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WorksheetsUS History SDC Practice
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 36mins
By 1900, the richest ten percent controlled perhaps _____ percent of the nation’s wealth.
5%
66%
75%
90%
Which of the following most accurately describes the arguments of Social Darwinism?
State welfare and private charity would lead to degeneration by perpetuating the survival
of the weak.
Religion was a force of weakness that modern society will inevitably eradicate.
Scientific ideas the only source of true knowledge, therefore theories are just as valuable
as facts.
Inequalities in wealth would lead to social unrest and eventual revolution.
What did the Populists propose in the Omaha Platform?
nationalizing the country’s railroad and telegraph systems to ensure that essential
services would be run in the best interests of the people
establishment of a network of federally-managed warehouses, called subtreasuries,
which would extend government loans to farmers
promoted an inflationary monetary policy by monetizing silver
All of these
What economic opportunity drew the most migrants to the West?
railroad work
gold mining
military work as Indian fighters
access to land for agriculture
Most practices and objects associated with American cowboys were modified from ______
ranchers.
Mexican
Native American
African
British-Canadian
The Paiute prophet Wovoka promised that which of the following would occur if Indians obeyed
his instructions and participated in the ceremony that came to be called the Ghost Dance
Dead relatives would return to Earth.
Drought would end and the buffalo would return.
Anglo settlers would disappear in an apocalyptic disaster.
All of these
How did railroads transform the American economy?
created a new white color middle class of managers
inspired the development of organized labor to meet the needs of a permanent working
class
increased the role of government in the economy
All of these
By 1890, in most large northern cities, immigrants and their children amounted to what percent
of the population?
20 %
33%
50%
60%
_______ wrote an influential book, Southern Horrors: Lynch Law in All Its Phases and helped
inspire the anti-lynching movement.
Ida Tarbell
Ida B. Wells
Lincoln Steffens
Booker T Washington
What was the Lost Cause?
A belief that the South could never have won the war because northern soldiers exerted
greater virtue and courage.
A glorification of the memory of the Confederacy and a romanticization of the Old South
as a pastoral land with benevolent masters and happy slaves.
The belief among northerners that southerners would never accept racial equality.
All of these
Which of the following definition best describes the work of muckrakers?
investigative journalists
organized crime hitmen
social workers
legislators who defended lynching
What legal principle was enshrined by the Supreme Court case Plessy v. Ferguson?
Habeas corpus
Separate but equal
No taxation without representation
lynch law
Why did so many die in the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire?
unsafe working conditions
racial violence
corrupt law enforcement
union protests
W.E.B. Du Bois, founder the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, broke
with his former mentor Booker T. Washington because, Du Bois believed that Washington
was not bold enough
was too radical
was corrupt and immoral
lacked the skills to organize a large movement
Which of the following writers most effectively used photography in their work?
Upton Sinclair
Jacob Riis
Edward Bellamy
Ida B. Wells
What was the particular spark that ignited World War I?
the sinking of the Lusitania
Germany’s adoption of the Schlieffen Plan
assassination of Archduke Ferdinand and Grand Duchess Sophie
formation of the Triple Entente
What was the Zimmerman Telegram?
A German offer to help Mexico recover land lost in the Mexican-American War if Mexico
would side with Germany in WWI.
The means by which European nations learned of the Russian Revolution and the
collapse of Czar Nicholas II.
The misinterpreted message from the Ottoman Empire that resulted in the Ottomans
siding with the Triple Entente.
The means by which the American people learned of the sinking of the Lusitania.
Why did the League of Nations fail?
refusal of the Germans to cooperate
opposition from Britain, who was more interested in extending its empire
French demands for war reparations
American refusals to join
What was the Red Summer of 1919?
communist revolts in Eastern Europe
a failed communist revolution in Mexico
racial violence in twenty-five American cities
All of these
What was the primary purpose of the failed Equal Rights Amendment?
require the enforcement of the Fifteenth Amendment
give women the right to vote
prosecute lynchings
eliminate all legal distinctions based on sex
How did increased availability of consumer credit in the 1920s influence American expenditures?
expenditures decreased
expenditures increased
There was no significant change in expenditures.
Consumer credit became less available in the 1920s.
Two events are widely credited with inspiring the rebirth of the Ku Klux Klan. One is the release
of the film The Birth of the Nation. What was the second?
death of Colonel William Joseph Simmons
lynching of Leo Frank
end of World War
creation of a Women’s Auxiliary in Indianapolis, Indiana
What was the Bonus Army?
Bankers who were criticized in the press after receiving massive bonuses during the
Great Depression.
The men under the command of General Douglas MacArthur who forcibly cleared the
Hooverville that had formed in Washington D.C.
Hoover’s team of financial advisers who designed the Reconstruction Finance
Corporation.
A group of World War I veterans who petitioned the government to make an early
payment on bonuses scheduled to be released in 1945.
The environmental catastrophe of the Great Depression was partly the result of agricultural
mismanagement. Which of the following was the most consequential example of this
mismanagement?
Farmers plowed up natural ground cover to grow more crops, cover that had taken ages
to form in the relatively dry states of the Plains.
creating excessive windbreaks which ironically enhanced windstorms
insufficient irrigation
excessive fertilization that poisoned groundwater
What did the Works Progress Administration do?
gave grants to private corporations to build new manufacturing plants, thereby creating
new manufacturing jobs
put unemployed men and women to work on projects designed and proposed by local
governments
coordinated employment through a new bureaucracy in attempt to discourage racial
discrimination in hiring
dismantled the first public housing program in favor of privatizing low income housing
What was the most dramatic result of the 1938 Fair Labor Standards Act?
the suspension of a minimum wage in attempt to encourage hiring
created a vast physical infrastructure of roads, highways, and rail lines to fuel economic
development in the South
suspended collective bargaining rights for unions in industries deemed essential for
national security
the creation of a national minimum wage
Britain and France declared war on Germany after which of the following occurred?
the annexation of Austria
the seizure of the Sudetenland
the seizure of the remaining territory in Czechoslovakia
the invasion of Poland
Approximately how many civilians were killed by the atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and
Nagasaki?
80,000
180,000
500,000
nearly one million
Of the over 110,000 Japanese-descended Americans who were detained in internment camps,
approximately how many were American citizens?
zero
25,000
50,000
70,000
Greece and Turkey were early flashpoints in the Cold War. How did the United States respond to
unrest in Greece and Turkey in 1947?
The United States established long range missiles in these nations, capable of reaching
Moscow.
The United States sent military advisers to train anti-communist forces in both countries.
The United States actively intervened in Greece but not in Turkey.
The United States sent $400 million to both nations to be used in resisting communism.
How did President Eisenhower attempt to prevent a Soviet Attack on the United States?
by creating a satellite-based missile shield
issuing a policy of détente to increase diplomatic cooperation
by promising “massive retaliation” and appealing to the logic of “mutually-assured
destruction”
All of these
All of the following events related to the Korean War are true EXCEPT
Communist forces took Seoul.
The United Nations established the 38th Parallel as the boundary between North and
South Korea.
China sent nearly one million soldiers to repulse the UN-backed attack.
An armistice was never officially signed.
Why was Emmett Till murdered?
allegedly whistling at a white woman
refusing to give up a bus seat to a white woman
sneaking into a movie theater with a white girlfriend
protesting segregation in Mississippi public schools
The churches most common in suburban America in the post WWII era most frequently
celebrated which of the following cultural values?
social justice
economic individualism
nonviolence and peacemaking
communal unity
How did the first freedom ride end?
Angry mobs composed of KKK members attacked the riders in Birmingham, Alabama,
burned one of the buses and beat the activists who escaped.
The riders were arrested in Montgomery, Alabama.
The ride was peaceful and ignored by both southerners and northern media.
The ride drew protests and media attention, but there was no violence.
President Johnson proposed the Voting Rights Act of 1965 partially in response to what event in
Selma, Alabama?
bombing of an African American church
“Bloody Sunday” the beating of peaceful marchers by police officers
the jailing of Martin Luther King, Jr.
the assassination of Malcolm X
The National Indian Youth Council (NIYC) differed from the National Congress of American
Indians (NCAI) because the NIYC
emphasized the legal importance of treaty rights
employed direct action tactics and more combative rhetoric
were more interested in cultural preservation than legal strategies of resistance
showed less interest in issues of sovereignty and self-determination
Betty Friedan’s Feminine Mystique focused on what primary issue?
employment discrimination based on gender
rising incidents of rape and sexual violence
the problems facing women in poverty
feelings of dissatisfaction with life as a housewife
What was the subject of Rachel Carson’s book Silent Spring?
environmental dangers of pesticides
threats of nuclear war
persistence of sexism in the 1960s
the role of religion in the Civil Rights movement
All of the following are true about the Gulf of Tonkin incident and the ensuing resolution
EXCEPT
served as justification for the assassination of Ngo Diem.
It resulted from a minor naval conflict.
The Johnson administration distorted the incident to provide a pretext for escalating
American involvement in Vietnam.
The resolution authorized the president to send bombs and troops into Vietnam.
All of the following led to the economic development of the Sun Belt EXCEPT
Cheap, nonunionized labor, low wages, and lax regulations stole northern industries
away from the Rust Belt.
resurgence in southern agriculture
Massive federal subsidies, including military spending, created new jobs.
The development of modern air conditioning made the climate more tolerable.
How did racism influence the growth of the modern Republican Party?
Republicans defended white supremacy in their official party platforms.
Democrats took the lead in passing civil rights legislation, pushing many white
Americans toward the Republican Party.
Members of the Ku Klux Klan were embraced by the Democratic Party, pushing
moderates toward the Republicans.
Richard Nixon’s administration actively recruited black political appointees, creating a
backlash against the Republican Party.
Which of the Reconstruction Amendments created a federal definition of citizenship for the first
time in American history?
the 13th Amendment
the 14th Amendment
the 15th Amendment
the 16th Amendment
During Reconstruction, southern African Americans’ definitions of freedom included
the ability to move to new places or to new jobs
the ability to receive an education for adults and children
the ability to reunite their families
All of these
How was sharecropping a compromise between former white enslavers and African American
workers after the Civil War?
African Americans gained control over their labor and whites largely retained ownership
of the land.
African Americans received forty acres and a mule and whites received nothing.
The federal government compensated former enslavers for their lost property and
African Americans received small parcels of land.
African Americans negotiated labor deals with white landowners that paid the former
enslaved people more than immigrant workers in northern factories.
The Lost Cause myth asserted that
the Civil War was not about slavery
the Confederacy lost the Civil War because of a lack of support by its citizens
the Confederacy lost the Civil War despite a massive advantage in manpower
the United States promised the formerly enslaved people 40 acres of land
What law broke Native American reservations into individual family farms?
Dawes General Allotment Act
the Enforcement Acts
the Southern Homestead Act
the Comstock Act
How did Americans participate in the consumer economy during the 1920s?
Advertisements encouraged Americans to believe that purchasing ready-made clothing,
cars, and appliances could improve and even transform their lives.
Most Americans were too poor to shop at large department stores or through mail-order
catalogs.
The invention of the television in the 1920s caused Americans to lose interest in listening
to the radio and attending movies at the “picture palaces.”
Americans had few consumer choices during the 1920s because technological innovation
declined after WWI.
Which of the following pairs describes a contradiction that characterized the lives of white
American women during the 1920s?
the invention of labor-saving appliances and higher standards for homemaking
the widespread availability of contraception and the resurgence of Victorian attitudes
about sexuality
increasing employment opportunities and restricted access to higher education
women’s new right to the franchise and their limited interest in political issues
Which of the following describes the significance of the Harlem Renaissance?
The Harlem Renaissance inspired and supported more militant demands for black
equality by celebrating and popularizing the work of African American intellectuals,
artists, authors, musicians, and actors.
Speakeasies and nightclubs in African American urban districts created egalitarian spaces
for African Americans by prohibiting white patrons.
The Harlem Renaissance gave voice to the experiences and interests of black men, but
unfortunately, it largely excluded black women working in the arts and education.
The Harlem Renaissance popularized jazz and created musical opportunities for black
musicians, but otherwise, its influence was relatively limited.
