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US History Test 8

Total questions: 63

Worksheet time: 32mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who founded the Grange?

a)

Oliver Kelley

b)

Jay Gould

c)

Thomas Reed

d)

William Jennings Bryan

e)

Chester Arthur

2.

Who is associated with Black Friday?

a)

Oliver Kelley

b)

Jay Gould

c)

Thomas Reed

d)

William Jennings Bryan

e)

Chester Arthur

3.

Who was the Speaker of the House?

a)

Oliver Kelley

b)

Jay Gould

c)

Thomas Reed

d)

William Jennings Bryan

e)

Chester Arthur

4.

Who was associated with "Cross of Gold"?

a)

Chester Arthur

b)

Oliver Kelley

c)

Jay Gould

d)

William Jennings Bryan

e)

Thomas Reed

5.

Who Passed the Pendleton Act?

a)

Chester Arthur

b)

Jay Gould

c)

Oliver Kelley

d)

William Jennings Bryan

e)

Thomas Reed

6.

Who was the Secretary of State that negotiated the purchase of Alaska?

a)

Thomas Reed

b)

William H Taft

c)

William Seward

d)

James G Blaine

7.

What South Pacific Island is part of the US possessions known as American Samoa?

a)

Alaska

b)

Cuba

c)

Hawaii

d)

Tutuila

8.

What did Queen Liloukalani think of the influence of white settlers in the Hawaiian Islands?

a)

Approve

b)

Disapprove

9.

The sinking of what ship took place in the harbor of Havana, Cuba

a)

Maine

b)

Arazona

c)

Mayflower

10.

What Commodore led the US Navy to victory in the Philippines?

a)

Perry

b)

Dewey

11.

What colonel was the leader of the Rough Riders?

a)

Roosevelt

b)

Jackson

c)

Wood

d)

Earl

12.

What treaty ended the Spanish-American War?

a)

Santiago

b)

Rome

c)

Paris

13.

The Spanish-American War took place in what year?

a)

1899

b)

1889

c)

1898

d)

1989

14.

who became the first civil governor of the Philippines?

a)

Carlos Finlay

b)

William H Taft

c)

William Seward

15.

What Act provided the Philippines would become independent in 1946?

a)

Tydings-McDuffie

b)

Jones

c)

Sugar

d)

Earl

16.

The Foraker Act made what an unorganized territory of the US?

a)

Philippines

b)

Cuba

c)

Hawaii

d)

Puerto Rico

17.

Guam became a US territory in what year?

a)

1905

b)

1989

c)

1950

d)

1789

18.

What treaty granted the US a 10 mile wide zone through the Isthmus of Panama for the building of a canal?

a)

Big Stick

b)

Mann-Elkins

c)

Foraker

d)

Hay-Banau-Varilla

19.

The Panama Canal was opened for use in what year?

a)

1918

b)

1915

c)

1817

d)

1914

20.

What president summarized his foreign policy with the slogan, “Speak softly and carry a big stick”?

a)

Wilson

b)

Taft

c)

Roosevelt

d)

Grant

21.

What president sent the “Great White Fleet” on its world tour in 1907?

a)

Roosevelt

b)

Taft

c)

Wilson

d)

Grant

22.

what did the Mann-Elkins Act do to the Interstate Commerce Commission?

a)

Strengthen

b)

Weaken

23.

The Roosevelt Corollary Expanded what?

a)

Hay-Banau-Virilla Treaty

b)

Jones Act

c)

Treaty of Paris

d)

Monroe Doctrine

24.

The Boxer Rebellion took place in what country?

a)

India

b)

Japan

c)

China

d)

England

25.

President Roosevelt negotiated the Gentleman's Agreement with what country?

a)

China

b)

Germany

c)

Japan

d)

England

26.

C.S.S. Alabama had a large dispute with what country?

a)

England

b)

Germany

c)

China

d)

Italy

27.

What was Pago Pago?

a)

Pan-American Union

b)

A Dispute with Chile

c)

Dispute with England

d)

Coaling Station

28.

What are Insular Cases?

a)

Constitution and Possessions

b)

Coaling Stations

c)

A Pan-American Union

29.

U.S.S. Baltimore had a dispute with what country?

a)

India

b)

Guam

c)

Japan

d)

Chile

30.

What country is known for the reconstruction order?

a)

China

b)

Guam

c)

Cuba

d)

England

31.

Which island is called the “Pearl of the Antilles”?

a)

Tutuila

b)

Puerto Rico

c)

Cuba

d)

Guam

32.

Who was the Civil War hero elected president in 1868?

a)

U.S. Grant

b)

Rutherford B Hayes

c)

Andrew Johnson

d)

Grover Cleveland

33.

What was the name of the high tariff adopted in 1890?

a)

Bland-Allison

b)

Sherman

c)

McKinley

d)

Pendleton

34.

Who was the first Democrat to be elected President after the Civil War?

a)

Chester A Arthur

b)

Grover Cleveland

c)

Benjamin Harrison

d)

Rutherford B Hayes

35.

which Presidential candidate was one of the greatest orators of all time?

a)

William McKinley

b)

Benjamin Harrison

c)

Grover Cleveland

d)

William Jennings Bryan

36.

Which act passed by Congress in 1883 classified certain federal jobs?

a)

Bland-Allison

b)

Sherman

c)

McKinley

d)

Pendleton

37.

Which of these men eliminated yellow fever from Cuba?

a)

Teddy Roosevelt

b)

Walter Reed

c)

James Weaver

d)

William Jennings Bryan

38.

What was the name of the New York City political machine that Grover Cleveland opposed?

a)

Stalwart

b)

Tammany Hall

c)

Mugwump

d)

Haymarket Affair

39.

which new party believed that the government "ought to do something about it"?

a)

Free Soil party

b)

Greenback Labor party

c)

populist party

d)

Progressive party

40.

How much did the US pay Pain for the Philippines?

a)

$5 million

b)

$10 million

c)

$15 million

d)

$20 million

41.

Which president was assassinated in 1901?

a)

Benjamin Harrison

b)

Grover Cleveland

c)

Rutherford B Hayes

d)

William McKinley

42.

What army engineer was appointed to take charge of building the Panama?

a)

William Gorgas

b)

George W Goethals

c)

Gifford Pinchot

d)

Robert La Follette

43.

What provided for a tax on personal incomes?

a)

Federal Reserve Act

b)

Elkins Act

c)

Earl Act

d)

Underwood-Simmons Bill

44.

What created a central banking system under the authority of the federal government?

a)

Federal Reserve Act

b)

Underwood-Simmons Bill

c)

Elkins Act

d)

17th Amendment

45.

What provided for the direct election of senators by the voters?

a)

19th Amendment

b)

Elkins Act

c)

Federal Reserve Act

d)

17th Amendment

46.

What guaranteed women the right to vote?

a)

19th Amendment

b)

13th Amendment

c)

17th Amendment

d)

16th Amendment

47.

Who was the Englishman that discovered the Hawaiian Islands in 1778?

a)

William Jennings Bryan

b)

Captain James Cook

c)

Captain Earl

48.

Who was the Presidential candidate for the Democrats in 1896?

a)

Rutherford B Hayes

b)

William Jennings Bryan

49.

What President is best remembered for his attempts to reform the civil service program?

a)

Rutherford B Hayes

b)

Andrew Johnson

c)

Grover Cleveland

50.

Who was the only president to serve two terms not in direct succession?

a)

Rutherford B Hayes

b)

Andrew Johnson

c)

Grover Cleveland

51.

What was considered the center of life for most Americans at the turn of the 20th century?

a)

Church

b)

Home

c)

Work

52.

What amendment stipulated the conditions under which Cuba would be granted independence?

a)

19th Amendment

b)

Platt Amendemnt

c)

17th Amendment

53.

In what year did Puerto Rico become a self-governing commonwealth of the US?

a)

1925

b)

1924

c)

1962

d)

1952

54.

Name the first commercial radio station to go on the air in the US?

a)

DKAK

b)

CDCA

c)

KAKD

d)

KDKA

55.

In what year did the Titanic sink off the coast of Newfoundland?

a)

1812

b)

1911

c)

1923

d)

1912

56.

What was Henry Ford's most famous automobile ever built?

a)

T Wing

b)

Model F

c)

Model T

57.

What year did the Wright brothers make the first successful powered flight?

a)

1903

b)

1905

c)

1907

d)

1904

58.

Besides the Presidential administrations of Roosevelt and Wilson, what other administration was progressive in nature?

a)

Hayes

b)

Taft

59.

Who is associated with the wireless telegraph?

a)

Upton Sinclair

b)

Jonathan Goforth

c)

Gifford Pinchot

d)

Guglielmo Marconi

60.

Who wrote The Jungle?

a)

Victoriano Huerta

b)

Upton Sinclair

c)

Gifford Pinchot

61.

Who was Roosevelts forester?

a)

Guglielmo Marconi

b)

Gifford Pinchot

c)

Earl

d)

Jonathan Goforth

62.

Who was a Mexican dictator?

a)

Guillermo del Toro

b)

Senor Earl

c)

Victoriano Huerta

d)

Fidel Castro

63.

Who was a missionary to China?

a)

Upton SInclair

b)

Johnathan Goforth