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Unit 12

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which is true of European immigrants living locations in the 1800s?

a)

They moved to the West in search of land as quickly as possible.

b)

They lived in well established communities and tried to assimilate.

c)

They lived in communities with similar religious and ethnic backgrounds.

d)

They lived in communities that had similar religious but different ethnic backgrounds.

2.

Which ideology stated that the United States had the right to intervene in Latin American nations as an "international police power"?

a)

Roosevelt Corollary

b)

Monroe Doctrine

c)

Wilson's Moral Diplomacy

d)

Taft's Dollar Diplomacy

3.

Which concept led Americans to feel the need to bring its ideas to the “savages”?

a)

Religion

b)

Industrialism

c)

Reconstruction

d)

Social Darwinism

4.

What event effectively ended Westward Expansion?

a)

The admission of Arizona as a state

b)

The end of slavery

c)

The admission of California as a state

d)

The defeat of the last Native American tribe

5.

What was the purpose of the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882?

a)

It created specific areas for Chinese workers to live within a city.

b)

It expanded the number of Chinese immigrants allowed entry into the United States.

c)

It limited the number of Chinese immigrants seeking entry into the United States.

d)

It set a minimum wage (payment) for Chinese workers.

6.

What ideology was used to justify US intervention in the Mexican Revolution, especially between 1913-1917?

a)

Roosevelt Corollary

b)

Wilson's Moral Diplomacy

c)

Taft's Dollar Diplomacy

d)

Roosevelt's "Big Stick" policy

7.

What event led to a flood of settlers moving into the Black Hills region in the 1870s?

a)

Availability of former Native American lands

b)

Discovery of gold

c)

Discovery of silver

d)

Religious revival

8.

What was considered ‘Seward’s Folly’?

a)

US purchase of Hawaii

b)

US purchase of Oregon from Russia

c)

US purchase of Alaska from Russia

d)

US purchase of Washington DC

9.

Where did the American Indian Wars end?

a)

Fetterman Massacre

b)

Cluster’s Last Stand

c)

Battle of the Black Hills

d)

Wounded Knee Massacre

10.

According to the US government, what was the purpose of the Dawes Act of 1887?

a)

Give Chinese workers a sense of land ownership and integrate an agricultural lifestyle

b)

Give African Americans a sense of land ownership and integrate an agricultural lifestyle.

c)

Give Native Americans a sense of land ownership and integrate an agricultural lifestyle.

d)

Give Hispanics a sense of land ownership and integrate an agricultural lifestyle.

11.

Which of the following was NOT including in the Treaty of Paris (1898)?

a)

Spain was given Mexico to compensate for the loss of Cuba.

b)

The US gained the Pacific territory of Guam and the Caribbean territory of Puerto Rico.

c)

The Philippines were sold to the United States for $20 million.

d)

Cuba was free to seek its independence as a protectorate of the United States.

12.

After Texas, New Mexico, and California became states, what happened to the Hispanic population?

a)

Many Hispanics lost their land rights and some became migrant workers.

b)

Many Hispanics moved to Spain.

c)

Nothing different happened.

d)

Most Hispanics were given more land by the US government.

13.

What innovation contributed to the ending of ‘open range’ grazing?

a)

Bridle

b)

Barbed wire

c)

Harvester

d)

Steel Plow

14.

Why did African Americans flee the South after the Civil War?

a)

To participate in the mining of gold in the North

b)

To become sharecroppers

c)

Escape the Ku Klux Klan and the Jim Crow laws

d)

Better educational opportunities in the West

15.

Which event directly contributed to the Great Sioux War of 1876?

a)

The US government ordering the Lakota to return to reservations in the dead of winter.

b)

The US government paying the Lakota for their lands.

c)

The US government assassinating the Lakota chief.

d)

The US government moving its army into Missouri.

16.

Why did the United States government want to acquire Hawaii?

a)

For access to all the sandy beaches

b)

For political control since the government didn’t think a queen should be allowed to rule

c)

For economic control over sugar, whaling, and other products

d)

For social control so that the natives could be assimilated

17.

After the Civil War, what did the United States focus on?

a)

Finally ending slavery

b)

Improving the governance of its territories

c)

Closing its borders to immigrants

d)

Discouraging settlement out West

18.

As a contributing cause to the Spanish-American War, what Spanish diplomat wrote a letter that belittled President McKinley and the American people?

a)

Enrique Iglesias

b)

George Dewey

c)

Pancho Villa

d)

Enrique DeLome

19.

How did ‘yellow journalism’ affect the public’s perception of the Spanish-American War?

a)

It had no affect on the public’s perception.

b)

It only reported well-known facts, which caused the public to be disinterested in the war.

c)

It sensationalized the event, which created public outage.

d)

It was written by college students, so only young adults followed the war.

20.

Which of the following was a way to encourage Westward Expansion?

a)

Land grants to encourage colleges of agriculture

b)

Discouraging African Americans from moving West

c)

Granting any amount of land settlers wanted

d)

The Atlantic Railway Acts

21.

Theodore Roosevelt often quoted an old proverb, "speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far”. How did he mean by the ‘big stick’?

a)

Sharing of cultural attributes

b)

Forced assimilation

c)

Military intervention

d)

Peace treaties

22.

What was the purpose of the Open-Door Policy towards China?

a)

All nations would have equal trading rights in China, and China's territorial integrity would be respected.

b)

Only European nations would have equal trading rights in China, and China’s territorial integrity would be respected.

c)

Only the US would have trading rights in China.

d)

Only Asian nations would have equal trading rights in China, and China’s territorial integrity would be respected.

23.

What was the Hay-Bunau-Varilla Treaty (1903)?

a)

It gave Panama to Nicaragua.

b)

It gave the United States the right to build a military base in Columbia.

c)

It opened Panama to trade with all nations.

d)

It allowed the United States to use, occupy, and control a 10-mile wide canal zone in Panama.

24.

Why was the United States interested in building a canal in Panama?

a)

To protect trade routes

b)

To build a military base

c)

To increase transportation times

d)

To maintain control of Panama

25.

What was the Exodus of 1879?

a)

Mass movement of Native Americans from states along Kansas to the Mississippi River region.

b)

Mass movement of African Americans from states along the Mississippi River to Kansas.

c)

Mass movement of African Americans from states along Kansas to the Mississippi River region.

d)

Mass movement of Native Americans from states along the Mississippi River to Kansas.