
6
The armistice was signed on the ______th hour of the ______th day of the ______th month. What is the missing number? [HINT - it's the same number for each blank]
8
9
10
11
Nuclear weapons were part of the new technology used in WWI.
True
False
Theodore Roosevelt’s idea for balancing the interests of consumers, laborers, and business people was called _____________
the Great Society.
the Fair Play Accord.
the Square Deal.
the New Way.
Business leaders opposed granting women the right to vote mainly because they thought _________
women voters would sup-port minimum wage and child labor laws.
women should focus on the prohibition of alcohol.
women voters would sup-port government anti corruption efforts.
only married women should have a voice in government.
City and county politics in the late 1800s were influenced by organizations called ____________
political machines.
political mobs.
voting leagues.
voting drives.
Who encouraged African Americans to improve their economic and educational opportunities rather than fight discrimination directly?
Ida B. Wells
W.E.B. Du Bois
Booker T. Washington
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Journalists who wrote about problems in society during the Progressive age were known as ________
muckrakers.
Progressives.
reformers.
capitalists.
Child labor continued even after the reforms of the early 1900s because ___________
greedy factory owners lied about workers’ ages.
poor families needed the income, however little.
corruption made government monitoring useless.
the courts established high child wage rates.
Which of these reforms allowed voters to overrule a law that government had proposed or passed?
the recall
direct primary
the initiative
the referendum
In its first decade, the ______________ brought attention to racial inequality by using the courts to fight grandfather clauses that had been used to prevent African Americans in the South from voting.
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
National Urban League
The __________ Amendment helped expand voting rights by allowing voters, and not state legislatures, to elect senators.
Seventeenth
Eighteenth
The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire and other accidents led to passage of laws improving factory safety.
True
False
A procedure called an initiative allows voters to propose new laws by using petitions.
True
False
Workers’ compensation laws prohibited companies from paying wages to employees injured on the job.
True
False
A person who fought for a woman's right to vote was called a suffragist.
True
False
The 19th Amendment banned the sale of alcohol.
True
False
Based on the information presented, which of these conclusions can be
drawn?
Roosevelt was the incumbent candidate, fighting to keep a seat he
already held.
Taft spent far less money on his campaign than the other candidates.
Most states split their electoral votes rather than give them all to one candidate.
Wilson had more electoral votes than the other candidates.
The “old immigrants” who
arrived in America during
the 1800s were from ____________
eastern Europe.
northern Europe.
central Australia.
central Asia.
Which industry was most
closely associated with the
term “sweatshops”?
construction
clothing
steel
transportation
Which of the following best
describes Hull House?
contributed to the survival of the immigrant
population in Chicago
and the nation as a whole
by inspiring U.S. reform
movements
supplied monetary assistance to immigrants
which helped them overcome discrimination by
American citizens
helped immigrants maintain their own cultures
and taught Americans to
embrace immigrants’
cultures
provided homes for immigrants and ended the
problem of homelessness
among immigrants in
America
According to the chart, which of the following was true of Chicago’s population in the late 1800s?
The population tripled between 1870 and 1890.
The population decreased slowly between 1870 and 1880.
After 1890, the population stopped increasing.
The largest increase occurred between 1890 and 1900.
The majority of ____________________ immigrants were from southern and
eastern Europe.
new
old
Elevated trains are examples of ___________________, or public transportation designed for many passengers.
mass transit
industrial transit
Many middle-class Americans who could afford it moved from cities to residential
neighborhoods outside of downtown known as _______________________.
tenements
suburbs
Most immigrants traveled in __________________, where the cabins were
hot, cramped, and foul-smelling.
steerage
second class
Elisha Otis patented the ______________________ in the 1850s that helped make skyscrapers practical.
elevator
escalator
Americans who believed that the United States should not allow so many immigrants into the country were called ____________________.
protectionists
nativists
