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US History ll Final Exam

Total questions: 100

Worksheet time: 1hrs 2mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which term means prejudice against or hatred of Jews? (a)  

Choose from the below words
Semitism
Anti-semitism
ghetto 
Holocaust
2.

Certain sections of cities were set aside to imprison Jews, these sections were called (a)  

Choose from the below words
apartments
projects
ghettos
government housing
3.

Where was the place the Jews were first moved to?

a)

Projects

b)

Concentrations Camps

c)

Ghettos

d)

Prisons

4.

Abbreviation for Texas


***Don't forget to capitalize both letters!***

(a)  

5.

Abbreviation for Oklahoma


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(a)  

6.

Abbreviation for Arkansas


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(a)  

7.

Abbreviation for Mississippi


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(a)  

8.

Abbreviation for Louisiana


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(a)  

9.

Abbreviation for Alabama


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(a)  

10.

Abbreviation for Kentucky


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(a)  

11.

Abbreviation for Georgia


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(a)  

12.

Abbreviation for Virginia


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(a)  

13.

Which of the following completes the diagram?

a)

President Lincoln's First Inaugural Address

b)

The Gettysburg Address

c)

The Emancipation Proclamation

d)

The Thirteenth Amendment

14.

The primary reason the Civil War as fought was over the issue of (a)  

Choose from the below words
tariffs
slavery
states rights
trade with Europe
15.

The name given to army from the North.

a)

Confederates

b)

Americans

c)

Military

d)

Union

16.

This was the president of the Confederate States. (a)  

Choose from the below words
Abraham Lincoln
Ulysses S. Grant
Robert E. Lee
Jefferson Davis
17.
This was the President of the Union.
a)
Jefferson Davis
b)
Robert E. Lee
c)
Ulysses S Grant
d)
Abraham Lincoln
18.
This battle was the turning point in the war.
a)
Battle of Bull Run
b)
Battle of Antietam
c)
Battle of Gettysburg
d)
Battle of Appomattox Courthouse
19.

What was the result of the Civil Rights Act of 1866?

a)

Southern military leaders were allowed to run for public office

b)

Sharecropping became popular in northern states

c)

African Americans gained equal rights

d)

Plantations were given to former slaves

20.

Robert E. Lee would have most likely urged Southerners to do what following the conclusion of the Civil War?

a)

Urge Southerners to reunite with the Union as Americans

b)

Support the institution of Black Codes

c)

To keep fighting against the Union

d)

Side with those who wanted to continue to fight.

21.

Frederick Douglass fought for the adoption of constitutional amendments that guaranteed _________.

a)

Voting rights

b)

Freedom of speech

c)

Right to bear arms

d)

Freedom of religion

22.

Which of the following describes African Americans AFTER the Civil War?

a)

Carpetbaggers

b)

Enslaved

c)

Citizens

d)

Scalawags

23.

Black Codes were designed to do all of the following EXCEPT _________.

a)

Prohibit African Americans from finding a job or buying a house.

b)

Limit the physical freedom of former enslaved African Americans.

c)

Limit the economic freedom of former enslaved African Americans.

d)

Aid former enslaved African Americans.

24.

After Reconstruction, the system of segregation was supported by (a)   .

Choose from the below words
Immigration Laws
Jim Crow Laws
Black Codes
Civil Rights Laws
25.

Who was more interested in preserving the Union than punishing the South?

a)

Frederick Douglass

b)

Susan B. Anthony

c)

Abraham Lincoln

d)

Robert E. Lee

26.

Which amendment is illustrated in the picture?

a)

13th Amendment

b)

14th Amendment

c)

15th Amendment

d)

16th Amendment

27.

Which THREE amendments guarantee equal protection under the law for all citizens?

a)

12th

b)

13th

c)

14th

d)

15th

28.

Following the Civil War, what was established to aid former enslaved African Americans in the South?

a)

NAACP

b)

Freedmen's Bureau

c)

Black Codes

d)

Temperance Movement

29.

What is this headline referring to?

a)

13th Amendment

b)

14th Amendment

c)

15th Amendment

d)

Freedmen's Bureau

30.

What image is shown here?

a)

Barbed Wire

b)

Steel Plow

c)

Shovel

d)

Windmill

31.

These were used throughout the Great Plains to pump water from the ground and to provide power.

a)
b)
c)
d)
32.

Which invention made it possible for people and goods to travel across the country in one week?

a)

Covered Wagon

b)

Transcontinental Railroad

c)

Cars

d)

Plane

33.

What was promised in the Homestead Act?

a)

just enough land for a house

b)

160 acres

c)

all the gold you can carry

d)

10 cattle to start your farm

34.

The invention of the steel plow made it possible to farm the hand-picked earth of the Great Plains.

a)

True

b)

False

35.

Reservation can be defined as (a)  

36.

Which railway connected the East to the West?

(a)  

37.

The "Ghost Dance" can be defined as...

a)

a ritual where it is believed to make time go backwards

b)

Cha-Cha Slide

c)

A party where Native Americans worship their ancestors

38.
 Immigration  pull factors are…
a)
reasons people come to a new place
b)
reasons people leave their homelands
c)
reasons people begin working
d)
reasons people stop working
39.
Immigration push factors are…
a)
reasons people come to a new place
b)
reasons people leave their homelands
c)
reasons people begin working
d)
reasons people stop working
40.
What was the west coast version of Ellis Island?
a)
San Fransisco Bay
b)
Heaven Island
c)
Angel Island
d)
Asian Island
41.

What are residential areas outside of big cities called?

a)

suburbs

b)

urban areas

c)

countryside

d)

the West

42.

Where is the Statue of Liberty located?

a)

San Francisco Bay near Angel Island

b)

Boston Harbor

c)

New York Harbor near Ellis Island

43.

A tenement was

a)

an apartment building in the suburbs

b)

an overcrowded quickly built apartment building in the slums

c)

a place in the slums that helped immigrants with housing, jobs, and daycare

44.
Where did most immigrants live? 
a)
Most lived in farming communities
b)
Most lived in the suburbs
c)
Most lived in big cities
d)
Most lived around lakes
45.
How did immigrants decide to settle where they did?
a)
They settled in warmer climates
b)
They settled near water
c)
They settled by people of similar ethnic backgrounds
d)
They settled where immigrant officials sent them
46.

Which organization did Jane Addams found?

a)

Pittsburgh Public Library

b)

American Red Cross

c)

The Chicago Stockyards

d)

Hull House

47.

The desire for religious freedom was one reason why-

a)

immigration to America increased

b)

political machines gained power

c)

manufacturing areas grew near centers of population

d)

conflicts developed between different cultural groups

48.

What law banned (stopped) immigration from China between 1882 and the end of WWII?

a)

Immigration Act of 1917

b)

The Gentlemen's Agreement

c)

The Chinese Exclusion Act

49.

What does this picture represent?

50.

This is what pulled many immigrants and people from rural areas to Cities.

a)

coffee shops

b)

factory jobs

c)

paved roads

d)

isolation

51.

Where is the Statue of Liberty located?

a)

San Francisco Bay near Angel Island

b)

Boston Harbor

c)

New York Harbor near Ellis Island

52.
Led his men into a slaughter at the Little Bighorn.
a)
Admiral Ackbar
b)
Lt Col Custer
c)
General Sherman
d)
Admiral Thrawn
53.

Match the following vocabulary term with its definition

a)

Someone who buys or uses goods and services.

1.

Consumer

b)

Someone who puts money into a business to make a profit.

2.

Investor

c)

Money earned by a lender when a business does well.

3.

Profit

d)

Someone selling or buying goods in the same market.

4.

Competitor

e)

Someone who creates and runs a new business and takes on all the risks of the business.

5.

Entrepreneur

54.

Match the following vocabulary term with its definition

a)

A business owned by investors.

1.

Corporation

b)

A share of the company bought by investors to become partial owners.

2.

Stock

c)

A company that has control of an entire industry.

3.

Monopoly

d)

Turns oil into useful products, such as gasoline.

4.

Refinery

e)

Product is put together as it moves past a line of workers.

5.

Assembly Line

55.

Match the product to which each businessperson is linked

a)

Tires

1.

Harvey Firestone

b)

Automobiles usinig Assembly Lines

2.

Henry Ford

c)

Steel

3.

Andrew Carnegie

d)

Airplanes

4.

William Boeing

e)

Oil Refinery

5.

John D. Rockefeller

56.

In 1900, what was the difference in percentage of population between people living in urban and rural areas?

(a)  

57.

In what year was there the BIGGEST difference between urban and rural populations?

(a)  

58.

Invented the phonograph, battery, and light bulb?

a)

Andrew Carnegie

b)

Eli Whitney

c)

Thomas Edison

d)

Robert Fulton

59.

Leader in Railroads

a)

Carnegie

b)

Rockafeller

c)

Vanderbilt

d)

Morgan

60.

What connected the eastern and western US

a)

Manifest Destiny

b)

Transcontinental Railroad

c)

19th Amendment

d)

Erie Canal

61.

Leader in banking and financing

a)

Morgan

b)

Vanderbilt

c)

Carnegie

d)

Rockefeller

62.

Andrew Carnegie

a)

One of the first industrial moguls to make his own fortune. His rise from rags to riches made him a model of the American success story

b)

Made his fortune by taking over and merging other people's businesses

c)

He formed trusts, in which competing companies put control of their businesses under a single group of trustees

d)

He was a single seller of a product

63.

Trust

a)

Business organization in which competing companies are under the control of a single group of trustees

b)

A system of routes along which runaway slaves were helped to escape to Canada

c)

The Transcontinental Railway system

d)

Migration of people from cities to the surrounding suburbs

64.

Monopoly

a)

A business owned by investors who buy part of a company through shares of stock

b)

A single seller of a product, good, or service. Without competition, a company that has this can raise prices higher or reduce quality of its products lower than it otherwise might

c)

Competing companies put control of their businesses under a single group of trustees

d)

An arrangement whereby companies in the same industry divide up businesses

65.

A diverse group of volunteers that was organized by Theodore Roosevelt to fight in Cuba

a)

Rough Riders

b)

Buffalo Soldiers

c)

Redcoats

d)

Anti-Imperialist League

66.

Use of sensational, often exaggerated stories to attract readers

a)

Pink Populism

b)

The Yellow Kid

c)

Yellow Journalism

d)

Mauve Magazines

67.

President who asked Congress for $50 million for war preparations

a)

William McKinley

b)

Theodore Roosevelt

c)

George Dewey

d)

Walter Reed

68.

Declared that the US had no intention of taking over Cuba

a)

Platt Amendment

b)

22nd Amendment

c)

Teller Amendment

d)

Cuba Amendment

69.

Future president who organized the Rough Riders to fight in Cuba

a)

William McKinley

b)

George Dewey

c)

Franklin Delano Roosevelt

d)

Theodore Roosevelt

70.

Group that revolted against Spain in 1868 which began a decades long struggle for freedom

a)

Spanish

b)

Cubans

c)

Puerto Ricans

d)

Filipinos

71.

The Philippines finally gained independence from the US

a)

July 4, 1934

b)

July 4, 1946

c)

July 4, 1776

d)

July 4, 1976

72.

The US gave up control of Cuba

a)

1934

b)

1946

c)

1952

d)

1978

73.

Puerto Ricans gained US citizenship with this

a)

Jackson Act

b)

Jones Act

c)

Act of Puerto Rico

d)

Act of San Juan

74.

Choose current territories of the United States listed below

a)

Puerto Rico

b)

Hawaii

c)

Guam

d)

Spain

75.

What three countries became U.S possesions as a result of the war?

a)

Puerto Rico, Guam, Philippines

b)

Cuba, Spain, Italy

c)

Mexico, Cuba, Germany.

76.

Reason or result of the Spanish-American war:

The United States emerged as a world power

a)

Reason

b)

Result

77.
The IMMEDIATE cause of the Spanish American war was
a)
Americans helping Cubans gain independence.
b)
protecting our business interests in Cuba.
c)
the sinking of the Maine.
d)
yellow journalism.
78.

What was the nickname for an African American soldier during the war?

a)

Rough Riders

b)

Buffalo Soldier

c)

Navy

d)

San Juan

79.

Reason or result of the Spanish-American war:

Americans wanted to protect their business interests

a)

Reason

b)

Result

80.
False, exaggerated news stories were called - 
a)
yellow journalism
b)
fake news
c)
untrue articles
d)
lies
81.
Who was President during the Spanish American War?
a)
William McKinley
b)
Theodore Roosevelt
c)
Benjamin Franklin
d)
George Washington
82.
The United States had investments in Cuba which angered the Spanish and led to conflict - 
a)
True
b)
False
83.
The Spanish-American War was a very short war, lasting only about 3 months - 
a)
True
b)
False
84.

Who was the president of the United States during WW1?

a)

Wilhelm II

b)

Georges Clemenceau

c)

Woodrow Wilson

d)

Nicholas II

85.

When was WW1 fought?

a)

1880-1889

b)

1903-1914

c)

1914-1918

d)

1954-1958

86.

Who did the Allied Powers fight against in WW1?

a)

Central Powers

b)

Bad Guys

c)

Axis Powers

d)

China

87.

Who did the Allied Powers fight against in WW1?

a)

Central Powers

b)

Bad Guys

c)

Axis Powers

d)

China

88.

Who won WW1?

a)

Allied Powers

b)

Central Powers

c)

Axis Powers

d)

German Empire

89.

Who was the prime minister of Great Britain during most of the war from 1940-1945?

a)

Joseph Stalin

b)

Winston Churchill

c)

Adolf Hitler

d)

Benito Mussolini

90.

Which side of the war was Great Britain a member of?

a)

The Axis Powers

b)

The Allies

c)

The Democrats

d)

The Republicans

91.

Millions died because of ______________ during the Holocaust.

a)

Winston Churchill

b)

Adolf Hitler

c)

Emperor Hirohito

d)

Benito Mussolini

92.

A leader who has complete control over a country's government

a)

dictator

b)

isolationism

c)

fascism

93.

dictator of Germany as of 1933, member of the Nazi party, officially started WWII by invading Poland

a)

Joseph Stalin

b)

Benito Mussolini

c)

Adolf Hitler

d)

Hideki Tojo

94.

Which of the following angered Hitler after World War 1?

a)

Treaty of Versailles

b)

Declaration of Independence

c)

Treaty of Trent

d)

All of the above

95.

When was the notebook check quiz given?

a)

April 29,2023

b)

March 1, 2023

c)

March 15, 2023

d)

March 23, 2023

96.

When was the Abraham Lincoln quiz given?

a)

February 3, 2023

b)

February 17,2023

c)

February 31, 2023

d)

February 9, 2023

97.

Abraham Lincoln was the (a)   president?

Choose from the below words
16th
1st
98.

The Great Plains region has a continental climate. That means the weather is. . .

a)

cold in the winter, warm in the summer

b)

cold in the summer, warm in the winter

99.

Label each of the following 6 states states in the outheast Region.

100.

Label each of the following 6 states states in the outheast Region.