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Final Exam Review Part 1

Total questions: 38

Worksheet time: 23mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
This  was the rebuilding of the country after the Civil War?
a)
Sherman's March to the Sea
b)
Reconstruction
c)
WWI
d)
Freedmen's Bureau 
2.

What did the 15th Amendment do?

a)

Gave all blacks the right to vote

b)

Gave all the right to vote

c)

Gave women the right to vote

d)

Gave black men the right to vote

3.
This amendment abolished slavery. 
a)
12th 
b)
13th 
c)
14th
d)
15th
4.
This amendment says all male citizens can now vote.
a)
13th
b)
15th
c)
19th
d)
23rd
5.
Amendment to the US Constitution that ensured the citizenship of former slaves.  It provides “equal protection of the laws” for all U.S. citizens.
a)
13th Amendment
b)
14th Amendment
c)
15th Amendment
d)
Civil Rights Act of 1866
6.
Identify the Great Plains region using the map
a)
Green
b)
Yellow
c)
Pink
d)
Blue
7.
What inventions helped farmers fence their fields?
a)
Railroads
b)
Steel plows
c)
Windmills
d)
Barbed wire
8.

What invention provided faster transportation and connect the East and West coasts of America?

a)

Steel Plow

b)

Sod house

c)

Transcontinental railroad

d)

Windmills

9.

Mark all of the following pictures that represent settlement of the Great Plains

a)
b)
c)
d)
10.

Did the inventions and adapations of the Great Plains make it harder or easier for farmers to settle?

a)

harder

b)

easier

11.

Which state is the home of the steel industry?

a)

10

b)

1

c)

2

d)

11

12.

Which industry is located in Detroit, Michigan?

a)

textile

b)

meatpacking

c)

automobile

d)

steel

13.

True or false? Abraham Lincoln's plan for reconciliation called for the union to be preserved without punishing the south.

a)

True

b)

False

14.

All of the following are examples of big businesses in the years following the civil war except which one?

a)

Shipping

b)

Oil

c)

Agriculture

d)

Steel

e)

Railroads

15.

Which answer choice best represents the location of the textile and steel industries?

a)
b)
c)
d)
16.

Select three obstacles that gold miners faced in California.

a)

Overpopulation in California

b)

Unsanitary conditions

c)

Distrust of people

d)

Traveling long distances to different sites

e)

Safety in mining and camping sites

17.

Mark all answer choices that represent reasons for westward expansion.

a)

Opportunities to own land

b)

Reduced Population through broken treaties

c)

Desire for new adventures

d)

Advances in technology, such as the Transcontinental Railroad

e)

New beginnings for former slaves

18.

Which amendment banned alcohol?

a)

19th

b)

21st

c)

18th

19.

This picture represents which amendment?

a)

21st

b)

19th

c)

18th

20.

Mark all answer choices that represent settlement of the Great Plains (inventions and adaptations)

a)
b)
c)
d)
21.

Which two famous African-American men are depicted in this diagram?

a)

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X

b)

Marcus Garvey and Thurgood Marshall

c)

Frederick Douglass and Homer Plessy

d)

Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. DuBois

22.

What year did the Spanish-American war take place?

a)

1988

b)

1998

c)

1898

d)

1888

23.

Which country desired independence from the Spain?

a)

Philippines

b)

Guam

c)

Cuba

d)

United States

24.

Mark all answer choices that represents reasons for the Spanish-American War.

a)

American protection for American businesses in Cuba

b)

Yellow Journalism

c)

American Support for Cuba's Independence

d)

The United States emerges as a world power

e)

The Explosion and Sinking of the USS Maine

25.

Mark all answer choices that represent results of the Spanish-American War.

a)

The Explosion and Sinking of the USS Maine

b)

Cuba gains independence from Spain

c)

The United States gains three new territories

d)

The United States emerges as a world power

26.

Jim Crow laws

a)

Segregated blacks and whites

b)

Killed minorities

c)

Resulted in slavery

d)

Were ended after the Civil War

27.

This was the Supreme Court case that legalized segregation in America

a)

Dred Scott v. Sanford

b)

Marbury v. Madison

c)

Plessy v. Ferguson

d)

Garrett v. NFL

28.

This civil rights leader said that African Americans should demand their rights now and should be treated equal to whites

a)

W.E.B. DuBois

b)

Booker T. Washington

29.

This civil rights leader thought that Black Americans should accept racism and embrace a long term fight for equality

a)

W.E.B DuBois

b)

Booker T. Washington

30.

The Supreme Court case Plessy v. Ferguson said that whites and blacks could be segregated if accommodations were

a)

Hot and Cold

b)

Even and uneven

c)

Separate but equal

d)

Fair and equal

31.

In what year did Brown v. Board of Education Topeka order the desegregation of public schools?

a)

1945

b)

1950

c)

1968

d)

1954

32.

Which leader was the co-founder of the NAACP?

a)

Booker T. Washington

b)

W.E.B. DuBois

33.

Plessy v. Ferguson upheld that "separate was equal". Which court case overturned this?

a)

Dred Scott v. Sanford

b)

Brown v. Board of Education

34.

Which of the following best defines noncontiguous?

a)

connected or joined

b)

not connected

35.

Which two states make up the non-contiguous region?

a)

Alaska and Washington

b)

Alaska and Hawaii

36.
What MOST attracted Chinese immigrants to the U.S. in the 19th century?
a)
religious freedom
b)
gold mining and railroad jobs
c)
coal mining and building canals
d)
political freedom
37.
Many immigrants were forced to live in __________, or run-down, dirty, and cramped apartment-like buildings.
a)
Tenements
b)
Ghettos
c)
Townhouses
d)
Plantations
38.
What is a tenement?
a)
A new form of transportation
b)
Poorly built, overcrowded apartment buildings
c)
The end of immigration
d)
A revolutionary war in Africa