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APUSH review college board turning point years

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Spanish American War shows U.S. imperialism

a)

1877

b)

1890

c)

1898

d)

1932

2.

The end of Reconstruction, but when the north's military leaves the KKK gains power

a)

1877

b)

1890

c)

1898

d)

1932

3.

Start of the French Indian War which shows American desire for westward expansion and ends with the British taking rights away from their American colonies

a)

1491

b)

1607

c)

1676

d)

1754

4.

Polk wins the presidency with a promise of Manifest Destiny, leads to Mexican American War, and that leads to more debate about the place of slavery in America

a)

1754

b)

1800

c)

1844

d)

1865

5.

WWII ends with an allied victory and the atomic bomb makes the U.S. the world's only super power

a)

1941

b)

1945

c)

1946

d)

1950

6.

Reagan wins the presidency after 50 years of politics dominated by Democratic/ Liberal ideas, the Neoconservative Era begins

a)

1980

b)

1984

c)

1988

d)

1992

7.

Jamestown established- the British have their first (sort of) successful colony, that eventually leads to the U.S.

a)

1492

b)

1607

c)

1667

d)

1706

8.

Jefferson and the Democratic Republicans win the presidency and a peaceful transition of power from one party to the other occurs (even after a really weird election)

a)

1792

b)

1800

c)

1812

d)

1824

9.

The Civil War ends in a Union/Northern Victory, the slaves are freed

a)

1865

b)

1869

c)

1877

d)

1898

10.

The Census Bureau announces the west is settled, the American Indians are defeated, and the U.S. really controls all of it's land.

a)

1880

b)

1890

c)

1900

d)

1910

11.

Columbus discovers America and the world changes

a)

1491

b)

1492

c)

1554

d)

1607

12.

Mexican American War end- the U.S. controls the west (at least on the map), and the debate over extending slavery leads towards the Civil War

a)

1844

b)

1860

c)

1865

d)

1848

13.

9/11, the Patriot Act, and The start of the War on Terror

a)

1998

b)

2000

c)

2001

d)

2005

14.

(not in yesterday's Google slides, not a year, but still timeline) In a list from First to last, which of these wars is out of Order: French Indian War, Revolutionary War, War of 1812, Mexican American War, Spanish American War, the Civil War, World War 1, World War 2, the Korean War, the Vietnam War, the Persian Gulf War, the War on Terror?

a)

War of 1812

b)

Spanish American War

c)

World War 1

d)

The Korean War

15.

(not in yesterday's Google slides, not a year, but still timeline) In a list from First to last, which of these Presidents is out of Order: William McKinley, Teddy Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, Woodrow Wilson, Herbert Hoover, Warren G. Harding, Calvin Coolidge, Franklin Roosevelt, Harry S. Truman, Dwight Eisenhower?

a)

William Howard Taft

b)

Woodrow Wilson

c)

Herbert Hoover

d)

Warren G. Harding