WorksheetsFinal Exam Review
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 20mins
The 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments to United States Constitution dealt with the rights of...
A. workers
B. the elderly
C. women
D. former slaves
2. Laws that established literacy tests and poll taxes were passed by Southern states to...
A. raise money to rebuild the South after the Civil War
B. improve the education of United States citizens
C. limit the rights of formerly enslaved persons
D. support the Radical Republicans
3. A major benefit of the transcontinental railroad was that...
fewer buffalo were left on the Plains
fewer states entered the Union
supplies and mail moved more quickly and cheaply
Congress gave loans to railroad companies
4. Which was the key factor in the industrial growth of the United States after the Civil War?
A. immigrants arriving providing cheap labor
B. building railroads from coast to coast
C. new inventions and technology
D. all of the above
5. Andrew Carnegie and John D. Rockefeller created large corporations and attempted to...
encourage the formation of labor unions
improve quality without concern for profit
help consumers buy wisely
eliminate competition
6. What was an immediate economic result of the use of mass-production techniques in American factories?
A. increased use of homemade goods
B. reduced cost of goods
C. improved safety conditions
D. expanding membership in labor unions
7. The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire led to...
A. the jailing of many union leaders
B. new factory safety laws
C. the Pullman strike
D. laws forbidding child labor
“Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to
breathe free,...
Send these, the homeless,
tempest-tossed to me:
I lift my lamp beside the golden door.”
8. This quotation supports a policy of
A. open immigration
B. manifest destiny
C. expansionism
D. nativism
9. Cultural diversity in the United States is mainly a result of
A. the Great Depression
B. World War I
C. government social programs
D. Immigration
10. What was the first group of people to be excluded from coming to America in 1882?
A. Japanese
B. Chinese
C. Italians
D. Irish
11. The 1906 publication of Upton Sinclair’s book The Jungle helped to expose the unfair treatment of...
A. women
B. cruelty of modern warfare
C. unsafe living conditions in tenements
D. unsanitary conditions in the meatpacking industry
12. The goal of muckrakers during the early 1900s was...
A. uncover corruption and wrong doing in America
B. to help farmers grow crops better by improving their output
C. to ensure workers received better working conditions
D. to help women gain the right to vote
13. A major result of the Spanish-American War was that the United States...
A. created and maintained a large army
B. developed its natural resources
C. abandoned the Monroe Doctrine
D. gained new overseas territories
14. A major reason the United States wanted to build the Panama Canal was to...
A. improve United States relations with Latin America
B. increase trade with England
C. protect United States citizens living in South America
D. shorten the sea route between the Atlantic and Pacific coasts
15. In the late 1800’s, some Americans believed that a powerful country had the right to control territory outside its borders. Which term refers to this belief?
A. communism
B. isolationism
C. imperialism
D. totalitarianism
16. Yellow journalism was used by newspapers in the 1890s to...
A. influence public opinion
B. promote peace in Cuba
C. overturn a presidential election
D. support an isolationist foreign policy
17. Which of the following was NOT a cause of WWI?
A. the alliance system
B. militarism
C. communism
D. imperialism
18. What was the immediate cause of the outbreak of World War I (1914)?
A. formation of secret alliances
B. competition over Asian and African colonies
C. accumulation of arms and weapons
D. assassination of Archduke Ferdinand of Austria
19. At the start of WWI the United States...
A. torpedoed the Lusitania
B. declared war on Germany
C. joined the Triple Entente
D. chose to remain neutral
20. Which of the following countries DID NOT sign the Treaty of Versailles?
A. Germany
B. France
C. Britain
D. United States
21. During the early 1900s, large numbers of African Americans from the South found better job opportunities...
A. in northern cities
B. in Pacific Coast lumber yards
C. on southwestern ranches
D. on Great Plains farms
22. Prohibition placed restrictions on...
A. using and distributing illegal drugs
B. making and selling alcoholic beverages
C. drinking then driving an automobile
D. admitting immigrants into the U.S.
23. What was one main reason for the rise of organized crime during the 1920s?
A. More people were living in rural areas.
B. The manufacture and sale of alcoholic beverages was illegal.
C. Federal laws limited the power of the police.
D. The automobile improved access to suburban areas.
24. Women in all states were guaranteed the right to vote by...
A. an order of the President
B. the Bill of Rights
C. an amendment to the United States Constitution
D. a decision of the United States Supreme Court
25. The Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s influenced American society by...
A. ending racial segregation of public facilities
B. increasing awareness of African American contributions to American culture
C. encouraging urban renewal projects in major American cities
D. establishing government programs to assist African Americans
26. The quota system, established as part of United States immigration policy in the 1920s, was mainly designed to...
A. limit the number of immigrants from certain nations
B. increase the total number of immigrants
C. allow an equal number of immigrants from every country
D. attract skilled workers and business investors
“I don’t want your millions, Mister, I don’t want your diamond ring. All I want is the right to live, Mister, Give me back my job again.
Now, I don’t want your Rolls-Royce, Mister, I don’t want your pleasure yacht. All I want’s just food for my babies, Give to me my old job back. . . .”
— Jim Garland, “All I Want”
27. Which time period is reflected in the words of this song?
A. Progressive Era
B. Great Depression
C. Roaring Twenties
D. Gilded Age
28. In the early 1930s, many communities of homeless Americans were referred to as “Hoovervilles” because President Herbert Hoover...
A. grew up in a poverty-stricken area
B. guaranteed jobs to the unemployed
C. provided food and clothing for the poor
D. felt Americans should solve their own problems without government aid
29. The main purpose of President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal programs was to...
A. increase the power of the judicial branch
B. gain membership in the United Nations
C. help the national economy recover from the Depression
D. prepare the United States for World War
30. The United States entered World War II as a result of...
A. German sinking of American ships in the Atlantic
B. Japanese raids on California
C. Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor
D. German war crimes
31. What was one way United States participation in World War II affected the American society?
A. Many factories were forced out of business.
B. Women had more opportunities in the work force.
C. Child labor was used to increase production.
D. Shortages caused by the war contributed to the start of the Great Depression.
32. One reason for President Harry Truman’s decision to drop the atomic bomb was to...
A. destroy all Japanese citizens
B. take control of the United Nations
C. save American lives by shortening the war
D. acquire colonies in Asia
33. Which of the following was organized after World War II to protect Western Europe and the United States from Soviet attack?
A. The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
B. The Warsaw Pact
C. The Marshall Plan
D. The Organization of American States
34. Under the Truman Doctrine the U.S. pledged to...
A. help the Soviet Union
B. fight the Vietnam War
C. help nations threatened by communism
D. end the Cold War
35. During the 1950’s and 1960’s, the bitter rivalry between Communist nations headed by the Soviet Union and Western free nations headed by the United States was called...
A. The Cold War
B. World War II
C. Detente
D. Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty
36. In the Korean War and the Vietnam War, the United States...
A. gained land in Southeast Asia
B. fought to try to stop the spread of communism
C. received the support and approval of the Soviet Union
D. used atomic weapons against its enemies
37. United States involvement in the Vietnam War during the late 1960’s and 1970’s resulted in...
A. a stable peace in the area
B. deep divisions between the people of the United States
C. a reduction in Cold War tensions
D. support from most of the nations of the world
38. The removal of the Berlin Wall represented the end of...
A. the Great Depression
B. World War II
C. the Cold War
D. the Persian Gulf War
39. What Supreme Court case ended Plessy v Ferguson, which established separate but equal
A. Brown v. Board of Education
B. Korematsu v. United States
C. Dred Scott v. Sanford
D. United States v. Nixon
40. The bus boycotts, lunch counter sit-ins and freedom rides of the 1950’s and 1960’s were examples of
A. plans to create riots
B. organized efforts to prevent social change
C. civil disobedience/non-violence resistance to laws considered unjust
D. pressure tactics developed by supporters of consumer protection laws
