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U.S. History 1877-Present 1st Semester Review

Total questions: 80

Worksheet time: 42mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What was the nickname given to American soldiers during World War 1?

a)

Yankees

b)

doughboys

c)

Rebels

d)

buffalo soldiers

2.

What kind of warfare was used on the western front in World War 1?

a)

gorilla

b)

trench

c)

old school

d)

naval

3.

Which Supreme Court case established the concept of "separate but equal"?

a)

Plessy v Ferguson

b)

Schenck v the United States

c)

Brown v. the Board of Education

d)

Dred Scott v Sanford

4.

Andrew Carnegie's idea that wealthy Americans had a responsibility to use their wealth to help others was called

a)

the Gospel of Wealth.

b)

Social Darwinism.

c)

Xenophobia.

d)

isolationism.

5.

___ is applying the Theory of Evolution and natural selection to human society.

a)

Social Darwinsim

b)

Imperialism

c)

Gospel of Wealth

d)

Xenophobia

6.

Who believed that the government should play a larger role in solving society's problems?

a)

Progressives

b)

the KKK

c)

Creationists

d)

Suffragettes

7.

The 19th Amendment gave ___ the right to vote.

a)

women

b)

African Americans

c)

immigrants

d)

Native Americans

8.

___ faced discrimination, had no support, were separated from their families, lived in poor conditions, were paid low wages, and faced deportation.

a)

Immigrants

b)

African Americans

c)

Native Americans

d)

Women

9.

Who did the US blame the sinking of the USS Maine on?

a)

Spain

b)

Great Britain

c)

France

d)

Cuba

10.

Which War started because of the sinking of the USS Maine?

a)

Spanish-American War

b)

WWI

c)

Civil War

d)

Cold War

11.

Which document ended WWI?

a)

Treaty of Versailles

b)

Wilson's 14 Points

c)

19th Amendment

d)

Roosevelt Corollary

12.

President Wilson's plan for the end of WWI was called the

a)

14 Points

b)

Treaty of Versailles

c)

Treaty of Paris

d)

15 Points

13.

Which type of fighting was used most during WWI?

a)

Trench warfare

b)

Guerrilla warfare

c)

Naval warfare

d)

Chemical warfare

14.

Who was the President during WWI?

a)

Woodrow Wilson

b)

Herbert Hoover

c)

Teddy Roosevelt

d)

Warren G. Harding

15.

___ were arrested for suspected murder and robbery; they were found guilty, possibly because they were immigrants. (Pick TWO)

a)

Sacco

b)

Vanzetti

c)

Scopes

d)

Harding

16.

Which court case occurred because a teacher taught evolution in school, instead of the Creation Story?

a)

Scopes Trial

b)

Schenck Trial

c)

Sacco and Vanzetti Trial

d)

Plessy Trial

17.

Which Amendment started Prohibition?

a)

18th

b)

19th

c)

20th

d)

21st

18.

Which Amendment ended Prohibition?

a)

18th

b)

19th

c)

20th

d)

21st

19.

Which group would have supported the Chinese Exclusion Act and Immigration Quotas? Western Migration

a)

Political Bosses

b)

Union Leaders

c)

Populists

d)

Nativists

20.
What new innovation resulted in the trench warfare of WWI?
a)
Airplanes
b)
Tanks
c)
Submarines
d)
Machine guns
21.

What was a result of Prohibition? 1920s

a)

Increased Immigration

b)

Fear of Communism

c)

Rise of organized crime

d)

Growth of the economy

22.

Which scandal saw a Cabinet member jailed for corruption? 1920s

a)

Credit Mobilier

b)

Teapot Dome

c)

Tweed Ring

d)

Court-Packing Scheme

23.
Which decade saw the rise of the automobile, the red scare, and Scopes Trial?
a)
1910s
b)
1920s
c)
1930s
d)
1940s
24.

Which decade saw bank failures, the Dust Bowl, and the New Deal? Great Depression

a)

1910s

b)

1920s

c)

1930s

d)

1940s

25.

Which decade saw the attack on Pearl Harbor, D-Day and the Atomic bomb? WWII

a)

1910s

b)

1920s

c)

1930s

d)

1940s

26.

Investing in Liberty Bonds were meant to persuade people to finance which of the following?

a)

World War I (The Great War)

b)

Spanish American War

c)

Great Depression Unemployment

d)

Progressive State Initiatives

27.

The Seneca Falls Convention was linked closely with…

a)

the signing of the Civil Rights Act.

b)

Prohibition laws in the states.

c)

the 19th Amendment ratification.

d)

Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps creation.

28.

Which of the following is a characterization of the 1920s?

a)

the first use of the atomic bomb

b)

the failure of banks, New Deal, and massive breadlines

c)

flappers, Prohibition, and installment plans

d)

Brinkmanship, McCarthyism, containment policy

29.

After the Spanish American War, president Theodore Roosevelt demanded that ___________ be created to ensure that the American navy and shipping be protected.

a)

the maritime protection law of 1902

b)

a canal across Panama

c)

dreadnoughts and aircraft carriers

d)

the naval academy

30.

African American novels, poems, and short stories as well as the genre of music called jazz were all major contributions from…

a)

immigration from around the world

b)

Jim Crow laws

c)

Great Migration

d)

Harlem Renaissance

31.
a production system with machines and workers arranged so that each person performs a task over and over as the item passes along a conveyor belt.
a)
assembly line
b)
partnership
c)
corporation
d)
industry
32.
Scottish immigrant who became a giant in the steel industry.
a)
John D. Rockerfeller
b)
Andrew Carnegie
c)
Vanderbilt
d)
Thomas Edison
33.
American businessman- founder of Standard Oil Company
a)
Samuel Gompers
b)
Thomas Edison
c)
Vanderbilt
d)
John D. Rockerfeller
34.
creator of the American Federation of Labor for skilled workers
a)
Samuel Gompers
b)
John D. Rockerfeller
c)
Vanderbilt
d)
Thomas Edison
35.
This is term coined by Mark Twain to describe the gap which existed between extremely wealthy and extremely poor during the early 20th century. 
a)
Golden Nugget
b)
Golden Ages
c)
Gilded Age
d)
Silver Leaf
36.
Europeans arriving in the United States would first arrive at
a)
Ellis Island
b)
Angel Island
c)
Grand Central Station
d)
Elvis Island
37.
What type of policy means "hands off" government? 
a)
Socialism
b)
Laissez-Faire
c)
Darwinism
d)
Capitalism 
38.
Author of The Jungle, this person wrote about the "Horrors of the Meatpacking Industry"
a)
Ida Tarbell
b)
Lincoln Steffens
c)
Upton Sinclair
d)
Henry Bellamy
39.
Reporters who exposed the corruption in society were known as
a)
Muckrakers
b)
Conservationists
c)
Socialists
d)
Darwinists
40.
Slavery is abolished.  Which amendment is this?
a)
13th
b)
15th
c)
24th
d)
19th
41.
Freedom of speech, press, religion, assembly, and petition.  Which amendment is this?
a)
1st
b)
2nd
c)
3rd
d)
4th
42.
Which of the following statements would have been a result of Jim Crow laws?
a)
All men regardless of race were allowed to vote
b)
Anyone born in the United States was a citizen of the United States.
c)
Hiram Revels was the first black person elected to the United States Senate.
d)
Separate schools were established for white children and black children.
43.
-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
44.
What were the causes of World War I?
a)
alliances, socialism,communism, realism
b)
imperialism, capitalism, mercantilism, fascism
c)
militarism, alliances, imperialism, nationalism
d)
communism, nazism, racism, militarism
45.
Who was assassinated which led to the outbreak of WWI?
a)
Wilhelm II
b)
Franz Ferdinand
c)
Nicolas II
d)
George V
46.
What year did WWI begin?
a)
1911
b)
1912
c)
1913
d)
1914
47.
Which weapon was not a new technology introduced in WWI?
a)
atomic bomb
b)
submarine
c)
tank
d)
poison gas
48.
Which countries made up the Triple Alliance?
a)
Germany, Italy, Japan
b)
Russia, Germany, France
c)
United States, Belgium, Romania
d)
Germany, Austria-Hungary, Italy
49.
Which country switched sides in 1915?
a)
Mexico
b)
Switzerland
c)
Italy
d)
Albania
50.
Which countries made up the Triple Entente?
a)
Great Britain, China, India
b)
France, Spain,United States
c)
Russia, Norway, Finland
d)
Great Britain, France, Russia
51.
Which weapon caused the most casualties during WWI?
a)
tank
b)
airplane
c)
machine gun
d)
zeppelin
52.
To conserve energy during World War I, the Fuel Administration introduced
a)
longer workdays
b)
corn-based fuels
c)
daylight savings time
d)
victory gardens
53.
Feeling of intense pride in one's homeland is
a)
militarism
b)
reparations
c)
nationalism
d)
imperialism
54.
The assassin who killed Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie was Gavrilo Princip, a member of the ______ nationalist group The Black Hand.
a)
German
b)
Serbian
c)
Russian
d)
American
55.
What was Russia called after World War I?
a)
Poland
b)
Soviet Union
c)
Hungary
d)
Romania
56.
Imperialism caused
a)
increased efforts to solve problems between countries
b)
decreased competition between countries
c)
increased competition between countries
d)
decreased tension between countries
57.
Why did Coolidge become president in 1923?
a)
Harding was impeached
b)
Harding resigned
c)
Harding died in office
58.
What was Harding's campaign slogan for 1920?
a)
New Freedom
b)
Square Deal
c)
New Deal
d)
Return to Normalcy
59.
Who was responsible for the Teapot Dome scandal?
a)
Nicolai Sacco
b)
Albert Fall
c)
Bartolomew Vanzetti
d)
Woodrow Wilson
60.
The Red Scare of the 20s represented the fear of the spread of
a)
isolationism
b)
immigrants
c)
Catholics and Jews
d)
communism
61.
The Ohio Gang was the nickname of ______________ cabinet.
a)
Coolidge's
b)
Wilson's
c)
Harding's
d)
TR's
62.

Who was the president of the United States during the Civil War?

a)

Jefferson Davis

b)

Robert E. Lee

c)

Abraham Lincoln

d)

John Wilkes Booth

63.

In 1863 this declared all slaves in the rebelling states were free.

a)

Declaration of Independance

b)

Emancipation Proclamation

c)

Gettysburg Address

d)

Battle of Bull Run

64.

What does the term gilded mean?

a)

Full of riches and opportunities

b)

Gaining new land

c)

Covered in a thin layer of gold

d)

Made of solid gold

65.

What was Ellis Island?

a)

A settlement house for immigrants

b)

A check-in-station for immigrants coming to America

c)

A court case that allowed segregation in public facilities

d)

A theory that the rich are rich because they're better, and the poor are poor because they are worse

66.

What were tenement houses?

a)

Large public buildings designed for the rich

b)

Community centers to help poor people

c)

Small, cramped apartments for poor people

d)

Check-in-stations for immigrants coming to America

67.

During the Great Migration, many African Americans moved from the _______ to __________.

a)

North to the South

b)

East to the West

c)

South to the North

d)

West to the East

68.

Many immigrants who first came to American moved into what type of living space?

a)

Settlement Houses

b)

Community Centers

c)

Factory Houses

d)

Tenement Houses

69.

Prohibited the manufacture, sale, and distribution of alcoholic beverages

a)

16th Amendment

b)

17th Amendment

c)

18th Amendment

d)

19th Amendment

70.

This word means the right to vote.

a)

freedom

b)

suffrage

c)

federalism

d)

republicanism

71.
The ___________________Aimed to promote hatred of African Americans as well as Jews, Catholics and immigrants. 
a)
Ku Klux Klan
b)
Nativist
c)
Imperialist
d)
NAACP
72.
A scientist named ________________ created the Theory of Natural Selection.
a)
W.E.B. DuBois
b)
Thomas Edison
c)
Charles Darwin
d)
Calvin Coolidge
73.
Establishments that sold illegal alcohol
a)
Cotton Club
b)
Sugar Ray's
c)
Speakeasies
74.
The period where alcohol was banned in the United States
a)
Prohibition
b)
Nativism
c)
Harlem Renaissance
d)
Great Migration
75.
Women who challenged traditional behaviors in the 20's were known as _________________
a)
Flappers
b)
Speakeasies
c)
Anarchists
d)
Eugenics
76.
The fear that communism would take over America
a)
Red Scare
b)
NAACP
c)
Return to Normalcy
d)
Scopes Trial
77.

telegram to Mexico promising lost territories of “Texas, New Mexico, Arizona” if they allied with Germany.

a)

Zammering

b)

Zimmer

c)

Zimmerman

d)

Arthur

78.

What ship was sunk by unrestricted U-Boat warfare during WWI?

a)

USS Maine

b)

Lusitania

c)

Great Britain

79.

What act made it illegal to speak out against the war effort during WWI?

a)

Espionage of 1817

b)

Exclusion of 1882

c)

Sedition of 1918

80.

Battles in the sky were known as what?

a)

air battles

b)

dogfights

c)

cat fights

d)

airplane fights

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