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US History 1st Semester Final Exam 20-21

Total questions: 51

Worksheet time: 35mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What officially ended the Revolutionary War?
a)
Treaty of New York
b)
Treaty of Paris
c)
Treaty of Yorktown
d)
Treaty of New England
2.
Define federalism.
a)
powers shared between the nation and the state 
b)
belief in the federal government 
3.

Idea that God had destined the US to own all of North America.

a)

Divine Intervention

b)

Manifest Destiny

c)

Abolition

d)

Missouri Compromise

4.

This treaty gave the US territory that is now California, Nevada, Utah, Arizona, and part of New Mexico and Colorado.

a)

Treaty of Mexico City

b)

Treaty of the Americas

c)

Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

d)

Treaty of Manifest Destiny

5.
The term means that people in the state would VOTE to make decisions about being a free state or a slave state.
a)
independent choice
b)
popular sovereignty
c)
popular election
6.

This novel, wrote by Harriet Beecher Stowe, changed the face of the nation and boosted the abolition movement by exposing the evils of slavery

a)

Uncle Ben's Cabin

b)

Uncle Tom's Cabin

c)

Uncle Terry's Cabin

d)

Uncle Hank's Cabin

7.

Escaped slave that sued for his freedom

a)

Harriett Tubman

b)

Frederick Douglas

c)

Sojourner Truth

d)

Dred Scott

8.
What was the most important advantage the North had during the Civil War?
a)
unified popular support for the war effort
b)
superior military leadership
c)
economic aid from Great Britain and France
d)
greater human and economic resources
9.
What did the 13th Amendment do?
a)
made slavery illegal
b)
made former slaves citizens and gave them rights
c)
gave black men the right to vote
d)
gave former slaves land to begin farms
10.
What did the 14th Amendment do?
a)
made slavery illegal
b)
made former slaves citizens and gave them rights
c)
gave black men the right to vote
d)
gave former slaves land to begin farms
11.
What did the 15th Amendment do?
a)
made slavery illegal
b)
made former slaves citizens and gave them rights
c)
gave black men the right to vote
d)
gave former slaves land to begin farms
12.

What was Reconstruction?

a)

equal treatment for all people

b)

the forced separation of races

c)

a farmer shares part of his crop to pay for land

d)

the period of time after the Civil War

13.

Which of the following greatly spurred the settlement of Colorado, Arizona, and Montana?

a)

the arrival of large numbers of miners

b)

the availability of free land

c)

the growth of the cattle industry

d)

the presence of peaceful, orderly towns

14.

The confrontation at Wounded Knee occurred because the chief's followers

a)

continued at hunting buffalo

b)

performed a ritual

c)

left their reservation

d)

raided nearby farms

15.

The Dawes Act attempted to help Native Americans by

a)

returning them to their native lands

b)

sustaining the previous way of life

c)

reintroducing the buffalo to native lands

d)

giving them land for farming

16.

The Homestead Act gave land to homesteaders if they _________ for five years.

a)

planted crops on it

b)

lived on it

c)

cut down trees on it

d)

fenced it off

17.

Railroad companies raised most of the money that they needed to build their railroads from

a)

hauling freight to market.

b)

private investors.

c)

selling government land grants.

d)

subsidies from tax revenues.

18.

____ was equally as important as natural resources in the nation’s rapid industrialization.

a)

A new tariff law

b)

Increased population

c)

New technology

d)

The political system

19.

The railroad boom began in 1862 when President Abraham Lincoln signed the

a)

Gettysburg Address

b)

Land Grant Law

c)

Pacific Railway Act

d)

time zone legislation

20.

A shortage of workers in California forced the Central Pacific Railroad to hire about 10,000 workers from

a)

China

b)

Ireland

c)

Japan

d)

Mexico

21.

The owner of the Standard Oil Company.

a)

George Westinghouse

b)

Theodore Judah

c)

Thomas Edison

d)

John D. Rockefeller

22.

Inventor of the phonograph and light bulb.

a)

Thaddeus Lowe

b)

Theodore Judah

c)

George Westinghouse

d)

Thomas Edison

23.

Led the American Railway Union workers to refuse to handle Pullman cars.

a)

Henry Bessemer

b)

Karl Marx

c)

Eugene V. Debs

d)

George Westinghouse

24.

People who risk their capital in organizing and running a business.

a)

entrepreneurs

b)

laissez-faire

c)

deflation

d)

monopoly

25.

What man was given credit for his invention of the telephone?

a)

Alexander Graham Bell

b)

Eugene V. Debs

c)

George Westinghouse

d)

Karl Marx

26.

When a union called a strike, employers would often hire replacements, called

a)

blacklists

b)

lockouts

c)

strikebreakers

d)

troublemakers

27.

When a union called a strike, employers would often hire replacements, called

a)

blacklists

b)

lockouts

c)

strikebreakers

d)

troublemakers

28.

Many Immigrants faced issues once they arrived such as language barriers, but these group of people mostly restricted new immigrants from entering the country.

a)

Democrats

b)

Republicans

c)

Populists

d)

Nativists

29.
Nativism is:
a)
Embracing diversity
b)
Disliking immigration
c)
Moving out of the U.S.
d)
Liking Native Americans
30.
What was a city government marked by corruption, bribery, and Kickbacks (common during the Gilded Age) called?
a)
credit mobilier
b)
political machine
c)
corrected democracy
d)
electoral politics
31.

The second wave of immigrants came from ___________ and ____________Europe

a)

Northern and Western

b)

Northern and Eastern

c)

Southern and Eastern

32.

What did government workers now have to do to prove they were qualified for a job?

a)

take a skills evaluation

b)

take a test

c)

help ward bosses get elected

33.
During the Gilded age, workers came together to work for better pay, working conditions, and less hours. Leaders such as Samuel Gompers help led many of this workers in....
a)
Philanthropy
b)
Labor Unions
c)
Political Bosses
d)
Credit Unions
34.
Men such as Andrew Carnegie believed in giving money to libraries, musuems and schools to help benefit people who wanted to move up in the social ladder. 
a)
geopolitical
b)
political bosses
c)
anthropolgy
d)
philanthropy
35.
In 1889, during the Gilded Age, a Settlement House called Hull House was opened in Chicago.  It was designed to help working class women, many recent immigrants, move out of poverty and dependence on others.  It sought to address some of the excesses of industry and business.  Who founded Hull House?
a)
Margaret Sanger
b)
Jane Addams
c)
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
d)
Susan B. Anthony
36.
What was the name of the law, passed in 1883 during the Gilded Age, that sought to reform government?  It required government applicants to take competitive exams so that they would be hired based upon merit rather than political affiliation.  This law was passed in response to widespread political corruption and the assassination of President Garfield.
a)
Sherman Antitrust Act
b)
Pendelton Civil Service Act
c)
Underwood Tariff Act
d)
Celler-Kefaufer Act
37.

Which laws were passed to discriminate against African Americans?

a)

18th Amendment

b)

Temperance laws

c)

Jim Crow laws

d)

14th Amendment

38.
Which immigration station is in San Fran?
a)
Ellis Island
b)
Angel Island
c)
Revis Island
d)
Mullins Island
39.
Which immigration station is in NYC?
a)
Ellis Island
b)
Angel Island
c)
Trump Island
d)
Clinton Island
40.
Europeans primarily came through:
a)
Ellis Island
b)
Angel Island
c)
Staten Island
d)
Sanibel Island
41.
The growth of cities is:
a)
Immigration
b)
Urbanization
c)
Depersonalization
d)
Materialization
42.
What does the executive branch do?
a)
elect the president
b)
make the laws
c)
carry out the laws
d)
count the votes
43.
.  The ________________ contains the supreme laws of the land of the United States of America.
a)
Declaration of Independence
b)
Constitution
c)
Emancipation Proclamation
d)
Magna Carta
44.
The Senate and the House of Representatives is also called
a)
Party
b)
Congress
c)
Term
d)
Committee
45.
What branch is Congress?
a)
Legislative Branch
b)
Executive Branch
c)
Judicial Branch
d)
Democratic Party
46.
Role of the judicial branch
a)
make laws
b)
interpret laws
c)
enforce laws
d)
impeach a president
47.
Highest court in the land
a)
Appellate courts
b)
Trial courts
c)
District courts
d)
Supreme Courts
48.
Which branches of government does the president work under?
a)
Legislative
b)
Judicial
c)
All branches 
d)
Executive
49.
What is the job of the legislative branch?
a)
to carry out the laws
b)
to declare war
c)
to make the laws
d)
to decide all the laws
50.
What is the main job of the Judicial Branch?
a)
Enforce Laws
b)
Makes Laws
c)
Veto Laws
d)
Declare if laws are constitutional
51.
Who is in charge of the Executive Branch?
a)
Senate
b)
Supreme Court and House of Rep.
c)
President
d)
Vice President

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