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Pre-Test

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

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Class
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1.

What was the North's Strategy according to the political cartoon?

a)

to attack and bring under control certain key southern cities

b)

by disrupting certain supply lines by controlling the railroad

c)

by attacking Missouri first and then the rest of the Southern states

d)

to suffocate the South by controlling the Mississippi River and the southern ports

2.

“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?

a)

13th Amendment

b)

14th Amendment

c)

15th Amendment

d)

19th Amendment

3.

What was an important negative effect of the sharecropping system and debt peonage on African Americans during Reconstruction?

a)

Freedmen achieved social and political equality in the South.

b)

Freedmen played an important role in local and state governments.

c)

Freedmen achieved economic independence from their former masters.

d)

Freedmen often remained in a state of economic dependence on their former masters.

4.

What contributed to the sharp decrease in the sharp from years 1870-1889?

a)

The government incentive promoting the Homestead Act

b)

The government was trying to conserve resources in the West

c)

Natives refused to move onto reservation systems

d)

The power struggle between farmers, miners, and ranchers in the West

5.

During the early 1800s, which factor contributed most to the start of the Second Industrial Revolution in the United States?

a)

A restriction on European immigration

b)

The end of the slave labor system

c)

An abundance of natural resources

d)

The availability of textile technology

6.

Using the chart, which factor most likely contributed to the the trend in the chart?

a)

the discovery of oil in the US

b)

the expansion of the railroad in the US

c)

the invention of the telephone in the US

d)

the increase of immigration in the US

7.

In the late 1800s, how did railroads monopolies create economic hardships for farmers?

a)

By claiming productive land for business leaders to develop

b)

By charging high prices to ship agricultural goods to market

c)

By separating farmers from profitable markets in western cities

d)

By isolating farmers from technological developments in eastern cities

8.

How did the Angel Island experience in the West differ from the Ellis Island immigration experience in the East?

a)

Europeans immigrates were allowed admission into the states much easier than Asian immigrates.

b)

European immigrates had to go through literacy tests while Asians did not.

c)

There was no immigration agency in the West like there was in the East.

d)

They had the exact same experiences when entering the United States.

9.

Which one of the following statements accurately describes the political cartoon?

a)

Massive political corruption occurring in elections

b)

Efficient city government is needed to organize voting

c)

The right to vote is important

d)

The Mafia taking control of NYC

10.

“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?

a)

to sell goods to more markets and people around the world.

b)

to imperialize as much land before the Europeans could.

c)

to establish naval bases around the world for increase security.

d)

it was America’s Manifest Destiny to imperialize “less civilized” countries.

11.

“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?

a)

For the U.S. to return to normalcy of isolation.

b)

Society needed to be reformed

c)

He was pushing for the U.S. to become a world power

d)

The U.S. needed a major change in its economic policies

12.

"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?

a)

Neutrality Act

b)

Quarantine Act

c)

Lend-Lease Act

d)

Exchange of arms for leases and bases

13.

“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?

a)

urban renewal

b)

the baby boom

c)

the Servicemen’s Readjustment Act

d)

the termination policy

14.

What did Malcom X and the members of the Nation of Islam disagree with Martin Luther King over?

a)

the philosophy of nonviolent resistance

b)

the way the NAACP was fighting segregation

c)

who should run the Congress of Racial Equality

d)

the role of women in the civil rights movement

15.

Which sentence describes the experiences of African American soldiers during World War I?

a)

They were unable to engage in combat because of racial prejudice

b)

They successfully persuaded the government to desegregate the army

c)

They were segregated but many engaged in combat

d)

They were treated as equals with many opportunities for advancement through the ranks