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Semester 1- US History

Total questions: 36

Worksheet time: 18mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Jacob Riis' image provides evidence for which statement about urban life in the late 1800s?
a)
Cities were clean with sanitary conditions that improved the lives of the people
b)
Immigrants and native born Americans regularly intermixed with each other in cities
c)
There were limited job opportunities in the city, when compared to the farms
d)
Poor sanitation made cities dirty and dangerous for one’s health
2.
After the assassination of President Garfield, what piece of legislation was passed to reform the hiring of government employees?
a)
Homestead Act
b)
Dawes Act
c)
Pendleton Civil Service Act
d)
14th Amendment
3.
Allies or Central Powers?
United States
a)
Allies
b)
Central Powers
4.
Allies or Central Powers?
France
a)
Allies
b)
Central Powers
5.
Allies or Central Powers?
Russia
a)
Allies
b)
Central Powers
6.
Allies or Central Powers?
Great Britain
a)
Allies
b)
Central Powers
7.
Allies or Central Powers?
Germany
a)
Allies
b)
Central Powers
8.
Allies or Central Powers?
Austria- Hungary
a)
Allies
b)
Central Powers
9.
Allies or Central Powers?
Ottoman Empire (Turkey)
a)
Allies
b)
Central Powers
10.

World War One was called ___ at the time it was happening.

a)

The Best War

b)

The Great War

c)

The Spanish American War

d)

World War 1

11.
What did Germany send to Mexico that offered to help them win land back from the United States if Mexico would start a war with the US?
a)
The Zimmerman Telegram
b)
The Outlandish Letter
c)
The Surprising Phone Call
12.
This word means strengthening a country's military; it's a cause of World War I.
a)
Nationalism
b)
Militarism
c)
Alliances
d)
Imperialism
13.
This word means seeking other colonies; it was a cause of World War I.
a)
Militarism
b)
Imperialism
c)
Alliances
d)
Nationalism
14.
This word means support for different sides during war; there were the Allied and Central powers during WWI.
a)
Nationalism
b)
Imperialism
c)
Alliances
d)
Militarism
15.
desire to remain separated in the affairs or interest of other groups
a)
avoidance
b)
isolationism
c)
stalemate
d)
internationalism
16.
World War I started with the assassination of
a)
JFK
b)
Archduke Franz Ferdinand
c)
Donald Duck
d)
Genghis Khan
17.

Who wrote The Jungle?

a)

Jane Addams

b)

Charles Darwin

c)

Upton Sinclair

d)

Chester Arthur

18.

What government change occurred because of The Jungle?

a)

Regulation of cash crops used for food for cattle

b)

Unionization of meat industry

c)

Creation of a federal health department

d)

Federal Meat Inspection Act

19.
Which weapon was used to fire a large amount of bullets very quickly?
a)
machine gun
b)
tank
c)
long range artillery
d)
airplane
20.
What type of advancements made machine guns, artillery, poison gas, airplanes, and submarines so deadly during WWI?
a)
Nationalism advancements
b)
technology advancements
c)
allied advancements
d)
war advancements 
21.

Believed that African Americans should first establish themselves by hard work to earn the respect of whites before pushing for civil rights

a)

Booker T. Washington

b)

WEB Dubois

22.

Called for full and immediate civil rights for African Americans

a)

Booker T. Washington

b)

WEB Dubois

23.

Many African Americans criticized this leader calling him an "accommodationist" and a "compromiser" who gave-in to white demands?

a)

Booker T. Washington

b)

WEB Dubois

24.
Rockefeller was able to pull off the first real ______________ in America driving out all of his competitors.
a)
Socialist Corporation
b)
Oligarchy
c)
Monopoly
d)
Democracy
25.

Who dominated the oil industry?

a)

J.P Morgan

b)

Andrew Carnegie

c)

John D. Rockefeller

26.

Who dominated the steel industry?

a)

J.P. Morgan

b)

Andrew Carnegie

c)

John D. Rockefeller

27.

Who dominated American finance?

a)

J.P. Morgan

b)

Andrew Carnegie

c)

John D. Rockefeller

28.

What was the name of John D. Rockefeller's Oil Company

a)

Oil Company

b)

Puro 956 Oil Company

c)

Standard Oil Company

29.
At the end of the Spanish American War, the United States gained which 3 territories? 
a)
Puerto Rico, Cuba, Spain
b)
Spain, Cuba, Guam
c)
Marianas Islands, Philippines, Russia
d)
Philippines, Guam, Puerto Rico
30.
The USS Main exploded while it was in Havana, _____. This was a leading cause to the start of the Spanish American War.
a)
Cuba
b)
Guam
c)
Mexico
d)
Panama
31.

What is a referendum?

a)

The Judiciary

b)

A Vote in Parliament

c)

A National Public Vote

d)

Another name for the Federal Election

32.

What did the 18th Amendment accomplish?

a)

It granted all men the right to vote

b)

It granted all women the right to vote

c)

It banned the sale and consumption of alcohol (prohibition)

d)

It provided equal rights for women of all races

33.

What is the motivation to prohibit alcohol in this poster?

a)

It can prevent violence.

b)

Fathers will spend more time at home with their kids.

c)

It will stop men from spending too much money at bars

d)

It will lead to more productivity at work

34.
Which of the following stopped European colonization in America.
a)
Adams-Onis Treaty
b)
Monroe Doctrine
c)
Watauga Compact
d)
Convention of 1818
35.
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 
36.
The main purpose of a trust is to...
a)
eliminate competition.
b)
efficiently use technology.
c)
guarantee profit.
d)
form unions.

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