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US History OST Review

Total questions: 146

Worksheet time: 1hrs 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

_ is the way that historians tell their readers what sources they used as evidence.

a)

refutation

b)

interpretation

c)

citation

d)

salutation

2.

facts and info that show something is true; proof.

a)

ideas

b)

evidence

c)

youtube videos where a guy screams at the camera for hours

d)

hypotheses

3.

an explanation of past events.

a)

historical interpretation

b)

historical corroboration

c)

historical deduction

d)

historical investigation

4.

to prove that (something) is not true

a)

refute

b)

evidence

c)

interpret

d)

cite

5.

the key historical interpretation or argument that a historian makes and supports with evidence

a)

thesis

b)

hypothesis

c)

synthesis

d)

parenthesis

6.

The statement "the American Revolution was caused by British taxes" is ___

a)

an interpretation

b)

a fact

c)

a refutation

d)

a citation

7.

Which of the following could be used as evidence that Steve killed a man?

a)

Steve was seen talking to the man a day before he was killed

b)

Just look at him. We all know it was Steve.

c)

Steve's long written confession titled Why I Did the Murder

d)

Steve owns a knife.

8.

A good history book should include many citations because

a)

more citation means more work. I like historians that work hard

b)

the author’s interpretation will be better with more sources of evidence

c)

more citations make you look smarter

d)

more citations make it unlikely the author will be accused of plagiarism

9.

A speech given by Abraham Lincoln.

a)

Primary Source

b)

Secondary Source

10.

An encyclopedia entry on Amelia Earhart.

a)

Primary Source

b)

Secondary Source

11.

An interview with Hilary Clinton.

a)

Primary Source

b)

Secondary Source

12.

The autobiography of Fredrick Douglas.

a)

Primary Source

b)

Secondary Source

13.

A textbook you used in class to study the presidents.

a)

Primary Source

b)

Secondary Source

14.

An original government document called the “mining laws of 1875.”

a)

Primary Source

b)

Secondary Source

15.

Letters written by George Washington.

a)

Primary Source

b)

Secondary Source

16.

Photographs of the Civil War soldiers in their camp.

a)

Primary Source

b)

Secondary Source

17.

A TV show on World War II.

a)

Primary Source

b)

Secondary Source

18.
The purpose of the Volstead Act was to _
a)
ban the teaching of evolution.
b)
enforce Prohibition.
c)
limit immigration.
d)
prohibit lynching.
19.
How did women force the government to grant them suffrage?
a)
they wrote polite letters to their congressmen
b)
they hit their husbands repeatedly with comically large rolling pins, like in Looney Toons
c)
they wrote articles in newspapers to convince politicians of their cause
d)
they organized events, handed out pamphlets, delivered speeches, picketed, chained themselves to lampposts, and went on hunger strikes
20.
Which amendment to the Constitution gave women the right to vote?
a)
19th Amendment (1920)
b)
24th Amendment (1964)
c)
15th Amendment (1870)
d)
18th Amendment (1919)
21.
Which amendment to the Constitution made it illegal to manufacture, transport, sell, and drink alcohol?
a)
19th Amendment (1920)
b)
24th Amendment (1964)
c)
15th Amendment (1870)
d)
18th Amendment (1919)
22.
Which of the following was NOT an effect of Prohibition?
a)
Small criminal gangs became large organized crime operations.
b)
There was a significant drop in number of people suffering from alcoholism.
c)
There was an increasing amount of government corruption.
d)
Secret bars called "speakeasies" opened up around the country.
23.
Warren G. Harding won the 1920 US Presidential election by _
a)
promising that the US would become a world power.
b)
promising to reform society.
c)
promising to repeal Prohibition.
d)
promising a "return to normalcy."
24.
President Harding's secretary of the interior, Albert Fall, secretly allowed oil companies to rent land in Wyoming in exchange for bribes, causing a scandal that became known as the _
a)
Daugherty scandal.
b)
Fall scandal.
c)
Forbes scandal.
d)
Teapot Dome Scandal.
25.
Calvin Coolidge believed that his job as president was to make sure the government _
a)
became involved in social reform.
b)
interfered with businesses as little as possible.
c)
participated regularly in world affairs.
d)
regulated big businesses in order to stabilize the economy.
26.

Unlike the old Klu Klux Klan of the 1860s, the new Ku Klux Klan of the 1920s _

a)

targeted Catholics, Jews, and immigrants in addition to targeting Black Americans.

b)

rejected violence as a method for achieving their goals.

c)

embraced cultural diversity and promoted family values.

d)

was only present in the Southern United States.

27.

The rise of conservative values in the 1920s was partially a result of _

a)

cable news TV shows which promoted those values.

b)

White Anglo-Saxon Protestants fear that they were losing their dominant position in US society.

c)

the failures of Woodrow Wilson's presidency.

d)

the influence of women voters.

28.

The National Origins Act of 1924 severely limited immigration from _

a)

Northern and Western Europe.

b)

Southern and Eastern Asia.

c)

Southern and Eastern Europe.

d)

Eastern and Northern Africa.

29.

Henry Ford's assembly line system for making cars increased efficiency by _

a)

assigning a team to each car.

b)

dividing the process of making cars into simple tasks.

c)

reducing the number of parts needed.

d)

training each worker to do every task.

30.

In order to buy new products, many people in the 1920s bought everything from radios to cars on _ with the idea that they could "buy now, pay later."

a)

rent-to-own plans

b)

installment plans

c)

income-based repayment plans

d)

personal loan plans

31.

In order to get consumers to buy new products, advertisers _

a)

took advantage of people’s fears about status by implying that a person wasn’t modern, successful, or stylish without their product.

b)

focused on the practical benefits that their products offered.

c)

compared other companies' products unfavorably to their own products.

d)

threatened those who refused to buy their product with lawsuits and jail time.

32.

In 1926, National Broadcasting Corporation (NBC) set up a network of stations to broadcast _ all over the country.

a)

television programming

b)

wireless internet

c)

radio programming

d)

telegraph dispatches

33.

What effect did the automobile industry of the 1920s have on American society?

a)

People could live farther from their places of work.

b)

People moved from the suburbs to the city.

c)

The mail delivery system expanded across the country.

d)

Workers did not commute anymore.

34.
Which of the following was NOT a cause of the strike wave of 1919?
a)
Inflation greatly increased the cost of living after the government ended price controls.
b)
With no more orders for war materials after World War I ended, factories laid off workers.
c)
Full employment and an economic boom made workers realize that employers could afford to give them pay raises.
d)
During the World War I, union membership increased greatly.
35.
How did US Steel defeat the Great Steel Strike of 1919?
a)

They hired Black and Mexican workers to replace the strikers in an attempt to cause racial conflict.

b)

They blamed the strike on foreign communists, and called for loyal Americans to return to work.

c)

They used company guards and police to violently suppress striking workers.

d)

all of these

36.
Why did labor unions, socialists, and communists hold a parade in Cleveland on May 1st, 1919?
a)
to demand the eight hour work day
b)
to protest police violence against striking workers
c)
to protest the Palmer Raids being carried out by the FBI
d)
to protest the imprisonment of Eugene V Debs
37.
What caused the Cleveland May Day Riot?
a)
Police and soldiers attacked a parade of labor unions, socialists, and communists.
b)
Labor unions, socialists, and communists planned the riot in the hope that it would lead to a revolution.
c)
Crowds were shocked when the Cleveland Cavaliers won the first ever Super Bowl with nine home runs.
d)
Many laid off white workers who couldn't find work blamed black workers who had recently migrated from the south.
38.
What caused race riots to break out in the summer of 1919?
a)
Police and soldiers attacked a parade of labor unions, socialists, and communists.
b)
Labor unions, socialists, and communists planned the riot in the hope that it would lead to a revolution.
c)
Crowds were shocked when the Cleveland Cavaliers won the first ever Super Bowl with nine home runs.
d)
Many laid off white workers who couldn't find work blamed black workers who had recently migrated from the south.
39.
What was the First Great Migration?
a)

A large movement of European immigrants fleeing to the United States to escape the First World War

b)

A large movement of African Americans moving from the rural South to Northern cities between 1915 and 1930

c)

A large movement of Americans from the eastern to the western part of the country in the late 1800s

d)

A large movement French refugees fleeing to Britain to escape the German invasion of 1914

40.
What caused the First Red Scare?
a)
A nationwide panic caused by business owners and government officials who were afraid that a communist revolution and blamed communist immigrants for the bombings, strikes, and riots riots of 1919.
b)
A nationwide panic caused by government officials who were afraid that German spies were sabotaging American factories.
c)
A nationwide panic caused by news reporters and politicians who were afraid that Russian hackers had rigged the 2016 US Presidential Election.
d)
A nationwide panic caused by government officials and news reporters who were afraid that the Chinese government was using spy balloons to get information they could have gotten from Google Maps.
41.
Who was targeted by the series of mail bombings that occurred in 1919?
a)
important leaders in labor unions, socialist, and communist organizations, including American Railway Union leader Eugene V. Debs
b)
important Americans including US Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer, Justice Department officials, newspaper editors, and businessmen
c)
ordinary Americans, seemingly chosen at random
d)
leaders in the American military including General John Pershing, police departments, and prison officials
42.
Which of the following was NOT a result of the First Red Scare?
a)
members of the Socialist Party were expelled from office, despite being fairly elected
b)
nearly 30 states passed “sedition” or “anti-syndicalist” laws making it illegal to join groups that supported revolution
c)
Attorney General Palmer created the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
d)
the FBI carried out a series of raids in which thousands of radicals were arrested and deported, often without a fair trial
e)
socialist and communist groups responded by attempting an armed revolution, which failed when militia forces were called in to fight them
43.
_____ was responsible for making propaganda to get people to support the war.
a)
J. Edgar Hoover
b)
The War Industries Board
c)
The War Propaganda Board
d)
The Committee on Public Information
44.
What were the four MAIN causes of World War I?
a)
Monarchism, Anti-colonialism, Imperialism, and Nationalism
b)
Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism, and Nationalism
c)
Militarism, Anti-colonialism, Interventionism, and Nationalism
d)
Monarchism, Alliances Imperialism, and Nativism
45.
What countries made up the Allied Powers during World War I?
a)
Italy, France, England, and Canada
b)
Russia, France, and Canada
c)
Britain, France, Russia, and the United States
d)
Italy, Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, the Ottoman Empire, and Japan
46.
Criticism of the war within the United States was silenced by _____.
a)
the Espionage and Sedition Acts
b)
the Palmer Raids
c)
the Red Scare
d)
the Committee on Public Information
47.
What countries made up the Central Powers during World War I?
a)
Austria-Hungary, Germany, and the Ottoman Empire
b)
Italy, Germany, and Austria-Hungary
c)
Britain, France, Russia, Italy, Japan, and the United States
d)
Russia, France, Canada
48.
In 1917, Congress passed the Selective Service Act which required _____.
a)
that all women register to serve as nurses in WWI
b)
that all men from ages 21 to 30 to register for possible military service
c)
that all German Americans register their address and political affiliation with the government
d)
that African Americans not serving overseas move north to work in wartime industries
49.
What was the effect of the Espionage Act of 1918?
a)
it gave women the right to vote
b)
it created distrust of German-Americans
c)
it limited freedom of speech
d)
it increased the size of the US Army
50.
What two events caused the United States to enter World War I?
a)
the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and the German invasion of Belgium
b)
the sinking of the passenger ship Lusitania and the interception of the Zimmerman Telegram
c)
the sinking of the USS Maine and the Russian invasion of Ukraine
d)
John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry and the attack on Fort Sumter
51.
In November 1917, the tired Russian army refused to keep fighting, beginning the _____
a)
American Revolution.
b)
German Revolution.
c)
Russian Revolution.
d)
French Revolution.
52.
The goal of the League of Nations was _____
a)
to influence the balance of power.
b)
to make the United States a world superpower.
c)
to create a strong international military force.
d)
to promote international cooperation and peace.
53.
The Great Migration during World War I was the flow of _____.
a)
European immigrants fleeing to the United States to escape the war in Europe
b)
African Americans moving from the South to Northern cities
c)
French refugees fleeing to Britain ahead of the German onslaught
d)
Mexicans fleeing to the American Southwest to escape political turmoil
54.

When the Treaty of Versailles was signed, the US Senate _

a)

ratified the treaty, but then refused to allow the US to join the League of Nations.

b)

refused to ratify the treaty, but allowed the US to join the League of Nations.

c)

ratified the treaty.

d)

rejected the treaty.

55.
President Wilson's plan for peace was known as the _____ and was based on “the principle of justice to all peoples and nationalities.”
a)
Treaty of Versailles
b)
Decree of Peace
c)
Fourteen Points
d)
Treaty of Paris
56.
One of the conditions of the Treaty of Versailles was that _____ must admit its guilt in causing World War I.
a)
Germany
b)
Britain
c)
France
d)
Steve
57.
The __ was a US government agency created during World War I to organize the production and distribution of war materials.
a)
War Industries Board
b)
Committee on Public Information
c)
Defense Procurement Agency
d)
Bureau of Investigation
58.
Why did big businesses in the United States want the US to get involved in World War I?
a)
Many US businesses had strong ties to Germany and wanted to help Germany win.
b)
US banks had loaned more than $2 billion to the Allies and wouldn't be paid the loans if the Allies lost.
c)
Many American businessmen thought they could make a lot of money rebuilding Europe after the war.
d)
American businesses saw the war as an opportunity to sell more flags, yellow ribbons, and patriotic bumper stickers.
59.
What did British spies discover when they intercepted the Zimmerman Telegram?
a)
They discovered that Germany had offered to help Mexico “reconquer” Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona if Mexico would ally itself with Germany.
b)
They discovered that Albanian teenagers had rigged the 2016 US Presidential Election by hacking into the Facebook profiles of elderly people.
c)
They discovered that France was planning to switch sides in the war in 1917.
d)
They discovered that Germany and Austria-Hungary were planning attacks on New York City.
60.
What side did the United States join when the US entered World War I in 1917?
a)
The Central Powers
b)
The Axis Powers
c)
The Allied Powers
d)
The United Nations
61.
President Wilson called for the creation of a “general association of nations” known as the _____.
a)
League of Nations
b)
United Nations
c)
North Atlantic Treaty Alliance
d)
Central Powers
62.
The practice of strong countries maintaining economic and political control over weaker countries is called _
a)

militarism.

b)

alliances.

c)

imperialism.

d)

nationalism.

63.
Newspaper reporting that exaggerated or made up stories of Spanish acts of violence against the Cubans was called _
a)

public relations.

b)

yellow journalism.

c)

publicity.

d)

disinformation.

64.
Information, especially of a biased or misleading nature, that is spread to promote a particular cause or point of view is called _
a)
marketing.
b)
fake news.
c)
"crazy uncle social media posts."
d)
propaganda.
65.
What country did the United States declare war on in 1898?
a)

The Philippines

b)

Cuba

c)

Spain

d)

Japan

66.
Under the terms of the Treaty of Paris, ___, ___, and ___ became US territories.
a)
Puerto Rico, the Philippines, Guam
b)
Puerto Rico, Cuba, Morocco
c)
Cuba, the Philippines, Texas
d)
the Philippines, Cuba, Canada
67.
In 1898, President William McKinley sent the American battleship USS Maine to Havana, Cuba to _
a)

put down the Cuban rebellion.

b)

protect Americans living there during riots.

c)

put down the riots by Spanish loyalists,

d)

negotiate peace with Spain.

68.
The Platt Amendment effectively made Cuba into an American _
a)
protectorate.
b)
colony.
c)
territory.
d)
state.
69.
Who did Americans blame for the explosion of the USS Maine in February, 1898?
a)

Spain

b)

Cuban Rebels

c)

Britain

d)

Steve

70.
What long-term effect did the Spanish-American War have on Puerto Rico?
a)
Puerto Rico became an independent country.
b)
Puerto Rico remains a US territory today with debate over whether to become independent or become a US state.
c)
War reparations the US had to pay to Puerto Rico allowed it to become the richest island in the Caribbean.
d)
Spain invaded Puerto Rico dozens of times in attempts to re-take the island.
71.
What caused the Philippine–American War to begin in 1899?
a)

Filipino rebels still wanted independence and were not happy being ruled by the US instead of Spain.

b)

The Philippines resented the large payments the US demanded as debt from the Spanish-American War.

c)

The Philippines attacked the US in an attempt to win more land.

d)

Steve.

72.

Which Constitutional Amendment abolished slavery?

a)

13th Amendment

b)

14th Amendment

c)

15th Amendment

73.

What was one political cause for the end of Reconstruction?

a)

the Compromise of 1877

b)

The Panic of 1873

c)

the passage of the 15th Amendment

d)

southern victory in the Civil War

74.

What was one economic cause for the end of Reconstruction?

a)

the Compromise of 1877

b)

The Panic of 1873

c)

the passage of the 15th Amendment

d)

the rise of the system of tenant farming

75.

What was the Panic of 1873?

a)

an economic crisis which caused many people to lose money, jobs, and homes

b)

an incident where everyone in the US lost their cellphone at the same time

c)

a severe food shortage that caused starvation

d)

a sharp and sudden rise in the price of cotton

76.

Which Constitutional Amendment gave American citizenship and equal protection under the law to former slaves?

a)

13th Amendment

b)

14th Amendment

c)

15th Amendment

77.

Which Constitutional Amendment guaranteed that the no one could be denied the right to vote on the basis of race?

a)

13th Amendment

b)

14th Amendment

c)

15th Amendment

78.

What was the purpose of the Freedmen’s Bureau?

a)

To ensure that white voters supported anti-slavery laws and policies

b)

To free slaves from Southern plantations

c)

To give freed slaves education, legal help, help locating family members

d)

To assist Confederate prisoners in returning home safely

79.

What was the primary purpose of the Reconstruction period following the Civil War?

a)

To reinstate slavery in parts of the United States

b)

To rebuild the depleted military

c)

To rebuild the southern economy and society without slavery

d)

To fix damage done to buildings during the war

80.

An _ is a change made to the Constitution

a)

amendment

b)

article

c)

addition

d)

ratification

81.

How did rich plantation owners in the South respond to Reconstruction?

a)

they violently opposed it

b)

they peacefully opposed it

c)

they peacefully supported it

d)

they violently supported it

82.

Which political party supported Reconstruction in the 1870s and got most of its support from the northern states?

a)

the Republican Party

b)

the Democratic Party

c)

the Populist Party

d)

the Free Soil Party

83.

What were the "black codes"?

a)

laws passed by the US government that protected Black Americans' rights

b)

laws passed in southern states that limited Black Americans’ rights

c)

laws passed that prohibited freed slaves from coming to the north

d)

laws passed in southern states that re-introduced slavery

84.

What was the Compromise of 1877?

a)

A deal to give Hayes the presidency in exchange for ending Reconstruction

b)

an agreement allowing new states to vote on whether or not to allow slavery

c)

A deal to give Hayes the presidency in exchange for bootleg DVDs

d)

an agreement to give southern states more representation in Congress

85.

Frederick Douglass was _

a)

an important abolitionist.

b)

a pro-slavery southerner.

c)

the inventor of the cotton gin.

d)

the 16th US President.

86.

Slavery was most widespread and important in _ in the first half of the 1800s.

a)

the southern United States

b)

the northern United States

c)

the western United States

d)

the eastern United States

87.

One effect of Bacon's Rebellion was _

a)

the writing of the US Constitution.

b)

the passage of the Virginia Slave Codes of 1705.

c)

the abolition of slavery.

88.

The conflict over representation in Congress between free states and slave states was resolved by the _

a)

Kansas–Nebraska Act of 1854.

b)

abolition of slavery.

c)

Missouri Compromise passed by Congress in 1820.

d)

three-fifths compromise added to the Constitution

89.

The abolitionists were _

a)

people who pushed for Kansas to be a slave state.

b)

people who pushed for the continuation of indentured servitude.

c)

people who wanted to restrict slavery only to southern states.

d)

people who pushed for an end to slavery.

90.

Factory workers in the North were against slavery because _

a)

they believed it was wrong.

b)

they were themselves indentured servants.

c)

they would lose their jobs if factories moved south to use slave labor.

91.

Southern states passed laws called "slave codes" between 1800 and 1860 that _

a)

made living conditions better for enslaved people.

b)

made it illegal to abuse enslaved people.

c)

increased control and restrictions on enslaved people.

d)

made it easier to free enslaved people.

92.

The Kansas–Nebraska Act of 1854 _

a)

made all of the new states north of Kansas-Nebraska border free states.

b)

made Kansas a slave state.

c)

made Nebraska an independent country.

d)

allowed people in each new state to vote on whether or not to allow slavery

93.

Kansas was known as "Bleeding Kansas" in the 1850s because _.

a)

abolitionist and pro-slavery settlers fought each other in Kansas.

b)

most of the fighting of the Mexican-American War occurred in Kansas.

c)

settlers committed many massacres of Native Americans in Kansas.

94.

When did the California Genocide occur?

a)

1846-73

b)

1861-65

c)

1776-2004

d)

1812-15

95.

Why did the settlers believe they had to kill off the Native Americans in California?

a)

they believed the Natives would kill them

b)

they believed they had to kill the Natives in order to protect the railroads

c)

they believed the Natives were secretly working for the Russians

d)

they believed they had to kill the Natives in order for the gold mines to be secure

96.

Why did settlers come into conflict with the Plains Native American tribes in the 1860s?

a)

the settlers had resources that Natives wanted to take from them

b)

the settlers were DC fans and the Natives were Marvel fans

c)

the settlers did not respect the Natives' culture

d)

the settlers took away the Natives’ hunting grounds, broke treaties, forced Natives to move, and engaged in violence

97.

How did the state government encourage settlers to kill Native Americans during the California Genocide?

a)

they printed articles in newspapers encouraging settlers to kill Native people

b)

they paid settlers bounties for each Native person they killed

c)

they threatened to jail any settler who did not join the militia

d)

they gave government jobs to settlers as rewards for killing Native people

98.

Under the policy of Allotment and Assimilation, the US government _

a)

forced Native Americans to leave their lands and move further west.

b)

tried to force Native Americans to adopt white Christian culture and sold their land to white settlers.

c)

treated Native American tribes as foreign countries and made treaties with them.

d)

forced Native Americans to live on reservations

99.

What caused Red Cloud's War?

a)

The US Navy was kidnapping Paiute men to force them into service.

b)

The Army was building forts alongside the trail to gold mines in Montana, inside Lakota Sioux land.

c)

The Cheyenne were upset that settlers were taking their traditional hunting grounds.

d)

The Sioux had never received the payments promised to them by treaty and were facing starvation.

100.

The Native American tribes who lived on the Great Plains were mostly _

a)

settled farmers who lived in permanent villages

b)

fishermen who lived close to rivers and streams

c)

nomadic hunter-gatherers who hunted buffalo

d)

aggressive civilizations who built large cities

101.

What was the Sand Creek Massacre?

a)

An incident on January 25, 1704 in which English settlers killed ~1,000 Native Americans of the Apalachee tribe.

b)

An incident during the Dakota Uprising of 1862 in which Native Americans of the Sioux tribe killed ~800 settlers.

c)

An incident on November 29, 1864 in which US soldiers killed ~600 Native Americans of the Cheyenne tribe.

d)

An incident on December 25, 1854 in which Native Americans of the Utah and Apache tribes killed 16 settlers.

102.

Why did Chief Black Kettle take several hundred members of the Cheyenne tribe to Fort Lyon, Colorado on November 6, 1864?

a)

to negotiate a peace deal with Mexico

b)

to attack the fort

c)

to negotiate a peace deal with the United States

d)

to assist the soldiers in the fort

103.

Why did the Dakota Sioux rebel in 1862?

a)

They resented having to pay taxes to the British government.

b)

They wanted to overthrow their chief.

c)

They didn't want to move to a different reservation.

d)

They had never received the payments promised to them by treaty and were facing starvation.

104.

Who was punished after Congress found that the soldiers involved in the Sand Creek Massacre had committed war crimes?

a)

no one

b)

Colonel John Chivington

c)

Captain Silas Soule

d)

General William Tecumseh Sherman

105.

What was the result of Red Cloud's War?

a)

Congress set up an Indian Peace Commission to make treaties with the Lakota Sioux and other plains tribes.

b)

The Lakota Sioux won the war, taking back land that had been stolen from them.

c)

The United States won the war, taking more Lakota land.

d)

The Lakota Sioux were completely wiped out.

106.

What did the US agree to do in the Fort Laramie Treaty of 1868?

a)

abandon forts along the Bozeman Trail and create the Great Sioux Reservation

b)

disarm its military and join the League of Nations

c)

protect the Navajo from settlers entering their territory

d)

give the Sioux regular payments in exchange for mining rights in the Black Hills

107.

What drove the buffalo to near-extinction by 1890? (Select all that apply)

a)

settlers were hunting buffalo for fun and to sell their hides

b)

the plains Native American tribes over-hunted the buffalo

c)

railroad companies killed buffalo that blocked the rails

d)

the US Army encouraged buffalo killing because they wanted to starve Native Americans

108.

What caused the Great Sioux War of 1876?

a)

The Sioux refused to allow an oil pipeline to be built across their land

b)

The Army was building forts alongside the trail to gold mines in Montana, inside Lakota Sioux land.

c)

LtCol Custer found gold in the Black Hills and the Sioux refused to sign a treaty giving up the Black Hills

d)

The Sioux had never received the payments promised to them by treaty and were facing starvation.

109.

Who won the Battle of Little Bighorn on June 25, 1876?

a)

the US 7th Cavalry soldiers led by LtCol Custer

b)

the Lakota and Cheyenne warriors led by Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse

c)

the British soldiers led by General Oliver Cromwell

d)

the Confederate soldiers led by General Stuart

110.

What was the result of the Great Sioux War of 1876?

a)

Congress set up an Indian Peace Commission to make treaties with the Lakota Sioux and other plains tribes.

b)

The Lakota Sioux won the war, taking back land that had been stolen from them.

c)

The United States won the war, taking more Lakota land including the Black Hills.

d)

The Lakota Sioux were completely wiped out.

111.

What was the result of the Great Railroad Strike of 1877?

a)

President Hayes sent troops to West Virginia and other states to stop the strike

b)

President Hayes sent troops to West Virginia and other states to protect the strikers

c)

The government did not intervene and the workers won the strike

d)

The strike was resolved peacefully through arbitration

112.

What are consumer goods?

a)

products that are used to create other goods rather than used by customers

b)

products that are used by customers rather than used to create other goods

c)

products that are used by customers and to create other goods

d)

rewards you get for being an obedient consumer

113.

At the end of the 1800s, immigrants made up a significant percentage of some of the country’s largest _.

a)

plantations

b)

cities

c)

farms

d)

suburbs

114.

Who drilled the first oil well near Titusville, Pennsylvania in 1857?

a)

Alexander Graham Bell

b)

Elisha Otis

c)

Edwin Drake

d)

Thomas Edison

115.

One reason for the United States' industrial success in the late 1800s was its vast abundance of

a)

natural resources

b)

technology

c)

gross national product

d)

enterprise

116.

Who began the first modern research laboratory, resulting in many new inventions, including the battery and the motion picture?

a)

Alexander Graham Bell

b)

George Pullman

c)

Edwin Drake

d)

Thomas Edison

117.

_ is the hatred of immigrants.

a)

xenophobia

b)

nationalism

c)

nativism

d)

chauvinism

118.

_ founded a steel company in Pittsburgh in 1875.

a)

John D. Rockefeller

b)

Edwin Drake

c)

J.P. Morgan

d)

Andrew Carnegie

119.

Push factors that caused many immigrants to come to the US in the late 1800s included _

a)

poverty and oppression

b)

jobs and freedom

c)

amnesty and citizenship

d)

religion and a desire to get rich

120.

The vast majority of immigrants arriving on the East Coast passed through a processing center located where?

a)

Staten Island

b)

Angel Island

c)

Long Island

d)

Ellis Island

121.

The __ strike took place in the summer of __ when Henry Clay Frick, the manager of a Pennsylvania steel mill owned by Andrew Carnegie, cut workers’ wages by 20%.

a)

Pullman; 1894

b)

Great Railroad; 1893

c)

Homestead; 1892

d)

Haymarket 1895

122.

What law prevented Chinese immigrants already in the United States from becoming citizens?  

a)

Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882

b)

Taiping Act

c)

Workingmen’s Act

d)

Chinese Immigration Act

123.

What is one advantage that big corporations had over small businesses?

a)

Their products were more expensive

b)

They had higher operating costs

c)

They could hire more workers

d)

They could produce goods more cheaply and efficiently

124.

_ was the founder of the Standard Oil Company.

a)

Andrew Carnegie

b)

Thomas Edison

c)

John D. Rockefeller

d)

Edwin Drake

125.

A _ is a business owned by stockholders who share in its profits but are not personally responsible for its debt.

a)

partnership

b)

cooperative

c)

corporation

d)

joint venture

126.

What caused the Pullman Strike of 1894?

a)

the Pullman Palace Car Company cut workers’ wages and raised rents and prices in the company town.

b)

the Pullman Palace Car Company laid off half of their workers without lowering rents and prices in the company town.

c)

the Pullman Palace Car Company cut workers’ wages without lowering rents and prices in the company town.

d)

the Pullman Palace Car Company laid off half of their workers and raised rents and prices in the company town

127.

__ saw capitalism as a struggle between workers and owners

a)

Jay Gould

b)

Karl Marx

c)

Samuel Gompers

d)

Andrew Carnegie

128.

What was the Industrial Revolution?

a)

The mass uprising of industrial workers that happened in the 1800s

b)

The change from hand-made to machine-made goods that happened in the 1900s

c)

The change from hand-made to machine-made goods that happened in the 1800s

d)

The takeover of government by big businesses that happened in the 1800s

129.

Why did 350,000 go on strike on May 1st, 1886?

a)

to demand a pay raise

b)

to protest against a pay cut

c)

to demand the right to vote

d)

to demand the 8 hour work day

130.

Which political party challenged the power of plantation owners in the South during the Jim Crow Era?

a)

the Republican Party

b)

the Democratic Party

c)

the Free Soil Party

d)

the Populist Party

131.

Who was Ida B Wells?

a)

a Black woman from Tennessee who began a campaign against lynching in 1892

b)

an Black author and filmmaker who portrayed racial struggles in the early-1900s American South

c)

a famous author and orator who proposed that Black Americans should delay the fight for civil rights and instead focus on improving their economic conditions

d)

a sociologist, historian, author, and civil rights activist who was one of the founders of the NAACP

132.

Who was Booker T. Washington?

a)

a political activist, publisher, journalist, and entrepreneur who founded the Universal Negro Improvement Association

b)

an Black author and filmmaker who portrayed racial struggles in the early-1900s American South

c)

a famous author and orator who proposed that Black Americans should delay the fight for civil rights and instead focus on improving their economic conditions

d)

a sociologist, historian, author, and civil rights activist who was one of the founders of the NAACP

133.

Who was W.E.B. Du Bois?

a)

a political activist, publisher, journalist, and entrepreneur who founded the Universal Negro Improvement Association

b)

an Black author and filmmaker who portrayed racial struggles in the early-1900s American South

c)

a famous author and orator who proposed that Black Americans should delay the fight for civil rights and instead focus on improving their economic conditions

d)

a sociologist, historian, author, and civil rights activist who was one of the founders of the NAACP

134.

What was the NAACP?

a)

an organization founded in 1909 to fight for Black civil rights through pressuring politicians, publicity, and legal action

b)

an organization founded in 1909 to fund the creation of Black-owned businesses

c)

an organization created by the government in 1866 to provide freed slaves with education, legal help, help locating family members

d)

a political party founded in 1891 to promote the interests of poor farmers

135.

What was the "nadir of American race relations?"

a)

a time period right after the US Civil War when the federal government used troops to protect the civil rights of southern Blacks

b)

a time period from the late 1800s to early 1900s when anti-black violence, segregation, and legal discrimination increased

c)

a time period in the 1970s that was a high-point of cross cultural communication in America

136.

Why did lynching occur during the Jim Crow Era?

a)

lynching occurred to punish someone for committing a crime

b)

lynching occurred to enforce Jim Crow and segregration

c)

lynching occurred to punish slaves

d)

lynching only occurred when someone was punished for the crime of murder

137.

After Reconstruction, most Black Americans in the South lived in poverty and endless debt as __ - landless farmers who gave their landlords a large portion of their crops as rent.

a)

peons

b)

peasants

c)

sharecroppers

d)

serfs

138.

A __ __ is a tax that has to be paid before a person can vote.

a)

income tax

b)

poll tax

c)

property tax

d)

sales tax

139.

__ were laws enacted to enforce segregation after the end of Reconstruction.

a)

Jim Crow laws

b)

black codes

c)

Civil Rights Acts

d)

vagrancy laws

140.

The purpose of convict leasing was to __.

a)

allow convicts to have more work opportunities

b)

reduce the costs that the government had to pay for incarceration

c)

ensure that landlords didn't violate the rights of their tenants

d)

reintroduce slavery without violating the 13th Amendment

141.

The stage was set for legal segregation in 1883, when the Supreme Court overturned which of the following?

a)

Reconstruction

b)

the Civil Rights Act of 1875

c)

the 13th Amendment

d)

the 14th Amendment

142.

__ was an 1896 Supreme Court case that made segregation legal as “separate but equal."

a)

Plessy v. Ferguson

b)

Wabash v. Illinois

c)

Brown v. Board of Education

d)

Miranda v. Arizona

143.

How did southern states disenfranchise Black people without violating the 15th Amendment?

a)

They passed laws that banned discrimination.

b)

They passed laws that enforced racial segregation.

c)

They created the system of convict leasing.

d)

They used poll taxes and literacy tests to restrict the right to vote.

144.

__ was the enforced separation of people of different skin colors in the south.

a)

segregation

b)

integration

c)

discrimination

d)

disenfranchisement

145.

The ____ was a terrorist group created by white southerners in 1866 that used violence to prevent Black Americans from voting.

a)

Democratic Party

b)

Freedmen's Bureau

c)

Republican Party

d)

Ku Klux Klan

146.

How did southern plantation owners create a new system of oppression after Reconstruction ended?

a)

They repealed the 13th Amendment and brought back slavery.

b)

They passed state laws that disenfranchised black voters, allowed convict leasing, and established racial segregation.

c)

They passed state laws that disenfranchised black voters and created a system of mass incarceration.

d)

They seceded from the United States and re-established the Confederacy.

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