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Midterm review

Total questions: 46

Worksheet time: 23mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of the following BEST describes the Homestead Act of 1862?

a)

Southern legislation that promoted settlement in the 13 colonies.

b)

Federal legislation that promoted settlement in the western territories.

c)

State legislation that promoted settlement in the eastern territories.

d)

Local legislation that promoted settlement in the 13 colonies.

2.

Upton Sinclair's The Jungle directly caused which piece of U.S. legislation?

a)

The Super Size Me Act

b)

The Whole Foods Act

c)

The Meat Inspection Act

d)

The Vegan Inspection Act

3.

The ______ Amendment was passed that provided women with the right to vote.

a)

17th

b)

19th

c)

20th

d)

21st

4.

Journalists who attempted to find corruption or wrongdoing in industries and expose it to the public.

a)

Muckrakers

b)

Radical Reconstructionists

c)

Radical Democrats

d)

Radical Republicans

5.

An early 20th century reform movement seeking to return control of the government to the people, to restore economic opportunities, and to correct injustices in American life.

a)

Radical Movement

b)

Progressive Movement

c)

Social Justice Movement

d)

Regressive Movement

6.

Which famous African American civil rights leader believed equality can be achieved through vocational education?

a)

Du Bois W. E. B.

b)

W. E. B. Du Bois

c)

Booker T Dubois

d)

Booker T. Washington

7.

Who popularized assembly-line manufacturing?

a)

Henry Ford

b)

Thomas Edison

c)

Alexander Graham Bell

d)

Cyrus McCormick

8.

What gave free public land in the western territories to settlers who would live on and farm it?

a)

Treaty of Paris

b)

Treaty of Ghent

c)

Homestead Act

d)

Proclamation of 1763

9.

What immigrant group is known for their help in building the Transcontinental Railroad?

a)

Chinese

b)

Japanese

c)

French

d)

Japanese

10.

European immigrants entered America through _____________

a)

Angel Island

b)

Long Island

c)

Manhattan Island

d)

Ellis Island

11.

People found jobs in cities but lived in harsh conditions in ______________ or slums

a)

Shelters

b)

Tenements

c)

Ghettos

d)

Boxes

12.

After reconstruction, many southern state governments passed _______________ laws that separated races

a)

KKK

b)

Rustic

c)

Jim Crow

d)

White Privilege

13.

What court case said that separate but equal did not violate the Constitution and was ok?

a)

Brown v. Board of Education

b)

Gibbons v. Ogden

c)

McCulloch v. Maryland

d)

Plessy v. Ferguson

14.

Who led an anti-lynching campaign and called for courts to take action to help blacks?

a)

WEB DeBois

b)

Ida B. Wells

c)

George Washington Carver

d)

Booker T. Washington

15.

Ida Tarbell, Upton Sinclair, and Lincoln Steffens were examples of _____________

a)

Artists

b)

Poets

c)

Progressive politicians

d)

Muckrakers

16.
a)
3,2,1
b)
1,2,3
c)
3,1,2
d)
2,1,3
17.
The assassination of President Lincoln belongs in which section of this timeline?
a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
d)
4
18.
#1. Abraham Lincoln is elected President
#2. ?????????
#3. Battle of Fort Sumter
Which event completes this list?
a)
Robert E. Lee surrenders at Gettysburg
b)
Emancipation Proclamation is issued
c)
South Carolina secedes from the Union
d)
Union victory at Gettysburg
19.
what compromise ended Reconstruction in the South?
a)
Missouri Compromise
b)
Kansas-Nebraska
c)
Compromise of 1877 
d)
Great compromise
20.
The Emancipation Proclamation --
a)
made abolition of slavery a war goal
b)
allowed African Americans to serve as soldiers
c)
freed the slaves in the southern states
d)
all of the above
21.
"with malice toward none and charity for all, let us bind up the nation's wounds". . .. this quote refers to Lincoln's idea that ---
a)
the Union should punish the south for seceding
b)
the Union should welcome the southern states back without punishment
c)
the southern states had every right to secede
d)
the southern states should receive money
22.

What allowed California to enter as a free state while SW territories from Mexico got to vote?

a)

Compromise of 1850

b)

Kansas-Nebraska Act

c)

Missouri Compromise

23.

What drew east-west line through Louisiana Purchase regarding slavery in the west?

a)

Compromise of 1850

b)

Kansas-Nebraska Act

c)

Proclamation of 1763

d)

Missouri Compromise

24.

Regional self interests divided the nation during the war of 1812 against who?

a)

Britain

b)

France

c)

Italy

d)

Mexico

25.
This invention led to increased slavery and the growth of the "cotton kingdom" in the South
a)
Bessemer process
b)
Cotton Gin
c)
Transcontinental railroad
d)
the telephone
26.
The "spoils system" refers to Andrew Jackson's policy of --
a)
rewarding campaign supporters with gold
b)
rewarding his supporters with spoiled food
c)
rewarding campaign supporters with government jobs
d)
allowing evil people into the government
27.
The "Nullification Crisis" was all about -
a)
whether states had to pay the tariff of 1832
b)
whether to avoid war at all costs
c)
whether to let the North secede from the Union
d)
slavery
28.
One main concept of the Monroe Doctrine was --
a)
set a series of laws for purchasing land
b)
to make it easier to expand west
c)
to allow the Indians to stay on their land
d)
to keep Europe out of our affairs
29.
This war began during James Madison's presidency due to British interference in American shipping
a)
Mexican American War
b)
War of 1812
c)
Civil War
d)
Louisiana Purchase
30.

__________________, the inventor of the __________________, helped expand slavery as more enslaved people were needed to grow the cash crop.

a)

Eli Whitney, steel plow

b)

Cyrus McCormick, steel plow

c)

Eli Whitney, cotton gin

d)

Cyrus McCormick, cotton gin

31.

Appointing loyal party supporters to government jobs regardless of qualifications

a)

popular sovereignty

b)

states's rights

c)

suffrage

d)

spoils system

32.
What was the name of the FIRST government of an independent United States after 1776?
a)
Articles of Confederation
b)
Mayflower Compact
c)
2nd Continental Congress
d)
House of Burgesses
33.

Who is described?

a)

James Madison

b)

George Mason

c)

Thomas Jefferson

d)

Patrick Henry

34.

What completes the graphic?

a)

Bill of Rights

b)

Declaration of Independence

c)

Mayflower Compact

d)

Constitution

35.

The Supreme Court case of Marbury v Madison established the principle of -

a)

judicial review.

b)

limited government.

c)

"Separate but Equal".

d)

African-Americans were not citizens.

36.

What form of government was weak nationally & gave congress no power to tax & had no common currency

a)

The Declaration of Independence

b)

Articles of Confederation

c)

The Constitution

d)

The Bill of Rights

37.
According to the Declaration of Independence, where does government derive its power?
a)
From the majority serving in government
b)
From the nobles and the king
c)
From the consent of the governed
d)
From the reading of tea leaves
38.
Which of the following is NOT a principle of the Declaration of Independence?
a)
All men are created equal
b)
People have the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness
c)
Government derives its power from the people
d)
Birth and rank determine your future
39.
The culminating battle that ended the Revolutionary War that sealed the victory for America with the help of the French was - 
a)
Yorktown
b)
Saratoga
c)
Guilford Courthouse
d)
Trenton
40.

What is the name of the voyage Africans forcibly took to the Americas to become slaves?

a)

Third Passage

b)

Trail of Tears

c)

Middle Passage

d)

Voyage of Doom

41.

Which colonial region had an economy based almost exclusively on agriculture?

a)

New England

b)

Middle

c)

Southern

d)

Western

42.

Which religious group settled in Pennsylvania?

a)

Quakers

b)

Catholics

c)

Puritans

d)

Baptists

43.

Africans were first brought to Jamestown in which year?

a)

1607

b)

1619

c)

1620

d)

1640

44.

The Puritans practiced a form of direct democracy through...

a)

Town meetings

b)

General assemblies

c)

Elected congress

d)

King

45.
Small scale subsistence farming was done primarily in which region?
a)
Middle 
b)
New England
c)
Southern
d)
west
46.
Social structure of the southern region -
a)
standing in the church
b)
family status and land holdings
c)
close ties to the King
d)
having native American blood

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