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Unit 4 (Imperialism - New Deal)

Total questions: 62

Worksheet time: 28mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The primary reasons for the United States joining World War I?

a)

Unrestricted Submarine Warfare

b)

The Zimmerman Telegram

c)

German Atrocities during WWI

d)

All of these

2.

These were ways more people became directly involved in government during the Progressive Era...

a)

initiatives

b)

referendums

c)

tariffs

d)

all of these

3.

African Americans sought better job opportunities by moving to the Northern and Northeastern United States. This was known as...

a)

The Battle of Little Bighorn

b)

The Great Awakening

c)

The Great Migration

d)

The 2nd Great Awakening

4.

Immigrants from China moved to the western United States primarily because of this project?

a)

The Underground Railroad

b)

The Great Awakening

c)

The Great Migration

d)

Transcontinental Railroad

5.

In the Roaring 20's, between World War I and the Great Depression, people began to change buying habits and spend more money on things they wanted. This is referred to as...

a)

Speculation

b)

Consumerism

c)

Big Business

d)

Communism

6.

The doctrine of "separate but equal" was allowed to continue by which Supreme Court decision?

a)

Brown v. Board of Ed.

b)

Dred Scott Decision

c)

Plessy v. Ferguson

d)

United States v. Miller

7.

Why would President Lincoln say that taking Vicksburg is the key to winning the Civil War?

a)

It would divide the Union in two and cut off a vital supply route.

b)

Vicksburg had no significant impact on the war.

c)

It would split the Confederacy in two and cut off a vital supply route.

d)

It would end Slavery.

8.

Indian removal and the Trail of Tears are associated with his presidency?

a)

Andrew Johnson

b)

FDR

c)

Andrew Jackson

d)

Theodore Roosevelt

9.

Organized crime was an unintentional affect of this?

a)

Prohibition

b)

Women's Suffrage

c)

16th Amendment

d)

14th Amendment

10.

The mass production of automobiles led to the rapid growth of ______ after WWI and before the Great Depression.

a)

Prohibition

b)

Women's Suffrage

c)

American Suburbs

d)

Rural Farms

11.

This was an international peace keeping organization that was supported by President Wilson, but rejected by the Senate.

a)

Ottoman Empire

b)

League of Nations

c)

NATO

d)

Central Powers

12.

The Great Depression led to the creation of this... It was a public work relief program designed to preserve the nation's natural resources while providing unemployed men with jobs

a)

FDIC

b)

WPA

c)

CCC

d)

TVA

13.

Major factor that contributed to the Great Depression in America by causing falling prices on goods.

a)

Black Tuesday

b)

Overproduction and underconsumption

c)

Stock Speculation

d)

Underproduction and Overconsumption

14.

Shantytowns in which homeless families lived during the Great Depression.

a)

Cribs

b)

Rooseveltville

c)

Hoovervilles

d)

Hoboes

15.

Jazz music originated at the turn of the 20th century and became synonymous with the...

a)

Stock Market Crash

b)

Harlem Renaissance

c)

Hoovervilles

d)

Harlem Globetrotters

16.

The government took on a greater role in the national economy and created programs to address the nation's unemployment problems using this president's plan?

a)

Franklin D. Roosevelt

b)

Theodore Roosevelt

c)

Herbert Hoover

d)

Woodrow Wilson

17.

The United States helped this country declare its independence from Columbia?

a)

Panama

b)

Cuba

c)

Guam

d)

Puerto Rico

18.

The direct election of U.S. Senators...

a)

14th Amendment

b)

16th Amendment

c)

17th Amendment

d)

19th Amendment

19.

The United States policy was to remain militarily and politically neutral at...

a)

the great depression.

b)

the beginning of WWI.

c)

the end of WWII.

d)

the beginning of the Revolutionary War.

20.

The era gave rise to Langston Hughes, Zora Neale Hurston, and "The Cotton Club".

a)

Reconstruction

b)

Civil War

c)

Harlem Renaissance

d)

Revolutionary War

21.

The Federal government became very active in the national economy during the...

a)

Reconstruction.

b)

Civil War.

c)

Spanish-American War.

d)

New Deal.

22.

Slavery was the main issue involving ______ 1859 raid in Harper's Ferry, Virginia?

a)

Nat Turner's

b)

John Brown's

c)

George Washington's

d)

Daniel Shay's

23.

_________ were issued by President Wilson as a basis for a lasting peace.

a)

Let's make a deal

b)

The Square Deal

c)

The New Deal

d)

The Fourteen Points

24.

_________ in the 19th century is MOST associated with

urbanization.

a)

Agriculture

b)

Industrialization

c)

The New Deal

d)

WWI

25.

Fear of communist infiltration of the United States.

a)

The Red Scare

b)

Industrialization

c)

Democracy

d)

The New Deal

26.

This period is characterized by increasing the right to vote in the United States.

a)

The Red Scare

b)

Industrialization

c)

Jacksonian Democracy

d)

The New Deal

27.

Women's Suffrage

a)

18th Amendment

b)

19th Amendment

c)

25th Amendment

d)

20th Amendment

28.

Southern Democrats wanted federal troops withdrawn and voting rights decided by state governments.

a)

Missouri Compromise

b)

Compromise of 1877

c)

Treaty of 1818

d)

Treaty of 1763

29.

Illustrate the growing trend to recognize the basic civil liberties of all races in 19th century America.

a)

13th Amendment

b)

14th Amendment

c)

15th Amendment

d)

All of these

30.

A Recall is?

a)

A presentation of an issue to the public on which the public could vote.

b)

Signatures on an initiative to force a public vote on an issue.

c)

The direct election of US Senators.

d)

The process the people use to remove an elected official from office.

31.

The first settlement houses in the US established by Jane Addams in Chicago was?

a)

Hull House

b)

Ronald McDonald House

c)

Waffle House

d)

Huddle House

32.

Journalists who wrote of horrible working conditions in American industry in the early 20th century, resulting in more governmental protection of workers.

a)

Confederates

b)

Roosevelts

c)

Muckrakers

d)

TMZ

33.

Muckraker who wrote the 1904 book "The History of the Standard Oil Company".

a)

Upton Sinclair

b)

Teddy Roosevelt

c)

Ida Tarbell

d)

Jacob Riis

34.

The Mid-Atlantic Colonies were known for:

a)

Agriculture

b)

Cultural Diversity

c)

Slavery

d)

Pilgrims

35.

This gave Europe the message that the western hemisphere was no longer available for colonization:

a)

Manifest Destiny

b)

The Monroe Doctrine

c)

The War of 1812

d)

The Emancipation Proclamation

36.

Which theory is most prevalent in the Declaration of Independence?

a)

Social Contract Theory

b)

Separation of Powers

c)

Checks and Balances

d)

Popular Sovereignty

37.

Which State succeeded immediately after Lincoln's election in 1860?

a)

Virginia

b)

North Carolina

c)

South Carolina

d)

Georgia

38.

This revealed the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation:

a)

Common Sense

b)

Bacon's Rebellion

c)

The Bill of Rights

d)

Shay's Rebellion

39.

When did the majority of immigrants from southern and eastern Europe arrive in America?

a)

1560 - 1607

b)

1890 - 1920

c)

1750 - 1845

d)

1930 - 1950

40.

The geographic conditions of the Middle Colonies, New England Colonies, and Southern Colonies led to...

a)

the Revolutionary War.

b)

differences in economic development.

c)

different levels of education.

d)

Religious Freedom.

41.

This was the first time the Federal Government used FORCE to enforce the laws of the land.

a)

Shay's Rebellion

b)

Whiskey Rebellion

c)

Nat Turner Rebellion

d)

Bacon's Rebellion

42.

He warned that Political Parties would create divisions and bitter arguments in his farewell address:

a)

George Washington

b)

James Madison

c)

John Adams

d)

Andrew Jackson

43.

He was a co-founder of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)?

a)

Teddy Roosevelt

b)

Dred Scott

c)

W.E.B. DeBois

d)

Jefferson Davis

44.

Wounded Knee Massacre was...

a)

George Custer's loss to the American Indians.

b)

generally considered to be the last major violent Indian conflict in North America.

c)

Chief Standing Cow led the Cheyenne to victory.

d)

All of these

45.

The interactions between the Powhatan Indians and British Settlers were mostly positive:

a)

True

b)

False

46.

Many felt that this violated the constitution during Adam's presidency:

a)

The New Deal

b)

Alien & Sedition Acts

c)

The Federalists

d)

Louisiana Purchase

47.

This used federal funding to complete projects (Roads & Canals) that would bind the North and the Midwest together:

a)

The American System

b)

The Great Leap Forward

c)

Popular Sovereignty

d)

Abolition

48.

Transportation was the BIGGEST obstacle to completing that period of history?

a)

The Great Awakening

b)

Manifest Destiny

c)

Capitalism

d)

All of these

49.

These were a series of essays written to convince people to ratify the new constitution.

a)

Common Sense

b)

Poor Richard's Almanac

c)

Federalist Papers

d)

Spirit of the Law

50.

"God wanted America to expand" is the belief related to:

a)

The Great Awakening

b)

Manifest Destiny

c)

Capitalism

d)

Mercantilism

51.

This officially ended the Revolutionary War and granted the US independence from England:

a)

Treaty of Paris in 1783

b)

Valley Forge

c)

Battle of Saratoga

d)

Treaty of Paris in 1763

52.

A struggle between Congress and President over governmental power (about the Reconstruction of the South) led to...

a)

the second Great Awakening.

b)

the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.

c)

the impeachment of Andrew Johnson.

d)

the Progressive movement.

53.

The Intolerable Acts were a British response to The Boston Tea Party

a)

True

b)

False

54.

Abraham Lincoln winning the presidential election of 1860 lead to:

a)

Battle of Bull Run

b)

The Whiskey Rebellion

c)

WWI

d)

South Carolina's Secession

55.

Which New England Colony was Started by Roger Williams, who wanted tolerance, after being banished by the Massachusetts Bay Colony?

a)

Virginia

b)

Pennsylvania

c)

Rhode Island

d)

Maine

56.

- The 3/5 compromise (Constitutional Convention of 1787)

- The Great Compromise (Constitutional Convention of 1787)

a)

Deal with representation in Congress

b)

Deal with territorial expansion

c)

Deal with interstate commerce

57.

In this Revolutionary War battle, Lord Cornwallis was surrounded by the Americans and the French, and forced to surrender:

a)

Saratoga

b)

Yorktown

c)

Trenton

d)

Lexington & Concord

58.

_______ is loyalty to one's own region or section of the country, rather than to the country as a whole.

a)

Popular Sovereignty

b)

Sectionalism

c)

Nationalism

d)

Social Contract

59.

This did not allow settlers to move west of the Appalachian Mountains:

a)

Proclamation of 1763

b)

Treaty of Paris of 1783

c)

War of 1812

d)

Intolerable Acts

60.

Manifest destiny is most closely associated with which war?

a)

French & Indian War

b)

Revolutionary War

c)

War of 1812

d)

Mexican-American War of 1846

61.

Was the leading proponent of the formation of labor unions?

a)

John D. Rockefeller

b)

Ida Tarbell

c)

John Adams

d)

Samuel Gompers

62.

The Alien & Sedition Acts infringed on the which amendment of the constitution.

a)

The First Amendment

b)

The Second Amendment

c)

The Third Amendment

d)

The Fourth Amendment