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SSUSH11 -SSUSH14 Review

Total questions: 39

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which term was directly associated with the career of Ida Tarbell?

a)

muckracker

b)

abolitionist

c)

freedom rider

d)

segregationist

2.

The Spanish-American War was the first war fought by the United States in which it

a)

acquired overseas possessions

b)

tested tanks in battle

c)

used the Panama Canal

d)

allied with a foreign power

3.

Which organization worked to reverse the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Plessy v. Ferguson during the first half of the 1900s?

a)

the Freedman's Bureau

b)

the Tennessee Valley Authority

c)

the American Federation of Labor (AFL)

d)

the National Association of the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)

4.

How did Ida Tarbell contribute to the reforms of the Progressive Era?

a)

by organizing temperance societies to limit alcohol consumption

b)

by lobbying for legislation that protected women's reproductive rights

c)

by writing magazine articles about the corruption of trusts and monopolies

d)

by publishing political pamphlets supporting the desegregation of schools

5.

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.

6.

Which political issue was directly connected to Jim Crow laws?

a)

prohibition

b)

segregation

c)

nullification

d)

unionization

7.

Use this list to answer the question below.


???

  • the passage of child labor laws
  • the direct election of U.S. senators
  • the adoption of the initiative, recall, and referendum by U.S. states


What is the best title for the list?

a)

New Deal Proposals

b)

Progressive Era Reforms

c)

Reconstruction Legislation

d)

Wilmot Proviso Requirements

8.

Which U.S. policy did the Roosevelt Corollary significantly expand during the early 1900s?

a)

appeasement

b)

non-intervention

c)

the Truman Doctrine

d)

the Monroe Doctrine

9.

What does imperialism mean?

a)

a policy of a country no longer involving themselves in foreign affairs

b)

a policy of extending a country's power and influence through diplomacy or military force

c)

a policy of extending a country's power through trade

d)

a policy similar to isolationism

10.

What was the United States initial purpose in their Imperialism endeavors?

a)

to establish territories before European nations could acquire anymore

b)

to become a world super power

c)

obtain overseas markets and spread democracy

d)

to prevent China from being able to take over anymore territories

11.

What was the DeLome letter?

a)

a letter written from Spanish Minister that criticized the United States, and angered may Americans

b)

an article printed in the New York times regarding the harsh treatment of Cubans

c)

a letter written from English Minister that criticized the United States, and angered may Americans

12.

What did the United States gain from the Spanish-American War?

a)

Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines, Cuba

b)

Cuba, and the Philippines

c)

Puerto Rico and Guam were given to the US, the Philippines were sold to the US for $20 million

d)

the Philippines

13.

What was so important on the Island of Hawaii for the United States to purchase it?

a)

the Naval base at Pearl Harbor

b)

the Naval base at Charleston

c)

the pineapple farms

14.

On May 10, 1869, in Promontory, Utah, the East and the West became connected by the completion of

a)

a telegraph line reaching from New York to San Francisco.

b)

the Transcontinental Railroad.

c)

the Oregon Trail system.

d)

the stations that served the Pony Express.

15.

In the nineteenth century, big business leaders such as John D. Rockefeller would have likely attempted to

a)

lobby Congress to pass tougher anti-immigration laws so American workers could get jobs.

b)

consolidate many similar corporations into one giant business that controlled all of the market.

c)

seek assistance from the government to ensure that their business was making quality products.

d)

work closely with labor unions to provide workers with safer working environments and living wages.

16.

To aid in processing immigrants, in 1892 the United States government opened

a)

the Statue of Liberty.

b)

Ft. Wagner.

c)

Ft. Sumter.

d)

Ellis Island.

17.

The Pullman Strike of 1894 was an important event in the history of organized labor because it showed that

a)

the Federal government was willing to back the concerns of working-class people instead of backing giant corporations.

b)

unions were powerful enough to break the restrictions placed on them by management and the regulations set by Congress.

c)

the needs and concerns of union members mattered less to the government than the needs and concerns of industrial executives.

d)

unions were infiltrated by anarchists after people were killed during the strike in Chicago, Illinois.

18.

What was the primary goal of the American Federation of Labor?

a)

to form a monopoly in the oil business

b)

to promote efficiency in the steel industry

c)

to increase the bargaining power of workers

d)

to provide social services to new immigrants

19.

Which of the following contributed MOST to the forced removal of Native Americans from the Great

Plains from 1867 to 1890? (SSUSH12a,c)

a)

the desire to establish military posts

b)

the building of the Trans-Continental

railroad

c)

the building of new canals

d)

the desire for more land to grow cotton

20.

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

21.

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

22.

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

23.

In which pair of events did the first event most directly influence the second? (SSUSH12a,c)

a)

assimilation of Native American Indians

into American society>> >passage of the

Dawes Act

b)

building of the transcontinental railroad

>>>disappearance of the Native

Americans

c)

settling of the Oregon Territory

>>>passage of the Homestead Act

d)

discovery of gold in California

>>>Louisiana Purchase

24.

Which battle ended the Plains Indians’ long conflict against settlers moving to the Great Plains?

(SSUSH12c)

a)

Battle of Gettysburg

b)

King Philip’s War

c)

Bacon’s Rebellion

d)

Battle of Wounded Knee

25.

Both the Missouri Compromise and the Compromise of 1850 were intended to settle disputes over

(SSUSH8d)

a)

immigration from Europe

b)

the spread of slavery

c)

territorial conflicts with Mexico

d)

tariffs on imports

26.

Which term refers to the idea that settlers had the right to decide whether slavery would be legal in

their territory? (SSUSH8e)

a)

Nullification

b)

Popular sovereignty

c)

Sectionalism

d)

Secession

27.
who led the seventh cavalry (army) in little bighorn?
a)
Custer
b)
sitting bull
c)
George
28.
who led the Indians in Little Bighorn?
a)
geronimo
b)
sitting bull and crazy horse
c)
pocahontas
d)
Custer
29.

Sioux chief who tried to fight back against American settlers who were intruding on his tribal lands

a)

Vaquero

b)

Sitting Bull

c)

Buffalo Soldier

d)

Boomtown

30.

1876 - Sioux and Cheyenne forces wipe out an entire force of U.S. troops

a)

Sand Creek Massacre

b)

Wounded Knee Massacre

c)

Battle of Little Bighorn

d)

Battle of Gettysburg

31.

1890 - U.S. soldiers massacre over 300 unarmed Native Americans at Wounded Knee Creek, South Dakota.

a)

Sand Creek Massacre

b)

Battle of Little Bighorn

c)

Wounded Knee Massacre

d)

Battle of Shiloh

32.

An African American who left the South for the West to get land to farm on

a)

vaquero

b)

buffalo soldier

c)

Exoduster

d)

frontier

33.
The first successful British colony in North America was
a)
Roanoke, Virginia
b)
Boston, Massachusetts
c)
Plymouth, Massachusetts
d)
Jamestown, Virginia
34.
How was the settlement of Virginia different from the settlement of Massachusetts?
a)
Mass. was created as a haven for Quakers from England.
b)
VA was settled primarily for economic reasons rather than to escape religious persecution.
c)
VA was created as a haven for Native Americans to escape persecution by English colonists.
d)
Mass. was settled primarily for economic reasons rather than to escape religious persecution.
35.
What role did tobacco play in the history of Jamestown?
a)
It was the main crop the founders of Jamestown hoped to grow when they first established the colony.
b)
It caused fighting when the colonial government outlawed the crop and would not allow it to be imported.
c)
It turned out to be the cash crop that saved the colony.
d)
Although Virginians tried to raise tobacco, the crop failed miserably.
36.
Which economic policy was based on the ideas that the American colonies existed primarily to provide an economic benefit for Great Britain?
a)
mercantilism
b)
free trade
c)
socialism
d)
laissez-faire capitalism
37.
A Native American uprising in Mass. led by Metacom who joined several Native tribes together but was defeated by English settlers in the end.
a)
Bacon's Rebellion
b)
King Philip's War
c)
Whiskey Rebellion
d)
Bleeding Kansas
38.

Which BEST describes a result of the Supreme Court's decision in the Dred Scott case?

a)

A slave had the right to sue for freedom in a federal court.

b)

A slave was only a citizen after he or she purchased freedom.

c)

A slave was not a citizen but rather the property of an owner.

d)

A slave who lived on free soil for any length of time was free.

39.

How did John Brown contribute to the abolitionist movement?

a)

John Brown fought on the Union side during the Civil War.

b)

John Brown led enslaved African Americans through the Underground Railroad.

c)

John Brown participated in raids against slavery in Harper's Ferry and Kansas.

d)

John Brown worked with Harriet Tubman to orchestrate the Underground Railroad.