WorksheetsUnited States History review
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 25mins
Which Amendment to the Constitution allows the government to take people's property (as long as it pays for it!)
First Amendment
Second Amendment
Fourth Amendment
Fifth Amendment
What important United States document led to other colonies breaking from their colonial powers?
Articles of Confederation
Declaration of Independence
Constitution
Bill of Rights
This means "hands off" in French and was a favored economic policy in the U.S. in the late 19th century.
savoir faire
bon appetit
laissez faire
c'est domage
Extreme prejudice against immigrants is also known as:
Social Darwinism
eugenics
nativism
socialism
The U.S. government created the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 out of fears that Chinese immigrants were:
demanding too much money
competing for jobs
bringing gangs and drugs into the country
being forced onto internment camps
The decision in Plessy vs. Ferguson can be summarized with the phrase:
stop and frisk
accused have rights
separate but equal
states have rights
What group was favored by the government during the Gilded Age?
farmers
factory workers
big business
immigrants
The Populist Party was closely associated with what group of workers?
factory workers
white collar
farmers
doctors
Populists wanted free coinage of silver because it would create more money in circulation and _________
cause deflation of the dollar
ease pressure on farmers' debts
there is more gold than silver
help the mining industry create jobs
The Sherman Antitrust Act was a tool government could use to break up _______________.
Native American tribes
immigrants
muckrakers
monopolies
The movement of people into cities is called:
urbanization
emigration
assimilation
cultural diffusion
The purpose of the Dawes Act can be summarized with what word?
diffusion
assimilation
immigration
nativism
The United States government passed this in 1862 to encourage settlement in western areas.
Dawes Act
Homestead Act
Emancipation Act
Pendleton Act
Giving money away to causes that helped public welfare (such as was done by Andrew Carnegie) was known as __________.
anthropology
sociology
philanthropy
malignity
What resource was scarce on the Great Plains, causing settlers to use materials such as sod and dirt to build their homes?
lumber
oil
steel
brick
In 1898, the United States acquired what territory with the help of the U.S. Marines overthrowing their monarch?
Puerto Rico
Philippines
Guam
Hawaii
Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines were acquired by the United States as a result of the ______________.
Mexican American War
first World War
Spanish American War
second World War
This area became important for both trade and the United States Navy to travel quickly between oceans:
the Suez Canal
the Erie Canal
the Panama Canal
the Straits of Magellan
The idea that President Teddy Roosevelt would use the threat of military action to prevent problems in the Western Hemisphere
Big Stick Diplomacy
Dollar Diplomacy
Moral Diplomacy
Duplo Diplomacy
Who wrote the book The Influence of Sea Power upon History (that affected the U.S. following the Spanish American War)?
Alfred Mahan
Upton Sinclair
John Steinbeck
Sinclair Lewis
This person created settlement houses, places where immigrants could learn skills in the United States, and was a pioneer in social work.
Susan B, Anthony
Jane Addams
Katy Stanton
Ida B. Wells
What was the response of the United States government to rapid immigration from Europe in the early 20th century?
opening new immigration centers in other East Coast cities
restricting immigration through quota laws
encouraging immigration to West Coast cities
building a system of walls and fences on the Southern border
Exposure of problems written about in Upton Sinclair's The Jungle led to the adoption of what law?
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Sherman Antitrust Act
Pure Food and Drug Act
Interstate Commerce Act
Women were granted suffrage under which Amendment?
18th Amendment
19th Amendment
20th Amendment
21st Amendment
The term "Americanization" means the same thing as:
immigration
emigration
naturalization
assimilation
The message sent from Germany to Mexico proposing an alliance in exchange for land was known as the ____________.
Anschluss Agreement
Prospero Proposal
Zimmerman Telegram
Auf Wiedersehen Accord
The Selective Service Act, a form of conscription, is also known as _________.
a tariff
the draft
prohibition
repeal
The Espionage Act, passed by the United States in 1917, violated rights found under which amendment?
First Amendment
Second Amendment
Fourth Amendment
Eighth Amendment
The development and widespread use of __________________ led to huge casualty rates, trench warfare, and stalemates during World War I.
tanks
machine guns
submarines
airplanes
Warren G. Harding ran for President in 1920 on the slogan "__________________" , an idea that we should return to a time of peace and prosperity.
Make America Great Again
Hope and Change
Return to Normalcy
A Time For Greatness
The movement that celebrated African American culture in the 1920s which was led by writers such as Langston Hughes was known as the _____________.
Emancipation Celebration
Harlem Renaissance
Brooklyn Pride Movement
Jazz Jamboree
Clarence Darrow and William Jennings Bryan argued over the teaching of evolution versus creationism in public schools. What was the nickname of the trial?
The Scopes Monkey Trial
Fundamental Differences
Social Darwinism
Cross of Gold Debate
The mass production of automobiles changed the way Americans lived. Who was famous for putting the assembly line into car factories?
Timothy Toyota
Walter Chrysler
James Durango
Henry Ford
Because many Americans lost their homes during the Great Depression, shanty-towns (or _____________) became common on the outskirts of U.S. cities.
Coolidgeboroughs
Rooseveltowns
Hoovervilles
Hardingburgs
Because the 1920s were a period of social and cultural change, this period of time is sometimes known as the ______________.
Twerking Twenties
Rapid Twenties
Roaring Twenties
Transforming Twenties
Many nativist groups did not like assimilation programs. A more infamous nativist group that gained popularity in the 1920s was the ____________.
National Association of the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
United Auto Workers (UAW)
Ku Klux Klan (KKK)
American Federation of Labor (AFL)
Women gaining the right to vote was especially important because it meant:
politicians needed to address women's issues
men could now have women vote on their behalf
children had to now honor their mothers and fathers
they could no longer work outside theirs homes
Severe drought and poor farming methods played a large role in the creation of the __________ in the 1930s.
Rose Bowl
Black Plague
Wizard of Oz
Dust Bowl
A series of radio broadcasts given by President Roosevelt to explain the Great Depression and government response:
Fireside Chats
Depression Talks
Saturday Evening Post
Infamous Information
This New Deal program was designed to build dams, provide power, and create jobs in parts of rural Appalachia.
Civilian Conservation Corps
Tennessee Valley Authority
Works Progress Administration
Social Security Administration
This new deal program, aimed as restoring Americans faith in banks, provided assurance that people would not lose money deposited in banks.
Security and Exchange Commission
Works Progress Administration
Social Security Administration
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
The collective name for the programs the President Franklin Roosevelt used to help Americans recover from the Great Depression and which made government more active in people's lives.
Square Deal
New Deal
Raw Deal
Let's Make a Deal
Which of the following was NOT a cause of the Great Depression?
oversupply of consumer goods
high tariffs and reduced international trade
severe drought
bank failures
This event caused the United States to enter World War II:
Sinking of the Lusitainia
attack on a U.S. ship in the Gulf of Tonkin
Germany's invasion of Poland
Japan's attack at Peal Harbor
This group of soldiers helped in the war effort by sending and receiving messages in a code that the Japanese could not break.
Buffalo Soldiers
Tuskegee Airmen
Navajo Code Talkers
Flying Tigers
This event caused Germany to have to fight a two-front war and ultimately led to the end of World War II.
the Judgement at Nuremberg
the seige of Stalingrad
the Battle of Normandy
the Battle of Midway
This was collectively known as the work that went into the United States developing atomic weapons.
the Manhattan Project
the Alamogordo Analysis
the Trinity Tribunal
Project Zeus
Addressing ideas such as recruiting new soldiers, buying war bonds, planting Victory Gardens, and conserving resources, _______________ played an important visual role in both World War I and II.
the internet
radio
television
propaganda posters
How did the United States government violate the Constitutional rights of some Americans during World War II?
prohibiting German or Italian to be spoken in federal buildings
placing Japanese Americans into internment camps
freezing all assets of Nazi officers in Swiss bank accounts
forcibly closing all Italian restaurants
The role of what group changed dramatically during World War II as they filled factory jobs, performed clerical work, and took non-combat roles in the military?
African Americans
children
women
retired Americans
