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US Fall Review

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 25mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

JP Morgan was associated with which industry?

a)

banking

b)

steel

c)

oil

d)

railroads

2.

Andrew Carnegie was associated with which industry.

a)

steel

b)

oil

c)

banking

d)

railroads

3.

John D. Rockefeller was associated with which industry.

a)

banking

b)

oil

c)

railroads

d)

steel

4.

Which of these events is associated with William McKinley?

a)

Was President during the Spanish American War.

b)

Made many unsuccessful runs for the presidency. He ran on a socialist platform.

c)

Populist presidential candidate known for his "Cross of Gold" speech.

d)

Only president elected to non-consecutive terms, 1884 and 1892.

5.

Which of these events is associated with Eugene Debs?

a)

Was President during the Spanish American War.

b)

Made many unsuccessful runs for the presidency. He ran on a socialist platform.

c)

Populist presidential candidate known for his "Cross of Gold" speech.

d)

Only president elected to non-consecutive terms, 1884 and 1892.

6.

Which of these events is associated with William Jennings Bryan?

a)

Was President during the Spanish American War.

b)

Made many unsuccessful runs for the presidency. He ran on a socialist platform.

c)

Populist presidential candidate known for his "Cross of Gold" speech.

d)

Only president elected to non-consecutive terms, 1884 and 1892.

7.

Which of these events is associated with Grover Cleveland?

a)

Was President during the Spanish American War.

b)

Made many unsuccessful runs for the presidency. He ran on a socialist platform.

c)

Populist presidential candidate known for his "Cross of Gold" speech.

d)

Only president elected to non-consecutive terms, 1884 and 1892.

8.

Franz Ferdinand was associated with which event?

a)

The assassination of this Archduke of Austria-Hungary led to WWI.

b)

Represented the U.S. at the Paris Peace Conference that negotiated the Treaty of Versailles.

c)

Created national parks and conservation movement.

d)

Returned from exile to lead the Bolsheviks in the Russian Revolution.

9.

Woodrow Wilson was associated with which event?

a)

The assassination of this Archduke of Austria-Hungary led to WWI.

b)

Represented the U.S. at the Paris Peace Conference that negotiated the Treaty of Versailles.

c)

Created national parks and conservation movement.

d)

Returned from exile to lead the Bolsheviks in the Russian Revolution.

10.

Theodore Roosevelt was associated with which event?

a)

The assassination of this Archduke of Austria-Hungary led to WWI.

b)

Represented the U.S. at the Paris Peace Conference that negotiated the Treaty of Versailles.

c)

Created national parks and conservation movement.

d)

Returned from exile to lead the Bolsheviks in the Russian Revolution.

11.

Vladimir Lenin was associated with which event?

a)

The assassination of this Archduke of Austria-Hungary led to WWI.

b)

Represented the U.S. at the Paris Peace Conference that negotiated the Treaty of Versailles.

c)

Created national parks and conservation movement.

d)

Returned from exile to lead the Bolsheviks in the Russian Revolution.

12.

What does the 14th Amendment guarantee?

a)

Birthright citizenship

b)

Senators elected by the people.

c)

Federal income tax

d)

Abolition of slavery

13.

Which of the following is the 17th Amendment associated with?

a)

Senators elected by people.

b)

Federal income tax

c)

Prohibition

d)

Abolition of slavery

14.

Which of the following is the 15th Amendment associated with?

a)

States can't stop someone from voting based on race, color, or previous condition of servitude.

b)

Federal income tax

c)

Prohibition

d)

Abolition of slavery

15.

Which of the following is the 16th Amendment associated with?

a)

States can't stop someone from voting based on sex.

b)

Federal income tax

c)

Prohibition

d)

Abolition of slavery

16.

Which of the following is the 13th Amendment associated with?

a)

Abolition of slavery

b)

Federal income tax

c)

Prohibition

d)

Giving women the right to vote

17.

Which of the following is the 18th Amendment associated with?

a)

Abolition of slavery

b)

Federal income tax

c)

Prohibition

d)

Abolition of slavery

18.

Which of the following is the 19th Amendment associated with?

a)

States can't stop someone from voting based on sex.

b)

Federal income tax

c)

Prohibition

d)

Abolition of slavery

19.

The land that the US government allowed Native American tribes to settle on was called...

a)

Reservation

b)

Land Cession

c)

Public Land

d)

Indian Territory

20.

The first US transcontinental railroad connected at...

a)

Soda Springs, Idaho

b)

Denver, Colorado

c)

Promontory Point, Utah

d)

Dallas, Texas

21.

The first US president to be impeached was:

a)

Andrew Johnson

b)

Abraham Lincoln

c)

Bill Clinton

d)

Woodrow Wilson

22.

Which item below was used to keep African Americans from voting?

a)

Literacy test

b)

Citizenship papers

c)

High school diploma

d)

Consent from slave owner

23.

The first cattle ranches that developed after the Civil War were in...

a)

Florida

b)

Texas

c)

Colorado

d)

Michigan

24.

Andrew Carnegie's "Gospel of Wealth" promoted which of the following:

a)

Only wealthy people deserve to participate in the arts and community.

b)

The wealthy should share their fortune for the benefit of the whole community.

c)

A percentage of all personal wealth should be met before sharing religion with them.

d)

People's practical needs should be met before sharing religion with them

25.

The main reason for US involvement in the Spanish-American War involved the death of 260 people on which ship?

a)

USS Maine

b)

USS Arizona

c)

Lusitania

d)

Titanic

26.

How did W.E.B Dubois help African Americans gain political rights.

a)

Founded Tuskegee College

b)

Founded NAACP

c)

Led campaign against lynching.

d)

Founded first settlement house.

27.

The word used to describe the period after the Civil War is called...

a)

The New Deal

b)

Reconstruction

c)

Square Deal

d)

New World Order

28.

The Freedman's Bureau helped which group?

a)

Native Americans

b)

African Americans

c)

Carpetbaggers

d)

Scalawags

29.

Which group wanted to punish the South?

a)

The moderate Republicans

b)

The Jim Crow Democrats

c)

The Ku Klux Klan

d)

The Radical Republicans

30.

How did Theodore Roosevelt sum up his foreign policy?

a)

"The policy known as imperialism is hostile to liberty."

b)

"Speak softly and carry a big stick."

c)

"Treat all people as if they were Americans."

d)

"Attack anyone who stands in the way."

31.

Farmers were able to claim 160 acres of free land on the Great Plains through the:

a)

Homestead Act

b)

Bison Removal Act

c)

Morrill Act

d)

Dawes Act

32.

Which legislation had as its goal to "Americanize" Native Americans living on US reservations by granting individual acreages of land and compulsory Indian Schools?

a)

Dawes Act

b)

Pendleton Civil Service Act

c)

Smith Act

d)

Homestead Act

33.

Why were strikes usually unsuccessful?

a)

opposed by law enforcement

b)

opposed by most people

c)

opposed by government

d)

all of the above

34.

Henry Cabot Lodge and William Borah resisted President Wilson's League of Nations because they were...

a)

imperialists

b)

nationalists

c)

isolationists

d)

industrialists

35.

The most famous of the political machine bosses was...

a)

Roosevelt

b)

Carnegie

c)

Barnes

d)

Tweed

36.

What did the Women's Christian Temperance Union fight against?

a)

segregated schools

b)

alcoholic drinks

c)

baseball games

d)

gambling

37.

The United States declared war on which country in 1898?

a)

England

b)

Spain

c)

France

d)

Italy

38.

The land for the Panama Canal was taken from which country?

a)

Panama

b)

Nicaragua

c)

Costa Rica

d)

Honduras

39.

How did Booker T. Washington help African Americans gain economic strength?

a)

He founded a steel factory in Alabama and hired African Americans.

b)

He founded the Tuskegee Institute and hired talented teachers and scholars.

c)

He began a newspaper that donated the proceeds to the NAACP.

d)

He opened a department store run by African Americans.

40.

President Theodore Roosevelt was known as the...

a)

Warrior

b)

Referendum

c)

Drug Lord

d)

Trust Buster

41.

One of the reasons that the United States declared war on Germany in 1917 was due to the German's...

a)

Giving aid to Russia.

b)

Practicing unrestricted submarine warfare in the Atlantic.

c)

Helping neutral Belgium.

d)

Sinking of the USS Maine.

42.

What was the effect of the Supreme Court's ruling in Plessy v Ferguson?

a)

African Americans were free from racism for the first time ever.

b)

White-controlled government let facilities for African Americans decay.

c)

Facilities for African Americans and whites should be equally funded.

d)

It eased tensions over civil rights in the South.

43.

Why did the Zimmerman Telegram anger Americans?

a)

It said Germany would resume unrestricted submarine warfare.

b)

It withdrew the German promise not to sink merchant ships.

c)

It offered German help to Mexico in reclaiming land lost to the United States.

d)

It offered the United States help conquering Mexico.

44.

One of the battles that the United States did well in was the battle of:

a)

Antiago

b)

Bonners Ferry

c)

San Caliente

d)

Argonne Forest

45.

Who was President of the United States during World War I?

a)

Theodore Roosevelt

b)

William H. Taft

c)

Woodrow Wilson

d)

Franklin D. Roosevelt

46.

This was created as part of the treaty that ended World War I:

a)

The League of Nations

b)

The Security Council

c)

The United Nations

d)

The World Court

47.

World War I began when Germany declared war on:

a)

Russia

b)

Italy

c)

Spain

d)

Denmark

48.

Before European immigrants could settle in the United States, they had to be processed by government officials at what place?

a)

New York City

b)

Angel Island

c)

Ellis Island

d)

Philadelphia

49.

When one country extends its rule over another country for the purpose of gaining material, markets, or military bases this would be known as?

a)

annexation

b)

business cycle

c)

imperialism

d)

annexation and business cycle

50.

The purchase of Alaska in 1867 became known as "Seward's Folly." What country did the United States purchase Alaska from?

a)

England

b)

Russia

c)

Japan

d)

Spain