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Young People's History Final Quiz

Total questions: 100

Worksheet time: 51mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

When writing about the Arawak people in his journal, Christopher Columbus described them as 'handsome and generous,' and thought that the would make fine _______.

a)

Allies

b)

Neighbors

c)

Enemies

d)

Servants

2.

What year did Christopher Columbus and his men arrive in the Caribbean for the first time?

a)

1675

b)

1492

c)

1777

d)

1850

3.

Where did Columbus mistakenly believe his ships had landed?

a)

India

b)

America

c)

Africa

d)

China

4.

What is the definition of Genocide?

a)

To conquer someone or something

b)

The system of beliefs of the Catholic Church

c)

The purposeful killing of a group of people with the intent to destroy all of them

d)

The land or water that one group claims belong to them

5.

Where were the first enslaved Africans brought to in 1619?

a)

Jamestown

b)

Gettysburg

c)

Mississippi

d)

Philadelphia

6.

What does Howard Zinn say that America's slavery was based on and driven by?

a)

Compassion and humanity

b)

Racial hatred and limitless profits

c)

To colonize America and increase diversity

d)

A desire to spread religion and other ideas

7.

As many as _______ million African people died as a result of American slavery.

a)

50

b)

3

c)

1

d)

10

8.

The middle passage was the trip by kidnapped people from Africa in packed ships, chained together, across the ______.

a)

Pacific Ocean

b)

Atlantic Ocean

c)

The Ohio River

d)

The Horn of Africa

9.

What did colonial leaders do to try and keep enslaved African people and indentured European people (servants) from uniting together?

a)

They didn't really do anything

b)

They passed laws that said they couldn't be friends

c)

They passed laws that said European servants had to be treated better than African slaves

d)

They passed laws that said African slaves had to be treated better than European servants

10.

What is the definition of inhumane?

a)

Being worthy of honor or respect

b)

Feeling or showing opposition to someone or something

c)

Boldly resisting

d)

Having no compassion

11.

Bacon's rebellion was an uprising of angry enslaved black people, indentured white people, and some free poor people, against these two groups that they saw as their enemies:

a)

Native Americans and rich colonial leaders

b)

Merchants and tax collectors

c)

British soldiers and immigrants

d)

Land and business owners

12.

Nathaniel Bacon was a/an ________________.

a)

rich white man

b)

enslaved person

c)

indentured person

d)

poor white man

13.

What is the definition of underclass?

a)

The highest class in society

b)

The lowest class in society

c)

Crude and indecent

d)

Violating principles of justice or fairness

14.

Who burned Jamestown to the ground?

a)

Bacon's rebellion

b)

Colonial leaders

c)

The British

d)

Native Americans

15.

What are some reasons someone may have become an indentured servant? (Check all that apply)

a)

To pay for their passage to America

b)

To get out of being a soldier

c)

In punishment for a crime they committed

d)

To make money

16.

Who did the loyalists support?

a)

America

b)

Enslaved people

c)

Britain

d)

Native Americans

17.

In 1776 Thomas Paine published __________, for the first time claiming the colonies should be free from British control.

a)

The Declaration of Independence

b)

Common Sense

c)

Rule by the People

d)

A Handbook to Freedom

18.

On March 5th, 1770, conflict between local workers and British soldiers broke out in Boston. The British soldiers fired their guns at demonstrators, killing several. This event is known as the _______.

a)

Boston Tea Party

b)

The Shot Heard Round the World

c)

The Battle of Boston

d)

Boston Massacre

19.

Who benefited as a result of America winning the Revolutionary War?

a)

Native Americans

b)

Women

c)

Wealthy people

d)

Enslaved people

20.

What is the definition of tyranny?

a)

A feeling of being heavily weighed down in mind or body

b)

Love and devotion to one’s country

c)

An uprising or riot

d)

Absolute power, especially when used unjustly or cruelly

21.

What punishment did George Washington decide on when soldiers in New Jersey rebelled in 1781?

a)

To be shot by a firing squad of their friends

b)

To be hung

c)

To be removed from the military

d)

To be given as prisoners to the British

22.

When African-American enslaved people fought in the Revolutionary War, seeking their freedom, George Washington ________.

a)

Turned them down

b)

Granted them freedom

c)

Asked them to wait

d)

Ignored them

23.

After the Revolutionary war in 1786, farmer's who could not pay their debts staged an uprising in western Massachusetts known as ________.

a)

Shay's Rebellion

b)

The Sons of Liberty

c)

The Boston Tea Party

d)

Bacon's Rebellion

24.

What is the definition of Revolution?

a)

The overthrow of one government and its replacement with another

b)

To object to, especially in a formal statement

c)

To engage in argument by discussing opposing points

d)

To oppose or refuse to accept something

25.

These people were given the right to vote when the constitution was first written.

a)

Women

b)

Enslaved people

c)

White men

d)

Native Americans

26.

Which of the following is not one of the main ways in which women came to early America?

a)

To become wives

b)

As indentured servants

c)

To teach school

d)

As slaves

27.

Which early American woman was ordered to leave Massachusetts for standing up to male religious authorities?

a)

Mary Dyer

b)

Sojourner Truth

c)

Emma Willard

d)

Anne Hutchinson

28.

The earliest known strike of factory workers was in 1824 in _______.

a)

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

b)

Pawtucket, Rhode Island

c)

Salem, Massachusetts

d)

Seneca, New York

29.

The first women's rights convention happened in ________.

a)

Pawtucket, New Jersey

b)

Seneca Falls, New York

c)

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

d)

Salem, Massachusetts

30.

Who said "The land belongs to all of us, for the use of each"

a)

Anne Hutchinson

b)

Speckled Snake

c)

Andrew Jackson

d)

Chief Tecumseh

31.

The definition of abolitionist is...

a)

Any belief or theory that is different from established beliefs or customs, especially in religion

b)

A contract by which a person is bound to serve. Oftentimes it would be due to a debt or as a punishment

c)

A person who favors the abolition of any law or practice deemed harmful to society (such as slavery)

d)

The exercise of authority or power in a cruel or unjust way

32.

The ______________ was held in London, England in 1840. The organizers of the event attempted to prevent women from attending. Though they were eventually allowed, they were forced to sit behind a curtain.

a)

World Anti-Slavery Convention

b)

Continental Congress

c)

First women's rights convention

d)

Meeting of the Sons of Liberty

33.

Which nation of Native Americans went to war against the United States in response to the Indian Removal orders?

a)

Cherokee

b)

Shawnee

c)

Creek

d)

Seminole

34.

What happened to the land taken from Native American nations in the south?

a)

It was given to freed slaves

b)

Became the basis for the 'Cotton Kingdom,' where enslaved Black people worked on white-owned plantations

c)

It was given to Andrew Jackson

d)

Became the basis for the reservations given to Native American nations when their own land was taken

35.

What was the Trail of Tears?

a)

A formal agreement between two or more groups in reference to peace, alliance, commerce, or other international relations

b)

Land given to Native American nations after theirs was taken

c)

To stand or tower over; dominate

d)

The route along which the United States government forced several nations of Native Americans, including the Cherokees, Seminoles, Chickasaws, Choctaws, and Creeks, to migrate to reservations west of the Mississippi River in the 1820s, 1830s, and 1840s. Those on the march suffered greatly from disease and mistreatment.

36.

A U.S. march on _________ began the War with Mexico.

a)

Texas

b)

The Mississippi River

c)

California

d)

The Rio Grande

37.

Manifest Destiny was:

a)

The belief that it was the destiny of the U.S. to expand its territory over the whole of North America

b)

The refusal to obey certain laws or government demands in order to influence legislation or government policy using non-violent techniques such as boycotting, picketing and nonpayment of taxes

c)

One who advocates the expansion of the territory of their nation

d)

To leave the military without permission and without planning to return

38.

Which of the following states did the U.S. NOT gain following the War with Mexico?

a)

Utah

b)

Arizona

c)

Oregon

d)

California

39.

Who said: “If I could save the Union without freeing any slave I would do it, and if I could save it by freeing all the slaves I would do it; and if I could save it by freeing some and leaving others alone I would also do that.”

a)

Abraham Lincoln

b)

Andrew Jackson

c)

Anne Hutchinson

d)

General Zachary Taylor

40.

Why did some congressmen who opposed slavery oppose the war with Mexico?

a)

They believed the conquered people would be made to be slaves

b)

They believed if the US lost the war that they would become slaves

c)

They believed the territory gained would be used to create new free states

d)

They believed the territory gained would be used to create new slave states

41.

What is the definition of civil disobedience?

a)

Strategy and tactics that tend to focus around the use of small, mobile forces competing against a larger, more unwieldy one

b)

The belief that it was the destiny of the U.S. to expand its territory over the whole of North America

c)

The refusal to obey certain laws or government demands in order to influence legislation or government policy using non-violent techniques such as boycotting, picketing and nonpayment of taxes

d)

The crime of saying, writing, or doing something that encourages people to disobey their government.

42.

Which law did the U.S. government NOT really enforce?

a)

The law that said no new slaves could be imported to the U.S.

b)

The Fugitive Slave Act that made it more difficult for escaped slaves to remain free

43.

In 1831, _________ led 70 other slaves in Virginia in revolt.

a)

Nat Turner

b)

Denmark Veasey

c)

Harriet Tubman

d)

Fredrick Douglas

44.

Which of the following once enslaved people was a “conductor” on the Underground Railroad?

a)

Nat Turner

b)

Harriet Tubman

c)

Denmark Veasey

d)

Frederick Douglass

45.

On Jan. 1, 1863, Lincoln issued the _________, freeing enslaved people in areas that were fighting against the Union.

a)

Emancipation Proclamation

b)

The 13th Amendment

c)

The Fugitive Slave Act

d)

The 15th Amendment

46.

According to Howard Zinn, what did the myth of 'Jacksonian Democracy' lead ordinary people to believe?

a)

That they had a voice in government

b)

That they had to overthrow the government to obtain true freedom

c)

That they were in control of what happened to their country

d)

That democracy did not work

47.

Which of the following is an example of the mean of production?

a)

Cars

b)

Computers

c)

Factories

d)

Movie Theaters

48.

What is the definition of the draft?

a)

To take or select someone for military service

b)

A small printed notice, advertisement or announcement, usually for distribution by hand

c)

People who join together for a common purpose

d)

Designating a city or town

49.

The economic system in which private people or companies own the means of production for private benefit is called ___________.

a)

Communism

b)

Socialism

c)

Capitalism

d)

Anarchism

50.

The economic system in which the government or people own the means of production for everyone’s benefit is called ___________.

a)

Communism

b)

Socialism

c)

Capitalism

d)

Anarchism

51.

The economic system in which the government or people own the means of production for everyone’s benefit and private property is abolished is called ________.

a)

Socialism

b)

Capitalism

c)

Communism

d)

Anarchism

52.

The political philosophy that government is unnecessary and even wrong is called __________.

a)

Communism

b)

Socialism

c)

Capitalism

d)

Anarchism

53.

In 1886, protesters were demonstrating in Chicago when a bomb went off, wounding 66 police officers with seven of them eventually dying. Eight anarchists were rounded up and put on trial even though only one of them was even there that day. Four were hanged, one killed himself and three were pardoned. This event is known as _________.

a)

The Haymarket Affair

b)

The Battle of Chicago

c)

The Fall of Populism

d)

The Downfall of Western Civilization

54.

What issue were people working on when the Haymarket Affair occurred?

a)

Racial Justice

b)

Women’s Rights

c)

Labor Rights

d)

Environmental Justice

55.

What are means of production?

a)

The materials, tools and other instruments used by workers to make products, including farms, mines, and factories

b)

Complete control of the entire supply of goods or of a service in a certain area or market

c)

An economic system in which the government or people own the means of production, which are operated for the benefit of all and not for private profit

d)

A worker who does not join a strike or who takes the place of another worker who is on strike

56.

_________ said that the United States claimed an interest in the politics of the entire Western Hemisphere, North, Central and South America. It warned the nations of Europe not to meddle with countries in the Americas.

a)

The Emancipation Proclamation

b)

The Monroe Doctrine

c)

Manifest Destiny

d)

Nationalism

57.

What country’s rebellion started the Spanish American War?

a)

Puerto Rico

b)

Mexico

c)

Cuba

d)

Vietnam

58.

What is the definition of nationalism?

a)

A spirit of strong national pride

b)

The political philosophy that government is unnecessary and even wrong

c)

Seizing the means of production

d)

The idea that the US is a world power instituted by a higher power

59.

The Spanish-American War resulted in the U.S. annexing which of the following countries?

a)

Cuba

b)

Puerto Rico

c)

Vietnam

d)

Mexico

60.

”One Big Union” was the motto of ________.

a)

The American Federation of Labor

b)

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

c)

The Niagara Movement

d)

Industrial Workers of the World

61.

The definition of Anarchosyndicalism is?

a)

The belief that workers could take power in a country, not be seizing control of the government in an armed rebellion, but by bringing the economic system to a halt

b)

A strike in which all workers in all the trades and industries would join, united by a common purpose

c)

Writers who raked up the muck, or the bad conduct and unfair practices, of corporations, government, and society in general

62.

________ believed that the war of Mexico was caused by the price of sugar.

a)

Jack London

b)

Upton Sinclair

c)

Emma Goldman

d)

Victor Berger

63.

________ was passed and called for 20 years in prison for anyone who would not serve in the military or tried to convince others not to serve.

a)

The Espionage Act

b)

The Monroe Doctrine

c)

The Patriot Act

d)

The 13th Amendment

64.

_________ began in the summer of 1914 and would last for four years.

a)

World War I

b)

World War II

c)

The War with Mexico

d)

The Vietnam War

65.

When did World War I end?

a)

November 1918

b)

October 1941

c)

December 1935

d)

January 1916

66.

Which president was responsible for the 1932 New Deal?

a)

Herbert Hoover

b)

Harry S. Truman

c)

Dwight D. Eisenhower

d)

Franklin D. Roosevelt

67.

1919 brought a _______ that would kill half a million Americans and millions of people around the world.

a)

World War

b)

Mass Genocide

c)

Flu Pandemic

d)

Labor Standards Act

68.

In 1920, women earned the right to _________.

a)

join the military

b)

own land

c)

own slaves

d)

vote

69.

Which of the following countries were among the Allies during World War II?

a)

Russia

b)

Italy

c)

Germany

d)

Japan

70.

________ followed soon after World War II and America’s enemy was the Soviet Union (or Russia) that had been its ally in World War II.

a)

The Vietnam War

b)

The Korean War

c)

The Cold War

d)

World War I

71.

In politics, someone who want to preserve the existing social order of society, government or economy is called a __________________. This is known as the political right and tends to place a high value on security, stability and established institutions.

a)

Liberal

b)

Conservative

c)

Anarchist

d)

Radical

72.

In politics, someone who supports progress, often through change, is called a _________. This is known as the political left and tends to place a high value on individual rights, civil liberties, and direct participation in government.

a)

Liberal

b)

Conservative

c)

Radical

d)

Anarchist

73.

Which President desegregated the military?

a)

Lyndon B. Johnson

b)

Richard Nixon

c)

John F. Kennedy

d)

Harry Truman

74.

What is the definition of segregation?

a)

The institutional separation of an ethnic, racial, religious, or other minority group from the dominant majority

b)

To put to death, especially by hanging, by mob action and without legal authority

c)

The policy, practice, or technique of refraining from the use of violence, especially when reacting to or protesting against oppression, injustice, discrimination, or the like

d)

Any organized protest in which a group of people peacefully occupy and refuse to leave a premises; an organized passive protest, especially against racial segregation, in which the demonstrators occupy seats prohibited to them, as in restaurants and other public places

75.

In 1954 the Supreme Court decision Brown v. Board of Education ordered the desegregation of the nation's _________________.

a)

churches

b)

schools

c)

work places

d)

public transportation

76.

This top-secret history of the war in Vietnam was written for the Department of Defense by Daniel Ellsberg and a friend who later leaked it to the New York Times.

a)

Born on the Fourth of July

b)

The Monroe Doctrine

c)

The Pentagon Papers

d)

Masters of War

77.

What was happening at the same time as the Civil Rights Movement?

a)

WWII

b)

The Vietnam War

c)

WWI

d)

The War with Mexico

78.

What country did the US support regaining control of Vietnam?

a)

Great Britain

b)

Russia

c)

France

d)

Japan

79.

The U.S. said the war in Vietnam was to stop the spread of __________________________.

a)

Communism

b)

Socialism

c)

Anarchism

d)

Capitalism

80.

What is the definition of the Establishment?

a)

Big powers like business, government, the schools, and the medical industry

b)

how a country’s government acts toward other nations

c)

to officially charge an elected official with misconduct

81.

The Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) has never become part of the constitution. The ERA would ensure full equality between __________.

a)

The sexes

b)

Races

c)

Classes

82.

What group of people took over Alcatraz Island in protest.

a)

Women

b)

LGBTQ people

c)

Native Americans

d)

African Americans

83.

Because of all the movements for equality and justice, the increasing acceptance of LGBTQ people, the change in clothing styles, and more, the 1960s and 1970s were a time of (a)   revolution.

84.

The Vietnam War resulted in the largest ________________________ movement the U.S. had ever seen.

a)

Anti-war

b)

Women's rights

c)

Civil rights

d)

Environmental regulations

85.

___________ formed in 1966 and the next year discrimination against women in federal government jobs was banned.

a)

The National Organization for Women

b)

The Watergate Committee

c)

The Equal Rights Amendment

d)

The 13th Amendment

86.

__________ resulted in a president, Richard Nixon, stepping down for office from the first time in history.

a)

Watergate

b)

The Vietnam War

c)

WWII

d)

The Civil Rights Movement

87.

Nixon chose _________ to replace him.

a)

Bill Clinton

b)

George Bush

c)

Lyndon Johnson

d)

Gerald Ford

88.

Howard Zinn says two big parts of the “the American political tradition” are __________.

a)

Peace and love

b)

Capitalism and nationalism

c)

Communism and civil disobedience

d)

Acceptance and humanism

89.

In 1989, protests against dictatorship broke out in the Soviet Union and the Eastern European nations controlled by the Soviet Union. The sudden collapse of the Soviet Union left U.S. political leaders unprepared. The Bush administration started two wars in four years. These were in ________.

a)

Panama and Iraq

b)

Vietnam and Korea

c)

Russia and Germany

d)

Mexico and Brazil

90.

The resistance of the late 1970s through the early 1990s was ignored by politicians and the media didn’t mention it very often, but thousands of local groups were working for ___________. (Check all that apply)

a)

The environment

b)

Women’s rights

c)

Housing for the homeless

d)

An end to military spending

e)

More Private Prisons

91.

Toward the end of the 20th Century (1901-1999), the United States became the world’s leading provider of __________ to other nations.

a)

Medicine

b)

Education

c)

Weapons

d)

Food

92.

In 1996, Democrats and Republicans agreed on a “Crime Bill” that made more crimes ___________. It set aside $8 billion to build new prisons.

a)

Punishable by death

b)

Nonpunishable

c)

Punishable only by fines

d)

Forgiven

93.

Clinton was eager to show that he was tough on matters of ____________. As governor of Arkansas, he flew back to his home state for the execution of a mentally retarded man on death row.

a)

"Law and order"

b)

Peace and sustainability

c)

Rebuilding the nation

d)

Crime and Warfare

94.

Who said, “Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired, [means] a theft from those who are hungry and are not fed, those who are cold and not clothed.”

a)

Dwight Eisenhower

b)

Jimmy Carter

c)

Bill Clinton

d)

George Bush

95.

__________ ran for president against George Bush in the 2000 election.

a)

Al Gore

b)

Bill Clinton

c)

Jimmy Carter

d)

Dwight Eisenhower

96.

Al Gore won the _________ in the 2000 Presidential Election.

a)

Electoral vote

b)

Popular vote

97.

Nine months after Bush took office, on Sept. 11, 2001, hijackers flew three planes into the twin towers of the __________ in New York City and into the Pentagon in Washington, D.C.

a)

Empire State Building

b)

Statue of Liberty

c)

World Trade Center

d)

Brooklyn Bridge

98.

Congress passed a law called the ____________. It gave the Department of Justice the power to hold noncitizens on nothing more than suspicion without charging them with a crime and without the protections guaranteed in the Constitution.

a)

Monroe Doctrine

b)

13th Amendment

c)

Patriot Act

d)

Operation Iraqi Freedom

99.

Howard Zinn says that "Behind every fact that a teacher or writer presents to the world is _________."

a)

The truth

b)

A lie

c)

A lesson

d)

A judgement

100.

What themes and issues does Howard Zinn believe were overlooked in the standard, mainstream telling of history. (Check all that apply.)

a)

The suffering of the poor

b)

The men and women and children on all sides who were killed or crippled when leaders made the decision to go to war

c)

The claims of gay and lesbian people for their rights

d)

The history of nonwhite people

e)

The history of white people