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WorksheetsU.S. History Final Review
Total questions: 64
Worksheet time: 32mins
1. Andrew Jackson wanted to take the land from…
He did not what to give rights to which group of people in the US.
free African Americans
women
Cherokee Indians
The Monroe Doctrine was written to keep European nations out of
Central & South America
Africa & India
Japan & China
Russia & the Middle East
What idea is this image representing?
a. Manifest Destiny
a. Federalism
a. Declaration of Sentiments
a. Republicanism
An abolitionist was someone who
a. liked slavery.
b. supported the ratification of the Constitution.
c. was against slavery.
What information can you get from this table?
Each year number of slaves was getting lower
b The transcontinental railroad spread slavery outside of the South.
c. Number of Slaves was growing (getting higher). Slavery would likely have continued to grow had there not been a civil war.
Why did the South not want Lincoln elected as President in 1860? (South separation from the north)?
a. Lincoln immediately ordered the South to free slaves.
b. Southerners said that Lincoln did not support (like) slavery.
c. Lincoln increased troop levels in the South.
Why was the Battle of Gettysburg a turning point in the Civil War?
a. The South did not try to invade the North again.
b. Most of the northern army was destroyed.
c. Lee surrendered to Gant.
Why was the Fifteenth Amendment passed?
a. to end slavery
a. to ban secession
a. to give African American men the right to vote
Reconstruction ended with
a. the election of President Hayes.
b. the dissolution of the Freedmen’s Bureau.
All persons born or naturalized in the United States and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.
a. 13th
b. 14th
c. 15th
d. 16th
. Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.
a. 13th
b. 14th
c. 15th
d. 16th
The above photo from Jacob Riis’s “How The Other Half Lives,” depicts what?
a. the bad tenement conditions that immigrants lived in
b. the economic depression leading to homeless immigrants
c. the social injustices that muckrakers cause
The best means of benefiting the community is to place within its reach the ladders upon which the aspiring can rise—free libraries, parks, and means of recreation like tools by which men are helped in body and mind.…The laws of accumulation will be left free, the laws of distribution free. Individualism will continue, but the millionaire will be but a trustee for the poor.…The best minds will thus have reached a stage in the development of the race in which it is clearly seen there is no mode of disposing of surplus wealth creditable to thoughtful and earnest men into whose hands it flows, save by using it year by year for the general good.” Andrew Carnegie, The Gospel of Wealth and Other Timely Essays
What is the main thesis of the Gospel of Wealth?
a. The rich have a responsibility to distribute their wealth for the greater good
b. The poor should be given money.
c. The rich should not care about the poor.
What does Carnegie mean by “the ladders upon which the aspiring can rise”?
a. We should give direct handouts to the poor and needy
b. We should provide the tools which will allow people to better themselves.
c. There is no way to help the poor.
Which of the following was outlawed by the Sherman Antitrust Act?
a. anarchists
b. monopolies
c. segregation
This is the island where European immigrants had to pass through in the early 1900’s.
a. Angel Island
b. Easter Island
c. Ellis Island
d. Liberty Island
Which of these encouraged westward expansion by giving free land to settlers on the Great Plains so they can build homes?
a. The Pendleton Act
b. The Interstate Commerce Act
c. The Homestead Act
What was the result of the Dawes Act in 1887?
a. Native Americans bought additional lands to farm
b. Native American (Indian) reservations were divided into smaller plots
c. Native Americans agreed to sell their lands in exchange for small business loans
The Court Case Plessy v. Ferguson established
a. Separate but equal
b. The desegregation of schools
c. Miranda rights
What 1890 massacre ended Native American resistance on the Great Plains?
a. The Fetterman Massacre
b. Wounded Knee
c. Little Big Horn
The process of being absorbed into mainstream culture of American society (to look like, be like, and do like) is known as..
a. assimilation
b. immigration
c. urbanization
"If the Great Spirit had
desired me to
be a
white man
he would have made me so
in the first place.
He put in your heart
certain wishes and plans;
in my heart he put
other and different desires.
Each man is good
in the sight of the Great
Spirit.
What major aspect of Manifest Destiny does Sitting Bull (Native American leader) argue against in the quote?
a. Forced assimilation of Native Americans
b. Building the transcontinental railroad
c. The gold rush
d. Annexation of Texas
Who wrote the Jungle which exposed the condition in the U.S. meatpacking industry?
a. Upton Sinclair
b. Jane Adams
c. Susan B. Anthony
c. Theodore Roosevelt
Which Muckraker leader helped fight for the rights of African Americas?
a. Ida B. Wells
b. Brooker T. Washington
c. W.E.B. DuBois
d. Jesse Jackson
Susan B. Anthony and Margaret Sanger led the fight for the rights of
a. African Americans.
b. women.
c. Chinese Americans
What amendment granted women the right to vote?
a. 18th
b. 19th
c. 20th
d. 21st
In 1914, Congress formed the Federal Trade Commission and passed the Sherman Anti-Trust Act to
a. inspect food and medicines sold across state lines.
b. monitor business practices that might lead to monopoly.
In which nation was the Open Door Policy applied? (hint: Look at the picture)
a. Canada
b. Japan
c. Cuba
d. China
The “Rough Riders” were (hint: look at the below pictures)
a. a volunteer cavalry unit in the Spanish-American War.
b. newspaper owners who influenced public opinion by exaggerating the truth.
. The Platt Amendment
a. Gave the rights of Cubans.
b. gave the United States the right to preserve (keep) order as needed in Cuba
c. established a civil government in Cuba.
President Roosevelt was called a trustbuster (buster-person who destroys/breaks) because he
a. the Colombians would grant the United States the right to build a canal.
b. the United States could get the rights to build a canal in Panama at a lower price.
c. Declared many companies as monopolies and broke them down
Which was NOT a cause of the Spanish-American War?
a. The explosion of the USS Maine Ship
b. The need to take their land
c. Sympathy for Cuban rebels
33. Which of the following was NOT a cause of imperialism?
a. Economic/land gain
b. Military benefits
c. Need for foreign workers
33. Which of these was a cause of WWI?
a. Militarism
b. Nationalism
c. Alliances
d. All of the above
33. When WWI began, the United States hoped to
a. remain neutral
b. enter the war on the side of Allied Powers
c. enter the war on the side of the Central Powers
Which of these was NOT a reason the US declared war on Germany in 1917?
a. The Zimmermann Telegram
b. Germany’s U-boat attacks
c. The De Lome Letter
Which was a result of trench warfare in WWI?
a. An amendment that trench warfare was ruled illegal in future wars
b. soldiers getting trench foot from the conditions of the trenches
33. The Red Scare demonstrated how the United States
a. managed to eliminate a rare form of flu that struck the nation
b. went about establishing the Red Cross as a need of blood for wounded soldiers.
c. feared communist revolutions inside the USA
33. Which of these nations had to admit guilt (was blamed) for causing WWI and pay war reparations?
a. Italy
b. France
c. Germany
33. Why was the League of Nations an ineffective organization after WWI?
a. No nations joined it
b. Only American joined it
c. Only England, France and Russia joined it
d. The United States did not join it
33. What is described as paying only part of the purchase price of stocks?
a. Paying full price
b. Buying on margin
c. Bear market
33. The boom economy of the “Roaring Twenties” 1920’s did not apply to
a. farmers
b. movie theaters and sporting events.
c. companies producing new items on the nation’s assembly lines.
33. Who introduced a series of methods like the assembly line to increase production of goods made within the United States?
a. Andrew Mellon
b. Herbert Hoover
c. Henry Ford
The emphasis of science & secular values over traditional ideas about religion became known as
a. fundamentalism
b. modernism
c. Traditionalism
Harlem Renaissance refers to:
a A population increase in Harlem in the 1920s.
b.. A celebration of African-American culture in literature and art.
Poor houses (rustic shacks and tents) form towns that were called
a. Dust Bowls
b. Hoovervilles.
In 1929, the stock market crashed because
a. the Federal Reserve increased the money supply.
b. Germany ceased reparations payments to the United States
c. investors lost confidence in the market and rushed to sell their shares.
Which factor contributed to the spread of the Great Depression overseas?
a. Europe increased trade to the United States.
b. American industry produced less.
c. Congress raised tariffs on foreign imports.
Why did the Bonus Army march on Washington, D.C.?
a. President Hoover vetoed a bill providing for early payment of bonuses to WWI vets
b. Congress passed a bill promising to pay veterans their bonuses in 1945.
Both African Americans and Mexican Americans had an especially difficult time during the
Great Depression because they
a. had little community and family support upon which to rely.
b. were forced to migrate from the South to find work in northern cities
c. faced discrimination when competing with white Americans for a limited number of jobs.
What was one effect of the New Deal?
a. The New Deal celebrated a more passive role for government.
b. The New Deal created a bigger, more involved federal government.
What did Roosevelt and Congress pass the day after FDR’s inauguration?
a. Emergency Bank Holiday
b. Federal Emergency Relief Act
c. Agricultural Adjustment Act
The Securities Exchange Commission was created to
a. regulate the stock market
b. pay farmers to destroy their livestock.
Which New Deal program insured deposits up to $5,000?
a. FDIC
b. CCC
c. PWA
What is the term that means the government has a responsibility to take care of the sick, poor, elderly, disabled, and unemployed?
a. Welfare state
b. PWA
Which of the following is true about the role American women played during World War II?
American women took the lead in organizing the Manhattan Project.
a. To keep up with the demand for war supplies, millions of American women took industrial jobs that had never been open to them before.
By the end of the war, two out of three generals in the U.S. Army were women
During World War II African Americans
a. served in large numbers in the U.S. armed forces and found employment in industrial jobs that had earlier been denied to them.
b. were banned from serving in the U.S. armed forces.
Why do you think this poster was produced?
a. to encourage Americans to support the war effort
b. to convince Americans to support isolationism
c. to convince Congress to approve a draft
Why did Churchill and Roosevelt (Allies) decide to attack Europe and Hitler before Japan?
Japan posed a serious long-term threat, it was quicker to attack Hitler first
b. Japan had many resources that could be used against the Allies
c. Germany was considered a serious long-term threat
All of the following were reasons President Truman justified the dropping of the atomic bomb EXCEPT
a. end the war quickly
b. save American lives.
c. protect the lives of Japanese civilians
What was the significance of the Battle of Midway?
a. It led to the success of D-Day.
b. It changed the entire balance of power in the Pacific.
c. It devastated American morale.
The removal of people to internment camps during World War II was based solely on
a. a person’s citizenship status.
b. person’s racial background
The atomic bomb was dropped on?
a. Los Angeles and San Francisco
b. Hiroshima and Nagasaki
c. Tokyo and Kyoto
What was the ultimate goal of the Nazi’s Final Solution?
a. the elimination of all sub humans including Jews, Communists, and Gypsies
b. to be the first country to put a man on the moon
c. the process of forming a perfect government system.
