WorksheetsPre-Test
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
What was the North's Strategy according to the political cartoon?
to attack and bring under control certain key southern cities
by disrupting certain supply lines by controlling the railroad
by attacking Missouri first and then the rest of the Southern states
to suffocate the South by controlling the Mississippi River and the southern ports
“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.”
What amendment does the excerpt above refer to?
13th Amendment
14th Amendment
15th Amendment
19th Amendment
What was an important negative effect of the sharecropping system and debt peonage on African Americans during Reconstruction?
Freedmen achieved social and political equality in the South.
Freedmen played an important role in local and state governments.
Freedmen achieved economic independence from their former masters.
Freedmen often remained in a state of economic dependence on their former masters.
What contributed to the sharp decrease in the sharp from years 1870-1889?
The government incentive promoting the Homestead Act
The government was trying to conserve resources in the West
Natives refused to move onto reservation systems
The power struggle between farmers, miners, and ranchers in the West
During the early 1800s, which factor contributed most to the start of the Second Industrial Revolution in the United States?
A restriction on European immigration
The end of the slave labor system
An abundance of natural resources
The availability of textile technology
Using the chart, which factor most likely contributed to the the trend in the chart?
the discovery of oil in the US
the expansion of the railroad in the US
the invention of the telephone in the US
the increase of immigration in the US
In the late 1800s, how did railroads monopolies create economic hardships for farmers?
By claiming productive land for business leaders to develop
By charging high prices to ship agricultural goods to market
By separating farmers from profitable markets in western cities
By isolating farmers from technological developments in eastern cities
How did the Angel Island experience in the West differ from the Ellis Island immigration experience in the East?
Europeans immigrates were allowed admission into the states much easier than Asian immigrates.
European immigrates had to go through literacy tests while Asians did not.
There was no immigration agency in the West like there was in the East.
They had the exact same experiences when entering the United States.
Which one of the following statements accurately describes the political cartoon?
Massive political corruption occurring in elections
Efficient city government is needed to organize voting
The right to vote is important
The Mafia taking control of NYC
“England’s naval bases have been in all parts of the world and her fleets have at once protected them, kept open the communications between them, and relied upon them for shelter… Colonies attached to the mother-country afford, therefore, the surest means of supporting aboard the sea power of a country… Britain’s power was everywhere that her ships could reach.”
- Alfred Thayer Mahan’s, The Influence of Sea Power upon History, 1890
According to Mahan, why should the United States imperialize?
to sell goods to more markets and people around the world.
to imperialize as much land before the Europeans could.
to establish naval bases around the world for increase security.
it was America’s Manifest Destiny to imperialize “less civilized” countries.
“America’s present need is not heroics, but healing… not revolution, but restoration, not agitation, but adjustment, not surgery but serenity, not the dramatic, but the dispassionate… not submergence in internationally, but sustainment in triumphant nationality.”
- President Warren G Harding, 1920
What is President Harding’s explaining in this quote?
For the U.S. to return to normalcy of isolation.
Society needed to be reformed
He was pushing for the U.S. to become a world power
The U.S. needed a major change in its economic policies
"I also ask this Congress for authority and for funds sufficient to manufacture additional munitions and war supplies of many kinds to be turned over to those nations which are now in actual war with aggressor nations. Our most useful and immediate role is to act as an arsenal for them as well as for ourselves. they do not need man power, but they do need billions of dollars' worth of the weapons of defense. The time is near when they will not be able to pay for them all in ready cash. We cannot, and we will not, tell them that they must surrender, merely because of present inability to pay for the weapons which we know they must have."
- Franklin D. Roosevelt, annual message to Congress, 1941
What measure did President Roosevelt urge Congress to pass in this message?
Neutrality Act
Quarantine Act
Lend-Lease Act
Exchange of arms for leases and bases
“It’s very hard to explain now how things were during the 1940s, the restrictions on blacks then were rough. The GI Bill gave me my start on being a professional instead of a stock clerk.” -Robert Eubanks
Which policy is supported by this statement?
urban renewal
the baby boom
the Servicemen’s Readjustment Act
the termination policy
What did Malcom X and the members of the Nation of Islam disagree with Martin Luther King over?
the philosophy of nonviolent resistance
the way the NAACP was fighting segregation
who should run the Congress of Racial Equality
the role of women in the civil rights movement
Which sentence describes the experiences of African American soldiers during World War I?
They were unable to engage in combat because of racial prejudice
They successfully persuaded the government to desegregate the army
They were segregated but many engaged in combat
They were treated as equals with many opportunities for advancement through the ranks
