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Unit 6

Total questions: 41

Worksheet time: 26mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Southern states restricted the voting rights of blacks by enacting
a)
literacy tests
b)
grandfather clause
c)
poll taxes
d)
all of the above
2.
Growth of American industry is most closely associated with
a)
a large labor supply
b)
an abundance of natural resources
c)
construction of new railroads
d)
all of the above
3.
Reporters, journalists, photographers, and authors who used the media to raise concerns about the negative effects of industrialization were known as
a)
muckrakers
b)
suffragists
c)
immigrants
d)
abolitionists
4.
A period of time when social, economic and political problems caused by rapid industrialization were exposed and in some cases reformed
a)
Industrialization
b)
Progressive Era
c)
Reconstruction
d)
Prohibition
5.
The Sherman anti-trust act was passed to
a)
break up monopolies
b)
give equal rights to women
c)
help people living in poverty
d)
end racism
6.
Upton Sinclair's The Jungle is credited with exposing the unsanitary conditions in the food industry and helping to pass the
a)
Sherman Anti-Trust Act
b)
18th Amendment
c)
Pure Food and Drug Act
d)
Equal Rights Amendment
7.
The famous immigration center in NYC is
a)
Angel Island
b)
Ellis Island
c)
Coney Island
d)
Long Island
8.
The major immigration center on the west coast known as Angel Island is located closest to what major city
a)
San Francisco, CA
b)
Los Angeles, CA
c)
San Diego, CA
d)
Sacramento, CA
9.
If immigrating from China, you would most likely cross what ocean
a)
Atlantic
b)
Pacific
c)
Indian
d)

Artic

10.
Who wrote about and exposed the corrupt monopolistic business practices of Standard Oil?
a)
Ida Tarbell
b)
Lewis Hines 
c)
Jacob Riis
d)
Upton Sinclair
11.
This organization helps fight to end discrimination against different races
a)
NSA
b)
WCTU
c)
NAACP
d)
RESPECT
12.
The ability to remove corrupt government officials from office
a)
Referendum
b)
Initiative
c)
Recall
d)
Primary
13.
To preserve water, trees, plants, and other natural resources
a)
Precipitation
b)
Confurion
c)
Conservation
d)
Infusion
14.
A way for people to vote directly on a proposed new law
a)
Recall
b)
Referendum
c)
Initiative
d)
Primary
15.
A process that allows voters to put a bill before a state legislature.
a)
Reall
b)
Referendum
c)
Initiative
d)
Primary
16.
In The Jungle, Upton Sinclair exposed
a)
Dangers faced by coal miners
b)
Corrupt business practices of the Standard Oil Company
c)
Unsanitary conditions in the meat-packing industry
d)
Illegal deals between special interests and the government
17.
Which of the following is a Recall?
a)
People have the right to choose who will run for President
b)
People have the right to remove an elected official from office
c)
People have the right to propose a new law
d)
People have the right to vote on any law passed by their government for approval/veto
18.

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

a)

Cuba

b)

Spain

c)

Philippines

19.
What US President was most influential in starting the Panama Canal?
a)
FDR
b)
JFK
c)
Teddy Roosevelt
d)
Taft
20.
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
21.
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 
22.
Which territory did the United States NOT take as a territory and gave them independence? 
a)
Puerto Rico
b)
Guam
c)
Philippines
d)
Cuba
23.
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
24.

This political cartoon best supports the idea that, after the Spanish American War, the United States became a...

a)

World Power

b)

"Woke" Power

c)

Head of the United Nations

d)

Conquered Nation

25.

The United States began to act as an "international police force" as a result of...

a)

The Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine

b)

The Monroe Corollary to the Roosevelt Doctrine

c)

The Baseball Bat Doctrine

d)

The International Police Force Doctrine

26.

What was the main purpose of the Transcontinental Railroad?

a)

To make China more powerful.

b)

To help with transportation, communication, and to connect the nation.

c)

To make Native Americans move off their land.

d)

To give immigrants a job, to feel important, and needed in America.

27.

Which development had the greatest impact of territorial growth, economic growth, industrial growth

during the years after the Civil War? (SSUSH12a)

a)

Canals

b)

Airplanes

c)

Railroads

d)

Telephones

28.

What was one of the GREATEST contributions Chinese immigrants made to the development of the

western United States? (SSUSH12a)

a)

They helped build a number of mining

towns

b)

They played a significant role in the

constructing the nation’s railroads

c)

They fought valiantly against hostile

Native American tribes

d)

They helped populate the Northwest

Territory

29.

How did the growth of the western population and innovations in farming and ranching impact Plains

Indians? (SSUSH12b)

a)

Native American were moved off their

land and into reservations

b)

Native Americans lead several successful

court cases that allowed them to stay on

their land

c)

Native Americans assimilated into the

western population

d)

Native Americans developed farmers

unions to protect their cattle

30.

He was the famous Sioux leader who fought the U.S. Army and led his people to a brief exile to

Canada before finally agreeing to settle on a reservation? (SSUSH12c)

a)

Metacom

b)

Chief Joseph

c)

Powhatan

d)

Sitting Bull

31.

Battle of Wounded Knee, the mass killing of buffalo, and the completion of the transcontinental

railroad are most closely associated with the (SSUSH12c)

a)

rise of organized labor

b)

northern migration of African Americans

c)

building of the Erie Canal

d)

decline of the Plains Indians

32.
Who controlled the Standard Oil Company?
a)
John D. Rockefeller
b)
Andrew Carnegie
c)
Cornelius Vanderbilt
d)
J.P. Morgan
33.
Who started a steel company that became the first billion dollar company in 1904?
a)
John D. Rockefeller
b)
Andrew Carnegie
c)
Cornelius Vanderbilt
d)
J.P. Morgan
34.
Who perfected the lightbulb?
a)
Thomas Edison
b)
Nikolai Tesla
c)
Alexander Graham Bell
d)
George Westinghouse
35.

Founded by Jane Addams in 1889 in Chicago, Hull House was intended to

a)

protest the Army's treatment of Native Americans in the frontier.

b)

provide services to newly-arrived immigrants to the United States.

c)

raise awareness to the plight of the rural poor in the United States.

d)

lobby Congress to limit the number of poor immigrants to the United States.

36.

The importance of the Supreme Court Case of Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) was that it

a)

reinforced the doctrine of ¨separate but equal¨ facilities based on race.

b)

required that the Voting Rights Act would be enforced in the South.

c)

permitted the placing of Indians on reservations.

d)

ended the Jim Crow era in the American south.

37.
Immigrants coming to live in New York would have most likely found work where?
a)
In a factory
b)
On a farm
c)
As a cattle driver
d)
On the railroad
38.

Immigration station on the East Coast in the New York Harbor

a)

Ellis Island

b)

Angel Island

39.

Immigrants from Asia entered through which immigration center?

a)

Elis Island

b)

Angel Island

40.
Which best describes the working conditions of most immigrants during the Industrial Revolution? 
a)
Most immigrants worked long hours in low-paying industrial jobs
b)
Most immigrants worked as farmers in rural areas
c)
Most immigrants worked as bookkeepers or other professional jobs
d)
Most immigrants worked as tailors or other skilled jobs
41.

What continent were most immigrants from that came through Ellis Island?

a)

Asia

b)

Europe

c)

Africa

d)

South America

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