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US/World Final Review 22-23

Total questions: 64

Worksheet time: 32mins

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Class
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1.

The Revolution of 1800 is called a revolution because of the ________ transfer of power from one political party to another for the first time in American history from the presidency of John Adams to the presidency of Thomas Jefferson.

a)

Peaceful

b)

Chaotic

c)

Explosive

d)

Slow

2.

What was the biggest achievement of Thomas Jefferson's first term as President?

a)

Victory in the Barbary Wars

b)

Annexing Texas

c)

Annexing Canada

d)

The Louisiana Purchase

3.

What is an Embargo?

a)

A ban of all trade

b)

A ban of some trade

c)

An authorization to trade

d)

An increase to the price to sell a good

4.

The United States purchased the Louisiana Territory from what country?

a)

China

b)

France

c)

Netherlands

d)

Spain

5.

During Jefferson's presidency, what was the other major political party?

a)

Democratic Socialist

b)

Democratic

c)

Silver Legion

d)

Federalist

6.

What was the name of the first major Supreme Court case that was heard during Jefferson's presidency?

a)

Marbury V. Madison

b)

Nixon V. The United States

c)

Plessy V. Ferguson

d)

McCulloch V. Maryland

7.

What was the Industrial Revolution?

a)

The Overthrow of Our Robotic Overlords

b)

A Rapid Change in the Methods of Wealth

c)

A Rapid Change in the Methods of Production

d)

The Overthrow of the Merchant Class

8.

Where did the Industrial Revolution start?

a)

Netherlands

b)

Scotland

c)

Switzerland

d)

Great Britain

9.

Where did the Industrial Revolution begin in the United States?

a)

The South

b)

The Midwest

c)

The Northeast

d)

The West

10.

What does Free Enterprise Market mean?

a)

Economy where private business operate with no government intervention

b)

Economy in which privately owned business have freedom to operate with large government intervention

c)

Economy in which all businesses are owned by the government

d)

Economy in which privately owned business have freedom to operate with limited government intervention

11.

What were the two most visible effects of the Industrial Revolution?

a)

Urbanization

b)

Enlarged Coal Mines

c)

Factories

d)

Increased Rural Population

12.

What Pennsylvania city became an important center of Industrialization during the American Industrial Revolution?

a)

Altoona

b)

Erie

c)

Pittsburgh

d)

Johnstown

13.

What do we call someone who came from a different country, but lives in this country

a)

Alien

b)

Immigrant

c)

Emigrant

d)

Outsider

14.

Xenophobia is the irrational fear of what?

a)

Crocodiles

b)

Races

c)

People from other countries

d)

Religion

15.

What is a canal ?

a)

An Artificial, or man made, Waterway

b)

A connection between two bodies of water

c)

A hole in the ground

d)

Another name for a tunnel

16.

Urbanization is defined as the process of what?

a)

An Area becoming more City like

b)

An Area becoming more Farm like

c)

Expanding Suburbs

d)

Growing trees

17.

During the Industrial Revolution, what type of cramped housing did most workers live in?

a)

Apartments

b)

Skyscrapers

c)

Condos

d)

Tenement

18.

What major movement helped make cities healthier and cleaner

a)

The Sanitation Movement

b)

The Porta Potty Movement

c)

The Sweeper Movement

d)

The Auto Revolution

19.

What is Collective Bargaining?

a)

When a Labor Union negotiates with bosses for wages and conditions

b)

When a Labor Union negotiates with bosses for more food

c)

When the Government and Industrialists negotiate wages and conditons

d)

When the Government and Industrialists cooperate to put down a strike

20.

A Labor Union is defined as what?

a)

Group of workers that Collectively Bargain

b)

Group of Workers that Hang Out

c)

Group of Workers that Work Together

d)

Group of Workers that Support Each Other.

21.

Which of the following is a product of the Labor Unions effort to improve conditions in society

a)

The Weekend

b)

Safety Guidelines

c)

Higher Wages

d)

8-Hour Work Day

22.

What is a monopoly?

a)

An Economy where two companies are the only producers of an item

b)

An Economy with many producers of an item

c)

An Economy where one company is the only producer of an item

d)

An Economy where is naturally produced

23.

Which of the follow is not a principle of Capitalism?

a)

Laissez Faire

b)

Supply and Demand

c)

Equal Distribution of Resources

d)

Free Consumer Choice

24.

Socialism is the political and economic theory that advocates that goods and services should be distributed what?

a)

Unequally

b)

Linearly

c)

Equally

d)

Orderly

25.

In 1776, Adam Smith published this book that argued for capitalism?

a)

The Declaration of Independence

b)

The Wealth of Nations

c)

Utopia

d)

Capital

26.

The act of an authority to forgive a group of people for their crime is also know as what?

a)

Amnesty

b)

Pardon

c)

Mercy

d)

Justice

27.

The right to vote is also known as what?

a)

Republicanism

b)

Civicism

c)

Suffrage

d)

Populism

28.

A type of farming in which a farmer rents a piece of land and receives supplies from a landlord in exchange for a share of the crops and profits is known as what?

a)

Tenant Farming

b)

Sharecropping

c)

Debt Peonage

d)

Irrigation

29.

A Northern who moved South to support the policies of Reconstruction was called a what by Southerners?

a)

Carpetbagger

b)

Yankee

c)

Scalawag

d)

Interlooper

30.

A Southerner who supported the policies of Reconstruction was known as a what by Southerners?

a)

Grafter

b)

Pirate

c)

Scalawag

d)

Carpetbagger

31.

The condition of Sharecroppers who became trapped on their property and couldn't pay their debts was known as what?

a)

Yeoman

b)

Slavery

c)

Debt Farming

d)

Debt Peonage

32.

An obligation placed on a farmer to pay their debts in crops was known as what?

a)

Crop Investing

b)

Crop Liens

c)

Crop Cash

d)

Sharecropping

33.

Reconstruction, the period directly following the Civil War, took place between what two years in American history?

a)

1865

b)

1910

c)

1877

d)

1869

34.

Which of the following Constitutional Amendments were not passed as a part of Constitutional Reconstruction?

a)

13th

b)

16th

c)

14th

d)

15th

35.

The period of Reconstruction where the President of the United States oversaw the policies of Reconstruction was known as what?

a)

Congressional Reconstruction

b)

Constitutional Reconstruction

c)

Federal Reconstruciton

d)

Presidential Reconstrcution

36.

The phase of Reconstruction where the Radical Republicans in Legislative Branch oversaw Reconstruction was known as what?

a)

Presidential Reconstruction

b)

Congressional Reconstruction

c)

Radical Reconstruction

d)

Constitutional Reconstruction

37.

The addition of what amendments changed our country forever by ending slavery, granting citizenship, expanding voting, and protecting citizens equally during Reconstruction?

a)

13th, 14th, and 15th

b)

16th, 17th, and 18th

c)

1st, 2nd, and 3rd

d)

4th, 5th, and 6th

38.

What terrorist group would become the most prominent form of resistance to the policies of Reconstruction?

a)

Red Shirts

b)

Klu Klux Klan

c)

White League

d)

Knights of the South

39.

The system of repressive laws in the South that would be passed as Reconstruction ended would be known as what?

a)

Green Cotton

b)

Jim Crow

c)

Johnnie Crow

d)

The New South

40.

The Civil Liberty that is a written explanation for an arrest that is given to the accused during their arrest is also know as what?

a)

Causa Captionis

b)

Habeas Corpus

c)

Charta Comprehensio

d)

Charta Alba

41.

What woman assisted the Union army with medical care and would eventually found the Red Cross?

a)

Frances Clayton

b)

Clara Barton

c)

Marie von Stuben

d)

Sarah Wakemen

42.

A war that views civilians and non-military resources as legitimate targets is also know as what?

a)

Burning War

b)

Scorched War

c)

Total War

d)

People's War

43.

What event signalled the start of the American Civil War?

a)

The Death of George Washington

b)

Attack on Fort Sumter

c)

South Carolina Seceding

d)

Raid on Harper's Ferry

44.

Emancipation is the act of being freed from what?

a)

Employment

b)

Slavery

c)

Jail

d)

Volunteer Work

45.

The Emancipation Proclamation freed all enslaved people in what region?

a)

States in Rebellion

b)

Across the Union

c)

In Union held territory

d)

Ohio

46.

The battle that was the "turn of the tide" in the East was what major battle?

a)

Siege of Baltimore

b)

Battle of Schrute Farms

c)

Battle of Gettysburg

d)

Battle of Hanover

47.

Which of the following war was America's deadliest war?

a)

World War I

b)

Civil War

c)

Revolutionary War

d)

Vietnam War

48.

What speech was given by President Lincoln at the dedication of the first federal cemetery and helped redefine the nation's purpose and gave the Civil War a new meaning for the Union?

a)

"I Have a Dream" Address

b)

"The Purple Tomb" Address

c)

Gettysburg Address

d)

"Liberty and Freedom" Address

49.

A strong supporter of abolitionism, I changed my name after I became convinced that God had called me to spread the message of abolitionism and gender equality. Who am I?

a)

Sojourner Truth

b)

Harriet Beecher Stowe

c)

Harriet Tubman

d)

William Lloyd Garrison

50.

While I would later become president of the United States, I would the United States to victory in the Civil War by finally getting the Confederates to surrender. Who am I?

a)

George B. McClellan

b)

Ulysses Grant

c)

George Meade

d)

James Longstreet

51.

My methods have led many modern historians to call me a terrorist after my involvement in "Bleeding Kansas" and the Raid on Harpers Ferry. Who am I?

a)

Frederick Douglass

b)

William T. Sherman

c)

John Brown

d)

Abraham Lincoln

52.

A strong African-American abolitionist, I would later support Civil Rights and would become among the most famous abolitionist of the era. Who am I?

a)

Frederick Douglass

b)

Harriet Tubman

c)

Robert Smalls

d)

William Lloyd Garrison

53.

A Northern Democrat, I engaged Lincoln in series of debates in 1858 in which I defended my position of popular sovereignty. I would later run for president in 1860 and lose. Who am I?

a)

John Pope

b)

John Breckinridge

c)

Alexander Hamilton

d)

Stephen Douglas

54.

The publisher of The Liberator, I would be a vocal and provocative speaker for abolitionism. I would also recruit other future abolitionist to the abolitionist cause, such as Sojourner Truth and Frederick Douglass. Who am I?

a)

William Seward

b)

William Lloyd Garrison

c)

Edward Stanton

d)

Abraham Lincoln

55.

Secession is the idea that state can do what?

a)

Join the Union

b)

Inherit powers form the Federal Government

c)

Leave the Union

d)

Have its own military

56.

An agricultural product that is grown only for profit is known as a what?

a)

Green Back

b)

Moneybender

c)

Cash Crop

d)

Green Gold

57.

Abolitionism is the movement to end what?

a)

Slavery

b)

Racism

c)

Imprisonment

d)

Industrialization

58.

The Cotton Gin helped expand what major industry in the South during the early 1800s?

a)

Wheat

b)

Cotton

c)

Rice

d)

Tobacco

59.

The large farms in the South that relied on enslaved labor and usually grew cash crops are known as what?

a)

Villa

b)

Plantation

c)

Village

d)

Manufactory

60.

The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 required Northerners to return what to the South?

a)

Child Hostages

b)

Southern Criminals

c)

Any suspected run-away enslaved person

d)

Stolen Cotton

61.

Who won the presidential election in 1860

a)

Stephen Douglas

b)

Sheev Palpatine

c)

John Breckinridge

d)

Abraham Lincoln

62.

In 1859, John Brown led a raid on what federal armor that would lead to his execution?

a)

Carlisle

b)

Leesburg

c)

Harpers Ferry

d)

Baltimore

63.

The main cause of the American Civil War was what?

a)

State's Rights

b)

Economics

c)

Slavery

d)

Federal Centralization

64.

Prior to the Civil War, many soldiers were employed as what?

a)

Farmers

b)

Mechanics

c)

Musicians

d)

Factory Workers