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Spring Midterm Unit 1

Total questions: 70

Worksheet time: 55mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Which amendment abolished slavery in 1865?
a)
13th Amendment
b)
14th Amendment
c)
15th Amendment
2.

Which amendment gave African-Americans the right to vote in 1870?

a)

13th Amendment

b)

14th Amendment

c)

15th Amendment

3.

What did the 14th Amendment say?

a)

All men can vote.

b)

Slavery is illegal/not allowed.

c)

citizen & equal protection

4.
What amendment gave women the right to vote?
a)
15
b)
19
c)
24
d)
26
5.
This act forced Native American tribes to give up their ancestral land holdings and move to reservation lands elsewhere. 
a)
Homestead Act 
b)
Morrill Act 
c)
Dawes Act 
d)
Fort Laramie Treaty, 1868
6.
Adopting the customs and practices of the dominant culture.
a)
Nativism
b)
Ethnic Enclaves
c)
Assimilation
7.
The Dawes Act...
a)
Allowed the Plains indians to continue their tribal traditions of following the buffalo herds
b)
divided the plains Indians tribal lands into family plots as a way to encourage assimilation
c)
provided 160 acres of free land to white settlers
d)
established the route for the Transcontinental railroad
8.
W.E.B. DuBois advanced black civil rights.
a)
True
b)
False
9.
What did Homer Plessy do that got him arrested?
a)
Sat in the white only part of the bus.
b)
Took a seat in the white only car of a train.
c)
Sat at a white only section of a lunch counter.
d)
All of the above
10.

Plessy and the other members of his organization were trying to challenge

a)

the Brown v. Board of Education case

b)

Segregation and the Jim Crow laws

c)

Reconstruction

d)

equal pay for equal work

11.

The basis of the 14th amendment was to give all U.S. citizens what?

a)

equal protection under the law

b)

due process (the right to have the gov't the respect all your rights)

c)

citizenship by birth on U.S. land

d)

all of the above

12.

Homer Plessy and the other people from his organization wanted to try to get the courts to say that Jim Crow laws were _____________________________.

a)

separate but equal

b)

legal

c)

constitutional (in accordance with the 14th Amendment)

d)

unconstitutional (a violation of the 14th Amendment)

13.

Which branch of government has the power to declare laws unconstitutional (and therefore abolish certain laws)?

a)

Legislative Branch

b)

Executive Branch

c)

Judicial Branch

14.
What was the result of the case?
a)
The Supreme Court ruled in favor of Plessy saying segregation was illegal.
b)
The Supreme Court never made a ruling.
c)
The Supreme Court ruled that segregation was legal.
d)
Plessy never took the case to the Supreme Court.
15.
What famous phrase came out of the Plessy case?
a)
"Separate but equal"
b)
"Give me liberty or give me death."
c)
"May the force be with you."
d)
"I'll be back."
16.

This group opposed Lincoln's plan for reconstruction and felt the south should be punished.

a)

Democrats

b)

Radical Republicans

c)

Libertarians

d)

Socialists

17.

This Reconstruction plan was meant to punish the south for the war.

a)

Presidential Reconstruction

b)

Johnson's Reconstruction Plan

c)

Military Reconstruction Plan

d)

Radical Republican Reconstruction

18.

These organizations tried to improve working conditions for workers-

a)

Political Bosses

b)

Labor Unions

c)

Political Machines

d)

Farmers

19.

Most strikes by unions in the late 1800s were unsuccessful mainly because

a)

unions were unconstitutional

b)

strikes had never been used before to settle labor issues

c)

government supported business instead of workers

d)

strikers failed to use militant tactics

20.
Which national union did Samuel Gompers found?
a)
NFL
b)
CIO
c)
AFL
d)
NEA
21.

What was the first nationwide industrial union?

a)

the Knights of Labor

b)

the AFL

c)

the Pinkertons

d)

the Anarchists

22.

Facing 12-hour work days and wage cuts resulting from the depressed economy, factory workers at the Pullman Palace Car Company walked out in protest. The strike ended when President Grover Cleveland sent federal troops to Chicago on July 6, 1894.

a)

The Pullman Strike

b)

Great Anthracite Coal Strike

c)

Great Southwest Railroad Strike

d)

Steel Strike of 1919

23.

Which incident was a result of a Chicago labor disturbance on May 4, 1886, in which people were killed by a bomb thrown during a demonstration?

a)

the Great Railroad Strike

b)

the Haymarket Square Riot

c)

the Homestead Strike

d)

the Pullman Strike

24.
Strike took place on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, later spread to San Francisco
a)
The Great Strike of 1877
b)
The Haymarket Affair
c)
The Homestead Strike
d)
The Pullman Strike
25.
In the late 1800s and early 1900s, what was the difference between "new" immigration and "old" immigration?
a)
"Old" immigrants were from South America, and "new" immigrants were from Africa.
b)
Old" immigrants were from Asia, and "new" immigrants were from South America.
c)
"Old" immigrants were from western Europe, and "new" immigrants were from eastern and southern Europe.
d)
"Old" immigrants were from eastern and southern Europe, and "new" immigrants were from western Europe.
26.
Before 1860, most immigrants came from ____________________.
a)
Southern and Eastern Europe 
b)
Northern and Western Europe
27.
Religious persecution 
a)
Push Factor
b)
Pull Factor
28.
Even before the Civil War, ________________ had wanted to limit immigration and preserve the country for native-born white Protestants.
a)
anarchists
b)
nativists
c)
census
d)
pogroms
29.
Which group of immigrants came to the United States and settled mostly along the EAST coast?
a)
European
b)
Asian
c)
African
d)
Indian
30.
Which group of immigrants came and settled mostly along the WEST coast?
a)
European
b)
Asian
c)
African
d)
Indian
31.
Immigrants who came into the Untied States through Angel Island found most of their work where?
a)
The building of the Transcontinental Railroad
b)
In factories
c)
On farms
d)
As cattle drivers
32.

What was the Name of the Oil Company John made?

a)

Mobil oil

b)

Standard oil

c)

Chevron oil

33.
This person invented the telephone and revolutionized communication.
a)
Guglielmo Marconi
b)
Alexander Graham Bell
c)
Steve Jobs
d)
Thomas Edison
34.
This person invented the phonograph, audio recorder, battery, and electric lightbulb.
a)
Thomas Edison
b)
Nicolai Tesla
c)
Alexander Graham Bell
d)
Andrew Carnegie
35.
This man controlled the steel industry during the Gilded Age
a)
Andrew Carnegie
b)
John D Rockefeller
c)
JP Morgan
d)
Cornelius Vanderbilt
36.
This man owned Standard Oil and controlled most of the oil industry during the Gilded Age
a)
Andrew Carnegie
b)
Cornelius Vanderbilt
c)
John D Rockefeller
d)
JP Morgan
37.
This is another word for monopoly
a)
Trust
b)
Corporation
c)
Merger
d)
Subsidiary
38.
This is a term for when one company controls the majority of an industry
a)
Monopoly
b)
Merger
c)
Corporation
d)
Company
39.
This was the idea that some were better and more fit to survive in business.
a)
Gospel of Wealth
b)
Social Gospel
c)
Social Darwinism
d)
Gospel of Darwinism
40.
The government took this philosophy when dealing with monopolies during the Gilded Age
a)
Laissez Faire
b)
Heavy Regulation
c)
Busted the Trusts
d)
Broke up Monopolies
41.
If a Freedman was unemployed, they may be arrested and required to perform forced labor-True or False
a)
True
b)
False
42.
Black Codes are 
a)
a coded language African Americans used  
b)
laws that told people what they could wear 
c)
Laws that restricted African American rights 
d)
Curfew laws for African Americans 
43.
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
44.
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)
Laizzez Faire Act 
45.

Which of the following is true about sharecropping

a)

Sharecropping favored the freeedmen.

b)

Many freedmen were able to buy new homes through sharecropping

c)

Most sharecroppers remained in debt or in a cycle of poverty

d)

Many state governments offered loan for sharecropping farmers.

46.
System of farming where plantation owners would lend former slaves a place to live in exchange for farming crops
a)
Sharecropping
b)
Freedmen's Bureua
c)
Jim Crow Laws
d)
Slavery
47.
-Born into slavery on a plantation in Virginia -Believed equality could be achieved through vocational education -Organized the Tuskegee Institute for agricultural and industrial education
a)
W.E.B. Du Bois
b)
Rosa Parks
c)
Martin Luther King, Jr.
d)
Booker T. Washington
48.
Which person accepted social separation and believed racial equality could be achieved through vocational education?
a)
 Booker T. Washington
b)
Martin Luther King, Jr. 
c)
. W.E.B. Du Bois                               
d)
William Lloyd Douglas
49.
Which of the following believed in full political, civil, and social rights for African Americans?
a)
William Lloyd Douglas
b)
W.E.B. Du Bois
c)
George Washington     
d)
Booker T. Washington
50.

Which of the following BEST explains the purpose of the Jim Crow system?

a)

Keep public facilities cleaner

b)

keep African-Americans as second-class citizens

c)

keep the races pure

d)

keep African-Americans from voting

51.
Which law pushed to break up the monopolies and ensure competition?
a)
Interstate Commerce Act
b)
Pure Food and Drug Act
c)
Sherman Anti-Trust Act
d)
Child Labor Act
52.
This process converted iron to steel and allowed for taller buildings, longer bridges, and heavier machinery.
a)
Carnegie Process
b)
Ironing Process
c)
Bessemer Process
d)
Bell Process
53.
I had a monopoly on the steel industry. I am ______________
a)
Thomas Edison
b)
John D. Rockefeller
c)
The Wright Brothers
d)
Andrew Carnegie
54.
Which three big businesses transformed America in the years between 1870 and 1914?
a)
meatpacking, automobile,  and construction
b)
railroads, steel and oil
c)
textile, meatpacking and canals
d)
political machines, settlement houses and ghettos
55.

Why were people sterilized without their consent during the eugenics movement?

a)

They were "unfit" or members of an "undesirable" group, such as criminals or people who had low IQs

b)

Our population was too big and we were running out of food

c)

As a punishment for infidelity (cheating)

d)

Because too many women were dying during childbirth

56.
Belief that the strong will rise to the top of society and the weak are at the bottom of society.
a)
Laissez-Faire
b)
Social Darwinism
c)
Arbitration
d)
Capital
57.

Territories gained as a result of the Spanish-American war include Puerto Rico, Guam and-

a)

Cuba

b)

Spain

c)

Philippines

58.
What US President was most influential in starting the Panama Canal?
a)
FDR
b)
JFK
c)
Teddy Roosevelt
d)
Taft
59.
What 2 oceans does the Panama Canal connect?
a)
Atlantic Ocean and Indian Ocean
b)
Pacific Ocean and Indian Ocean
c)
Atlantic Ocean and Pacific Ocean
d)
Lake Michigan and Mississippi River
60.
______________ is a name for false or exaggerated reporting.
a)
Red-top
b)
Government
c)
Newspaper lying
d)
Yellow Journalism
61.
What ship had a huge explosion that killed 260 Americans?
a)
The Magic
b)
The Titanic
c)
The Lusitania
d)
The USS Maine
62.
What was the cause of the conflict between Cuba and Spain?
a)
Cuba wanted to enslave Spain
b)
Spain wanted to convert the Cuban government to communism
c)
Spain wanted to turn Cuba into a sugar can colony
d)
Cuba wanted independence from Spain 
63.
What term describes building an empire by conquering other nations?
a)
Isolationism
b)
Repubicanism
c)
Militarism
d)
Imperialism
64.
Why did the U.S build the Panama Canal?
a)
to reduce travel time
b)
to speed up trade
c)
to protect from invaders
d)
for fishing
65.
Made America the world's policeman
a)
Monroe Doctrine
b)
Roosevelt Corollary
c)
Domestic Policy
d)
Imperialism
66.
As a result of the Spanish American war, the US became  _______ ___________
a)
A world power
b)
Isolationist
67.
A major cause of antagonism toward the “new immigrants” who came to the United States after 1880 was the belief that they...
a)
were better educated than native-born Americans
b)
had a higher standard of living than most Americans
c)
adapted easily to American culture
d)
competed with Americans for jobs as unskilled laborers
68.
Chinese and Irish immigrants were instrumental in the construction of
a)
the transcontinental railroad
b)
the St. Louis Arch
c)
highways to the west
d)
gold and silver mines
69.
Passed in 1882, the Chinese Exclusion Act did what?
a)
closed America to Chinese immigrants for the next ten years
b)
welcomed more Chinese immigrants to America to perform hard work
c)
allowed Chinese immigrants, but only under a very strict set of rules
d)
closed America to Chinese immigrants for three years then allowed a few at a time
70.
Which of the following men was largely responsible for initial large scale investments that helped railroads grow west of the Mississippi River?
a)
Jay Gould
b)
Cornelius Vanderbilt
c)
Thomas Durant
d)
Leland Stanford

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