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Intro to American History

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Historically, what does the term "Reconstruction" refer to?

a)

Moving the Southern states

b)

rebuilding the South after the Civil War

c)

reorganizing during the Civil War

d)

Creating peace

2.
The white terrorist group that attacked Blacks and white republicans to restore Democratic control in the South was the--
a)
Kappa Kappa Kappa
b)
Redeemers
c)
Pure Race Fraternity 
d)
Ku Klux Klan
3.
Most slaves became what after the Civil War
a)
Sharecroppers
b)
Lawyers 
c)
Welders
4.

A _______ is when workers refuse to work in order to force an employer to meet their demands.

a)

labor unions

b)

party

c)

strike

d)

sweatshop

5.

In the late 1880's to early 1900's, Americans who grew angry and resentful at the increased Immigrant migration into the country, especially those from Southern and Eastern Europe were known as?

a)

Nativists

b)

Populists

c)

Philanthropists

d)

Social Workers

6.

A major goal of the Progressive movement was to

a)

stimulate the economy.

b)

support government control of factory production.

c)

encourage immigration from southern and eastern Europe.

d)

correct the economic and social abuses of industrial society.

7.

The goals of muckraking journalists were to

a)

advertise the economic benefits of industrialization.

b)

describe and illustrate the problems within American society.

c)

encourage European immigration through advertising in European newspapers.

d)

attract rural residents to move into the urban centers.

8.

During The Great Migration, many African American southerners moved to northern cities for what reason?

a)

to find more food

b)

because they didn't like growing cotton

c)

to find better jobs

d)

to get bigger homes

9.
During the Women's Suffrage Movement protests were often used to increased public support. Which constitutional right is being exercised in this photograph?
a)
The First Amendment
b)
The Second Amendment
c)
The Fourth Amendment
d)
The Sixth Amendment
10.
What was a MAIN cause of the U.S. entering WWI?
a)
sinking of the Maine
b)
Russia dropping an atomic bomb
c)
sinking of the Lusitania
d)
Japan dropping an atomic bomb
11.
Who stared the back to Africa movement to free Africans from their colonial oppressors?
a)
Langston Hughes
b)
Henry Ford
c)
Marcus Garvey
12.

Paragraph 7: The Stock Market Crash of 1929 was the beginning of __________________.

a)

World War l

b)

the Industrial Revolution

c)

the Great Depression

13.

What was Roosevelt’s plan for getting the USA out of The Depression called?

a)

The New Deal

b)

The Super Fantastic Deal

c)

The Open Door Policy

d)

The Good Deal

14.
What caused the U.S. to enter World War II?
a)
Germany invading Poland
b)
Sinking of the Lusitania
c)
Attack on Pearl Harbor
d)
France being taken over
15.

Where did the Zoot Suit Riots take place?

a)

Phoenix, AZ

b)

Oakland, CA

c)

Los Angeles, CA

d)

Las Vegas, NV

16.

What event was the reason why Japanese-Americans were put in internment camps?

a)

Pearl Harbor

b)

Kristalnacht

c)

The Great Depression

d)

The Holocaust

17.
Hostility between the Soviet Union and the United States but without military action was known as ______.
a)
Marshall Plan
b)
Iron Curtain
c)
Cold War
d)
Brinkmanship
18.

What wars were fought during the Cold War as a result of containment and the Domino Theory?

a)

Korean & Vietnam War

b)

WWI & WWII

c)

Civil War & Spanish American War

d)

Persian Gulf & War on Terror

19.

Court case declared that separate black and white public schools to be unconstitutional.

a)

Plessy v. Ferguson

b)

Tinker v. Des Moines

c)

Brown v. Board of Education

d)

Dred Scott v. Sandford

20.
Who did the Southern Christian Leadership Conference elect as its first leader?
a)
Rosa Parks
b)
Jackie Robinson
c)
Martin Luther King Jr.
d)
Thurgood Marshall