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Mississippi- US History State Test Review Part 1(US.1-4)

Total questions: 79

Worksheet time: 47mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What is the name given to the belief that the United States had the right and duty to expand across the North American continent?
a)
Manifest destiny 
b)
 Monroe Doctrine 
c)
 Great Awakening 
d)
Louisiana Purchase
2.

The Californian population increased from 400 to 44,000 from 1848 to 1850, what were these new migrants called?

a)

Crazy

b)

Texians

c)

49ers

d)

Desperate

3.
What were towns called that grew rapidly when gold was discovered nearby? 
a)
Rush towns
b)
Boomtowns
c)
Cities of gold
d)
Ghost towns
4.

The Populist Party wanted all of the following except:

a)

abolition of the income tax

b)

regulation of railroads

c)

unlimited coinage of silver

d)

a graduated income tax

5.

This speech was about monetary policy and was given by William Jennings Bryan during his campaign for president in 1896

a)

Emancipation Proclamation

b)

Follow the Yellow Brick Road Declaration

c)

Gettysburg Address

d)

Cross of Gold

6.

Why did the Populist party want unlimited coinage of silver?

a)

To increase the amount of money in circulation and raise farm prices

b)

To raise campaign contribution limits

c)

To reduce economic inflation

d)

To decrease the bargaining power of labor unions

7.
This act forced Native American tribes to give up their ancestral land holdings and move to reservation lands elsewhere. 
a)
Homestead Act 
b)
Morrill Act 
c)
Dawes Act 
d)
Fort Laramie Treaty, 1868
8.

How does the policy instituted in this law contrast with previous Native American policies?

a)

It defers to the Supreme Court to resolve matters of citizenship and rights.

b)

It encourages Native Americans to assimilate and adopt U.S. citizenship.

c)

It recognizes the Native Americans' claims as sovereign entities.

d)

It provides material support as long as they remain in designated locations.

9.

The negotiation of wages and other conditions of employment by an organized body of employees

a)

Labor Unions

b)

Workers Rights

c)

Worker Strikes

d)

Collective Bargaining

10.

Facing 12-hour work days and wage cuts resulting from the depressed economy, factory workers at the Pullman Palace Car Company walked out in protest. The strike ended when President Grover Cleveland sent federal troops to Chicago on July 6, 1894.

a)

The Pullman Strike

b)

Great Anthracite Coal Strike

c)

Great Southwest Railroad Strike

d)

Steel Strike of 1919

11.

Which incident was a result of a Chicago labor disturbance on May 4, 1886, in which people were killed by a bomb thrown during a demonstration?

a)

the Great Railroad Strike

b)

the Haymarket Square Riot

c)

the Homestead Strike

d)

the Pullman Strike

12.
_______ 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
13.

Most strikes by unions in the late 1800s were unsuccessful mainly because

a)

unions were unconstitutional

b)

strikes had never been used before to settle labor issues

c)

government supported business instead of workers

d)

strikers failed to use militant tactics

14.
A major cause of antagonism toward the “new immigrants” who came to the United States after 1880 was the belief that they...
a)
were better educated than native-born Americans
b)
had a higher standard of living than most Americans
c)
adapted easily to American culture
d)
competed with Americans for jobs as unskilled laborers
15.
19th century Chinese immigrants are known for what?
a)
Work in building the Transcontinental Railroad
b)
Work in New York factories
c)
Contributions to the steel industry
d)
Contributions to John D. Rockefeller
16.
Passed in 1882, the Chinese Exclusion Act did what?
a)
closed America to Chinese immigrants for the next ten years
b)
welcomed more Chinese immigrants to America to perform hard work
c)
allowed Chinese immigrants, but only under a very strict set of rules
d)
closed America to Chinese immigrants for three years then allowed a few at a time
17.
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
18.

During the industrial Revolution in the U.S., laissez-faire economic policies led to what?

a)

Markets that were dominated by monopolies

b)

The creation of strong regulations that ensured businesses did not harm the general public

c)

Significant improvements in working conditions gained through collective bargaining by labor unions

d)

The government placing heavy taxes on the large monopolies and truasts

19.

This political cartoon represents the idea of what?

a)

Workmen's Comp

b)

Capitalism

c)

Low wages

d)

Collective bargaining

20.

A less expensive and easier way to make steel. It increased production and lowered the price of steel in the US dramatically.

a)

Industrial Revolution

b)

Bessemer Process

c)

JP Morgan

d)

Hull House

21.
The total or complete control of a service, product or industry that prevents competition
a)
Union
b)
Robber Barron
c)
Monopoly
d)
Captain of Industry
22.

Who was the oil tycoon who created the Standard Oil Company

a)

Carnegie

b)

Morgan

c)

Rockefeller

d)

Vanderbilt

23.

Company who Owns every step of production

a)

Horizontal Integration

b)

Vertical Integration

c)

Lassiez faire

d)

Corporation

24.

Term that means the government will not regulate or interfere in industry.

a)

Laissez Faire

b)

Open Door Policy

c)

Regulatory Restraint

d)

Socialism

25.

Pushed for African-American equality through higher education

a)

W.E.B. DuBois

b)

Thomas Nast

c)

Ida Tarbell

d)

Booker T. Washington

26.

Exposed corruption through political cartoons

a)

Jacob Riis

b)

Florence Kelley

c)

Thomas Nast

d)

Lewis Hine

27.

Sought to educate African-Americans for trade professions

a)

Booker T. Washington

b)

Upton Sinclair

c)

Alice Paul

d)

W.E.B. DuBois

28.

His camera exposed life in the tenements

a)

Lewis Hine

b)

Jacob Riis

c)

Upton Sinclair

d)

Thomas Nast

29.

Evils of monopolies were exposed in her writings

a)

Florence Kelley

b)

Jane Addams

c)

Ida Tarbell

d)

Alice Paul

30.

Unsanitary meat-packing factories were exposed in the book "The Jungle"

a)

Lewis Hine

b)

Thomas Nast

c)

Upton Sinclair

d)

Booker T. Washington

31.

She was passionate about the lives of immigrants and the working poor in communities

a)

Ida B. Wells

b)

Alice Paul

c)

Jane Addams

d)

Ida Tarbell

32.

Based on this cartoon, which institutions was Nast criticizing?

a)

labor unions

b)

political machines

c)

settlement houses

d)

nativist organizations

33.
Legislation to reform the spoils system.
a)
Chinese Exclusion Act
b)
Blue Laws
c)
Pendleton Civil Service Act
d)
Political Machine
34.
What year did women win the right to vote?
a)
1865
b)
1920
c)
1933
d)
1945
35.
Which amendment gave women the right to vote?
a)
19th
b)
18th
c)
15th
d)
13th
36.

What did the Temperance Movement believe was contributing to the moral decline of the United States?

a)

Drugs

b)

Alcohol

c)

Religion

d)

All of the above

37.

What did the 21st amendment accomplish?

a)

It repealed the 18th amendment by legalizing the sale and consumption of alcohol.

b)

It repealed the 15th amendment.

c)

It repealed the 19th amendment by legalizing the sale and consumption of alcohol.

38.
Whites Only Water Fountain
.... this sign represents what laws in the South
a)
Racial Rules
b)
Lincoln Laws
c)
Black Codes 
d)
Jim Crow Laws
39.
1870, grates voting rights to all men regardless of their race or color or because they have previously been slaves
a)
13th Amendment
b)
14th Amendment
c)
15th Amendment
40.
In 1909, DuBois co founded the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP).
a)
False
b)
True
41.

What prominent African-American academic did DuBois criticize?

a)

Martin Lither King, JR.

b)

Booker T. Washington

c)

Fredrick Douglass

d)

Alexander Cromwell

42.

What were the views of Civil Rights Activist Marcus Garvey?

a)

African Americans should gain equal rights gradually.

b)

African Americans should form a pan-African nation.

c)

African Americans should get equal rights now and seek higher education.

d)

All of the Above.

43.
The 17th Amendment gave people the right to vote for their ______ directly.
a)
President
b)
Vice President
c)
Senators
d)
House Representatives
44.
What nickname did Roosevelt get after breaking up monopolies with the Sherman Anti-Trust Act?
a)
Trustbuster
b)
Monopolybuster
c)
Tim Roosevelt Destroyer of Trusts
d)
Slayer of trusts and eradicator of monopolies
45.
What happened in the election of 1912?
a)
Roosevelt runs as a third party and wins
b)
Roosevelt runs as a third party which divides Republicans and helps to elect Woodrow Wilson, a Democrat.
c)
Taft runs as a Republican and wins
d)
none of the above
46.

Pictures like this would have been discussed in what book?

a)

The Jungle

b)

History of the Standard Oil Company

c)

The Shame of the Cities

d)

How the Other Half Lives

47.
What was the purpose of Muckrakers?
a)
Writers who wanted to make money by selling newspapers
b)
Writers who wanted to cause change with their writings
c)
Writers who supported big business and corruption in politics
d)
Writers who wrote patriotic short stories
48.

What is the term for the protection of natural resources?

a)

trustbuster

b)

conservation

c)

prohibition

d)

initiative

49.
Which law helped lower train prices for farmers who faced unfair competition from the robber barons?
a)
Meat Inspection Act
b)
Pure Food and Drug Act
c)
Interstate Commerce Act
d)
Sherman Anti-Trust Act
50.
What does the FDA do?
a)
Break up trusst
b)
fight for civil rights
c)
regulate food and drugs
d)
enforce voting rights laws
51.
Wrote “History of the Standard Oil Company,” in 1902. Showed how Rockefeller’s rise was based on ruthless business practices. 
a)
Ida B. Wells 
b)
Ida Tarbell 
c)
Susan B. Anthony 
d)
Elizabeth Cady Stanton 
52.

U.S. policy of using the nation’s economic power to exert influence over other countries.

a)

Dollar Diplomacy

b)

Moral Diplomacy

c)

Big Stick Policy

d)

Roosevelt Corollary

53.

What was the effect of the Spanish American War?

a)

U.S. recognized as a world power

b)

America got territory that now reached around the world

c)

Sets precedent for intervention & use of force in Latin American affairs

d)

U.S. ends up spending more money/lives putting down Filipino uprising

e)

All answers are true

54.

Which president used dollar diplomacy

a)

Taft

b)

Wilson

c)

Teddy Roosevelt

d)

Trump

55.
The __________ asserted that the United States should act as Latin Americas's police power, intervening to restore order when necessary.
a)
Roosevelt Corollary
b)
Foraker Act
c)
Platt Amendment
d)
"big stick" diplomacy
56.
Roosevelt's _________ depended on a strong military to achieve U.S. goals.
a)
Roosevelt Corollary
b)
"big stick" diplomacy
c)
"moral diplomacy"
d)
"dollar diplomacy"
57.
Threatening use of force in Latin America if need be
a)
Dollar Diplomacy
b)
Moral Diplomacy
c)
Big Stick Diplomacy
d)
Shuttle Diplomacy
58.

A strong country taking over a weaker for power, money, resources, or belief in cultural superiority

a)

Acquisition

b)

Imperialism

c)

Annex

d)

Diplomacy

59.

To add (an area or region) to a country, state, etc. To take control of a territory or place

a)

Acquisition

b)

Open Door Policy

c)

Annex

d)

Moral Diplomacy

60.

A type of journalism (reporting) that uses extreme emotion (shock, anger, excitement) to attract readers

a)

Treaty

b)

Diplomacy

c)

Yellow Journalism

d)

Open Door Policy

61.

The policy of making other countries allow for free trade in China

a)

Open Door Policy

b)

Moral Diploamcy

c)

Diplomacy

d)

Yellow Journalism

62.

Foreign policy of Woodrow Wilson

Is the system in which support is given only to countries whose moral beliefs are similar to that of the nation offering support.

a)

Acquisition

b)

Annex

c)

Open Door Policy

d)

Moral Diplomacy

63.
The explosion of the USS Maine
a)
proved that McKinley was a weak president
b)
rallied Americans against Spain
c)
caused American prejudice about Spanish immigrants
d)
formed a bond between America and Cuba
64.
Yellow Journalism are sensationalized or false news stories printed to sell more newspapers. Which of the following headlines is an example of it?
a)
USS Maine explodes in Havana Harbor
b)
253 known to have died on the ship
c)
Destruction of the USS Maine was the work of an evil enemy!
d)
Who destroyed the USS Maine?
65.

Territories gained as a result of the Spanish-American war include Puerto Rico, Guam and-

a)

Cuba

b)

Spain

c)

Philippines

66.

Teddy Roosevelt and the Rough Riders had an important victory in Cuba at-

a)

Pebble Beech

b)

San Juan Hill

c)

Normandy

d)

Havana Harbor

67.
What 2 oceans does the Panama Canal connect?
a)
Atlantic Ocean and Indian Ocean
b)
Pacific Ocean and Indian Ocean
c)
Atlantic Ocean and Pacific Ocean
d)
Lake Michigan and Mississippi River
68.
1898- It lasted only 4 months. This was the end of Spain's colonial empire and the emergence of the US as a world power,
a)
Sinking of the USS Maine 
b)
Boxer Rebellion 
c)
Dollar Diplomacy 
d)
Spanish American War 
69.
Sanford B. Dole is remembered for having expanded US power by 
a)
leading troops in the Spanish American War 
b)
working for annexation of Hawaii as a state 
c)
passing legislation to increase funding for the navy 
d)
negotiating treaties with the Philippine gov't 
70.
Which country was granted independence in the Treaty of Paris of 1898 at the end of the Spanish American War?
a)
Guam
b)
Cuba
c)
Philippines 
d)
Puerto Rico
71.
According to the Roosevelt Corollary, what was the role of the US in the Western Hemisphere? 
a)
Ok for Europeans to imperialize
b)
international police force
c)
allow imperialism in the Americas
d)
allow European nations to take over
72.

What was the significance of the Lusitania to the United States?

a)

The Germans knew we were transporting artillery for the British on the ship and they took it.

b)

The Germans sunk the British ship Lusitania with Americans on board which helped get us in the war.

c)

It was carrying gold to help fund the Allies and the Germans sunk it.

73.

Explain what the Zimmerman Telegram was.

a)

It was a secret message the U.S. intercepted from Germany telling Mexico to attack the U.S.

b)

It was a message from Germany that admitted that they were losing the war.

c)

It was a telegram that showed the Central Powers' war plans.

74.

Name one right the Sedition Act restricted for Americans?

a)

The right to travel freely.

b)

Freedom of speech to talk negatively about the war or the US government.

c)

The right to decide to not fight in a war that you don't believe in.

75.
What type of fighting used submarines to sink any ship that entered enemy waters?
a)
Lusitania
b)
unrestricted submarine warfare
c)
Uboat
d)
force
76.
Who had to take full blame for WWI in the Treaty of Versailles?
a)
Britain
b)
Ottoman Empire
c)
Germany
d)
Russia
77.
Why did the U.S. not ratify the Treaty of Versailles?
a)
Thought the League of Nations would force us to get involved in every issue that takes place in Europe.
b)
We were upset that Kaiser Wilhelm was removed
c)
We were mad at Britain and France
d)
None of the Above
78.
What was the point of the League of Nations according to Wilson?
a)
to grant independence to nations
b)
to resolve international disagreements
c)
to sue Germany
d)
establish new governments
79.
Which was NOT a part of Wilson's 14 Points?
a)
Eliminating Militraism
b)
Eliminating Imperialism
c)
Punishing Germany
d)
Creating an international peace keeping organization

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