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WorksheetsVUS.8 REVIEW
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 9mins
Why did many Southerners, especially African-Americans, move westward after the Civil War?
to mine gold
to escape poverty and prejudice
to start a new wave of secession
to expand interstate trade
What law offered free land in the west to anyone who would sign on and cultivate the land for minimum five years?
Freedman's Act
Headright Act
Homestead Act
Tenant Farming Act
Which African-American leader discouraged demonstration against discrimination and believed the path to equality was through vocational education and economic success?
Ida B. Wells
Samuel F.B. Morse
W.E.B. DuBois
Booker T. Washington
In Plessy v. Ferguson, the Supreme Court ruled that "separate but equal" did NOT violate the ___.
12th Amendment
14th Amendment
13th Amendment
15th Amendment
Who was the civil rights leader that led an anti-lynching crusade and called on the federal government to take action, especially against violence in the South?
Jane Addams
Martin L. King Jr
Ida B. Wells-Barnett
Phyllis Wheatley
Which leader helped establish the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) in 1908?
W.E.B. DuBois
Lester Maddox
Susan B. Anthony
Frederick Douglass
How did race relations in the South change after Reconstruction?
Laws were created to increase Black rights.
Blacks moved back to the South to find family.
Laws were created to limit Blacks' rights.
Poll taxes were decreased to ensure fair voting practices.
During the 20th century, African-Americans began to move to Northern cities in search of jobs, escape poverty, and discrimination. This was known as the
Great Northern Movement
Long Trek Northward
Great Assimilation
Great Migration
Mounting resentment to immigrants led Congress to create two laws that limited immigration into this country. They were the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 and the
Immigration Act of 1890
Irish Restriction Act of 1910
Labor Law of 1910
Immigration Restriction Act of 1921
By 1867, there were over 11,000 Chinese workers in the United States. What business did majority of them work for?
Gold mines in California
The Transcontinental Railroad
New England textile mills
Plantations in the South
During the mid-1800's, what was one reason some U.S. citizens were against immigration?
Immigrants refused to become U.S. citizens.
Immigrants accepted jobs that Americans wanted.
Immigrants had more money than American citizens.
Immigrants did not understand the English language.
Identify three factors that contributed to the growth of big business in the late 1800's.
The federal government to a laissez-faire approach to business.
The federal government kept businesses under strict legal control.
Banks lent huge sums of money to companies.
Entrepreneurs formed corporations to raise capital.
Which statement best supports the U.S. ability to change into an industrialized country between the Civil War and World War I?
The US govt believed it should be deeply involved in creating economic policies.
The US had a vast wealth of natural resources and navigable rivers.
Congress created laws to prevent labor unions from forming in major cities.
The US put restrictions on immigration to prevent hish unemployment rates.
Which of the following was NOT a job the immigrants had in the late 1800's?
Textile worker
Railroad construction
Coal mining
Plantation worker
What was the name of the immigrant processing center located at the New York Harbor?
Chincoteague Island
Angel Island
Long Island
Ellis Island
What served as an essential role in the process of assimilating immigrants into American society?
Rail travel
Private universities
Public schools
Markets
After 1871, where did most immigrants come from as they arrived in America?
Western Europe, Eastern Europe and Asia
Southern Europe, Eastern Europe and Asia
Africa, Asia, and Northern Europe
Asia, Africa and South America
What invention made manufacturing cheaper and quicker?
the cotton gin
the mechanical reaper
the assembly line
the telegraph
What were the causes of the Progressive Movement?
social injustices
slavery
economic exploitation
political corruption
What African-American inventor made the light bulb better?
Garrett Morgan
Thomas Edison
Lewis Latimore
Booker T Washington
What were two gains of labor unions?
Regulated work conditions
Health insurance
Worker's compensation
Limited work hours
Who was the first person to be sterilized under Virginia's Eugenics laws?
Ida Tarbell
Upton Sinclair
Carrie Buck
Harriet Tubman
What was the term for the laws that forced separation of the races in public places?
Black Codes
Crackdown Laws
Jim Crow Laws
Muckraking Mandates
Which of the following was NOT a Progressive accomplishment for state governments?
City ordinances
Recalls
Referendums
Initiatives
What invention of Garret Morgan proved useful during World War I?
the telegraph
the gas mask
the helmet
antibiotic ointment
