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Mid Term 2021 -2022

Total questions: 85

Worksheet time: 42mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What was the Law passed by President Bush that gave the government the right to listen in on personal phone calls, internet transmissions, and check bank accounts?

a)

War on Terror

b)

Patriot Act

c)

Desert Storm

d)

Civil Rights Act

2.

Who was the president of the United States when the World Trade Center Towers were attacked?

a)

George W Bush

b)

Theodore Roosevelt

c)

Franklin Roosevelt

d)

Ronald Reagan

3.

Which terrorist group took responsibility attack on the Towers in New York, the Pentagon, and the plane that crashed in Shanksville, Pennsylvania?

a)

PLO

b)

ISIS

c)

Black Hand

d)

Al Qaeda

4.

What year were the World Trade Centers attacked by terrorists flying planes into them?

a)

2000

b)

2001

c)

1999

d)

2010

5.

What does the crown represent on the Statue of Liberty?

a)

The Sun

b)

Path of Light

c)

7 Continents

d)

Freedom

6.

What does the torch stand for on the Statue of Liberty?

a)

Hope

b)

The Path of Light

c)

7 Continents

d)

Declaration of Freedom

7.

Who is the author of the poem at the bottom of the Statue of Liberty?

a)

Anne Rice

b)

Mother Jones

c)

Emma Lazarus

d)

Anne Frank

8.

What is the name of the title of the poem at the bottom of the Statue of Liberty?

a)

Colossus

b)

Carfu

c)

Clyclades

d)

Carpothos

9.

Why did the French send us the Statue as a gift?

a)

For our Alliance during WWI

b)

Commemorate the perseverance of Freedom and Democracy

c)

For our aid in establishing a Free France in 1823

d)

In hopes of calling attention to Immigrants coming to the United States

10.

The term which means the process of adapting or adjusting to the culture of a group or nation, or the state of being so adapted?

a)

Immigration

b)

Integrate

c)

Emigrate

d)

Assimilation

11.

What is the political policy of promoting the interests of native inhabitants against those of immigrants, including by supporting immigration-restriction measures?

a)

Nativism

b)

Eugenics

c)

Assimilation

d)

Integrate

12.

Which group has significantly decreased in the last couple of years when immigrating to the US?

a)

India

b)

Mexico

c)

Chinese

d)

Catholics

13.

What was the location for many Asian immigrants entering the United States from the West during the early 1900s?

a)

San Diago

b)

Ellis Island

c)

Angel Island

d)

Alcatraz

14.

What is another name for the Statue of Liberty the Poem gives her?

a)

Lady of the Lamp

b)

Torch of Hope

c)

Welcoming symbol of Hope

d)

The Mother of Exiles

15.

How does 60% of the illegal aliens come into our county today?

a)

They Walk

b)

By Boat

c)

By plane

d)

Back of a truck

16.

What is the reason for most people to immigrate to the United States today?

a)

Religious Freedoms

b)

For Work

c)

Free Health Care

d)

to escape disease in their country

17.

A person who has been forced to leave their country in order to escape war, persecution, or natural disaster.

a)

refugee

b)

Immigrant

c)

Migrant

d)

Illegal Alien

18.

What is the best method for an immigrant to stay in the United States?

a. Military Service

b. Receive their GED

c. Get a Yellow Card

d. Pay $700.00

a)

Serve in the Military

b)

Earn a GED

c)

Get a Green Card

d)

Pay $700,000

19.

How long does an immigrant have to be in the U.S. to receive a green card?

a)

As long as it takes for them to pass the Citizens Test

b)

As long as they are married to a US citizen they can stay

c)

as long as they want.

d)

10 years

20.

Which Federal department is responsible for capturing illegal aliens in our country?

a)

ISIS

b)

ICE

c)

CIA

d)

FBI

21.

What is the growth of cities called?

a)

Suburbia

b)

Urbanization

c)

Rural Expansion

d)

Homestead Act

22.

A term that means Golden, having money?

a)

Pinkerton

b)

Progressive

c)

Gilded

d)

Flapper

23.

A professional politician who controls a party or a political machine?

a)

Boss

b)

Monopoly

c)

Trust

d)

Theodore Roosevelt

24.

Writers of the 1900’s who attacked monopolies and “Big Business” for unfair working practices Union?

a)

Suffrage

b)

Muckrakers

c)

Union

d)

Scabs

25.

Private Detective Agency that was hired by the factory Boss’s to break up strikes, and normally used forced?

a)

Union

b)

Scabs

c)

Muckrakers

d)

Pinkertons

26.

Non-union workers, that crossed picket lines to work?

a)

Scabs

b)

Strike

c)

Union

d)

Pinkertons

27.

A term that means a work stoppage?

a)

Scab

b)

Strike

c)

Injunction

d)

Wagner Act of 1936

28.

A Federal order to end a strike?

a)

Boss

b)

Scab

c)

Strike

d)

Injunction

29.

a combination of companies that dominated the industry?

a)

Injunction

b)

Union

c)

Monopoly

d)

Trust

30.

An organization for mutual benefits?

a)

Trust

b)

Union

c)

Strike

d)

Monopoly

31.

Children died to Yellow Fever, Moved to Chicago, lost everything in a fire, later organized the United Mine Workers?

a)

Mary Harris Jones

b)

Samuel Gompers

c)

Eugene Debs

d)

Henry Clay Frick

32.

At one time was the richest man in America. Founded Standard Oil Company Formed monopoly and controlled, industry, banks, and politicians.

a)

J.P Morgan

b)

Henry Clay Frick

c)

Andrew Carnegie

d)

John Rockefeller

33.

was an American industrialist, financier, and art patron. He founded the coke manufacturing company, was chairman of the Carnegie Steel Company, and played a major role in the formation of the giant U.S. Steel

a)

Henry Clay Frick

b)

Andrew Carnegie

c)

John Rockefeller

d)

Jp Morgan

34.

was a Scottish-American industrialist who led the enormous expansion of the American steel industry in the late 19th century near Pittsburgh.

a)

J.P Morgan

b)

Henry Clay Frick

c)

Andrew Carnegie

d)

John Rockefeller

35.

They became a labor union leader and a key figure in American labor history. They became founded the American Federation of Labor (AFL), and served as the organization's president from 1886 to 1894.

a)

Mary Harris Jones

b)

Samuel Gompers

c)

Eugene Debs

d)

Henry Clay Frick

36.

May 3, 1886, Workers were upset with the killing of 4 workers by police during a strike outside McCormack Harvester factory 1000 Workers showed up for the rally, someone threw a bomb during the protest killing 7 police officers 67 bystanders. Results, Police fired on the crowd killing 10 and wounding 50. Eight strike leaders were arrested and 7 of 8 were found guilty, though no bombs or materials to make bombs were found. 4 were hanged. What was the name of the event.

a)

Haymarket Strike

b)

Pullman Strike

c)

Homestead strike

d)

Battle of Blair Mountain

37.

1892 Pennsylvania, Steelworkers called for a strike when Carnegie Steel called to reduce wages. The Company hired 300 Pinkerton Detectives to protect the factory. Many workers and some Pinkertons were killed during the fight. The Pinkertons were aboard a river barge with loaded weapons and fired into the strikers. Strike failed because many workers could not hold out, quit the union, and crossed the picket lines to go back to work.

a)

Haymarket Strike

b)

Pullman Strike

c)

Homestead strike

d)

Battle of Blair Mountain

38.

Which act was rushed to Congress and passed shortly after the publication of Upton Sinclair’s novel The Jungle in 1906?

a)

Federal Reserve Act

b)

Sherman Antitrust Act

c)

Meat Inspection Act

d)

Clayton Antitrust Act

39.

One major legacy of the Social Gospel Movement was

a)

an end to racial segregation in Southern states.

b)

the conversion of many Catholic immigrants to Protestantism.

c)

the intervention of prominent religious leaders into electoral politics

d)

increased attention to the needs of the poor in industrial society

40.

Which long-awaited goal of the women’s rights movement was achieved during the Progressive Era?

a)

the right to vote

b)

the right to own property

c)

equal pay for equal work

d)

equal access to employment and education

41.

The actions of muckrakers in the late 19th century and early 20th century resulted in

a)

Supreme Court decisions that expanded the right to vote

b)

government regulation of unfair business practices

c)

increases in the power of monopolies

d)

reduction of the president’s power to manage the economy

42.

Who wrote the expose piece of literature that revealed the extensive corrupt monopolistic business practices of Standard Oil?

a)

Ida Tarbell

b)

Lewis Hines

c)

Jacob Riis

d)

Upton Sinclair

43.

What amendment provided suffrage for women (1920)?

a)

16th

b)

17th

c)

18th

d)

19th

44.

Which President was considered the Trust Buster?

a)

William McKinley

b)

Theodore Roosevelt

c)

William Howard Taft

d)

Woodrow Wilson

45.

The founder of the NAACP who encouraged African Americans to fight to end segregation?

a)

Booker T. Washington

b)

George Washington Carver

c)

WEB Dubois

d)

Upton Sinclair

46.

Who is the Jazz performer that was most famous for playing his trumpet?

a)

Louis Armstrong

b)

Al Capone

c)

Marcus Garvey

d)

Duke Ellington

47.

Who was the African American who started a movement to reunite African Americans with their native home by sailing them back to Africa?

a)

Louis Armstrong

b)

Al Capone

c)

Marcus Garvey

d)

Duke Ellington

48.

Who was the Italian boss that was the leader of the Mafia during the 1920s and 1930?

a)

Louis Armstrong

b)

Al Capone

c)

Marcus Garvey

d)

J. Edgar Hoover

49.

Who was the defense attorney during the Scopes Trial

a)

A Mitchell Palmer

b)

William Jennings Bryan

c)

Clearance Darrow

d)

James Scopes

50.

He was the Attorney General that led the Red Scare Raids in 1919?

a)

Billy Sunday

b)

Clearance Darrow

c)

Fredrick Taylor

d)

A Mitchell Palmer

51.

Who wrote the “Great Gatsby”?

a)

Ernest Hemingway

b)

F. Scott Fitzgerald

c)

Henry Ford

d)

Fredrick Taylor

52.

Who flew his plane the, “Spirit of St. Louis”, from New York to Paris, France in the 33 and 1/2 hour flight?

a)

Babe Ruth

b)

Jim Thorpe

c)

Charles Lindberg

d)

Amelia Earhart

53.

Was one of the leading athletes during the 1920s and 30s that played both football and baseball.

a)

Babe Ruth

b)

Jim Thorpe

c)

Bo Jackson

d)

Dion Sanders

54.

Lead the New York Yankees through the World Series several times throughout the 1920s and 30’, he was also the leading home run leader in that same era.

a)

Babe Ruth

b)

Jim Thorpe

c)

Charles Lindberg

d)

Mickey Mantle

55.

She swam the English Channel in 1926.

a)

Amelia Earhart

b)

Gertrude Elderly

c)

Helen Willis

d)

Minnie Pearl

56.

Dominate Women’s Tennis World winning a number of US Opens and Wimbledon championships throughout the 1920’ and 30s.

a)

Amelia Earhart

b)

Gertrude Elderly

c)

Helen Willis

d)

Serena Williams

57.

Attempted to fly around the world, but her plane was lost over the Philippines, she was the first woman to fly successfully across the Pacific Ocean.

a)

Amelia Earhart

b)

Gertrude Elderly

c)

Helen Willis

d)

Minnie Pearl

58.

What was John Scopes arrested for?

a)

Protesting without a permit.

b)

Teaching fundamentalism in public schools

c)

Killing William Jennings Bryan

d)

Teaching Evolution in a public School

59.

Who was F. Scott’s Fitzgerald describing in his book that were materialistic and greedy, was simply about parties, immorality, adultery, drunkenness?

a)

Lost Generation

b)

Millennials

c)

Welfare Capitalism

d)

Flappers

60.

A deep economical downturn during the 1930s?

a)

Stockmarket Crash

b)

The Great Depression

c)

Bear Market

d)

WWII

61.

Herbert Hoover’s idea that success can only be achieved by individual effort is known as?

a)

Keynes Economics

b)

Rugged Individualism

c)

New Deal

d)

Social Security

62.

What was the name of Franklin D. Roosevelt’s political plans and relief programs to get us of the Depression?

a)

Keynes Economics

b)

Rugged Individualism

c)

New Deal

d)

Social Security

63.

The idea that in order to get money to begin to circulate the economy the government must help by creating government jobs is known as?

a)

Keynes Economics

b)

Rugged Individualism

c)

New Deal

d)

Bank Holiday

64.

He was the president of the United States from 1932 – 1945.

a)

Herbert Hoover

b)

Franklin D. Roosevelt

c)

Theodore Roosevelt

d)

Harry S. Truman

65.

Midwest farmers, due to dust storms and the depression, were forced to leave their farms and move further west were known as?

a)

Bonus Army

b)

Okies

c)

49ers

d)

Hoovervilles

66.

Stocks that are bought on borrowed money are known as?

a)

Buying on Margin

b)

Fair Labor

c)

The New Deal

d)

Credit Buying

67.

They were the group of WWI veterans that protested outside the White House asking for early release of their war pensions to help with personal finances? Unlike Herbert Hoover who sent in the army to get rid of the protesters, FDR and Eleanor Roosevelt visited the group and supplied them with blankets, tents and food to help. This group is better known as?

a)

Bonus Army

b)

Okies

c)

49ers

d)

Hoovervilles

68.

Who was the President of the United States during the Tea Pot Dome Scandal?

a)

Herbert Hoover

b)

Woodrow Wilson

c)

Warren G. Harding

d)

Calvin Coolidge

69.

What year did the Stock Market Crash?

a)

1928

b)

1929

c)

1930

d)

1932

70.

What was the first thing FDR did after taking office?

a)

Called for a Bank Holiday

b)

Loaned money to Banks

c)

Passed the Social Security Act

d)

Passed Welfare Act

71.

Who said, “Prosperity is right around the corner”.

a)

Calvin Coolidge

b)

Franklin Roosevelt

c)

Herbert Hoover

d)

Theodore Roosevelt

72.

Which President was sworn in by his father?

a)

Warren G. Harding

b)

Calvin Coolidge

c)

Herbert Hoover

d)

Franklin Roosevelt

73.

Which President was a self-made millionaire?

a)

Warren G. Harding

b)

Calvin Coolidge

c)

Herbert Hoover

d)

Franklin Roosevelt.

74.

Which President was president during a war?

a)

Warren G. Harding

b)

Calvin Coolidge

c)

Herbert Hoover

d)

Franklin Roosevelt

75.

Which President was the only President to sign a treaty with Germany to end WWI?

a)

Warren G. Harding

b)

Calvin Coolidge

c)

Woodrow Wilson

d)

Franklin Roosevelt

76.

Smugglers are telling illegals that if the children go with other illegals they will be permitted to stay in the United States?

a)

True

b)

False

77.

Smugglers promote their services through social media today?

a)

True

b)

False

78.

. Most women during the 1920’s lived the life of a Flapper.

a)

True

b)

False

79.

The Catholic church would like to see the United States allow all Immigrants into the United States?

a)

True

b)

False

80.

Illegal immigrants would most likely stay in their country if there were better job opportunities?

a)

True

b)

False

81.

The Pope feels that assimilation is the best method for immigrants?

a)

True

b)

False

82.

The Frankfurter was developed in Germany?

a)

True

b)

False

83.

The Watermelon was 1st grown in Africa?

a)

True

b)

False

84.

Ketchup was first created in Japan?

a)

True

b)

False

85.

Apple Pie first made in the Great Britain?

a)

True

b)

False