WorksheetsUS History - Midterm Exam Study Guide
Total questions: 111
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Name
Class
Date
1.
This period during the 1870s to 1900 is known for it's rise of railroads, big business, industrialization and social problems in the United States.
a)
World War I
b)
Progressive Era
c)
Gilded age
d)
Roaring Twenties
2.
in 1882, the Government passed this legislation that restricted immigration for 10 years from a certain group into the United States.
a)
Nativist Act
b)
Mexican Reparition Act
c)
Dawes Act
d)
Chinese Exclusion Act
3.
During the Gilded age, workers came together to work for better pay, working conditions, and less hours. Leaders such as Samuel Gompers help led many of this workers in....
a)
Philanthropy
b)
Labor Unions
c)
Political Bosses
d)
Credit Unions
4.
"New Immigrants" that came to the United States in the early 1900s were from which part of Europe?
a)
South Europe
b)
NE Europe
c)
SW Europe
d)
SE Europe
5.
Men such as Andrew Carnegie believed in giving money to libraries, musuems and schools to help benefit people who wanted to move up in the social ladder.
a)
geopolitical
b)
political bosses
c)
Social Darwinism
d)
Gospel of Wealth
6.
The Pendleton Act of United States in 1883 decided that government jobs should be awarded on the basis of merit (test) instead of political affiliation.
a)
direct voting
b)
civil service reform
c)
political machines
d)
civil labor unions
7.
Due to the corruption of the railroads companies, the U.S. government created this act to regulate railroad companies to be reasonable in prices.
a)
Interstate Commerece Act
b)
Dawes Act
c)
Transcontiental Act
d)
Laissez Faire Act
8.
Because of the rapid growth of Industrilization in the North people moved out of rural towns to?
a)
Rural farms
b)
Urbanzied cities
c)
Subrebs cities
d)
El rancho
9.
Many Immigrants faced issues once they arrived such as language barriers, but these group of people mostly restricted new immigrants from emtering the country.
a)
Democrats
b)
Republicans
c)
Donald Trump
d)
Nativists
10.
What New York politician ran a political machine in New York City beginning in 1869, during the Gilded Age, that was incredibly corrupt. For example, a projected cost of $250,000 for a courthouse turned in to $13,000,000 because of kickbacks and bribes.
a)
Daley
b)
Grant
c)
Tilden
d)
Tweed
11.
What was a city government marked by corruption, bribery, and Kickbacks (common during the Gilded Age) called?
a)
credit mobilier
b)
political machine
c)
corrected democracy
d)
electoral politics
12.
In 1890, during the Gilded Age, who wrote about and photographed the horrible living conditions of America's working poor in the book, How the Other Half Lives?
a)
Upton Sinclair
b)
Ida Tarbell
c)
Ida Wells
d)
Jacob Riis
13.
One reason nativists worried about influx of immigrants in 1880s...
a)
Feared immigrants gain control of city and state governments
b)
Believed immigrants receive preferential treatment from federal government and receive land
c)
Thought country's ports could not handle increasing numbers of immigrants and exports
d)
Considered immigrants from southern and eastern Europe a threat to traditional American cultural values
14.
What was the main goal of most muckraking journalists?
a)
Gain fame through articles of high popular interest
b)
Expose socioeconomic problems in need of political attention
c)
Increase public awareness of America's great potential
d)
End corrupt relationships between politicians and big business
15.
John Muir and Theodore Roosevelt worked together on which movement?
a)
safe food and drug laws
b)
conservation
c)
racial equality
d)
child labor laws
16.
What does Trust-busting mean?
a)
end discrimination
b)
stop monopolies (restore competition)
c)
label ingredients on food and drugs
d)
election for political offices
17.
What did the NAACP focus on?
a)
child labor
b)
equal rights
c)
conservation
d)
protection of animals
18.
Upton Sinclair's The Jungle had which unintended effect?
a)
it showed racial discrimination
b)
it showed the harmful things that were in the nation's food
c)
it established trade guidelines
d)
it fixed drug regulations
19.
Author of the "The Jungle", which exposed the horrors of the meatpacking industry.
a)
Ida B. Wells
b)
Upton Sinclair
c)
Robert La Follette
d)
Frances Willard
20.
Social Darwinism
a)
The idea that people and businesses compete for survival
b)
Journalist who uncovered and proved the truth about the evil of big buisness and politics in America.
c)
NAACP
d)
The Jungle
21.
A law that prohibits the sale of mislabeled or contaminated food
a)
Pure Food and Drug Act
b)
Meat inspections
c)
Food and Drug Administration
d)
Occupational Safety and Health Admin
22.
To remove through a vote
a)
referendum
b)
socialism
c)
recall
d)
capitalism
23.
New laws can be proposed by voters by collecting signatures on a petition
a)
recall
b)
referendum
c)
impressionism
d)
initiative
24.
This amendment allows people to vote directly for Senators
a)
16th
b)
17th
c)
18th
d)
19th
25.
The protection of nature and its resources is known as
a)
recycling
b)
conservation
c)
communism
d)
socialism
26.
Which of the following incident originally allowed Roosevelt to become President?
a)
He was elected.
b)
McKinley was assassinated.
c)
McKinley resigned.
d)
McKinley was impeached.
27.
Because Roosevelt went after large trusts, he was known as a
a)
muckraker.
b)
trustbuster.
c)
suffragist.
d)
businessman.
28.
Because Taft and Roosevelt split the republican vote in 1912
a)
Taft won the election.
b)
Wilson won the election
c)
Roosevelt won the election
d)
No one won
29.
The "Bull Moose Party" was
a)
the name of Wilson's party
b)
the name of Roosevelt's party
c)
the name of Taft's party
30.
Which was NOT true of Roosevelt's presidency?
a)
Pushed government to break up bad trusts
b)
Re-ran as a candidate for the Bull Moose party in 1912
c)
Pushed for conservation
d)
Was not a very "progressive" president
31.
What was the major difference between the first two major unions, the Knights of Labor and the American Federation of Labor?
a)
The Knights of Labor only allowed skilled workers to join
b)
The Knights of Labor did not allow immigrants to join
c)
The AFL only allowed skilled workers to join
d)
The AFL did not allow immigrants to join
32.
Which of these best describes life in a tenement?
a)
Very crowded
b)
Lots of sickness & disease
c)
No windows, heat, or plumbing
d)
All of these describe tenement life
33.
What continent did 90% of immigrants come to the United States from during the late 1800s?
a)
Europe
b)
Asia
c)
Latin America
d)
Africa
34.
What was the name given to the group of people who thought immigrants could not assimilate, took away jobs, and promoted violence?
a)
Patriots
b)
Loyalists
c)
Nativists
d)
Radicals
35.
What was the time period called that suggested that the U.S. appeared to be fine, but beneath the surface there was corruption and serious problems?
a)
False America
b)
Gilded Age
c)
Teasing Times
d)
Erroneous Era
36.
What did Progressive reformers believe in?
a)
Public interest, or the good of all people
b)
Ending prohibition
c)
Bringing back slavery
d)
Changing from democracy
37.
W.E.B. Du Bois helped found the NAACP, or the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, in 1909.
a)
True
b)
False
38.
The cultural fusion and integration of different groups of people that occurred in the U.S. around the time was called ____________________.
a)
integration
b)
assimilation
c)
immigration
d)
procrastination
39.
The innovation of this transportation help open up the national market?
a)
boats
b)
railroads
c)
automobiles
d)
horse drawn carriages
40.
During the 19th and early 20th century, These men helped immigrants with jobs and housing in order to control votes during election?
a)
political parties
b)
El Chapo
c)
political bosses
d)
republican party
41.
Congressional action taken in 1890, during the Gilded Age, that made "contracts, conspiracies, and combinations" that restrained free trade illegal. This was done to stop the abusive practices of organized trusts in oil, sugar, tobacco...
a)
Sherman Antitrust Act
b)
Celler-Kefauver Act
c)
Clayton Antitrust Act
d)
Interstate Commerce Act
42.
Congressional action taken in 1887, during the Gilded Age, to stop the unfair and abusive practices of railroad companies. That is, to stop railroad companies from giving low prices to large shippers (Corporations) and high prices to farmers who had no other shipping options.
a)
Sherman Antitrust Act
b)
Celler-Kefauver Act
c)
Clayton Antitrust Act
d)
Interstate Commerce Act
43.
In 1889, during the Gilded Age, a Settlement House called Hull House was opened in Chicago. It was designed to help working class women, many recent immigrants, move out of poverty and dependence on others. It sought to address some of the excesses of industry and business. Who founded Hull House?
a)
Margaret Sanger
b)
Jane Addams
c)
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
d)
Susan B. Anthony
44.
Investigative author who exposed social problems, hoping they would be reformed
a)
muckracker
b)
tenement
c)
subsitence
d)
industrialization
45.
Suffrage
a)
The right to work in factories
b)
The right to live in America
c)
The right to vote
d)
The right not to vote
46.
A _________________ was a journalist that sought to expose problems like the ones Upton Sinclair discovered in the meatpacking industry.
a)
carpetbagger
b)
muckraker
c)
dirt-digger
d)
jellyfisher
47.
Who was the most influential African American during this time, encouraging African Americans to GRADUALLY move up in society?
a)
Malcolm X
b)
Booker T. Washington
c)
George Washington Carver
d)
Martin Luther King Jr.
48.
Why was Alaska called "Seward's folly"?
a)
Americans didn't own a territory so far north
b)
It was a frozen wasteland with no resources
c)
U.S. had already annexed Samoa, and didn't need another territory
d)
Thought two-cents an acre was too expensive
49.
Which territory was annexed by the US because of the economic value of its sugarcane plantations?
a)
Alaska
b)
Midway
c)
Hawaii
d)
Samoa
50.
Emilio Aguinaldo
a)
Filipino rebel leader who took control of Manila
b)
general in charge of the Spanish Pacific fleet
c)
Spanish Ambassador to the US
d)
Filipino journalist who wrote about the war
51.
The explosion of the USS Maine
a)
proved that McKinley was a weak president
b)
rallied Americans against Spain
c)
caused American prejudice about Spanish immigrants
d)
formed a bond between America and Cuba
52.
The Anti-Imperialist League was a group that
a)
fought in both World Wars
b)
opposed the creation of an American colonial empire
c)
died in battle while fighting for America
d)
signed a petition in favor of a law that would ban all treaties
53.
What US president was famous for his usage of dollar diplomacy?
a)
Taft
b)
Roosevelt
c)
Hay
d)
Wilson
54.
Which US president pledged not to become involved in European affairs?
a)
Jefferson
b)
Washington
c)
T. Roosevelt
d)
A. Jackson
55.
Panama is damp, tropical jungle, intensely hot, swarming with mosquitos. These mosquitos carried what diseases?
a)
small pox and scarlet fever
b)
influenza and malaria
c)
rickets and diphtheria
d)
yellow fever and malaria
56.
Anti-imperialists thought imperialism was ___.
a)
bad for the economy
b)
racist
c)
a good idea
d)
democratic
57.
The phrase “speak softly and carry a big stick” refers to ___.
a)
Roosevelt’s desire to withdraw from international affairs
b)
McKinley’s desire to stay out of Cuba
c)
Roosevelt’s foreign policy of words backed up by military power
d)
McKinley’s policy of expansionism
58.
___ was forced to trade with the United States by Commodore Perry. This sparked modernization.
a)
Japan
b)
Hawaii
c)
Panama
d)
China
59.
In __, sugar planters staged a rebellion. It was annexed into the US in 1898.
a)
Japan
b)
Hawaii
c)
Panama
d)
China
60.
True or False
Newspapers that practice yellow journalism only publish stories supported by facts.
Newspapers that practice yellow journalism only publish stories supported by facts.
a)
True
b)
False, Yellow journalism is sensationalized.
61.
The de Lome letter ___.
a)
encouraged Spain to attack America
b)
stopped the expansion of the United States.
c)
called President McKinley weak.
d)
demanded the surrender of the Philippines.
62.
Roosevelt’s Open Door policy insured ___.
a)
European nations would have unlimited trade in the US.
b)
Japan would have to sign treaties with the US.
c)
Chinese markets would remain available to the US.
d)
The Philippines would stay a US territory.
63.
True or False
The desire for new markets, nationalism, and Anglo-Saxonism are all reasons for supporting Imperialism.
The desire for new markets, nationalism, and Anglo-Saxonism are all reasons for supporting Imperialism.
a)
True
b)
False
64.
A volunteer cavalry unit with Teddy Roosevelt leading as 2nd in command. They helped take control of Cuba by winning the battle of San Juan Hill.
a)
William Randolph Hearst
b)
Commander George Dewey
c)
Rough Riders
d)
Teddy Roosevelt
65.
Newspaper man who wrote sensational (exaggerated) stories and who owned a publishing empire
a)
William Randolph Hearst
b)
Commander George Dewey
c)
Rough Riders
d)
Theodore Roosevelt
66.
Journalists writing exaggerated news stories to sell newspaper. Examples stories about the de Lome letter and the USS Maine
a)
Imperialism
b)
Yellow journalism
c)
Protectorate
d)
Open Door Policy
67.
All countries would be allowed to trade with China
a)
Imperialism
b)
Yellow journalism
c)
Protectorate
d)
Open Door Policy
68.
Why did Roosevelt want the Panama Canal to be constructed?
a)
to show it could be done
b)
to improve relations with Columbia
c)
to improve relations with Spain
d)
to reduce travel time between the Atlantic & Pacific
69.
True or False
Puerto Rico, Guam, the Philippines and Cuba became US territories as a result of the Spanish American War.
Puerto Rico, Guam, the Philippines and Cuba became US territories as a result of the Spanish American War.
a)
True
b)
False
70.
Imperialism
a)
Pride in one's country based on shared customs and common history
b)
One nation extends control directly or indirectly over the government/economy of a lesser nation
c)
Use of sensation & competitive headlines by newspapers to attract readers & influence public opinion
d)
Policy proposed by US that stated all nations would have equal trading rights to China
71.
The US gained Puerto Rico and Guam
a)
Treaty of Versailles
b)
Treaty of Paris (1793)
c)
Treaty of Paris (1898)
d)
Treaty of Ghent
72.
Leader of the National Woman's Party
a)
Carrie Chapman Catt
b)
Florence Kelley
c)
Ida Tarbell
d)
Alice Paul
73.
Much stronger legislation, used by Wilson to break apart major corporations
a)
Clayton Anti Trust Act
b)
Sherman Anti Trust Act
c)
Interstate Commerce Act
d)
Federal Securities and Exchange Commission
74.
Formed the NAACP and the Niagara Movement
a)
Booker T. Washington
b)
WEB DuBois
c)
Marcus Garvey
d)
Upton Sinclair
75.
Conservation, Control of Corporations, Consumer Protections
a)
Square Deal
b)
New Deal
c)
Return to Normalcy
d)
New Freedom
76.
Organization in control of propaganda during WWI
a)
Office of War Information
b)
Committee on Public Information
77.
African nationalist during the 1920s
a)
William Gorgas
b)
Langston Hughes
c)
WEB DuBois
d)
Marcus Garvey
78.
WWI laws that outlawed speaking against the war effort
a)
Espionage and Sedition Acts
b)
Alien and Sedition Acts
79.
Agreement which was broken by the Germans shortly before American entry in WWI
a)
Zimmerman Note
b)
Gentleman's Agreement
c)
Sussex Pledge
d)
Munich Agreement
80.
To expand its membership in the 1920s, the Ku Klux Klan engaged in all of the following except
a)
blaming national problems on immigrants
b)
encouraging white women to join the organization
c)
playing on people's fears of political radicals
d)
allowing members to profit from recruiting new members
81.
Sacco and Vanzetti were charged with, and convicted of,
a)
Treason
b)
Anarchy
c)
Receiving Bribes
d)
Robbery and Murder
82.
The immigration policies of the 1920s limited immigration from all of the following countries except:
a)
Italy
b)
Japan
c)
Mexico
d)
England
83.
Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer believed that he needed to protect the American people from
a)
big business
b)
political radicals
c)
corruption and fraud
d)
labor union members
84.
The Teapot Dome scandal centered around
a)
gold mines
b)
union members
c)
high tariffs
d)
oil-rich lands
85.
What did the Eighteenth Amendment state?
a)
This amendment outlawed the manufacture, sale, and transportation of alcohol.
b)
This amendment outlawed the advertisment of alcohol.
c)
This amendment changed the age a person had to be to buy alcohol.
86.
What were illegal places where people drank alcohol called?
a)
speakeasies
b)
speaksoftly
c)
cellars
d)
hidden spots
87.
What did the Twenty-first Amendment do?
a)
It stopped speakeasies
b)
It ended Prohibition
c)
It arrested bootleggers
88.
What is jazz?
a)
A popular form of music that began among African American musicians in the 1920s.
b)
A popular form of music that began among African American musicians in the 1930s
c)
A popular form of music that began among African American musicians in the 1940s
d)
A popular form of music that began among African American musicians in the 1950s
89.
Who was one of the best known jazz composers of the 1920s?
a)
Louis Armstrong
b)
Bessie Smith
c)
Duke Ellington
90.
Who was one of the best known jazz musicians of the 1920s?
a)
Duke Ellington
b)
Louis Armstrong
c)
Bessie Smith
91.
Who was a popular blues singer of the 1920s?
a)
Duke Ellington
b)
Louis Armstrong
c)
Bessie Smith
92.
What were the Charleston, Lindy Hop, and the Jitterbug?
a)
Popular people during the 1920s
b)
Popular places during the 1920s
c)
Popular dances during the 1920s
d)
Popular foods during the 1920s
93.
What did the writer F. Scott Fitzgerald nickname the decade of the 1920s?
a)
The Fun Age
b)
The Jazz Age
c)
The Blues Age
d)
The Dancing Age
94.
Where did many African American artists move to during the 1920s?
a)
Harlem, New York
b)
Atlanta, Georgia
c)
Detroit, Michigan
95.
What name was given to the great achievements in art and learning by African Americans during the 1920s?
a)
The Roaring 20s
b)
The Best of Times
c)
Harlem Renaissance
96.
Which African American writer wrote poems, books, and plays about the lives of African Americans?
a)
Bessie Smith
b)
Louis Armstrong
c)
Langston Hughes
97.
Who was one of the most famous baseball players during the 1920s?
a)
Babe Ruth
b)
Gertrude Ederle
c)
Amelia Earhart
98.
Who became the first person to fly alone across the Atlantic Ocean in 1927?
a)
Babe Ruth
b)
Charles Lindbergh
c)
Amelia Earhart
99.
Presidents Harding and Coolidge favored policies that
a)
supported the growth of business
b)
encouraged activism
c)
brought about social reform
d)
discouraged laissez faire
100.
At its heart, the Scopes Trial was a clash between
a)
religion and science
b)
biology and science
c)
evolution and science
d)
education and science
101.
The demand for automobiles in the 1920s
a)
stimulated growth in many other industries
b)
led to a nationwide recession
c)
closed down the steel industry
d)
brought about the collapse of the suburbs
102.
The literature of the Harlem Renaissance
a)
explored the pains and joys of being black in America
b)
explored the origins of jazz
c)
was written by Marcus Garvey
d)
argued for the separation of races
103.
Which of these best describes the "New Woman" of the 1920s?
a)
They wore shorter skirts, bobbed their hair, and went to speakeasies
b)
They stayed home and cooked and cleaned
c)
They rejected the idea of suffrage
d)
They preferred the same fashions as their parents
104.
Change in the constitution which gave women the right to vote.
a)
19th Amend
b)
18th Amed
c)
21st Amend
d)
1st Amed
105.
Period in the 1920s when suspected communists and other radicals were arrested due to the fear of the spread of communism.
a)
Red Scare
b)
Teapot Dome Scandal
c)
Scopes Trial
d)
KKK
106.
This increased because of the radio, advertisements, and use of credit.
a)
consumerism
b)
national debt
c)
immigration
d)
education
107.
Secret organization that hated African Americans, Jews, Catholics, and immigrants.
a)
Ku Klux Klan
b)
Kool Kids Klub
c)
Kit Kat Kandy
d)
Anti-Defamation League
108.
Disillusioned poets and novelists who wrestled with the meaning of war and life.
a)
Lost Generation
b)
Harlem Renaissance
c)
flappers
d)
The Great Gatsby
109.
The Roaring Twenties were characterized by —
a)
Internment camps, the rationing of goods, and the first use of an atomic bomb.
b)
Bank failures, the New Deal, and bread lines.
c)
Installment plans, Prohibition, and flappers.
d)
Brinkmanship, McCarthyism, and a policy of containment.
110.
Many Progressives opposed social Darwinism because it promoted the idea that —
a)
People in lower classes were not capable of economic success.
b)
Immigration weakened national unity.
c)
The government should take responsibility for the well-being of people.
d)
Poverty could be eradicated through increased economic regulation.
111.
Which of these resulted from the prohibition of alcohol during the 1920s?
a)
A decline in immigration rates.
b)
A growing fear of communism.
c)
The expansion of the consumer economy.
d)
The rise of organized crime
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