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WorksheetsU.S. History Fall Final
Total questions: 145
Worksheet time: 2hrs 54mins
Which of the following describes how railroads helped the United States?
They used many tons of steel
They helped end the shipping industry
They charged high rates to farmers
They helped businesses reach distant markets across the country
Which of the following describes a free enterprise system?
Business owners can decide what to produce and how much to charge for their goods and services
The government decides what business owners can produce and charge for services
There is no competition
Consumers have few choices about where they can buy their goods and services
Which of the following is one of the MAIN reasons immigrants came to the United States?
They wanted to continue living a hard life
They faced lack of prejudice
They did not want religious freedom
They hoped for economic opportunity (jobs)
Immigrants often lived in communities with others from their home country because
Housing was not available in other areas
It was illegal for them to live elsewhere
They had no interest in building new lives in the United States
It was a way to help make the adjustment to the United States easier
Which of the following did NOT lead to the rise of labor unions?
Many workers labored in hot, cramped workshops
Many business owners were going on strike
Working conditions were often unhealthy and dangerous
Many workers earned low wages and worked long hours
What can you infer from the fact that 1 in 5 children worked in a factory in the late 1800s?
Women were no longer required to work long hours.
Immigrants were no longer a crucial part of the workforce.
New industries were created to promote the skills of young laborers.
Children who worked often received little education.
Most new immigrants lived in cities
to be close to industrial jobs.
to meet many Americans.
to abandon their traditions.
because cities were so welcoming.
What did Alexander Graham Bell's most famous invention contribute to life in the late 1800s?
opened up a new entertainment industry
among first products advertised in catalogs
created a better way to communicate with transatlantic ocean liners
helped make communication between households and businesses more efficient
One major reason for the growth in urbanization between 1860 and 1900 was that
politicians in cities demanded fair working conditions for all laborers.
the upper-middle class was prosperous and able to afford city dwellings.
many new immigrants were unable to find work on Midwestern farms.
many factory jobs were located in cities near transportation routes.
How did the Haymarket Riot hurt the labor movement?
Key labor leaders were injured in the riot.
Many Americans came to believe that union members were violent anarchists.
Union members became afraid to strike following the violence.
the fires started in the riot destroyed much of Chicago's industrial base.
Which of the following would be considered pull factors?
economic opportunities
famine
desire for freedom
reuniting with families
Which of the following are push factors for immigrants coming to the United States?
violence
job opportunities
religious persecution
religious freedom
In which state did the Chinese Exclusion Act have the greatest effect on the economy?
California, where they were a large part of the single crop labor force.
New York, where they were instrumental in factory work
South Carolina, where they had replaced slave labor on plantations
Wyoming, where many worked in coal mines
All of the following became popular around the turn of the 20th century
European literature.
vaudeville theater.
professional baseball
amusement parks
How did the pattern of immigration to the United States change in the late 19th century?
Most immigrants were political refugees
Far fewer immigrants arrived in the United States than in previous years.
Increasing numbers of immigrants came from eastern and southern Europe
Most immigrants chose to settle in the rural, farming regions of the western United States.
Changing their names, cutting their hair, forcing them to adopt Christianity, requiring them to learn English. These are all examples of what pushed on many Immigrants, but especially Native Americans?
Assimilation
Nativism
Protectionism
Temperance
Why did towns grow into major cities in the late 1800's? CHECK ALL REASONS
certain areas specialized in a particular industry (ex. the steel industry in Pittsburgh)
machinery cut the need for farm laborers so laborers moved from rural to urban areas in search of jobs in factories
factories paid very well and the cities were clean and pleasant
immigrants were attracted to the factory jobs in these industries and moved there to find work
Which of the following were factors that promoted industrial growth?
financial resources
availability of work force
access to raw materials
scarce raw materials
inventions
Which group of immigrants was discriminated against on the west coast because they got blamed for the poor pay and economic problems?
Chinese Immigrants
Irish Immigrants
Italian Immigrants
Russian Immigrants
Department stores became popular in the late 1800s because
they carried only luxury goods, which appealed to the trend of conspicuous consumption.
they advertised widely and carried high-quality goods at fair prices.
they were the cheapest places for people in the city to shop.
they each created a unique brand by specializing in one kind of product.
~Upton Sinclair exposed the unhealthy practices of Chicago's meat-packing plants
~Ida Tarbell revealed the dishonest business tactics of Rockefeller's Standard Oil
Company
~Jacob Riis wrote How the Other Half Lives, showing the conditions of the residents of
New York City tenements
What was the impact of these muckraking activities during the early 1900s?
Society changed in response to their promotion of Social Darwinism
Voters agreed to let big business owner create more profitable monopolies
Reports of their works in publications abroad caused a decline in immigration
Public reaction to their books led to new laws addressing the abuses of industrialization
These reforms made the government directly accountable to the citizens.
Referendum, recall, initiative, and 17th amendment
19th and 22nd Amendments
Pendleton Act & Homestead Act
16th and 18th Amendments
Why was the Bill of Rights added to the Constitution?
to please the king
to protect citizens from the government
because the federalists felt like it
to prevent war
Expansionists believed.
the United States should stretch from coast to coast
everyone should expand their world view
the British should expand their control
the American banks should expand their jurisdiction
What phrase express the ideals that motivated american expansionist?
Second Great Awakening
Declaration of Sentiments
Manifest Destiny
suffrage
What treaty gave the United States possession of New Mexico & California?
Monroe Doctrine
peace treaty
Jay Treaty of 1794
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
What is Judicial Review
expands the concept of democracy
the principal that allows judges to review laws & declare them unconstitutional
speaking out against slavery
belief in America as an exceptional nation
How did the Election of 1860 lead to southern states seceding?
The Whig party did not nominate a presidential candidate for the first time in its history
The election was so close it led to a divisive recount that southern states believed had suffered from tampering.
The Republican candidate, Abraham Lincoln, was elected without winning any southern electoral votes.
The Democratic Party splintered into two groups, northern Democrats and southern Democrats.
What is popular sovereignty?
A law requiring all states to assist in the return of runaway slaves to their owners.
A doctrine allowing new states to decide the issue of slavery for themselves.
An amendment to allow the direct election of U.S. senators.
A proposed Constitutional amendment that would have allowed slavery in western territories.
Which was one of the few accomplishments of the Articles of Confederation?
The Articles created the Northwest Territory.
The Articles created a President and a judicial branch of government.
The Articles eliminated most of the government debt.
The Articles created a strong central government.
What was the result of the Land Ordinance of 1785 and Northwest Ordinance of 1787?
They set up a system for selling land to settlers and how the territory could become a full-fledged state.
They designated the Northwest Territory as land controlled by Native Americans.
They allowed courts to take land from settlers who failed to pay taxes.
They created an independent government for the Northwest Territory.
Program implemented by the federal government between 1865 and 1877 to repair damage to the South caused by the Civil War and restore the southern states to the Union. The time period immediately after the Civil War.
Reconstruction
Reconstrued
Rebuilding
Radical Republican
Congressmen who advocated full citizenship rights for African Americans along with a harsh Reconstruction policy towards the South.
Dashing Democrats
Radical Republicans
Freedmen's Bureau
Angry Republicans
A federal agency designed to aid freed slaves and poor white farmers in the South after the Civil War. They provided food, clothing, education, reunited families, negotiated contracts, and helped to represent African Americans in court.
Freedmen's Bureau
NAACP
Welfare
Radical Republicans
This person was the Vice President when Lincoln was President. He became President after Lincoln was assassinated. He was a Southerner. He resented wealthy planters. He did not sympathize with the plight of African Americans.
Andrew Jackson
Andrew Johnson
Ulysses S. Grant
Thaddeus Stevens
These were laws that restricted African Americans' rights and opportunities. They set up vagrancy laws, limited African Americans to labor or domestic jobs, and allowed jobless African Americans to be arrested and sent to prison for labor.
Black Codes
16th Amendment
Tenure of Office Act
Jim Crow Laws
An accusation against a public official of wrongdoing in office. This was used in an attempt by Radical Republicans to remove President Johnson from office.
Congressional Hearing
Pocket Veto
Amicus Curae Brief
Impeachment
Forced separation, often by raced. It was used to keep blacks and whites separated in the South, especially in public spaces like schools.
Integration
Jim Crow Laws
Black Codes
Segregation
An agricultural system used in the south in which a farmer tended a portion of a planter's land in return for a share of the crop. Often kept the farmer in a perpetual state of debt.
Tenant Farming
Share-Tenancy
Sharecropping
Slavery
The term given to white southern Democrats who returned to power after 1870.
Daring Democrats
Reconquers
Redeemers
Returners
This presidential candidate won the disputed election of 1876 which led to the Compromise of 1877.
Ulysses S. Grant
Andrew Jackson
Rutherford B. Hayes
Abraham Lincoln
A reading and writing test formerly used in some southern states to prevent African Americans from voting.
Poll Tax
Literacy Test
This Quiz
Grandfather Clause
This law banned discrimination in public facilities and transportation.
Anti-Discrimination Act
Civil Rights Act of 1875
Civil Rights Act of 1933
16th Amendment
This person was the most famous African American leader during the 19th century. He was born a slave. He argued that African Americans needed to accommodate themselves to segregation and focus their energy on building up their own economic resources and own communities.
W.E.B. Du Bois
Martin Luther King Jr.
Booker T. Washington
Malcom X
This person advocated for African Americans demanding full and immediate equality and not limit themselves to vocational education. He opposed Booker T. Washington.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
W.E.B. Du Bois
Thaddeus Stevens
Rutherford B. Hayes
The purpose of the Freedman's Bureau was to
provide 40 acres and a mule for each slave.
gain the vote for millions of former slaves.
provide work, education, and relief for former slaves.
get radical Republicans in positions of power in the South.
During the Reconstruction Era many Radical Republicans passed legislative reforms that were designed to --
support the passage of the black codes in the former Confederate states
actively resist the Wade-Davis Bill that granted equal rights to African Americans
give economic opportunities and political rights to the newly freed slaves
create lenient measures to make it easy for the southern states to rejoin the Union
Which of the quotes would have been said by a Radical Republican in response to the black codes?
"This finally brings the war to a close by establishing a plan for the equal treatment of the former slaves."
"This goes against everything that the war was fought for and undermines the actions of the federal government."
"This allows for the newly freed African Americans to have an economic opportunity to get off of the plantations."
"This creates the ability for the freedmen to be incorporated into society as the equal of the white man."
Which of the following problems were faced by African Americans in the South as a result of the passage of the black codes?
Forced to work in the labor economy under the sharecropping system
Creation of a separate public education system for African American children
Establishment of the Freedmen's Bureau to aid the former slaves adjust to their freedom.
Ratification of the 14th amendment to guarantee civil rights to all people.
What happened after 1872 that led to a decline in violence against African Americans?
The federal government took legal action against many members of the Ku Klux Klan.
Many southern blacks chose to take advantage of new educational opportunities.
Southern black congregations became increasingly involved in local communities.
The Ku Klux Klan abandoned violent tactics to focus on electoral strategies to obtain their goals.
Why was sharecropping so appealing to blacks and poor whites in the South?
One could save money more effectively.
One could start without any cash up front.
It enabled them to purchase their own land.
It allowed them to grow whatever crops they wanted.
Which method of farming in the South offered poor white and African American farmers the most control of their labor and harvest?
plantation farming
sharecropping
share-tenancy
tenant farming
Laws, also known as the Ku Klux Klan Acts, passed in 1870 and 1871 that made it a federal offense to interfere with a citizen's right to vote.
integration
tenant farming
Enforcement Acts
substandard
Several moderate Republicans refused to impeach Andrew Johnson because they thought such a decision would
upset the balance of power in the government.
empower the judicial branch of government.
hurt their chances at reelection given Johnson's popularity.
distract from their efforts to gain rights for African Americans.
Why did the long cattle drives end?
New railroad lines made it cheaper to ship cattle
The farmers got tired
The cattle were getting too skinny from walkinng
The farmers couldn't keep all the cattle together
What was the main reason for the rise of political machines?
They bribed police officers to ignore crimes
Nativists rigged elections in their favor
Forced unions to keep factories open to low skilled workers
Cities were overcrowded and couldn't get basic services needed for immigrants
Why are political machines an example of corruption in the Gilded Age?
They made sure unions could not protect workers from management
They forced immigrants into the US from Latin America
They took control of city governments and stole millions of dollars from the cities
They prevented immigrants from being Americanized
If someone adopts the tradition and culture of whites they are
graduated
part of the spoils system
assimilated
muckraking
Which was NOT a cause of World War I?
Militarism
Alliances
Industrialization
Nationalism
Where did the soldiers of the Western Front in WWI live, fight, and die?
Trenches
Bunkers
No Man's Land
Ships
This is when an entire nation's resources and effort is dedicated to the war.
Total War
Propaganda
Stalemate
Trench Warfare
The governments controlled the press, recruited troops, and demonized the enemy using what?
Propaganda
Stalemate
No Man's Land
Millitarism
With the Zimmerman Note, Germany tried to get this country to attack the United States.
Mexico
Canada
Russia
Brazil
When was armistice reached?
November 11, 1917
November 11, 1918
November 11, 1920
November 11, 2018
This peace treaty made Germany take the blame for the war and pay $30 billion in reparations.
Treaty of Versailles
Peace of Westphalia
Paris Accords
Armistice Treaty
What were the two reasons the United States entered World War I?
The sinking of a passenger ship, the Lusitania, by a German submarine.
The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand.
The United States wanted to prevent future attacks on their own land.
The Zimmerman Note, which asked Mexico to join the Central Powers if the United States declared war on Germany.
Which new technologies were used during WWI?
Atomic Bombs
Machine Guns
Poison Gas
Cannon
Tanks
Why were the Balkans referred to as the "Powder Keg of Europe" in the period prior to World War I?
Because of the large deposits of saltpeter and sulfur in the region
Because of the manufacturing ability of the nations in the region
Because of the nationalistic rivalries that existed in the region
Because of the vast stockpiles of weapons in the region
Which of the following best describes warfare during World War I?
Naval battles between ships fighting over trade routes
Quick attacks with coordinated aircraft, artillery, and infantry
Guerrilla combatants attacking from behind trees and in cities
Soldiers digging in trenches and coming out over the top to attack
Which statement about the technology developed during World War I is correct?
The new technology led to fewer refugees being displaced from their homes during the conflict.
The new technology created deadlier weapons which led to increased military casualties in battles fought during the conflict.
The new technology led to smaller nations joining large empires following the conflict.
The new technology led to a reduced focus on transportation improvements following the conflict.
The Great Migration was
A way to get people to mobilize and move heavy equipment to the ocean ports
Moving supplies to the docks and loading ships to Europe
A technique to avoid German U-Boats in the Atlantic Ocean
African Americans left the south to settle in the North to fill the job voids
Which two are real 14 points?
Trade between countries strictly controlled
All countries to work towards disarmament
All frontiers to remain the same
No secret treaties
When African Americans began to move from the rural South to the urban North, this was called what?
The Great Awakening
The Great Migration
The Great Immigration
The Trail of Tears
What was occurring nationally at the same time as the Harlem Renaissance?
The Civil Rights Movement
The Prohibition
Civil War
Reconstruction
What was “normalcy?”
U.S. citizens' desire to have things go back to the way they were before the war.
U.S. citizens' desire to increase their involvement in wars around the world.
U.S. citizens desire to make everyone the same in every way.
None of the choices.
What type of government rose to power in Russia after the Bolshevik Revolution?
Communist
Democratic Socilaist
Captialist
Democracy
Why did labor union membership decline in America?
The public began to associate them with Communists ideals.
The public began to associate them with Turkish ideals.
Organized crime completely took over the labor unions.
Widespread racism made labor unions unpopular.
Why was there a farming crisis?
Farmers produced more food than they could sell.
Farmers produced more food than they could eat.
Farmers produced less food than they could sell.
All of the choices
What effects did demobilization initially have on America after World War I ended?
Investors lost millions on the New York Stock Exchange
Millions withdrew their savings from banks at the end of the war and purchased homes.
War production ended; soldiers returned looking for jobs; Spanish-Flu affected numerous citizens; Women & African Americans were laid off; leading to an temporary economic downturn?
Britain and France announced they would not repay their war debts to America
what was the effect of the Dawes plan?
American prosperity helped to secure European stability in the early 1920s.
European prosperity helped to secure American stability in the early 1920s.
America was forced to ignore Britain's request for financial aid.
Britain was forced to ignore America's request for financial aid.
A bribery incident which declined public trust in the United States government during the administration of President Warren G. Harding.
laissez-faire economics
Teapot Dome Scandal
Harlem Renaissance
Temperance Movement
The Washington Naval Conference and Kellogg-Briand Pact are examples of:
Attempts by US government officials to regain control of world affairs.
Attempts by Britain and Germany to earn America's trust to invest in their foreign economies.
Attempts by the United States and other foreign nations to establish world peace and prevent future wars.
Attempts by Germany to apologize to the United States and Britain for declaring and initiating a world war.
Prohibition of the sale, manufacturing and consumption of alcohol
18th Amendment
19th Amendment
21st Amendment
22nd Amendment
This event displayed the time period of conservatives vs progressives; where a man was placed on trial teaching for evolution in schools.
The Flappers Trial
Scopes Monkey Trial
Warren Harding Administration Trial
Calvin Coolidge Administration Trial
These were young women who cut their hair short, challenged the traditional roles of women, wore short skirts, and spent time in speakeasies drinking with men.
Nativists
Renaissance women
Flappers
International Council of Women
The trial of Sacco and Vanzetti was an example of:
The Red Scare: America's growing fear of communism
The Anarchists: America's growing fear of racism
The Red Scare: America's growing fear of racism
The Anarchists: America's growing fear of communism
Which of the following increased Americans fear of communism overtaking the United States:
Select ALL choices that apply.
Americans begin disappearing from their homes in vast amounts.
Anarchist bombs explode in US cities; leading to The Palmer Raids where 6000 suspected anarchists and communists were arrested.
Bolshevik victory in Russia
Labor Strikes occur across the country
Who encouraged African-American pride and economic success and later led the Back-to-Africa Movement?
Warren Harding
Henry Ford
Charles Lindbergh
Marcus Garvey
Who believed the path to black progress was in education and entrepreneurship?
Edward Blyden
Marcus Garvey
Booker T. Washington
W.E.B. Dubois
Which activist believed that college educated African-Americans should lead speak out against discrimination and argue for full political, civil and social rights?
W.E.B. DuBois
Booker T. Washington
Tom Watson
Lugenia Burns Hope
How is power divided among the Branches of government?
The Executive Branch has the most power
The Legislative Branch has the most power
The Judicial Branch has the most power
All Branches have equal power
