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US History Unit 1-6 Review

Total questions: 84

Worksheet time: 42mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Why did Radical Republicans (abolitionist Republicans) disagree with Andrew Johnson’s proclamation, granting full pardons to former Confederates?

a)

Radical Republicans wanted a quick reunification of the Unite States.

b)

Radical Republicans opposed Reconstruction Amendments.

c)

Radical Republicans felt that former confederates should be punished.

d)

Radical Republicans supported Popular Sovereignty.

2.

Why did U.S. congress not ratify the Treaty of Versailles?

a)

Article X (10) forced them to join the League of Nations and would undermine their power to declare war.

b)

The treaty did not have a stipulation, creating the Dawes Act (Loans to Germany to repay war reparations)

c)

The ratification was stopped due to political infighting.

3.

A negative name for industrialists. Stole patents, abused workers, corrupted government.

a)

Robber Barons

b)

Carpet Baggers

c)

Populists

d)

Captains of Industry

4.

Why was Andrew Johnson impeached?

a)

Being a terrible president

b)

Vetoing Civil Rights legislation

c)

Violation of the Tenure of Office Act

d)

Pardoning Jefferson Davis

5.

Explain the Dawes Act.

a)

Universal education was given to all native Americans.

b)

Native Americans would become citizens and be given land in tribal reservations.

c)

American settlers were sold very cheap land in the central plains and the west.

d)

American government accepted total sovereignty of Native American tribes.

6.

Which one describes sharecropping?

a)

Freedmen bought land from ex-plantation owners

b)

Freedmen rented land and tools in exchange for a portion of crops

c)

Farmers would "share" in regional profits

d)

Freedmen rented land and tools in exchange for cash

7.

Why was the 13th Amendment necessary after the Emancipation Proclamation

a)

Failed to include newborns

b)

Failed to to be valid after civil war

c)

The Emancipation Proclamation failed to free slaves in border states

d)

Failed to offer reparations

8.

Where were most Civil War battles fought?

a)

South

b)

North

c)

West

d)

Atlantic Ocean

9.

Who supported the Populist Party?

a)

Farmers

b)

Athletes

c)

Bankers

d)

Railroads Monopolies

10.

How did the transcontinental railroad (contiguous railroad track, stretching from Atlantic to Pacific) impact the west in mid-1800s?

a)

boomtowns disappeared

b)

settlement growth and food security increased

c)

settlement growth decreased

d)

food security decreased

11.

What did the American Federation of Labor (labor union) fight for?

a)

Minimum Wage Laws

b)

Racial Equality

c)

Bimetallism

d)

Laissez Faire Economics

12.

The Bessemer Process resulted in which?

a)

Adding silver to the gold standard (bimetallism).

b)


Federal law prohibiting Chinese laborer’s from entering the U.S.

c)

Boarding schools being built to assimilate Native Americans.

d)

Steel became cheaper to produce, increasing industrialization.

13.

Describe the 1st Industrial Revolution.

a)

Trains, Cottage Industry, Steam Engines, Coal

b)

Horses, Exploration, Feudalism, Human/Animal Power

c)

Automobiles, Mass Production, Oil, Electricity

d)

Rockets, Mass Production, Keynesian Economics, Nuclear Energy

14.

The 15th Amendment (Reconstruction Amendments: 13, 14, 15)

a)

gave African American men the right to vote

b)

outlawed slavery in the United States

c)

Made the sale, manufacture, and distribution of alcohol illegal.

d)

Granted citizens' rights to all people born in the U.S.

15.

What did Henry Flagler (Father of Florida) do?

a)

Built the East Coast railway, importing tourists and exporting Florida crops.

b)

His company Flagger Fisheries created the fishing industry in Florida.

c)

Built the Gulf Coast Railway, importing tourists and exporting crops.

d)

Successfully integrated manufacturing throughout Florida.

16.

Which type of monopoly controls every step of the manufacture and sale of a good or service?

a)

Vertical Integration

b)

Horizontal Integration

17.

The 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments are known as the...

a)

Noble Amendments

b)

Reconstruction Amendments

c)

Southern Amendments

d)

Oppressive Amendments

18.

Groups that supported bimetallism believed…

a)

it would lower the cost of land.

b)

it would increase tariffs and reduce exports.

c)

adding silver to the gold standard would cause deflation and decrease profits.

d)

adding silver to the gold standard would increase inflation and maximize profits.

19.

What caused the Nadir of race relation in the United States from the late 1800s to the early 1900s?

a)

The Great Migration of African Americans was encouraged by southern states.

b)

Desegregation of public institutions in the south

c)

The federal government failed to enforce civil rights legislation during this time period (outlaw Jim Crow)

d)

The terms of the reconstruction, that kept federal troops in the south longer than was needed.

20.

What happend as a result of the Haymarket Riot? ( KoL rally where anarchists deonated a bomb, killing several)

a)

The Knights of Labor Union lost members (negative)

b)

The American Federation of Labor lost members

c)

The Knights of Labor Union gained members (positive)

d)

The Knights of the Old Republic (Absolute)

21.

How did African American abolitionist leader Fredrick Douglass feel about individual rights?

a)

Only white people should have rights.

b)

All men should have equal rights.

c)

All people should be free and have equal rights.

22.

State and local statues that legalized racial segregation in the south from Reconstruction to the Civil Rights Movement are known as what?

a)

Racial Purity Laws

b)

Jefferson Davis Laws

c)

Antebellum Statutes

d)

Jim Crow Laws

23.

Explain laissez-faire economics.

a)

Hands off. The government does not interfere with business Hands off. The government does not interfere with business or economy.

b)

Hands on. The government is part of all business and economic decisions.

24.

This act issued grants to colleges that taught farming and engineering.

a)

Land-Grant University Act

b)

Private College Initiative

c)

Morrill Act of 1862

d)

Farming and Engineering Act

25.

This northern initiative stopped sale of Confederate cotton and blockaided southern ports.

a)

Dawes Act

b)

Olstend Manifesto

c)

Freeport Doctrine

d)

Anaconda Plan

26.

Scandal that took place during the Gilded Age, involving Union Pacific Railroad company and government officials accused of taking bribes.

a)

Watergate

b)

Credit Mobilier Affair

c)

Teapot Dome

d)

Iran-Contra

27.

Williams Jennings Bryan's Cross of Gold speech supported which idea?

a)

The Gold Standard

b)

Bimetalism

c)

Crypto Currency

d)

Lasszie Faire

28.

Why were Native American boarding schools built i the U.S.?

a)

Assimilate Native Americans into American Culture

b)

To prevent discrimination

c)

To teach traditional Native American skills

29.

Pre-Civil War idea stating that people may vote to decide whether their state will be free or allow slavery.

a)

Popular Sovereignty

b)

Abolitionism

c)

Republicanism

d)

Federalism

30.

Battle that saw a Union victory give control of the Mississippi River to the Union.

a)

Fort Sumter

b)

Vicksburg

c)

Battle of Midway

31.

A German plan to pass through Belgium and the Netherlands to rapidly conquer France during WW1.

Afterward that German troops could then turn east and march on Russia.

 

a)

Schlieffen Plan

b)

Sussex Pledge

c)

Zimmermann Telegram (Note)

d)

Credit Mobilier Affair

32.

Federal law which prohibited private railroad companies from overcharging and forced regulation.

a)

Chinese Exclusion Act

b)

Interstate Commerce Act

c)

Navigation Act

d)

Stamp Act

33.

Wave of European immigrants that arrived in the U.S. between 1890s-1910 from Southern and Eastern Europe.

a)

Old Immigrants

b)

Eastern Immigrants

c)

Western Immigrants

d)

New Immigrants

34.

Worked on blueprints for Alexander Graham Bell’s telephone patent. He also worked in the field of electric lighting with Thomas Edison.

a)

Lewis Howard Latimer

b)

Elijah McCoy

c)

James Watt

d)

Eli Whitney

35.

This law banned all immigration form China to U.S.

a)

Sherman Antitrust Act

b)

Chinese Exclusion Act

c)

Asian Immigration Act

d)

Interstate Commerce Act

36.

This law banned all immigration form China to U.S.

a)

Sherman Antitrust Act

b)

Chinese Exclusion Act

c)

Asian Immigration Act

d)

Interstate Commerce Act

37.

European immigrants experienced a much easier process when entering the United States verses Asian Immigrants, during the Gilded Age.

a)

False

b)

True

38.

Crushing Southern defeat that was considered the “Turning Point” of the Civil War.

a)

Battle of Hoth

b)

Battle of Antietam

c)

Battle of Gettysburg

39.

Promise from the German government to stop indiscriminate sinking of non-military ships, during WW1.

 

a)

Sussex Pledge

b)

Credit Mobilier Scandal

c)

Zimmermann
       Telegram (Note)

d)

Sedition Act

40.

Laws that restricted African Americans’ rights and opportunities in southern states.

a)

Black Codes

b)

Southern Laws of the Land

c)

Gentlemen’s Agreement

41.

What did George Westinghouse, Elijah McCoy, and Granville Woods all have in common?

a)

They were monopoly owners.

b)

Their inventions improved railroad safety.

c)

They were avowed anarchists and participated in terrorism.

42.

1862 law that gave 160 acres of land to an American settler, willing to live on and cultivate (farm) it for five years.

a)

Homestead Act

b)

Dawes Act

c)

Jim Crow Laws

43.

Belief that Americans were intended to settle all the land between the Atlantic coast and Pacific coast.

a)

Continental Destiny

b)

Manifest Destiny

c)

White Man's Burden

d)

Settlers Without Borders

44.

Belief that wealthy individuals, who represented the fittest of humans, were destined to survive and succeed.

a)

Social Nature

b)

Vanity Complex

c)

Social Darwinism

d)

Wealthy Doctrine

45.

Based on the political cartoon, which statement is the most accurate? (Hint: this is Boss Tweed's Thumb)

a)

Political machines restricted economic growth in New York.

b)

Political machines controlled economic activity in New York.

c)

The New Jersey press portrayed New York politicians unfairly.

d)

Politicians in New Jersey controlled the New York economy.

46.

Describe the 2nd Industrial Revolution.

a)

Rockets, Mass Production, Keynesian Economics, Nuclear Energy

b)

Automobiles, Mass Production, Oil, Electricity

c)

Trains, Cottage Industry, Steam Engines, Coal

d)

Horses, Exploration, Feudalism, Human/Animal Power

47.

Which factor best completes this table?

a)

government regime change

b)

economic opportunity

c)

overpopulation

d)

famine

48.

Which government action allowed racial segregation to continue for decades in the United States?

a)

the ratification of the Fifteenth Amendment

b)

the passage of the Interstate Commerce Act

c)

the creation of Dollar Diplomacy by President Taft

d)

the Supreme Court decision in Plessy v. Ferguson

49.

Leading muckraker of Progressive Era who exposed the atrocities of Standard Oil monopoly.

a)

Upton Sinclair

b)

Ida Tarbell

c)

William Randolph Hearst

d)

Alfred T. Mahan

50.

Theodore Roosevelts foreign policy. Strong military displays, to achieve American goals.

a)

Open Door Policy

b)

Teddy Bear Policy

c)

Dollar Diplomacy

d)

“Big Stick” Policy

51.

Women's rights activists, and one of the foremost leaders and strategists of the campaign for the 19th Amendment (women's right to vote).

a)

Ida Tarbell, Jane Austen, and Marie Curie

b)

Hillary Clinton, Grace Hopper, Condoleezza Rice

c)

Alice Paul, Ida B. Wells, and Susan B. Anthony

52.

This Florida city served as the primary staging ground for the U.S. military during the Spanish-American War.

a)

Miami

b)

Tampa

c)

Jacksonville

53.

Yellow Fever, mudslides and dangerous working conditions were all obstacles faced during which event.

a)

Construction of the Panama Canal

b)

The annexation of the Philippines

c)

Boxer Rebellion

d)

The Treaty of Portsmouth

54.

What did the Suffrage Movement lead to?

a)

The 17th Amendment

b)

The Spanish-American War

c)

Abolition of Alcohol

d)

The 19th Amendment

55.

Muckraker Upton Sinclair's book the Jungle...

a)

supported laissez-faire policies

b)

Revealed unsanitary conditions in food-processing. Meat Inspection Act, Pure Food and Drug Act.

c)

Recommended immigration laws.

56.

Social Reformers addressed issues of the Gilded Age by… (Hint: Hull House)

a)

Increasing taxes on the poor.


b)

Creating organizations for workers and the poor. Settlement Houses.

c)

Supporting extended protections for religious minorities.

d)

Increasing military spending.

57.

This event increased public support for the Spanish-American War.

a)

Abolition of slavery in Cuba


b)

Publication of the de Lome letter

c)

The assassination of President McKinley

d)

The 13th Amendment to the Constitution

58.

Explain the Roosevelt Corollary

a)

Annex Latin-American countries

b)

Trade openly with China

c)

The U.S. may assert itself in domestic affairs of Latin-American countries.

d)

Latin-American countries could not increase size of military.

59.

Open Door Policy and Boxer Rebellion indicated...

a)

The U.S. wanted access to Chinese Markets.

b)

U.S. wanted to stop Russian colonization.

c)

Was returning to isolationism

d)


Favored Dollar Diplomacy

60.

Alfred Thayer Mahan's book "The Influence of Sea Power Upon History"

a)

Argued a strong Navy was necessary for the U.S. to have a strong Empire

b)

Led to public support for the Spanish-American War

c)

Help expose unsanitary conditions in the food-processing industry

d)

Argued that isolationism was the key to a string Empire

61.

The Treaty of Portsmouth...

a)

Stopped the Boxer Rebellion

b)

Annexed the Philippines

c)

Officially ended the Russo-Japanese War (Russian and Japan)

62.

How did Yellow Journalism influence U.S. foreign policy in the late 1800s?

a)

promoted isolationist views

b)

Encouraged changes to immigration policy

c)

Built support for the Spanish-American war. (U.S. intervention in Cuba)

d)

Supported territorial conquest

63.

Describe Jose Marti’s (Cuban freedom fighter) actions

a)

Fight the Cubans and help Spanish regain control of their colony.

b)

Give Money to poor Cubans.

c)

Destroy American property in Cuba to provoke the U.S. in to joining the war against Spain.

64.

How did the action of the U.S. Imperialism in the late 1800s impact Hawaii?

a)

U.S. intervention led to the overthrow of the Hawaiian monarchy.

b)

U.S. intervention led to a trade dispute with Germany

c)

U.S. intervention led to peace agreement between Hawaii and U.S.

d)

U.S. intervention led to a war with Samoa over territorial control.

65.

This document gave U.S. an over-sight role in Cuban affairs and the leasing of an American naval base in Guantanamo Bay.

a)

Roosevelt Corollary

b)

Treaty of Portsmouth

c)

Platt Amendment

d)

Dawes Plan

66.

How did chemical weapons like mustard gas and chlorine affect non-combat areas during World War I?

a)

Chemical fumes in the atmosphere caused acid rain

b)

Chemical clouds were blown by wind into towns.

c)

Chemicals tainted the water supply.

67.

A bond bought to fund a war effort, redeemable for interest after a certain period of time.

a)

Gulf Coast Recovery Bonds

b)

Retirement Bonds

c)

James Bonds

d)

War/ Liberty Bonds

68.

This agreement during WW1, led to a ceasefire ending hostilities between the Allies and Germany.

a)

Zimmerann Telegram

b)

Espionage Act

c)

Treaty of Versailles

d)

Armistice

69.

Why did U.S. congress NOT RATIFY (agree and join in) the Treaty of Versailles, the peace treaty with Germany ending WW1?

a)

Article X (10) forced them to join the League of Nations and would undermine their power to declare war.

b)

The treaty did not have a stipulation, creating the Dawes Act (Loans to Germany to repay war reparations)

c)

The ratification was stopped due to political infighting.

70.

Formal action of claiming sovereignty (taking power) over another territory.

a)

Sussex Pledge

b)

Annexation

c)

Imperialism

71.

A policy or practice of exerting control over weaker countries or territories.

a)

Isolationism

b)

Democracy

c)

Imperialism

72.

Filipino nationalist leader who fought against Spain and later U.S. for an independent (sovereign) Philippians.

a)

Emilio Aguinaldo

b)

Jose Marti

c)

Pol Pot

d)

Ho Chi Minh

73.

British passenger ship sunk by German U-boat (unrestricted submarine warfare) during WWI, outraging neutral Americans (128 dead) bringing them closer to joining the war.

a)

Lusitania

b)

Titanic

c)

Queen Mary

d)

Black Pearl

74.

Information, usually biased or misleading, that promotes a particular political cause.

a)

Armistice

b)

Convoy

c)

Propaganda

75.

People who refuse to fight in a war for religious reasons—while others simply failed to register for the draft.

a)

Conscientious

Objectors

b)

Doughboys

c)

Teddy Roosevelt's Rough Riders

76.

Neutrality is the refusal to support either side in the war. The U.S. remained neutral for the first years of both WWI and WW2.

a)

True

b)

False

77.

The domestic, economic, social and political issues within the United States and not related the fighting abroad (outside of the US).

a)

Warfront

b)

Homefront

78.

Abolitionist (antislavery) book that was written pre-Civil War, exposing northers to harsh realities of slavery and southern way of life.

a)

Uncle Tom's Cabin

b)

Aunt Phillis's Cabin

c)

The Catcher in the Rye

79.

Location in South Carolina where the first shots were fired, starting the Civil War.

a)

Fort Necessity

b)

Fort Bragg

c)

Fort Sumter

80.

Abolitionists John Brown and family attempted to start a slave rebellion by taking a federal arsenal at Harper’s Ferry Virginia.

a)

Anaconda Plan

b)

Raid on Harper's Ferry

c)

Jim Crow

81.

Formal action of claiming sovereignty (taking power) over another territory.

a)

Sussex Pledge

b)

Annexation

c)

Imperialism

82.

Formal action of claiming sovereignty (taking power) over another territory.

a)

Sussex Pledge

b)

Annexation

c)

Imperialism

83.

The acquisition, merger, or expansion of a business that increases the market share in its existing industry. When one larger business buys smaller businesses and controls an entire industry or market sector.

a)

Horizontally integrated Monopoly

b)

Vertically integrated Monopoly

c)

Definite Monopoly

d)

True Monopoly

84.

Woodrow Wilison's justification for the United States joining World War 1 WWI. (Hint: Moral Diplomacy)

a)

Make the world safe for Democracy

b)

Help the Russians annex Germany

c)

Punish the Japanese for their attack on Pearl Harbor