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Period 7 Part 1

Total questions: 32

Worksheet time: 16mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What was the major goal of of Jim Crow laws?

a)

Suppress "blacks political voice"

b)

Repeal "Separate But Equal"

c)

Enable black suffrage nationwide

d)

Reform societal issues for blacks

2.

Which option below ensured what was being asked for in the pic provided? (enfranchise women)

a)

1st Amendment

b)

5th Amendment

c)

13th Amendment

d)

19th Amendment

3.

Which picture below did Upton Sinclair's book, The Jungle highlight as a need for reform?

a)
b)
c)
d)
4.

Jacob Riis often pointed out how these crowded urban areas were ethnically rich, but the conditions were extremely poor. Which term has a direct connection to the image here?

a)

18th Amendment

b)

Muckraker

c)

Settlement House

d)

Salvation Army

5.

Which candidate from the 1912 election benefited the most from the creation of the Bull Moose party? *Think winners & losers

a)

T.R.

b)

Taft

c)

Wilson

d)

Debs

6.

Which amendments were enacted during the Progressive Era?

a)

2nd

b)

10th

c)

16th

d)

17th

e)

19th

7.

Founder of the NAACP

Pushed for the "Talented Tenth"

Attended Harvard University

a)

Ida B Wells

b)

Booker T Washington

c)

W E B DuBois

d)

Martin Luther King Jr.

8.

Prohibition banned the making, selling, buying, or drinking of alcohol. Which amendment made this possible?

a)

17th Amendment

b)

18th Amendment

c)

19th Amendment

d)

21st Amendment

9.

The purpose of the Sherman Anti-Trust Act was to

a)

break up monopolies

b)

give equal rights to women

c)

help people living in poverty

d)

end racism

10.

Which idea of Theodore Roosevelt’s Square Deal led to the creation of National Parks?

a)

Meat Inspection Act

b)

Preservation

c)

Conservation

d)

Intimidation

11.

The idea that the government will tax at different rates based on how much money you make.

a)

Tax Invasion

b)

Salary Tax

c)

Sales Tax

d)

Graduated Income Tax

12.
A secret telegram from Germany to Mexico was the:
a)
Tooleriod Telegram
b)
Zimmerman Telegram
c)
Lusitania Telegram
13.
What organization did Wilson want to establish?
a)
United Nations
b)
European Union
c)
League of Nations
d)
NAFTA
14.
What treaty officially ended the war?
a)
Treaty of Versailles
b)
Woodrow Wilson's 14 Points
c)
League of Nations
d)
Hague Accords
15.

What is the cartoon an example of? Select the two(2) correct answers.

a)

Yellow Journalism

b)

Big Stick Diplomacy

c)

The Roosevelt Corollary

d)

Cuban independence

16.
Which nation wanted to punish the Germans the most?
a)
France
b)
The United Kingdom
c)
The United States
d)
Italy
17.
World War 1 took place between what years?
a)
1939 - 1945
b)
1915 - 1920
c)
1914 - 1918
d)
1899 - 1914
18.
On May 7, 1915, a German submarine torpedoed and sank
a)
the Maine
b)
The Titanic
c)
The Lusitania
d)
The Queen Mary
19.
Who were the new workers in factories during World War I?
a)
African Americans and women
b)
women and children
c)
American Indians
d)
teachers and students
20.
One of the most famous American poets of all-time, he infused jazz and blues rhythms into much of his work.
a)
Duke Ellington
b)
Cab Calloway
c)
Louis Armstrong
d)
Langston Hughes
21.

Which group targeted African Americans, immigrants, Catholics and Jews?

a)

Ku Klux Klan

b)

Flappers

c)

Gangsters

d)

Fundamentalists

22.

Sacco and Vanzetti were on trial for robbery and murder, but also for their

a)

membership in the Ku Klux Klan

b)

refusal to board the Buford

c)

political beliefs and ethnicity

d)

resistance to the leadership of John L. Lewis

23.
The fear of a communist takeover of the US during the 1920's became known as the
a)
Bad Times
b)
Red Scare
c)
Bolshevik Doom
d)
Communist Wave
24.

What amendment banned alcohol (Prohibition)?

a)

16

b)

18

c)

19

d)

21

25.

Why was the 1920s known as the "Roaring 20s?"

a)

huge increase in immigration which led to fighting

b)

economic depression

c)

people were free to drink and party at their leisure

d)

it was a time of cultural and social changes

26.

What President had a corrupt-ridden administration at the start of the 1920s?

a)

Coolidge

b)

Roosevelt

c)

Wilson

d)

Harding

27.

What natural resource was involved in the Teapot Dome Scandal?

a)

Coal

b)

Oil

c)

Timber

d)

Steel

28.

What trial pitted science versus religion in the 1920s?

a)

Sacco & Vanzetti Trial

b)

The Scopes Trial

c)

The Teapot Dome Trial

d)

The Garvey Trial

29.

What was the name of the U.S. Attorney General that had his house bombed by anarchists?

a)

Warren Harding

b)

A. Mitchell Palmer

c)

Albert Fall

d)

Calvin Coolidge

30.

What activity saw radicals being rounded up all over America by government agents in the early 1920s?

a)

Palmer Raids

b)

Sedition Act

c)

Espionage Acts

d)

Coolidge Raids

31.

What group was NOT a target of the Ku Klux Klan's racial discrimination?

a)

African Americans

b)

Women

c)

Catholics

d)

Immigrants

32.

1. Many retailers developed plans that allowed consumers to buy on ___________________ for expensive items they could not typically afford.

a)

automobile

b)

credit

c)

mass manufacturing

d)

speculation