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US History Mid Term Exam Review I

Total questions: 136

Worksheet time: 1hrs 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who had superior military leadership during the Civil War?

a)

Union

b)

Confederacy

2.

President of the Confederate States of America.

a)

Abraham Lincoln

b)

US Grant

c)

Jefferson Davis

d)

Robert E. Lee

3.

The Republican Presidential candidate in 1868 election

a)

Abraham Lincoln

b)

Andrew Jones

c)

Ulysses S. Grant

d)

John A. Jones

 

4.

President Abraham Lincoln’s successor.

a)

Andrew Johnson

b)

John Wilkes Booth

c)

Jefferson Davis

d)

Andrew Jackson

5.

The most common form of farming work for freed individuals was?

a)

Pig farming

b)

being field hands

c)

sharecropping

d)

Cotton growing

6.

The central Plains were home to the______ Indians?

a)

Crow

b)

Arapaho

c)

Apache

d)

Cheyenne

7.

The major route north to Abilene, Kansas.

a)

Oregon Trail

b)

Kansas Trail

c)

Santa Fe Trail

d)

Chisholm Trail

8.

The man that came up with the idea that the government should own all property was?

a)

Karl Marx

b)

Thomas Stalin

c)

Joseph Stalin

d)

Adam Smith

9.

He was co-founder of the Central Pacific Railroad.

a)

JD Bell

b)

Leland Stanford

c)

Nelson Rockefeller

d)

John Gompers

10.

By 1879, _________ Oil controlled 90% of oil refining in the United States.

a)

Standard

b)

Mobile

c)

Texaco

d)

Central

11.

People moving from the rural areas to cities is called?

a)

  Ruralization

b)

Urbanization

c)

Colonization

d)

None of these

12.

What is one of the primary factors that draws people from rural areas to urban areas?

a)

less pollution

b)

more open space

c)

more jobs

d)

heat islands

13.

What is W.E.B. DuBois greatest accomplishment?

a)

creation of SNCC

b)

creation of vocational education

c)

creation of NAACP

d)

creation of Tuskegee Institute

14.

What woman was responsible for creating many settlement houses, most notably the Hull House?

a)

Carrie Nation

b)

Susan B. Anthony

c)

Jane Addams

d)

Ida Tarbell

15.

The Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act.  

a)

helped regulate the railroad commission 

b)

broke up 90 monopolies 

c)

helped people find jobs

d)

provided for selection of some government employees by exams

16.

A country that is technically independent but is actually under the control of another country.

a)

Territory

b)

Protectorate

c)

Moral Diplomacy

d)

Expansion

17.

The United States became an imperial power as a result of?

a)

the Spanish American War

b)

the Open-Door policy.

c)

the Pan-American Conference

d)

the Boxer Rebellion. 

18.

Which of the following is NOT a reason for the US to join World War I?

a)

sinking of the Lusitania

b)

The Zimmerman Note

c)

Militarism

d)

Unrestricted Submarine Warfare

19.

One of the key ideas in Wilson's 14 Points after WWI was an organization of nations that would prevent another world war called? 

a)

The league of extraordinary Gentlemen

b)

The League of Nations

c)

The Justice League

d)

The United Nations

20.

The international agreement which aimed to outlaw all future wars was the?

a)

Heuer-Bieber Pact.

b)

The London Naval Treaty.

c)

Kellogg-Briand Pact.

d)

Washington Naval Conference

21.

The Scopes Trial was about whether _______ should be taught in schools.

a)

Reading

b)

religion

c)

evolution

d)

biology

22.

During WWI what does the AEF stand for? 

a)

American Expeditionary Force

b)

American Empire Force

c)

Army Enlisted Force

d)

American Enlisted Force

23.

 During the Spanish – American conflict what war ship did the U.S. accuse Spain of destroying?

a)

U.S.S. Maine

b)

U.S.S. Monitor

c)

U.S.S. Maryland

d)

U.S.S. Merriweather

24.

The author of Uncle Tom's Cabin.

a)

Susan B. Anthony

b)

Harriet Beecher Stowe

c)

Jane Pitman

d)

None of these

25.

Kentucky was a _______state?

a)

Slave

b)

Free

c)

Border

26.

Confederate general that was a casualty at Chancellorsville.

a)

George McClellan

b)

Stonewall Jackson

c)

Robert E. Lee

d)

William Pickett

27.

Congress passed this to prohibit the president from removing government officials without the Senate’s approval.

a)

Impeachment Act

b)

Override Act

c)

Black Codes

d)

Tenure of Office Act

28.

This amendment states that no state could take away a citizen’s life, liberty, and property “without due process of law.”

a)

13

b)

14

c)

15

d)

16

29.

These were actually created by railroad companies.

a)

Zip Codes

b)

Time Zones

c)

States

d)

Indian Reservations

30.

The network of farmers’ self – help organizations eventually came to be called the?

a)

National Grange

b)

Southern Alliance

c)

Populists’ Grange

d)

Colorado Alliance

31.

Rangeland where cattle roam freely regardless of land ownership.

a)

Great Plains

b)

Oklahoma

c)

Open – range

d)

Open Plains

32.

The main immigration point on the west coast, Located in San Francisco Bay.

a)

Ellis Island

b)

Grand Island

c)

Angel Island

d)

Rhode Island

33.

He became the richest man in the world in the oil business.

a)

Cornelius Vanderbilt

b)

Henry Ford

c)

Horace Mann

d)

John D. Rockefeller

34.

Many immigrants were forced to live in __________, or run-down, dirty, and cramped apartment-like buildings.

a)

Tenements

b)

Ghettos

c)

Townhouses

d)

Plantations

35.

The process in which the population of urban settlements grows.

a)

Immigration

b)

Economic Development

c)

Urbanization

d)

Industrial Revolution

36.

Why did anti-immigration feelings develop during the Gilded Age?

a)

most immigrants were richer & better educated than native-born citizens.

b)

immigrants were running for political office.

c)

immigrants competed with native-born citizens for jobs

d)

the government's social programs were too expensive.

37.

Which amendment deals with the prohibition of Alcohol?

a)

16th Amendment

b)

17th Amendment

c)

18th Amendment

d)

19th Amendment

38.

A major purpose of the Progressive movement (1900-1917) was to?

a)

stimulate the economy

b)

support government control of factory production

c)

encourage immigration from southern and eastern Europe

d)

correct the economic and social abuses of industrial society

39.

The actions used by one nation to exercise control over a smaller or weaker nation.

a)

Imperialism

b)

Nationalism

c)

Jingoism

d)

Totalitarianism

40.

The United States built up a strong navy so it would not be shut out of overseas markets.

a)

True

b)

False

41.

What was one reason that national Prohibition failed?

a)

Stores did not sell alcohol.

b)

Many Americans did not support the law and drank anyway

c)

The federal government refused to enforce Prohibition laws.

d)

The United States Supreme Court declared Prohibition unconstitutional.

42.

What year did the fighting of World War I stop? 

a)

1914

b)

1939

c)

1917

d)

1918

43.

What year did the United States join World War I? 

a)

1915

b)

1917

c)

1912

d)

1918

44.

The United States required Cubans to add the Platt Amendment to their constitution, effectively making Cuba an American protectorate.

a)

True

b)

False

45.

Blue Journalism is a type of sensational, biased, and often false reporting for the sake of attracting readers.

 

a)

True

b)

False

46.

Places in cities like Chicago that provided social services to immigrants, poor and women were called?

a)

settlement houses

b)

assimilation schools

c)

tenements

d)

urban living homes

47.

Who outlined the Progressive reforms of the American public and gave his presidential campaign the name "Square Deal?"

a)

William Howard Taft

b)

Woodrow Wilson

c)

William McKinley

d)

Theodore Roosevelt

48.

A modern-day muckraker would be a?

a)

reporter/journalist

b)

farmer

c)

politician

d)

police man/woman

49.

Which type of area would New Orleans, Louisiana, be considered?

a)

Country

b)

rural

c)

urban

d)

suburban

50.

The belief that native-born white Americans were superior to newcomers is called?

 

a)

Patriotism

b)

Nativism

c)

Americanization

d)

Assimilation

51.

During the late 1800’s Immigrants arrived from Europe and ________.

a)

Asia

b)

South America

c)

Germany

d)

France

52.

He used ruthless tactics to buy up railroad lines like the NY Central, became massively rich.

a)

Bill Gates

b)

Karl Marks

c)

Cornelius Vanderbilt

d)

None of these

53.

Another term for business people is?

a)

Socialists

b)

Entrepreneurs

c)

Capitalists

d)

Economists

54.

Wovoka, a prophet, claimed this would restore the Sioux to their greatness.

a)

Rituals

b)

Ghost Dance

c)

Dawes

d)

Rain Dance

55.

The leader of the Lakota Sioux?

a)

Standing Wolf

b)

Black Kettle

c)

Sitting Bull

d)

Running Bear

56.

This Southern state did NOT require schools to be integrated.

a)

Louisiana

b)

Mississippi

c)

Florida

d)

South Carolina

57.

This changed the political balance in the South by restoring full rights to people who supported the Democrats.

a)

Amnesty Act

b)

Freedmen’s Bureau

c)

15th Amendment

d)

All of these

58.

He was a New South Advocate.

a)

Plessy Ferguson

b)

Henry Grady

c)

John Smith

d)

Thaddeus Stevens

59.

Who captured New Orleans during the Civil War?

a)

David Farragut

b)

Winfield Scott

c)

US Grant

d)

None of these

60.

The 16th President of the United States.

a)

Andrew Johnson

b)

Ulysses S. Grant

c)

Jefferson Davis

d)

Abraham Lincoln

61.

The Capital city of the Confederacy.

a)

Mobile, Al.

b)

New Orleans, La.

c)

Richmond, Va.

d)

Baltimore, Md.

62.

Southern senators made it clear that before Nebraska could be organized, Congress would have to repeal part of the?

a)

Kansas – Nebraska Act

b)

Compromise of 1850

c)

Fugitive Slave Act                            

d)

Missouri Compromise

63.

This battle on September 17, 1862, was the bloodiest day of the entire Civil War.

a)

Shiloh

b)

Richmond

c)

Antietam

d)

New Orleans

64.

This court case upheld Jim Crow Laws (separate but equal).

a)

Roe v Slade

b)

Miranda v US

c)

Plessy v Ferguson

d)

Crow v US

 

65.

To all white Southerners, except Confederate leaders, Lincoln offered?

a)

Reconstruction

b)

Amnesty

c)

Freedom

d)

the 10% Plan

66.

This State joined the Union in 1876.

a)

Colorado

b)

Oklahoma

c)

Montana

d)

Kansas

67.

The Indian Peace Commission recommended that Native Americans be? 

a)

Eliminated

b)

Honored

c)

Moved to reservations

d)

Captured or killed

68.

Native American Chief who led the Dakota Sioux uprising in Minnesota.

a)

Sitting Bull

b)

Black Kettle

c)

Little Crow

d)

Crazy Horse

69.

The economist that came up with Laissez Faire Capitalism.

a)

Karl Marx

b)

Adam Smith

c)

Howard Carols

d)

Eli Jones

70.

Who invented the seed drill in 1701 as a way to plant more efficiently.

a)

Jethro Tull

b)

John Deere

c)

Alex McCormick

d)

John Smith

 

71.

What are crusading journalists who investigated social conditions and political corruption called?

a)

Progressives

b)

Muckrakers

c)

Reformers

d)

Suffragists

72.

Where did most immigrants enter America during the Gilded Age?

 

a)

Angel Island

b)

Chicago

c)

Ellis Island

d)

Washington DC

73.

Who won the 1896 presidential election? 

a)

William Jennings Bryan

b)

William Bryan Jennings

c)

Chester Arthur

d)

William McKinley

74.

How did Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle contribute to a change in the relationship between government and business?

a)

break up of railroad monopolies

b)

increased food regulations

c)

federal troops ended Coal Strike

d)

government worked to end child labor

75.

What name was given to the group of investigative reporters who wrote books, news articles or magazine articles to persuade public opinion about corrupt businesses or government?

a)

Unionists

b)

Suffragists

c)

Muckrakers

d)

Socialists

76.

The quality of or state of being self-governing.

 

a)

Guerrilla

b)

Protectorate

c)

Autonomy

d)

Imperialism

77.

In the late 1800s, many European nations were looking overseas for places to sell their goods because? 

a)

Tariffs had reduced trade among industrialized nations.

b)

Asia and Africa were producing goods that Europeans wanted

c)

They could sell their goods at higher prices in Asia and Africa.

d)

They were producing more than other industrialized nations could buy.

78.

Select all the countries that made up the Central Powers.

a)

Spain, Portugal, Mexico

b)

Great Britain, United States, Italy

c)

Austria-Hungary, Germany, Ottoman Empire

d)

Cuba, Egypt, China

79.

What event did the United States see as an act of aggression and a violation of neutrality?

a)

The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand

b)

The Zimmerman Note

c)

The British Blockade 

d)

Russia's communist revolution.

80.

As the war was ending Woodrow Wilson issued his 14 Points, this was his plan for?

a)

Destroying Germany's Economy

b)

Continuing the War

c)

Establishing World Peace 

d)

Helping France rebuild.

81.

Who were the KKK against?

a)

People of Jewish faith

b)

African Americans

c)

Catholics

d)

All of these

82.

Select all the countries that made up the Allied Powers.

a)

Austria-Hungary, Germany

b)

Great Britain, Russia, United States

c)

Spain, Portugal, Mexico

d)

Cuba, Egypt, China

83.

What was the United States initial response to the outbreak of World War I? 

a)

They joined the Allied powers

b)

They refused to sell goods to nations at war.

c)

They joined the Central powers

d)

They declared neutrality

84.

Until 1886, about one-third of the population of Cuba was?

a)

from the United States

b)

enslaved.

c)

from England.

d)

part of the Spanish military.

85.

The act or process of increasing or enlarging the extent, number, or scope.

 

a)

Expansion

b)

Protectorate

c)

Imperialism

d)

Autonomy

86.

The idea that Christians had a duty to help poor people was called?

a)

Social Gospel

b)

Gospel of Wealth

c)

Gospel of Jesus

d)

morality

87.

Which of the following is NOT a part of Theodore Roosevelt's progressive reform deal?

a)

Control Corporations

b)

Consumer protection

c)

Clayton's Anti-Trust Act

d)

Conservation of natural resources

88.

What is the significance of initiative, recall, and referendum?

a)

increase power to the citizens

b)

expand voting rights to the Chinese

c)

expand suffrage to women

d)

low interest rate loans to farmers

89.

During urbanization poor sanitation led to what? 

a)

a boom in the recycling industry 

b)

Large numbers leaving the city 

c)

Disease such as outbreaks of cholera & typhoid

d)

Increase in sanitation related technologies 

90.

Why did people come to America?

a)

They wanted more freedom.

b)

They were looking for jobs.

c)

They suffered famine and war in their own country

d)

All of these are reasons they came to America.

91.

A historical site in New York that opened in 1892 as an immigration station.

a)

Angel Island

b)

Coney Island

c)

Ellis Island

d)

Grand Island

92.

An 1890 law that banned the formations of trusts and monopolies in the United States.

 

a)

Sherman Antitrust Act

b)

Dawes Antitrust Act

c)

Homestead Act

d)

Bill Watts Act

93.

Capital is?

a)

The raw materials needed to produce something

b)

the biggest city in each state

c)

money used to invest in labor, people or factories

d)

A person that owns a business.

94.

This Nez Perce leader surrendered in northern Montana.

 

a)

Crazy Horse

b)

Chief Joseph

c)

Geronimo

d)

Sitting Bull

95.

The Comstock boomtown?

a)

Las Vegas

b)

Sacramento

c)

Colorado City

d)

Virginia City

96.

When President Andrew Johnson violated the Tenure of Office Act, the House of Representatives voted to?

a)

impeach him

b)

Reelected him

c)

support him

d)

override him

97.

Along with education most freed people wanted? 

 

a)

Food

b)

Houses

c)

Land

d)

new jobs 

98.

Thaddeus Stevens was known as a?

a)

Radical Republican

b)

Reformist

c)

Moderate Democrat

d)

Segregationist

99.

He was a violent abolitionist.

 

a)

George Scott

b)

John Brown

c)

William Douglas

d)

John Bell

100.

Missouri was a ______ state during the Civil War. A. B. *C.

a)

Slave

b)

Free

c)

Border

d)

None of these

101.

He was the commanding general when Lee surrendered at Battle of Appomattox Court House.

a)

Robert E. Lee

b)

George A. Custer

c)

Ulysses S. Grant

d)

William T. Sherman

102.

John Brown attempted to seize a federal arsenal at?

a)

St. Augustine

b)

Washington, D.C.

c)

Harper’s Ferry Va.

d)

Gettysburg, Pa.

103.

The site of Robert E. Lee’s surrender during Civil War.

a)

Richmond

b)

Washington D.C.

c)

Gettysburg

d)

Appomattox Court House, VA.

104.

A literacy test was?

a)

Amnesty test

b)

pre-voting test

c)

for white southerners

d)

none of these

105.

This agency helped freed African Americans by establishing schools.

a)

Reconstruction Bureau

b)

Ku Klux Klan

c)

White Camelia’s

d)

Freedmen’s Bureau

106.

The Central Pacific Railroad relied on these workers.

a)

Chinese

b)

Germans

c)

African Americans

d)

Irish

107.

Sitting Bull & Crazy Horse defeated this Civil War veteran and his forces.

a)

Hunt Jackson

b)

William McKinley

c)

George A. Custer

d)

J.M. Chivington

108.

Boomtown near the Comstock Lode.

a)

Nevada City

b)

Carson City

c)

Virginia City

109.

Prior to industrialization people lived?

a)

on farms

b)

in suburbs

c)

in tenements

d)

in cities

110.

The Virginia blacksmith that invented the mechanical reaper in 1831. 

a)

John Deere

b)

Cyrus McCormick

c)

J.D. Smith

d)

Joseph Gompers

111.

The Suffragist were responsible for?

a)

African American’s right to vote

b)

Passing child labor law

c)

Women’s right to vote

d)

Passing domestic violence laws.

112.

What philosophy held that some people fail in life because of circumstances beyond their control?

a)

individualism

b)

naturalism

c)

realism

d)

Social Darwinism

113.

Moving to a different country.

a)

migration

b)

segregation

c)

mutation

d)

immigration

114.

Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony are best known for?

a)

women's suffrage

b)

settlement houses in Chicago

c)

fighting lynching

d)

popular singing duo

115.

Who wrote The History of Standard Oil, a book which describes how John D. Rockefeller used ruthless business practices in the oil industry?

a)

Ida Tarbell

b)

Jane Addams

c)

Jacob Riis

d)

Lincoln Steffens

116.

Extreme nationalism marked by aggressive foreign policy.

a)

Imperialism

b)

Nationalism

c)

Jingoism

d)

Autonomy

117.

Critics of the plan to annex the Philippines argued that the cost would outweigh the economic benefits, that imperialism violated American principles, and that?  

a)

competition from Filipino labor would drive down American wages.

b)

opening new markets would actually harm American businesses.

c)

Filipinos would not be capable of living under American democracy.

d)

Filipinos were likely to rebel against American control.

118.

Theodore Roosevelt was second in command of an all-volunteer U.S. cavalry unit, known as the_________, that fought in the Spanish-American War.

a)

Easy Riders

b)

Rough Riders

c)

Conquistador Riders

d)

Harley Riders

119.

What event did the United States see as an act of aggression and a violation of neutrality?

a)

The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand

b)

The British Blockade 

c)

The Zimmerman Note

d)

Russia's communist revolution.

120.

Which of these descriptions fits life in the Roaring Twenties?

a)

a time of prosperity, social change, artistic rebirth and organized crime

b)

a time of technological breakthroughs and online gaming

c)

a time of conflict and economic hardships

d)

the rise of imperialism and international conquest

121.

Jazz is?  

a)

A style of art created by activists 

b)

A fashion style that came and went quickly

c)

A musical style created by white musicians

d)

A musical style created in the South

122.

Alvin York was a soldier during World War I who received the Medal of Honor for his actions in the war. His actions are interesting because he was -

a)

A German defector

b)

A prisoner of War 

c)

a Conscientious objector

d)

Stationed away from battle

123.

What event started World War I?

a)

Sinking of the Lusitania

b)

The Zimmerman Note

c)

The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand

d)

Germany's invasion of Poland.

124.

Today, the Philippines is an?

a)

American commonwealth. 

b)

independent country.

c)

American protectorate

d)

unincorporated territory

125.

Section of a country where a foreign nation enjoys special rights and powers.

a)

Yellow Journalism

b)

Sphere of Influence

c)

Jingoism

d)

Dollar Diplomacy

126.

Author of "The Jungle" - Exposes conditions of meatpacking industry.

a)

Lincoln Steffens

b)

Ida Tarbell

c)

Jane Adams

d)

Upton Sinclair

127.

What does Laissez-faire mean?

a)

government regulation of business 

b)

government owns businesses

c)

government does not interfere with business

d)

government only controls food industry

128.

Founder of the Tuskegee Institute.

a)

WEB DuBois

b)

Malcolm X

c)

Thomas Eakins

d)

Booker T Washington

129.

This person was responsible for creating the first settlement house that assisted immigrants in Chicago.

a)

Ida B. Wells

b)

Susan B. Anthony

c)

Jane Addams

d)

Martha Washington

130.

Who invented the first practical car, the Model T?

a)

Whitey Ford

b)

Lance Chevrolet

c)

John Henry

d)

Henry Ford

131.

The American inventor best known for inventing the electric light bulb.

 

a)

George M. Pullman

b)

Thomas Edison

c)

Alexander Graham Bell

d)

Ben Franklin

132.

The life expectancy for the average person before industrialization was longer than today's life expectancy.

 

a)

True

b)

False

133.

This nomadic northern Plains nation followed the buffalo.

a)

Crow

b)

Apache

c)

Sioux

d)

Cheyenne

134.

He was the leader of the Cheyenne warriors.

a)

Black Kettle

b)

Geronimo

c)

Sitting Bull

d)

Wounded Knee

135.

This violated the tradition that presidents controlled their cabinets.

 

a)

Wade – Davis Bill

b)

13th Amendment

c)

Tenure of Office Act

d)

Jim Crow Laws

136.

This terrifying secret society often killed African Americans in the South.

 

a)

Freedmen’s Bureau

b)

Ku Klux Klan

c)

White Men’s Society

d)

Southerners’ Society