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2nd Quarter Exam Review

Total questions: 45

Worksheet time: 23mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

In World War I, the new

strategy of trench warfare

was an effective way to _______

a)

exchange secret messages.

b)

camouflage the soldiers in the wilderness.

c)

isolate soldiers suffering from contagious diseases.

d)

defend a position by fighting from within deep ditches.

2.

Which statement describes

one of Woodrow Wilson’s

most significant

accomplishments?

a)

He was awarded a Purple

Heart for his bravery during World War I.

b)

He served as a general in

the Civil War.

c)

He won the Nobel Peace

Prize for his role in founding the League of Nations.

d)

He did not support the

Treaty of Versailles.

3.

Which nation was the last to

surrender to the Allied Forces

in 1918?

a)

Austria-Hungary

b)

Bulgaria

c)

Germany

d)

the Ottoman Empire

4.

When American soldiers

arrived in Europe in 1917,

the __________

a)

Russians were advancing

against Germany.

b)

Allies were dangerously

near defeat.

c)

Germans were retreating

from Paris.

d)

Allies were pummeling the

German Navy at sea.

5.

Approximately how many casualties did the Central Powers have in World

War I?

a)

6 million

b)

over 5 million

c)

at least 3 million

d)

1.5 million

6.

Because of a labor shortage during World War I, U.S. factories hired more than a million ___________.

a)

women

b)

non-union workers

7.

The spark that ignited World War I occurred when ______________,

heir to the throne of Austria-Hungary, was killed by a Serb nationalist.

a)

Archduke Francis Ferdinand

b)

Franz Josef

8.

One cause of tension in Europe in the early 1900s was the rise of a sense of pride in one’s country, or _____________.

a)

nationalism

b)

isolationism

9.

secret telegram in which Germany offered to

help Mexico regain territory in the United

States if Mexico joined the Central Powers

a)

Lusitania

b)

U-boats

c)

Henry Cabot Lodge

d)

Zimmermann Note

10.

truce that ended active warfare and paved

the way for a peace treaty

a)

reparations

b)

armistice

c)

Sedition Act of 1918

d)

militarism

11.

British passenger liner sunk by Germans

a)

the Lusitania

b)

American Expeditionary Force

c)

Henry Cabot Lodge

d)

reparations

12.

German submarines used to attack Allied

and neutral ships

a)

The Maine

b)

militarism

c)

U-boats

d)

Francis Ferdinand

13.

payments for war damages

a)

armistice

b)

trench warfare

c)

Fourteen Points

d)

reparations

14.

U.S. troops who fought in Europe in World

War I

a)

Central Powers

b)

American Expeditionary Force

c)

Great Britain

d)

The Square Deal

15.

Which of the following were NOT part of the Allied Powers?

a)

France

b)

Britain

c)

Italy

d)

Germany

16.

Conditions in trenches were cold, wet, muddy, and a breeding ground for germs.

a)

True

b)

False

17.

Austria-Hungary, Germany, Bulgaria, and the Ottoman Empire are countries that were part of the Central Powers.

a)

True

b)

False

18.

How many million soldiers died on the Allied side?

a)

3

b)

4

c)

5

d)

6

19.

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]

a)

8

b)

9

c)

10

d)

11

20.

Nuclear weapons were part of the new technology used in WWI.

a)

True

b)

False

21.

Theodore Roosevelt’s idea for balancing the interests of consumers, laborers, and business people was called _____________

a)

the Great Society.

b)

the Fair Play Accord.

c)

the Square Deal.

d)

the New Way.

22.

Business leaders opposed granting women the right to vote mainly because they thought _________

a)

women voters would sup-port minimum wage and child labor laws.

b)

women should focus on the prohibition of alcohol.

c)

women voters would sup-port government anti corruption efforts.

d)

only married women should have a voice in government.

23.

City and county politics in the late 1800s were influenced by organizations called ____________

a)

political machines.

b)

political mobs.

c)

voting leagues.

d)

voting drives.

24.

Who encouraged African Americans to improve their economic and educational opportunities rather than fight discrimination directly?

a)

Ida B. Wells

b)

W.E.B. Du Bois

c)

Booker T. Washington

d)

Elizabeth Cady Stanton

25.

Journalists who wrote about problems in society during the Progressive age were known as ________

a)

muckrakers.

b)

Progressives.

c)

reformers.

d)

capitalists.

26.

Child labor continued even after the reforms of the early 1900s because ___________

a)

greedy factory owners lied about workers’ ages.

b)

poor families needed the income, however little.

c)

corruption made government monitoring useless.

d)

the courts established high child wage rates.

27.

Which of these reforms allowed voters to overrule a law that government had proposed or passed?

a)

the recall

b)

direct primary

c)

the initiative

d)

the referendum

28.

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.

a)

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)

b)

National Urban League

29.

The __________ Amendment helped expand voting rights by allowing voters, and not state legislatures, to elect senators.

a)

Seventeenth

b)

Eighteenth

30.

The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire and other accidents led to passage of laws improving factory safety.

a)

True

b)

False

31.

A procedure called an initiative allows voters to propose new laws by using petitions.

a)

True

b)

False

32.

Workers’ compensation laws prohibited companies from paying wages to employees injured on the job.

a)

True

b)

False

33.

A person who fought for a woman's right to vote was called a suffragist.

a)

True

b)

False

34.

The 19th Amendment banned the sale of alcohol.

a)

True

b)

False

35.

Based on the information presented, which of these conclusions can be

drawn?

a)

Roosevelt was the incumbent candidate, fighting to keep a seat he

already held.

b)

Taft spent far less money on his campaign than the other candidates.

c)

Most states split their electoral votes rather than give them all to one candidate.

d)

Wilson had more electoral votes than the other candidates.

36.

The “old immigrants” who

arrived in America during

the 1800s were from ____________

a)

eastern Europe.

b)

northern Europe.

c)

central Australia.

d)

central Asia.

37.

Which industry was most

closely associated with the

term “sweatshops”?

a)

construction

b)

clothing

c)

steel

d)

transportation

38.

Which of the following best

describes Hull House?

a)

contributed to the survival of the immigrant

population in Chicago

and the nation as a whole

by inspiring U.S. reform

movements

b)

supplied monetary assistance to immigrants

which helped them overcome discrimination by

American citizens

c)

helped immigrants maintain their own cultures

and taught Americans to

embrace immigrants’

cultures

d)

provided homes for immigrants and ended the

problem of homelessness

among immigrants in

America

39.

According to the chart, which of the following was true of Chicago’s population in the late 1800s?

a)

The population tripled between 1870 and 1890.

b)

The population decreased slowly between 1870 and 1880.

c)

After 1890, the population stopped increasing.

d)

The largest increase occurred between 1890 and 1900.

40.

The majority of ____________________ immigrants were from southern and

eastern Europe.

a)

new

b)

old

41.

Elevated trains are examples of ___________________, or public transportation designed for many passengers.

a)

mass transit

b)

industrial transit

42.

Many middle-class Americans who could afford it moved from cities to residential

neighborhoods outside of downtown known as _______________________.

a)

tenements

b)

suburbs

43.

Most immigrants traveled in __________________, where the cabins were

hot, cramped, and foul-smelling.

a)

steerage

b)

second class

44.

Elisha Otis patented the ______________________ in the 1850s that helped make skyscrapers practical.

a)

elevator

b)

escalator

45.

Americans who believed that the United States should not allow so many immigrants into the country were called ____________________.

a)

protectionists

b)

nativists